WELCOME HOME

Welcome back home. I think being in China for a week is all he can take. He is not a big fan of Chinese food so I know he is ready to be back home...................

THE MISSOURI RIVER

taken by hwy 94......................

LOVE YOU my eldest

Love this picture. Don't know if I took it or my husband. we always compete on who takes the best pictures.......

We are so different, but in some ways we are so much alike (my hubby and I).

WANNA TRADE??????

Does anybody want to trade an atc christmas ornament with me???????

Just make a CHRISTMAS atc and add a ribbon to hang it on the CHRISTMAS TREE or wire it's up to you.

If you would like to pls leave me a message........................

Christine's what I am thankful for:

1. My Children
2. The food we eat everyday
3. MY HOME
4. Our BLESSINGS and talents
5. FAMILY and FRIENDS
6. also our TWO running vehicles
7. OUR HEALTH
8. CHOCOLATE
9. MY husband
10. HIS JOB
11. MY LONGTIME FRIENDS
12. CLEAN RUNNING WATER

What are you thankful for?????????????

Christmas signs everywhere

Christmas is everywhere. Don't know if you have noticed, but everywhere you go there are little signs of it fast approaching.

I am not complaining I love CHRISTMAS and I was thinking this morning should I put my Christmas tree down stairs in our family room or upstairs near the fireplace......... We would enjoy it more downstairs, but maybe I should stay with the usual tradition of the upstairs family room................

All these decisions. I don't know what's stopping me, but I would like to start decorating...... Putting out all my little santa clauses and mini christmas trees that I have collected over the years.............. I am ready to sprinkle fake snow all over my decorated tables..................... I need to stop dreaming........

Well, gotta go my 4 year old beckons.................. gotta run............

love,

me

ToDAY

Today I have nothing to say, but just thought I would send a hello to YOU........

Nothing going on, but still everything is going on outside of my window........

Went this morning to have donuts with my kiddies and laughed as I saw that my youngest had sugar all over his face all the way to his ears and he just sat there enjoy his donut not even knowing he looked very funny. You know how those original krispy kreme donuts are very messy but very yummy right??????

We went to church to thank GOD for everything he gives us everyday and I am truly grateful.

My husbands back in CHINA or SHANGHI for a week so one good thing is that I don't have to cook.

We are on our way to see ZATHURA at the movies in a few..... I am hoping I won't fall asleep as I usually do....

I hope I did not bore you all. Have a great day to you and yours.

love,

me

ToDAY

Today I have nothing to say, but just thought I would send a hello to YOU........

Nothing going on, but still everything is going on outside of my window........

Went this morning to have donuts with my kiddies and laughed as I saw that my youngest had sugar all over his face all the way to his ears and he just sat there enjoying his donut not even knowing he looked very funny. You know how those original krispy kreme donuts are very messy but very yummy right??????

We went to church to thank GOD for everything he gives us everyday and I am truly grateful.

My husband is back in CHINA or SHANGHI for a week so one good thing is that I don't have to cook.

We are on our way to see ZATHURA at the movies in a few..... I am hoping I won't fall asleep as I usually do....

I hope I did not bore you all. Have a great day to you and yours.

love,

me

I have been tagged by Denise

so here it goes, but I am changing the questions around the easiest to answer first:

7 people that I would like to do this:

1. Christine F.
2. Becky
3. Sharon W.
4. Denise (SHE ALREADY DID IT THOUGH)

SORRY, I only know four people with blogs...............................

