Thanks, Caleb

Well...I had a nice lengthy post started.  My computer was starting to act up a bit and that always signals that my laptop will shut down sometime in the near future.  It was early into the problem (can you tell I really need to let the Geek Squad get to this machine?) so I knew I had time.  I saved my entry as a draft and while it was saving, "POOF!" gone it went.  I went to go check to see if it saved but I then realized I had no internet whatsoever.  That's odd...until I hear Caleb at the DVD player. I had set him up at the other computer since Levi was sleeping in our room where the TV is (the reason for Levi in our room was the subject of the vanished entry and since I don't feel like retyping it all...suffice it to say he did NOT have a good night's sleep and therefore, neither did I :)  So if Caleb has moved his DVD to the TV then he must of, oh no Cabe, not again...yep.  He turned off the main power switch to the power strip that holds not only our desktop computer, but the modem as well.  Ugh.  Thanks, Cabe.

I am afraid my computer is on the brink of disaster again, so I am going to make this short and sweet...

The weekend was good.  Saturday was pretty stressful...sometimes the fact that I have three kids (age four and under!), am pregnant, work a 55-60 work week, run my own online business, and also try to have some sort of life just gets to me and I feel the stress of it all.  Most days I really thrive on the busyness and the fullness of my life.  But some days, like  Saturday, I feel overwhelmed and really want to turn in the wonderwoman cape I seem to put on most days.

Sunday was much better and I felt like I got so much accomplished. I finished up all the baby shower invitations on Saturday (including a bunch of handmade envelopes!) so I felt like a huge weight had been lifted.  I LOVE doing stuff like that, but it takes time and makes a mess.

Yesterday I got the house cleaned up a bit, stayed on top of the dish pile-up, and even cooked dinner for the family (we usually go out on Sunday nights because we only have about 2 hours off). I also scrapped!  I think my creative energy and desire is finally coming back and it felt good to just scrap for the fun of it.

First, I finished my digi dare LO.  I had started early but didn't end up finishing in time, but I really wanted to do this dare. I love being on the digi dares because I get LO's done that I might not otherwise ever do.  This weeks dare, which you can see HERE, is to scrap a mostly unknown fact about yourself.  Here's mine

I also got my digi dare LO for this week done, but you'll have to wait until Friday for that one :)

Here are two other pages I did this weekend:

Credits: Fall Color kit by Lori Barnhurst and Michelle Coleman at LDD

Credits: HARVEST SPICE kit by Shabby Princess (at shabbyprincess.com)

Alrighty -- this post has taken long enough!  It has gone through one Caleb power outage, one computer crash, a staff meeting, diaper changes, and lots of other stuff.  Ah...life :)

Comments

[Rona]

gorgeous pages, Janet! And those shower invitations look awesome!

[MandaKay]

You have been busy - in a fabulous creative way! Love all the eye candy! Even when it seems like nothing was going right for you, you wow us with such a fabulous post yet! Thanks!

[Andrea C.]

Those baby shower invites are super cute!

I just LOVE that photo of Alaina in the sepia tone, it turned out beautifully!