Juss Sasha

Black Friday - Giveaway.

Here is a LO of my kids and my mom in Gawga .. from this summer ..

using October Afternoon Report Card ... 

but first let me tell you ..

I updated my blog music .. and still adding I know some of yall be parked over here JAMMIN ..

Donations for an AWESOME cause Oncology Unit Scrapbook Drive is going on at A Million Memoires HERE

but with Black Friday .. MAN MAN MAN ..

-- not only am I scurred to step outside but last year .. remember I had to throw dem bow's over a shirt that looked like a SMEDIUM for this one chick ..

-- so I decided to play it right this year .. and wait until AFTER the rush and go .. I am not looking for TV's and things of that nature we have enough flat screens and regular TV's. Some of which we have to put up in storage since we will have to pay TV tax in England.  "dayum".

-- I am going to the following places now that I am awake: ..

• Old Navy
• Amazon.com
• HSN
• Hobby Lobby
• DSW (shoes)
  

I think that pretty much sums it up .. and I am done .. I am going to go to Target and all the other places on Saturday: ..

• Coach outlet with my additional 20% coupon
• Children's Place outlet store
• Bath and Body for my FAVORITE lip balm (shea butter w/almond oil)
• Footlocker
• New York & Co

Okay so now that we have established that .. I am going to chill until after 1 since everywhere I have to go is in a central location .. Ima do the park and walk method .. I always tend to do the most damage in a Hobby Lobby, DSW, COACH store and Childrens Place .. oh yah Old Navy .. especially when buying clothes for the boys ..

I am so happy I am done with my Christmas shopping .. any shopping I do now and after is honestly for my PCS overseas and the kids .. they are growing so I am buying alot of their clothes BIG .. I have always been that way .. my oldest now 11 is in 14's, Mens Small/Medium tops and he is 5'1 .. so yah and in a MENS 8.5 .. so pray for me and them HEFFAS coming his way already .. so I am buying size 9 shoes, and 16's and so on right now .. 

The winner of the last Free Friday give-away is:

crapamum said...

Absolutely! When I find a blog that I love and find good inspiration I not only become a lurker I become a stalker! ; D

Congrats Andrea MacDonald ... email me at sasha.holloway@ymail.com with your mailing address and I will get your RAK out to you NLT 1 Dec 09. 

Okay so here is the NEXT Give Away ..

2 sheets EACH of the new Home Front Collection by Studio Callico .. tell me it is not the cutest .. if you want to see the sheets go here to 2 peas and get a closer look ..

(PICTURE COPYRIGHT STUDIO CALICO BLOG)

Just tell me where you are shopping or shopped and or even if you choose to sit at home and browse the internet or NOT .. either way .. 2 sheets each of the new Home Front Collection by Studio Calico could be yours ..if you want the other stuff that goes with it .. you can buy that .. but I might throw in the journal cards and matching letter stickers and MORE .. juss cuz ..

LOL. 

Hope you all had a beautiful Thanksgiving .. and to all the Troops out there keep your head up I hope we are ALMOST home WOMEN and MEN .. to my husband that reads my blog .. I LOVE YOU BABY and you will be home in 4 DAYS .. I am so so excited and happy ..

There are Troops deployed all different part abroad not just Iraq and Afghan we are stationed in so many foreign countries and deployed even still to Thailand for that matter .. so keep them in your thoughts .. some of them do not even receive a CARD from family or hear from them ..

Keep your head up Comrads .. I am always PROUD TO SERVE.

holla.

Thankful Day

As I shake my booty to some beats .. I am THANKFUL for so many things ..

I will keep it very lighthearted .. and very short and sweet and to the point ..

- I am thankful for my husband as he prepares for his journey home ..

- I am thankful for my children and their sense of humor and my ability to provide for them

- I am thankful for bra's, panties, shoes and socks ..

- I am thankful for stretch mark cream and cocoa butter

- I am thankful for blueberry poptarts

- I am thankful for scrapbook therapy and retail

- I am thankful for my saving and checking accounts and our careers

- I am thankful for my ability to see the world and my children to experience the same journey

- I am thankful for blogs and the inspirations and laughs they give me

- I am thankful for my friends IRL and ONLINE in and out of the blog world

- I am thankful for tons of things .. but most importantly .. I am thankful for the WOMEN and MEN that are out there defending our freedom on this very day and OTHER DAYS DAILY in danger and non-danger zones that are SCATTERED ABROAD .. THANK YOU for what you do for us .. TO MY COMRADS .. MAKE IT HOME SAFE!

