LOL I had to share this pic...

and no there is no gel holding it up or anything lol! It looked like that for about 2hrs after he took his hat off

Done With My First Class and I did the Unthinkable

WOOHOO I am excited! Yesterday was officially my last day of my College Success Online and I passed (of course) lol. Anyway I am happy to finally have this class down and be able to get moving on to the good classes. You know the ones that I am actually going to school for. All in all it was a good class, but I just want to get started with the good stuff.

Besides that I have some other news to share.

Yesterday I did the unthinkable....I took Ashton to get his haircut. I was seriously dreading taking him since well the last time I took him. I always drag out the haircut as long as possible it usually goes something like this. We walk in the door he is fine talks to the lady, she sits him in the chair and then a massive melt down happens. Screaming and throwing a HUGE tantrum seriously as soon as she sits him in the chair. Normally I have to sit in the chair with him and hold him down while the lady cuts his hair as fast as possible and not to mention we have NEVER walked out of the hair dressers with him having straight bangs because of the moving around and throwing a fit the whole time they cut his hair, but yesterday was completely different it was like he was a whole new child! He sat in the chair nicely talked to the lady about what he got for Christmas, his favorite colors, told her what his name was and that he liked her name too (Heather). It was AMAZING!

As I was walking in there I was thinking of a plan on how I was going to hold Ashton down with one arm and hold Jadyn in the other arm while they both tried to wiggle away, just to walk out with everyone starring at me and me in complete embarrassment. 

Nope I walked out with neither child screaming both with a smile on there face eating a sucker for being good oh and he has straight bangs :)

Before The Haircut

After The Haircut

Next up is to try to convince Jadyn to get his haircut I asked him yesterday if he wanted to get his done like brother, but he sounded pretty serious when he said NO! He is almost 2.5 years old and has never had a haircut he has always been such a baldy lol. The trip went so well with Ashton I did not want to ruin it by forcing Jadyn to get his cut (the back trimmed) also (he don't have enough hair yet for a full haircut just alot in the back). 

I will have to share some of his pics from when he was younger just to show you what I mean. He didn't even start growing hair until he was almost 2. Maybe tomorrow I will post a picture of Jadyn when he was a little guy he was such a cute little bald baby.

Wordless Wednesday

My Fine Art of Procrastination

Please tell me there are other mother’s out there that have a pile of laundry like this? I mean come I can’t be the only one right?

Yes this is my fine art of procrastination. I admit I am a procrastinator and this is what happens quite frequently in my house  until I can no longer fit anymore in the baskets (which i think is coming soon from the looks of this picture) and I must go on a laundry folding spree to catch up (just to fall behind again).

However it is clean laundry I just always find myself never finding the time to actually fold it once it is clean. I keep telling myself one day I will be an organized mother that always has the laundry folded and neatly in place but until then this is how it shall remain.

P.S: the scribbles all over the bottom basket are Ashton and Jadyn’s fine work of art.

Losing A Best Friend....Really Hurts

So this last week was a pretty tough week for me :( I lost a best friend that I liked to call Snoopy. She was my first pet I ever owned my dad bought her for me when I was 10 years old. Well this last week she got extremely sick, so we took her to the vet and found out she had diabetes, well they told me she had a 50/50 chance, but with her heart murmur that she was diagnosed with a few years ago would complicate things and they were worried about heart failure and the stress it would put on her with the medicines they had to give her. When we took her in she had lost 20lbs in a matter of days, she was not walking really at all, she had gone pretty much blind, and was throwing up everything she ate, and her sugar was at 500 (norm for dogs I guess is 100). Well they kept her there for a couple nights and was able to get her sugar down and get her all leveled out, but she was still not pulling through she was getting worse. When I went to visit her she was still not eating and at this point she would not even respond when I said her name, like I wasn't even there. She wasn't walking just laying there. She did try to get up to come and see me but she could only take a few steps. So it was then that the vet said that they really did not see any will in her left to live, and that I should consider putting her down. At that point I could not believe what  I was hearing or seeing. She was so miserable and I was faced with the decision to keep trying or if it was just her time to go, as much as I wanted to keep trying to see if she would pull out of it , I had to keep thinking is this what she really wants? or am I just being selfish trying to keep her here? The decision was so tough. Just last week she was running around like the old snoopy I knew and seemed perfectly fine. Ultimately I knew it was best to let her go...I miss her soooo much...She would have been 11 years old this April 9th and I don't even remember a time when she wasn't around. She has been my best friend since I was just a little girl. I never thought that loosing a pet would be so difficult...after all everyone says well "it's just a dog" but to me she was so much more than that. She was my best friend no matter what I said or did and was always there when I was down and out all those years growing up. I just thought she had another few years left and the fact that it all happened so fast I think was what really hurts. The fact that I was not expecting it or prepared for it. So here is a poem that I want to share with everyone. When I read it it is sad but yet at the same time helps me realize I made a good choice and what was best for her. It is called
"The Last Battle"

If it should be that I grow frail and weak,

And pain should keep me from my sleep,

Then will you do what must be done,

For this, the last battle, can't be won.

You will be sad I understand,

But don't let grief then stay your hand,

For on this day, more than the rest,

Your love and friendship must stand the test.

We have had so many happy years,

You wouldn't want me to suffer so.

When the time comes, please, let me go.

Take me to where to my needs they'll tend,

Only, stay with me till the end

And hold me firm and speak to me,

Until my eyes no longer see.

I know in time you will agree,

It is a kindness you do to me.

Although my tail its last has waved,

From pain and suffering I have been saved.

Don't grieve that it must be you,

Who has to decide this thing to do;

We've been so close,we two, these years,

Don't let your heart hold any tears.


