Playing Catch Up

Trying really hard to catch up on life, crafting, pictures, etc after vacation, but just can't seem to stay focused on any one thing long enough to catch up.  It's driving me BONKERS!  I want so bad to be better at keeping this blog updated, but I just can't seem to.  I'm hoping after this weekend things will slow down a little for a little bit.  We will at least be done with the Show Me State Games, but then comes Fall Baseball and I'm sure it will be lots of practices. 

I do plan on being back later with Wordless Wednesday, I figure a quick picture should be easy enough to do.  I'm also working on a plan that hopefully will make blogging easier for me. 

I hope everyone is staying cool, remember to drink lots of water!

At the Moment

Listening: ITunes: right at this moment Don't Stop Believing from the Glee Soundtrack

Eating: Nothing, had tacos for dinner.  Thinking about ice cream

Drinking: Coke

Wearing: MU jammy pants, tank top and MU basketball t-shirt

Feeling: Creative

Weather: Not to bad.  Finally had a couple of days with no rain.

Wanting: More hours in the day.

Needing: Laundry done, bags packed for vacation, more hours in the day.

Thinking: about logo designs for both businesses. About vacation next week.

Enjoying: inky fingers and a craft table covered in a project.

Wondering: how I can get more hours in the day.

I sense a pattern in what is going on at the moment with me....needing more time.  We(the kids and I) are heading to my moms on Monday after baseball practice. We will wake up nice and early Tuesday and head to Omaha to see the zoo and family.  Then we will spend Wednesday driving to Iowa and hopefully stopping at an outlet mall.  Thursday will be spent in "Heaven"(The Field of Dreams) and driving back to my moms.  I am looking forward to it.  Maybe not all the time on the road, but the rest of it yes!!  Trying to get some stuff together for the kids to make the ride a little more bearable.  My kids for whatever reason are not big car sleepers.  We'll see how they do waking up and being gone by 7:00 after it being a late night getting to my moms.  Of course that's what DVD players and IPods are for also.  Thank you to whoever was smart enough to invent those 2 things.  Which reminds me need to add make sure IPods are charged and updated to my to-do list.

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Supposed to be wordless, but wanted to say that I love this picture.  Took it with my new lens.  LOVE that lens.  Wordless Wednesday is something new I will be doing weekly.  Love the idea.  Hope everyone has a safe weekend, hope to be back before the weekend, but just in case. 

A couple of notes...

Hoping to be back later with a real post, but wanted to update a couple of things.

2 items on my bucket list I posted the other day are either done or in the works.  I have listed something in my etsy shop.  Jar Opener Working on lots of other stuff to list there, and a "Christmas in July" sale.  It involves a free item with every purchase, everyone loves free right!?!  And last week Mark and I celebrated 10 years, and for my gift he bought me a copy of Little Women.  My mom bought me a copy years ago, but has since taken it back to display with all her Little Women dolls.  Now I have a copy I can read and then hand down to Audrey in a few years.  Plan to start reading it after I read "Sizzling Sixteen" which I will be picking up at the library tomorrow.  Can't wait to read it, usually doesn't take me long to get through Janet Evanovich's books, especially the Stephanie Plum series. 

I'm working on some more concrete ideas of how I want this blog to go, or more so how often I plan to update.  Life has just felt really crazy lately and while I don't feel I'm getting more control over certain areas in my life, I've decided to really focus on those that I do have control over, like this blog.  My biggest struggle lately is so many ideas, so little time.  If only I didn't have to actually sleep I might be okay.  With it being summer the kids have been staying up later and I feel like my "me" time is getting less and less.  We are working to get back to an earlier bedtime with them.  Not as early as during school, but earlier than say 1:00 that it's been a few nights.  It's been so nice outside that we've been spending most of our evenings out there with neighbors and time gets away from me.  Although it's been nice having Audrey sleep past 7:30. 

Dart has his last baseball game for regular season tomorrow night.  Then come July 5th we start practicing at least twice a week for the Show Me State Games.  He is so excited about that.  Then it won't be long after those that we will begin practice for fall baseball.  He has decided to skip at least this year of football and focus on baseball, we will see if he goes back to football at all.  If he doesn't that's fine, he says he can't wait for college and NFL football to start back up though.  He has absolutely loved baseball this year so he really wants to focus on that. And tennis.  All the boy talks about lately is tennis.  He gets that from his mom, although he's more into it at 8 than I ever was. 

Exciting stuff going on

So for a while I debated about not even giving this a go.  Hit a rough spot and just felt uninspired and blah for a while.  However, I've been re-inspired and am ready to go.  I have a memory game sitting on my table at this moment waiting to be colored.  I have planned 4th of July pinwheels, lots of cards sketched out and waiting for me, a few mini books I want to put together and lots of other stuff.

The biggest news right now is I have one thing listed in my etsy shop.  Very excited about it, although it was made by my grandpa.  It's a jar opener that mounts under your cabinets therefore leaving both hands free to hold the jar to make it easier to open.  Works great for anyone with arthritis, even really bad cases.  My grandma has a horrible time with her hands and she is able to open pretty much any jar or even bottle out there.  I only have one Jar Opener listed, however I have lots more on hand to sell. 

Also right now through the end of July I am running a "Christmas" in July special.  Buy any one item get your choice of 10 Christmas tags or 5 greeting cards free.  If you are interested in purchasing something please email me at pinkowldesigns@gmail.com.  Working to get more samples posted here and some more items in the etsy shop as well. 

At the Moment:

Something I think I will be doing weekly. Quick and easy, but a great way to record the everyday things for myself.

Listening to: Paperclipping Roundtable Podcast.  All about scrapbooking.  Love this podcast.

Eating: nothing, but thinking about cutting up some cucumbers and tomatoes to eat.

Drinking: coke.  I know I know. But I need caffeine today.

Wearing: shorts, CYFL Golf Tournament t-shirt, no shoes!

Feeling: a bit stressed. Lots of pictures to edit and then life stuff.  Annoyed by stupid flies.

Weather: actually very nice for June in Missouri.  Low humidity and in the mid 80's.

Wanting: my download for Elements + to hurry up so I can work on pictures. So excited for it to be done. Tried CS5 and decided that I can do all the stuff I need and want and then some in elements and with elements+.  I love Elements and am really wanting to dig deeper into it and learn so much more about it.

Needing: to do dishes and pick up the house.

Thinking: oh so much stuff there.  About working on photos, baseball tonight and more.

Enjoying: the weather being a bit nicer, Audrey playing with her new stuff from her birthday.

Wondering: when Sizzling 16 will finally be in at the library for me to pick up.  I can't wait to get my yearly Ranger/Morelli fix.