I just took a poll

on 2Ps (in a bucket) that asked:

Do you REALLY like yourself?

My instant thought was "Hell ya! I'm fabulous! Who wouldn't?"

Then I laughed and thought "ego much?". Ha ha ha!

Then I really thought, man would it be sad if you didn't like yourself:/ I've never had that problem (thoses that know me in real life are shaking their head in agreement..."yes she's never had THAT problem!! For sure). But what an awful thing to feel I would think.

So if anyone has had or is having that problem right now, know that you are fabulous! Maybe not in EVERY way possible but no one is. I admit my thighs need to be smaller + I may have a slight spending problem when it comes to scrap supplies, horses and M's clothes (oh shoes too!) + I maybe should be nicer to my hubby on occasion but inspite of my few (very FEW, Lee!!) flaws, I'm still just as fabulous as ever even though I'm WAY more round!!  lol :)

Have a great weekend!

The good, the bad and the birthday!

The good:

• less than 90 days left of pregnancy!!!
• finals week at school
• the next 2 weeks off
• funfetti cupcakes with green frosting and sprinkle
• its finally warming up + melting

The bad:

• still feeling like crap but I have a little more energy
• getting huge
• desperately in need of a pedi
• Lance is gone all the time which was never an issue before but its getting so much harder for me to move + lift Makenna, ect that I seem to dread him being gone

The birthday:

• Mine! Yesterday!! The best day to have a birthday!! Everyone's always up for a party or good time.

I went out for supper with a couple of hore show friends and had a blast. Granted I couldn't partake in the green beer portion but the burgers were amazing!! We sat and talked and laughed for 3 hours. Love girl time!!

I do have my photos taken for P52 but alas they are still on my camera as I've been grading my ass off this last week. So I SWEAR they will be posted by the end of next week:)

I know... I'm a slacker:) Oh well! I'm learning to embrace it!

Preggo + flu + hubby in Vegas for 2 weeks + toddler

= exhausted.

I haven't done laundry, graded papers, cleaned for the last couple of weeks. Its been bad. I'm feeling much better now so I'm trying to catch up but I'm still so tired plus Lance's grandpa passed away last week so the prayer service was today and the funeral tomorrow (it was a blessing so he's not suffering anymore). I'm going to both since Lance is still in Vegas.

I did actually manage to get groceries, unload the dishwasher and take out the garbage so I'm trying not to be too hard on myself. I have 2 weeks of school left then a 2 week break. I can't wait!! I'm going to be cleaning and organizing the house + my scraproom the 2 days/week M is at daycare.

On a positive note, I was feeling better by the time the weekend rolled around so I was able to attend my LSS's garage sale. I sold lots and I got some great deals. I took pics of my purchases and am going to use it for my P52 but I haven't gotten them off my camera yet and I'm too tired tonight. But I did score big time!! The anti-me was selling great stuff (I don't know who's stuff it was) and I could have bought everything off her table. She was getting rid of cat eye inks, Smooch spritz, glimmer mist + a Sew Easy with 4 different heads! I got all of them! I have a Sew Easy already and 2 of the 4 heads but I knew several of my friends wanted one and they are impossible to find right now so I bought it. (Marie took it off my hands.) Plus it was only $5!!! Sweet!!

I swear things will pick up around here soon! If you are bored... head over the the Scrap That Baby blog and check out my tutorial!! It was a lot of fun to make:)

P52 Photos...checking up...

I was off scrapping with the girls last weekend. We planned our retreat around being close enough to St. Cloud so we could shop at Crafts Direct. What an amazing store! The place we stayed at was very nice but the lady who owns it kept coming in and chatting with us. That was slightly distracting and by Saturday night it was a tish annoying. I think the jury is still out on whether we'd actually go back or not. Anyways, all in all we had a FABULOUS time!! None of us where quite as productive as we normally are but it was fun anyway! For me, just getting 2 pages done would be way more productive than what I've been lately. Dang pregnancy!!

So here are my pics for last week and this week. They are both from my phone but I love them anyway:)

 Here is what I scored at Crafts Direct. I forgot to take a pic of the few items I purchased from their clearance center. Oh well. I've never made it out of CD with spending under $50 until last weekend. I totally blame all of that on Mr Man (baby boy not Lance!) and being pregnant. I hate shopping of any kind while pregnant. It's so weird.

 This is the Fashion Diva! Dressed all by herself 2 days ago. She has both hands palms up, hip jutted out and pursed lips like "Mmm hmm....its just this easy." She cracks me up!

Update on Mr. Man....I had another Dr's appt yesterday. Everything is great. My blood pressure went back down. I only gained 0.7 lbs from last month which I think is amazing since I'm HUGE! I really popped in the last month and I'm pretty puffy too:/ The next appt is the end of March. I have to do the glucose tolerance test then.... I can't believe its already that time yet I'm so glad! Mr. Man is not to arrive before June but I really can't wait until I'm done with this pregnancy. It's been pretty miserable. Lance is taking off today for 2 weeks (work & Nascar in Vegas) so I'm dreading that as its getting harder and harder to take care of M by myself. Oh well....we'll manage and probably have a blast doing it! At least that's what I'm going for:)

We had our 1st bout of Miss Thang being sick last night. She was playing and entertaining Uncle Lee while he was here, feeling completely fine. I put her to bed and all was good. She has had a cold but is getting over it so when she started coughing around 11pm we thought it was just a little cough until we heard the scream afterwards. She had thrown up in her crib and was very scared. We got her all cleaned up and the crib cleaned up. Lance was snuggling her in the chair and she puked on him. So I cleaned both of them up and I was snuggling M and she started puking again. I could totally feel her little body heaving, the poor thing. Finally she fell asleep and stayed asleep (puke-free) at 1am and slept until 7am. She's doing great today so far. She looks a little pale but seems happy and energetic. I have no idea what brought on the puking?!! It was nice that it happened while Lance was home though so we could tag team the clean up and keeping M comfortable. Alone it would have been very hard. Do-able but difficult.
Tonight we're suppose to go swimming with relatives in Fargo but we'll see how M feels. We might have to postpone that.. Tomorrow we're suppose to be going to visit my Gram in NYM but again, we'll see how M is doing first. That's the most important thing:) Plus I don't want to be puked on in the car;) lol

P52 Pic + Valentine's Day

Why can't I ever remember what week it is of P52? Lol! Oh well....

Here's my pic:

This is the card Lance got me for V-Day. It is perfect! Not only does it speak the truth (~wink~) but it has bling and glitter on it too:) Plus its not sappy which is great for someone who really does not like Valentine's Day. Poor Lance would probably love to have a romantic sappy wife but that's definitely NOT what he got! lol

Copic markers + scrapbookers

How many of you scrapbookers use the Copic markers on your pages?

I'm not a huge card maker but I really like what people are creating with the Copics. I'm thinking I should take a class at my LSS to see how they really work and see if I can't incorporate them into my LO's.

Is anyone doing this? Do you have any examples of what you (or someone else) are doing with them on LO's? Hints, tips, ect?

Thanks!

P52 Week 5

Here is Miss Thang at gymnastics:) She absolutely LOVES playing on all the equipment and getting stamps on her hands & feet for doing different challenges.

Plus a little video action that I found on my phone from when M was much smaller. I get such a kick out of her eating. She is one to savor her food and really try to get everything taste out of it....hence the smacking!