Happy Thanksgiving ..

Beweave It Boo

What it do boo?

How was the weekend? Good Good .. today you have to head to another blog if you want to win a little something special that I have made.

But if you want to win one like the one identical to the one .. yes THAT ONE .. below .. s o before you ask YES I do more than push paper around lolol, then head on over to Veronica Jennings blog and show some love .. if you recall she is a 2009 Memory Makers Master and umm fabulous .. nuff said.

 ..I hope you guys had a fabulous weekend .. the layouts were kept in so you can see the depth of the basket .. a few people out there in blog world have received a basket already from me .. just because or they won a little something .. I took the 2 day (4hr total) class while stationed in Japan .. and have been addicted to making them sense .. I do not wet them, just a simple glue I use, and weave affect.

Do not forget you have to head over to HER blog for a chance to win this custom made basket.

Holla ...

Around The World ..

..blog hop .. has started today .. and I guess I am up next .. so let me tell ya ... before I even get to all that .. remember when I said I had some give-aways coming up .. yah I do .. and I am SO SO happy and elated to be participating in one with Ms. Vee (Veronic Jennings) she was also a Memory Makers Master 

Sneak of something similiar you could possibly  WIN over here next week ..

If you know me, or "follow" my blog .. then you know there is something that I do besides scrapbooking .. and reading .. and .. writing  .. 

so I was quick to jump on that because .. she is not only talented but funny too .. and very down to earth .. so next week .. head on over to her blog for some fab give-aways .. and she has some awesome sponsors .. lined up ..

.. WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME ..

Now some of you are here because you are not aware that you need to start HERE .. Okay so for the Around The World blog hop we had to do 2 things .. take a pic outside the windows of the world and a pic of our space .. well I have different spaces .. so you will get the one .. and the world of the windows showed me this .. 

and  I often wonder why do people love to shoot them ... pondering bren of mine. I mean sure they shit on our cars, they might even get you on the head a time or two .. at least that happen to me when I was in Germany .. totally pissed

.. but at the end of the day .. they are still beautiful creatures .. regardless .. of whatever you may think .. of any animal.

Once again .. you have already seen this before but new to due to the blog hop .. and for those of you that have NO idea .. I travel due to the military and umm not trying to spend or put all my energy in a place that is not my custom built home .. sorry .. some do I DO NOT .. so I make what I do out of my space

.. when we get to England .. I will expand on it .. with my Expedites I ordered and the things I do now .. but until then .. THIS .. is the table I do it on .. and I love the peg board systems I have .. works WONDERS .. and tons of storage options I got while in Japan

.. so it all works.

Okay so now check out this Diva .. and visit her .. if there are kinks in the road of the hop .. just push through it .. if you can ..

 .. folks are always asking me where is my blog roll ..

well it is on the link over there ------> I LOVE THESE GIRLS AND THANGS ..

I HAVE SUMTIN SUMTIN SUPER XCITING TO ANNOUNCE

SEE YOU LATER GATORS ..

Free Friday

Just giving away some stuff .. starting this Friday through the end of December .. check back the Friday after Black Friday .. when I ROB Hobby Lobby of their 50% sale .. one lucky person is going to reap the benefits of that one ... hmm!

and .. oh yah .. I will be giving way some Studio Calico Home Front too .. one Friday ..

So this is up for grabs .. 

 

there is some jillibean up in there too ..

 

I guess I forgot to mention it was the Farm Fresh Collection ... hee hee

 

Just some tidbits .. nothing special ..

Just answer the following ..

.. do you lurk often when you blog hop?

I know I do .. so fun to see all the inspiration out there ..

I guess I will do that random generator thing .. by Monday.  Look for a another blog hop this weekend, like what we did when Pencil Lines turned 3 .. this one is from Shimmel's blog class .. I took it thinking it was something different .. realizing "oh" I dont need this LOLOL .... so I do not do the prompts or even looked at them .. but I do/have met TONS of people .. plus I love Shimmel so no money wasted at all .. but there are tons of ladies in there and tons of blogs to be seen .. so I am apart of the "Around the World blog hop"

xoxo

Day 4

...is pretty good .. I started out kinda groggy ish .. well because I was getting back use to it .. but now I am very energetic and going to bed on time and just relaxed .. when normally I am up late as hell.

Here is a good picture of what the lemonade concoction looks like .. the mixture you can get all the ingredients (Maple B Syrup and Smooth Move Tea) from a nature store .. or online at Amazon.  Fresh lemons ONLY.

