Getting ready....

Angel turned 35 weeks today!! It's hard to believe that the due date is just 5 weeks away. Scary thing? The dr. thinks she is going to give birth early! Angel's tummy has recently dropped and she's feeling very different. She's been having more contractions. She told me that she "feels" like this week may be the week. I've been a nervous wreck since she told me that.
I'm very excited that it's almost time but we are so not ready for this baby to come. There is so much to do.
I was just thinking the other day about how the time has gone by so fast. I was looking at her pictures. She has changed so much. Check it out.



Here's Angel @ 4 months. Her pants are just starting to feel a little snug. She is throwing up a TON!!!!



Here's Angel @ 5 months. You can now tell she's preggo!! She's still feeling sick.



Angel @ 6 months. She's getting bigger. The baby is moving a lot!



Here's Angel @ 7 months. She's really feeling pregnant.



Here's Angel @ 8 months. Check out that belly!!!

Memorial Day was filled with awesome memories!!

I had the best day yesterday. I think our entire family did. We invited my parents to join us for a day in San Francisco. They were so excited to go!!
While there I saw these really CUTE little voice-guided GPS tour cars. I had to do it!!! My parents wanted to walk around so Paul and I took the kids on the tour. They were soooo fun to drive!!! Jeremy was so thrilled and wanted to take pictures!! I think he did a great job!!

We saw so many beautiful places. Jeremy really loved these homes. A lot of them had beautiful windows and doors. Jeremy loved the houses. Across the street from these homes was this beautiful park that was filled with people flying kites. Across from that was the water. These people are so lucky to live here.

Down the street from these homes is Crissy fields. It's GORGEOUS!! Yes, that is the Golden Gate bridge. There was so much to do there. We stopped and looked at the city from a whole different angle. WOWSER!!! Beautiful!!!

On our way out from Crissy Fields we went around the block and there was the Palace of Fine arts. How neat is that? This place is so beautiful! They are doing some work on it right now so excuse the fences. Jeremy loved this place.
We went through a bunch of other places but Jeremy forgot to take pictures UNTIL we got to Lombard street. We went down the crookedest street!LOL It was so cool!! The view from up there was so beautiful!!!
I'm so glad we went on this tour!! Other places we visited on the tour was Coit tour, the financial district, and the marina. We had a blast!!!

Thanks JP for taking these photos!!

Never a dull moment...(warning...Kind gross!!)

So there are events in your life that you know will never be forgotten. Like your wedding day or when you give birth to your children. Last night will go down as another event in my life that will never be forgotten.

It started out so great!! I had a crop with some of my awesome buddies, including Erin Yamabee, (our new garage girl). We had a sale so a lot of people came by. It was a lot of fun! Around 2pm I was getting hungry and said, "We should go to La Fondue! Erin instantly said, "YES!!!"LOL I made us reservations at the only time they had opening which was 9pm.

We head on over and have the most AWESOME time!!! Erin and I laughed, cried, and just bonded the entire time we were there. It was so great really getting to know her. We got out of there a little after 11pm.

We get in my car and almost immediately I feel sick. It took us about 10 minutes to get to her house and while driving I'm thinking any moment now there is going to be some serious hurlage!LOL

So as I'm saying good-bye in front of her beautiful home, in the middle of the night, and after a lovely evening...I feel it coming! I open the door and well...HURL! I didn't have time to drive off to throw up somewhere discreet. I throw up right there and then!!! Oh it was lovely!!LOL. I felt horrible!! As I'm hurling I'm saying, "sorry" to her. She was so sweet. Poor girl (and did I mention the poor girl is pregnant?) had to see me get sick! She's so sweet...She's telling me not to worry about it. LOL

Okay what happens next? Erin calls her sweet husband to come help. OMG I'm dying and insist that I want to clean this up. He gets the hoes(sp?) and I start trying to clean this up. (remember middle of the night!!!) and end up making a bigger mess than anything!!LOL There is nothing I can do at that point. I say another, "I'm sorry" and head home. The whole time I'm thinking how lucky she is to walk out her door this beautiful Memorial day weekend and see my lovely vomit spread all over her street!LOL

