passing this along for one of my stores...

3 Scrappin' Sisters
215 S. Mountain Avenue
Springerville, AZ 85938
928-333-5310

http://3scrappinsisters.com

scrappinsistersaz@hotmail.com

IT'S OFFICIAL - OUR CROP IS SCHEDULED!!!!

3 Scrappin’ Sisters is happy to announce that we will be
Having our very own Weekend Crop February 22nd - 24th!!Cost will be $99.00 per person for the WHOLE weekend From Friday at 4:00 p.m. to Sunday at 12:00 – Meals include from Dinner on Friday thru Brunch on Sunday!!! Weekend Crop will be Limited to 8 people!!!So ladies now is the time to get your space reserved!!! We will need to collect $50.00 at the time of reservation, and the balance by February 15th. Remember only 8 for the whole weekend, but we can take more for Saturday!! We will be staying in a beautiful location here in town!!! So even though only 8 can spend the whole weekend, we will be opening up Saturday for anyone that would like to come and Crop for the Day, cost will be $30.00 and will include Lunch and Dinner!

HURRY!!! HURRY!!! HURRY!!!

CALL NOW!!! 333-5310!!!!

RESERVE!!! RESERVE!!! RESERVE!!!

so much to say...

i have so much to say...though you may realize the time and wonder what i am doing up!?! i need to be up in the morning to go to work {oh wait, it is morning}. i had a sick one home with me todaY and not sure if she will make it to school tomorrow.

there have been e-mails and calls wondering where i have been. if you read my extra long post you will know that i have been trying to find mYself. i may not be blogging much as for i need to prioritize mY life right now. i have no laptop for 4-6 weeks and struggle to get desktop time with my kiddos.

i will however leave you with this "opened the book" quote...

"she ignored people who said it couldn't be done...

celebrate her independence."

lets just say i am working on it. good night, wait it's morning. *hugs*

{locks of LoVe}

today i had a to do list that is forever long. did i get much accomplished, uh no. why...cause i took time out to cut my daughter's hair. she has been bugging me to cut it and i keep putting it off. she has the most beautiful long blond hair. i just really don't want her to cut it. i keep saying if you cut it...it will turn brown. well, that lasted about 6 months. we have been wanting to donate it to locks of love. i thought it was only 6 inches but, it is 10. that is another reason why i have postponed cutting it. so tonight i got out the ruler and measured her up. guess what...we did it! we cut her long locks an entire 11 inches. it was so sad for me but, she was so happy. here are a few pictures we took. i am so proud of her. her willingness to cut it and donate it to those suffering without hair. what an amaZing act of kindness we can do for someone who is in need to feel "normal". i am so proud of my little girl. she even filled out all the paper work herself. in the comment area, she left a tear jerker. thanks for allowing me to share in such a special moment haleigh. i love you bug-a-boo!!! i hope we have learned from such a kind, caring, loving little 11 year old that hair is hair and it will grow back. that her willingness to cut it to share it with those in need is trulY amaZing and a grand jester of LoVe!!! thanks for looking...

extra long...

this will not be my so called "normal" blog post. if there is such a thing. i was told today by some i can confide in that i am good at hiding...made me think. then it was said i smile a lot...again it made me think. then it was...you are good at hiding behind that smile to not allow people to know you. this is true. i am admitting it here...that my life as i have thought to have known all these years is not true. i guess until you can admit there is a problem...you can't try and correct it. i am now admitting i have a problem. why share this intimate detail with you all out in blog land. {here i go again thinking of others before myself} if i can acknowledge this, i might just help someone else out there too. i am not perfect by an sense of the word. many of us women (some men) have learned how to live for others. have become someone we really don't know. sometimes we might ask ourselves... where did we go, who are we, are we having a nervous breakdown, midlife crisis? the answer...we probably haven't taken the TIME to figure out "who" we are. we haven't created our self. why is it that we put ourselves last? have we been taught that? have we watched our mothers and grandmothers many years back do it? so many questions to ask and many to think about as well. why do we allow ourselves to get so caught up in our day to day things that we DON'T take TIME for ourselves? i mean, true time... to read {in silence}, go to the bathroom uninterrupted {like this even happens}, meditate{what the heck is that}, a walk {that would mean exercise}, a hobby{would that be scrapbooking a deck of me cards right now}, some form of retreat{who has time} or whatever it may be. why is it that there is no time? there is 24 hours in a day and we can't take 5, 10, 30 or 60 minutes in a day for ourselves. i am learning this after 35+ years that i have followed in my mother's foot steps, my grandmothers and so on. not to say that it is wrong to do so. it is just that we don't come first...our children, our families, our friends and sometimes even strangers have come before ourselves. i know i may not be making sense to many out there but, i do know that you are out there. that i am not the only one trying to figure out "who" i am. i am taking this time right now to have this in writing. to go back and re-read my writing. i need to realize i do not present myself in the manner i want to be known. that i am not always that happy, bubbly person everyone thinks i am. that i too have a story. that i to have faults and make mistakes. that i do not live a perfect life. nor will i ever live one. i will not share my entire story with many of you but, all i can do is let you know that today...i realized that i need to be me and not someone that everyone else wants me to be. the time is NOW...no time like the present i always hear. i want to start living the life i am meant to truly live.

