Picture pages Picture pages..(time to get the crayons and the pencils)

Okay, It has been far too long since I have blogged and even longer since been in my scrap room. Total neglect, I know. I have been super busy. It tends to get that way around the holidays. Hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving! I did. Me and Michelle decided this year, instead of us cooking the entire Thanksgiving dinner for our family, we would combine our efforts and split the work and all eat together.

It was a lot of fun and as you can see my neice Paige, Peyton and Michelle's neice, Taylor had fun too!

Peyton posing for the camera! Gotta love this kid!!

Ok, am I crazy scrapbook lady or does it look like her hands are forming a heart?

This picture alone makes me realize how much I need to scrap! Seriously.

And of course the tree must go up right after Thanksgiving! Peyton helped a lot this year with trimming the tree. My mom has passed down a family tradition to me to buy an ornament every year for Peyton (I usually end up buying two or three). My mom still buys me one! It was a very special thing to see her put up all of her ornaments and there was a ton for someone who has only been around for 5 Christmas..um..es?? Is that right? Ha. I also braved Black Friday and extremely surpised by the fact that I only spent $100. That is a first.

Well Survivor is about to start so I must go attend to Must See TV! I promise I will try to be around more! (Famous last words, I know)

My sweet little princess

I adore my daughter. I think she is the most fabulous thing that has ever happened to me. How fitting for her to be a princess for Halloween. I just want to show off her beauty today. Sometimes that beauty blows me away. Hope everyone has a safe a wonderful Halloween.

The best weekend evah!!!

I am so happy to say that I am finally posting on my blog from home and not work!! I am sure I will now be able to get a lot more done daily :) I finally got the internet at home and boy is it fast! I really wasn't sure if I was going to be happy because it is so super fast at work and it is hard to get on another computer and wait and wait. So bonus.

I also got to spend Friday night in Brown County in a cabin with my best friends. If you are not from Indiana then Brown County does not mean that much to you, but if you been there you would know how cool a cabin in the middle of nowhere in Brown County is. It was Michelle and Cory's 5th anniversary and they rented this phat cabin. It is three stories high with a spiral staircase that went from the bottom floor to the top. The top floor was a loft for the kids with toys, bean bags and about 30 movies.

Saturday, I got digital cable again and bought a Chevy Blazer from Trav's brother that is sweet. It has a remote start, alarm, super cool stereo with a remote! It's like nothing I have ever had. It feels good to be able to finally feel "comfortable" without so many money worries.
Sat. night my sister Lisa took Peyton for the night and me and Travis took his brother (it was his birthday) to a local mexican restaurant and drank a pitcher of margaritas and then went to watch "Waiting" it was really silly funny.

Monday, we had to work but it was our yearly Talent show, so we hung out at the Hilton laughing our asses off at all the people who thought they could sing. Then I got home to finally having the internet at home! Bitchin'!!!

So needless to say, I am having a great week :)

Can I tell you how much I love my friend Jen?

Girl,

You are such an inspiration and an amazing lady. I can not thank you enough for this. It is as beautiful as Peyton! I have been so lucky to meet you on 2Peas and feel like you are a IRL friend. I don't think of you as some unknown person out there in computer land, I think of you as a sweet, funny, smart and very talented friend of mine. I hope this is a friendship that can last a lifetime. I can not wait to be able to show this to Peyton. She is going to be so happy and she will LOVE the flowers. I will be sure to have her "Thank you" in her own way. Thank you again and have a wonderful day. Luv you :)

Ohh, the influence I have on my daughter...

Yes, I have a passion to scrap and yes I love to be creative and have always been a little "artsy". Did I think this would rub off on my daughter, well yes. Did I think that by the age of 4 she would to to scrap as much as me, not really. This girl cracks me up. She does have her own scrapbook now and she loves to stamp in it and color in it and even cut (with kids sissors, of course) and paste paper onto it. I love it, it is so stinkin' cute. Yesterday, she brought me a picture that she colored and there was some jolee's halloween stickers at the bottom of the paper and she actually took Travis' golf tee and poked it thru the paper where the girl's necklace was, as if it was a brad. Can you believe this little girl?? I about died. She picks up on so much, I truely believe that she will be an artist....or an actress (because she if very dramatic)...or, you know what, I believe this girl could be the first woman president! And I am not just saying this because I am her mom, well, ok maybe I am :)