Okay so can my night get worse? I'm in San Jose. I Need to get to Fremont. I start to drive and get lost!!!! Not kinda lost, really lost! How I end up practically in San Francisco?(for those of you not in the area? WAY FAR past my home...It goes San Jose, cities in between, Fremont, cities in between then San Francisco) Don't ask me how I got there. In my defense I was in an area that I don't know and had to go a different direction to get home) yeah. Okay so I'm close to San Francisco. Turn around, and start looking for a freeway that I know. I can't find one. I pass some lovely cities, NOT! So I'm not stopping. I think I find a way to get back and guess what? End up practically back at Erin's house!LOL by that time, I'm thinking so I'm lost. It's late, and I smell like puke. WHATEVER!!!! Since my night can't get any worse I'm going to ENJOY trying to find my way home!! I get a CD out and put on RICK SPRINGFIELD!!!!LOL I sang my heart out!!!!

I get home....Cleaned myself off....Took my temperature....102....Went to bed!!

Like I said in the beginning...This will go down as one of those unforgettable moments!! It really truly is never a dull moment when you're me!!!LOL

Date night with the little guy in my life!!!

I love to spend time with my son Jeremy. It's usually with everyone around and Sierra wanting all my attention so every so often he and I plan a special night for just us two. Tonight was that night. He's been dying to go to with me to La Fondue. He has heard about this place and has seen pictures of his daddy and I on our date night. He has asked me several times to take him but the place is pretty expensive so I didn't want to take him unless I knew he would like the food we were eating.
I was planning our date night and decided to take him there. We had such a great time. His eyes would get so big every time he would see the food they were bringing out. He ate a ton of food!!!
If you have never been to a place like this let me give you the scoop!!
You start off with a HUGE salad!! It's so delicious. Inside the salad there are sandwhich rolls that are to die for!!!



You then choose your cheese fondue. I like the Mediteranean fondue. It's so delicous. They give you a ton of bread, vegetables, and more.


Then it's your main course. We ordered the Romantique. It's chicken, steak, and shrimp. OMG it's so good!!!! We used the skillet and cooked the meat. YUMMY!!!



Last is the chocolate fondue. You can choose all different kinds of chocolates but I always get plain milk chocolate. You get a dish filled with marshmallows, cooksie, cake, cheese balls, strawberries, grapes, snickers, rice crispy treats, and tons more. OMG this is so delicious!!!!

Jeremy LOVED the place. We had a great time talking about different things. I look forward to our next date. I love my son!!! I hope he never forgets about our night together. I know I won't!

I love you sweetheart!!!

About me...

I was asked to teach in Los Angeles. I decided to make a little book. The theme is About Me. I had so much fun creating this book. As I thought of the different things about me I realized how much I love my life and everyone in it.




This first page is all about me and where I come from. Did you know that my parents are from El Salvador? I would most describe me as happy, silly, and crazy!!! I am most happy when I get to spend time with my family!!!



Things that I LOVE: the color pink, chocolate, traveling, taking pictures, and spending time with my family.

Things I dislike: Being late to places, the color purple, and cooking and cleaning! YUCK! LOL

Angel's latest photos--8 months preggo!!

Hey there gals!!!! I took these pictures of Angel on Mother's Day. She looks so beautiful.





It has been so wonderful to see her blossom into motherhood. I catch her reading, writing in her journal, or doing research all the time.



She and Christian took a breast feeding class the other night. They learned so much about pumps and the importance of nursing. Next weekend they start their lamaze course. They are so thrilled.



They are such a sweet couple. I love them both very much! Look forward to the arrival of this little baby!!!

Friends...Everywhere I go!

