Pink Ninja Monday

What I am looking forward to this lovely Monday....

I am going to be working on this layout I see in my head that's wants out..I am really inspired by the new Carousel kit..That these lovely girls put together...

While in Colorado I worked on Bella's birthday book from last year..(in the world of Scrap booking don't ever feel bad for being behind) I knew I wanted it to be sweet and pink...So when I saw this kit I new it was going to happen...
This is the cover of my mini book...How can anyone go wrong with doilies and Barbie pins and this yellow ribbon...Yummy ness ....I'll take Two please....

This is it...in all its beautiful, pink scrapbooking glory....The amazing and not little at all..Pink Ninja Addicts Carousel Kit...
Have a wonderful Pink Monday.............

For the Rain.

The Longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude of life.

Attitude, to me ,is more important than facts. It is more important than the past,than education, than money, than circumstances,than success, than failures, than what other people think or say or do.It is more important than appearance , giftedness,or skill.It will make or break a company ...a church...a home.

The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.We cannot change our past.We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable.

The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have,and that is out attitude .....I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me,and 90% how I react to it. And so is with you...we are in charge of our attitude.

by..

Charles Swindoll

The Butterfly Pavilion

The leaves hanging from the top not leaves....
A leaf insect.OK its on the left with a little brown at the end..that's the tail and the middle of that leaf is the body....wow hu....
So pretty...
The Owl Butterfly..
Did someone say lunch?
A perfect little lady butterfly..she looks so royal...or maybe she's a ballerina butterfly...
Hello there sweet mama...OK when she opens her wings she is bright turquoise...I wanna be this one for sure..and she is huge too...so amazing !!!!

Images from my today..

All is well in Boulder..I do love this town and all its beauty..My daughter had the best birthday ever..started of with gifts of Barbie Dolls and a scavenger hunt of little gifts hidden all over town and ended with a dance off..Yes ..an all out dance competition between all of us...it was just how I wanted I to be for her..Silly, fun and full of love and 100% problem free...



My mug....it says

Now repeat after me..I am free to be me..Have a wonderful day...

Happy Birthday Isabella

My little Bella is 7 today..My sweet Bella I hope you know how much I adore you..and How I love just being with you..You are the happiest little girl I know..I love how much you love to craft with me and how you let me dress you up and how you always say...sure I'll try mommy...I am so lucky to have you as my daughter..I cant imagine any part of my life without you..You my little girl are such a gift to our family...
Happy Birthday Bella..mommy and kiffer and Paola and daddy adore you...because you are so perfect in every way...( she wanted to be with her dad today) so here we are in Boulder..

mini-vacation in Boulder Co..

I ended up flying to Boulder instead of driving..long story but that works for me..This is what it looks like as your driving from Denver to this sweet little town..Its so pretty here..I do love this town. It lived here for about 5 years and it was very good to me. I had a baby here met one of my best friends ever here. I started running here and I was introduced to the outdoor life here..My reason for coming was so that my x husband could spend some time with our kids..They miss there dad a- lot so I really wanted them to be with him..It felt important, really important to me. So, here I am...and hey, I do love this town so its a mini vacation too...
Here I am sitting at Pearl Street mall..Its the prettiest outdoor Mall I have visited..Its cold here but there is a-lot of sunshine..
There are all sorts of street merchants here...Like the guy who will heal you of anything..even something you might not know you have...There are massage tables set up outside and hot dog stands and fortune tellers and lots of live music...Its magical here for sure..
Here they are my kids with there dad..Christopher needed his dad ..big time..He was so happy to see him at the airport he cried...I know..sad hu..but the good thing is I am here and there both happy to be with there dad and that's all that should count right now..

Oh yea. Spring is Nigh!

Mr. March

Oh...Dear Mr.March, I heard you were write around the corner. I am happy to welcome you the month of green beer ..I am looking forward to changing my perspective just for you..To make list of the great things coming my way this month..A great class to look forward too...My little girl turning 7..My great friend turning ? not sure but its gonna be Mel's birthday soon..An 18 drive to Boulder with my kids...( I love to drive, in my past life i was a truck driver) please don't tell anyone..My son starting a new program that Is going our change his lives. My oldest starting drivers ED..Oh..The new kit Carousel by the pink Ninjas.(yumminess) reading my girlfriends blogs...love you girls who take the time to share your beautiful souls..I feel so lucky ..I am sitting here in my kitchen its 5:40 am and I was supposed to leave for Boulder right about now but I decided that today needs to be about me and my kiddos running around my house being silly day..so Boulder will have to wait till tomorrow..I am on my third cup of coffee...I am going to start my day by joining my running group for our 11 mile run...(that's were the coffee comes in) and I have new songs on my Ipod ...Oh and yesterday My real mom rang the door bell and shes spend the night here and I so needed that..so my red hair ,green eyed mom is here..( shes English, my dad was Mexican ) ..I will take some pictures and share...I do love that we look so much a like we are just different colors...
So, with that I am off to get my warm clothes on since I think I will be running in the rain this morning...and driving to some location that I will get lost getting too..( hope not ) but I might..Did I mention that my teenage daughter has been such a good girl this week...OK Mr. March I am ready for a wonderful month ....full of creativity...joy..reading and running and being mommy.....bring it on..