7 Celebrity Crushes: This should be easy

1. John Mayer
2. The guy from the Dave Mathews band
3. Danzel Washington
4. John Travolta
5. Orlando Bloom
6. The guy that became the kind in THE LORD OF THE RINGS
7. Nicholas Cage


7 Things that attract me from the opposit sex:

1. Must be tall
2. Definetly the deep voice
3. Hair
4. Eyes
5. If they are different looking
6. Hair again
7. PERSONALITY

7 Things I cannot do:

1. BE PHONEY
2. Say No sometimes
3. LIE
4. Close things up like soda or mild bottles
5. BE FRIENDS with people that I believe lie
6. RUN
7. drink COFFEE

7 Things I say often:

1. stop THAT
2. STOP THAT
3. LOVE YA
4. YOUR GONNA BREAK YOUR NECK
5. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF ANGIE
6. OKAY
7. BE CAREFUL

7 things to do before I die:

1. Tell my family and friends I love them
2. Apologize to everyone that I hurt
3. Gather all my kids pictures and have them bury me with them
4. drive a Harley
5. go dancing again
6. PIG OUT ON all the food I love like tiramisu and mashed potatoes and a BIG CHOCOLATE SHAKE, and the list goes on
7. take a long drive through the country
8. OOOPs eight yes Tell my husband a secret so when I die and come back to see him he will know that there is another place out there. So he can become a believer.............

Tag your it.............................

Okay, this is the last, but not least. Bottle cap Christmas tag atc.........

They look much nicer and brighter in person..............

Doesn't this make you want to go eat some butter cookies with some nice warm hot chocolate topped with some good ole cool whip.............

CHECK OUT MY HOLIDAY ATC EXTRAVAGANZA

below. There is one more that I did not post and that's because I clicked on something I shouldn't have and now I don't know how to de-click so I will have to post it later.

Hope you enjoy and join in on the fun.

All of the atcs below will be part of my 10 atcs for ReD Leads Christmas swap DUE 12-15-05..................

Christmas kitties atc for you CAT lovers out there............

and yet another atc for RL christmas swap. Wait I have to more for you.

Another atc for the Christmas swap. The ribbon connect to a tag that is pulled out behind the little girl image it also has a snowflake on it and an embelishment on the middle of the snowflake.

Peace atc for RED LEAD PAPERWORKS

Christmas atc swap due next month 12-15-05

COMING SOON

I will be posting my Christmas atcs and a fall atc later this afternoon. So don't forget to check back yall ya here......

Plus, I got tagged by DENISE L. on a few questions that I really need to give a little thought to before I answer.

Yesterdays ADVENTURE

My son and I decided to take a little ride over to OLD ST. Charles to walk along the river. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL day a little chilly, but bright and sunny and lots of fallen LEAVES.

Instead of walking by the river we walked on the train tracks. I don't know but I think my son may be a reincarnated train engineer. HE LOVES trains don't know why, but I guess he doesn't understand why I love what I love.

WE had a great time jumping and walking through all those beautiful crunchy dried leaves in colors of yellow, brown, red, orange. It was fun. I let myself go a little and pretended I was four again.

I then became mommy and we walked by all those little shops down there. I love that area. Love the homes, the great little shops all dressed up inside ready for CHRISTMAS................. I need to make a few friend and I dates to go visit the little shops. I was not able to do any looking yesterday because as soon as I said let's go in to the store my 4 yr old decided he had a headache. THE HEADACHE excuse I guess I don't blame him. It's more fun walking and rummbling through those leaves...........

SENDING A SHOUT OUT

to my southside posse over there on TORRENCE. (sorry that is the only main street that I remember the name to by you guys) YIKES.........

SHOUT OUT TO IRENE and DAVID and my two CUTEY nieces.............................................

VIVA LOS WHITE SOXs

VIVA LA REVOLUCION

VIVA my mother-in-laws FRIJOLES and the menudo from the corner store yummy (can you tell that we are in major WANT of MEXICAN food as I don't cook that alot over here en suburbia)

Viva THANKSGIVING as we will be visiting you all soon and then you will be praying for us to leave J.K.

SEEEE YAAAA soon and I will try to find that PUJOLS? poster for you DAVID are you turning on the cubbys???

SEE YA in a few,

Love

Angie

Feeling terrible in my little world

I had to do something that I really did not want to do, but it was for the best of all. I gave my cute little SUSHI away to a Chihuahua rescue here in M.O.

I feel like ---- about it. I feel like I failed him. How could I do this to my little dog I just wanted the best for him and I think our home was not the best at this time.

