Princess Diane 10 years

Today marks the 10nth year since Princess Diana's death. I remember the day we heard about it. I was at my parents house picking up my daughters when it came on the news. We could not believe it. At first we heard about the horrible accident and i remember thinking she was going to be fine (I mean she was the Princess!). We could see shots of the horrible accident and there were lots of speculation but no one was certain of what happened. I remember being a little numb (I loved her and thought she was an incredible woman. I remember wishing i was here when i watched her wedding, which we got up real early to watch!) and when i got home I was stuck to the tv for news. It was horrible to hear of her death. It was even more shocking to hear about what lead to the accident days later. I thought of her sons and her country. We watched her funeral and it was so sad. I can't help but think about what she would have accomplished had she lived and who she would have become. It is still sad to remember her death (even 10 years later). I found a picture of the doll that came out shortly after her wedding. I remember wanting that doll with her beautiful dress so much! I saw it in a magazine and cut the picture out. I never received the doll and i have pormised myself if I ever see one I will do my best to purchase it.

Friday Fill-In

1. The last time someone flirted with me teeeehehehehe...i would rather not say...teeeehehehehe.
2. I am SO glad i have a short work week next week (3 days!!!).
3. Where in the world is Kenny Sanchez (a boy i had a huge crush on in Junior High.
4. Long weekends are WONDERFUL (i love love love them because i am able to really rest on 1 of those days).
5. Coming up next: watching me go crazy trying to get my daughter through her senior year.
6. I adore my daughters and husband (le' sighy)!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to working (yucko), tomorrow my plans include using my 40% Michael's coupon and Sunday, I want to go to church and The taste of Colorado!

Five on Friday

Speed Trap

1. Have you ever been pulled over? How many times? Yes, I remember it well. It was 4:00 in the morning and I was on my way to work. The police officer was nice. Only once.

2. What are you most likely to be pulled over for? (Speeding? Reckless driving? Expired tags/inspection? Bad signal/headlight?) Bad signal/headlight (hunny bunny never gets these changed in a timely manner...)

3. You're driving along on your merry way when you see a police car. What is your first thought? Slow down!!!!

4. When you see a cop car, do you hit your brakes or keep your foot on the gas? Put my foot on the brakes!!!!

5. What's your personal speed limit? How do you determine what it is for any given road? I usually go with the flow of traffic (tsk..tsk on me).

13 things i love about August...



1/ My birthday!!!

2/ My Mom's birthday!!

3/ My anniversary!!!

4/ My daughter's birthday!!!

5/ School Starts!!!

6/ It is the last month of summer (which means Autumn is around the corner!)

7/ Halloween stuff starts showing up in stores (I love Halloween!!)

8/ End of the summer sales!!! (Wahoo!!!)

9/ Lots of yummy watermelon, nectarines, cherries to much on!!!

10/ Football Season starts!!!!!

11/ Reggie starts coaching his 2 soccer teams!!!

12/ Time to buy new pens, highlighters, notebooks (I LOVE school stuff...i know weird!!)

13/ I catch the last rays of sun (this is a good time because my vacation tan is starting to fade at this time!).

Ok...this is to funny!!! I took the quiz and this is the outcome (I wanted to be tinkerbell...sighy). hehehe...but i LOVE Betty Boop (who doesn't!!)...

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"School" is the word of the day...



This is my daughter and her "Senior" class on the first day of school!

Happy Birthday to me!!!

Today started out great (even though I was feeling horrible). Around 5:00 am my team stood up and started singing "happy birthday" to me! It was sooooo AWESOME!! My team ROCKS and I love working for them!!! They also gave me roses, a card and $$$$$!!! I felt so special!!! I came home early (feeling yucky) and slept some... My family wants to do something but I will have to see how I feel....

sneeze...sniffle...sneeze! I hate it!!! My eyes are watering and I have to walk around with a piece of toilet paper in my nose to stop the post nasal drip!!! hate it...hate it...hate it!!! ALLERGIES!!!!!!! yucko!!! I was doing real good until last week and then bam!!! boom!!! I was attacked!!! I have not had it this bad in several years so this makes it worse...the knowledge that I have been allergy free in the past!!! I think I am going to have to give in and but something to help me (I hate it because everything I have tried makes me a little loopy and I hate being loopy!!). Now I have to encourage the snow to come (that seems like the only thing that puts my allergies to rest when they are this bad....I know it sounds weird but it is true...at least for me...). sneeze...sniffle...sneeze...time for a new piece of toilet paper...the other one is soaked....uuugghhhh nasty!!! (sighy)

This week I am going to...
*get the bathroom done!!!
*get the living room done!!!

2 things to tackle this week!!!

