My Crazy Awful Beautiful Life

September 20, 2008

I've Been Tagged and other stuff!

De tagged me!!

Here are the rules:
1. Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
Ok so you want to know a little bit about me:

About Me:
1. I've always wanted to be a vet/nurse, but am afraid of blood!!
2. I love video games!!
3. I broke my leg when I was 12...we were fishing!
4. I'm OCD when it comes to my room... I don't like anything out of place. (My room isn't the cleanest, but don't mess with something when I'm near or I'll move it back!)
5. I'm addicted to chocolate.
6. I love Kenny Chesney.... (I will meet him some day!!!)
7. I couldn't ride a bike w/o training wheels 'til I was 8... was too afraid!! :P

Hmm Ok now my turn to pick 7 people...

1. Karen B.
2. Greta
3. Cristal
4. Ruby
5. Dawny
6. Nicky
7. Trinka

And now for the other stuff....

I finally got my room finished up today, drove Dad to auto parts store, bank and the dump so we could get all of these boxes thrown away (Don't mind this driving stuff and I'm getting better, can't wait for license then I don't have to ride the bus with all of the screaming and bossy little kids anymore!), got the computer set up (Don't have to use Dad's anymore), finished getting scrappy stuff set up, made an altered item and tried to make a shaker box... but gave up after a while. I've got a few pics and will share them in the next post!!

September 16, 2008

Finally Settled!!!

Well, we are finally settled!!! About time!!! My room is just about done, just need to get my desk in there and buy another shelf!! It's been quite a while since I've posted...poor blog!! :P Anyways, lots of stuff to tell.

How was the move?

Well to be honest, a pain in the butt!! But we are all happy to be back at "home"! We've gotten alot done in the past few weeks, but were able to take some time to relax and not think about unpacking and such as well. We found a few resturants that have become our favorite. Much different than Austin though, not much in this little 'ole town!!

How's School?

So far it's ok, much more challenging then Austin, as the teachers actually teach you instead of letting you do what you want, we are trying to adjust to this, much harder than before though. I'm taking a pre-college class, Geometry, not too bad, just get confused with some of the vocab and I'm taking a college level class, World History, the teacher speaks his mind, but is able to help us learn better this way because he gives us his opinion instead of just reading what other people say, I've gotten a better view on all of the things I am learning so far, having some trouble with note taking, I can take notes, but I don't seem to get enough information, he lets us use whatever notes we have written on our test, which makes it easier for some questions. My other classes are:

English 2, which I am working on getting the grade up in that class, once again having trouble with all of the vocab that is on the tests, but I'm doing good on all of the Essays and Reports, guess that's a good thing because it's a major part on the TAKs test coming up.

Physics, with Mrs. Davis, she is an awesome teacher!! Dropped out of Pre-AP Physics because it was too hard for me as I do not know Algebra 2. In my other school Chemistry was taken in 10th grade so that in 11th you would be in Algebra 2 and Physics at the same time so you would be learning everything you need to know around the same time, but not in this school. Luckily she is able to take the time to teach us this which is helpful because in Pre-AP Coach Hornback didn't have time. So far so good in that class.

French!!!! I totally love that class!!! Madame Van Hooser is another awesome teacher! I've learned to count to 100, learn which nouns are female and male, colors, how to ask your name, how you're doing, and how to say hello in 2 different ways, also the difference between a formal and informal greeting. We got to pick a French name the 2nd week of school, I picked Gisele because it was my moms French name when she took French in High School.

Web Mastering with Mr. Williams, he gives us a ton of free days.... who wouldnt love that teacher!!! Basically we learn how to well... master the web!! Right now we are working with HTML and other codes inbetween our free days.

Art..... Well I don't mind it but I detest the teacher!!! Mrs. Ing....... She always puts down your work and doesnt like you unless you are very artistic... umm HELLO NEWS FLASH!! This is Art 1 we are taking.... isnt this supposed to help us become artistic?!!! She told my table partner today that she hated her piece of work and thought it looked like shattered glass, she spent forever working on this project. She told me that I needed to add some more circles and "highways" to mine... meh oh well, not failing in her class atm and I'm doing the best I can....Although we do have to paint tomorrow, not sure how pretty that will be.

Well that's it with the classes, haven't made many friends yet, but I recognize alot of old friends I used to know, just to scared to go up and talk to them.... even saw my old B.F.F. but too much of a chicken to go talk to her!! I do have 2 classes with my brother which is kinda cool.

Scrapbooking?

I've gotten a few things done!! This weekend I took Sunday and did nothing but scrap! I haven't been feeling to good so I figure a day of that wouldn't hurt I took pics of a few of the things I did. I'll show them down futhur in the post.