i proceeded to get a special message on my blog to go to dianna's blog. dianna, i can not tell you how much i needed that. i needed that right then, right when i read it and right now. i have not meet you. i only know you through our blogs and emails yet i know you. we have joked about being related and you know what...we are. we are sisters and friends that share the same God. we may have known each other in another life but, today i knew why God sent me too you. it is amaZing and i am blessed. thank you for this challenge, thank you for being my friend and thank you for allowing me to know you and by doing so...i am finding mE!!! i am sharing the spread the love award to all those who may stumble across this blog. though you may or may not know me. i know i am loved and you too are loved by many. you just need to open your eyes and look around. they are there and some you may not even realize that have been there all along just patiently waiting.

the songs i posted... i can see my mom saying these words to me daily that reba sings. the other songs i wanted to find and couldn't is the song by reba...is there life out there and dolly parton's...you better get to livin'. how many of us mom's are thinking these words right now. i know i am!! i do know that one day i will be able to say with a TRUE smile on my face... it's my life and i started living it! think i am running out of time so...i am smiling...i better get to livin'!! {i love you mommy} *night*

*a deck of me~2008*

so this is the challenge i am doing for the year. mY blog friend dianna set it up. click on her name and you can go to her blog and get all the details. you can also check out the participants at flikr. the cards are so amaZing. man, all of these ladies are truly crafty! it is a simple and quick challenge you can do for yourself. how often do we ever scrapbook/craft for us. not our kids, familY or friends but, for ourselves about our self. for week 2 it was a {quote}. this was one where i need multiple cards. though we were asked not to ponder f-o-r-e-v-e-r {in your best sandlot voice} about it. just think of one that applies to your life right now. i stumbled through a couple and just said "this is it."

week 3 was to {spice up your life}. i had a really hard time with this one.

one of mY goal for this yeaR...to keep up with this challenge. it is much needed right now in mY life. i am thankful that dianna started this challenge and sent me mY deck of cards. it's not too late to jump in an join our group. i would love to see some of mY famiLy and frieNds join in. *night* connie

{birthday update}

just wanted to post a couple of pictures that were taken on dallin's birthday. he chose to go to our local mexican food restaurant like austin did. tradition for them is to smash whipping cream in the birthday person's face. dallin didn't think he was gonna get it but, then she came around the corner with it hidden in her hand and ....

sorry it is so dark. it's the only one we got and i tried to lighten it up already.

dallin had the beef fajitas. yuM! i also started a tradition last year with haleigh's birthday. i want to have a picture taken of me and my kiddo on their birthday. i don't have many more left with them as kids and i want to aLwaYs remember that i was there too.

it was a great day with a great evening for all. only wish our family was here to help us ceLebraTe with him. we know you were all here in spirit. *hugs* connie

HaPpY 13 daLLiN...

13 years ago todaY i gave birth to mY 3rd son at 10:06 a.m. i have been up all night/morning {as you can see the time of this post} scanning, uploading, editing, uploading, arranging and adding it here, whew! dallin is so excited to see what pictures i used, yet nervous. i have been thinking all day what song to add for him. a real tough one for me so, i asked him. when you open my blog and hear the song...it is for daLLiN! his wiSh is mY command. i asked him why, he answered because of football. ok. anywho...i hope you eNjoY looking at the slide show i made of him of the past 12+ years of his life. i have been truly blessed to be his mom. looking through these photos brought back so many memories. GREAT memories that i have and will cherish forever! can't wait to make toNs more. i love ya "d." *hugs* mom

ps. please don't mind the scrapbook pages...your looking at the pictures, right? though it does make me giggle...what was i thinking! gotta get some sleep, i'm way too tired. i will add more later.

mY mondaY quote...

so i am crossing off things on my "to do list" and rocKin' out to some music and a song came on. it has given me mY quote for the day.

"follow your dream and don't let go...no one can live for me. no one can see the things i see. i walk this road no one can tell me how to be~it's my destiny."

~lenny kravitz

{FYI} fundraiser....

I have been asked to help spread the word...
this is for a great cause and i am hoping that many of my fellow scrapbooking gals/gentlemen can go have a fuN day scrapping, while helping to raise money. i will not be able to attend but, will be donating a lot of fuN goodies. all the details are here on the flyer. i know many of you that read my blog will not be able to attend, as you do not live in arizona. if you would like to donate anything you may contact keri and see how you too may help. thanks for looking. have such a busy day and a "to do list" that is forever long... i am eNjoYing crossing things off my list tOdaY as this is one of them. i hope to write more later today/tonight as i did not make it a priority yesterday. have a great day! *hugs* connie

{be} excited...

my quote for todaY was opening a book and this is what i read...

"be excited...the minute you begin to do what you really want to do,

it's really a different kind of life."

buckminster fuller