I have been so lucky to be blessed with a ton of girlfriends!!! I love waking up to emails from them, going out with them, going on trips with them, or just hanging out with them at home. Since I started traveling, I've been blessed to make even MORE friends!!!! Since we live far away we love to IM, email, and plan FUTURE events so we can see each other again!!! LOL Here are some of my most favorite pictures of friends around the US!!! Enjoy



My crazy friends from Maine!! Jenn and Angela


My girlfriend Glenni from back east


My gal pals that I met @ Scrapbook Cupboard in Massachusetts!


My pals @ Leave A Legacy in Massachusetts!!!


Amy and I CRACKING up in New York!!

Grandma Suzy!

See this face? Does this really look like the face of a grandma? Sure I have grey hair, I wear underwear that goes up to my shoulders, I drive a mini van, and I have a ton of wrinkles around my eyes but I'm actually really young!LOL
In a little more than 7 weeks I will become a brand new grandma!! I'm actually quite thrilled about the baby and will spoil him rotten but my gosh, I feel like I have aged about 30 years since I found out I was going to become a grandma!!!
I'll tell you a secret! Since I found out I was going to become a grandma I decided I wanted to look younger and started buying things that "younger" people wear. I went to the store looking for a cute mini skirt the other day. That was interesting. The last time I bought one I could actually stick my whole butt in there. This time I felt like I was pushing my butt into it. I didn't buy it. I bought myself a few pairs of really cute undies. I put them on and they were lost!! To this day I can not find them. I've even tried to act more hip! It's not working!
I've come to the conclusion that I'm going to be a really cool grandma and will hold the title proudly!! I was standing near a whole bunch of grandmas the other day and I gotta brag...I think I was the best looking one there!!! hee hee!!

wrists, ribbons, and beds oh my!

Okay so what do you do when you find your daughter tied up to her bed? Well in normal circumstances you'd be afraid but in this situation you have to LAUGH!!!!

Last night we tried to get Sierra to go to bed and stay there for about two hours.
We would put her in bed. She would come out later and want something to drink.
We put her back into bed. She would come out and say she was hungry.
We put her back into bed. She would come out again.

Finally, I told her to get to bed and stay there or she's be in trouble. She looks at me and says, "mommy, my body says it can't stay in bed. Maybe I should tie myself to it." I laughed and left.

About an hour later, I go to check on her and what do I see? Her little wrist has a green and black ribbon tied around it. So I go to take it off and it's stuck to something. What??? It was tied to the bed!! She really truly tied herself to the bed to keep herself there. I had to cover up my mouth and run out of the room because I was bursting inside with laughter.

This morning I asked her why she did that, and her reply was, "I didn't want my body to run away from the bed so I tied myself to it!" arlighty then. I was speechless.

On the road again...

Hi there gals!!! I thought I would post all my upcoming classes this year. I hope to see you guys at a store near by!!!

April 27th-29th
Leave A legacy
1510 Route 44 suite#18
Raynham, Massachusetts 02767
http://www.leavealegacyscrapbooking.com/

Scrapbook Cupboard
516 N. Bedford Street
E. Bridgewater, MA 02333
http://www.scrapbookcupboard.net/

May 19-20
Table Scrapz
Jenn, owner
1002 Brea Mall
Brea, CA 92821
http://mysite.verizon.net/res8t20e/tablescrapzbrea/

June 2nd
Creative Gatherings
244 W. Main Street
Goshen, Ny 10924
http://www.creative-gatherings.com/

July 21st-24th
http://www.chashow.org/


AUGUST 11-13th
I am teaching a class @ Gotta Crop Jackson scrapbook get-away weekend
www.gottacrop.com

October 10-12th
http://www.memorytrends.com/


November 2-5th
1. I will teach at Scrapbook Island Thursday, Nov 2nd, (don't have the addy yet)

2. Ink About It Friday & Saturday (Nov 3/4)
6 Carlisle Road, Westford,
Massachusetts, 01886
http://www.inkaboutitonline.com/

3. Wholly Scrap Sunday, November 5th.
44 Lafayette Rd (Rte 1)
PO Box 95
North Hampton, NH 03862
www.whollyscrap.com


December 1-2nd
Lasting Memories Scrapbooking
46 Miller Road
Mahopac, NY 10541
http://lastingmemoriesscrapbook.com/

Riverside Scrapbook Co.
2 Penn Ave
Matamoras, PA 18336
www.riversideScrapbook.com


Have a great day!!!