Lyrics to Memory Lane from Elliott Smith.

memory lane

this is the place
you'll end up when
you lose the chase
where you’re dragged against your will
from a basement on the hill
and all anybody knows is
you're not like them
and they kick you in the head
and send you back to bed
isolation pulled you pass a tunnel to a
bright world where you can make a place to stay
but everybody's scared of this place
they're staying away
your little house on memory lane
the mayor's name is fear
his force patrols the pier
from a mountain of cliche
that advances everyday
the doctor spoke a cloud
he rained out loud
you’ll keep your doors and windows shut
and swear you'll
never show a soul again
but isolation pushes you ‘til every muscle aches
down the only road it ever takes
but everybody's scared of this place
they're staying away
your little house on memory lane
if it's your decision
to be open about yourself
be careful or else
be careful or else
uncomfortable apart
it's all written on my chart
and i take what's given to me
most cooperatively
i do what people say
and lie in bed all day
absolutely horrified
i hope you're satisfied
isolation pushes past self hatred, guilt and shame
to a place where suffering is just a game
but everybodys scared of this place
they're staying away
your little house on memory lane
your little house on memory lane


Don't really know why I am posting this, but I love this song and it does contain the tittle of my blog! Does anyone know how I can put this song on my blog? I don't even know if it is possible. I am ready for a little change! Have a good day y'all

My best friend has a blog now

I am so happy that Michelle decided to start a blog so I am going to take this opportunity to tell her how much I love her and what she means to me. So here goes....Dear Chelle, We have been best friends for 17 years and that in it self says a lot about our friendship!! We have been there for each other thru all the joys and all the heartaches and even all the "fights" where we swore that we would never speak again (which never lasted longer than a week)You are the godmother to my precious baby girl (I know, I know, she is not a baby anymore)and have treated her as if she was your own. Needless to say, we have had a lot go on in our lives and we have stuck by each other thru it all without hesitation. When the house came up for sale right next door to you it was like a dream come true, in fact it was one of our "fantasies" as kids and I never in a million years thought that it would be possible, I am so glad that it was. If it was not for you and my mom I would not have been able to make it thru the whole "single mom" thing. It was you who helped me realize that even if Adam was not going to be around, that you would and that I was very much capable of doing it on my own, and you were right! Anyway, I'll get to my point. After all these years and after living right next door and seeing you almost every day, it still amazes me that we always have something to talk about and even when we don't it is always a "comfortable silence" That to me is like having a "soul mate" now I know that Cory is your soul mate and Travis is mine, but I mean a different kind. Sure, you are like a sister, and my family is your family (and vice versa) but you are so much more than that. And I just want you to know that I do appreciate you and I am so lucky to have a friend like you. Thank you for everything girlie, YOU ROCK! Love ya :)

I have a new love....

The Sims!!! I can not believe how fun this game is. I have spent most of today at work thinking about what I am going to do with them tonight. Crazy, huh?? I made my first family like my own, except I didn't realize that they have to "get to know each other" before the mom and dad can sleep in the same bed ((and I can understand why))Travis makes the comment last night "He don't look like me" Well....they don't have your exact body type in there, duh. Silly boy.

In some other news, a friend of mine gave me a box full of scrap stuff that she does not want anymore. I guess she is giving up the hobby (I know, what's wrong with her) Oh Well, I got some cool stuff so I'm happy :).

And that is about it today, sad I know!

A birthday present for Meggers ((and me))

I am so super happy to say that Fiona Apple's new CD is finally coming out!!!! Thank God. I feel like I have been waiting for this CD for evah!!! ((it has been 2 yrs)) Here it is for ya.... http://www.fiona-apple.com/em/pressrelease.html

I posted this for Meg too because I know she is also a fan and today is her birthday..Happy Birthday Meghan honey. Also here is another glimpse of your tag. Hope you have a wonderful day!!! Love ya.

Happy Birthday Kristi!!

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Kristi! Happy Birthday to you!!!!!!! Hope you enjoy your day sweetie.

