Man I'm HOT!

So I needed a pic of me for my friend Emily to put on her site. I am one of her new designers. Check out her site...it's the vinyl site on the right side of my blog. I haven't designed anything for her yet so she may get some of my ideas and decide to fire me.

McKinley took this picture of me. She did a pretty good job so I decided to post it! I guess I don't need Stacy anymore! Just kidding Stacy! Don't leave me...I love yooooou!!!!!!

Walking....help!

Ya, you heard me! Avrie took her first steps on Tuesday, Feb. 10th. She has been thinking about it since she has been standing for a couple of weeks, but actually started taking a couple steps on her own with no encouragement from anyone. So we decided to see how far she could go with some encouragement. It won't be long now before she is climbing up things and I am tying her up just to get something done. She is just so little! It's pretty cute to see but that doesn't mean I am okay with it. That means she won't be a baby anymore! She will be a toddler! Sniff...my last baby is growing up fast.

She's not my favorite kid...promise.

My baby is growing up. She will be 10 months on the 6th. I don't know her measurments or weight. I have a problem taking my baby into the Dr. when she's not sick. They get enough of my money. Although I am curious where she falls on the scale. So I will take her in when my curiosity reaches a $25 peak.

I have taken my kids pictures at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 18 months, 2 years and every year after that. I was a couple weeks late on Avrie's 9 month. These were taken last week. (I wish that were my only flaw.)

Stacy, you did it again!

Ava Poo

Avrie Bear's first Spaghetti experience. As you can see, she loved eating it and playing with it. Man, she is growing up so fast! She is into EVERYTHING that she shouldn't and sometimes plays with the things that she should.

My little piece of Heaven

Isn't it beautiful? I just love to go down now and sit in my scrapbook room. I am all organized and now I can actually find things and get something done!

*So...the first pic is of my work space. Yep, I get the whole table all to myself. Unless Brockston wants to scrapbook with me, then he takes over the whole table. It's as if he was a born scrapper. It seems like that's how most people scrap. We need lots of space. There are actually a couple things on the table in this pic that need to be put away.

*Next we have my new chipboard letter system that was taken from my organizing book. I rarely have an original idea. I bought the little drawers at Walmart for $12.

*The 3rd pic is my magnet board that I made (pat, pat, pat...as in on the back) and I bought the tin containers at IKEA where-in are stored my brads; color coodinated. I have a couple things in other containers (Stampin Up! accessories...if you want anything, call me...I'll give you my discount) I just hot glued magnet strips on the back of them to make 'em stick to the board. I am a genius!

*And my most recent splurge is the clip it up organizer you see in pic number 4. It was a bit pricey (is that how you spell it) but I think well worth it. I have tons of ribbon on cardstock like spools, only not spools. You see them on the top...Sei and Stampin Up sells some like this. I also have a ton of ribbon that I bought just by the yard. So I wrapped them around cardboard strips by color and it looks cool if I do say so myself. I have also stored all of my rub-ons on the bottom tier, along with some chipboard shapes and stickers. It is a great storage system and allows me to keep a lot of things within reach and visable.

*Last but most definatly not the least are my fabulous paper storage racks and my new and improved flower jars. The paper is sorted by theme or time of year on one side and since I buy SEI at wholesale, I have the other side sorted by their individual lines. Next to my paper racks are my punches stored in the drawers. I am going to stick a punched item on front of the drawer that the punch lives so I know which drawer each punch is in.

I know...I am indeed wonder woman. I'm not going to tell you how long it took me to get this far. I'm going to let you all think that I did all this in a single afternoon!

Busy Brockston

Brockston has 3 friends: Woody, George and Georgie. Woody is obvious. George is the brown gorilla, and Georgie is the orange orangatan. We have to be quiet when they are still sleeping in the morning. He takes very good care of his friends. You can see in the picture that he makes a little bed for them on the floor and puts them to bed. He also found my camera and took a pic of his computer game. Funny Boy!

Did you think I died?

Nope, I didn't die. But some days I wanted to. Do you ever feel overwhelmed with everything that you want to get done? I mean, there are things that NEED to be done (feed the kids), and there are things that will drive you crazy if they don't get done, but don't NEED to be done (dishes, clean house). Well, eventually the dishes NEED to be done or you won't have any.

So, I am just now feeling like we are through the holidays and I can get back into my routine. (Did I have one before the holidays?) I do have a clean house now and dishes are done, laundry going etc. I expect it to stay clean for a couple more minutes so I can blog. I have a headache; getting a cold. But I have to change my blog! Speaking of priorities.