If you decide to try it .. good luck .. the mixture below is enough for ONE DAY.

almost time to head to England .. almost December and then in February .. here I come .. I will be 45 min from Cambridge .. (for those of you wondering) ... and hang out with some scap divas I hope .. still awaiting my expedites to get here .. I am so excited .. not opening them though due to the fact that household good are coming and I would HATE for it to get messed up by the movers and stuff.

Stay tuned for a BLOG HOP AROUND THE WORLD .. check back on Friday (tomorrow for a few peeks of what you areg getting for FREE.

Fraternal Layout Twins

and other shiz .. like the lemonade cleanse .. 

I guess it is almost like playing with a Kit but a kit of the same papers .. all the while making them look different but they are still related in some way shaper or form ..

okay I just made that up .. please do not think that I am some kind of scrappalicious thang that wakes up with mojo on the brain .. cuz sometimes I have to walk away

BEFORE I ... lose interest  like I do for a few days - weeks ..

Okay so of course .. I used the Report Card Line from October Afternoon .. and these are the two layouts I cam up with ..using the following formula 1 pic + papers + mojo

.. my crazy self portrait .. 

(click on picture to enlarge)

I used Sketch 161 from Pencil Lines Sketches

High Skool Daze ..

 

  and here is her sister ..

She .. 

Okay .. so I am down to the wire ..and I am  over 60lbs down and I am very excited .. it is amazing how you do not realize how your weight can sneak up on you .. and it is amazing how you still do the correct things and or try and blame health (most of the time) on why you just cannot lose the weight (disclaimer: only for the lazy) ..

well I took a stand .. from P90X, 30 Day Shred and SlimXtreme .. I did it and it worked . .. well because I was committed and dedicated and motivated .. but can you believe .. I still have 20lbs to go .. not to look crack head skernty .. but to be feeling like me again .. with new boobies .. comes a whole new good feeling let me tell ya ..

Okay so I have DONE THIS ALREADY 5 months ago .. so I know it works and I did a good job, until my damn teefus started hurting and realized that my dumb ass was suppose to drink water and or brush my teeth after each lemonade drink LOL. All the acid .. but it helped me realize I had a bad damn tooth .. and ended up a few months later with a damn ROOT CANAL .. and I am grateful ** blink blink ** . . . okay well TODAY embarked Day 2 for me .. and let me tell you .. I think I can do this ..

once you stomach past that salt water FLUSH .. and the SMOOTH move tea .. then umm you are already .. be prepared to have the toilet tattoo'd on your ass cuz umm yah do not start this mess during the weekday at like 1 in the afternoon and then call yourself .. going to run errands .. you are going to be running alright .. to the nearest ditch .. cuz you aint going to make it to the toilet

.. juss saying.

(that is off of the tea and flush alone) ..

If you want to know more about it .. GOOGLE IT .. sorry but I can only talk about it more than once .. I will say this though .. she is what helped me the first time .. she did amazing with her transformation and will to stick it out .. well alright then ..

(be sure to pause my playlist and check out her other days too DRAMATIC)

do you boo .. but dont come blamin me when it do not work .. different strokes for different folks .. I just know that I have 2 weeks and I have to find a cute ass outfit to pick my husband up in ...

so with that being said .. send me some links .. (if yall got any) .. so I can get my shop on .. and yes I love things like Forever 21, Wet Seal .. so you get the drift .. 

NOTE: My husband has not seen my FULL BODY since 17 May 2009 when he headed to Iraq.. the FIRST reveal of me will be at the airport waiting at the end of the escalator trying to hold back the tears .. trying to smile through what I hope will be just pure amazement .. he has always told me I was beautiful, and his everything .. and nothing

was ever wrong with me .. so I am NERVOUS, ANXIOUS .. SCARED .. not because of what he might think .. but because for once I am HAPPY and I am feeling that way .. because I am more afraid of not caring if thinks I did not need to change .. if that makes since .. which let's me know I DID THIS FOR ME!

Bonus October Afternoon Layout seen on October Afternoons Gallery

.. I "love" Kids

Happy Manic Monday .. and be on the look out for My Free Fridays .. starting this week until the end of December .. you will be amazed at what I"might" RAK off.

Later Gators ..

2 Cute

This is one of my favorite layouts I did for the Guest Spot over at October Afternoon .. I was waiting on them to upload it .. and I happen to glance over to the gallery and I see she did already .. soo yayy I get to share it .. this is actually my second post of the day .. so see below for my other post .. about the Studio Calico Kit layouts ....