I got the pleasure of seeing Cold Play on Friday night and let me tell you, I have seen a ton of concerts in my day, but this one has got to be somewhere at the top of my list. I say "somewhere" because I have seen so many good concerts that it is really hard to say which one was better. This is a pic of them on Friday night, isn't Chris Martin just so dreamy? :) . Anyway..the thought of "top of my list" brings up some very good questions to ask myself. How would I rate the concerts (that I remember) that I have been to. Some of my "for sure" top shows are..Pink Floyd, Roger Waters (without Pink Floyd), Dave Matthews (of course), Smashing Pumpkins (before they hit big), Jimmy Buffett (well, because it is so damn fun), Prince and now Cold Play. Ok, I guess I should also add the "Smokin' Grooves" tour I went to..see what I am saying? I can't stop. I really want to sit down and make the list and maybe even scrap it. I just don't know if I will ever be able to finish the list ;) I guess I should think of it as a good thing that I have had the opportunity to see so many good shows. I just wish that I was smart enough to journal it all before I started scrappin', ya know?

I am just so sad.

I don't really know why, but the last few days just about everything has made me want to cry. I know that I am PMSing but I usually don't get like this. Seriously, everything makes me cry. Has anyone ever gone thru this? I cried like a little baby yesterday and really for no reason. I just feel....sad. Hopefully I'll feel better later. I have to work tomorrow so maybe knowing that I don't really have a "weekend" to look forward to is making it worse. Who knows. I want to scrap tonight, so I need to cheer up so that everything doesn't turn out black and dreary, ya know?

Copying a copycat :)

So today I think I'll copy something Jen copied off someone else. How fun ;)

1. When was the last time you went to the bathroom outside? At the Jimmy Buffet concert and I have to admit it was my first time peeing outside. It was kinda funny cause all of us did it in a full parking lot, but damn it I had to go and the gates were not open yet (Beer has that effect)
2. When was the last time you saw one of your parents? Sunday. Me and my mom are super close..my dad passed away 6 yrs ago :(
3. Which family member do you most resemble? My little sister..when we were younger, people always assumed we were twins (only 15 mos apart)
4. Do you wear cologne/perfume? Yes, Estee Lauder Pleasures (told ya Jen) or Cool Water for women
5. Do you wear deodorant? Yes..strong enough for a man but made for a woman.
6. Do you 'clean up nice'? I like to think I do.
7. When was the last time you tripped and fell?Earlier this week I tripped over one of Peyton's toys (but the fall was onto her bed, does that count?)
8. Where was the last place you slept besides your home? At the cabin me and my girlfriends stayed in back in May. I usually can not sleep anywhere but home (unless I am camping)
9. What are you listening to right now? Norah Jones
10. Have you ever started an uncontrollable fire? Ummm..not really. When I was like 14 I got into trouble because me and a few friends here spraying a apartment building's carpet with hairspray (you know in cool designs) and lighting them. They called the cops on us..oops
11. Ever run out of gas on the road? Too many times. IT SUCKS.
12. Would you rather cut the grass or rake the leaves? I don't do either, but I would have to say Cut the grass with a nice cold beer in my hand.
13. Your name spelled backwards. asinna (Wow that was harder than I thought)
14. What is the last thing you downloaded onto your computer? A Lemmony Snicketts game for Peyton.
15. Last time you swam in a pool. Last week sometime.
16. Have you ever been in a school play? Oh No, I am waaay too shy to do that.
17. How many kids do you want? Well I have one and I wouldn't mind having just one more.
18. Type of music you dislike most? Country. I grew up on it and now as an adult it makes me too sad to listen to it because of my dad.
19. Are you registered to vote? Sadly no.
20. Do you have cable? Yes, I think I would die without it.
21. Ever prank call anybody? I didn't do..nobody saw me do it and you can't prove anything ;)
22. Best friends? Travis (my boyfriend), Michelle, Carey and Erik.
23. Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving? I'm a chicken, so I think I would try but not acutally go thru with it.
24. Do you have a garden? No, but would love to have one someday.
25. What's your favorite comic strip? Far Side
26. Bath or Shower, morning or night? Shower usually at night because I have to get two people ready way too early in the morning and my hair takes FOREVER to dry even when using the blow dryer.
27. Best movie you've seen in the past month? That's a tough one. It's between Wedding Crashers and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory....Wedding Crashers was so funny, so I chose it, I guess.
28. Favorite pizza topping? I like sausage and mushroom but not everyone does, so I usually settle for pepperoni.
29. Chips or popcorn? Popcorn (I get that from my mom)
30. What color lipstick do you usually wear? Red Wine, but usually I wear lip gloss.
31. Have you ever smoked peanut shells? I NEVER INHALED ;)
32. Orange Juice or apple? Apple
33. Favorite type of chocolate bar? Heath..yummy
34. When was the last time you voted at the polls? I voted for someone's cute kid the other day on 2 Peas.
35. Last time you ate a homegrown tomato? Not since last summer (shame on me)
36. Are you a good cook? Yep. I haven't had any complaints.
37. Ever order anything from an infomercial? No, but my best friend Michelle is infamous for this.
38. Sprite or 7-up? Sprite.
39. Have you ever had to wear a uniform to work? Yes, my first job was at Red Lobster when I was 15.
40. Ever thrown up in public? On my senior year I had a really bad hangover and I was at the mall with my boyfriend and I had to run to the bathroom and throw up (does that count in public)
41. Would you prefer being a millionaire or find true love? TRUE LOVE (who has money j/k)
42. Do you believe in love at first sight? I like to think I do, but I have never expierenced it.
43. Can ex's be friends? Yeah, if you are faking it.
44. Who was the last person you visited in a hospital? My friend Shannon who is still in the hospital.
45. Did you have a lot of hair as a baby? Like my daughter, my mom and dad called me Shirley Temple...so yeah.
46. What message is on your answering machine? Me telling Peyton to say we are not there and she instead says "OK" and then "Bye Bye"

