I Want It All...

Emily has been watching High School Musical 2 lately...apparently it's better than the first movie. ;) Although she is more of the Gabriella type, I'm more likely to hear Sharpay's songs over and over again..."I want it all" being one of them. As I listen I hear the words of a spoiled little brat yet I realize, I want it all too! I mean, I guess we all do. For me it's not about money and fame, it's about the ability to do it all. I want to wake up in the morning with enough energy to get through the day. I want to make sure my kids are happy and healthy. I want to have enough time to be the Class Mom and Brownie leader, PTO member and newsletter writer. I want to be an edgy, combat boot wearing Martha Stewart! I want to finish the 100 things I need to do in my house and the 100 scrapbooking projects that are unfinished (or not even started). Sadly, we can want it all but only have, well, some of it. ;)

Although I wasn't able to post last week, I actually worked on something! Frank turned 40 so I made him a "40 Things We Love About You" box! This is one of those gifts that you can make for anyone and it can be as easy or as complicated as you want to make it. It had 40 different pieces of paper, each containing a reason we love him. Some were from me, some from Emily and Liam...even some from the dog! Emily designed some of the paper and the inside/top of the box. It was fun to do and even more fun when he opened it...

Today I'm continuing to work on some gifts for some of my friends. Back in March I participated in a "I'll make something for you" Facebook gift giving extravaganza! LOL I make something for 5 people, each of them make something for five people, etc. Well, I finally started and without giving too much away, here's a sneak peek...