Today I am going to...
*get all of our "stuff" from vacation sorted and put away.
*get all our "goodies" taken out of the bags and sorted (personal, gifts, stuff for scrapbooking i.e. postcards, maps...). *can you believe we still have not unpacked from our vacation!!!*

weekly to do list

This week...

1/ finish downloading the last of my completed lo's (14!!)

2/ get outside and do some yard work!

3/ yuck! ...start my excersicing (my knee has had enough time to rest!)

4/work on current projects (I would like to complete at least one this week).

5/ home stuff (groceries, laundry, house work)

6/ payless!!! shoes for the girls

Sunday Seven

7 things I am happy about...

1/ my oldest turned 20!!! WOW!!!

2/ my baby is a Senior! Double WOW!!!

3/ my hunny bunny and I celebrated our 21st anniversary this month!!! Wahooo!!!

4/ my mother celebrated her 27th birthday this week (i stopped counting at 26!!! hehehe)

5/ my team in doing awesome!!! (less stress at work!!)

6/ Jesus songs!!! (they make my day going and coming from work!!)

7/ lo challenges!! (they help me to create and actually compete lo's!!)

more layouts for my 2007 goal!

This lo was for a challenge and it was fun to do. This is my daughter with 2 precious babies she watched one weekend.


I saw a page (soooo much better than this one!) like this and I had to scraplift it. My daughter and a friend at their prom.



My hunny bunny and his dad and brother getting ready to go to a Bronco game in St. Louis (my father in-law and hunny bunny flew out there for a Monday night game.

Funky Photo Friday...Change your perspective

Ok...these were fun to do but painful!!! I had to get on the ground in the middle of the tracks to take these. I like how they turned out...and i can't wait to try this again.

Today was a very productive day (at least in my scrapbooking world). I was able to complete some challenges (and i uses some old pictures which was even better!!). I also did my first 6x12 page and it was fun and fast!!! Loved it!!! I am hoping this weekend will see me getting some pages done (I still want to reach 207 pages by the end of the year). Tomorrow i am planning on taking some pictures downtown (I found a fun place when we were taking Boo to get her books and I hopefully I am going to venture over there...).

Photo Scavenger Hunt...Happy!

This was taken at a soccer game. As you can see my girls and hunny bunny are very "happy" to be there!!!!

3 more layouts for 2007

Today was the first day of school for Gigi. She is now "officially" a Senior! *sniff...sniff* We went to the orientation today and it was a little sad thinking this would be the last time we would be coming into orientation and CedarWood. *sniff...sniff* Reggie and I are both excited and sad about this year. Sad about our baby growing up...*sniff...sniff*...and excited because she has a brand new year ahead of her and there are so many opportunities ahead of her! It is going to be fun to see what kind of year we have. I hope it is full of fun, growth, newness and adventure!!!
We are blessed to be able to send her to a Christian School and it was so wonderful to be able to pray for her and the other students with other parents. It is wonderful to know the teachers and staff are praying for her and her peers. I know God has some wonderful things for the Senior class of 08' and I am so excited to watch this year unfold! *sniff...sniff*

Happy Birthday MOM!!!!!

Happy Happy Birthday! I hope you have a WONDERFUL day!!!!!

A is for...

Authentic....I strive to be authentic in everything I do and I have discovered I am the most happiest when I am doing this. Being authentic...real....alive! I think it is so important to be true to myself and those around me and I feel my life would be horrific if I could not be "real". Sometimes it can be hard and frustrating but at the end of the day I owe it to myself to be authentic (something I am working on on a daily basis).


Autumn....my favorite season of the year! I love the colors and fact that this is a transitional period (between summer and winter) for our planet. We are so blessed in Colorado to be able to experience Autumn (as well as the other 3 seasons) and it is beautiful. I also love Halloween and Turkey day which fall in the Autumn. It is a cozy, peaceful and colorful time of the year and I look forward to it every year.


Aunts....I have some great Aunts in my life (I don't see them as often as I would like). They are some strong women who are pillars in their families. My Aunt Mary was my favorite Aunt growing up! She was so "hip" and fun to be around. There was a time when she stayed with us and it was wonderful! I remember staying up and talking with her and it was one of the first times in my life when i felt like someone was really listening to me and what I was saying. She encouraged me to think outside the box and to see myself in a different light! Mmmmm....I sure do miss her!


Antoinette....my name which I love!


Armed Forces....I come from a family of military men and women. I respect and honor those who choose to serve our country. I remember seeing pictures of family members in uniform and thinking "wow". I also remember hearing stories from them about the training, the travels and yes the wars they fought in. I was always in awe when I would hear those stories. They helped me to see a world outside the North side where I grew up. There was a time when I wanted to be in the military but that phase did not last long (I have yet to decide if that was good or bad).

