Well under the circumstances, the day was the best it could be. I didn't go to the family dinner, My mom cooked and we stayed at their house. I don't think I could of taken watching all the little kids opening their gifts etc. I would like to have seen the family but I know I would of been no fun.
De came down later and we spent the evening together.
Parents and De' spoiled me this year and I know they were trying to make the day not be so down for me. Well my dad gave me my gift(s) (he let me use his cc for online shopping and gave me money) back at Thanksgiving so I could shop black friday and get the deals. So I got a Big Shot, the small Cricut, and the Cinch. And other craft stuff, and the Polaroid PoGo Printer, oh and some Bath n Body :) gotta have smell goods! LoL
De order the Slice for me, it was delivered to my house Thursday. He brought the rest of my gifts to me Christmas night. He got me a Tower Stereo for my Iphone/Ipod. I so wanted one!! I was looking at little ones that would sit on my desk. (I still think in the future I'll get a little one, but thats another story) Anyhoo, he also got me a gift card for AppleBees .. YUM! LoL
And he got me pink snuggie, and gave me money.
So now I got almost all the machines I wanted. I still want a Gypsy and the DreamKuts machine. But I still have no dies, or carts for the machines I got, lol. I started to not get them all and get just the bigshot and cricut and then get dies and carts. but then at the price that the machines were on sale for I couldn't let that pass. I'll have to slowly add carts and dies when I can find them on sale again.
Whew now if I can just get my office/craft room together. Soooo much to do ...
Well hopefully soon after the new year I can have it all done. or at least most ...
Well for now that's about all I've got to say ... I'll return soon LoL, hopefully ... ya'll know I'm horrible at updating.
Happy Holidays everyone!! God bless!
.... ONE <3
Christmas Eve ...
Wow ... I truly can't believe we are here already. This year has absolutely flown past. And I can say for once I'm truly ready to leave this year behind and start a new one. So much has gone on in 2010. So much that I would have never guessed was going to happen that soon.
I know I still owe that post to a few people about how I feel that God prepared me for the lost of D'Vonte'. I will do that post in the future, it's one that is going to be long and somewhat difficult to write.
I know of quite a few changes I'm going to make in 2011. I've been holding myself back for far to long, and it's time to move forward. Hmmm, well I was just thinking outloud there ... or should I say think typing?? LoL, anyhoo more on that in the future.
For now this was just a quick little post to say I'm doing ok.
I'll be posting some pics of some projects I've been working on soon.
Happy Holidays everyone!! God bless!
.... ONE <3
I know I still owe that post to a few people about how I feel that God prepared me for the lost of D'Vonte'. I will do that post in the future, it's one that is going to be long and somewhat difficult to write.
I know of quite a few changes I'm going to make in 2011. I've been holding myself back for far to long, and it's time to move forward. Hmmm, well I was just thinking outloud there ... or should I say think typing?? LoL, anyhoo more on that in the future.
For now this was just a quick little post to say I'm doing ok.
I'll be posting some pics of some projects I've been working on soon.
Happy Holidays everyone!! God bless!
.... ONE <3
Quick update
Ive decided to keep just two blogs, my photography blog and this one. This one will consist of my crafting adventures and stuff that will be for sale through Jazzie Styles, and my personal life adventures (those that know me know I only post limited personal stuff online, but I want to keep everyone updated on how I'm doing and how I'm getting by since D'vonte's passing). I'm horrible at keeping blogs updated so to make things easier I will just combine those two and keep my photography blog separate.
Right now this poor little blog is lonely ... ha, nobody knows about it ... guess I should start telling ya'll about where I'm at.
Now my plain is two have simply-valerie.com & jazzie-syles.com linked to this page. I think I still own both of those domains, lol. I need to check I know it's probably about renewal time, I'll have to check on that soon. Hopefully I'll be able too renew both. on the other hand Ive been thinking i may let simply-valerie.com go ... decisions decisions ....
Anyhoo .... oh I think when I post a personal log it's will be signed with my name, and when I make one for crafting stuff it'll be signed J.S. oh well I'm not sure, I'll work that all out as time goes by :)
So for now I'm going to go ...
xoxo
Valerie
Right now this poor little blog is lonely ... ha, nobody knows about it ... guess I should start telling ya'll about where I'm at.
Now my plain is two have simply-valerie.com & jazzie-syles.com linked to this page. I think I still own both of those domains, lol. I need to check I know it's probably about renewal time, I'll have to check on that soon. Hopefully I'll be able too renew both. on the other hand Ive been thinking i may let simply-valerie.com go ... decisions decisions ....