Hugs

Suzy

Nichole, you hot thing you!!!

So today Nichole came by so I could take her head shot for our fourth book. I'm so excited she's a part of it!! She did such a great job!!!
Her head shots came out so good! I didn't post them but everyone will be able to see them when the book comes out.


She was fooling around against the wall (being silly while I was trying to take her pics) so I decided to snap away. That's how I got the first picture. I love how it came out. She then grabbed Sassy, Angel's dog and I took these. I LOVE LOVE LOVE these pictures!! Sassy looks so adorable. She loves to have her picture taken. These are by far my favorite of her.


If you haven't met Nichole, she is one of the sweetest people you will ever meet!! My kids love her! Especially Angel. She always has terrific things to say about everyone! Oh and she looks *mavulous* in rollers!LOL
I am so blessed to have her as my friend! Love ya girl!

scrapping because I want too...not because I have to.

It's sad when I can't remember the last time I scrapped for myself. I've been working on so many assignments and traveling that I haven't been able to get any scrapping done. So last night I was working on the store and decided to do some remodeling. I needed a sample of the new ki memories and just sitting there was a favorite photo of mine. So it's 11:30 pm and I decide to scrap it!! I was so thrilled at the outcome. I love this page. It's one that I did for myself. It belongs to me and that makes me happy. So today, after I send off some projects to different stores that I'm teaching at, clean the front room, and spend time with my girls, I plan to scrap some more. Why, because I want to, not because I have to!!!

Suzy.....You've got some explaining to do....

Let's see...how do I start this thread...Oh I know!!! I'm SORRY!!!!" I have totally neglected my blog. I swear I have excuses and their good!LOL Why have I not updated my blog?
1. I have been traveling. Since I last posted I've been back East TWICE!! I taught at two wonderful stores. In Auburn, Maine http://www.memorylanepages.com and in Cape Cod http://www.colorfulcreations.net/. I had a blast at both stores!!!
In Maine I taught three fun classes. I then spent some wonderful time with my friend Jenn who took me around Maine. We had such a great time!!! In Cape Cod I taught two classes. They just opened a new store there and it's freaking awesome!! I also taught at a rep show. That was a blast!!! I got to teach two classes in Framingham, MA. A bunch of other manufactures were also there teaching classes. It was wonderful to meet so many wonderful people!!
2. I've been working on my FOURTH book!!! Michelle Tornay, Krista Fernandez, and Nichole Periera and I have been working non-stop. We finally finished on Sunday and the projects were sent out yesterday. I'm so THRILLED about this book. It's are first NON CANVAS book. (don't worry we are doing another canvas book) We were on a serious deadline (the word "dead"....that's how I feel after creating so many projects!LOL) because this book will be out THIS JULY!!!
3. My family...yes, I needed to spend sometime with my dh who has been very supportive of me and the three kiddo's of mine that I swear I would go nuts over if I didn't get to spend time with them.

Okay so am I forgiven? I promise I will try to update more often! I've got so many great stories to tell you about things going on with me. I'll save them for some of my next blog entries.

Ps. if you are in the east coast. I will be teaching at two stores at the end of this month.
http://www.leavealegacyscrapbooking.com/ and at http://www.scrapbookcupboard.net

Hugs

Suzy

The pictures say it all!!!!

What happens in the garage....stays in the garage!

We have a saying here. What happens in the garage...stays in the garage. It's been our motto for a long time and we love it!!! It gives us permission to be as crazy as we want to be, say what we want to say, and do what we want to do...Of course the craziest one of us all is ME!
I can't tell you how much I enjoy my nights with my girls!! They are so much fun!! Our Friday night group is our crazy pixie stick group!! They are the craziest!!!
Anyway, tonight we had a great time!!! We talked about_____________! You would have died laughing if you heard about_______________ and I couldn't believe when I said____________!! That should have never come out of my mouth!!!LOL
I'd tell you gals but like I said, what happens in the garage.................stays in the garage!!!!

