Been MIA for way to long!!!!

If it's not one thing, it's another that keeps me from posting (so sorry guys)!!
Well I've been given a nice lil swift kick'n from some of you LOL, so here I am ;)
I've spent the last week with a numb left arm (all the way down to my lil pinky) - now don't laugh, but I seriously thought I was having a heart attack last week (with the numbness - it had me a lil freaked out). I ended up going to the Dr's and they did an EKG, my heart is fine but I have a pinched nerve in my left arm - causing the numbness (not to mention the tendentious - ouch)!
We are in the market for a new car........my stupid car is playing games with me, not wanting to start half the time. Jerry has put lots of work into it, trying to get it fixed....but nothing is working. I just love that car too, but must move onto something else!!
I have some photos of the lil man.....but you'll have to excuse the logo across his face (I know you'll understand ;) These are some that I've taken with the new 85L 1.2 and I just LOVE this lens!!!
This one is my new fav - look at smile!! and just look at how much he's grown!!
(I have like 6 pair of jeans from the Gap - a few are new with tags- and they don't fit him anymore.........I'm looking to sell those if anyone is interested ;)

This one I cropped quite a bit....

Here he's just standing there - hamming it up for me ;)

Getting a lil sassy here....

and oh no buddy......yes, he threw it at me.......

STINKER!!!!!
Just a few more - these were taken with the old 85


and from Valentines.......

These were the lil treat bags he handed out at school!

He is loving school too, BTW ;)
I just can't wait till spring (or warmer weather). I really want to get out and do some more shooting - I really miss it!
Well, that's about all my tired arms can take for one night.....Till next time ;)
Thanks for stop'N by!!!
Tina

Leaving you with a few more ;)
Used the honey action on this one...along with my first texture ;)

and I can't leave without another BNW LOL

Night!!!

Warning

Remember this photo?

Someone stold it and look where it ended up.

In a book being sold at Hobby Lobby {Nationwide}

Yep!!!!
That's why I don't post much anymore - I'm sick of people doing this to me!!!
I would have not known about this, but my friend Jodie spotted it and emailed me to congradulate me. I had no clue as to what she was talking about, so she took some photos to show me.
I am working with a lawyer now to see what can be done about this.

Please just be careful as to where you post your photos. If I were you, I would not post on the scrapbooking/photography site that all of us pretty much started out on (I won't say where - but I think you can guess). Either that or he took the photo from here some how {as the freelance designer of the book states, it was a year and a half ago when he stold the photo and can't recall where he got it from}

Other then that - we are all well :)

Does anyone want to do a holiday card swap this year?
I have ordered lots of cards......way to many LOL!!
I'd love to swap cards with you. LMK if you're interested!!!
Tina

I'm about to get long winded, so grab a hot drink and pull up a chair ;)

First, I will tell you about the font's that I used in the header (because I really don't know where to start). There's only the one that's really a font that I used and that was for the "is" - that's AL Vertigris (sp). The "Beautiful" is word art that came in a SP kit (I believe, from a while back) and the tags.....I will have to look up who made those (sorry, don't know right of hand).

I went in for my appointment to the University of Michigan on the 20th (K and when I made the appointment is was to get the surgery going and all, because the last time I talked to the Dr he said that the tumor would need to be removed) So I met with these 3 Dr's and we talked and they had told me that the surgery wouldn't make my life any better {at this time}, but could certainly make things a lot worse - they didn't want to go up there poking around and that I've prolly had this thing in my brain for the last 20 some years (WHAT??????). Well needless to say I was quite dumbfounded - I was sooooo hoping that when I had the tumor removed that it would make my quality of life better, well they didn't think it would (I think that I should have been the judge of that)! It just makes me wonder why all the sudden they don't want to take it out (as we had previously discussed}.....I guess I need to call and speak to them (because of course I didn't think to ask when I was there). So for now, I'm just living with it and will have to go in for another MRI in the next year and then go back to them with the films.

K- now that I got the boring stuff out of the way.......... WAKE UP LOL! I have some exciting news. Sean had his first day of preschool today, we were both so very excited. He was excited about doing all the fun stuff at school and going out to the playground - I was excited about him getting out into the social world and maybe meeting some new friends, learning new things, bringing me home those cute little projects to hang on the fridge.....plus I LOVE doing up those lil goodie bags for the holidays ;) We had to go in early to hand in some paper work and just hung out in the hallway for a bit (I think this helped my nerves for our parting). I know the day I took him in and signed him up, we went into his class and while talking to his teacher I started to get all teary eyed and thought that the first day of school would be so hard. Well Sean and I talked about the first day of school and I had asked him what I was going to do all day while he was gone - I told him that I would miss him and he told me that he would put kisses in my pockets just in case (I give him kisses to put in his pockets when he goes to my moms - in case he misses me). So we went into class, got his name tag and then I had asked him if he was going to be okay......and he said yes (in a very confident voice) and walked away with the teacher. I started to get a lil sappy at that point but thought oh no buddy, you're not walking away from me without a kiss LOL, so I walked over to him, told him that I loved him, gave him a kiss and walked out the door (he forgot to fill my pockets with kisses - lil stinker). But he had a really good first day at school. He made a friend - a GIRL friend, her name is Jolie and he told her that she could not kiss him (LOL - I told him that it was okay to have girl friends, but they just couldn't kiss him, only mommy could).