Action...I believe life is about action! It's about moving forward (or sideways...just as long as we are moving). It's about refusing to stay on the sidelines and watch life pass you by. It's about making the most of everyday you have been blessed with. It's about laughing and crying, screaming and simmering, it's about taking the bull by the horns and not letting go! Life, if you are going to enjoy it is about ACTION!!!! I so want to be this type of person on a daily basis and i am focusing on being a player on the field instead of a bench warmer...

Here is the finished product!!!!

Happy Birthday Boo!!!

21 years ago...what an incredible day that was! 21 years ago at this very moment i was at the hospital resting (I had some long intensive back labor and had an epidural which allowed me to rest). I was exhausted and by this time we had had a few scares (they could not find your heartbeat and at one time a whole gaggle of nurses and doctors had rushed in the room and started looking at monitors and turning me...something to do with getting a heartbeat). By this time I had left my cozy apartment (i remember looking at the living room and seeing this small bassinet and thinking like would never be the same when we returned to our home) and a good showing of Miami Vice (daddy was freaking out and wanted you at the hospital ASAP!) and we had driven to the hospital in the little blue Omni. By this time i had beat your daddy up in front of the hospital because i did not want to go in (i know...shame on me...but it was his fault to begin with...). By this time we had called Grandma and she had showed up with her high heels, skirt and diamonds (i don't think she had any idea i would refuse to let go of her hand and she would be in the delivery room with us!..hehehehe). By this time i was so out of it i did not care that interns were coming in and "checking" to see how much i had dilated (now that i look back i get mad....). By this time daddy had rushed out of the room for fear of fainting (he could not handle them giving me the epidural). By this time 20 years ago we were anxiously awaiting your arrival (the freaking out about you being a girl and the Opera singer incident had not happened yet...). By this time we had no idea it would be several more hours until you came and by this time we had no idea what an amazing joy you would be to us, a blessing, an adventure and a love we would always cherish! *sigh* 20 years ago today....at this very moment...

weekly to do list

1/ get baking supplies for Boo
2/ bake (in 90 degree weather!!)
3/ birthday stuff
4/ laundry
5/ mom's birthday this week
6/ plan this weekends schedule
7/ take girls shoe shopping
8/ living and family room
9/ work on layouts and projects
10/upload some lo's to 2Peas
11/ bills *sighy*
12/ registration and orientation for Gigi

school shopping!!

I know it sounds funny but i have really enjoyed school shopping with my girls. We have been clothes and school supply shopping (we still have to do the shoe thing....shoes my favorite!!!). We were coming out of Target tonight and it hit me...this is the last year of school list shopping (my baby is a Senior this year!!). It was a sad moment! No more lists letting us know what we need to buy. No more getting excited to get them back to school (August is that time of year where they start getting bored which results in them getting on your nerves which results in mental breakdowns which...are not good). *sighy*

7 things i am grateful for...

this week...


1/ 21 years with my hunny bunny

2/ "Jesus" music (grin)

3/ being able to take my girls school supply shopping (it never gets old)

4/ my team/job

5/ pictures...and what they bring....memories

6/ blogging (huge grin)

7/ Ace of Cakes starting another season!!!

Caution...Work Ahead

today Preacher had a very good start to a wonderful feast (i know it goes way back to when i was young...someone refereed to messages as "food" for the soul and i seem to compare out Sunday morning ones to meals....*sigh*). He is going to be speaking about "working" out my own salvation. Very good stuff. He also touched on a few verses before this scripture when it referred to treating others "better" than you would treat yourself...thinking of them as better than me! Wow!!! That is some amazing stuff. I think that has found a place in my heart and it might be taking root. (Ohh...do I want it to...that is the question. OK...if there is one thing I will say it is i can be very honest when something is coming at me at 100 MPH! I do not pretend it is not coming and i try to to move slowly to the right thinking it will miss me if i do.). Anyway... I digress. It was a good message and I cannot wait to get into it more and see what will happen (to me...see there i go thinking about myself instead of my fellow brothers and sisters...tsk). I love people but i tend to have a prideful streak and i am a very "me and mine" type of person. I cannot even imagine a life where you think and put everyone else above you. Hmmm...i guess this is the part where i need to "work" with this. I will need to process this and see where it goes....(my hope is i will come full circle and accept what God has to say...love others and yes...in my heart think more of them and less of me (mmmppphhh...that is even hard to say). But you know what that is what makes God incredible...He changes hearts and if we "work" at it he will be there at the end of each mile to greet us (I say miles because for me it is so much more easier to think in terms of "short" races which will result in 1 HUGE marathon when it is all said and done). *sighy* Good stuff!!!