He was really a good doggie when my 4 yr old was not around and when my other dog was not around. It also was not fair to our other dog TOBIE because it seems that SUSHI came and took over. Took over his food plate, took over our family room, just took over and TOBIE being a very passive dog did not do anything to stand his ground.

I am sorry SUSHI I hope that I did not let you down and that you will be much happier with your new home. I know KIM will take good care of you.

Love, MOM

HEY KELLEY.........

YOU LOOKED GREAT IN YOUR VERY PRETTY DRESS.............

I hope you had a great time at your dance................... I remember those days, gosh it's been a while, but these times will stay with you forever........................

FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS..............and stay sweet

Angelica

Changed my mind or should I say

changed my Christmas atcs. I am very happy that I finished my Christmas atcs today.......... I went to RL yesterday and bought all this great CHRISTMAS paper that I had to use instead.................

So today while washing, and sweeping and vaccuming somehow I got all ten atcs made and I think they came out nice......... five are the same, but the other 5 are a tad different............

if I have a chance I will post it tomorrow or the next.............

I might just pass by RED LEAD and turn them in already.

OH JLO!!!!!!!!!! CAN YOU HEAR ME????

Jennifer,

Well, after receiving your call yesterday and getting me in the mood to make something I made you your shadow box collage and it will be on it's way as soon as I make sure it's perfectly finished....

I won't post a picture because I don't want to give it away so if you are reading this pls look for it's arrival by
next week.

Hope you like it and pls don't show it around to much okay. It's for U

just me..............

So what do you think???

This is a Christmas atc I made today. Not sure about it..... Love the little girl picture, but I am not sure about the colors????

HELLO ALL

Halloween came and went and now right around the corner is TURKEY DAY and CHRISTMAS.................

I am in a CHRISTMASY mood so I think I am about to start my Christmas atcs for RL even though I still have not turned in my fall atcs yet.......... I need to get that done..............

I have been making these door hanging thingyies and I will post one later for ya.........

I just wanted to update you all on the upcoming HOLIDAYS so that you also can start early on your holiday projects...........

Have a great day it's going to be around 8O degrees and were in the early part of NOV. right??????

LOVE,

JUST ME

WISHING YOU ALL

a scarrrrry HALLOWEEN.....................

My picture treasure finds at booth 197

I do love these pictures............

My treasure finds at booth 197

Christine and I -OUR ROAD TRIP

We met early this morning to go to this great antique mall that is on 94. We did freeze our little b--- off for a little bit waiting for them to open at 10...... and you are right Christine as soon as we got in there I had forgotten how chilly it was.

Christine found this old vintage birdcage and a very pretty pop up valentine card and I don't remember what picture she bought.

I was searching for my treasures and I found a whole lot especially this old picture of a classroom with all these cute little kids. Now that is a treasure to look at. I regret though that I did not buy this vintage steel thingy that I liked. I left it behind and of coures now I am thinking I should of bought it.

I also got a bag of old buttons and a roll of seam binding that had 100 yards..................Yeah!!!!!!!!!!

We had a good time and if I didn't have to leave we could of been there all day. I just love antique malls especially the ones that are so nicely decorated. I wonder if I moved into one those spaces would they ever notice me...............................

Thanks Christine Farmer for a great morning!!!!!! We need to do it again soon...............

I was tagged by Sharon W. so my FIVE

inspiring women are:

The first women that comes to mind is my friend ALICIA V. I admire her so because she is a strong and smart woman and has been one of my best friend for years. Out of all the people in my past I can truly say that I can trust her with my life and she would come to my rescue. Don't tell her, but she is todays wonder woman. I also admire my friend Jennifers courage to go back to school after being home and raising two kiddies. Frida is another of my favorite women. My MOM is very admirable in so many ways and I would have to say all the ladies at RED LEAD for so many reasons. The friendship and the talent......

I can't limit it to five because there are alot of admireable women out there that inspire me in so many different ways.............

TAG YOUR IT: CHRISTINE, DENISE, BECKY, and anyone that would like to be tagged as well...........

