Here 'Ya go Cyndi!!

okay, I'm still alive.....I can't believe that it has been sooooooo long since I've even been here! Whew! I don't even know if I will remember just "how to" post something on here. You don't even want to here about my boring old life anyhow!!! lol!!! We are coming to the end of soccer season....this is Reed playing......just in time for me to get busy on moving our home from B'ham to Bryant, Arkansas!!!!

I have missed being in touch with my friends......I will get back into the swing of things, I promise.

I need tickets!!!

I am about to DIE to get tickets to see Paula Deen!!!!!! Chris did come home with some good news last night....they are carrying Paula Deen products at the store he works for...Dillard's!!!! Maybe I can smooze someone into getting me a hook-up!! lol!! Doesn't hurt to ask right!!!! I also want to go and eat at her restaurant...which would be no problem. One day!!!!!!

Reed and Brandon went to Chicago recently....I snagged this picture off the church website! I can't believe that I did it!! Will have to go and get some more and try to make a slide show of them!!! whoopeeee!!

I'm alive!!

This message is for my friend Cyndi.......I am amongst the living!! LOL!! I don't know just what kind of living I'm doing....but, I'm here. Well, just not on the internet and posting and such. I've checked out for a while....until ....well, I don't know. I miss you too!!! You are the sweetest person to always think about me and I love you for that. Hey, if you decide to go to the Nashville Event next year.....let me know!

I'll be back in the game soon......

Nan

There is really nothing special about this photo.....just that I "found" it on my son's facebook or something like that by accident one day. I liked it and had never seen it before, so I snatched it up. I NEVER get any pics of him........I do what I can!! lol!!! He is a handsome little thang now isn't he?!! His mom thinks so!

Hope everyone is having a great day today!!! It's Monday morning and I hope this week goes by fast!! This past weekend was just toooooo crazy, so I told Chris that we'd celebrate Mother's day next weekend!! Chris did give me a card from him, and we did got out to eat and everyone and their Mother's did the same!! LOL!!! I'm sorry, I thought that was just sooooo funny! You see, I couldn't celebrate Mother's day without all three of my sons being with me and Chris at the same time. Reed was in Atlanta with the choir from Simmons, Cole had a Lacrosse tournament in Georgia, and Brandon was busy with his senior prom!! whew!! Chris had to leave to go back to Arkansas before Cole got home Sunday afternoon, so we will be celebrating next weekend. We have NOTHING to do next weekend but HAVE FUN!!!!!

I have many pictures to upload......not very good about that I know. Oh well! shoot me!! I just like to stay at home lately....more so than the usual.

It's a beautiful day here! Nice and sunny!! Hope everyone has some sunshine in their lives today.

Turn Around and he's walking out of the door....

I am sitting here doing many "little" things, trying to transport some pics of Brandon to share for Senior Day at church. Here is one of him beginning Kindergarten '94. Now, he is graduating in a few weeks.....I can't believe that it is here....

Pancakes and Bacon

That's the way the morning was started in the Evans' household....the boys love it! LOVED it! I love to feed them too!! But, at 6:00 in the a.m??!!!.......it's hard to do! You see, Chris is the early riser....he knows that I AM NOT!!......but, I am happy to do it. He isn't here in the a.m. on Monday thru Friday.....and, I sure do miss him. I MISS HIM!! I MISS HIM! I MISS HIM!!!!! Did I mention that I MISS HIM?

Tomorrow is hump day......half-way thru the fifth week of Chris not being here......I've moped today.......watched re-runs of Gilmore Girls allllllllll day.....had a wonderful surprise phone call from a friend in Virginia... and my "niece" Nicki!!! They made my day!!! ...really made my day. You know when you feel that you are in "desperate" NEED of conversation......someone always comes through!!! Thank you Cyndi and Nicki! I lubs ya'll!!