Using the Report Card Collection ...

2 Cute ..

 

.. I love the color scheme .. and guess what .. from a studio calico kit as well .. I think Oct's kit .. not really sure and I think I got the flower from some place else too hmm ..

Happy Sunday ..

..The Haps ..

and I'll be damned if there aint any ... GOOD GAWJUSS OH MIGHTY

.. it is rare that I just go online and order a bunch of papers without at least trying out ONE first .. well in this particular case .. I had to break my own little rule .. the only MFRs that I order more than one piece of paper from before smelling it .. would be October Afternoon and Sassafras lol ..

so let me introduce you to what the world is already waiting for and for those of you in the dark .. Studio Calico has come out with their own paper line once again .. but this time .. an entire collection .. called the Home Front .. here is a peek of it ..

I just ordered about 6 sheets each from 2peas ..

I will be RAKing off some of this paper soon .. yah you know the Home Front .. I cannot keep all the goodness to myself .. so look out for that ..

I am too amped about that .. and the December Kit that is coming in the mail .. I am ampd about that too .. well hell did you see the add on's .. man I love it all .. here are a few layouts I completed using the November Kit .. I have 5 more to post .. but for now I will leave you with these .. the other 2 I posted on Veterans Day ..

 

 

In other scrappy news .. I have resigned from Label Tulip .. myself and 5 other teammates have walked away .. it was a eery stomachy feeling but the right decision for me at the time .. it is not always easy when you have to tell someone you no longer want to work for them and or pimp them out .. I have no doubt that they will not bounce back on their feet .. we can only hope ... too bad I did not get to work with the girls longer and see Cathy and Cindy's baby flourish more .. they were right up there with Studio Calico, Kenner Road and A Million Memories and oh Scarlet Lime .. but truth be told Noel Mignon Kits .. still .. steal my heart .. anyway ..  so if you have any customer service related questions please contact Jennifer at info@labeltulip.com and she should assist you.

I will be sharing some of my Glitz projects soon and more October Afternoon projects as they post more .. I hope you guys are having a fabulous weekend .. I have to detox my brain this weekend .. I need to relax and take a moment and start back enjoying what I love to do .. and that is just being me .. I am so honored about something coming up in a few weeks too ..

Do you guys make ATC Cards .. I am addicted to just making them random now . . I think I might add some to my Etsy .. but I am not sure .. I know I am going to have some kits in my Etsy .. but other than that 

.. hmmm and I am going to start Free Friday's yall .. so if you are interested brang ya asses back next Friday and see what Ima have up for grabs .. thru the month of December ...

Hold up wait a minute .. let me take this back one minute .. 

Wii is selling Mario Bro 11.14.09 .. I am so so stoked about this ..  I am the Queen B of Super Mario Bros nobody can hold me down .. I saw the previews and OMGosh I am so so excited my kids did not understand why but I think once I get it for them they will .. I have already pre-ordered it and the Strategy Guide on Amazon .. I am just like WOW .. I am so surprised they did not come out with this game when they released the Wii .... maybe that would have been too typical of them ya think?

Hope you are having a BLAST this weekend ..

Happy Veterans Day

Honoring those fallen, past and present and those currently serving .. honoring comrads, friends and veterans alike .. honoring all the SPOUSES as well ...

(PAUSE THE VOLUME ON MY PLAYLIST)

A TRIBUTE TO YOU

and I leave you with these layouts ..(oh and puhleeze believe there are MORE coming) I love this kit this month from Studio Calico .. love it .. 

Almost Six

 

A Humble Hero (Pencil Lines Sketch #159)

 

Enjoy your day off .. I am going to spend the day to myself  . . taking out my micro braids, because I have a get fresh appointment tomorrow ... working on layouts ... and relaxingFunny after having a conversation wtih someone I know .. just a few things they said .. that I agree to disagree with .. is how clean I keep my home and with kids they are not sure how I do it especially being a dual working home .. HMMMM

... I know folks think I am OCD cleanliness .. but I am okay with that .. it does feel good to wake up and the only thing that has to be done in my home is the bare minimum .. I wash dishes as I go, I mop ALOT, I rarely let laundry pile up .. and I just love a clean home .. may be how I was raised or how I was brought up .. but I was not raised in a filthy environment, there were lists, rules, chores, organization and order .. and I guess it stuck with me .. but I can say this .. I am proud that I do not PUSH it on my children .. as it was done to me ..

