my fancy mess

2009-08-04T11:27:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone. Its been a long time but I have a new Blog home. Please stop by a leave a comment. thanks!!
My3Reasons

Check us out! Its Gutter time................

2008-12-30T15:23:00.000-08:00

Okay I'm SICK today so my post is going to be short and sweet (sorta) and to the point! Head on ova to the Gutter today! The last prompt of the year is up and its a good one! Take a look at what us Girlz have posted. They are all very different and very cool! Here is my take

.................................You still here?? GO GO GO GO!

Gutter Girlz Sneak Peak.......

2008-12-29T14:52:00.000-08:00

Alright it that time of the month......NO that that time! Time for a sneak peek at the upcoming Gutter Girls prompt and its a good one! We have new Gutter Girlz playing along and your going to LOVE their layouts! This is the 1st prompt Ive done since my unscheduled time off & Its good to be back! Be sure to check out the blog on the 30th!!

Here is my sneak peek.....................

Last weekend of 2008............

2008-12-28T09:43:00.000-08:00

and I'm doing NOTHING!! lol In fact I'm still in bed! Angel left for Arizona last night with my aunt and cousin, Ricky, me & the the other 2 kiddos went to The Pizza Factory to watch the UFC fight which apparently was a big disappointment (I really wasn't paying much attention due to the fact it really isn't that interesting to me) then we headed over to a friends house to watch the kids play Rock Band. Home at 12:30am and now I'm laying in bed typing........just typing. Its quiet. The girls are still asleep and Ricky is at work so I'm now going to take advantage and go back to sleep myself! night night or should i say morning morning?
Enjoy your last weekend of the year everyone!

The good, the bad, the snow and the sugar!

2008-12-27T01:28:00.000-08:00

Okay so its been almost half a year since Ive updated my blog and let me tell you SO much has transpired since! Let me be the first to say SO LONG 2008!! I'm usually pretty sad to see the end of any year come so quickly but this year will go without one tear shed!

Sure there have been some wonderful memories made in '08 but the truth is this has been a tough year. Ive decided to save the hellacious details except for the one about me not having a teenage in the house any longer. My step daughter came to live with us for about 4 months which felt like an eternity. She came to us from a place with no rules, boundaries or consequences for ones actions. We are most defiantly a family that is quite the opposite so without having to go any further, I'm sure you see my frustration with the situation. We tried just about every avenue we had or were given to turn things around and in the end it just came down to she wasn't willing to change or even try. So although I love her we all thought it was best for every ones sanity (not to mention the effect it was having on the younger kids) that she move back with her mother and I think my hair is starting to grow back in!........no really. It was falling out due to my high level of stress. So thanks for listening to (or reading rather) my tirade. Much appreciated!

WAIT DON'T GO ANYWHERE!!!!!!

I do have some good news for you all! After months of auditions, Sarah finally landed her first commercial job!! Filming will be the 8th of next month!! We are so excited for her!

We had some (a lot) of snow last week. Here a few pictures.

We had a lot of time to bake because of the snow.

And I just have to post one last picture. Its from Christmas morning. The girls got a Wii this year and they were excited especially since I told them there was NO way they were going to get one cause they were completely sold out everywhere!.........I'm so sneaky lol

Pictures of Australia & my GG prompt LO!

2008-07-17T18:02:00.000-07:00

So its been a week since Angel has been home but now Sarah is at soccer camp! This weekend they will ALL be home!!

Angel had a wonderful time in Australia! She made a few new friends and wants to go back as a family! With all the wonderful things she did and saw, she could probably be our tour guide!! lol

In Brisbane the went to Under Water World, they went to the Australian Zoo where she held a Koala!

They stayed at a FarmStay where they went horse back riding, learned to crack a wip, and learned to bush dance.

They spent time learning about the Great Barrier Reef before going out on a glass bottom boat then boarding another boat to go snorkeling! They saw many giant clams, large colorful fish, coral and many whales!!

They stayed at Yepoon resort hotel and explored the Capicorn Caves. They went to the Aboriginal Center where they learned to throw a boomerang and listed to the locals play the digereedo!

They borded a bus for a 19 hour ride to the Ridges Hotel. They made a stop at Gin Gin School where they saw the campus and learned about the education journey of an Australian kiddo!

They flew to Sydney to visit the Opera House and participated in a reinactment of early European convicts life in Australian jails.

At the Opera House they learned how the building came to be and got to explore some of the many many theaters that make up the Opera House.

They recieved surfing lessons from a native Australian surfur!!

Went for a swim at the Aquadic Center, went to the ANZ Stadium where they stood on the 2000 Olympics podium!