In Loving Memory of Snoopy....You were my best friend until the end...Love You & Miss You Girl

April 9, 2000 - January 19 2010

Sneak Peak :)

Hey Everyone! Okay so here is the exciting news :) Well actually probably way more exciting to me than anyone else lol. I am working on moving this blog here over to a self hosted wordpress blog. I am still working on it but wanted to show you all little sneak peak of the design and what I have done so far so check out the screenshot below feel free to let me know what you think.

I am super excited about this lol and I really like how the design is turning out and can't wait to get moved in over there :) Ill let you all know as soon as I do

XOXO
Krista

Where The Heck Have I Been?

That seems to be the question, and obviously it has not been here posting on my blog lol. I feel so overwhelmed right now with EVERYTHING! I started my first class for college on January 7th so that is where ALOT of my time has been going along with the fact that Creative Chic Designs is closed, but I still managed somehow don't know how lol to take on a couple more designs for February. I get antsy to design let's just say and I love doing it for other people, so with having a few week break between this class I am taking and my next one which starts at the end of February I decided I would take on a couple, so those have been placed in the schedule.

The next place I have been is just being a mommy and taking care of the kiddos and with two toddlers believe me they do take time. I don't know if they are just both in the terrible two's or what, but boy oh boy they have been a handful lately. Either they are teamed up against me tearing apart the house or they are fighting because one looking at the other one, or is sitting on the other side of the couch and god forbid that happens!

I have also been spending ALOT of time on the phone getting my financial aid for school finished  (trying to get it finished), and my student adviser doesn't seem to believe in answering her phone or returning emails until two weeks later which has really been putting a hold on things. When I have questions like where do I need to send this information to? and all it takes is a few minutes to send me an email address at least I would think, but I don't hear back from her. Finally I had to call up and someone else got me the information I needed so technically I have never even spoke with this women who is supposed to be my "new student advisor". Now I just wait and see how much they approve me for. I had to get a credit on my account to get my books I needed when all of this should have been done in December. ( I have been calling and emailing her since the middle of December) hopefully things get better. I was told they are swamped right now with the holiday's etc... so I hope they get caught up awfully soon because this is a pain in my butt!

Well those are my thoughts for the day hope to post more often :)

My New Years Goals :)

So what are my New Years Goals?

Goal #1: Reopen Creative Chic Designs
My first goal is to get my other site Creative Chic Designs back up and running I had closed it at the end of the year to get caught up on other things that I had going on and to get everything settled in with college. I really want to have a successful year this year with CCD (creative chic designs) and take on more project each month and expand my services that I offer.

Goal #2: College
To start college and do great :) I am all signed up at Baker College to start on January 7th and I really want to do great, study hard, and get closer to receiving my degree in Web Development.

Goal #3: Loose Weight
To loose 10lbs so I can be back to my pre-baby weight. I am almost there, but it seems that the last 10lbs is the hardest to loose :( but I really hope to do that this year.

Goal #4: Manage My Time Better

So one thing I am horrible at is managing my time. Between running a web design business, going to college, and managing 2 children and  ed (which sometimes seems like a third child lol ) it seems like there is never enough time in a day to do everything. So one thing I aiming for is to really set a schedule stick to it and manage my time better so I can accomplish more things in a day. :)

Well Those Are My New Years Goals :) What are yours? Feel free to share below I would love to hear your goals as well.

Christmas 2009

Wow so I have lots to say :)  I don't even know if I can fit it all in one blog post lol I might have to continue tomorrow it is so late lol :) Well anyway since I have not really blogged since Christmas I'll give everyone an update on how that went. We all had a wonderful Christmas here and I am so thankful for that. The kids got so many gifts I was opening toys, cleaning up boxes, and throwing out wrapping paper and all the little stuff that holds toys together for DAYS! lol. It started on Christmas Eve with visiting there great-grandma's on my dad's side and ended on December 27th after we had come back from lower Michigan opening gifts and visiting family down there, but didn't get it all put away until a couple days ago and I am still trying to get the house picked up seems like a never ending task, but I prepared myself. I learned the very first Christmas we had with Ashton (our oldest) that the whole week after Christmas was mostly trying to get everything back together, organized, and put away so I didn't feel as though I was drowning in new toys and clothes EVERYWHERE.

The boys were so happy when they woke up Christmas morning we heard Ashton at our door saying "Daddy santa came last night" it was so cute and then of course Jadyn repeats everything Ashton says and does so then he had to make sure he let us know also. After we had opened gifts at our house, then we headed next door to my mom and dad's house so they could open there gifts there they got a lot of toys. There fave seems to be these small dinosaurs (that are always everywhere) that my mom and dad had gotten them. Ed and I got a HD Blue-Ray Disc player which I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH ;)

We did have one mishap on Christmas Ed's mother long story short she drinks A LOT and is an alcoholic which is a whole other story  all in it's own, well we told her she had to leave a couple weeks ago well she decided since she knew we would be gone on Christmas Day that she would come into our house with her pathetic friends she's got and take her stuff, even though she was told she is not to step foot on our property. Well anyway that was very frustrating I do not want to go into detail just because believe me it is a LONG story if you don't already know, so lets just say that was one thing that we had go wrong on Christmas, but other than that it went great.

We came home and relaxed, the kids played, dad started putting toys together and I started cleaning. Even though I didn't seem to put a dent in it by the end of the day lol.

I also wanted to share some scrapbook pages I put together of Christmas Day and the kids opening there gifts.I also have a digital scrapbook album that I put together of Christmas day I posted a couple of the pages below :)

Well I should probably head to bed I know this post is kinda jumpy lol, I am super tired and wanted to fill everyone in  a bit on our Christmas, I do have more exciting things to share hopefully soon. Been so busy lately.