I AM SO EXCITED....

I have been working on National Scrapbook Day, and honestly, I am really glad that I do this for a living...but sometimes...I wish I was the customer.. LOL.
I have some pretty cool goodies, coming my attendees way. I am so excited I feel like a kid. I love to give away PRETTY things. What's the point if it's not pretty? I want to share, but I have been told to shut my trap and keep the surprise. (I hate surprises by the way).
Anyway, I have been working like horse to get some projects out by this coming weekend. I will be posting on all the goodies hopefully by tomorrow.
Now onto PERSONAL stuff: Jacqueline got accepted to Ammons, and she also received her yellow belt today. D'angelo got his orange belt...congrats kids!!!!!! Also, today, Ely, turned 40...we'll be celebrating her birthday this Friday night. Happy birthday sis!
HUGS!

ADDITIONAL WINNERS!!!!

Well gang:
Read all my post today and felt that I needed to give these 2 gals a little something for their faithfulness in blogging every day.

Sssssoooooooooooooo:
Ana and Margie.....I have some goodies for you. Let me know when you want to pick up.
HUGS TO YA'.

WE HAVE A WINNER.....

for National Scrap Book Day. Ann Hope, is the lucky winner for NSBD. Please call me so we can work out the details. I know many of you are having a hard time posting on the blog (and are leaving your comments on my e-mail), maybe I shall have to give you a class on how to post..hee, hee LOL! Seriously, Thanks to all of you who participated. WHOO HOO!!! Now I have got to think....what is the next give away. hmmmm. Got to come up with a good one.
I am super excited regarding NSBD. I have a full house and how exciting is that? The goodies are sooooo nice. I am really thrilled with the line up we have going on here. Can't wait. I am in the middle of putting together all sorts of goodies and might give a sneak peek...who knows...maybe tomorrow.
I have a waiting list for NSBD, so if you are interested, please let me know...you never know.
Hasta luego,
HUGS!

Happy Easter

Good Morning everyone. I just want to take a moment and simply reflect on some thoughts that I have this Sunday morning.
My heart is full of joy knowing that I am loved by an amazing God. I feel so blessed that He has placed so many wonderful people in my path. Some are still here, some have gone away, and others were simply passing through. I have known for many years that not everyone you meet stays in your life. Yet, as the years go by, you reflect and see that each and everyone of those people served a purpose.
At this time in my life I can not say that I am glad for all those who walked through. Some of the lessons that some brought....I am still healing from. But without those lessons I would not be the person who I am today.
I am eternally grateful for the abundance of blessings I receive every day in my life...and just because of that.....I know I am blessed.
I thank God today for giving us His only Son.
I thank God for remembering my name.
I thank God for my family.
I thank God for my friends.
I thank God for helping me understand that we are not perfect, but in spite of our imperfections we see His glory everyday in each one of us.
I thank God because tomorrow will be a better day.

HAPPY EASTER AND FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE HAPPY RESURRECTION DAY!
God bless and double the hugs

LONG POST!!!!

Gosh, I was so sick for so long that I did not post about so many great things that were happening in my life since February....so get ready for a long post ladies. (But I included pictures..wink!)


This is my sister Margie and me at Build a Bear with our kids. (She's the skinny one..lol)
Jacqueline, Evelyn and now Alyssa love that place...and we always seem to go broke every time we go there...so I am boycotting and no more visits until next year!!! The thing is that were the heck do you put all these bears once you get them home? Jacqueline is up to 12 bears...ENOUGH!

This is my sister Ely and my favorite nephew in the whole wide world, Caleb. They are building

the EXPEDIT cases from IKEA. Love those things. They are great and look so pretty and the best thing of all they

house all my junk in my scrapbook room. Ely did a good job, my brother in law Irving also helped build them...but Caleb is so much cuter that I had to post about him...Isn't he adorable? Of course he had to play in them after he was done. I swear, he is going to be handy, just like his wonderful daddy.

Here is a picture of Elijah...WITH HAIR!!!!! I think he looks adorable. He posed for me this morning so that I could blog about his hair. We were cracking up. (Ady, look how nice my landscaping looks in pictures!!!!) Looks pretty bad in real life people. What can I say...gardening is definitely not my thing. Hey I cook 3 meals a day...that's enough for the overachiever department!!! LOL.

As many of you know, I celebrated my birthday last month, and never blogged about it or posted pictures...(Ady took most of her pictures with her camera and I have not gotten an actual cd so here are some of the pics...

These are the goodie bags and goodies that I gave to each girl that came. They got paper, embellishments a mini album, the little box was full of homemade cookies that OF COURSE JACQUELINE MADE. The cellophane pink gift was a little pink like box full of stuff to do a manicure/pedicure. I put the thank you cards attached to the bag, and each flower had the girls first initial of their names. My aunts gave me this absolutely beautiful Brighton bracelet.

I got so many wonderful gifts...I was just simply overwhelmed.

