A lost Mother's Day photo!

You know how you go through your camera photos and discover treasured scenes from your life you forgot about?????

Well, I awoke mother's day morning to my 7-year-old bringing me breakfast!

She came up with the plan herself!

I almost cried!

This was what my little girl brought for me.....

I'll treasure this memory always....

What would I do without my little girl????

She made my week!

It's times like this that make me so thankful after all the hard work I do trying to make a good childhood for my babies.....

What is one little thing someone did for you that absolutely made your day?

Hugs,

Mo

A Mug and a Fairy...A Fairy and a Mug!

I finally got these things photographed to share!

A couple of weeks ago, my Isabel and I had a "girls day" and spent some time at this ceramics studio!

We chose a couple of pieces to paint.

I chose a mug...since I love...and NEED my coffee in the mornings!

I've never done this before...but had soooo much fun!

You really should try it if you haven't already!

I didn't intend to, but this mug ended up looking like a watermelon!

Isabel pointed it out to me.....

see...the inside looks like watermelon seeds!  LOL!

You can't really see it, but my mug says "Miss Mo's Joe"....

The diameter of the mug is about 6 inches I think! Yeah, it's HUGE!

Isabel decided to create something for her Aunt who has a birthday coming up.

She thought this fairy looked like my sister....

...and she even personalized it by painting "Anty" on her dress....ha ha....I didn't have the heart to tell her it's misspelled!

I can't wait to scrap these photos!

Has the Fall season been keeping you busy?

What have you been up to?

Hugs,

Mo

girls, fairies and mugs....

We've been busy....just living.
Yesterday....girls day....I set aside a day whenever I can to spend some alone time with my baby girl.

Dropped the boy off at 10 am with my Aunt so I could get some chores done and work in a massage.....opted for "moderate to deep pressure"....never did that before....my eyes were watering....
almost jumped off the table!...but I knew the pain would be worth it because my back feels sooooooo much better today!  That was seriously a "no pain, no gain" kinda thing!

I worked in about 10 minutes sitting out in the sun flipping through my magazine by the bookstore about a block away from the massage place I go 2.....beautiful.  Saw an elderly gentleman enjoying life....people watching and reading a newspaper.

Went home, planned the next day on my iPhone while waiting for my daughter to get outta school
Picked up my girl and headed to "Color Me Mine"....F....U.....NNNNNNN!  It's a ceramics studio where you pick a piece, color it and just enjoy creating.  We had a BLAST!  I painted a fun coffee mug while Bel painted a fairy.  Our pieces will be ready tomorrow! (They have to put it in the kiln.)

Until I get our pieces back and photograph them....I leave you some of this Flickr eye-candy!

1. Mug for the Camera, 2. If my heart was a mug, 3. Early Mugs, 4. Cupcake Mug, 5. echino mug rug, 6. Japanese Mugs: Flowercarts and Mushrooms, 7. Coffee bean mug. Available on istock #7646641, 8. ♥ LOVE for RetroVintage MUGS ♥

1. Magical Butterflies?, 2. Friends & Acquaintances, 3. The Sun's Gonna Shine, 4. sleeping beauty, 5. Dreaming of Dragons, 6. Twig the Fairy warming her fingers 2010 AZ Ren Fest!, 7. Twig's Magical Silhouette, 8. Fairy Child ~ Explore

Hugs,

MO

....and i love him.....

GOING TO SEE HARRY CONNICK JR TODAY!!!
It's outdoors...but it's happening...rain or shine....so wish some sun my way please....
but i'd settle for overcast skies with NO RAIN!

CROSSING MY FINGERS......


Hugs,
Mo

Don't you know.....I'M NO PUSHOVER!

From Stamping with Mo: Crafting and Scrapbooking

Remember this layout?  It's one of my FAVORITES!  Inspiration for the layout was drawn from one of the challenges at All About Me!  So....I can't take all the credit!  And the fabulous Jen over at Challenge U 2 decided to use it as the #8 lift challenge!  How flattering!  Thanks Jen!

If you get a change, head on over and play along!

This layout reminds me of the other day at work.  Remember how I've said that Nursing is one of the professions that put you at risk for assault?  Well....OH YES.....I had to leave a room of a patient YELLING at me out of nowhere standing two feet away, waving her hands and directing all of her frustrations of the day on ME!  I just came in to give some pain medication (had no clue what's happened prior to the time I got in to see her).  I came in sweet as pie (as I always am)...and I tell you...SOME people think I will allow myself to get SH***ED on just because of my smile, my small stature and my kindness.  First of all, you DO NOT start yelling at a Filipino for no reason....we may be classified as Asian (you know, the stereotype of being passive) BUT we have that passionate Spanish blood that can boil and steam!!!!  (And the females are worse than the males....tee hee...as I insert another stereotype...I'm soooo baaaaad.)  NO WAY was I going to allow myself to be a stupid doormat!

Now, I understand that people are frustrated (that I TOTALLY get) but I DO NOT get why someone thinks they can yell in a public place where other people are sick...if not sicker than you and direct their anger at one person that did nothing wrong but be at the wrong place at the wrong time.  Did she do this to the doc????? Noooooooooooo.  Because some patients seem to save all the rudeness for the "little people".  Anyway, this was not just ANY yelling person, this was someone who looked like she was holding herself back from harming me and she made several movements toward me....yeah.  So I told her I wouldn't take the yelling and I was leaving and I did.  But not before she accused me of giving her attitude because I chose to speak up and say I would not stand for someone yelling at me.  I made some attempts to calm her down by saying "I'm sorry you're frustra(BUT SHE CUT ME OFF)" so I told her she didn't have to yell...and I swear...she WENT SUPER CRAZY!  So I left. 

