My Next Thirty Years

Hello Saturday

we are starting our first Saturday with G working again. It has started off okay with James playing in bed while I catch up on things. 

I have lots to do today and hopefully will be back later with some pictures and layouts since I scrapped last night.

I also want to practice with my yudu machine some more.

Have a great day.

A super easy yummy dessert.

So sorry there are no pictures it didn't last long enough.

Ricotta Cheese & Blueberry Parfaits

Ingredients

1 cup whole milk ricotta cheese

1 tablespoon powdered sugar

Grated peel of 1 lemon

1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries

1. Combine Ricotta cheese, sugar and lemon peel in medium bowl; mix well.

2. Place 3 tablespoons blueberries in each of 4 parfait glasses. Add 1/4 cup ricotta cheese mixture, top with another 3 tablespoons blueberries.

Okay a couple of notes. I used a 15 ounce container of Ricotta and 3-4 tablespoons of sugar. I also made mine in a serving bowl and didn't measure anything when putting it in the bowl.

Next time I want to try raspberries because I think it will be even better. May even bring in some strawberries just for me but I think that would be kind of mean.

Happy 4th of July!!!

Happy Birthday to America!!!

Remember those who came before us and fought for our right to be free. Remember those who are serving and protecting us today.

May God Bless America!!!

Enjoy your day and I hope you enjoy this little video. I love Martina McBride and think she is one of the greatest singers we have. A little lady with an awesome voice.

Happy 4th of July and be safe.

Catch you on the flipside.

Not much to say.....

Yep I don't have much to say so I figured I would share this layout with you all.

Aren't my guys handsome. Have I told you all how much I love the My Little Shoebox products. Definitely going to be a favorite of mine.

Catch you on the flipside.

Changes

There have been a lot of things going on here lately and it has been stressful. It even showed up on my scale and for that I am not happy at all.

This morning I went back to my morning breakfast of granola and yogurt. We will be getting back to healthy meals here in the Osborne household.

I am going to bootcamp twice a week right now and am on a break from personal training for a bit, well til we figure out our routine a bit but that means I have to remain committed to working out at home and we will see how that works out.

Last night was my first bootcamp since the burn and let me tell you it was bad. Not from the burn on my leg but from the one on the foot OUCH.

Another big change coming about is G is going back to patrol, which means I get to do the running around thing and also means I get to be nervous each and every day. It also means no more weekends off for him so that will be an adjustment for me and the kids (we will have to figure out what to do).

It also means with him having rotating days off there will be days I don't have to bring James to work or that G will be able to get things done for me like the grocery shopping.

So it is a time for change and we will take it one day at a time for a bit. Catch you on the flip side.

Look what I did.......

So if you have been following along you know I am trying to be creative everyday. It is not an easy task but it is something that keeps me at peace with me. I know it is going to get harder today when I go back to bootcamp and life happens.

Yesterday I did this layout using some Bazzill Swiss dot Cardstock. this is going to be a favorite of mine I see it now. I love these pictures from our April Disney Trip. I am really trying to get things done. I generally don't scrap events or trips but prefer everyday moments but what is life without these things. I also used an old One Little Word Challenge for these too. 

I also created this layout yesterday. Using a new company, well new to House of Paper.

The company is called My Little Shoebox and these are their Wonderful papers. I am so in love with the colors of this line and they were perfect for these pictures. I am debating putting this layout on our wall since I love it but we shall see.

Have an awesome Monday, I will let you all know how bootcamp goes tonite. First class since the burn and catch you all on the flip side.

Schools Out for Summer!!!

Yesterday was Miss Cs last day of the second grade. She starts the third grade in September very hard for me to wrap my head around.

We are going to hang around the house today and play. We were very busy yesterday so it is a good thing plus it gives me time to scrap and create and I am loving the energy I have lately.

This is a layout I did Thursday night while I was chatting with my cousin. I love being able to IM with family who are far away and I miss desperately. 

I recently signed up for Skype so I can video chat which I think will be so cool and bring people closer which I think is so very cool.

This layout was inspired by a One Little Word challenge from 2008 but hey better late than never.

I have been trying to take time every day to create and it has been working out well we will see how well it works next week when I go back to the gym. My burn is about 70% better the new skin is coming in nicely thankfully. I am still shocked by what I did. 

Anyway I am off to play with James before everyone gets up and then I have lots of work to do and I want to play with some new products that arrived at HOP yesterday.

Rediscovering.....

I have been rediscovering my love of creating this week. I have a had some time to play with my scrapbooking and stamping and even though I was working on some gifts it was wonderful. I love being able to create it really brings me peace.

I haven't been able to go to bootcamp since I burnt my leg. Thankfully it is getting better but not enough for working out. I love having this time not sure what I am going to do once I have to go back. We shall see.

I am on the search for some new sentiment stamps I will have to check out e-bay. I have come across a couple of cool challenge blogs, mostly by blog hopping which I don't seem to have as much time for lately as I would like. 

The following is a layout I did for a Scrapping the Music Challenge.  You could use any part of the song Because of You. 

I used the title (very original I know) at first I wasn't even going to use this picture but I couldn't find one of G I liked so we went in a different direction.

I need to go and see if there are any other songs in the list that I want to use. This is challenge #91, so I should be able to find something.

I need to find a way to fit more creativity in later today, though it looks like it is going to be crazy busy later.

Catch you all on the flip side.

An All Time Favorite of mine.

Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams is one of my favorites by him. I have loved this song since it came out when I was in High School. Bryan Adams is an awesome song writer. Also figured it was time to bring some of my favorites to you.

Catching up on OLW Challenges...

Today has been all about creative energy and catching up on One Little Word Challenges, I love these challenges but since I have been such a slacker with scrapping anything, I haven't done one in a long time. Today I completed 3 and it was fun.

The first layout I did used my first ever Scarlet Lime kit. This kit is awesome and I will definitely be playing more later. The picture is from our last Disney Trip. oh and the word was Delight.

The next layout I did was for the word Miracle and the picture is from James' First Birthday. I used Sassafras Lass Hog Heaven.

The last layout I did is for my Favorite Photos album. The picture is from Christmas 2008 and I used paper from one of the new Crate Paper Lines. I also used these Heidi Swapp word stickers that I love.

The word I used for this layout is Time.

Today was a very creative day and I loved scrapping. I have been finding it very difficult to scrap lately and this helped immensely though I did have several brain freezes as to how I should arrange things, I think this is because I have been so busy lately and haven't been taking time to be creative. I am hoping that my continued afternoon unplugged time will help this energy.

Catch you all the flip side.