..hasta la vista, baby!..

Today's the day, I'm leaving for Mexico!! As I previously stated, I will have no laptop while I'm gone. I will however, have my incredible iPhone, on which I have the internet and my Google Reader :) With everything we have planned, I'm just not sure how much time I will get to spend on it.

I hope you all have a great next few days. And I will take plenty of pictures, don't ya'll worry :)

..is 9gig enough?..

So, we're leaving in the morning for Mexico..



I was informed last night that we will NOT be carrying the laptop with us. I immediately went into panic mode.

Me: "We're not going to be able to copy our pictures to the laptop, what am I going to do?"
J: "Um, well, we have like 4 memory cards, I think you'll be ok."
Me: "4 memory cards? That's not going to be enough, we'll be there a week!"
J: "I just counted.. we'll have 9 gig worth of memory."
Me: "9 gigs? Is that gonna be enough? I don't know if that's gonna be enough!"
J: "Calm down Shutterbug, 9 gig will be fine. That's like, 1575 pictures you can take."
Me: "Only 1500?!? We gotta get another card.. that's just not gonna do it!"

Ok, so maybe 1500 pictures will be plenty. But, it might not be. I mean, we have something planned every single day, and some days have two or three events thrown in there. I'm a photography major and a scrapbooker.. how can one put a limit on camera memory? :)

..i was kidnapped..

By my husband :) I had no choice but to follow him around for 3 days. First a remote control airplane fly-in, then to Memphis for 2 days for a Simulator check ride. Then I had two birthday parties in two days!! But it was for all three of my nephews (their birthdays are July 10, 11 & 12, how crazy is that?) This year, they turned 14, 7 and 5. It was a great weekend filled with skating (the 5 year old is fast!!), BBQ and watermelon.

Today I'm trying to get ALL of our laundry done, because we're leaving on Thursday for MEXICO!! I can't wait, I want to leave now :) I'm trying to convince hubby to take his laptop. Usually that thing is attached to his hip, but now he's saying he doesn't want to take it with us this time. What am I supposed to do with no AMR and no Blog Reader for a week?!

..i love wilna!..

Isn't my new header ADORABLE?! It was custom made for me by Wilna. She is a fabulous artist, and ran a little contest on her blog not too long ago. The winner got a custom header, and I won :) I'm just in love with it. She incorporated things that are important to me, like my kitties, and the airplane (cuz in case ya didn't know, I married a pilot!) :)

Wilna, thank you so much. You are a very special person and I hope we stay friends for a long, long time :)

..inchie love..

I totally made tons of Inchies about 4 years ago. Since then I've moved and I can't honestly say I know where they are. Thank goodness they're back in style! :D

I made these little guys in about 5 mins using some Studio G stamps and my watercolor pencils. Just needed some quick ones to make into a birthday card.



If you love Inchies too, you should definitely come join my Inchie Swap over at All Moments Remembered. Sign-ups will be open for another week or so. Seriously, come play with us :)

..someone pinch me..

Because I'm so excited, I must be dreaming :) Ever heard of Artsy.licious? If you haven't, run to Melody's blog right now and look at it.. Isn't it gorgeous? Well, back in May they ran a contest where you had to submit an idea or two of what you would use Artsy.licious for. They chose 25 ideas out of over 200 entries.. guess who was one of them? :D *can't contain it anymore*

Me! :D I'm tickled to death.. I get to let them know what product I will need for my projects and they're gonna send it right out to me. I still can't believe it :) Oh, and my project ideas that I submitted were some hanging prints and mats, and some jewelry.

Woot! :)

..independence..

Well it just hit me that's it's a whole new month.. well, I know we're 4 days into it, but I haven't blogged since the last of June. Where does the time go?

Last night I had the honor of introducing a scrap virgin to this addictive hobby of mine. It was a great 4 hours, and the best part is, I have someone close to scrap with :) It was so fun to watch her scrap, knowing that she is in that stage where she is only scrapping for herself. She's not trying to impress anyone with her work, she just wants to get her story down on paper. I think that's amazing.

So while I taught her a lot last night, she did just the same for me. Why do we get so caught up in doing our art for others? I've been scrapping for 13 years, and maybe it's time to go back to basics. Create for me, and no one else :)

For all of my fellow US residents, I hope you have a safe and Happy 4th. Not sure what our plans are because J won't even be home until about 7:30 tonight. But I'm sure we'll at least go watch some fireworks somewhere.