Go Kimmie, Go Kimmie...

It's your birthday, not a holiday or a weekday, so shake your booty cause its your birthday!!!

I finally got a J.O.B.!!!

I'm so excited. I had a second interview today and she told me that she would be making a formal offer this afternoon! Woohoo!!! I'll be starting on Monday! And working in Center City, which I love!!! I'll be recruiting again, so I'm sure I'll have lots of stories to share.

Ciao!

The weekend...

Spent Friday finishing up my craft room. I love it!!! Will post pics soon. Spent Saturday at MLPA cropping. It felt so good to be working on stuff again and seeing friends that I haven't seen in a while. Many laughs!!! Sunday, Steph and I took a sewing class at Spool on South St. We are making a tote and I picked out the cutest Amy Butler fabric. Will post pics when its done. I've always wanted to learn how to sew because my Grandmother and her sisters were seamstresses and I never learned how to sew!!! Terrible, I know. Spent the rest of the day at home with the fam. Then Krissy and I started to get our drink on and got drunky enough for me to break out the rollerblades and have Krissy pull me around the neighborhood on a scooter! I nearly peed my pants!!! It was insane!

It's been a week since I blogged!!!

Holy cow! Time flies! I'll give a real brief recap to catch myself up...

Friday: met Rollie at IKEA so I could get the much coveted Expedit bookshelf! So excited!!! Went for drinks with Krissy and G on Friday night.

Saturday: G helped me put the bookcase together in just an hours time! Then I started the task of finally unpacking my scrap supplies...still not done. :(

Sunday: Celebrated our parents 40th wedding anniversary. We all went to dinner and had so much fun.

Monday: spent the day with a "friend" helping him pick out electrical supplies for his basement redo. Poor thing was like a deer in headlights at Lowes. hehehe

Tuesday - Thursday: worked with G painting houses! Extremely hard work and every single muscle in my body hurts, but it was lots of fun. Especially when I was on top of the ladder dancing and singing into the brush!

TODAY: Staying home and continuing to unpack my supplies. Big crop tomorrow at MLPA. Looking forward to seeing some old friends.

Enjoy the weekend!!!

Ciao.

Thursday Art

Doing a weekly challenge with Steph, Beth and Chrissy. This is just a small canvas with acrylic paint and pencil crayons. I'm going to hang it in my bathroom as a daily reminder to breathe.

I finally feel like I'm breathing again so I wanted to make this so I would have a reminder to continue to do so.

Ciao.

You can take the girl outta Jersey, but...

you can never totally take the Jersey outta the girl!

The first nice Saturday we had I told Gina to pack the kids up cause we were heading down the shore for the day!!! We had so much fun and it was so good to be on the beach. The kids acted like it was the first time they had ever been to the beach...too funny! They ran around, played in the sand and splashed in the water...okay, so I did too!

Seriously, I think the best part of being back in Jersey is quick access to the beach!

We took the kids out to lunch after the beach and there was a man there that Gracie totally thought was Santa. The waitress told him and he asked her to get their names. When he was down eating he came over to the table to say hi to them! They both just about died! It was hilarious!!!

Here are some more shots of the day:

Look at those chunky thighs!!!

Aidan in the water and sand!
Me & the kids at the beach!

Ciao!

Totally...

loving this weather!!! OMG! It is so beautiful here in sunny NJ! I have been walking/running everyday and yesterday I even challenged the neighborhood kids in a game of P I G! Guess who was competitive and didn't let any of the kids take do overs!!! I am truly awful!!!

Last night my brother and his new fiancee came over for dinner. So happy to be adding another sister to my life! And excited to have some goodness to focus on.

I bought playing cards today and plan on making some little art...ala Kal! I'll even post them as I make them...that will be a first.

Ciao.

Inspired!

I am so totally inspired from my weekend in North Carolina! I needed this trip so badly. I've been in a funk in so many ways, but especially with my creativity. I think this weekend changed that! I can't wait to get my room set up so that I can start creating freely again.

I loved every single class...even the one I cut! I honestly took something away from each class that I know I will use going forward.

I had fun with old friends (Steph, Rollie and PattiE) and fun with some new friends! Shouts out to BETH and Chrissy...loved you guys! It was fun seeing Donna & Ali again and meeting some of the other people I admire...Kal, Claudine, Heather, etc.

Ciao!