I found an awesome lil shoppe today for kids clothes www.Crazy8.com (they are yet another division of Gymboree.....not as if Gymboree and Janie and Jack weren't enough). They have some really cute things....that we just had to have! Isn't this sweater just the cutest?

and we got these:

and this......how cute!!


If you're looking for some really cute ornaments for your tree or for family or even clients, you have to check out www.littlewhimsy.com I got some of these during one of Cariann's Group Buys on ILP and they are soooo awesome. Here are some photos that she took of my tiles (and really they are way better in person)


I did use Jessica D's vintage frame for this and the background is one of my creations - but I love the way they turned out. I just redid my family room in black and cream (I will have to post some photos once I get it all pulled together) and plan on hanging these on my tree. I also had some done with the girls photos and one for A's boyfriends mom - I got a photo of her kissing Taylor on the cheek when we did the homecoming photos and had that photo put on one for her for Christmas.

I also have a few photos to share.......bout time I put the new camera to use hu ;)







Well, I hope that I didn't bore you to much ;) I know I'm tired now LOL (seriously - it's been such a long day) I'm headed off to bed~ Night!!

Know of anyone who could build me a site......I'm looking for someone!!!

Do you know of anyone? I would need it to be able to host all my stuff and be able to use zen cart (I think that's what it is). I have no clue about HTML and all that good stuff - It's Greek to me LOL and I need some major help.
If you have anyone that you think could do this, Please email me at tinaslilcreations@yahoo.com

Thanks,
Tina

Trick R Treat :)

I hope that everyone had a spooktacular Halloween!!!
I ended up with a lil bug, made me feel a lil poopy. Ashlee took Sean trick r treating for me (what a lil sweetie - thanks Ash)!!!
Sean had a wonderful time with his big sis. I sat at home and passed out the lil treat bags Sean and I put together a few weeks ago along with Hi-C juice boxes!
It was a lot of fun for me...I love seeing little ones all dressed up and excited about Halloween, and when they say trick r treat.....it's just so stink'n cute!!!

I got the results back from my last MRI and NOTHING has changed, but I didn't really expect that it would with only a 10% chance.....but there was always that hope!
I am going back to the university of Mi on the 20th for my preop and all that good stuff. I'm still not quite sure when the procedure will take place, but will keep you all updated!!!



This is one of my Favs.


Some goodies from the Great Pumpkin ;)

Nope, my fingers are not broken ;)

If that were the case, I'd be in some big trouble now wouldn't I (he he he ;)
There have been so many days I had thought about posting, just never got around to doing do so and then there have been days I had thought about just shutting it down -but don't know if I could ever really do that KWIM? I don't know that anyone really comes here anymore, so if I'm talking to myself (and really that's nothing new LOL) that's okay!
Let's see, it's been almost a month since my last post.....what's new in my world?
Well first thing.....I went in Sarurday for my last MRI (for a while anyway - THANK GOD)!!! I won't know anything prolly till the end of the week - I don't think anything has changed with the tumor, but only time will tell. I'm waiting to hear back about my pre-op date, things are starting to feel so real again. There are days that I forget that I even have a tumor and then there are the days that the tumor won't let me forget it's there. Just praying that once surgery is all said and done that my qualit of life is TONS better!!!

I got the 5D.
Nicole went to her homecoming,
Ashlee went to her homecoming,
We are in the works of redoing our bathroom (replacing the bathtub and all),
Sean got a new loft bed that's really cool - I'll have to take a photo and post it,
I got a dozen red roses from J on sweetest day and 3 pink from Ashlee - also got a lil gift from Mike Fulton (of TriCoast Photography) that very same day, he is one AMAZING photographer WOW, he's a sweet guy too!!!
I got highlights for the first time (and nope no photos of that - no way)!!!
Took Sean along with my SIL Michelle and lil Miah to ChuckECheest - that was a blast.
I have been super busy with my lil creations as well - working on some new baby templates now ;)
That's about it....so onto a few photos. I haven't taken to many the past month, you'd think with getting a new camera that I'd be a shooting mad woman.....but I'm kinda in a funk, so these are not the greatest...but they are what they are ;)


Ashlee and Taylor} Homecoming


Nicole all dolled up for homecoming}

and just a few of Sean from the other day}





That's all for now:)
I've got a little voice inside my head telling me it's time to go to bed!
Thanks for stopping by,
Hugs
Tina