Chris is really loving his job! I could tell that going into the 3rd week. Ironic that he is working for Dilliard's! He was born and raised only 2 hours away from their corporate office and didn't go to work for them after college...instead went to work for McRae's.........it's a good thing! Else, he wouldn't be with ME! Once we get everything settled, this will be be a GREAT move....I'm not saying that it will be an easy move. Once again, I'll be leaving my new friends behind, so will the kids. It's hard. But, we are a family and we'll be fine!

I haven't posted in a few days.......I'm not in a "happy" posting mood!! A little bit of a pity party going on at times......

One day! One day!!!

Life is GOOD.....life is different right at this moment.....I'm happy, lonesome, sad.....alllllllll at the SAME time.

Have a great day.......I really did......deep down inside! Just had to get it all out on the outside!! Can't wait to hear from Chris again before going to bed! No matter how tired I get.....I still love to just hear his voice!!

Night all!!!

Rainy Days!!!!!!

I LOVE rainy days like this one!!! When Reed came down for breakfast this morning he said, "is this a good day for you mom"!!! He knows how much I LOVE the rain!!! My door is open to my screened porch and I can hear the rain in the trees out back!! We have a LOT of trees in the back of our property and it sounds beautiful!! God's beauty is what I call it.....and I LOVE IT!!! Can't quit saying that!! LOVE IT!! I am doing some laundry.....scrapbooking....OH!! yesterday I got my "clip it" thingy!!!! IT IS HUGE!!! It will be sitting on the floor near where I sit to scrap....I started putting things on it but, had to stop and take Cole to Lacrosse practice. It is going to hold a TON of stuff!!! WOW though!!! It's BIG!!! After I get it all done, I'll try to get a picture up of it......also I need to get a picture of the Making Memories embellishment center up too!!! I know...........lol!

Tomorrow is FRIDAY!!!! Chris will be coming home!! Even if it is for just a short time...I'm sooooooo glad he's coming!!! I think I'll just hold him all weekend.....It will be a quiet weekend.....Reed will be in Atlanta and Brandon will be in Memphis for tournaments. Chris can't stand not being with the boys......We will be here in Birmingham with Cole at his games. I just didn't want to travel this weekend, so I am sending Reed with a friend...Jim Henson....good ole' Jim....the best friend around...would do just about anything for you at anytime!!!!

Did I say I LOVED a good ole' RAINY DAY?!!!!!! I think I'll go and read a book outside on the screened porch sometime today.....in my swing that I love! Everybody out in cyber land have a great day!!!

Time is passing......

Wow!!! I can't believe that tomorrow is Wednesday!! That means that 2 days after that Chris will be coming home again! Am I sad or what...I mean for "being" this way......I'm HAPPY that my week is going by fast! This is the time of the evening that I miss Chris...Life is good though!! Could be a WHOLE lot worse huh?! I know that...still, it doesn't make it any easier being apart.

Today, I had the house done by 9:00 and I was waiting on someone to come over to help her get started scrapbooking. Well, she couldn't make it....will be here tomorrow. Still, it gave me time to clean up my scrap area and it was nice. I'm ready to scrap in the morning!!

I sat down and tried to download some pics straight from my camera to my computer....no luck.....don't know what I'm doing wrong...it may take me a while but, I'll get it done! I want to be able to take a pic of my layouts, whatever and then to download them RIGHT at that VERY moment!! I wish that I had something to put up on here now........I'll go and look!


here is one...not a good picture...I just snapped it and I know that it's far away! This is what I look forward to seeing everyday around 3:15 in the afternoon! Cole and Reed coming home from school. Reed was a bird and saw me, so he got goofy in the pic.....I like my time alone during the day, (that took a little while once my 3rd child left for school!)....but, I also look for them when they get off the school bus. They are good kids.

I should have done this one first...lol!! This is the second page of Amy's layout!!

This is a layout done by my friend Amy LeJeune. I met Amy on the Scrap Etc forum....then, in real person at a party at Scrap Etc. just a few months ago. RATS!!! Now, I'm moving!! that's when this move will be a real bummer!! to leave my friends here....I'll miss them....but we will always have our s'booking!! We'll be hooking up again that's for sure!!! Anyhow, Amy posted this layout in the gallery and being that I haven't done ANY of my layouts.......I snatched hers!!!! We had soooooo much FUN!!!! Next year ladies!!! NEXT YEAR!!!