Riding with my dad

I really didn't want to go but I am glad I did...My dad asked if I wanted to go on a ride with him and I said yes..so when he came to get me he said shall we go eat first and I said YES..I really didn't want to go on a bike ride..My heart has been feeling heavy and tired..so I was not in the mood..after lunch I asked him if he wanted to shopping next door to REI...(love this store) he said yes ..Finally we looked at each other and said lets just do this you we will both feel better after we do..We get in the car drive to our biking spot and we are off...We had so much fun and I felt so much better..The more I rode the lighter I felt..It was perfect in about 2 hours I was in a completely different place emotionally..Hopeful and just set in what I believe to be true..and that is everything is going to be OK..I need to chill and breathe..
So here I am near the end of our 2 hour ride....Happy me...exercise is the happy drug...

The Headband

The headband...I saw this on Elsie's blog at some point and wanted to try it..First of all for my Birthday last year My girlfriend Carrie gave me the cutest gift wrapped in this material..so it was special to me..I cut out the part I wanted ..and remember that if your material is not in the perfect shape you want you could cut out a circle or a star and that would look so cute..next picked out my headband from (CVS) OK... I backed my flower with Craft Fuse to make it stiff ..I like the way it sits more when its stiff..next I sewed the headband on the flower..Then I backed it with felt and sewed along the lines of the flower..
Taaa Daaa...have fun with this...

A room for Bella..

Her room is finished...I ended up with help from Lina painting two walls pink and one purple...I hung the star lights up behind her bed..I got those at Ikea..On her ceiling are different color pineapple garlands...I got those a couple of years ago at Over The Moon in Los Angeles..

and i added another little garland on the mirror wall..and there you a room for Bella..it feels magical to me..( just a side note she likes it too.but at 2 am everymorning she joins me) sweet.

Weekend Stuff.....

She has now attended her first dance and I think all the preparation was worth it..Maybe its because I am such a girl but I was so excited for her ..The dress was very 1950's and my sister in law did her make up..Thanks D.

I love hot rollers..Mac make up..freeze it hairspray..french manicures..fake eyelashes...it was fun helping her get ready for her first dance...That was the highlight of our weekend..
I really wanted show you this picture of this rainbow ..its huge...and I knew when I saw it it was going to be a great week...

Watch. Listen.

Late Friday night..stuff

I cant believe that's its Friday and that its 4 days since I have looked at my lonely blog..I miss you Mr. blog so here whats going on in my world...First I am amazed that its almost march..I feel like were running on fast forward..I had crazy busy week..First my daughter went to her first formal..It was really exciting to talk to her about her dress and do her hair..My sister in law did her makeup and it was beautiful..I cant believe how fast time goes.My little girl is at formal..Oh.. I let her drive my car too..just on our street and she was pretty good.I mean if the theme is accept she is almost 16 Gloria!! I guess its OK...

So ,last night I took out my paper crafting goodies..I made this layout with the kit from the Pink Ninja addicts kit called Dont get it twisted..go here to look..
I know it simple but its so freaking cute..I thought to myself as I was scrapping this...Gloria why haven't you used yarn to spell words out before...Hello how easy and how cute is that idea...I am sure lots of people have done this but I missed it...OK lets just say... I love it..The kit was adorable.I made a couple heart punches and glue dots ..I did sew the yarn down in some places too...The colors are yummy and Happy..Good stuff..
Here is my self portrait for today..I did it myself as soon as I finished my run so its blurry ..But can you tell I am happy..I had a great run and I've been doing all my marathon training but guess what I only had McDonald's once this month...so that's pretty good for me ..specially if you knew my record...I hope you get to go outside this weekend and have a great Saturday..Oh have you seen the movie couples retreat...if you havent its a super good and funny movie..I recomend it....

Shutter Sisters

The word for the month of February for The one word project over at the Shutter Sisters is Nurture...I love heading over to there blog at the beginning of the month to see if I am going to be able to capture the word they chose in a picture..I was not sure this month ..Nurture is a big word to get in a picture..My 8 year old son was taking pictures from the backseat of the car at whatever we saw on our way to the beach this week and he took this picture..The really cool part was that I didn't know until I downloaded them on the computer..I am so glad I said yes you can use my camera because otherwise I wouldn't have this picture...Nurture what a great word..You should play along it good stuff...oh..I think the one being nurtured in this picture is me...