I'll miss you gals!!!! See you when I get back!! Hugs

There's nothing "glamorous" about designing

I have had several gals tell me that they think my job is "glamorous". They wish they had my job and love that I get to travel and do all the things I do.

I gotta be honest. I LOVE what I do, but there isn't anything glamorous about doing it!! LOL
Getting ready for CHA is and always has been ((a lot)) of work. Teaching classes is a lot of work. Creating projects for an upcoming book is hard. Imagine having to do all of these things at the same time. It's madness I tell you!LOL

I'm getting ready to leave for CHA. I've been desiging projects and have some of my designers creating as well. I've been finishing up some last minute things, making phone calls, making sure my class stuff (teaching a class of 100) is all in order, sending the gals that are coming with me reminders, and I still haven't even started packing!LOL Oh did I mention I have a store of my own that I have to run and a family?

So why do I write this? I have no idea!LOL No really, I guess because it was 2:00 am when I finished one of my last projects last night!!LOL I guess it's because I would like people to know that although a lot of us that design for companies, magazines, etc love what we do, it is a lot of work. It's not a glamorous job. Especially when you have completely lost your mojo and can't think of a single thing to do so you create, take the project a part, create, take the projec a part, create...well you get it.

So how can you tell if ((I)) have been prepping for a big event?

• I'll be wearing the same things I wore the day before.
• I look like I have a chia pet growing out of my head because I haven't combed my hair in who knows how long!
• When I call one of my children their name all of a sudden sounds like this..."Angel, I mean Jeremy, I mean Sierra come over here"
• I look so crazy that my husband tells me HE has a headache!
• I go to bed with a note pad and pen in case I remember something I have to get done or something creative comes to my mind I can sketch it...and when I read it in the morning it says..."go to take a shower you smell!"LOL

Thanks gals for listening to my ramblings!! I look forward to going to Las Vegas this weekend. Hope to see a lot of you there!!

Hugs

It's here!!! Scrapbooking on the table

omg!!!! It's here!! Our book has arrived!!! I'm so excited!!! I can't stand it!!! This is our third book, Scrapbooking on the table!! Of all three books this one was the most fun to create for all us G4. We had such a blast creating such fun projects.
I love the cover. It's shows one of Krista's and Em's projects.
These books are being donated for prizes at the 2peas dinner at CHA. I can't wait for everyone to see it!!!!
Thanks for looking and for inspiring all of us G4's to keep making more books!!!
Hugs

Wednesday ramblings

Today has been a C-R-A-Z-Y busy day!!! Preparing for CHA is excited and terrifying at the same time. Exciting that we will be at our booth with all our designs and seeing everyone. Terrifying that we will forget stuff, something will break, or something in my class will go wrong.
So today after running a thousand and one errands, collecting projects from my girls, running my kids to school, and prepping for my trip...I decided to get a hair cut!!!
Although you can't tell because the wind is blowing and I'm a mess from everything else today. I got highlights for the first time in my (((coughcough34coughcought))) years of life. My new hairdresser said I have Virgin hair. For some strange reason, I felt good about that!LOL
Anyways, we washed, conditioned, cut, and highlighted. I feel great!!

Tonight I'm going to Jeremy's baseball party!! He made the majors this season. He hasn't played for two years and we are thrilled for him. We are going to meet his coach and new team mates and get our schedule! I can't wait to see my little guy play!!

I think that's everything!!! Big hugs

I spy with my little eye----------***RAK*****

HI there gals!!! I'm feeling very generous!!! Soooo, I've decided to do a contest!!! I will send the winner 50 sheets of fun pattern paper if you guess which paper is my favorite here.

To guess tell me the following:
what rack it's on and which paper it is.

For example: The 3rd rack from the left...it's the 11th paper down...it's pink and white paper.

Good luck girls!!!
HUGS