Laura Vegas

figured i’d better update this blog … before all my loyal readers stop coming by to check on me. lol! i feel like i lost track of everything these past few days. no real reason really … not super busy or anything. don’t know what i’ve been doing really.

• christmas was good. the girls got some fun stuff … but not too much, luckily. lots of clothes, new little camcorders, they’re very own laptop to share, tons of games, new shoes, etc. no dolls whatsoever … nice to not have to unpackage bratz dolls and polly pockets for once. lol! everything is put away … and has a home. joe got some cologne, a new wallet, and some clothes. i got some cooking stuff, slippers, the last season of "gilmore girls", and a fun little scrapbook kit.
• took down all the christmas decorations today. still have the lights on the house to take down … joe will get those on his day off. i usually wait until new years to take down the tree. but yesterday while i was watching the daycare kids … i started on it. figured i might as well get started … that way i wouldn’t have to use all my time off for it. i do miss the lights in the house though. now the fireplace mantle and the table by the front door just look boring. lol!
• the girls both got gift cards to build-a-bear … so i took them and amanda there on thursday. alyssa decided that she had enough bears … so she just picked out some outfits for them. the cutest soccer outfit, a karate outfit, and the most adorable little sweatsuit … along with a "high school musical" shirt and a "hannah montana" shirt. sarah got a new bear … and a couple of outfits. a fancy dress,  and a sassy pink and black sparkly outfit. amanda got a new bear too … and a fun "it’s about ME" outfit. and it all took us only 2 hours to pick out! lol!
• i havn’t touched my christmas journal since those last 7 pages i did. i know that honestly i won’t finish them all … so i decided to go through and pick out about 8 more that i really want to include … and then get those done. i have 16 pages done … so that will be a good sized album. and being that christmas is over … i’m not sure how much longer i can keep scrapping it. i did find some more of the pattern papers and stuff this weekend … hated the idea of running out right at the end.
• also finished a baby album for my cousin’s wife to give to her friend. did that make sense? lol! she had photos collected for the baby’s first year … and wanted them in an album. i have to admit … i have a hard time scrapping other people’s stuff sometimes. so i kept it really simple. in fact … joe saw it and asked if i was really done with it. lol! i started to second-guess myself there for a minute … and then realized that most people (meaning "non-scrappers") would consider my take on "simple" amazing. lol!
• had a fairly easy work week. this was the first year i took christmas eve off work. so i really only had 3 days this week. we were missing nikolas and ariana this week … since they were both home all week … they’re moms had the week off. and matthew was gone all week. we just had haley and amanda … nice and quiet.
• i got my books from shutterfly this weekend … the digital books i had won last month. love them!!! there was actually a mix-up with the kind of book i had actually won … i never did find which book it was supposed to be in fact. but since i had my books already designed … they were super nice about switching out my codes and getting my order in. i will have to show you some pics of it. i’m not a digital person … but i just love the way this book turned out!
• i have some assignments and projects i need to work on. i can’t even remember the last time i scrapped an actual layout … one with photos. lol! i have some in mind though … and some i need to think about. so i hope to find some time for that this weekend.
• this afternoon i went out to meet alyssa and her dad to pick her up. while i was gone i guess i had a visitor. trace … one of my daycare kids that left a year ago … came by to see me. joe said it was the funniest thing … as soon as he opened the door he just walked right in and strutted over to the family room like he owned the joint. i can totally picture him … the funny way he used to walk around. lol! and i love that … that a kid can be gone for over a year … and walks in like he never even left. that means the world to me … to know that they still remember me and remember being here. so sorry i missed him!
• speaking of missing little ones … miss adyson had a birthday yesterday. little girlie is 2 yrs old! even though i havn’t been able to see her in over 2 months … i hope she knows that i’m wishing her a very special birthday. and that we all miss her like crazy!

guess that’s it for now. just wanted to do a quick update. hope all is good with everyone!