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The journey...

 

Words of wisdom...

"Take me away... a secret place... a sweet escape..."

 

Been trying to get photos off my phone.  Bryn showed me a fun app that I've been using a lot recently to make photo collages... Photo Grid.  You pick the photos you want to use & the app puts them into a grid for you.  Lots of other choices of grid designs, too, based on the number of photos you're using. 

Plus I don't have to email myself all the individual photos this way.  I can just email myself each photo collage once I've created it...

 

 

I used the app for my photos from our trip to the Bahamas that I posted here.  I also used the app for these 3 pages today.  I like that I don't have to mess with measuring the photos & putting them into a design that works for the scrapbook page.  I just print the grid in the size that I want... quick & easy.  

And for the first 2 pages, I used some SRM Stickers along with some more of the free downloadable journaling cards I found on the Pocket Source blog...

 

 

 

I've deleted about 400 photos off my phone & am down to around 700 now.  Still don't have enough storage space to do the latest iPhone update, but hopefully eventually I can get there.  Craziness.

And yes, I know.  Adding more apps like this one, doesn't help free up storage.  Oh well...

 

"Boom, do you want it? Boom, do you need it? Boom, let me hear it...ladies & gentlemen..."

 

Spring Break came & went.  It was one solid week of fun in the sun.  

We used our Westin time-share in the Bahamas, which is located right next to the Atlantis resort giving us full access to everything there. 

 

And full access meant we could use their pools & waterpark.... even though we had our own amazing pool.  And Bryn informed me before the trip that I had to go on ALL of the waterslides. 

Have I mentioned I'm afraid of heights?  Like the minute I'm standing at the top of a 60-ft vertical drop looking down, my knees will be knocking & I will almost pee my pants or throw up.  Or cry.  Or all of the above. 

I considered I might need Depends instead of my swimsuit bottoms.  If nothing else they'd stay on better anyway, as a wardrobe malfunction at the end of a waterslide is inevitable.

But somehow I managed to get away with only doing one waterslide.... The Surge.  She told me it wasn't scary after she went on it with Bob.  Why I trusted her, I'm not sure.  But I reluctantly went along with her & we grabbed an inner tube for 2 people.  The sign said the biggest person should sit in back.  So I told her I guess that meant I was in front.  Shawty in front.  LOL    It was like a short roller coaster on an inner tube.  And part of it was in the dark.  I didn't pee my pants though, nor did I lose them at the end.  So, I'm glad I did it.  I guess.

Bob & Bryn also did the Leap of Faith & The Abyss without me.  Hey I had a DJ to sit next to.  He needed company. 

 

Not only is my daughter not afraid of heights, she's not afraid of snakes either. 

What the hell happened here? 

I blame her dad.

 

The week was great though.  Bryn & I did a little coordinating on our outfits.  She took the majority of pictures with her camera (my old Canon) & I took some with my camera & my phone.  She even got to spend some time with dolphins! 

Bryn was always snapping pictures.  Even caught this one of Bob & I doing a stupid selfie.  Gotta love his kissy face... LMAO

 

Lots more photos from the week, but those are the highlights.  It was beautiful there.  And expensive. 

Like a bag of Tostitos that you'd pay $3.50 for here... $10.  Ummmm... ok. 

I'll just have a Bahama Mama please.  BOOM.

 

We want to go back.  In fact, we may be going back again this summer.  We still need to take our cruise that we didn't get to take last summer.  So we may re-do it to include the Bahamas... rather than to try to do a Meditteranean cruise. 

We shall see...   

"Take a picture, sweetie, I ain't got time to wait..."

 

Ok... so LOTS going on lately.  Mostly good stuff keeping me really busy and laughing... and other stuff.  Stuff that karma will take care of for me, I'm sure.  Gotta love that!  And my eye was twitching for 2 days straight. It drove me frickin nuts.  A friend of mine had her eye twitching for a week & thought it was stress.  Hmmm. 

Anyway.  Eye twitching has ended.  Booty twitching & shaking, however, never ends.  

