October 31st!

Happy Halloween! It's finally here...just like Christmas for some of you...today is my day! WOOT WOOT! Can't wait, we literally bought over 1000 pieces of candy. Last night we ran our little Haunted forest again since we made the front cover of the newspaper, we had over 100 visitors last night...and everyone donated! My crazy hubby is out buying more props with those donations! Crazy man! I will be back later tonight with pictures! I am going to get started on my costume right now! Woot woot!

Betty

Almost 35 and my first cavity!

Ok, so I am freaking out! When I was pregnant with Jude I went to the dentist and they discovered my first cavity....ever!! To make matters worst, I was told it was so close to the root that I would be needing a root canal done. Great...pain, I don't like it. I know how is it that I bore children right. So, this discovery was made before I knew I was PG, so we scheduled the root canal for three weeks later. Well, luck me (or so I thought) I found out I was PG and of course my doctor was against it until after the pregnancy because of the drugs or something. So, I went on with this tiny cavity close to my root...that thing spread fast! So one night I am having my favorite snack...popcorn...big mistake! It cracked my tooth! OOOuch! But, again nothing could be done, I wasn't even in pain after the initial crack. Now, I am in pain and now that tooth has to come out and a cap has to be put in place...yikes! Is this pain like labor pain? Will I die from major pain? I am so scared! Nov. 3rd is black day for me...boo hoo boo hoo hoo! Anyone have this done before, can you tell me if its horrible pain? I may just cancel! I know what a chicken, but you don't understand I am such a sissy for pain, especially when it's not necessary! Child birth, well that is necessary...but tooth and mouth pain...now why is that necessary!

Haunted Weekend!

Okay sorry I have been MIA! We had our first run at our Haunted forest. We own an empty lot right next to our home so we turned it into our back yard...but for Halloween we turned it into a Haunted forest for the community. It turned out to be very popular! I helped build it and did the crazy face painting...and I was too scared to go through it! I did and I screamed just like in the B movies, but it was all in good fun! So here are some pics and I hope you enjoy it!

Okay so, here is my son, he was sooo creepy cause he is very thin, tall and just worked this mask perfectly. He would just slowly peep his head and body around corners and just scare everyone...including me!!

See what I mean!

This was my first try at scary face painting, I think I did well!

More scary make-up my daughter Rio, she was a demented doll!

This kid Jessie on of my son's friends really played his part well, he blended into the forest so you just couldn't tell where he was, then he would sneak on the floor to another point and bam! There I would go screaming!

Michael Myers, always a scary situation with him around, and he too was great in his part, walked slow like him, and would just stare at you just creepy!

See there goes Christian sneeking in the background! Just creepy!

So....whatcha think?! We had such a good turn out, and it was just our first weekend! This weekend seeing how it is actually Halloween, I am sure we are going to be bombarded! My husband and the kids are having such a blast! Well, I guess the saying is correct...The family that scares together, stays together! Even my little one was okay with everyone's spooky make-up and all! What a trooper eh?

Hope you all enjoy!

Betty

The Pink Elephant Challenge #38

Recipe Challenge at The Pink Elephant!

The color Black, Hardware, and Distressing!

Here is my creation! I used Mo's Digital Pencil Too's Gothic Girl image. The swirls are from Cuttle bug and I distressed them with my Making Memories sanding block. I used a black felt Queen & Co. flower. The eyelets are from Karen Foster, the metal swirls I unfortunately can't tell you what manufacturer they are from as I bought them in a small bag bundle, a bottle cap and inked it with my Stayz-On to make it black. I then used Diamond Glaze on the bottle cap and once it dried I applied the skull and cross bones by The Cat's Pajamas with Opaque Cotton White Stayz-On! The glitter paper for the "corset lacing" is from Best Creation's Inc. and the fibers are from EK Success! I hope you all like it, I tried to make it different tones of black from dark to grayish on the digi stamp! Happy card making!

Betty

Go Byetta go!

Hello everyone! I have some exciting news...okay so many of you that know me, know that I am diabetic! Ugh! I know. Insulin dependent too! So, I wanna say about two or three months ago, my endo doc suggested a new drug. It is called Byetta! This drug, works with my pancreas, since I am type 2 (which means adult offset) this would help me more than the insulin. Or well not more but would be better in the long run...only two pokes per day instead of every time I eat (which could be up to 6 times a day for a shot in the belly yikes)! So, now I just have to give myself a shot in the belly twice a day, once in the morning before breakfast and one in the eve before dinner! Much better right, that and take metformin, no big deal on the pill! Okay, so here is the cool part...my sugars before this drug were never ever under 300! Can you believe that, no wonder I had complications with pregnancies right!? Jude, was try number 6 for us after heartbreaking miscarriages! Okay, sorry back to Byetta! Now my sugars are always under 140! Woot woot! I feel sooo much better, have less fatigue and have started walking and jogging again. It gets better...Byetta has a side effect...weight loss...true weight loss! WOOT WOOT! and double WOOT! I have lost a total of 31 lbs! Regretfully, I didn't take pics of my before and afters! I thought, with my luck it won't be a side effect on me! I didn't even notice until today, I put on my snow pants cause we were going for a 5 am hike (and it's 27 degrees), I walk out of my room and boom, I tripped! I thought what the heck!? My pants fell down to my ankles and I tripped on them! Is that the coolest or what! I had to weigh myself of course after that, and as I mentioned before I just didn't want to look, or check if it was working cause I thought it wasn't go to work for me in that way! I can't tell you how much better I feel, I know that should have been a dead ringer, but I was in denial! What I guess I had not noticed until recently was that I literally take maybe three to four bites of my food and I am sooo full that I don't finish it ever! That was just not the case for me! I am half Italian and half Hispanic...we loooove food! Carb loaded food too! Now, to be honest there are some really bad downs at times, when I get the other side effects (nausea and dizziness) I get them bad! For the first couple of weeks I thought I was pregnant again! It has been great, it basically did for me what the lap band does...fills you up with little food! Now I know I am going to get to my goal weight, of course I am out of my mind if I think I will be 103 again ever in my life! But I will settle at 125-135! Wish me luck!

Joining The Pink Elephant Challenge!

Hello everyone! I am so super excited to tell you all that I have been honored and asked to be part of the Design Team at The Pink Elephant Challenge! I get to design with those wonderfully creative ladies every week! Yay me! So here is this weeks Challenge and my spin on it. I hope you all enjoy it! And hope you will all hop on over and join in on this week's challenge!

I used this gorgeous stamp from Paper Inspirations. Basic Grey Erie Collection for the designer paper, and Bazzill paper flowers. The rhinestone brads are Karen Foster and the rhinestone swirls are Prima. I really enjoyed making this card, I had pulled that stamp out since October 1st and just hadn't had the chance to use her yet! I hope you enjoyed it and see you all next week!

Betty