ShaRe YOUR storY...

my evening did not end with the 3 scrappin sisters. i went to visit my fRiend who i haven't seen since may. here it was 9:30 pm and i had and hour drive home and i felt i needed to see her. you know sometimes in lifE we don't know why but, we need to do it anyways. well, can i just tell you i am so glad i did!! you know who your true fRiends are when the call, e-mails and visits are few but, in time of need you know who will be there. i hope she knows i will ALWAYS be there for her and her famiLy. my feeling of being there hit home for me. she has been dealing with some true hard issues with her daughter. her daughter is a spit image of me when i was a teen. though she is so much prettier than i was back in the 80's. i felt like i was reliving my teenage years all over again. i felt i needed to talk to her. i felt i needed to share with her MY story. it's not something i am proud of or even like sharing but, it needed to be done last night. i hope i made a difference in her. i hope she knows that there is light at the end of her journeY. i hope she knows how much i love her, her parents and siblings love her, her family and friends love her. she is beautiful, she is taLented, she is smart and athletic. all these things and many more. this life is so hard, this life is a test. some pass some fail. i hope she will strive to succeed. to continue to WANT her liFe, her futurE! whatever that may be. i know i do. you are special and loved. i only wish when i was your age i had someone who would come talk with my mom and i. someone to say i've been there, done that and i know what you are going through and i UNDERSTAND!! i do...i truly do. so i may have ended my night by driving home at 2 in the morning with that hour drive. it was MY choice, i wanted too. i wanted to be right there where i was. i felt i did something that needed to be done not only for them but, for me. i shared MY story. my life was touched last night, my life will never be the same. i will continue to share MY story if it will save a LIFE!! i love you gals. *hugs* connie

ps. "d" please listen to this first song and the many others that follow. remember YOU are loved!!

what a gReaT cause...

thaNks jaquetta, jo and jaelyn for a wonderful event!! i didn't get all 3 sisters here but, jaelyn was there. glad to help out any way i can. you should be very proud of all your accomplishments yesterday. the cause was for breast cancer, for research, for a cure for your friends, and families for your aunt! *hugs* connie

ScRap PinK @ 3 scRappiN siSteRs...

no time to blog now. running out the door to go to a scrap pink crop at 3 scrappin sisters. i am doing 4 make-n-takes for them at their event. getting really excited! scrap pink is for breast cancer research. it's a great way to support, donate and have fuN all at the same time. $10 of the costs will be donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. way to go you SisTeRs!!! hope to see many of you there. *hugs* connie
"Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow." Plato

tHaNks rhOnNa...

"It's not that some people have willpower & some don't. It's that some people are ready to change & others are not." James Gordon

thanks rhonna!!! what a great way to start my fabulous friday. don't have time to blog right now. busy day but, i wanted to share this wonderful quote. try to write more later.
*hugs* connie

{music}

don't know if you knew that i have a playlist on my blog. a group of songs i have chosen that have been very inspirational to me and my writing. today i am scrapbooking {my art journal, yeah!!!} listening to music, in my pj's {yes it is 2 in the afternoon} dancing and singing. i am having my tErrifiC thUrSdaY!!! come on...turn it up and take a listen!!! you may want to put your oWn tunes on and shake YoUr groovE thing!! ;0} isn't mUsiC gReaT?! have a good one. *hugs*

tErrifiC or toRturE thuRsdaY?? {mY} choice...

terrific thursday, right? well...to me it is torture thursday. woke up this morning with only 3 1/2 hours of sleep. for me this is torture! i am the one that needs at least 8 hours to be a happy camper, lol. i stayed up way to late. then you get to that stage where you have your second wind and can't go to sleep now. yep, that was me last night. then when i went to sleep i was restless all night long. so really don't even think i got a full 3 hours. though that was MY choice, right? that is what i have been finding all morning...choices. it started with mY attitude, then the kids, friends and now mY blog! i feel like i keep repeating myself sometimes. then i think if i keep repeating it, it must be something i need to take a closer look at. we all have choices to make in our lives. some good, bad, ugly, scary, difficult whatever it may be. we all know that with these choices there are good results and bad ones, right? so what choices are you making? i was dealing, yes dealing with my younger son this morning and gave him a choice...clean the dishwasher before i took him to school or not. he decided he would walk. so i decide he would be grounded. he decided "no". i decided "if you keep it up no football game tomorrow". choice? do the dishes before i take you to school... his final decision was... they were done before i came back out to the kitchen. was i wrong to ask this? was he wrong to disobey his mother? questions we all at some point think about and choices we have to make. sometimes our choices are ones we really don't want to make. maybe because you don't want to, you don't want to hurt someone else or you just don't want to ask it. quoting a friend this morning..."we think we are being inconsiderate but really, we are just being true to what we want". is this not truE? so well stated. thank you for that. :0) we have a choice. today you will make many. be true to what you want!! then live with what you have decided. good, bad, ugly, scary, difficult...whatever. have a terrific thursday! *hugs*
ps. didn't get to touch my art journal. so sad. i will try again today. here is my fRont cover and an inside page. got all of my pages doNe and ready. i am sooo excited!!! now all i have to do is write, get caught up, put in pictures and embellish!! terrifiC thursdaY...it was, it was!!

