my favorite spot on earth..........

not such a bad day after all.....

I'm very excited - one of my layouts - 'a very bad day!' was picked as layout of the day at Scrapperie. Those gals are awesome! http://scrapperie.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4672

happy birthday to me!

I have had such a great birthday today! I won't share too many details because I want to scrap them, but check out how beautiful my office was decorated for me today at work. I was speechless - those gals (& guys) are awesome! Love ya!

vow renewal

I finally completed a LO of our 1 year vow renewal in Vegas. I used the new October Afternoon papers, which I loved. I can't wait to work on some more LOs about our recent trip to Vegas & our vow renewal. :-)

what's in a name game?

1. YOUR ROCKSTAR NAME (first pet & current car) - Dolly Lexus

2. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME (favorite color & favorite animal) - Green Giraffe

3. YOUR SUPERHERO NAME ("The" + your 2nd favorite color & favorite drink) - The Red Smoothie

4. YOUR TV WEATHER PERSON NAME (The last name of your favorite teacher & a city beginning w/ the same letter) - Caughron Cancun

5. YOUR GANGSTA NAME (favorite ice cream flavor & favorite cookie) - Dulce de Leche Lemon Gingersnap

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME (The first 3 letters of your last name & first 2 letters of your first) - Vanco

7. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME (Your 2 most favorite female & male names) - Isabella Alexander

8. YOUR HIPPY NAME (What you had for breakfast & your favorite tree) - Smoothie Jacaranda

9. YOUR "FLY GUY/GIRL" NAME (First letter of first name & last 3 letters of last name) - Cnde (try pronouncing that!)

10. YOUR NASCAR NAME (the first names of your grandfathers) - George Jaacob

11. YOUR SPY NAME (your favorite season/holiday & favorite flower) - Autumn Orchid

12. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME (your middle name & favorite city) - Ariadne Paris

13. YOUR CARTOON NAME (favorite fruit & article of clothing you have on + "ie" or "y") - Pineapple Pajamy

14. YOUR STRIPPER NAME (name of favorite perfume/scent & favorite candy) - Pure Poison Kit Kat

15. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME ("THE" + favorite hobby/craft & favorite weather element + "Tour"): The Scrapbook Sunny Tour

good weekend

Had a good weekend. Friday night, DH & I went to Gabriela's house for dinner and Trevor's party (he made his football team). We then went to Don Jose's for a 30th birthday party and a little karaoke. Evidently I had enough to drink because I got on stage with a few friends and we sang "Sweet Child of Mine" by Guns & Roses (not very well though).

On Saturday, Gabriela & I took Cheryl to PF Chang's for lunch and a little shopping. Did some damage at Anthropologie, but I can't help myself there. I get great scrapping inspiration there, too.

I then spent most of the rest of the weekend working on my altered project - 'Note to Self' - which is a journal/scrapbook/memory keeper.

so happy!

I'm very excited - my layout 'so bummed' was picked as layout of the day at Scrap Addict & Scrapperie. It's exciting to me because it is somewhat of a departure from my usual style and there are no photos on it. Go figure!

lazy weekend

Its been a wonderful lazy weekend although I did manage to make it to a baby shower today & I finished 4 layouts yesterday! I actually managed to complete 2 from Kevin's birthday party, one regarding the cancellation of the White Stripes concert this past week and one about the big, evil-tempered (over 12" long with a nasty disposition) lizard we found in the backyard over Labor Day weekend.

my other birthday

September 19th will be mine & Kevin's 3rd birthday. On 9/19/04 (a beautiful, sunny, Sunday afternoon @ 1pm) Kevin & I were in a head-on collision with another car on the 15 Fwy - he was driving the wrong way up the freeway and hit us head on at 75 mph. The odds of us surviving an impact of that magnitude were about 2% and thankfully Kevin & I were that 2%. Unfortunately, the man who hit us was airlifted out but passed away in surgery a couple hours later. They speculate that he might have had a heart attack or stroke and that is why he started driving north in the southbound lanes, but unfortunately the injuries he sustained in the accident made it impossible to know for sure. Kevin & I can thank the awesome engineering at Lexus (crumple zones!) and our seatbelts and airbags for saving our lives. One of the firefighters who cut me out told me that after seeing how well we fared he was going to buy a Lexus for his wife and new baby.

Kevin actually walked away from the car accident (he was driving at the time) and only had a broken bone in his right hand from where it went through the dash while he gripped the steering wheel. I had to be cut out and pulled through the back passenger window. They initially thought I broke my neck (thankfully not!) because I had no feeling in my lower right leg, but it turns out that I actually broke almost every bone, tore almost every ligament & tendon and crushed all the cartilage in my right foot & ankle. I also broke several ribs and separtated my sternum, but somehow managed not to rupture my spleen or sustain any disfiguring injuries. I was on disability for 2 months (pretty much flat on my back), used a cane for almost 9 months and underwent 2 years of physical therapy, but now my right ankle is at about 80%. I just won't be ice skating or skiing anytime soon - good thing I live in So Cal! :-) My physical therapist joked with me that my obsession with shoes (he used to say pride/vanity was my deadly sin of choice) probably got me walking properly sooner than anything else. As soon as I was off the cane I was back in stilettos!

