I'm still here....

...well, sort of! My internet has decided that it will only work when it wants to...and those little events are few and far between these days. After spending 50 minutes on hold late Saturday night/early Sunday morning...it appears to be a problem with the signal coming to the house or inside the house. The quickest appointment for a call out was to be Friday the 31st! Seriously!? They expected me to go without internet for a week?!!! Thankfully, it is still hit and miss but of course not really when I need it. When they called on Sunday afternoon to see if it was still not working (it was at that point) DH told them they still needed to come and check it out. When we had a call out almost two years ago, the guy was surprised that we had an old connection box outside the house....we have no idea if this was ever replaced (the guy said he would tell them too) because no one ever came to the door about it or called after that. So, if that has been the cause of our crappy service for the last few months then at least that should be taken care of on Friday.

I have also been absent because my anemia is back with a vengence :( It has really only ever been an issue when I was pregnant (NOT I'M NOT PREGGERS!!!!) and it NEVER got this bad. The iron pills were causing my stomach issues to be worse and didn't seem to be working that well (yes, I know it takes a while but I'm impatient...especially when I feel like crap!) so now I am getting an injection once a week for the next 7 weeks...Thursday will be injection #2. The doctor also had me off work for a week. I am scheduled to be back on Wed the 29th but still can't be on my feet for more than an hour (or less sometimes) so I won't be back until next week. They boys thought it was great that I was off work b/c I could take them to the waterpark and the beach, etc but nope...even that is too much for me :( Damned 34 degree heat!

I did manage to get some scrapping done before I felt really crappy so I am going to try and post my projects later today (if the internet cooperates).

Later!

FOTO Friday at Sisterhood of Scrap

Today is my day to post for FOTO Friday at SOS and I couldn't wait to share these amazing pictures with everyone! More camping pics will be posted on my blog next week :)

Challenge Monday at Sisterhood of Scrap

Part of my duties of being the July Sister at SOS is to provide one of the challenges for Challenge Monday. Last Monday was my day...yes, I know it's Thursday...I've been so busy this week I haven't had time to post on my blog :( I chose a sports themed challenge and it is really fun to see what the other Sisters and forum members have done with it! I would love it if you played along as well! Click here for the details. I would love it if you post a comment with a link to your completed challenge!

This is my layout using My Mind's Eye products:

Canada Day Fireworks

I LOVE fireworks....love the colors and the loud, earth-shaking booms! What I DON'T love however is the chaos, traffic jams, and drunks that go along with them. But Kip and the boys dragged me down to the waterfront to watch the fireworks anyway. I figured I may as well make the most of it and take my camera. I haven't tried to take any fireworks picture with it before and I must say that I am totally impressed! So is Kip.....sorry Canon Rebel digital SLR...it will be a long time before you replace my Fuji S1000fd now :(

Here are the pics from Canada Day...enjoy!

Summer Crop Fun

LPS is hosting an online crop July 17-19 so come on over and join us for some amazing challenges from the DT as well as good conversation and tons of inspiration :)