to all of my FRIENDS...

If kisses were water, I will give you a sea.

If hugs were leaves, I will give you a tree.

If LIFE was a planet, I will give you a galaxy.

If friendship is life I will give you mine.



i received this from one of my good friends who is also my sister in law. thought it was too good not to pass along to all of my friends out there. thanks sis, love ya!!

woNdeRfuL wEdnesDaY and thaNk YOU...

wednesday, wonderful wednesday!!! i just got back from lunch with two of my very favorite friends jo ann & rhonda. at my very favorite resturant {like we have very many here, lol}. i just lovE mexican food. i could eat it everyday! what a wonderful treat it was. only wish... more time together. again, never enough time. so i asked them to take a picture with me. 1. i never have me in pictures 2. i don't have my friends and i together in hardly any pictures 3. i wanted to post it here. problem... someone does not like their pictures taken and two she would never let me post it. so i am obeying her wishes {until i talk her into letting me} and not posting the most awEsomE picture ever taken by a four year old!! rhonda's son was with us for lunch and he is the one who took our picture. can i just tell you he did an amaZing job!!!! if only i could show you {hint, hint}. i am so excited!!! i get to sit down tonight and do some scRapbooKing!!! i am gonna do some work on my art journal. i am sooo not caught up on it. i have been accomplishing my {21} day challenge but, my art journal has gotten shafted. i am hoping to get caught up but, we will have to see how it goes. i will try and post some pics later if i can. i have been thinking again. i know, i do do it every so often. i have gained so much from this {21} day challenge. i have meet some wonderful ladies also involved in the challenge, been a happier person... mom, wife and friend. i have been uplifted to a place where i have decided i don't want to come down from. along this journey i am discovering mE. i am finding out things about me that i like, don't like and things i need to change. i am finding the rEaL connie. the connie that has been hiding out for so long. i want to continue to bring her out. i want others to know mE. i want my friends to know mE. the rEaL mE!!!! i am full of lovE today. i have had many tell me how touched they are by my blog. let me just tell you that was not my intention at all. though the thought and sound of it has made me feel truly honored, truly blessed! i did not expect to have so many comments and so many people viewing this blog of mine. for me it was just a way to find mE again. a place to share my journey with family and friends. if you have been taking this journey with me, i hope you have found something inspiring in here. i hope you are discovering YOU!!! i hope you are reading my words and taking it to heart. i hope you are sharing your joy and happiness with others as i feel i have been doing. i wish you much happiness in your everydaY!! may you know that with the rest still unwritten... i have gained more than you will ever know. thaNk yOu for taking the time to lurk here. thaNks for being mY friend!!! have a great evening! *hugs* connie

just a reminder...

with the help of you, we can help a family!!! please check out all that is being done for the armstrong family. every little bit of help is truly appreciated. here are some links where YOU can get involved. have a terrific tuesday.

armstrong blog http://www.tracyarmstrong.blogspot.com/

arizona and utah fundraiser http://www.armstrongfamilyfundraiser.blogspot.com/

rusty pickle http://www.rustypickle.typepad.com/

legacy scrapbooking http://legacyscrapbooking.com/catalog.php?category=298

{not enough time...}

no time to blog now. so much to do. so does this count as a journal entry? i did write something, lol. don't we all say this though...there is never enough time. anywho...i will try and check back later. *hugs*



did have to throw this in...love rhonna's thought today!! "A strong postive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug." Patricia Neal