And because their flight home was delayed for hours, they got to go on one last outing to the Natural History Museum in Sydney.

This is just a handful of thing they did and saw on their 15 day trip!!

Here are a few pictures that Angel took! She took 800+ pictures!! GOOD GIRL! lol

Alrighty on to another subject!

Hop on over to the Gutter Girlz Blog and check out our new prompt! "When We Fight" the technique is RIPPED!!

1:10pm just wont get here any quicker!

2008-07-10T08:56:00.000-07:00

That's the time Angel lands!! She coming home today and I couldn't be any happier! I went grocery shopping last night and got some of her favs like hot chocolate and reddi whip, Nutella, and horchata! YEA!! Well we found out yesterday that her flight was delayed from 9:45 untill 1:05 and I can only imagine the look on her face when she learned of the delay! One of the delagation leaders arranged for a bus to take the kids to a natural history museum to pass the time. That was their last Australian adventure before boarding the plane bound for LAX, bound for home!

Life is GOOD!

2008-07-08T13:46:00.000-07:00

Why you ask??? Well Angel is coming home Thursday morning!! Now I can finally sleep! I really didn't think I'd be such a nervous wreck with her all the way on the other side of the world by guess what......SHE WILL NEVER LEAVE MY SIGHT EVER AGAIN! lol

I cant wait to hug her and kiss her and hug her....wait I already said that heehee!

Anywho on a totally different subject,

Are you ready for the newest prompt at Gutter Girls?? Its coming July 15 and its a challenging one!! Okay okay so they all are challenging but that the point right? RIGHT!

Here is a seek peak at my project.

I also managed to get 2 layouts done for the DT at my LSS

New prompt, new DT and a 15hr plane trip!

2008-07-02T14:14:00.000-07:00

Okay its that time again! Have you been over to the Gutter Girlz blog to check out the new prompt??? NO?...........what are you waiting for?? The challenge just screams possibility!! The theme is........(drum roll please)................I'm a JUNKIE!! How that for hanging in the gutter!?! So lets see what has you fiending and iching for more more MORE!!

Here's my take,

Okay switching gears, The new DT over at Tally has been choosen and let me say they are a bunch of really talented ladies!! I'm sad my time is up but I'll definantly stick around to see what the new DT can do!

Okay now for a bit of news for my family.
Angel left for her trip to Australia last Thursday night. Its been a week of nail biting for me!! She borded a plane with her deligation to Brisbane. It takes 15 hours to get there so I hope they sleept! They spent the first day at an aquarium and stayed it 2 room condos on a beach resort! Okay now Im wishing I'd signed up to be a chaperone! They have held a koala at the Steve Irwin Zoo and today they are spending the day on a boat over the Great Barrier Reef learning about all the creatures they will encounter when they go snorkeling!! Sounds like they are having a blast! Angel will be home July 10th.

You say its your birthday.......WELL...

2008-06-13T03:11:00.001-07:00

So my birthday has come and gone (6-9) Funny, I don't feel 32. I guess that's cause I feel 92!! lol I need to go on a diet and get some exercise. Oh and get some real sleep!! Okay okay I'll stop whining.

My wonderful family took me to dinner at Auggie's. It a brewery that I WILL be going back too! Great food and great service!

Okay now for some scrappy news.

A couple of weeks ago I submitted a LO to Somerset Memories magazine and I got an email yesterday from SM requesting my LO to be published!! I'm really excited about that!!

This is the LO I submitted,

I have been invited to be part of the DT and groundbreaking for a new challenge blog. The site is called The Gutter Girlz (this link is private untill June 15th). It s a bit different that your usual challenge blog. You'll have to wait untill the 15th to find out more.

Over at Tallyscrapper.com we have the release of the June kit coming up on the 15th as well. Busy busy Sunday!! This months kit is "Aerosmith" inspired. Awesome kit! Come on buy and pick yours up Sunday. Dont hesitate as past kits have sold out in a matter of hours!!

Here are a few things I made with the June kit entitled SWEET EMOTION!!

This next LO was made with product from Tally's May kit called "SPRING FLING"

Tagged!

2008-05-29T03:25:00.000-07:00

So Ive been tagged. Well actually I've been tagged twice so I'll kill 2 birds, so to speak.
Kammie & Dawn saw me coming (I'm such a sucker) lol

Here are the rules:

Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
Share 4 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
Tag 4 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog .

Okay 4 facts about me....hmmmmmmm

I love popsicles but I cant stand for the popsicle stick to be in my mouth! Yes kinda makes it difficult to enjoy!
I have extreme insomnia!!
When I was 15, me and my bff (@the time) flew alone to Hawaii.
I can recite the alphabet backwards...No DUI for me! lol kidding

Okay now who to tag **thinking**..................Okay I tag

Okay off to inform the next set of victims! lol

My very LAZY weekend!

2008-05-27T13:20:00.000-07:00

So Memorial day has come and gone! I did manage to get some LOs done and posted at Tallyscrapper.com. One more month and my DT experience at Tally will come to a close =0(. While I am sad I am also very happy to have had the chance to participate on such a wonderful design team!! The next DT search startes June 15 and the new team will be announced July 1st. So good luck to all you talented hopefulls!!

Okay so I finally finished my mini book I have been working on! I am sooooo happy with the finished results. There are a lot of pictures so I'll post the link if anyone wants to check it out!

Snapshots of the Castro Sisters 3 *May Kit*

Here are the LOs that Ive finished in the last week

Its a scrappy morning!

2008-05-16T07:05:00.000-07:00

Good morning everyone! I have been busy uploading some layouts at Tallyscrapper.com. I have NOT uploaded in a long time and I was begining to think I broke my creative bone lol!

Im still working on my mini book (not quite finished) but I snuck in a couple LOs and a card!!

Most of what I used on the below LOs and card were from the AWESOME May kit from Tallyscrapper!

Wow where do I start??

2008-05-13T01:47:00.000-07:00

Okay its been a looooong time since Ive updated my blog and right at this very second seems like a good time to do so! lol

Lets see, where do I start?.........hmmmmmmmm....okay, I made the design team for Tallyscrapper.com. That was exciting!! I am enjoying the monthly kits Tally offers! Right now I'm working on a mini book about the girls. This is what I have so far.

Okay next.......Angel & Sarah have been taking acting classes in Beverly Hills every Sunday and will be in a showcase on Wednesday May 14th. They get to meet and interview with agents. Both of the girls have been working so hard and are really excited for Wednesday. Keep your fingers crossed!! Oh oh oh BTW their acting coach is Brent Gore. He was on a "tween" show from 92-96 called California Dreams! They have been in the class for awhile and I just found out last Sunday!

Alison starts kindergarten in the fall and she has wavering feelings about school. One day she is super excited and then the next shes very afraid to be away from mommy and daddy. Its to be expected and since this is our 3rd child to enter kinder, were old pros on handling the situation!!...............(I'm going to ball like a baby!) lol

Sarah turned 10 last Friday! Shes happy to be double digits.

Well I do believe thats that so untill next time.............................

Scraping the weekend away!

2008-03-15T23:03:00.000-07:00

Im having so much fun this weekend participating in tallyscrap.com cyber crop!! Ive done a few LOs this weekend which Ive uploaded to the gallery! check em out........

2008-03-04T23:55:00.000-08:00

Well I was a busy scrapper yesterday! Its a good thing to cause I had to keep myself busy, see Im starting to take on the blahs!

Heres what I did today! What do ya think??

Woo Hoo Its Friday!

2008-02-29T08:51:00.000-08:00

Okay so big deal its Friday. I mean its really just another day for me except the girls get out of school early. Oh and I do get to sleep in tomorrow so I think I like Saturday better. lol

Last night when I was checking out TallyScrapper.com, Ali decided she wanted to play with me. She wanted to use the keyboard of my laptop for the grounds of a zoo. So I was the penguin, Baba Ganoosh, and Ali was the horse, Sparkles. We had fun making up silly names for the animals.

Two More

2008-02-27T01:13:00.000-08:00

Okay since today just started I don't have much to type. I have however, finished two more card that I am going to post in my Etsy store. You know now that I know that Etsy exists I haven't used Ebay. Whata ya know self proclaimed Ebay addict is cured.......or maybe I just found a different drug of choice, so to speak! So tell me what ya think of the cards.

And so I gave in....

2008-02-26T04:32:00.000-08:00

I decided that I would finally give in and create a blog for myself. I made my own header.....cute huh? I really couldnt come up with the "perfect" name for my blog but instead settled on Fancy Mess............I think it will grow on me............hopefully soon.
Okay so here is the Cliff Note version of whats been going on in the Castro Casa.
Sarah is just getting over the stomache flue that had her down most of last week. Angel still complains of stomaches but no more missing school for her unless shes dying!! Alison had a bit of what sarah had but shes doing fine for the moment. Oh and one more thing......I had sushi Saturday night!! Woo Hoo (Its been a while)

I started an etsy.com account and have already sold my first card. It was a St. Patricks Day card I made last weekend. Ill list more cards later this week and maybe work on making my etsy store look better.