I got a signed copy of the Dares book. I got MONEY...(which of course I spent ALL OF IT at Scrap Central where we celebrated my birthday). That store is amazing. IT is huge and just full of a ton of goodies. LOVE IT! The owner Michelle is a sweetheart. It's located in Coconut Creek, Florida. Great place to shop and get your scrapbooking stuff. Anyway, got tons of amazing things like, a jewelry box with my favorite pattern, The Ali Edwards Day in a week or life..kit, A Frame that says SISTERS with pictures of me and all my sisters inserted already...LOVE IT!!! Got kits, IKEA organization boxes, Target gift certificates and lotions and oh my...Thank you to all my wonderful friends...YOU GUYS ROCK and I could not be blessed any more than with the set of friends God has bestowed upon me...I HOPE WE ALL GROW OLD TOGETHER. LOVE YOU GIRLS!

OK: That's enough for today. Got to go and work now.

HUGS TO ALL OF YOU.

IN A HURRY

Hey gang:

posting just to make sure you guys do have somewhere to place your comments for the contest. OK...I promise to post later on in the day...sometime after 2:00pm...I have been tagged so many times that I am dizzy...so here it is:

7 Random things about me.

1. I love to cook, READ, pray AND watch VAMPIRE MOVIES...DON'T ASK!!!
2. I would do anything for my family...they are the best...I AM DEFINITELY A DADDY'S GIRL & mom is the best women on this planet
3.. I adore my sisters: Ely, Bethsy and Margie..they are truly great women
4. I love these very special bestest friends: Noemi, Ady, Mitza, Smirna, Gladys, Alma..I tend to keep friends forever. Noemi and Smirna have been in mi life over 25 years..yikes! Mitza is in the 20 year plus. Gladys has been around for 14 years this August. Ady came in 9 years ago and Alma is the new addition who we ALL LOVE! (I thought about exchanging them FOR A NEW SET OF FRIENDS...but decided to factor in all the good times and the amazing experiences we have shared...so NOPE...I'll definitely keep this line up in my life!!!!!) LOL...I CRACK MYSELF UP!!!
5. My favorite places are Disney World, Nick Hotel, Maine, New York City, and my home
6. I was born in Puerto Rico, but have lived in: New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Florida
7. I am normally a happy person. I believe that tomorrow will be a better day.

TONS OF HUGS!!!

Super people in my life

Hello everyone. Happy Tuesday to all of you. I've been thinking about several people who have just been amazing in my life and this week, I am going to feature a different person/persons in my life.
Now for two super important people in my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My kids!!!! They are the love of my life. (After their father)...Rios made me say that..LOL.
This is my son, Elijah...he is one funny young man. He brings joy to my life and is truly very sweet. He is a great host..ask my customers! This was the first day of school (this year actually)...hey gang...look at his hair...LOL!! For those of you who do not know my son, his hair is super long right now..this is extremely funny to all of us, as his father is having a heart attack. Elijah has always gotten military cuts...very close to the coco. So he is boycotting his father's wishes and has not cut his hair in probably 5 months. This cracks me up, because I have been siding with Elijah on this one, and and we are both driving Rios crazy. Every time Rios' sees him you hear the comment: "JESUS, look at that hair"!!!LOL. Let me see if I can post pics on him tomorrow...I shall try. Now onto my daughter:

Isn't she adorable? This is my baby girl, Jacqueline. She is one character ladies. We are in the middle of getting her birthday party celebration together and as I was looking through some pictures I found this one. My goodness, my baby is sooo big! She is my favorite little girl in the whole wide world...and by the way she is one mean scrapbooker....Just like her momma! She bakes and really, ask any of my friends and family members....she bakes like a grown up...OK, maybe I should not say that as I am a grown up and I can not stand to bake...I tend to destroy cookies...my daughter seems to have a gift in this area. Ask Ady...she was blessed enough last year to have Jacqueline bake her a cake...from scratch people...FROM SCRATCH! My little girl will be 11 this April and of course she wants a party...a scrapbooking party, and then a private one with the family. Dios mio! Pray for me. I'll post pics of both events.

Now I have someone I would love you all to meet....This is my new friend Trish Turay. Trish did something so absolutely beautiful and just wonderful...she sent me a package of absolutely delicious goodies. It was so thoughtful that I was overwhelmed. I have never won anything like that before, and let me tell you, I felt like the Queen of Miami. Please check out her blog: It's http://www.wipkits.blogspot.com/ She has a business where she sells monthly kits. Its called WIP. I began getting my monthly kits from this fabulous lady, and gang...I swear it...it's worth every single penny. Her blog is pretty awesome and let me tell you, she has some of the best ideas on this planet. Check her out...I do...everyday. Trish if you are reading this, thank you so much for that RAK. I felt like I got another birthday present...whoo hooo. My butterfly is up and I swear that darn thing is so pretty that I don't want to do anything to it. (I'm sure something will come to me...I just don't want to touch her right now). Anyway, people, I am really happy with the goodies I have gotten in my monthly kit. I highly recommend her! If you are thinking about purchasing monthly kits...this is truly one of the best out there.

Anyway, I got a ton of emails...you ladies seem to be having problems leaving messages on the blog...it's actually very simply. If you need instructions....call me. It's easier that way.

I only have 6 spots available for National Scrapbook Day...WHOO HOOO! I am soooo looking forward to this day. I am super excited. Can't wait to give unveil your goodies.

Happy Tuesday and Lots of hugs to all of you! See you all tomorrow.