About the race..

I went to bed way to late on Saturday night and I had to be ready to go at 6:30 am. I am not really good about the nutrition thing so heres what being ready means for Gloria...COFFEE

I get up at 5:30 am and run downstairs and make some coffee..I stand there and just wait..You know eyes closed and telling myself this..

Really Gloria another half martahon..Hmm..I am tired..Hmm..I wanna sleep..I am going to be cold...COFFEE enters my body and then I tell myself this..

Get your Ipod ...lets do this...Shower and wake up and dance in the shower....I love COFFEE..

So there you go its 6 am and I am dancing in the shower and excited to run..excited to get another Medal...

My Dad comes to pick me up and we have more COFFEE ..yes this make 4 or 5 cups for me and way more tha that for my dad...but hey ,I feel great and my stomach is fine and my brain is ON..

We get in the car and drive to our run...now to park..

this is our veiw ..not alot of parking going on..so we parked at least 2 miles away from the starting line..according to me....
We park and hey I need a picture because according to me there wont be anyone to leave my camera with...so I need to get them now...I don't run with my camera anymore so I don't have actual pictures from the race...but It was very hilly and the weather at 8am had to be in the 60s with lots of sunshine.( gotta love San Diego) OK... so I did it in 1:59 and that's fine ..I was happy with that...I thought about a couple things during my run..One FOOD ..yeah I was so hungry..and then I thought about how important it was to take it one day at a time. How important it is to take one step at a time while moving in a forward direction..I just need to enjoy my today..Honestly if I thought about were I would be in 5 years I would probably be wrong in my prediction..so why do that to myself..Instead just be here today ..moving forward ..Its like my race today just keep going and sometimes your tired so you jog..Other times you see the water station ahead and all of you is so happy to walk take your time drink your water pull yourself back together again just to start running again...Life is like that ..I just need to take baby steps when I need to ..run when I can...Jog when I am tired.. Stop when I hurt but I keep moving forward..In a race I need to finish ,I need to go though all the emotions but I don't ever give up on myself ..I just keep moving forward even if I had to walk the whole thing..that's the beauty of race ..it doesn't matter how long it took you ..Honestly its whats in your heart that matters.. That you went out and did your best. .We need to show up for ourselves..thats it..
This is my friend Mike..He ran the race in 1:30...That is so good...
Yeah!!!!! and here he is my dad......Rolling his butt in the street..being super funny...
and the Breakfast of champions..A breakfast burrito and a diet Coke.....oh yeah ..And I will take yellow ribbon for my medal please.... ( I love running)

Happy Valentines Day

Found on a sculpture at Road Runner Sport..
Found in the hand of a cute 6 year old ...
Found at the Botanical Gardens
Found while looking up at the frozen yogurt shop
Found at the edge of a fountain...I hope you had a great day..I did..

I hope to keep spotting these perfect hearts ...

I feel like today was just perfect..

I hope you had a great day too.....

Thanks You ....

My Sweet Hearts...

I havent posted my hearts everyday but here they are...This one of coarse I made...but I love it..Thats my head in the middle ..


Here we go another Gloria made heart ...Ive had a weird week in my head..I can Honestly say that I haven't believed that I have been sad...I was lying to myself..I guess I have been..Yesterday, I drove around and just cried..My crying comes from deep inside I guess..either that or its just there...Are you loving my insight..I don't know what my deal is..I guess having my kids all the time and knowing they need there dad and having him live 18 hours away is sad. I guess knowing life as I knew it.. is gone now..I guess I am scared of the future and what it holds for us. I guess I miss being a wife,Yup. I am going through different levels of sadness and I am or have had a happy life and my heart is generally happy so I am letting myself be sad when it comes but am also letting it go and not hanging on to it...I feel like my being is living in a place were you never know what the weather is going to be like...so some days I need an umbrella and some days I am wearing my cute sunglasses because its so sunny....hmmm..What to do....well I guess just accepting things the way they are..Loving the people around me...Loving my life with my 3 fun kids..I do understand that this is a process and I am in the middle...Which means I am moving forward..(right)

I do love that Chrissy had this great search for hearts ...I loved being on the look out...Thanks Chrissy...I will be celebrating Valentines Day tomorrow at the San Dieugito half Marathon..It starts at 7:30 and since its a hilly run I hope to come in under 2 hours...So that makes me super DE duper Happy...I am telling you exercise is the best way I find happiness and clarity..I will be running with my dad and some great friends too....I hope you have a great LOVE day...if you find your self feeling sad because LOVE day can sometimes do that...go for a long walk outside..Love you and Happy valentines Day..