SUPERDAWG IN CHICAGO!

I READ ABOUT THIS DRIVE THRU IN ONE OF MY TRAVELING BOOKS. IT WAS EASY TO FIND AND REGGIE LOVED THE CHICAGO DOGS SO MUCH WE WENT BACK A 2ND TIME! I WAS SURPRISED AT HOW GOOD THE HOT DOGS WERE! YUMMY!!!

Today we had an off site meeting. I discovered something real crazy about myself on the way there. I was stuck in traffic (it was horrible...12:45p.m. and there was traffic!!) and it was slow and go. I was doing fine, feeling a little pressure but not much. I was able to see way ahead of me and knew the jam was not going to stop for awhile. Well...it happened. Something that was profound to me (o.k. the world did not stop and i did not see stars or anything but it still was profound...to me) occurred. A huge semitruck changed lanes and landed up right in front of me!! AAAGGGHHH!! Wow, you talk about everything changing. I became irritated when i had to stop and go, i turned down my tunes, i started weaving to see if i could see what was going on in front of him (even though i knew seconds before we were in a stop and go situation), i became impatient and no longer felt in CONTROL!!! it was horrible. At the first opportunity I switched lanes. I immediately assessed the road in front of me (I know nothing had changed) and took a deep breath. Boom!!! Just like that everything was good. I could see what was ahead and I felt confident. Why??? I had to think about that and on my way home I discovered why. I need to feel in CONTROL! i need to see what is ahead of me. i need to be able to make a decision based on my view (do i get off at the next exit, switch lanes, call someone to say i am running late?). i do not function well when all i can see in front of me is a huge...nothing (in this case it was a silver door but you get what i am saying....right). Wow!!! i knew this about myself on some level and people are always telling me this but to actually live in the moment that reveals this to you is amazing! I am not a control freak (I gave that up years ago..hehehe) but i function better when i am in control of my situation/path (in this case it was the road to a destination...my meeting). *sigh* I like knowing this. This knowledge will help me in the future and to think i owe it all to a semitruck!!!!!

weigh in

Yuck!!! It was that time and yucko!!! I went in to weigh in (I missed last month..). Well with vacation and my knee injured I thought for sure I had gained weight. Well...I was pleasantly surprised! I did not gain...but....i did not loose much. 1lb! I lost one pound. Well...I should be depressed and upset but I am not. I am actually so glad!!! I did not gain!! Wahoo!!! Good times. I am hoping to start exercising this week (if my knee will let me *sigh*) and more h2o! I have decided I will treat myself to some things if i loose...

25 pounds......nails and hair!!!! Wahoo!!!

50 pounds...a membership to the gym (they have a pool and steam room!!!).



* i am also wanting to loose 5 lbs. by my birthday. Hmmmmm....that would be a nice birthday gift. *

Remembering Elvis

Today is Elvis Presley's anniversary of his death. How amazing that even after all these years he is so popular!!! Love, love. love him. I remember as a child watching his movies and thinking he was wonderful. My mother grew up listening to him and shared that love with me. Frankie and Bobby, Blue Hawaii and Viva Las Vegas were some of my favorite's. I still get a thrill today when I see one of his movies on tv! We were able to visit Graceland a few years ago and that is something I thought about doing ever since I was young (one of the 101 things to do in life!). We took lots of pictures and his house was incredible! I can only imagine how packed it is today! I was to young to remember much about his death. I just know my Mom was real sad. I think America is still sad over his death and today many people from all over the world (when we were there we saw teddy bears from China at his grave!) are thinking about him and his "yummy" looks (hehehe). I sure wish I could have seen him live!

who is going to win????

So who is going to win So You Think You Can Dance??????

Out of the 4 dancers there we like Sabra and Neil. However, we think the public is liking Lacie. They can all dance (and yes Danny can twirl!!) but Sabra or Neil needs to win!!! If we were to judge only on tonight performance I would have to say....well I am not going to say because they were all ok (not great but ok). I think last years finale was sooooo much better! So much! Anyway the girls voted and voted and now we wait....


So good luck to all 4 and may Sabra or Neil win!!!!

Today my husband and I celebrated out 21st year as man and wife! 21 years! It is amazing to think we have been together that long! 21 years ago we were in Las Vegas preparing to start a life together. Wow!! How young we were. How innocent we were. How naive we were. Wow!!!
I am so glad we took that plane 21 years ago. I am so glad we said "I do". I am so glad we started that journey 21 years ago.
I love my husband and I think he is incredible. I am looking forward to another 21 years!!!! Who knows what we accomplish in those years...more travel, grandchildren, school, a new home and a fun exciting new journey. I look forward to that and so much more!!!!