Big Ol' Update

Ewww. It's been WAY too long. I am sorry for being MIA in several aspects of my life! It's just been crazy....

My work project ended and it's back to the real world as of last Wednesday - and I have not been handling it well. I am rather depressed about it. I'm hanging on by a thread - so I could use some major prayers in that department.

My Thirty-One venture is picking up with my first 2 in-home parties being next week. I am trying to study up and get ready for those... I have been working on my packets and my display board and my presentation.... I want this to work out!!

Toby has been working major overtime on his job that has a hard deadline next week. He's exhausted and frustrated...

Fun times at the Creekmore's!!

We have had some fun events in the past few weeks so I'll share some pictures to give you all an update....

Here are Bapaw and Stella after a relaxing dip in the pool:







Here are some random "I'm two now!" picture of Miss Thing:







Givin Mama some attitude:




Last weekend we had our family friends over for the afternoon. It's too complicated to explain how we know these people so I'll just say we are all lifelong friends! It was a fun time! Stella wore her hand-me-down bathing suit thingee with the floats on the inside. She looked like a body-builder!










The girls! Christy, Elizabeth holding Ava, and Stella




Peyton and Stella - Peyton will be a big brother on Wednesday!




Toby having dinner with Linda and Christy!




Everyone




Yesterday, Mom, Dad, Stella, and I drove to Gloucester, VA to see Mom's cousin Heath and his family... They have built a farm - and I mean THEY (like Heath and Julie with their bare hands) built a barn and have expanded it to include chickens, goats, and my favorite: FRIZZLES. (These furry chickens...) Stella had a BLAST playing with the animals and even getting an egg out of the chicken coup!!











Frizzles!!




Going in the fig tree - she ate her fig in no time flat!







Dying to hold the frizzle




Look Ma! I got an egg!







Back in the fig tree







The goat kisses mama!







Little girl, big barn




And now what you have all been waiting for........
The POISON CONCERT!!

We had a blast. Or atleast I did. I hope I didn't make too much of a fool of myself but I think I screamed more at this concert than the one in 1989! It might have been the four beers I had - GASP!!!! Unheard of these days!

Anyway, the show was SHORT. I felt like it was over after about 4 songs. I'm not just saying this because I will be the first to admit when a band blows live (Hello, Motley Crue) but THEY WERE SO GOOD!!

Toby looks pretty darn happy to be with the girls! (Carrie, Julie, and Me)




Me and Erika




Me and BFF Cece - our 19th anniversary from seeing Poison for the first time...




Big John (Rock of Love, anyone?) introduced the band!!




And here is Mr. Bret looking OH SO FINE!








And you can't forget CC Deville.... the man of a million faces....







Thanks to Carrie for the awesome live shots...my camera sucked. Or maybe it was the drunk girl trying to work it? Hmmmm.....

The Picture Game

I think I got everything...almost. (JJ! Talk about difficult! lol)

Here we go! Try not to be jealous. HA!

Here is my bedroom. It is very very small AND my 1970's (complete with flowers in the mirror) waterbed takes up almost the entire room. And I DON'T CARE. That bed is my best friend. :) We became really close during my pregnancy when I was in it 24/7. (When I wasn't at work or getting sick. Lovely!)









My bedroom is very "flowy." There are 2 windows with beige curtains - and I used the same curtains in place of closet doors. The room was too small for doors. In the first closet are my clothes - and the 2nd closet is my make-up vanity.









And here is my make-up. I used to have bins and bins of make-up - it was a hobby for me! But now I keep it to the necessities only. I LOVE the bagalini bag.





And I have to brag on myself...these are 2 bulletin boards covered with decorative scrapbooking paper. It's a perfect necklace organization system!





Favorite shoes...

For comfort: of course the Uggs. Hi Stella!





For memories: I wore these on wedding rehearsal night. I'm too fat to wear them now. Seriously. They kill me!




And for style: These BCBG's I got at Ross for next to nothing...Too fat to wear these too. But I will wear them again one day!!





Kitchen!! It's teeny but I love it.
















Scrapbook Pages!!

I went through Stella's book and picked out the ones that struck me.

This was her "car ride home from the hospital" page. I couldn't figure out what to do for this page so I made a road out of cardstock.





This was the "Watermelon Festival" page. She was 3 weeks old and my DUMB ASS too her out to this crowded and HOT festival in Carytown. These are the pics before we left the house...in her pretty dress that was as big as my hand. I LOVE how she's looking at Toby in that top picture.





We went to visit Denny at his house and it was close to Halloween. He was going to be Stevie Nicks and had this blonde wig. OF COURSE we put it on the Stella and she looked like a real live Cabbage Patch Kid! I made my own cabbage out of cardstock in the top right corner. LOL!





And last one: Stella watching TV. I made the TV in the middle of the page. I like not relying on stickers 100% of the time...





WORK. UGH.

This is my TEMPORARY workspace in the basement of another building. I have been here for 2 months. The project ends Wednesday. I'm actually going to miss my little cave.





Here is my REAL cube home. I was there on Friday so I snapped a few pics.













Notice the MCS poster. :)




Here is my favorite work outfit. It's my best summer "blazer" that I wear when I'm feeling professional. Obviously, I don't wear it a lot.






And Court - here is a pic of me and Toby in 2004. This was right when we got engaged. This is a pic on my desk so I took a pic of it - sorry so blurry. I don't have it electronically....






And here is one from Easter 2008 - we NEVER take pics together. I'm always behind the camera.




And JJ. Way to make things hard! I actually have not taken a pic of "the face" but I do have a pic in mind...I can't find it! I promise to revisit this - either with that old pic when I find it...or I'll take a new one. :) Thanks for always challenging me!