Throw it against the wall and see if it will stick

So the last few days have been interesting. I still haven't received my box. Did get ahold of the lady who was to mail it and there was a mix up....she sent my box to a lady in Cali. So, that means all the Hanna Montana stuff I got is hers. We were supposed to mail them to each other priority mail with delivery conformation and be reimbursed by the company. I did as asked and the lady got her box today. How exciting!!
She sent mine snail mail and it's hasn't even made it out of the state of California yet. Maybe my husband is right....she's going to hold onto my box till she gets hers and keep them both. WHAT A MESS.

You would think this would be enough to keep me from buying online but nope.
I must be jinxed because I just keep getting screwed.Onecompany was supppoed to give me 15% off my order because I was new but it didn't happen, I emailed and they said it would happen when it shipped. Still nothing. Now they are looking into it. HELLO!!!!
I ordered through another company twice in two days and you're supposed to be able to combine the orders and pay shipping once. I did everything it said to do and guess what? I got charged twice. Imagaine that! I sent an email. No response. I'm ready to cancel all orders and go old fashion.

I may not get the best deals and the newest greatest things but at least I will get my stuff right then and there and for the correct price.

Wish me luck with all this because I really need all the help I can get.

I have added a few layouts from when we took Elijah to the Apple Orchard. We had a lot of fun. He loves Candy apples a lot. The wagon ride was an trip.He Picked one apple that loooked too tasty and refusted to put it down, he took a bite out of it instead.It was a blast as you can see.

 

Hope you enjoy them as much as I did putting the together. He's my favorite subject.


Song of the day "Rumer Has It" by Adele

Thanks for reading: Chele

Luck or just my life

So, for those who know me know I have a favorite saying..... if it wasn't for bad luck, I would have no luck at all. It seems to bring disappointment when I least expect it and stick around for good measure. Today was no exception.

A friend of mine stopped in a scrap booking store that was going out of business on her way to Chicago, and told me about the great deals she had got. I looked and WOW they did have a great deal! 70% everything in the store. So, of course I placed an order. A large order. A little later that same day the owner called to tell me some of the things I wanted were sold out and my total would be different and they were shipping the box to me that day. I said great, no problem.

Then I waited. And waited. And waited. It's very had to wait. I'm not patient by any stretch of the imagination. 18 days later I finally got my box. I was so excited. I thought for sure it was lost in the mail. (it was shipped from Dyer, IN to Indianapolis, IN) I tear into the box only to discover it wasn't mine. It was full of Hanna Montana stamps and ugly paper. Really!!!!! Come on. I waited 18 days for this? And paid way too much for stuff I can't use.

To be honest. I was next to tears. I call up my friend Jenny who recommend these people and we both try to get hold of the store owners. The website is down. The phone goes strait to voicemail. Facebook account isn't updated. Email comes back as bad address. Really I say. Ugh! Finally, I think, white pages. I get lucky. I find the home phone number.

I speak with them and they say it's a switch a roo with the labels and it should be fixed by having us mail the boxes to each other. I really hope it works. My money back is all good and dandy but I really wanted what I bought. 

So, here's to waiting another two weeks to see if I get my stuff. Wish me luck because I could use all I can get.

Has anything like this happened to you? What would you have done? Let me know your thoughts.

Happy thoughts and lucky wishes,


Michele

Some Scrappy pages I've gotten done

I have been on a roll as of late to finish a couple of scrapbooks for my son. I started out strong before he was born and then it tapered off. Now I'm working overtime.

The great thing about waiting those 6 months or more is the fact you get better. Yeah, yeah, I know. If you sit, you're supposed to get worse. But that's not my case. I met a new friend and she has taught me a lot about scrapbooking and introduced me to many new resources I would of never known about. Don't get me wrong, I stumbled upon a lot of these myself. I'm not afraid to buy and try anything once. And I haven't meet a sale I haven't liked. I'm also a blog lurker and you can learn so many new things just by sitting behind a computer surfing. So, all those methods have helped me evolve in my scraping.

But, if you look at pages I have done when "peanut" (what I call my son) was a new baby and the pages now, you can see a major difference in design. I was told I would want to redo the old pages. Uh, no. I don't think so. They are a part of me, my history, my heart and my son. I can't imagine tearing them apart. Would you? Or have you? Am I wrong in wanting to hold onto them as they are?

