Scrapbooking Away...

It's funny how whenever I start taking classes again, my need to scrapbook increases LOL. Well I guess it calms me down after all of that reading and writing papers, participating in discussions and taking tests. Whoo! That's enough in itself. Anyway, I did this layout of me and my niece last night, I scraplifted it from and Ali Edwards page she did on her son years ago. I think I want to go back though and put black lines around the edges to make it look complete though...

Currently:

Every now and then I like to do a good survey, and since I CAN'T GO TO SLEEP RIGHT NOW! I will do a small one...



Listening: Till it happens to you by Corrine Bailey
Eating: A Ham Sandwhich
Drinking: Green Tea
Wearing: My Jammies
Feeling: Sleepy but Content
Weather: Raining
Wanting: Some sleep
Needing: Some sleep LOL (Go to bed Erika!!)
Thinking: I love my family
Enjoying: Talking to my mother everday
Wondering: Will I go to bed soon? LOL

My First Really Fast....

Scrapbook page. Normally it takes me a while to complete a scrapbook page, but last night in the middle of me writing a paper for class, I get this urge to do a scrapbook page really quick! (I know right? weird huh)So I grab the first picture that I see which happens to be a picture of Saks, and I just started grabbing paint and stamps and stickers and punches and went crazy! LOL..Anyway, this is what I ended up with. Maybe I need to start doing that every now and then, just create a page as fast as I can, because this only took me about 10 minutes when normally it takes me anywhere from 30min to a couple of hours or sometimes I even leave it undone and come back days later and finish it up...Hmmm mind is flowing....

Okay so every now and then...

I get these youtube videos sent to me that just have me rollin, such as the woman who caught a bullet in her weave and the weave saved her life, etc. Well this video was sent to me about a woman who woke up to find an intruder in her bed. Now in no way do I think that is funny at all, but when you watch the first video LOOK AT HOW HER BROTHER reacts to the situation. Once you have seen the first video THEN WATCH THE SECOND VIDEO. Now that one is hilarious!!! Especially the guy at the end on the piano. Man the things people can do nowadays with technology...
FIRST VIDEO:


SECOND VIDEO:

I would like to dedicate this video to all the Dad's out there including mine, my brother-in-laws (Especially you Joel)this video is hilarious!! Check it out..

My Next Project

As if I need one, seeing how I just started two of my classes this semester. Anyway, still working on my Mini Album, but I wanted to start another Week in the Life Album as well. I tried it about a year ago and it was very interesting to see or look back on I should say, at the pictures of things that I did throughout the day. You get a better take on it by looking at the pictures AND telling the story instead of looking at the pictures and asking, "What happened in this pic?" So I am looking forward to starting this project pretty soon. Here I just posted a video tutorial of the overlays that I want to use in my album by Ali Edwards. Love her blog!!

Week In The Life : Collage Layered Template Tutorial from Ali Edwards on Vimeo.

Ellen and Twitch on So You Think You Can Dance

I stopped watching this season very early on when they cut off my favorite dancer. I was SO upset!! LOL. Well I went over to my parents house to workout and Mom told me that I had to see this video. It is hilarious! Plus the fact that Ellen can hang and dance. You Go Girl!!


I also like the dance routine by Lauren and Twitch.

Work In Progress

Okay so I didn't finish my minibook this weekend, was too busy doing other things. Anyway, I completed a couple of pages (If you are wondering why the pictures are blurred out it is because of the request and respect that I have for my family who do not want to be posted on the Internet and like I said I respect their wishes :) Anyway, it looks like I am going to have to keep chipping away at this book...Until next time...

Shoe Alert!!

If you read my blog, then you KNOW I have a thing for SHOES. I was in the mall the other day looking for another cell phone because mine is slowly dying a painful death. Anyway, as I was heading to the little kiosk in the middle of the mall, I happened to pass by Charlotte Russe store (LOVE thier shoes!!) Anyway, they were having a sale where all of their shoes in the store were $25..I couldn't believe it!! So I got a regular $100 pair of shoes for $25. Whoo Hoo! (Okay I didn't get a phone but WHO CARES?? I got shoes! LOL). Now watch my phone klonks out on me this week.

Working on my New Mini Book

Well I pulled out some of my Basic Grey Papers, and two of my Bo Bunny cardstock mini books and put them together to make one book. All I did tonight was gather my pictures that I want to put in my book, and glued all of my papers each page. now all I have to do is get my embellishments together and hopefully my project will be done by this weekend..Yay!

MANNNNNNN......