It wasn't even a full moon!!!!  Ugggggghhhhh!  It's days like that when I HATE BEING A NURSE.  Anyway, OBVIOUSLY Miss Rudeness didn't get the memo.....I'm NO EFFING PUSHOVER biooootch!!!!!!

Thanks for letting me vent!  Nurses WILL fight for you and watch out for you to get things done if they can!  I hope today goes better!  Sigh.

Hugs,
Mo

Be Kind, REWIND! And a Lady unLump update!

WhAAAT?  It's December already?  But I'm running outta time!!!!!  ReWIND please!?   Please?  I'm missing some days here!  Well, although I find myself scrambling for some time....the Christmas decor isn't up (in fact, my freaking PUMPKINS are still on my stoop), I've got a TON of presents to make folks for Christmas, I've got to spend the rest of my FSA (you know, the "use it or lose it" account) before the end of December, I've got Christmas gifts to buy for the kids (plus research to find out if I will INDEED get them fishIES for Christmas), and....and...there's more...I just know it, but I'm afraid to think because I'll just feel MORE frantic!

But I AM NOT complaining!  Because, as far as the "Lady Lump" goes, testing did not find any cancer!  Wahhoooooie!  So, flashback - I'm there, boobs bared....and we're looking for that STUPID lump....and the lady goes..."um...can you show me where it's at?"...and I'm like "oh yeah, right here" and I go to press on the area...and I can't find it!  All I can say is "ummmmm" and with a foolish smile, we proceed with the mammogram.  Yeowch!  But at the same time, I couldn't wait to get the boobie squeezing test done with!  And nex....we go to the ultrasound, though the mammogram seemed to show normal breast tissue.   Luckily, I get right in for the ultrasound...no waiting....and I think "Awesome!" cause I gotta high-tail it outta there and jump right into Isabel's Birthday celebration.

So the nice lady ultrasound tech starts looking.....and looking....and looking.  Again, I'm asked to point to where the lump is and I say "Well, the other day when we looked, it was here....." and I point to that area.  And we're kinda giggling cuz we can't seem to find that RASCAL of  a lump!  At this point, I'm a little worried because I'm freaking thinking "If they can't find it, how will I know?"....and I think some more and say to myself, "Dope!  THAT'S EXACTLY what you want to happen...for the lump to NOT even be there!"  And so I calm down and the Radiologist comes in saying "So, I hear we're looking for something that's not there!"  And we're all laughing.

But get this.  He's looking with the ultrasound and searching for a lump and he says to the ultrasound tech something like  "It's really easy, you can see right to her ribs."......uhhhhhh.....THANKS DUDE!  My boobs just got insulted!  But it was WAYYYYY funny more than insulting, and I'm sure he didn't give a second thought to what he just said.  He finds nothing and says the mammogram and ultrasound only show normal breast tissue.  Whew! Cool!

So, I'm still having some tenderness and the breast tissue is definitely feeling different now....which likely means the "lump" might have appeared as part of my "cycle"..darn hormones!

So, I'll just talk to my doctor to see if she wants to see me again but I think the craziness is pretty much over.

So now for some crafty stuff!!!!  I finished this mini album a few weeks ago.  It's FOR ME!  I scrapped the Pumpkin Patch photos using my Simply Obsessed November Kit.  I absolutely love the kits there!  And Heather, the owner is super sweet!

I'll show you the cover, because right now I don't have time to load up all the pics of the pages...so I'll do that on another post!

Aint it cute?  I made that humungo flower using a prima flower and some crumpled up paper circles which I bunched up and distressed.  I glued all the flowers on with a hot glue gun.

I LOVE MAKING MINI BOOKS!

This is what the kit looks like:

And CLICK HERE for a link to see the kit contents!

Here's another cute photo!  When we celebrated Gabe's 3rd Birthday just before Thanksgiving, we had a TON of leftover tokens...so after Isabel got out of school, we took the kids to Chuck E Cheese to use up the tokens.  My adorable cousins are to the left with my Uncle and my Mom (front right) and Dad and sister (not shown) came along to eat pizza and celebrate Bel's 7th Birthday.

I'm currently working on a mini book for Mom for Christmas.  To save money, I used Photoshop Elements collage function to create 2 small photos from a 4x6 print.  It's MUCH cheaper to print 1 4x6 than it is to pay for a 2.5 x 3 wallet!!!!

So that's my storytelling for today!  I'll work on getting the rest of the Pumpkin Patch mini book posted!  Thank you to everyone for all the love and support!!!!  It REALLY helped me worry less.  I spent a lot of the last couple weeks just playing with the kids and talking and laughing and vegging out watching movies with Hubby.  One day, we actually watched 4 movies on TV!  It's been so long since we actually hung out!

I hope all is well with everyone and I hope to do some blog visiting between today and tomorrow!

Hugs,

Mo

Wook Mommy.....

So here is one of my "little monsters"! Gabe is in his Terrible Twos. He's recently had this language EXPLOSION where he went from just two word descriptions to nearly full sentences! It's such an exciting time! Lately, I've just been taken by surprise with what comes outta his mouth!

We were sitting, hanging out the other night watching TV. All of a sudden he says..."Mommy! Mommy! Wook!"

I say "What?" He's pointing at the ceiling.

"Mommy wook! Doughnut! Doughnut!" And I look up again and start screaming with laughter!

Here's what we saw:

Wook. Can you see it? Wook at the ceiling. It's a doughnut!

As challenging as it can be, the Terrible Twos aren't so terrible!