Blogs and Scrappy Sites!

I have been so behind on visiting blogs I will try to attempt that tonight. Need to get caught up on the scrappy sites as well..

Well here are the pics:

Cherish

Cherish

Wild and Crazy Scrappy Pals

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Love

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Best Friends

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I got a few more things done but didnt take pictures for some reason.

Hoping to be back to check the blog in the next day or so, but if not sorry!!

Hugs

Cait

August 13, 2008

Long Time, No Bloggin'!

Wow!! I just realized how long it has actually been since I've posted on here!!

Well let's see....

We are working on moving back to Springtown(ICK!), since we have a house there and the owner of the company my parents are currently working for is going to sell it. We've known this for a while now, but I still wasn't prepared! :P We've been busy packing up stuff, getting rid of junk we don't need that has just been sitting around collecting dust, and getting everything ready to go. We still have quite a few things to do, but we're getting there. Last weekend we went and cleaned out the house and it wasn't as bad as we expected. This weekend we are planning going back up there to work on a few more things!! Yippeee! Oh yea, Tax Free Weekend this weekend, gonna go clothes shopping with my mom on Sunday, maybe. Only good thing about the original plan going bad is that we don't have to wear uniforms at this new school. Plus, this new school is a better one than the one we went to last year, may actually be a challenge instead of me getting my work done in the first 20 minutes of class and having nothing else to do!! I will miss some of the teachers that I had and a few of my friends, and a few other places here in Austin, like our fave scrapbooking store, but other than that BUH-BYE Austin!!

I get so sidetracked, I had some other things to say, but I just can't think of them!!!

Gonna hold off on the challenges as you can see I didn't post one last week, or the week before, will probably wait until everything has settled down and we are back in school and done moving!

I was able to get a few cards accomplished today after looking at a magazine and seeing them!! Have you ever done Double Pocket-Folding Cards? OMGosh they are so easy and fun to make once you figure them out!!

Ok here they are:

1st Card:

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Upclose on the Saying at the Bottom:

Upclose on First Card

The Bookmark/Tags inside of the card:

Tags to 1st Card

And the 2nd one was a Christmas one with the Elsie Christmas papers, I just love them!!

2nd Card:

Christmas Pocket-Fold

Tag/Bookmarks:

Tags to Christmas Pocket-Fold

Ok, You've seen this one before, but I added a lil something to it as it wasn't what I really wanted, I just need to get it sent out!

Update on Cherrie's Clipboard

And this is for Ms. Ashley on JS!

Ashley's Journal

Well stop back in later and I will post the directions for the Double Pocket-Fold Cards!!


XOXO
-Cait

August 01, 2008

My First Blog Award(s)

Morning!!

Like I said in my last post I rec'd two blog awards form my mom and Nicky!!


I just recently met Nicky after visiting a Sisterhood of the Blogging Stampers and joining a group on there!!

Of course I've known my mom all me life! :P And I just love scrapping with her!!

Ok, here it goes!!

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So, time for me to PIF (pay it forward) the blog award. The rules are as follows:

1. Only 5 people allowed.
2. 4 have to be dedicated followers of your blog
3. one has to be someone new or recently new to your blog and live in another part of the world.
4. you must link back to whoever gave you the award.

This is going to be difficult for me to narrow it down to just 5 people but I will do my best. If I didn't choose you please don't be offended, I visit lots of blogs and enjoy looking at everyones work!!

My choices, in no particular order are:

1. Karen B (aka my mom)- Of course I had to choose her! I fought her for the longest time about scrapping, I never wanted to do it and would always mess with her about it. Finally one day I just gave in and I'd have to say that is one of the best choices I have made in a long time!! I enjoy our time together, we don't always have to be scrapping, it can be shopping or just spending time with each other. We have a blast when we start scrapping together and things usually get messy!! I love you so much mama!!!

2. Ruby - I met Ruby through the Adornit Teen Chix contest that was held a few months ago. After seeing her work she created with the free product I basically started stalking her blog! :P I just love Ruby's work, and the fact that she is another young scrapper is awesome!! Her work totally inspires me and she has so many great ideas!!!

3. Greta - I met Greta on JS and I fell in love with her!!! She is so beautiful and she amazes me!! Her work is awesome!! She's so free-spirited and ventures out and tries different things all the time!!!

4. Amy - I just love Amy!! I met her a while back on a different set of forums I am no longer a part of, and I think she is just too cute!! Her work is always beautiful and so inspiring!!!