It was awesome to be gone for a week & it's awesome to be home.  I always miss my friends & my daily routine at home.  Even though I'll hit the treadmill while I'm gone, I especially miss my routine at the gym.  Zumba anyone?  And while I know it's good for me to tune out from my phone/internet/etc... that contact is what keeps me laughing most of the time.  Because I have very funny friends.  And somehow there's always funny situations.   Even situations that aren't funny end up making me laugh. 

I mean like laughing until I cry. 

Or laughing & typing on my phone, while eating in public, by myself.  That usually gets a few stares.

Why did my daughter call me a weir-do?  I don't get it.

 

Anyway, I have lots of pics from the Bahamas & have even started a blog post about it, but that's about as far as I got. 

Apparently I ain't got time for dat. 

I got time for Zumba though!  Fun times coming up!

 

And apparently I have time for scrapbooking too.  Yay me...

I used an actual map of Phoenix/Scottsdale for my background...

All I can think about when I look at this next page is the thousands of screaming girls that literally screamed for 2 hours straight.  Never heard anything like it...

 

Love the Today's List of Awesomeness journaling card on the next page.  I say that word all the time...

 

 

And speaking of that Today's List of Awesomeness journaling card, here's more awesomeness...

Bryn got accepted to the National Junior Honor Society at school the other day.  Could NOT be more proud of that girl.  She didn't think she'd get accepted since she had no leadership experience, but I told her she had 100% chance of not getting accepted if she didn't try.   

The only Honor Society I was accepted into in school, was for excelling in my social life.

 

Oh well... Zumba anyone?

A happy camper...

 

Recently I was given the opportunity to test out a new product for the Simply Everyday Me etsy shop.  It's an adorable downloadable Camper Cupcake Box.  In other words, once you purchase it...  you can instantly download it onto your compter, print, cut & assemble as many as you want!  All you need are scissors & adhesive.  There are several colors to choose from, but I decided to go with the blue & red version.  

I added a little bling to the tire...

In addition to cupcakes... it could be a great way to give party favors or gift cards...

And if you don't want to put a cupcake in there... how about a few Oreos in a cupcake liner? 

 

Love that there are very easy to follow instructions included. 

 

I'll be trying out the Carousel Box this week & will post my results.  Looking forward to assembling the Cassette Tape Boxes too!

I still have quite the collection of cassette tapes.  If only I actually still played them...

 

Check out ALL the adorable items in the Simply Everyday Me shop!

 

And speaking of happy camper... we just returned from an awesome week in the Bahamas.  More on that tomorrow.  It's time to go teach Zumba & I have missed my friends!! 

                                      

"But I'm a creep.... I'm a weirdo... what the hell am I doing here..."

 

The other day I asked Bryn to describe me in 2 words.

She replied, "Weir- do."

I burst out laughing.  Not the answer I was expecting, but it definitely works.

Poor kid.

 

But hey... at least I'm not doing the kissy face on all my Instagram photos.  Now THAT is weird.  And I have asked her over & over to please stop doing that all the time & just uhhhh I don't know... smile maybe?? 

And then she asked me to do this "Transformation Tuesday" photo and it occurred to me that I must've taught her to do that dumb pose when she was a little girl. 

Just add that to the list of all the other dumb things I've taught her & will probably teach her before she moves out. 

Or sprints out as fast as she can. 

The good news is she's not flipping off the camera yet.  That's always an attractive pose.

Ahem.

Lots of dimmensional hearts on here created with a heart punch & a stapler...

 

 

Speaking of weirdo... is it weird that I love googly eyes?  If I could use them on everything, I would.  Well everything with eyes, that is...

The animals look cute with googly eyes on them...

 

 

And here's some more cute animals...

 

 

LMAO. 

Ok then... carry on with yo Hump Day. 

Yo Lenten Hump Day, that is.

 

Maybe I'll give up being a weirdo?

Or not...

Do what you can...

 

"It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little.  Do what you can.  Do all the good you can do, for all the people you can, as long as ever you can."

- Rev. Smith