Congratulations to my Nephew on his Confirmation

Sheldon....I am so proud of you. Not only are you a Christian, but you are just a special and talented boy. I love you very much! I can't believe that you are so grown up already. I pray that god always protects and gives my Sheldon much guidance. You make me very honored to be your aunt! You are a great kid!!

CONGRATULATIONS to my Anson Boys!

Well the tortue is over! And even though I felt like I was going to throw up.....Jake Anson raced his first ever night at the Boone County Raceway. It was almost emotional for me. Close....real close. I have known Jake for along time and I have watched him grow up. He use to sit by his Mom and me and watch his Dad race.
What a site, watching Dad and Son race on the same track in the same class.....unfortunately Dummy forgot her Camera! (Dummy is me)
I am so proud of the whole Anson family. First, to Jake for the first time in a race car ever, and a Mod, he didn't spin out or pile it up.....unlike OTHERS who have raced for years. Second, to Dave for a great 6th place run from the back and lastly, to my best friend Rhonda for being solid as a rock....even though she was shaking like a leaf.....
I Love you ALL so much!! I don't know what I would do without my Ansons!

This is our racing picture from last year...the new one. Coming SOON!

Well here it is....

the eve....of the night before the first night of racing. I have mixed feelings about this Dirt track season here in Central Nebraska. My main reason for the hesitation is my fear. Fear that I might shed an obvious tear over the first year in like 10 years that I won't see my driver in the familar Stock Auction 18 car.....and fear watching his young son take over and drive the 6a Modified for the very first time....EVER! I am scared crapless over this. I am excited, sad, scared, apprehensive and thinking back on all the first nights I could NOT wait for Driver to get out there.

So be it as it may. What ever will be will be. But I do know that seeing father and son race on the same track in the same class with definately be a moment in time and one that I am very glad I will have the chance to live.

Make me proud boys. My 'other" brother and me "nephew"! Now you both can give me double the heart condition!

I am honored!!

To have been chosen by Gretchen Tripp to be part of her Digital Scrapbooking Creative Team. For those who are wondering exactly what a Creative Team is...it is a team of Scrapbookers who creative layouts using the Scrapbooking kits created by the designers, in this case kits created by Gretchen. I am so exciteted and so honored to have been chosen.

Currently, I have created two layouts for Gretchen's Team. I have posted at my usual sites in addition to www.elementalscraps.com and www.digishoptalk.com, both of these site sell Gretchen's beautiful kits.

See my Scrapping Blog for the Layouts I created for Gretchen......

Here is my second layout I did for Gretchen's Creative Team using the Admirable Kit. I also did this one because this picture of John and Mindy is just so cute! I just snapped this of them before they went into their reception. Are they not the cutest!

I created this layout for Gretchen Tripp Designs Creative Team. It is also a layout I was inspired to do after seeing this photo of Krissy and I at John and Mindy's wedding on my camera. Love you Krissy and I really do love this layout!

Happy Birthday Kristin......

..and this is a toast to my dear Online friend Sherri. THANK YOU my friend for calling me and this Tequila shot was just for you. I told everyone at the table that this was a special toast to my friend Oscar that someday she and I will have one in person...and we will!!

Well my birthday has almost come and gone. In ways I am happy and in ways I am sad. Today, I had phone calls, emails, Private messages, online posts, text messages, cards and gifts from friends and family.

I am so grateful for all of those who love and care for me. THANK YOU all for wishing me a Happy Birthday....I could give a crap less about presents...I just care about you all.

The day before my Birthday.....

I am pondering the day before my birthday....really like none other. Every year, I sit and wish someone would do something extra special for me or surprise me and every year same ole same ole. I think it is time to throw in the towel and stop hoping for a miracle :)

So I have spent the entire day cleaning and sorting through some more of my messes. My many many messes on my road to organization. I sure wish I had a magic wand......I would wave that sucker and end all this madness.

I can not believe that I have a WHOLE ENTIRE week without and Auction. I can actually get some stuff done, instead of getting half way through and having to stop. My poor suitcase is going to wonder what is up. The other good news is....Ron told me he is going to be home all week too. CLAP CLAP! Yeah!

Well, I am in the process of redoing my little room downstairs. I am just going to play with it, move some stuff around and see how I like it.....just something to pull me together.

Well I am going to go ponder some more, finishing washing the bedding and see what else I can manage to drag out today.....

My lord was this a week!

I am personally very glad this week is OVER! I have been so busy. We had an auction in Lincoln and I swear I thought I was going into some sort of Consignor overload. 44 Consignors later, the auction is over, the reports are printed and the trucks are home...now on to this weekend.

This is my birthday weekend. I simply didn't even realize my birthday was this close. I keep thinking to myself. What can I do to enjoy my weekend because after all it is my birthday. I know I am going to watch the Busch race tonight, we are having some friends over tomorrow night and I am watching the NASCAR Cup race and Sunday..........AN AUCTION!! I guess my birthday gift is a day of clerking my fingers to the bone :)

In the meantime....I am going to have lunch with my friend next week and I am going shopping with my mom...so there you have it. Kristin's birthday weekend/week in a summary. Oh and I think I might have me a Jack and Coke and toast Clint Bowyer.

My Closet gone good.

Well...here it is, a picture of my newly cleaned and organized linen closet. Scary but those two shelves are empty and I don't know exactly what to put on them yet, cause I got rid of so much crap :) Yeah for Kristin!