AMY atc

AUTUMN splender atc

Autumn atc

for RED LEADS autumn atc swap due 11-15.........

I really love the background paper...........

Another picture for you

to enjoy. Don't you love these.......

FALL FEVER

Don't you just love it........

Golly gee whiz I really enjoyed my day at Rombach farms. They really know how to make it fun for adults as well as children........

They must love Halloween as much as I do.....

Running to the pumpkin patch............

Me shopping around for pumpkins

Maybe this cute witch will get you in the Halloween spirit.............

Does this get you in the pumpkin carving mood??????

My little guy at Rombach Farm.

Asylum for the Chronic Insane...................

I received this atc last year in a swap. Itwas created by LISA BUSCH.....

I call this BECKY BOO........ This is the cutest halloween atc I have ever received. Thanks BECKY.........

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

This is the Frida tag atc that I received from Sharon W. I am sorry that the scan does not do it justice........

There is actually a pocket made of sheer material and it is stitched to the base of the atc. The Frida tag goes inside. Frida is stamped on small tag made of copper....................

THANKS SHARON I LOVE IT AND I WILL GIVE IT A GOOD HOME........

My mommie and I in our old kitchen back on Loomis street in Chicago.

For atc lovers out there

I will post Becky's and Sharons atcs tomorrow morning............... :)

I'm telling you I was born with all this hair............ You would laugh if you saw my new born pictures. I looked like I had a fur hat on my head............

OOPS don't know how I got three pictures on here.

Here I am in the 80's.......... Check out my guitar in the back...... Yes, I used to play the guitara..........

Check out my thrift store suit jacket that I used to LOVE to wear.......

My dad and I...... I guess I never told you all that my dad was a soccer player..... I guess it's in the blood..............

I JUST FORGOT

Okay, I had something I wanted to write about and okay, okay I just remembered. I drew a blank there. SORRY...............

You all know I LOVE HALLOWEEN and if you didn't now you know. I have been having major trouble creating my Halloween ATCs for Red Lead's Halloween swap due this weekend. Dont' know why, but gosh darney I just sat down an hour ago and whipped out ten cute atcs I think you will enjoy and they are all handmade NO photo copies this time ladies. Okay, they are all basically the same. Maybe, just a tad different, but I am glad because I thought I was going to have to pass this month again.

So I will be there bright and early at Red Lead on Sat. to turn in these babies and also to enjoy Carol's demo at 12:00.........................

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LUCKY ME!!!!!!!!!!!

A few months ago I was attending meditation classes in this little shop right on HWY K. On one of our visits, they decided to make something that we carry with us everyday a lucky charm. I decided to take the ring that my brother game me a few years ago. I love this ring because it's pretty plus because my brother gave it to me for my birthday. Plus, he bought it at an antique store so it's kind of vintagE.................

So it has become my LUCKY CHARM and I wear it all the time now................ No, I have not won the lottery or any expensive trips, but I am very lucky in other ways.

Yesterday, actually I was thinking maybe my ring has lost it's luck. Maybe, I need to get back to that little store and have the lady wish luck back into it again. BUT I WAS WRONG.....................

I am lucky and I will tell you why. Yesterday, I got this really cute HALLOWEEN atc from my friend BECKY F. with this really cute halloween card. Also, I was given this BEAUTIFUL FRIDA ATC made by SHARON W........................... LUCKY MMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEE........ LUCKY MEEEEEEEEEEEE...........

So NOW I know my ring is working over time......... But, seriously I am lucky, lucky because I have friends, lucky because I have my two boys I always wanted and lucky because I have a husband that works his butt off to give us everything we need.....

BECKY

Just wanted all to know that BECKY F is the best in the west.......................

YOU GO BECKY......................................

I hope you have a great day today :)

It's been a while

I guess I got caught up in my life and forgot to blog for a while.

It's been crazy around here. My kids soccer schedules have taken over my life...... PRACTICE, GAMES AND TOURNAMENTS oh my!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I do enjoy it though................It's also very stressful becaue you want them to do GREAT always and we have to remember that they are still little kids...............