Late night post.....hanging in there

It's STILL a beautiful evening! Cool and crisp....I've been sitting on my screened porch feeling the cool breeze. It felt good.....very good. I love my screened porch! I've always wanted one.....never had one until I moved into this home. Now, the thought of leaving it makes me sad. I know that I may not find a home that has one.....and, there are many other priorities to finding a home than a screened in porch. I would love to have another one....time will tell.

Well, as beautiful as today began.......we had a little detour in our regular schedule of LIFe!! I've been a Mom for 18 1/2 years now....AND.....a Mom of THREE sons!!!!! I have NEVER had to take one to the emergency room for stitches.....until today. Reed had an accident at school that required 4 stitches to his hand. He's okay....no damage really to his hand. We will survive. I will tell the story later....maybe on a scrapbook page....LOL!!! I took a picture of the stitches....nothing more. I think this page will have some HIDDEN journaling involved!!! BOYS!!!

Chris will be coming home tomorrow. I can't wait to see him. Not that I'm sooooooo tired of doing everything around the house....it's really not that. I miss him. I miss laying next to him at night......keeping him warm.

..........he just called.......I'm afraid that I keep telling him EVERYTHING that goes on in my day that he will stop calling as much!!! I can tell it all!!

.....Life goes on....everyday! Be happy......don't worry......hang in there!! It's hard, but we'll be together again soon.

Oh What A Beautiful Morning!!!

Oh what a beautiful morning!!! This is a dorky thing to say....but, I used to have a little jewelry/music box that played this tune. It had a little ballerina that turned as the music played. I think of that box every now and then.

It is pretty here today. I just love to get up in the morning and open the door to the screened porch and just feel the cool morning air! Reed doesn't like it..he gets cold. But, this old hot mama loves the cool, crisp air!!! The sun is shining and it's supposed to be in the 70's today!!! Whoooo Hoooo!! I plan on planting a few flowers out front. I had planted some several weeks ago, but the unusual cold snap got to them. I hate that...now, it will be several weeks before they take root and grow. Oh well!!!

Tomorrow is FRIDAY!!! Chris will be coming home!! Yeah, I know I hate to talk on the phone.....he calls a lot it seems!! He is lonesome for us, and we are missing him. I stay sooooo busy......my time seems to fly by so fast!! He is all alone, so I'm sure that he gets even more lonesome. He is so used to being with us and doing things. Last week, when he came home..........I talked his "head off"!! lol!! I saw the look on his face......I do like to talk "in person"!!!! .....the phone......nah. I sometimes think about him being gone.....I don't like being separated.....we do EVERYTHING together!! Chris has NEVER missed one of the boys ballgames...unless we have two at the same time and we have to split up. I can tell that he is sooooooo missing them...even the fighting amongst them and everything!! lol!! I pray all the time that is gone that God brings him back to us safe and sound each weekend. We will have been married for 21 years this May!!! In all of these years, we have never been apart for more than 5 days at one time!! And, then that would only happen like about 2-3 times a year when he would go to New York on business. I just start my week out thinking that he is on a buying trip to New York!! LOL!! Anyway, tomorrow is FRIDAY!!!!!! He'll be home!!

I am going to go upstairs and play in my scraproom for a couple of hours after I post today!! I have been on a buying streak!! Oh MY!! Chris is going to kill me!! ha! ha! ha!! He knows how much I love to shop....especially when I'm upset!!! Well, I'm not upset, but, missing him has gotten me in the mood to stay out of the house and shop more!! lol!! Anyhow, I'm going to go and play!! Might even do a page!!!! Today is a BEAUTIFUL day!!!!!!!

This is Cole playing Lacrosse. It is a combination of football/soccer..... a rough game at times.......he is loving his first year!!! This is in the tournament in Memphis this past weekend. He is the one in the red jersey. I feel a new scrapbook page coming on!!!!!