5. Mare - I also met Mare on SBS and she has commented quite a few times on my blog about how she loves my work!! She is just so sweet!! Her work is beautiful as well and she also inspires me!!! I'm looking forward to getting to know her more and see more of her work in the future!!!

Well that sums that up for a bit, was very hard choosing only 5 people, but I did it!! Dunno if I will be back with more today or not, it's the 1st which is our busy time of the month... although it is actually not very busy today!!

Hugs!!

Cait

July 30, 2008

Lots of Stuff...

Well, I was awarded a blog award from two people the other day, Nikki and my mom!!! I was so happy!! I'll do a next post about that in a lil bit! Today I woke up earlier so I could go to the DPS to get another permit as I've lost mine and my School ID as well... luckily I am not going to that school anymore..oh yea! We are moving next to my grandparents in Red Oak/Ferris and we are starting school in Ferris on August 25th! I am so happy!! Can't wait to start it, hopefully it will be much better than the school we were in and a plus, my mom and her best friend went there and her daughter will be starting 9th grade this year and me and my brother will be in 10th! Yay to not being a fishy!! hehe!

Well, when we went to the DPS it had a school bus full of kids and the parking lot was full... so we said forget that for today, we'll take another shot at it tomorrow. We went to Archivers and Micheals and omgosh Micheals has some newer stuff..it is too cute!! We got the cutest flowers, I'll have to show later, mom is taking a class atm she went back to "school" tonight! Anyways, I found a cute little kit at Archivers that I just fell in love with. When I got home I started creating!!

Well here they are so far!

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1st Page
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2nd Page
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3rd Page
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4th Page
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And the 5th!
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Thanks for looking calling it a night!!

XOXO

Cait

July 26, 2008

Challenge #3! Color My World!

Good Afternoon!!


Well, I've been thinking about my next challenge for a few hours. I wanted it to be a bit easier as I know alot of people are busy this time of the year, so with that said... here is the next challenge!

These challenge's will start Saturday and all entry's must be completed by 11:59 P.M. CST on Friday, so if you are not CST make sure you don't get confused (trust me it happens to me alot!!!) I will choose a winner Saturday morning and I will need that person to e-mail their information. Does that seem easy enough?




Challenge Number 3:

COLOR MY WORLD!

So here it is, I am going to show you two different scraps of paper I had left over and I want you to use atleast 1 of the colors on there and atleast 1 flower.(once again, you may choose what you want to do, ATC's,a card, Layout, other altered items... etc., etc.)

Sound easy?! I hope, it was very easy and I was able to create an example for each color scheme (I guess that's the right word?)

Color Scheme #1: RED,YELLOW,PINK,ORANGE

Ok, the colors in this choice are RED YELLOW PINK AND ORANGE. You will see some black and white which can be used on your project.

Image Number 1


My Example is a CARD and it is listed below:

Number 1

Inside of Number 1

(Yes, I know it is tiny! My cutting skills weren't working with me today though! :P)

The colors in choice #2 are BLUES AND GREENS. You will see some black and white, which can be used on your project.

Number 2


My Example is a CARD and it is listed below:

Number 2

Inside of Number 2


Well I think that is it... only 50 minutes left of work!! Woohoo!! We've been soo busy today, we've done 7 rentals + other daily stuff that goes on!!!


XOXO
-Cait

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Good Morning!

Morning Ya'll!!!


Well, I see that Challenge #2 didn't have a very good turn out, which is ok!! I know alot of people are busy this time of the year so maybe I should take a break with the challenges and bring them back later? I am still going to have another challenge and it will be in my next post, but lemme know if I should hold off on the challenges for a bit, or if I should keep doing them!!

I need to get another gift created for Ms. Ashley over at Just Scrappin for the Surprise a Friend swap... I have an idea for her so we'll see how that turns out, I'm wanting to get a few more gifts for people, but dunno if I will have time in this busy schedule. (haha yea right!) I'm thinking I wanna send Greta and Cristal something as well, but just depends on what I get done!!

Hmmm... off to think on the next challenge for ya!

XOXO
-Cait

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July 25, 2008

Surprise a Friend!

I was able to accomplish something today at work, and this is probably all I am going to get done today!!

This was for the Surprise a Friend Swap and is for a dear friend Cherrie, I just love her work and think she is soo talented! I've known Cherrie for a few months now as I met her on KRANKIES Board (haha Krankie :P)and I know how much she loves cherry's so I decided to make her this with some of the Berry Sweet Collection from K&Company, I've always loved this collection and wish Archiver's wouldn't have gotten rid of it :(

Anyways, here it is!

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I just fell in love with it, will have to make one similar for myself and they may even be good for gifts!! Very easy to make!!

