Different.

Before we moved to Kumamoto, (as I have mentioned before) I had no license and no car. But I do now. Things were different right from the start--I took the kids to the new doctors I found by myself, did the shopping by myself. And when I say "by myself", I mean me with four kids in tow :) But gradually, things have gotten even more different. Tomio will take Leah to golf while I take the boys to karate. I drove up and met Tomio and Leah at a restaurant after they got back from a round of golf. And then today, we actually drove to church in two separate cars, since they were going to golf and I had a meeting after church. It's all good stuff, of course. But like I said, different. Especially for someone who was really pretty much unable to go anywhere "by myself." Things are good here. We've been here about 9 months, and things are good :)

Ok---here's a card for today.

I'm really liking the black and kraft. I added some clear embossing at the bottom for interest.
All stamps and cardstock are from Papertrey Ink.

Thanks for stopping by!! Are you ready for Monday?? I don't think I am....

sorry...

I'm sort of apologizing to myself too. I really do enjoy posting on my blog, even if there aren't that many people reading it :)  It started it for fun, and it really is fun for me. So, even though I am just so busy lately, I decided to keep trying my best to keep it up. My personal goal is 3 times a week, but I will be happy with two...

 Things have just been so busy lately. We started our new school, and as each kid moves up, it takes more or at least different involvement from me. Plus with the boys' karate classes and Leah's golf... and this week I spent a lot of time at the dermatologist and the orthodontist. Things are good, just really full.

Tomio even did get my air conditioner put in:) yay!! It works super well now. But I have barely had any time to use it. I did actually get in a little stamping time before the kids' swimming classes today though. Nothing spectacular, but a I had fun playing.

And here is a card from a little bit ago.

simple. Trying stamping on the diagonal which seems to be super trendy right now. Pretty fun :)

Thanks SO much for stopping by today!! I hope to be around a lot more.

yay :)

We have been having "electrical problems the past few weeks. That is, the power would go off  almost everyday. Every time I thought I figured out the "triggers," something else would set it off.it was rather frustrating to say the least. But it has been fixed--yay!! The air conditioner in the upstairs bedroom, but as long as we can cool the rest of the house and do things like, well, cook, then I am happy:)

Here's today's card.

simple. This is actually the same set I used on the last card I shared. This time it's a very CAS one layer card.

Thanks for stopping by again today! The bigs are at karate and golf with Daddy again today, so it's just me and Miss Emma tonight. I'm off to spend some time with my not-so-little girl :)

busy....

Wow, I've been so busy lately, that I have barely had any time to stamp at all. Really hoping I can set aside some specific "fun time" once I get a routine down. BUT, we did get my air conditioner last week :) Well, technically it hasn't arrived yet, but it is paid for and on its way. YAY! I'm excited.

Okay, so a quick card before I put Miss Emma to bed. All the bigs are at golf and karate right now, it is just the two of us here.

I was just kind of playing around when I made this card. This was actually the one stamp in this set I thought I would never use. But I kind of wanted to try it, and I liked the idea of making a rainbow with it. Once I decided what I wanted to do, it was pretty quick. The stamps are from Papertrey and the inks are from Papertrey and Jenni Bowlin.

Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you have a great day! I am really glad the weekend is here :)

still hot here.

Every now and then it'll seem like we're going to have a cooler day or two. But even if the temperature itself goes down a little, then the humidity just goes up even more and it doesn't feel any cooler at all. There's also supposed to be a typhoon coming in tomorrow. Good thing I like staying home :)

Anyway, here's  a card for today. (And in case you were wondering, it is a from a couple weeks ago, because my stamping room is still not cool...) I really simple one layer card. I love the leafy flourishes from Papertrey's "Turning a New Leaf" set.

Short and sweet again--it's getting late here. Thank you SO much for stopping by! I hope you are staying cool :)

a card.

Things are still pretty busy around here. And still no air in my stamping room :( We went to go get it today, but the one we wanted was already sold. We are supposed to look tomorrow after church at a different store. Really hoping we find one.

And here's a card. This really pretty stamp is from Unity. I use it entirely too much, I am sure :) The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I thought it was fun to keep the whole card in only black and white. I heat embossed the flowers and the sentiment, because I never can get just the white ink to show up bright enough on dark cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by today!! I hope you have a great day!

here it is...June.

Can you believe it is June already?? I just can't.... I can't believe it is has been more than 6 months since we moved. Not that we haven't really settled in, just that that much time as actually passed.

While we did go on a hunt for an air conditioner last week, we have yet to get one :( And as it keeps getting hotter here, I'm having some trouble spending much time in my stamping room...

But, I really miss it when I don't, so I try to spend some time there when I can.

And here is something I made. The pretty butterfly is from Stampin' Up! The frame die is from Papertrey Ink.

Thanks for stopping by today!! I am excited that the weekend is here. Hoping to sleep in at least a little :)