CHAMPIONS!!! My 3 sons!!!

This is a picture I took of Cole's team this past weekend.....I'm waiting on a pic of Reed's team and Brandon's.



Go Reed!!! I missed seeing you in your tournament this past weekend in Atlanta!! I'm so proud of you!!! You guys were awesome I heard!! CHAMPIONS!!!! I couldn't be 3 places at once though, and you quite understood that. Yes, I said 3 places!! Cole had a tournament in Memphis, yours was in Atlanta and Brandon's was in Birmingham.....whew!!! Brandon's team came in 2nd....lost to Mountain Brook team...I wished that I could have seen that one! Anyhow, I just want you to know how much I love you guys!! All 3 of you!!! It won't be long until we are back to normal!!! lol!!!!!!!!!! Oh I HOPE so!!!!!

Oh, here is a picture of me and my "Bud"!!! I'm sooooo happy to see him right now!! This was taken this Valentine's Day. Good to be with him!!!

Well, Cole and I arrived safe and sound in Memphis....Chris just walked in the door. We are going to get something to eat...I'm starving!!!!!!! I know that this picture of buttons has NOTHING to do with this post, but I just LOVED it!! I bought these at Wal-Mart!!!! My friend Kathy had some and I finally found them at our Wally world!!!!! Aren't they pretty colors!!! I'll be slapping them on some pages soon!!! Have a good nite everybody!

End of the Week

I can't believe that tomorrow is Friday!!! I'll be on the road to Memphis to take Cole to a Lacrosse tournament. We don't know anyone on his team.......that's strange I know, but it's true! Reed will be headed to Georgia with his adopted Dad, Jim Henson. I don't know what I would do without him. He has been soooo helpful to me and just the kindest person I have ever met. Brandon will be here in Birmingham doing a tournament....I sure hope that he at least keeps the house "decent"!!! lol!!! Chris will be meeting me in Memphis on Friday nite. It will be nice to see him, but strange having our boys so spread apart. I actually get so nervous just thinking about it......I can't protect them when they are EVERYWHERE!!! I will be thinking of them constantly, and I'll be glad to at least be back home on Sunday with my 3 boys with me. I pray that God brings us all back together safe and sound. Everyone have a great weekend!!!

For "my Bud"

MySpace Glitter Graphics

Good Night to my "Bud".....I miss you something terrible!!!! I love you lots!!

Another Day Passing

It is a very cloudy and gloomy day today. I'm sitting here, surfing the web and NOT doing one bit of HOUSEWORK!!!! Just goofing off....watching television!!! It's great!! I'm even still in my pajamas!! Of course, I know that I have to soon get up off my tush and get a "little" busy! lol! I'm watching a lot of Lifetime T.V. and quite enjoying every minute of it!! It's about time to have lunch.....maybe then after that I will snooze a little....then, think about the rest of the day! I'm just bad! .....mostly hungry.....catch 'ya later!!!!

Thinking of Noah

Babies are just soooo cute!! This happens to be my great-nephew Noah. I have only met him once......but, I'll be seeing this little rascal more often once our family moves to Little Rock!!! He'll only be like an hour away from me!!! Maybe Christy and I will be able to hook up for lunch some days and I'll get to know Noah!!

I was just sitting here in my living room, YES!! in my living room on my wireless laptop!!! Yeh!!!!!! I'm feeling overwhelmed today.....just trying NOT to think about "how long" it will be before our family is back "together" again! We are not used to Chris being gone at all......we are together so much, and I miss him. I know that the boys do. It is strange getting up in the morning without him here. Talking on the phone isn't quite the same. We will be seeing each other on the weekends...well, most of us. The boys playing sports and going to out of town/state tournaments is very hard!!! Oh please let us sell our house soooon!!!!!

these are my nieces!! Shelley and her two daughters! They live in Hattiesburg, MS. I never get to see them, but now, through the e-mailing process, I'm enjoying her sending me photographs of them! Thanks Shelley!! I love you and miss you all!!

Time passes quickly!!