We lost the tournament to this great group of kids from the Gallagher team......... If you saw them play you would say WOW....... They were small in size compared to my son, but they were fast and those little feet just knew exactly when to hit those balls..... My husband says they have great foot skills and I believe it..........

This is our second loss to this team. Not to be snobish or to be to braggy, but we were used to winning all of our games and now I guess we met our match....................

Well, you can't win them all right...................

Soccer is still going on for a few more weeks and hopefully we will get a break in between at least so that I can make a few RED LEAD demos.................... before something else soccer related comes along.........

I guess it's really not MY life anymore at least not at this point in time................

I think this ATC is my favorite. I love the others as well, but I truly love this one..................................

Cast a spell atc .....................

and another..............................

Aren't those girls cute................

Live simple atc for Michel Murphy. She doesn't know yet.

Simple atc

I guess it's as simple as me hugh?????

Atc time again.................

I guess I was in a creative mood the other day and made a few atcs I will share with you in the next entries.

Hope you enjoy..........

Calling all Sweaters

pls step forward to the front of the line. It's sweater time...................................

Happy Fall Yall

It's Oct. 1st..........Love this time of year..........Love the cool nights and if you have started to notice some trees are starting to turn a little bit yellow.

It's time to plan a trip to the PUMPKIN PATCH................

and if you still have not seen it get movin to the movies to see Tim Burtons Corpse Bride that is really great...............

Halloween is just around the corner have you started decorating yet............

It's time to take out my witch and put it right on my front door

So I really hope I am getting you in the fallish mood...........

Do you smell the smell of Fall in the air...........

Happy Fall Yall

I made this pretty fallish colored tag the other night.......

I added fibers and I have it sitting upstairs in this little chair I have

So Happy OCTOBER yes it's sweater time..................

It's been a while

Wow it's been a while since I updated this little blog of mine. I guess I have not been in a blogger mood lately. I have been making alot of little things and have not had time to add anything.

Things I have been making:

1. A Day of the Dead FRIDA shadow box

2. Papier Mache box covered in really nice scrapbook paper to store some dead roses that I am keeping as a keepsake............

3. Little wall hanging thingy

4. 4 x 4 page I did for ReD Leads chunky book swap (finally done and turned in)

5. Frida swap through Yahoo

6. Day of the Dead dolls for Bambi Doe Blake swap

Gosh is that it..................... I hope so............ I think I made all the dead lines...........

My dress shadow box

I made this dress/shadow box for an upcoming demo I will be doing at RED LEAD PAPERWORKS here in M.O.

I thinks it's in October. I enjoyed making this and I hope you all come down in Oct. to see how I made it.

They came and now they are gone

WOW!!!!!!!!!!! What a great Anniversary date my husband and I had at COLD PLAYS concert last night....

It started off with an early dinner at MIMIS CAFE in Chesterfield Valley. GREAT FOOD and great atmosphere. Then we were off... By the time we got there, around 7ish, there were tons of people already sitting on the lawn. I remember those lawn days. We got lucky that we got tickets when we did because we still had a chance to buy tickets for seats. We were way back there, but we were right in the middle and my husband was nice enough to hold me while I was standing in my seat so that I could see them way up there.

The UMB pavillion has a good set up where they have these big screen tvs on the side so that you do get a chance to see the band . I wish we would have been right up front, but I can't have everything right.

You know we just had a great time. The band was AWESOME. They sang great and they were very nice. They talked to the crowd in between songs. One of their songs is called YELLOW and these great BIG yellow ballons filled with confetti dropped from the top of the pavillion and everyone was hitting them and they were just floating all over.

I LOVE THIS BAND........... I would go see them again in a minute. My husband even danced. WE were dancing together. It was GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!! We both had a fantastic time and at the end of the night my honey thanked me for having gone to the concert with him. HOW SWEET..........

What is going on tonight????

Well it's Cold Play night..... I can't wait. The last time I went to a concert was to see Alanis Morsette (oops did I misspell her name) right before I got married and I went with my girlfriend Michelle D. it was okay I think....

