I will get better.... eventually.... maybe..

I really want to get back into this and I really want to blog daily like I used to, well at least Monday through Friday.
It's hard though and Life sometimes gets in the way and well the rest is history. I will try to be better. When I first started this blog I think I had all of 4 visitors and 3 of them were family. However, somewhere in between, where I don't know, I ended up with over 12,000 hits! I don't know what happened or how or maybe it was a bug in my system. Either way it's amazing to see a number so high on this baby! So thanks... I will be back, soon, and I will be crafty, and I will prove to be a multi-tasker and do a million things at one time.. I promise..
I'm back on trying to lose weight again, I've talked about it from time to time and I really need to buckle down and do it. I was in the Army for goodness sakes, it's not like I don't know how to lose the weight! But when I do, I promise myself not to get back to where I am today.. it's a shame.. and awful shame...

Til we meet again... soon, I promise.. :)

By the looks of things... I suck at blogging...

I remember when I used to blog daily, and I used to put something crafty in here alllll the time. So where have I been? Well I'll tell you, working full time, 3 girls actively in school, violin lessons and dance lessons as well as getting my wedding and photography business up and running and trying to stay sane amid all that is what I've been doing.
I may or may not lose my mind by the time summer is here! :)

I do have to tell you though that I have regularly been shopping at Hobby Lobby still and found some excellent buys! I got some dress patterns, for $1.99 (McCalls) the other day, I plan to make some summer dresses for the girls, they will love them. They were excited just to see the patterns! haha... I love those gals! Anywho I will be doing crafty things in the future, I just have to find time to upload pics and update this darn blog of mine! I will...promise.. I will...

As for other things, I'm still working on my weight, and I have a double reason to do it now, I have a wedding to be in May and I'm going on a majorly, fantastic, beachy cruise in June so I need to put everything I have into the next 10-12 weeks and lose this butt! Since I'm recovering from knee surgery still I will start off slow but I have to quickly kick into high gear! Wish me luck, and on this St. Patty's day maybe the little green folks will throw a massive amount of luck my way! :) One can hope, and pray! :)

Really absent

Sorry for being so absent here but life has taken over and I have been overwhelmed! I will get this up again, I just don't know when... As for now, I have been crafty, crafty in my photography and wedding business that is. I did manage to get a few blankets done for a set of twins, so here they are!

I found the fleece on sale for half off so these blankets were a bargain. I got them both done in a day so it wasn't bad. I cut ribbon to match the backing and sewed it through the blankets and then tied them in a knot.

I sewed the monograms first with the sewing machine and then again by hand. They weren't dark enough with the machine because the thread really sunk in the fabric tight. I printed large letters on the computer and then sewed through the paper. Once it was done I tore off the paper and ta-da, awesome monogram letter!

The parents loved the blankets and I hope the boys will love to snuggle with them! :)

I love October.....

I love October for many reasons... first it means that all the Holidays are nearing, then it means Balloon Fiesta here in Albuquerque, then it's my Birthday, then Halloween, and so on and so on...

Balloon Fiesta started on Friday and I love it, it's absolutely my favorite time of year here and it's so nice to be able to go on the weekend and take a million pictures of the beautiful, colorful Albuquerque skies.. It is the most photographed event in the world and I am one of those photographers. I got about 400 pictures on Saturday morning, woke up my family at 5:00 a.m. to go to the mass ascension and it was great, a little chilly but overall a great experience as always!

Here's a few pictures to show you what I'm talking about, I know I posted some a few weeks ago in anticipation of Balloon Fiesta, but here are Saturday's pics. :) Enjoy!

Aren't they gorgeous?!?!

My blog is on the verge...

It seems like it's really on the verge of not being a crafty blog anymore, this saddens me, mostly because that means that I am not being as crafty as I once was. Truthfully, I have been so busy and when I'm not busy I'm tired, trying to recover from the busy part, and so on and the cycle continues. So, my question is, what do I do? Do I continue this "crafty" blog of sorts and hope that one day I will have something to add or do I delete this and start over?

I'm really unsure, mostly because I seem to have got 10,000 hits on my blog out of nowhere and now they are at a standstill again, I'm sad... I have not comments, nobody is barely acknowledging that they stop by here, yet I blog hop, I read all day and I get nothing in return.. So sad... poor... little ole me...

Facebook is my social life... sad....

okay... losing it.... now.... today... not like all the other times..
I am just so messed up, I can't remember what day it is, who has an appointment with which doctor, what I'm doing at work, forgetting school fundraiser stuff.
I think that most of it has to do with Facebook, it has consumed my life. It's really sad first off that Facebook is my only form of a social life. It's not blocked at work, so it gives me adequate time to fiddle on it EVERY DAY! I can keep in contact with people I normally wouldn't see or hear from. I get to see pictures of my family alllll the time! :) YAY!

So when does it become too much? Does too much Facebook consist of me sitting at work or at home or in my car (using my Facebook Blackberry application of course) and hitting REFRESH, REFRESH, because I just know that any second someone will add their 2 cents to something or update their status. I allllllso like to create topies on my Facebook that will create lots of comments. I like to see exactly how many comments I can create on one post. Yesterday I think I got 26 comments on one post.. yay me... Where's the trophy? Where's the money prize?

LAME, I know, but really, I think I'm losing it and I owe it all to Facebook... blah!

Am I old?

Wow... Me and the husband went to a concert lastnight... Blink 182, Fall Out Boy and All American Rejects, it was fabulous. I love all their music and I think they are all really good. So why did I feel soooo out of place there? Maybe because out of the 15,000 kids that were there I definately felt like the oldest ones there!

Everyone was like 15 to 17 years old or like 50 years old chaperoning their 10 year old! I literally could have taken my girls to this concert and minus all the cursing, would have felt more comfortable. Is that odd, am I old? Or am I over-reacting. I think I may have lost my sense in music, or maybe I'm just old... Have I mentioned... I FEEL OLD???