Laura Vegas

i totally ran out of time to blog last night. a friend of mine mentioned a while back, that i havn't done a "facebook randomness" post in a while. so, here you go. some of my status updates from over the last month. some worth sharing, and some that i should have maybe left over there. lol!

 

the totally random webcam video's that i find on my laptop are hilarious 🙂

am stalled on my last 2 CHA assignments. Am procrastinating by playing some game on the iPod where I mow the lawn. Lol!

why is it, that i blowdry my hair with a round brush, curling it under. and by the time i'm done, the ends of my hair are all flipped up? makes no sense.

the only reason i'm going outside to trim a few plants, is because they're blocking the window to my scraproom, and i don't have enough natural light coming in to get decent photos of my projects.

love this time of day. everyone is fed. littles are down for naps. alyssa is working on summer projects for school. sarah is probably on the computer or watching tv. and i get some computer time, to accomplish some work without interuption.

it's 2:10am, and i'm waiting for alyssa to get home from the midnight showing of harry potter, so i can go to bed. i have to wake up in less than 5 hours, for work. at least the daycare kids are used to me being sleepy in the mornings. lol!

new hair color. went with golden cappucino this time. i know that packaging is getting smaller these days. but you can't go and reduce the amount of hair color in a box, without giving some sort of warning. halfway through applying the color, and i realize there's hardly anything left. so not cool.

my eyeballs can edit photos no more. taking a break, to do something fun. like laundry. not fun, but needed.

 

fyi – treat receipts are back at starbucks 🙂

the craziness of making lunch, serving lunch, and cleaning up lunch, to the little ones and big ones is seriously draining. sooooo glad that naptime comes after lunchtime. i need the quietness, and to be left alone for a bit 🙂

overheard on "drop dead diva". in court. jane to offense: "imagine what you could do with all that creativity. i hear scrapbooking is fun". judge: "i will NOT allow anyone in this court to demean scrapbooking". made me laugh 🙂

to any opponents i left hanging on words with friends or hanging with friends … i'll make my moves soon. i promise. kills me to have that many games sitting there, waiting for me. lol!

 
as seen in the July/August 2011 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine. copyright creative crafts group. posted with prior permission from the publisher.

at sarah's first soccer meeting last night, they asked the girls how long they'd been playing soccer. when sarah said this was her 9th year, we got a "9th? really?", since she's the youngest on her under-14 team, but had the most years. made me second guess my math skills. but i'm a scrapbooker, and here's proof 🙂

i sort of miss scrapbooking. havn't had as much time to be creative lately. need to make time. i'm itching to cut and paste something.

someone please tell me the light at moffat and industrial will be working again, in 13 days, when school starts. otherwise, dropping off and picking up at the high school is going to be a nightmare. and then there's the trains, that you know will always come when i'm about to cross the tracks. (update – it's back up and running, after weeks of road work)

today has been super hectic and busy. a little work, back to school shopping with the girls, a little more work, took alyssa to get her braces off, more work, dinner, a little work, heading to a team parent meeting for soccer, and then back to work.

can someone tell me where today went?!?! or what i've actually done with my day?!?! weird when you've been going non-stop, yet you feel like you havn't accomplished a thing.

 

this is pathetic. out of all the words with friends games that i've been playing for the last month, this is the only game that i actually won. no clue who it was. but they gave up before we even started, and i was declared the winner.

dropped alyssa off at the high school this morning at 8:00, for sophmore "round up day". picking up her schedule, taking school pictures, ordering a yearbook, and stuff like that. yes, that was a chunk of $$$ to fork out already.

that last one was from this morning. i'm sitting here, waiting for the girl to text me, asking me to run back to the school to pick her up. school starts in SIX days. and then i will be taking out my taxi-driver-mom hat again, and putting it to good use 😉

have you heard of deco boards unlimited? 

 

they make these really cool magnetic, dry erase boards. the beauty of these boards, is that you can personalize them, from start to finish. they are not just functional and good for organizing stuff. but they're fun and decorative, and make for great home decor.

 

you choose what you want on your board. you can upload a favorite photo, a digital layout, or any digial design that you'd like. i choose to create a quick digital layout for my board. i intentionally arranged my photos along the bottom of the layout, so that i would have plenty of room to write on the board, without covering anything up.

 

but the great thing about these boards, is that you can write over the images, and it still looks great. the photo or digital design that you upload will be printed as a watermark. so it will print a little lighter, and the colors will be less saturated. almost like a faded look.

 

every board comes with a plastic frame at no charge. or you can upgrade your frame, for an extra charge, to a wide variety of wood frames. i went with the distressed black for mine.

 

you can visit their website HERE, and play around with creating your own board. also make sure and visit their facebook page HERE, and become a fan so you can keep up with all their latest news and updates.

if you are interested in purchasing one of these cool boards, they have given me a great deal to pass along exclusively to my blog readers. just use coupon code LV10SHIP, for 10% off plus free shipping and handling. this offer is good through august 15, 2011.

now, i just need to go find a spot to hang my board up 😉

time to pick a winner for a copy of the new scrapbooking tips & tricks: summer fun and travel issue, from monday's giveaway. the random number generator picked:

 

I am looking forward to scrapbooking family photos from our family vacation to Orlando. Thanks for the chance to win.  Posted by: Camille | July 26, 2011 at 03:48 AM

congrats camille! email me with your mailing address, and my fabulous friends at CK will get that mailed right out to you!

stay tuned. i'll be back in a bit with another post 🙂

it turns out, i had another soccer layout to share. i had created this layout recently, and submitted it to some calls. that didn't pan out, and then i sort of forgot about the layout altogether.

 

does the look of this layout seem familiar? i created THIS LAYOUT a few months back, and i really liked the page design. i'm of the mindset, that when you have something that works, use it. a few times, in fact.

i took these photos of joe and the girls, last soccer season. we had just gotten back from picture day, and i figured i would snap a few photos of them all, while they were in uniform. and not trying to capture them after a game, when they're all sweaty. lol!

last season, joe was the assisant coach for both the girl's teams. alyssa's team color was black, and the coach's wore red shirts. sarah's team color was blue, and the coach's wore blue shirts. most weeks, their games were so close in timing. or they'd overlap just a tad. so joe would bring both shirts, and while running from one game to the other (clear across the huge park), he would switch shirts. kind of funny sometimes. 

 

i went with the colors of red, blue, black, and white. i started the layout, with this star pattern paper, from october afternoon. then i added in the red paper with little stars, the blue paper, and the grey ruled paper, all from bella blvd.

 

for my title, i used a mix of bella blvd letter stickers, and jillibean soup letter stickers. that blue sticker, by the soccer ball, is a super duper old one from making memories. 

 

i used my silhouette to cut out the soccer ball, and the stars, all from black cardstock. for the soccer ball, i pop dotted up the black piece, on top of the white background piece, just to add a little interest. 

 

this pretty much sums up where we're headed. we have sarah's team meeting this evening. she moved up to under-14's this season, and after studying the list, she's the youngest one on the team. we know her coach (alyssa's coach from last season), her assistant coach (joe), their trainer (her coach from 2 years ago that took her team all the way to the top), the team parent (me), a few of her teammates, and that they'll be wearing red. 

and alyssa? well, we have her team meeting this coming sunday. she moved up to under-19's. which just sounds crazy old to me. there's this huge gap between the two age groups, under 14's and then straight to under-19's. weird. we have no clue who the coach is, or who's on the team. but we do know that she'll be wearing red as well. another year, with both girls in red. i love it!