12 in 12

I like to have resolutions for the new year, but I do not like calling them resolutions.

I prefer to not really call them anything.  

This year I am referring to them as my 12 in12.

1. Cook at least one new recipe each month.

2.Scrapbook at least one page per week. 

3. Complete my capture my life 365 plus one..

4. Finish 8 more classes towards my degree.

5.See the sunrise on the coast and the sunset on the other coast all in one day.

( I live in Florida so this is achievable)

6.Get and keep my house visitor ready.

7. Go camping.

8.Have dessert at Bern's Steakhouse.( Cherries Jubilee or Bananas Foster)

9. Go to a fair/carnival and ride the Ferris Wheel.

10.Spend quality time with my girls.

11. Have a savings account, with money in it.

12. Go to New Orleans. The place where I was born.

These are in particular order.

None is more important than the next. 

They are just my 12 in 12. 

Wish me luck on my journey to complete them, or on my attempt to be consistent in my journey to complete them.

Color me Crazy......

     yep.

red. 

pink.

I must be crazy.

My husband is not going to be happy.

The girls have both wanted some color in their hair.

For some reason I agreed. 

It is not permanent right?

This is what little girls are made of......

These are going to be fun to scrap.

I am thinking a grungy kinda page. 

What else did I do today?

Clean. 

Laundry.

Play on the computer.

Made dinner. 

A new recipe.

From Pinterest.

Crispy Cheddar Chicken.

See you tomorrow.

I need sleep.

Starting again?

I know I do this every few months. I start and everything is going great and then all of a sudden....boom..I stop. Well, I am going to start again. Will be things be different this time? I really hope so. That is part of my 2012...One little word. Consistency! I need more consistency in my life. My kids need me to be more consistent. My work needs me to be more consistent. Will I succeed? It is not always about the destination or the completion, but about the journey I will take to get there.

    One more thing I will be working on is my Capture 365 plus 1. I have started this the last 2 years and again, I have never been consistent with it. But, when I look back at the photos I do have, it inspires me to go for it again. I think I am a bit better organized and a bit more planned out than I have been in past years. I have a visible display area for them in my home, that I am hoping will be my daily reminder.

Back to life as I want it.......?

Not what has really been happening the last few weeks. Life tossed me a few curveballs but you turn so many times and you end up back on the track you started. I am back to my blog, my camera and my scrapbooks....the things that make me....ME! So thanks for everyone that has been there for me. Watch out paper and glue eaters....I have been scrapping away the last few days and have lots to share with you in the next week or so.

Rain Rain......

even though we could really use the rain right now...this day I am sure I was wishing for it to end. I dug these photos out of the box of pics from childhood, because I thought they were perfect for the theme of this month's challenge over at My Mind's Eye. You had to use the sketch below and the theme April Showers.

Playing dress-up

During homecoming week, the kids have dress-up days. For character day Amanda was at first unsure of what to dress up as...then a light went off. She loves to watch NCIS and loves the character of Abby, played by Pauley Perrette. She has that little bit of bad girl side while still be a good girl and using her intelligence. Amanda found a black tee and a skull iron-on. She got a lab coat and even made a cafe=pow cup. She colored her hair black...for the day. What a day that was. I took a few pictures before she left for school and thought they worked great with this weeks Sketchy Thursday sketch.

Yes, the sketch is a 2-pager, but since I rarely scrap 2 pagers anymore I turned it into a single, but kept the bones of the sketch. I used Crate Portrait collection for this.

Catch me if you can....

Kimmy has the possibility of being added to next years WinterGuard team at Springstead High, because there are no middle school teams in the county. It has become Amanda's job to have her ready to go by October....so they have been practicing everyday. I captured these shots of Kimmy the very first time she was trying to twirl rifle! It took a little while but eventually she caught one or two. It is going to be a long summer.I mad this layout of that day using this months sketch over at Scrap with V..a new blog that I recently found and love..you have to check out all the inspiration and ides over there.
I used the new Basic Grey Hello Luscious line, the colors are so happy and bright.

1,2,3,4,5......

that was the challenge over at Kraft it up this month.

1. sheet of Kraft paper....check
2. photos smaller than 4x6....check
3. different alphas....check
4. pattern papers.....check
5. different embellies...check
Here is my take on the challenge.

Kimmy's science fair project this year was on diffusion and osmosis. To prove her hypothesis, she "grew" gummy bears in different solutions. These photos worked awesome with Jillibean Soups Atomic Soup line.

Thursday shares....

Every Sunday Creative Scrappers post a fabulous sketch. I do not often to get play along...atleast not in a timely manner, but this week I finished the last 2 sketches.
First we have sketch #150
This photo was taken when we were walking along the beach watching the sunset on Honeymoon Island a few weeks ago. The water was really cold and Kimmy was staying along the edge.

Next we have sketch #151
Just a quick snap of the camera as she was whizzing back past me and throwing me a no more glance...but I love the movement.