It's A Brenda Thing...

Who's who?

 

• Mommy ~ That would be me
• My Love ~ My Man
• Bugs ~ My son
• Rooroo ~ My Daughter

Wow, has it been a long time!?

Well my sister has been hounding me for a long time to start blogging again so I thought I would give it a trry.  It has been a few years since my last posting and a lot has gone on since then.  I got rid of my husband... the divorce was long and horrible, but I am so ever greatful for the things that have happened to me because of it.  I have been able to move back to Montana closer to my family and that has been a blessing in itself.  I have met my best friend and love of my life and I couldn't even begin to count the ways he has been a life saver and blessing to me and my two children.  He often says that he feels like we are living an episode of Everybody love's Raymond with my family living so close, but I know he loves that show, so it can't be that bad! I have a job to pay my bills, a home to keep me and my family safe and warm, a family to love and support me in all I do, a best friend/lover to be my everything, and two wonderful spirits in my life that have pushed me to explore every emotion I could possibly feel!  I am a very blessed woman!

Wordless Wednesday Week #1

Ok so I have been inspired by a blog that I read frequently ( www.5minutesformom.com ) and on there they always do Wordless Wednesday.  Which is now what I am going to try to do for my Wednesday posts.  So here is my first Wordless Wednesday... I hope you enjoy!

One of Those Days!

So does anyone else ever just have "one of those days?"  The ones where everything that can go wrong does, and there is just no time to rest and take it all in?  Today was definately one of those days for me.  I won't go into details because its really not even worth it, but today was just "One of those Days!"  I just feel so blah and exhausted but I can't even get a good nights sleep because I am so stressed about so many things and I have so many things to get done.  Sorry, I am just taking a moent for a little venting here.  On a brighter note after this weekend hopefully I will not be having those days for a while.  That is right my friends I am heading to the big sky country to go see my friends and family and I don't think I have ever been so excited.  The last time I was up there was last October and that is just way too long.  I love that place and of course all my family is up there so it will be a great escape from the everyday.  Hopefully I will get up to the far north and be able to see my sister as well or perhaps she will get a free moment and be able to come and visit me at Mom and Dad's!  All in all I am greatful for what I have, and that I am able to get away from "those days!"

Bugs the artist!

Ok so Bugs loves to do everything that I do especially when it comes to crafting.  The other day I was mod podging a project and he thought I was painting and wanted to join in.  I kept telling him that he had to wait and that I would let him paint "later."  Well I really wanted to work on my stuff and there isn't enough room for both of us at my little craft table so I kept putting him off.  Two more days had come and gone and each day he would ask me "can we paint today?"  I finally gave in and let him paint his "treasure box."  He was so excited and had a great time doing it.  At one point he had painted red on the top of the box and then started painting blue over it and he shrilled with excitement as he explained to me that he just mixed the colors and now he had purple too!  He knows that purple is my favorite color and was just so excited that he had purple paint for me now.  These are a few pictures of him painting and his finished project.

He had paint wiped all over his belly, his shorts and and the chair by the time he was done! I don't know what it is about him but he seems to constantly be wiping his hands on anything and everything near by.  When all was said and done I thought his treasure box turned out pretty cute and he really had a great time doing it. 

My Awesome Family Vacation Album

 Ok so my sister was blessed with about 99.9% of the creativity in the family so when I saw what an awesome job she did in creating herself a mini album to scrap our family vacation (You can check it out on her blog www.inkinandthinkin.typepad.com )in June I asked her if she would PLEASE make one for me too.  I love love love this little album and think she did an awesome job!  Thank you so much my sister! I do love it, and I promise I will finish it sooner than later! 

       

A Couple Thank You Cards

Ok so I have been very thankful for quite a few things lately so I thought I would put my creative urges to work and make a couple thank you cards.  The first one is a card that I made for my son's lifeguard from swimming lessons.  He worked with my son all summer long and my son proudly declares him "My Lifeguard."

This next one is a card with an envelope that I made for my neighbor.  They were recently on vacation and let us borrow there van while they were gone (since we have been a one car family - not by choice, for about four months now.)  It was extremely nice of them and it came in very handy when my son busted his chin the day after they left and had to go to the ER for stitches... and of course my husband was at work with our car.  

Well they are nothing too exciting but I  was glad to be making them and just feeling grateful to have such people in my life! 

I've Been Tagged

My Sister, Wendy, tagged me and I haven't blogged in months now, so I figured this would be the perfect thing to get me going again without having to put a ton of thought into it right now!

1.  10 years ago....I was a going into my sophmore year of highschool.  I was trying to stay out of trouble and chasing after my highschool sweetheart.  I worked at the movie theater and at Subway.  Life was pretty dang good, now looking back on things! 

2.  5 things on today's to do list...Make a card for my son's swimming instructor, go to Costco, Bathe the babies, get the babies to bed, and go for a run

3.  Snacks I enjoy...chocolate, jujubees, icecream (what Phillips doesn't), and I have really been enjoying Edamame lately

4.  Places I've Lived....Sidney, MT; Missoula, MT; West Yellowstone, MT; Logan, UT; Mesa, AZ; Coolidge, AZ

5.  4 People I'm tagging...nobody, the only two other blogs I frequent have been tagged!

If you'd like to be tagged, consider yourself tagged!  HA HA!

1.  10 years ago....I was a going into my sophmore year of highschool.  I was trying to stay out of trouble and chasing after my highschool sweetheart.  I worked at the movie theater and at Subway.  Life was pretty dang good, now looking back on things! 

2.  5 things on today's to do list...Make a card for my son's swimming instructor, go to Costco, Bathe the babies, get the babies to bed, and go for a run

3.  Snacks I enjoy...chocolate, jujubees, icecream (what Phillips doesn't), and I have really been enjoying Edamame lately

4.  Places I've Lived....Sidney, MT; Missoula, MT; West Yellowstone, MT; Logan, UT; Mesa, AZ; Coolidge, AZ

5.  4 People I'm tagging...nobody, the only two other blogs I frequent have been tagged!

If you'd like to be tagged, consider yourself tagged!  HA HA!

A Baby Boy card

My friend had a little boy in the middle of April and I finally got her card and gift put together last week.  This is how the card turned out... I thought it was pretty cute.

Bracelets For My Moms

It's official Christmas will happen in April, at least at my house! My mother will be here tomorrow morning/early afternoon so I had to finish her Christmas present today.  Pretty lame I know.  I tried and tried to get the gifts finished for Christmas but things just were not working out.  I made one for my mother and one for my mother in law.  They each have pictures of their grandbabies and I hope they love them.  I thought they turned out pretty cute.

Finally Finished!

Ok so I finally finished all of my ATC's for my sister's swap.  I planned on posting pics of them as I finished them but I was working on them way too much to find time to play on here.  So after a month and a lot of work I am proud to say that they are all finally finished and I will be able to get on with the rest of my life now.  Some are pretty simple and others I wasn't crazy for but they are what they are and that is that, I was getting drained and running out of ideas by the time I finished them all.