My top Storage Issues...

Over the last year, I have been really working to sort, organize and better store our stuff. I have managed to reorganize lots and lots of our spaces but still have some issues that I would like to solved this spring.....here they are:

1. I have my linens, such as tableclothes, doilies, table runner, pillows, blankets, and lots of other stuff strewn ALL over my house.
SOLUTION: Get them all in one place; desperately working on this.
2. I have some very precious paper memorbilia that I don't want to scrap or display, but I want to keep. It is strewn all over the house in little nooks and cranies and it drives me crazy.
SOLUTION: Find the perfect place for it, sort and keep only what I really really want.
3. I have a collection of Snowmen and I would like to them all in one place as well. RIght now they are all wrapped and boxed following the Holiday, but it several pieces. I also need to sort it all out and decide what I really really love.
SOLUTION: Sort, Sort, Sort THEN store!

I have already managed to sort my craft and sewing supplies and find a home for them. I cleaned, organized and sorted my kitchen pantry where I storage all my picnic supplies and such, I also just sorted and reorganized all our coolers and got them paired down.

Right now, my main goal is to deal with storing that memorbilia. Beside the paper memorbilia I have some items such as Grandma's Wedding hankie, and some very precious household items that I don't want to display but want to keep...hummmmm this is going to be a LONG spring :)

Congratulatoins to John and Mindy!!

Ron and I would like to wish the very very best of all to our Cousin John and his soon to be Wife Mindy. Tomorrow is their big day and we are on our way to do a little pre-wedding celebrating with them.........I'll post some pictures later and when I dig my cable out of the box it is buried in :)

....and here is their picture from their wedding day. This was John and Mindy as they entered their wedding reception. They are the cutest couple! I just love them. Their wedding was gorgeous, the weather was beautiful and it seemed like all the guests had an awesome time.

Ron and I were one of their Host Couples and were very honored to be so. Thanks for asking us you to, we had a blast! Much love to you both.

Auction Sellers ROCK!

I am so starting a Blog featuring our Auction selllers or auction sales............here is one sale group ........Stock Auction and our sellers......there is me....which the annoy bright white shoes!

Organizing Mania has hit.....

I had some sort of divine inspiration today and have been tossing, throwing and organizing and I am NOT done. First, I cleaned and organized my Craft supplies, which does NOT include my scrapbook supplies. It was mainly my floral supplies and sewing stuff. I was so happy to have it done!! I had a cabinet that came out of my Kitchen and utilized that to organize these craft items.

Then I moved on to the Boxes of Jewelry, hair ribbons, old bathroom supplies and just plain crap that was cluttering up my closet. I have this closet in my upstairs Hallway that houses all our linens, blankets, tableclothes, extra rugs and other misc linens. OH what a horrid mess this closet has become....since I forgot to take a before picture....I'll take an after, but first I need to get something to cover the shelves with. I had some old wall paper that belonged to my mom that used but it was just getting too toren up......

I am off to do more........!

I am bound and determined to get my Mexico Album done and I am well on my way....here is another layout using some of my pictures from the trip. This one just happens to be a layout about Ron and I. I like this layout...ALOT!

I am bound and determined to get my Mexico Album done and I am well on my way....here is another layout using some of my pictures from the trip. This one just happens to be a layout about Ron and I. I like this layout...ALOT!

Easter Hunt Cassidy

My sweet Niece Cassidy is the only little one left to hunt eggs. How sad that all my "kids" are 19, 17, 16, 14 and there is Cass. It is hearbreaking to me to me to watch my beautiful kids growing up. I LOVE them all so much!!

OK what to post about tonight since I am having...

Issues with my blogger........

I had a Wonderful Easter Sunday. I worked my little hiney off trying to get ready for the holiday, but it was worth it. My house is perfectly clean and the reward for me is that it is staying that way. My complaining about a Fozzball table in the middle of my living room turning out perfect. Ron and the nephews had a blast playing it so it was all worth it. The pool table still remains the most popular site in our home :) We really wanted to shoot some blue rock, but it was just too cold. The picture above is our nieces and nephews playing pool and having an awesome time.

My Sidebar stuff and some of my April Posts......

issues. First.....My April posts are gone, gone gone. No where to be found. My Sidebar stuff is moved CLEAR to the bottom. I am working on this....hopefully going to have it all fixed soon........

I really really really had a blast with this layout. I enjoyed every moment of creating this because I really did journal alot about me that might surprise people.......

I love to Write

I have Dyslexia

I go crazy driving an ATV

I have owned two businesses of my own

I use to love to run

Cheap Trick is on my I-Pod

I was a size 9

A page for my Mexico Album.

Travel Notes to self......really had another great time with this!

1. Make sure your bag is the one on the top.

2. This is not a ergonomically safe way to transport luggage

3.Tip this guy....ALOT!

4. Ask “Is this an industrial strength luggage cart?”

5. Throw out all the black luggage

6. Pink tags DO NOT help your luggage stand out!

7. Think of this poor guy when you just have to pack “one more pair of shoes”.

8. Finally the number one note to self....If you are tired of hunting...BUY A COLORFUL SET OF LUGGAGE!

I really really love this layout. I have NO idea why but it is one of my favorites. I did this for a challenge at one of my scrapbooking sites and it just ended up this way.

I really really love this layout. I have NO idea why but it is one of my favorites. I did this for a challenge at one of my scrapbooking sites and it just ended up this way.