I have posted a few different pages: one old, the rest newer. Let me know what changes you see. What you like and dislike. I just want to know if I'm alone in this.

p.s. these aren't the greatest pictures because they were taken with a cell phone, sorry.

Happy musical scrapping

Chele

Welcome home



If I'm interesting enough



Hello all. It's been a loooooong while since I've been on here. I have some good reasons though. I have had a baby boy, now 14months old. He is bright, smart, stubborn, active and just too darn cute and always into everything. He's kept me quite busy. Things, they have been a changing.

I have always in the past used the blog to post ramblings about music etc. Now it's going to still have some of that (music is still a big part of my like) but it will be more about my current lifestyle and what I'm doing now. That leans more towards my family, friends and son. So, you will be seeing and hearing stories about them. I will be posting scrap booking pages I have done and would like honest feedback. And some days I will just be venting about my day. Stick around if it sounds like your kind of blog. if you want something added just let me know. See you soon!




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Why Do They Leave

I have come to realize just how much Spring is my favorite season. The weather has been divine. I spent most of the weekend outside on my deck. Ahh... peaceful.

Flowers are blooming, barley breaking the soil. A new life awaits. How wonderful!

Every time I spot a little bit of green pushing the dirt aside it brings back memories of my Grandmother. Most of my flowers, along with my need to dig in the dirt, comes from her. She's been gone for several years now but not forgotten. For every time I kick off my shoes, get on my knees and plant, dig or water my flowers, she appears. Bittersweet memories because truth be told, I would give up every bloom, every burst of color to have her beside me.

Still, it brings me peace. I know that she's there with me and I will forever be grateful for that. I will cherish my flowers, just as I do her.

Yes, Springtime is my favorite time of year.

Till Next Time....

Michele

Soundtrack for this blog:
Keb Mo' "Hand it Over"

To Be Young (Is to be sad, is to be high)

I have an uncanny habit of attaching songs to a particular memory, event and place in my life. While listening to iTunes tonight, I set it to shuffle. Random songs play and take me back. A timeline of my life can be constructed by music.

Case and point...
Whitney Huston "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"- This was the song playing during my 4th grade talent show. I was up on stage lip singing, doing cartwheels in front of the entire school. Great times. I had on a yellow sweater. My hair was crimped and pulled in a side ponytail. I was nervous because a boy I liked was going to be there. The same boy who used a hoolahoop to catch me on the play ground.

Salt n Pepper "Push it"- This was the song that played non-stop those summer nights in GA. All the kids in the complex would gather on the lawn with a boom box blasting this song. We would do our dance, trying to show up one another until our parents yelled for us to come home. Where does that energy and confidence come from? Just wondering where it went....

Milli Villni "Blame It On The Rain"- This would be the song playing at the local YMCA dance on Friday nights. I was nine when I got busted sneaking out to go to it. Granted my brothers were supposed to be watching me and they helped me make arrangements to get there. I had to go, my first "boyfriend" Jacob was going to be there.

Def Leppard "Pour Some Sugar On Me" - This was the song that I listened to endlessly with my best friend. It will forever remind me her and the day her family moved back to Denver.

Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror" - Has to be my all time favorite Jackson song. It was playing the day I fell down seven steps backwards. It's okay, I didn't break anything.

Songs remind me of People and places. I attach lyrics to them and hold on tight. They leave an imprint on my mind that will be there when I'm 83, senile. I wont be able to remember who I am but I'll hear the music.

You see how this is going. Some of the most innocent and bittersweet memories are wrapped up in nice package called music.

Till Next Time...
Michele

Chin up, Cheer up

This year was supposed to be a great year but it hasn't gotten off to such a great start. Let me just say that four months in and I feel like I will never be normal. However, I look at my situation and think, it could be worse. It's not just me. I think it's this year in general for everyone. Can it get better? I have to believe that it will, I just have to give it time.

However, with everything that's been going on, it's given me a lot of time to think. About my life, my hopes and my dreams. Where I'm headed and what I can be. Take the title of this blog for example. It would be great if everything went as planned and you could do everything your heart desires. That's not the case. You have to do what you can to keep on living. You have to work, pay the high price gas and continue in robot mode just to make do. But is making do enough?

There are several things I would love to be doing everyday... travel, write and smile. Yes, smile. Seems simple but yet it's a challenge. But like I said, I'm only four months into this year, there is plenty of time for it to improve.

Until next time....

Michele


Soundtrack for this blog.... Cake "Prolonging the Magic" Who doesn't love cake?