I used to love going to concerts..... some past concerts on my list are:

THE CURE, Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins, Depeche Mode, Sade, Alanis, My life with the Thrill Kill Cult, Sineade O'connor, Santana, gosh and the list goes on........

I will let you know tomorrow how it went........

Don't You Love them madly????

I love the DOORS......................

Everytime I hear them on the radio I kick myself in the booty because I don't have any of their music.......

So today while out and about I decided to look at the cd section and what was there in front of me, but THE BEST OF THE DOORS cd. Finally, after all these years of saying that I would buy it one day I DID it. I bought it and I jammed all the way home. I took the long way home so that I could enjoy listening to them in my car.....

So today I broke on through to the other side and purchased something that I should of had a long time ago.....

I bet you know what I am listening to right now right..... Now all I need is some BLACK LEATHER PANTS and a HARLEY......

ROCK ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An old picture of me and some friends dressed up for HALLOWEENEY..... Guess which one I am.........

Just thought I would

share something that came to mind yesterday............

I am always thinking,thinking, thinking, thinking, about the past, present or whatever who knows. My head never stops day or night...........

I remember a while ago I took a picture of a certain person.......It was someone in my past. I took the picture at lincoln park zoooo....... it was just a simple picture the person was sitting on a bench and looking directly at the camera.... simple right????

When I got the picture developed and I saw this picture it hit me in a strange way...... I felt like I could see right through this person through the picture............. As soon as I saw this picture and the way HE looked into the camera I knew HE was not the person I thought he was......... I knew he would betray me or had already done so......

I will never forget the look on his face and this is something that has always stayed on my mind and till this day if I ever find that picture I will know that I was right........... I captured a LIAR/BETRAYER

Another line from a favorite

song of mine...................

NEVER LET IT BE SAID I WAS UNTRUE
I NEVER FOUND A WHOLE INSIDE OF YOU

NEVER LET IT BE SAID I WAS UNTRUE
I GAVE YOU ALL MY TIME

DEAD can DANCE.....................

I LOVE this atc, but this is one thing that I HATE about myself....Always trying to be PERFECT................

Smile atc.........So pls smile when you see me........

My KEWL brother and I back in the 80's posing in my bedroom........

Atcs I made for a one on one swap with Shawna S.

a quick line of

a song that I love :

WE ARE DRIVEN BY A STRANGE DESIRE
UNSEEN BY THE HUMAN EYE

Dead Can Dance..............................

Another atc.....I love this image of this funky pumpkin...

Sorry for some reason tonight I could not scan anything straight....

Pre Halloween atc dedicated to all you Halloween lovers out there.

Cold Play count down

Four days and counting................................... :)

Cold Play Countdown.........

So how many days?????? 5 and counting...................

This is kind of childish hugh???? I guess I am a big kid at heart just like my dad...........

Hopefully this will get you in the Halloween spirit. This is a picture of my friends birthday/halloween party when she turned 30. Check out the boobs on the girl in the middle.....

I think mine are probably that low as welllllll.

Just kidding.................

I think it's time

for what???? To bring out my HALLOWEEN decor. I have been patinetly waiting, but I think I won't wait any longer.

I love Halloween...................I don't go all out as I would like to, but I do decorate and who knows I am sure there are a few neighbors that might think of me as a little kooky, but who cares. It's just a great day to enjoy and have fun.......

Inspire tag

I made this awhile ago...........

COLDPLAY-----YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Counting down the days

I am counting down the days till this coming Sat. when my husband and I will go see COLDPLAY in concert.......

We love this band.....I can count on one hand the things that we both like..... so for me this is biggg. We are sooo soooo different, but one thing is for sure we will be rocking this coming SATURDAY.....

Let the countdown begin...

Have you all

seen the beautiful crescent moon we have had in the last few nights. When I have had a chance to contemplate it it has been a beautiful orange color......................

If you get a chance check it out tonight. It only takes a few minutes and I hope you enjoy it's beauty...

Have a great day today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!