For a long time after the accident I kept asking why this would happen to me when I was basically a good person. I now know why - at the time Kevin & I were broken up but were trying to be friends (hence the Sunday golf afternoon). After the accident, I was unable to care of myself - I couldn't even roll over in bed or walk to the bathroom - but Kevin moved into my house and took care of me even though we were only 'friends'. He carried me to the bathroom (no easy feat in and of itself), washed my hair, cooked for me, cleaned for me etc...... I realized then that he was devoted to me and that he truly loved me, and it was then that I realized what love really is. I also learned that life is short and 14 hour work days are not worth it (at the time I was a raging workaholic), and that I needed to consider a calming hobby (hence scrapbooking). I also know now that even though something might seem like the most horrific thing in the world at the time ultimately it will probably be one of the best things that could ever happen to you. God has an ultimate plan that we know nothing about & I have some pretty sharp guardian angels! :-) For our 1 yr birthday we went to Maui and got engaged. At 2yrs we went to Maui and got married, and now 3yrs later I can truly say I am the happiest I have ever been. I'm also hoping that now I can finally scrapbook this experience since I have been unable to till (hopefully) now.

I also know that Jimmy Choos were motivation enough to get me walking again! :-)

& EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE SURE TO WEAR THEIR SEATBELTS (mine helped save my life)!

1 year anniversary

September 16th marks our one year wedding anniversary. We spent the day together just relaxing at home not doing much. We did open a bottle of Dom that we received as an engagement gift (thanks Mike!) and enjoyed that in front of TIVO. :-) I did make Kevin a cross stitched piece de arte that I found on subversive cross stitch (http://www.subversivecrossstitch.com/) - love them! Chack it out -

back from vacation

Just got back from vacation - Kevin and I went to Vegas (Vegas baby!) for a week. It seems like a long time to be in Vegas but we had so much to do. The big to do was Kevin's 30th birthday party at The Foundation Room on the 8th (even though his b-day was on the 7th). We had a ton of friends and family in town so on the 7th we went to the new club LAX and partied like rockstars with everyone. Kevin and I had gone there the previous night as well as to Forty Deuce and lived it up on the 6th as well. We also made it to Jet and Caramel - ironic since we never go to clubs at home. We also played in the Bellagio Bucks slot tournament - didn't win but scored free play. Most importantly, we renewed our wedding vows at the Little White Wedding Chapel. Kevin promised me that we would renew them every September. Pastor Johnson was actually the one that married Britney Spears the first time and he maintains she was sober and knew what she was doing. Other celeb run ins - I met 50 Cent in the elevator at The Hotel and Kevin ran into Christina Aguilera and her posse. VMAs being in town made it ripe for celeb spottings.

Took tons of photos to scrapbook and can't wait to get started. Might be a delay though - the 16th is our actual 1 year wedding anniversary. Top pic is of our vow renewal and the bottom one is at LAX.

so excited!

I am so excited - my LO 'you rock' was picked as the scrapperie.com layout of the day!

You can check it out at http://scrapperie.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3304 & if you haven't checked out scrapperie before you must - they rock!

what a way to spend a weekend

Kevin and I spent the weekend cleaning and organizing. Not so much fun, but a necessary evil. We recently discovered we had toxic mold in our air conditioning ducts so we had to have someone come out and blow out the ducts. Of course this got all sorts of nasties all over everything. When everything was finished I could finally scrap & scrap I did - all about my shoes since my shoe closet was finally organized.

me, bitter? maybe!

Actually the answer would be yes!!! It has just been a lousy week - problems at work (like too much of it!), major issues with cable & the internet at home (I am so over Verizon!) and I haven't slept well all week. Then I went to the hair stylist today and decided to cut my hair into a chin length bob & dye it strawberry blonde! Everyone says its beautiful, but in the state of mind I am in now I beg to differ. At least its only hair color & it will grow (hopefully VERY fast)!

I've been dying to scrap all week, but haven't had too much time. Instead I have made some cards this week and I can definitely say they are subversive at best!

wedding layouts

I finally started scrapping the wedding photos - almost a year later! Our 1-year anniversary is already coming up on September 16th! I can't believe time has flown by so quickly, but maybe its because we are so happy. Does this mean we are no longer newlyweds though?!

a start

Well I finally did it! I finally decided to create a blog - a little late jumping on the bandwagon but so what! So what!? - that was a little too Tyra like! This blog will feature some of my ramblings, some of my layouts, some of my fav photos, some of my fav links..... and the rest is tbd. At least if nothing else I have a start.