the diAry of angi b.

nOvember 15,2007

it's my mama's bday today - happy 67th, mama! BTW, I turned 43 last Saturday. Went out to dinner with John just the two of us on Friday night. Hung out at Downtown Disney, held hands, browsed the shops. All kid-free. Such a nice change to our hectic lives ---

Speaking of hectic, my last journal entry on this blog? July 2007. Sounds about right for a busy mom of 4. But I do that. Neglect me and my little corner of the world. Why can't I commit??

It's 12:45 am and I've got to get up for work in about 6 hours. If only there were 72-hour days and I could live on nothing but Red Bull.

cj scrappage

i'm currently doing the CJ rounds with some cool scrappers. (hey LU!)

and it's the coolest thing i've ever participated in.

i just shipped this off today to Jennifer Lawrence  (a page in Vee's journal about my dreams)

(no, i don't aspire to be a Dr. necessarily... the second page is where i journaled my thoughts and spelled out the rest of the word "Dream"... ) I cannot for the life of me stop scrapping red/black/white. It's my favorite, favorite, favorite way to go.... and i LOVE to doctor up my photos using funky techniques that shed my real age... lol...

can U say wahhhhhhhhhhaahhh

... i knew this day would come. I just wanted to hold on to the notion that you would forever remain my little boy. YES, I am in a melancholy mOod indeed as my eldest son Chris went to PROM last week and he will be graduating from highschool next month. The years just spin out of control these days. I made this collage on PS this afternoon of his PRE-prom pics and other recent photos. He will turn 18 this July which btw is just around the corner. I think he wants to hold onto childhood as much as possible too. BOO HOO!

dAydreaming agAin....

fUnny little Guy

last night we took off to IHOP for pancakes (i can eat breakfast morning, noon and night - mmmmm, love it!). Sean is my funny little man. During the course of our random conversation, he said " I don't wanna get married --- it's too FREAKY"

FUNNY little guy! He has this innocent charm about him that just cracks me up. And we did just that...LOVE how kids are just natural comics and they don't even know it.... now back to this " marriage is freaky" thing. Just where did he come up with that? Nice to know our son looks upon our marriage as something strange and to avoid at all costs. Man, i had to write that one down. This boy is a real charmer.

TODAY my TO-DO list has a zillion things on it. Study,study,study for two fast-approaching midterms and two projects that are due Monday and Wednesday; work on my CIRCLE JOURNAL due 5/18; participate in an on-line CHAT at dragonflaire studios; create a scrapbook page for my gallery; buy Jessica 2 pairs of jeans for her upcoming science camp field-trip (she is going away for a whole WEEK for the first time); maybe squeeze in SPIDEY-3 although that's not so much a requirement but more of an effort to DITCH responsibility and enjoy life just a little.

OFF i go--- TTFN

aNyone "my Space" ?

i signed up a few years ago because i was helping our neighbor set one up. I just never logged on because I had a blog and didn't really want to maintain both. Well, my sister who lives in Las Vegas recently signed up to share her Jamaica photos etc. and to keep in touch with friends and family. SO I WAS INSPIRED of course and did a little JAZZING up...come visit me if you have one!

mY spAce

silly but all in good fun -

nutso for Joey Fatone

ok i admit it

joey fatone is my secret crush. LOL. He is so adorable on Dancing with the Stars. His personality spills into each of the routines --- and he is PURE ENTERTAINMENT.

apRil 9 2007 - oops i did it again

tonight i was obsessed with finishing a page--- and i was almost there --- i had the VISION and things were falling into place --- i was totally ENGROSSED in the moment....

then

i

ruined

it

does that ever happen to you?

trial and error is a good thing; but it drives me INSANE because i just don't have the time for it.

hmmmph

there is something profound in that thought, isn't there?

here's that pic i uploaded last night. I overlayed it with a page from Maggie LaMarre's Flourish Breeze kit. I was going to use it in my scrapbook page that went awry.

i'll get over it, i know

tomorrow

is

another

day

apRil 8, 2007 - new DT site

got a minute?

look here

(Dragonflaire's new forum --- we are still under construction but are getting there!)

i am working on a new MINI-BOOK  "Faces I Love"

(Maggie Lamarre's Flourish Breeze Kit - check out the APRIL CONTEST on the forum using this kit)

..... and here's something old:

my two middle kids Jessica and Sean back in 2001. It was only a 6 years ago and yet it seems a lifetime ago! Here they are now:

don't ya want to cry for me??

mArch 26,2007 - Phenomenal Weekend!

look! the FABULOUS KAREN RUSSELL is holding my "By The Sea" Project!

i had a phenomenal time this weekend at Scrapbook Oasis in Irvine, California. I was a total die-hard scrapper, no doubt. FRIDAY night she taught a photography Q&A and we made a keepsake box from the BE (bare elements line) similar to this  :

yup, she shared a TON of samples from her personal stash --- and we got to oogle over them in living color! One thing I loved about this weekend is Karen's generosity in sharing her knowledge and passion for photography and scrapbooking. Just a genuine personality and FUNNY! It was non-stop energy and comic relief throughout. She was totally dilirious at the end of her last class Saturday night --- man, she talked a mile-a-minute and went off on a few tangents which was totally entertaining, yet she was totally comprehensible and made the back-to-back classes a blast. I will definitely take more of her classes just for the pure entertainment factor.

   

that's my coat she's wearing here. I walked in with it and she stopped mid-sentence while she was teaching, and shouted a complement from across the room ---LOVED how she played along and allowed herself to just be silly.

She also gave us great tips for instance, be sure to look up at the camera to avoid the triple chin action. So we squatted here to do just that!

and here are the girls from my table (along with our neighbor Teresa from the adjacent table) - we had a few laughs and giggles sitting in the BACK...  Karen just cracked us up all the day long....