Have you fellow bloggers done CLIPBOARDS before? Lemme know if ya liked 'em or not!!

I think that's it for now, I may go blog surfing for a bit though!!

XOXO
-Cait

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Banana Frog

Good Morning!!!

Well, today I am at work, so I may get something scrappy accomplished, I need to get a few things done for the Surprise a Friend Swap going on at Just Scrappin!

Oh yea, look at what I found while surfing this morning, Banana Frog!! These little guys are just too cute!!

I don't have much going on just yet, but don't forget that Challenge #2 is over tonight at 11:59 CST!!

I'll be back later to show what I make, if I get something done that is! :P

XOXO
-Cait

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July 23, 2008

A Little Something...

Hi there!!! How was your day?

Well, here is a little something I made today for my mom, if you saw the comp book she made the other day, it does look like hers, I totally love how she set it up! I was showing her these papers and she just loved them so I made this for her.

Here it is!

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I just love the colors on those papers!!

I think that is it for the night... not sure yet though!!

Thanks for lookin'!

XOXO
-Cait

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July 19, 2008

My Example of Challenge #2

Ok, here is what I just created for challenge #2, I made this for my parents!

Front of the Card:

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Inside: (Yes, you can't read it, as it is silver writing and hard to read!)

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And the Back Side of the Card:

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See... You can make cards without using PP!! I inked the 1st and 2nd layers under the sticker on the card using Ruby's inking Technique!

I dunno about you, but I just love how this card turned out!!

Well, thanks for lookin' and again I hope all that participate in this challenge have fun and enjoy making your projects!

XOXO
-Cait

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Challenge #2

Well, we made it to week 2 of my challenges, hopefully the ones who joined in on this challenge, had fun and enjoyed making their items! These challenge's will start Saturday and all entry's must be completed by 11:59 P.M. CST on Friday, so if you are not CST make sure you don't get confused (trust me it happens to me alot!!!) I will choose a winner Saturday morning and I will need that person to e-mail their information. Does that seem easy enough?


I want you to create a project(once again, you may choose what you want to do, ATC's,a card, Layout, other altered items... etc., etc.) using no patterend paper at all! You may ink you papers, paint them, you get it right? If you get stuck on this, I found a neat little idea on Ruby's blog. It works well and that is what I used on the card I am going to post below. This card isn't all that new, and I will get a new one created, but I wanted to show an example of my challenge!

So here it is, it has been posted on here before, but like I said, I just wanted to show an example!

Card 2

Well, good luck to all of those who join in and I hope you have fun!! I'm off to work on another project for this challenge!!

XOXO
-Cait

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Challenge #1 Winner!

Well... I got to entries and I just loved both of the cards, but I could only have 1 winner.... and the winner is......




Nicky!!! If you could get me your addy I'll get your prize sent off on Tuesday!


Here is Nicky's card. You can find her blog here!

Nicky's Card

I just love the ballet slippers on this card!!!

The other entry was by Ruby, and it was beautiful!! I just loved that stamped image!!

Here's Ruby's card. You can find her blog here!

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Isn't it just the cutest!!

Well, check back in a bit and I'll have the other challenge posted, still thinking on what to do!!

XOXO
-Cait

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July 18, 2008

What I was up to today!

As I said this morning, I may or may not get something done... well I did get something done!!! Wanna see? Okies, I'll show!!

Well I had this mini album from a while back when I was entering for the Adornit Contest (TeenChix)and I had never completed it... soo now I am going to complete it and try to sell it, today I got 7 pages of it done, and still trying to figure out what to do with the other 13 pages :P

Ok, quite a few pics for ya tonight! (The pics are a little big, but I am too lazy to fix them right now!)

Cover:

Cover

My Favorite Things (1st Page)

1st

Dream Big (2nd Page)

2ND

A Friend is... (3rd Page)

3RD

Girl Facts (4th Page)

4TH

B.F.F. (5th Page)

5TH

Upclose Pic of Flower on 5th Page

uPCLOSE FLOWER

6th Page (No Title Yet)

7TH

7th Page (No Title Yet)

8TH

And guess what!!! I was so happy when I saw this!! This morning I was talking to my mom about making a comp. book with a few Elsie papers I just loved! Well, she took the papers and the book and did it herself!! I kept accidently (hehe) sneaking in there and "forgetting" she was working on this book! I got kicked out a few times :(
When she handed it to me I was so happy!! It is too cute! Wanna see? Ok!

Journal Mom made

Isn't it just awesome!!!

Well thanks for lookin', I'm off to play WoW now!! May have something going on there tonight, but if not I may be back to scrappin!!

XOXO
-Cait


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