Even they have chores and responsibilites .. BUT I let them be children .. if they want to play in the living room and leave their cars and toys in their and or where I scrap then SO BE IT .. but they do know that they have to put things back in their place and that mama is not the maid .. they understand that everything has a place .. they understand that .. one day you know what you might have to stay with someone for a while and you have to learn how to take are of things around you .. and when you go to other peoples home you show respect and you show them you know how to be clean and or pick up after yourself .. they have their own bathroom that THEY clean .. and that I go behind them and finish the job ..but in OUR HOME it is the principle ..

We are TWO working parents so we have to have a VERY OILED machine running in this home .. if not we will never see the light of day .. working long hours and then coming home to do WHAT .. CLEAN .. UMM I dont think so .. even those that I know that are sitting at home chillin (from experience) .. I go to their houses and I am like WTF are you doing all day ... seriously .. no excuse ...  and I mean I have seen some candidates that need to be on Clean House .. but that is MY OPINION .... and I am entitled to it .. but do not judge me just because I CHOOSE to clean up, wash clothes, mop my floors, clean my house .. dust and Febreeze it .. and Clean Linen candles and whatever else .. I want

.. I can go on and on .. but you know what .. at the end of the day .. as long as I am HAPPY and I still have a LIFE and not feeling like I am buried under laundry, dirty dishes, homwork, falling over shoes, nasty ass kitchen and bathroom floors UGH, dirty ass toilets and whatever else comes with that .. then I AM OKAY .. and a happy wife is a happy life and a happy mama damn sure aint no drama ..

... HAPPY VETERANS DAY .. .

Feelin Groovy

Like almost Retro like but yet and still I almost put circles on it .. and decided to do some "lines" instead .. what the heck .. does not matter but I love the color of the background paper ..

 

Holiday things that I am just not into .. but I would like to start maybe getting into them .. I mean I do not want to go all my life feeling like I am a scrooge ..

• baking cookies and pies and cakes and shiz
• making scrapbook pages and layouts that are holiday based
• decorating the inside and outside of my home ..
  
• singing carols and drinking pumpkin spice tea
• making homemade gifts and .. and ...
  

UMMM NO NEVERMIND .. I think I am just find with how I do things now .. just not a themed person .. but I do get it if others are .. but maybe ONE day .. I might jump on the bandwagon .. damn .. I am just not FEELING IT .. this year .. or the past 17yrs .. so .. maybe I will step outside of my only having a Christmas Tree  .. and then .. but I move to much for all that .. extra packing and storing and yard sales and all that .. I'll pass ..

I do however .. look forward to moving so that I can have a nice new bathroom, new bed sets, new everything .. well for the stuff I am tired of see'n .. it always seems to find it's way in the trash can .. or me shoving it down a neighbors throat .. LOL

Pampered Chef Question of the Day:  

DO YOU WASH YOUR STONES?.....

I DO .. and I have been told I should not but they

cook just the same and better each time I use them

.. so am I wrong for "washing them"?

Lift Yo-Self ..

see this familiar LO below well it is on the October Afternoon blog today .. using OA Road Map collection .. it is one of my favorites and one of my favorite collections .. of my gal pal Kimberly Brimhall. . . ..

                                                         
                                                                                                                                 

  you would be surprised at what you come up with .. oh wait an almost identical layout ... with maybe a "few" changes ..but that is why I decided to lift myself using their new paper collection Farm Fresh .. you will not see this one on the blog .. sorry.

 

more layouts coming soon using Report Card and Farm Fresh ..

OFF TO add it to my pile of scrapbook pages that need to go in books .. and I do mean PILE .. almost disgusted with myself for letting them just sit in a pile on the shelf in my scrap closet ..  and no books .. What ya got planned for the weekend .. I will do a little bit of scrapping and that is it ..

I am going to make my mom a mini album for Chirstmas .. and I am not a fan of repetition .. so I have to make this one fun .. and funky .. so I might have to blend some Sassafras, Jillibean and October Afternoon together ..

I am in PCS mode .. I have so much little shiz to take care of .. going back overseas is exciting and fun but also a pain in my flat ass .. well because now I have to put my shiz back in storage for another 4 yrs and NOW to DECIDE what goes back .. mind you we just came here a year and a half ago from Japan .. so who's complaining ..

Stay Safe out there  .. my heart and prayers go out to those affected by both tragedies at Ft. Hood and Orlando.