a little pick me up and catch me up

seems like i'm always playing catch up... whether it's my blog or facebook or housecleaning or scrapbooking. things always seem to get done... eventually. for things that have actual deadlines, i'm rarely behind, but for the rest of the bits of sand that fill in life's jar, those things without hard and fast deadlines, i always seem to be falling behind.

my house is always clean at least one day a week - wednesday... rather it is clean by wednesday evening. we have a Bible study/potluck at our house every week. i'm pretty sure stan kept it at the house while he was gone just so he knew in his heart that i'd clean once a week! that man knows me well! hee hee. and, of course, he is right. i will always have it clean (at least by my standards) by wednesday at 6pm. 

deadlines work like that for me, and procrastination is sort of my life theme. deadlines are something to concentrate on with fervor just moments before they arrive. i'm not a scheduled person, and thankfully for most areas of my life, that is a good thing. it comes in handy being married to a wonderful man whose schedule changes wildly every day. organization and schedules seem beautifully unattainable to me.

i sat in on an organization workshop with my dear friend cami this past weekend. cami and i were roommates for several years many years ago. she is like stan... super organized an enviably put together person. me... not so much! we chuckled in the back row while i told her it was just an "enabler" class for her, while it was more of a hopeless fantasy for me.  we laughed at old traits that only seem to solidify over time. and if i can continue to laugh at and about those crazy fun short comings for the rest of my days, i think my life will have been a happy one.

 and now, i hope to hopelessly bore you with a zillion (i haven't counted, but i'm sure it's quite close to a zillion) pictures from the past couple of weeks. 

friday was crazy hair day. torrey was hoping to have her hair in a star shape... we've been talking about it off and on since last year. well, i rolled my sorry self out of bed a little late on friday (*note time management issues listed above). we were running too late to make the star. so with goopy hair goo, pipe cleaners and some tissue paper (to help with emma's)... we pulled off some quickie crazy hairdos. {more pics here}

if it weren't for the last minute, i wouldn't get anything done!

in other news, not involving my seriously lack of organizational life skills, emma got some new specs. she's been wanting them since torrey got hers last year, and with genetics on her side... her wish came true! she looks beautiful, and so much more grown up than i'd like to admit. they did however give her a couple days of serious headaches and dizziness, one of which ended in losing her lunch in her classroom garbage can. thankfully it only lasted a couple days, then she was back in business. {more pics here}

and who can forget about tulip time? especially when you have thousands of acres of tulips available for strolling through just minutes from where you live. did i ever tell you how lucky we are? we didn't get up there as many times as i'd hoped to, we never do... but they are always beautiful and amazing and peaceful. {more pics here}

beside the rigors of daily life, i've been planning our church's woman's retreat. well, i get the group together and head to the retreat that's already planned at warm beach camp. but to make things just that much more special... we put together goodie boxes and notepads, and have shirts made for all of the ladies. i'm lucky enough to be on the planning committee for warm beach, to bring my church girls and this year i even taught a party planning class for the retreat. not necessarily a relaxing weekend, but always always a good one. {more pics here}

{crafty craftiness}

on the happy scrappy front, i've been a busy little bee, crafting away with loads of great goodies. woohoo!

first i am very excited to be a part of the new punky sprouts design team! this brand new company makes some wicked sweet (and green) mixed media mini albums. if your local store doesn't carry these amazing albums yet... ask for them! they're loads of fun! for the latest news and fun, become a facebook fan here. my first two punky albums can be seen in full here and here.

i am also lucky enough to keep on creating with the fabulous girls over at glitz. i love those ladies, and their scrapbook goodies get more fabulous with each new release! keep an eye out for new glitz layouts coming very soon!

i've also been keeping busy with the scrap review.  with this last review, i stained my fingers with loads of the beautiful shimmery goodness that is glimmer mist. i {heart} tattered angels! 

this last week i did receive some very sad scrap news that my favorite, and i'm quite sure the best ever, local scrapbook store, lasting memories, is closing.  it all came as quite a surprise, but the wonderful owners are happy with the life decision this is for their current phase in life. i'm pretty sure i'm going to be going through terrible shopping withdraws, but i'll do my best to survive them! best of luck to you jennifer & lee and all of the lasting memories girls! i'll miss you terribly!

now, to save you from my hopeless rambling (and if you've had the strength to make it this far... you amaze me already!) i will just post a bunch of daily life pictures... sans commentary.

{out of doors}

it's spring here in the great green state of washington, and my yard is all abloom, with no help from me i might add. lucky for me we have a yard full of self-maintaining flowers as well as a God given sprinkler system in the sky. these are a few of my favorites from the past couple of weeks.

{the end... almost}

alas, i've come to the end of my behind-ness, at least until tomorrow!