Today was no better. Work was crazy!! I guess it goes with the territory when it comes to Fall Registration at any college. But I have to put in my rant every Fall semester LOL. These people are a trip coming in at the LAST MINUTE expecting to get everything done in one day when we have been registering for this semester since APRIL!! Ugggggh!! Calgone take me away!! Only two more weeks to go..Only TWO MORE weeks to gooooooooooooooo.....

This was funny to me

I saw this on Yahoo just now. Students on their way to their first day of school and the parents get to drive over this sign...The only thing I can think of is.. I wonder if the painter saw that he did the "H" first and just said "Oh well" and just kept going. I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that this is what happened..LOL

Today was the Day From...

you KNOW WHERE!!! Oh my goodness..I was already NOT feeling good and then I had to work up front for the last two hours and you would not believe some of the students that were coming through the line. Some of them I just wanted to look at with a **BLANK** stare LOL SERIOUSLY!! I just wanted to come home, take a shower and go straight to bed. Thankfully, I have a loving mother who spoils me (if your reading this Mom I love you!!)Anyway, she made me some chicken because she knew I have not been feeling good the past couple of days, so I stopped by and picked that up and then I came home. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. I want to try to start and hopefully by this weekend finish a mini book that I was inspired to do by one of my favorite bloggers that I **secretly** stalk LOL Christina Clouse. I love her work! and she posted a mini that I want to re-create this weekend. If I do it, I will post it here!! G-nite!!

Searching for a New Phone

Sierra: Hi Auntie
Me: Hi Sierra
Sierra: Have you gotten your new phone yet?
Me: No, not yet Sierra
Sierra: Do you know when Auntie?
Me: No Sierra
Sierra: Uggggh, I wish you would get it tomorrow!!
Me: LOL

I have promised my Niece Sierra my old blackberry once I find the new phone that I want. I was debating between the new HTC HD2 phone by T-Mobile, or just upgrade my blackberry because I really like the blackberry. It was funny when I went phone shopping years ago the guy told me "Once you get a blackberry, you won't want another phone" And in some ways it's so true. Because the HTC phone has so many features (You can even watch movies on it!) plus it has the biggest display screen out right now, but the blackberry to me just seems so much more efficient. So I think I have made up my mind to get another blackberry but it will probably be sometime next month. Sorry Sierra, you will have to wait a little longer. {HUGS}

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Had Fun with My Niece and Nephew

..this weekend. This was my first time actually meeting my Niece and I haven't seen my nephew in years. So my bro-in-law was in town visiting family and he dropped them off so that I could spend some time with them and then also take them to see the rest of the family. Will definitely have to see them more often so they can remember their Auntie Erika =)


They look so peaceful here sleeping in Auntie's bed...

Egg Whites...

Are not that bad..My friend Julie had mentioned it to me the other day when I told her about me going on my diet and my first thought was "Ewwwwww" cuz I LOVE my egg yolks (It's the favorite part of my boiled egg man). So anyway, she said try it with some vegetables and cheese on top and so I did. I added mushrooms this time and next time I might put onion and peppers to mix it up. The yellow you see in the pic is not egg yolk it is the spray that I used to coat the pan. Anyway, I'm glad that I like egg whites by themselves because now I found something else healthy to eat for breakfast. Thanks Julie! =)

Family Visit (32 photos), by Erika Jackson

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Today is D-DAY

Yes folks, today is DIET day. My pants have called for it, my shirts have called for it, my knees have called for it and dangit my stomach and chin has called for it!! I can't fit into any of my clothes anymore and I went to the store and bought a couple of new outfits, but then I thought about it and I'm like "Wait, you can't do what you did last time" which was kept getting bigger clothes every time I gained weight!! And last time I did so good with my diet that I lost 85lbs, but alas I have gained it all back since the surgery and stuff (Okay well NOT all of it but STILL). But NO MORE EXCUSES!! I went to the gym yesterday and worked out on the elliptical machine for 30 min (Just wanted to add that the AIR CONDITIONER was NOT WORKING!!!!!! Oh my goodness! have never sweated so much in my LIFE!! but endured to the end). , went to the grocery store and got all my stuff and I have been drinking my water all day. My best friend is going to do this with me and I know that will be fun having a workout/diet buddy. So...on with the "dreaded" pictures you are supposed to take for the BEFORE and then as I go along, I will post some more..OKAY SO FIRST HERE IS ME...

AND HERE IS MY BEST FRIEND...

The last picture in the bottom right corner I made us do, since we had to look so SERIOUS in the other three pics..