Wow, that was long. But hey, stuff you don't think to tell people about yourself.

Kill Reality

Yes, my name is Annisa and I am a reality TV junkie. This show could be the best reality show evah. It started out as a horror movie with reality TV stars as the actors and turned into it's own reality show. It is some pretty funny shit. Other than the fact that it has all of the sluty girls and the crazy guys in one house, you also have these people who can't act pretending like they can. One thing I thought was completely crazy is that Tonya (from the Real World Chicago) has slept with Johnny Fairplay (from Survivor) and she actually said she was attracted to him. Ewww, look at this guy, he is fugly!
And if you have not seen him on Survivor, he actually had his friend come on and say his grandmother died! What a loser. At one point, Tonya got really drunk and started hanging out of their bedroom window (several floors up) and kept telling Johnny Fairplay she was going to jump, he kept pulling at her to get back in and then she says "Will you marry me?" and he had to say "yes" to get her to come out of the window. And the sleeze has a boyfriend. I think she has literally slept with every reality TV star out there. The scary thing is Treshelle (From Real World Vegas) is there too and we have yet to really see her sluty ways in action yet. I can not wait until next week. So if you are also a reality TV junkie..please post here :)

My baby is growing up

Well, yesterday my little tiny baby turned 4. I can not believe that she is already talking and acting like a little person. It seems like just yesterday I was holding her (all 4 lbs. 7 oz. of her) in my arms and rocking her to sleep. Now she has no fear and wants to try and do everything "by herself" Next year she even goes to school, now how freakin scary is that?
Me and my best friend took her to her very first movie at a movie theatre. She has been to the drive in several times but this was the first time she got to experience the big screen and the loud speakers. She wanted to see "Charlie in the Chocolate Factory" really bad because the original is one of her favorite movies (at the time). She absolutely loved it. I spent a majority of the movie just watching her. She was in awe and every few min. you would hear her whisper "wow" She was so drawn into the movie that she didn't even eat her M&M's until the movie was almost over (so you know she really had to be diggin it) I was so proud that she was so good and enjoyed herself, but it is also a little sad to know that she is not a baby anymore and I will never be able to go back to just holding her in my arms and rocking her to sleep. But then again, I have so much more things to look forward to with her. To this day I still call my mom "mommy" so I have a feeling that it will be the same with us two.
I also got to go see "Wedding Crashers" with my boyfriend. It was a very funny movie. If you like any of their other movies, GO SEE IT! The cameo is great :)

Who knew that vandalism could almost kill someone?