So here's what has been happening at my house:

*Paige lost her first tooth. We told her she was a shark because a tooth grew in behind her baby teeth because it hadn't fallen out. The night she lost it, the tooth moved into it's rightful place. I was shocked it moved so fast.

*I finally made my chore chart! I know what you're thinking. Why is Avrie on there? Well, she will have chores eventually. And there is no way I will be making a new chore chart when that time comes. It took me long enough to make this one. I bought the metal board at IKEA ($12), used my Cricut to cut out their names on vinal, used those magnets that come on phone books (advertising things). I covered the magnets with scrapbook paper and ordered the chores from my friend Emily. She has a vinal web site: http://www.eaddesigns.com/

You can order anything you want in any color and size you want or she has tons of things already designed for you. She flattered me and asked me to design some things for her. I haven't done anything yet, but I am dying to get going.

*Oh...we did have a GREAT Christmas. I really cut back this year and didn't spend much on the kids, but they were all happy. I got a new wedding ring (technically for my anniversary). My old one broke and at Zales you can upgrade and trade in your old one, just like a car! Only diamonds don't loose value. I only have a picture on my phone right now. That will be another post.

*I am in the process of organizing my scrapbook supplies. I have a book (yes, a book) that is all about organizing scrapbook supplies. So I have been getting rid of things I don't use and organizing the things I do, or will use. I will take pictures of my stuff when I'm done.

*We are almost ready to start building our house. We have been busy getting things organized to get started. We will be getting the financing started next week (Thanks Jeff!) and our plans are getting altered to our liking right now. So hopefully we can start digging in a few weeks. I can hardly stand it, I'm so excited!

So I can't think of anything else right now. Good thing too, this is way to long! So until next time!

If you want a card, I need an address

So, I'm sending out my Christmas cards and I need addresses! I have some but if you haven't recieved one in previous years, you aren't on The List.

Leave your address in my comments or email me if you are more comfy doing that.

shari_gunther@yahoo.com

There is an underscore between my first and last name.

Thanks!

Tribute to Husbands

My wife has been on my case to get the Christmas lights up for a couple of weeks... they are up now and for some reason she will not talk to me.

I got this in an email from my friend Kelley and I LOVED it! Mostly because Glade doesn't do lights anymore. If I want it done, I have to do it myself. Then again, my friend Sherri's husband just became the new Elder's Quorum President...she said he has been asked to do stuff like this. Hmmm, not a bad idea!

Confession

I love Avrie's face in that picture. She kinda looks like she's had injections in her lips. And I think I look funny in the first so that's why these are here.

So I decided to create my own tag. I'm not exactly sure why, just wanted to. So do it if you want, or maybe even if you don't.

Here are a few things you might not know about me, not all favorite things about me but this is the way it is!

*I weigh: (gulp) 146 lbs.

*I want to weigh: 130 (I would love 125 but let's get real here!)

*I yell at my kids at my wits end. And then I feel bad and either cry or go talk to them about emotions or both.

*I have to have the bed made every day. If night comes and it hasn't been made, I have to make it before I get in. And Glade can't make it, he doesn't do it right.

*I look like I am dying of a disease if I don't have make-up on. Not a natural beauty.

*I have really bad PMS. I cannot be logical or rational during this beautiful time. This is usually when I yell at the kids and then cry about it. Glade can't do anything right when I feel this way.

*I haven't cooked consistently since Brockston was born. I used to have a menu planned for the month and followed it. Not anymore. Brockston will be 4 in March.

*I am high on drugs right now! Muscle relaxers for the kink in my upper back so I can move. I may regret this post when I'm sober!! (te he)

*I am a computer retard. I'm getting better, but I don't know what I'm doing most of the time.

*I have to ask for help when I am helping McKinley with her 3rd grade homework. (not all the time, but sometimes)

*We have been on time to church 3 times since Avrie was born. Sometimes I don't want to go, but I do.

*I hate doing dishes and laundry. I would rather scoop Sophie poop that do either of those. Luckily, Glade does the dishes when he is in town. Laundry is another story. It piles up to the point I have bought clothes for the kids cuz none of them were clean. My mom was here for a day and helped me while I have been unable to move. Thanks Mom!

And those are a few things about me that you might not have known and probably didn't want to know. Oh well, you take the good with the bad. Well, hopefully! If you know of any weird things I do, feel free to comment and tell me about them. I will probably think of more later, I will add them when I do. I wish we could be honest more often. This is just the way it is...not always peaches and cream!

But I have a great life and I love being me! I am simply fabulous!