Here I am! A single Mom to 3 very active boys!! Well, not really a "single" Mom for real. Chris left for Little Rock, Arkansas after church this past Sunday. I'm here in Birmingham waiting until the boys finish school. I miss him terribly....but, don't want him to know just HOW much...who knows, maybe I can use this to my advantage!!! LOL!!!! No, really...I miss him when I sit down at night and he isn't close to me. Just to chat...be with each other....wind down until bedtime and get ready for a new day. I miss touching him in the middle of the night....shoving him so he won't snore sooooooo loud!!! lol!!! I miss his kiss in the morning when he leaves to take Reed and Cole to school and when he leaves for work. I miss having lunch with him on occasion. I have no energy left at the end of the day, always making a list of things to do the next day.

The boys have really been great.......it's only the first week.....how will I make it through the end of May? Brandon graduates May 23rd......then, I'm off to Little Rock that very next week, with Reed and Cole in tow. Brandon seems to think that he doesn't want to be a part of us anymore after Graduation. He wants to stay in Birmingham and hang with friends when he isn't working. That makes me sad....but, I can't make him come to Little Rock for the summer and miss out on being with his friends in Birmingham. I am pretty sure that he won't be seeing them as much as he thinks he will be. They will be busy getting ready for college, spending time with their families......I can't make Brandon see that though. He will be growing up a lot, (hopefully) this summer. He just may be mapquesting Little Rock...I hope!!!!! Especially when he runs out of $$$$$$ lol!!!

I have been so busy trying to keep the house ready to show! I will be so happy the day that we get a contract on it!!! I know that there is a buyer for every home, just wish that ours would come on and "get 'er done"!!!! This is the pits!! When I move, and after I un-pack....I plan on not cleaning for a solid week!!!!! LOL!!

Well, this short message that I intended on writing just turned into a long one!! I'm still alive......need to get back into the groove on the Scrap Etc. MB and I need to call a few friens......hang with me.....I'm here!!!!! (wink!)

I love this photo!!! Sally and I had a LOT of FUN!!!!

Will be back on sooooonnnnn!!!!!

I haven't totally left the human race...YET!!!! We have been in Little Rock since last Monday, looking for a house.....with 2 of our boys with us!!! That's HARD!!!! We have had some repeat people looking at our home today, (Saturday). I have sooooooo many cute and fun pics to put up from the Scrap Etc. Event!! I will, I promise!!!! lol!!! Don't give up on me!!!

St. Patrick's Day!

Did you have a Happy St. Patrick's Day? I did!!!!! I spent it with some girlfriends at the Scrap Etc. Event here in Birmingham!!!!!! Thanks girls for such a good time!!!!!!

Cyndi...this is for you........
This is Cyndi's Heidi Swapp products.....sorry I left out the book....enjoy looking at this until I get it all to you at the EVent!!!!!!

I cleaned up my scrap space!!! Still needs to be organized...but, that will have to wait until I move and I get some new furniture!!

How MESSY and unorganized can you get!!!! I actually know where everything is though!!!! lol!

This is a picture of my MESSY and unorganized scraproom taken last week!!!

This is a simple layout that I did recently. It's me, Kay Savage, and Melinda, (aka medialady). This was when we met at the Trussville store ......Three Crazy Women!!!!

This is a purse that I found at Hobby Lobby!! I used a 40% off coupon with it, so it wound up being only $18!!! Isn't is cute to have for "fun"!!

I found these buttons last week at Wal-Mart!! They had 4 different sets...I bought these two......aren't they beautiful colors!!!!!

Slacker!!

That's what I've been!!! I want to do more with this blog thingy!!! I want it to be cute and fun to look at.....to me, it's just boring......Must learn new ways to enhance the look.....and for FREE!!!! Or, just a "little" $$........right now, it's sooooooooooo boring!!!

For Sale!!! It's ready!!! lol!!!

Tick Tock!!!!!