I have not posted in a while because my coworker (and friend) is in the hospital and has been since last Monday. It all started with a page late Sunday night. She tells me that she can't keep anything down, has a very high fever and a boil the size of her fist. The next thing I hear about this is an email from her husband saying that she was in critical care at the hospital. What???!!! Are you kidding me?? What the hell could have happened?? We finally get a hold of her husband to find out what went wrong and he tells us that the boil busted and so they took her to the hospital and there they found gangrene and they had an emergency surgery to remove it. We hear this and me, another supervisor and our manager go directly to see her in the hospital. She looks bad and it scared the hell out of me. She just turned 30 (like me) and goes to see her doctor regularly, I just didn't understand. Her brother tells us that they will have to do another surgery to find out if there is any gangrene left but he also says that it could cause ostomy (becuase of where it is) or even death. Which scared me even more. A few days later they did the other surgery and said that there was not much gangrene tissue left but they were still worried about any infections that it can cause (with the open wound) so she is staying for at least 4 months. What gets me is that I just found out today that a few weeks ago someone busted all of her windows out in her van (which I already knew about) and she sat on a piece of glass and didn't know that it was there and this is what caused this whole mess. Can you believe that??!! I am so freakin' mad because she could have DIED and there is still a possibility. It makes you realize that everyone should think about thier actions before going thru with anything. We think that a former employee could have done this and I just want to hunt her down and kick her ass!!! The funny thing is that my friend is doing well and still has her sense of humor (she is a very strong lady) and she told me that I have to save the ass kickin for her to do when she gets out!! I will grant her wish ;)

I got to tell you what a state I'm in, I've got to tell you in my loudest tone

..that I started looking for a warning sign ((singing to myself)) I am just to freakin' excited to get to say that I just got my ticket to Cold Play in Aug. My darling best friend Michelle, got us both tickets. I am so stinkin' happy that I could just kiss her right now!!! My boyfriend got me and Michelle tickets to see Jack Johnson and so she decided to get Cold Play for us too. What a sweetheart! It was a great way to end a great weekend! I also go to play Texas Hold em for the first time and I got 3rd and won all my money back..I guess that's not too shabby. I was not really wanting to spend any money but it was a friend Carey's 30th Birthday Party and her entire family is basically my family (actually they are all more like friends to me than bitchy family) so I had to play because I knew it would be a ton of fun. Being that I was quite drunk and smoked a little too much I was quite proud of myself! Ok, I am off to day dream about Chris Martin!!

Does it seem wierd?

Ok people, I am using Elliott Smith's picture instead of my own because I post from work. I have some work to do on my computer at home and I don't have a scanner or a digital camera. I will try to get a pic emailed from my best friend to use for my blog. I love Elliott Smith. His music speaks to me like no other. I really want to encourage anyone who has never heard his music before to go out there and find some and fall in love with him like I did!

Big Brother, Where art thou?

Ok, for the past two weeks I have checked CBS.com to see if they have posted the new houseguest for this year's Big Brother, well guess what...today is the day! I know it sounds freaky but I LOVE this show, almost as much as I love Survivor. My best friend (since the 8th grade) lives right next door to me, so for us to have something to watch three times a week it is like getting the perfect present for your birthday. It feels oh so right. Ok enough of reality TV and on to my night last night. I finally got a chance to go see my friends Erik and Tonya's new baby, Erika Danielle. She is so sweet.
Peyton Loved her too! I also stayed up too late again last night watching "Lost" This show is CRAZY. There is always something very strange going on. I couldn't help it, I had to watch the whole show. Ok, enough of my boring talk today, off to work.

I will get plenty of sleep...when I die

I spent most of my early adulthood staying out all night and getting just hours of sleep. It never bothered me. I must be getting old because now I can go to bed early and if I don't sleep like a baby all night I wake up the next day feeling like I have stayed out all night partying. Last night my 4 year old daughter wakes up at like 3am after having an accident, no big deal except that it took until about 4:30 to get back to good sleep and my alarm goes off at 5:30. So needless to say, I am tired and I am tired of being tired. I feel like I work all day, pick up Peyton, go home make dinner, do dishes, eat dinner, give Peyton a bath, get her ready for bed and then it is almost time for me to get to bed (after a little scrapping, of course) When will I ever feel like I have had a good nights sleep? I know I am just rambling but that is because damn it I am tired.