Ya'll want to see a few pics from the Scrap Etc. party at Patton Creek? I know Cyndi does!! lol!! I think I'll try to upload them today! I didn't get many, but, what I got will make you laugh for sure!!! Can't wait until the EVENT!!!!! It's getting closer!! That means I need to get busy!!! ha!!!

Friends!!

I feel so good right now!!! I just do!! I'm excited that I'm going to the Scrap Etc. Event.......excited that because.....well, can't get tooo mushy.....just I'M EXCITED!!! I"M HAPPY!!! I have some great friends around me. You know who you are!! If it weren't for you....well, my life wouldn't be as full. I have so much to be thankful for.....but, sometimes forget that I need to SHOW it! My life is taking another major change...moving again with my husband's job. It's tough! Has been for a while....but, now we know "where" we will be going......it WILL get better and it WILL be okay!! It will actually be great in some ways. Hard also. I'll be leaving my son in the Fall..............can't go there now!

I started this blog........not really knowing "why".....unsure. I can see it growing with me in the future..........I hope to have a fun time with it.....a time to share "me" for anyone that wants to see "me". I want to learn how to do more fun things with it!! I love the slide show "thingy" that I learned how to do today!! For those of you reading and LOL, I'll laugh right along with you!!! I AM COMPUTER CHALLENGED!!!!!! I want to learn though.....it will be fun to see how I change within the year!!! Thank ya'll for listening to me tonite!!!

layouts

hooking up with Kay and Melinda!!!

Look at what I figured out how to do!!! I'm so proud of myself!!! So, from now on, when I take a group of photos, I can just add them all at once!!!! Yay!!! I'm so happy!!!!

Happy Valentine's Day today!!!!!!! I have a lot to get done today, I hope it doesn't rain ! ugh! I promised Reed that we would do the chocolate fountain tonite for dinner. Yes!! For dinner!! Well, along with the dinner!! I plan on having pork tenderloin, baked potatoes, salad, rolls and sweet tea.......then the chocolate fountain with strawberries, bananas and pretzels! Yum!!

After I run some errands this morning, I plan on sitting down at this messy space below and do a little scrapbooking!! I want to scrap the picture of the 3 CRAZY WOMEN!!! Hey, look at the camera sitting on the table......It is made from some kind of hard foam and the window in it is like 1 1/2 inches deep.....that's where you put your picture collage, or whatever. I found it on the clearance isle at Wal-Mart for $3.00!!! Can't beat that! I thought it would look cute to make a circle collage of some sort, then I could change it out every now and then. Oh well, I've got much to do today..........so I'd better wrap this entry up. One more thing......

Chris got the FINAL word yesterday afternoon that...........we ARE MOVING TO LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS!!!!! I can't tell you how much stress has been lifted from us. I know that we have a LONG journey ahead of us, but, at least now we know WHERE and we can get to working on our goal.............selling this house, buying another!!!!!! Whew!! I'm happy about it because I will only be 2 1/2 hours away from my Mother/one sister/2brothers!!! I'll be even closer to my brother Paul!! Maybe, I'll get to know my 2 great-nieces better!!! Anyhow, it's also 2 1/2 hours from Chris' Mom and Dad. It will be great to be able to go and see them more often ! The sad thing is that my son Brandon is still going to be going to the University of Alabama..........I don't know if he can live without his Mommy being away so far! ha!!!

Well, off to start my day. I am going to go and check the MB for the Scrap Etc. 2007 Event!!!!!

Here we are!!! I met Kay and Melinda at the Trussville store not quite two weeks ago for some shopping and then for some lunch!!!! Brittney was so sweet to give us our very own photo shoot!!!!!!!! Thanks Brittney!! "B"!!!!! We had so much fun!! Who would ever believe that this was only the 2nd time that we were together!!!! We are kindred spirits and I LOVE IT!!!!!!!

This is a basket of goodies that I'll be bringing with me to the Event for some of my friends!!! I can't wait until then!!! We are going to have an ABSOLUTE blast!!!! I have another basket going.....but, you can't see it right now!! ha!!

This the part of the front of my journal that I altered for the Event in March. Didn't want to show it all...........hee! hee!!!