Anyhoo .... oh I think when I post a personal log it's will be signed with my name, and when I make one for crafting stuff it'll be signed J.S. oh well I'm not sure, I'll work that all out as time goes by :)
So for now I'm going to go ...
xoxo
Valerie
Failed ... LoL
Told ya'll I'm horrible at keeping blogs updated. I'm going to work at keeping this more up todate from now on. Lets see how I do .... LoL.
JS
JS
Changes ....
(This post was brought over from my blog on weebly.com)
Told ya'll I'm horrible at keeping a blog up to date, LoL.
But also I've been thinking about moving my blog to my own personal space, I just don't trust these free spots. They close up to often.
But anyway ... I've been working on another post too, I promised a few people I would write about how I feel that God prepared me to be the woman I am today, and to be able to handle loosing D'Vonte. Sooo be on the look out for that post.
I've been a bit busy lately. I decided I'm kind of redoing pretty much my whole house. I feel I need a new start. I had planned to redo areas of it anyway to use for taking photos inside, but since D'vonte passed I decided I'm going to do more.
I'm excited but broken hearted at the same time. It's so weird to look into his room and see it cleared out.
Anyway my plans .... well his bedroom I'm going to use for a office / craft room. He was and always will be my inspiration, so his room was the best place for that to continue and me to feel him still pushing me to do my best. He would probably frown on the colors I picked for it to be, LoL I'm not telling, stay tuned for the after pics and or video.
For the small room that was his bedroom when he was younger I'm going to use it for a guest bedroom / store my shoes etc room, lol. I'm going to paint that room ... well I'm not sure yet. I'm thinking a nice bright warm yellow of some sort. but I've changed my mind about 5 times already in the past month soooo, I'll be making my final decision on that room in the next few weeks.
The living room is going to be fairly cleared out of furniture so I can use it to take pics in. I'm going to paint it a cream or a nice goldish tan color.
Those of you who know me well know I have a fetish for leopard print, so that is going to be all over my house, LoL. Y'all remember my red saturn coupe? Yeah ... it was leopard pimped out .... LMAO
So anyhoo, yeah that's whats keeping me busy for the next couple months.
Some changes ....
Till next time ... God bless ...
xoxo, Val
Told ya'll I'm horrible at keeping a blog up to date, LoL.
But also I've been thinking about moving my blog to my own personal space, I just don't trust these free spots. They close up to often.
But anyway ... I've been working on another post too, I promised a few people I would write about how I feel that God prepared me to be the woman I am today, and to be able to handle loosing D'Vonte. Sooo be on the look out for that post.
I've been a bit busy lately. I decided I'm kind of redoing pretty much my whole house. I feel I need a new start. I had planned to redo areas of it anyway to use for taking photos inside, but since D'vonte passed I decided I'm going to do more.
I'm excited but broken hearted at the same time. It's so weird to look into his room and see it cleared out.
Anyway my plans .... well his bedroom I'm going to use for a office / craft room. He was and always will be my inspiration, so his room was the best place for that to continue and me to feel him still pushing me to do my best. He would probably frown on the colors I picked for it to be, LoL I'm not telling, stay tuned for the after pics and or video.
For the small room that was his bedroom when he was younger I'm going to use it for a guest bedroom / store my shoes etc room, lol. I'm going to paint that room ... well I'm not sure yet. I'm thinking a nice bright warm yellow of some sort. but I've changed my mind about 5 times already in the past month soooo, I'll be making my final decision on that room in the next few weeks.
The living room is going to be fairly cleared out of furniture so I can use it to take pics in. I'm going to paint it a cream or a nice goldish tan color.
Those of you who know me well know I have a fetish for leopard print, so that is going to be all over my house, LoL. Y'all remember my red saturn coupe? Yeah ... it was leopard pimped out .... LMAO
So anyhoo, yeah that's whats keeping me busy for the next couple months.
Some changes ....
Till next time ... God bless ...
xoxo, Val
Home Alone ...
(This post was brought over from my blog on weebly.com)
I'm use to being home alone. D'Vonte use to cut out every weekend, holiday, and summer break and go to stay with his grandparents. It's just a rather weird feelings to be home alone now, to know that he's not coming back ever ...
Monday was actually the first day I've stayed at my house since D'Vonte passed. I'd been planning to come home for weeks, but it always got put off for one reason or another.
It's still hard to believe he's gone. Since June 20, 2010 the days have just flown past. I don't know where the time has went, I feel like I've lost the past couple months of my life because everything was such a fog, that I don't really remember any of it.
I'm blessed to have the family and friends that I do, everyone has been very supportive. I appreciate that they left me alone when I needed to be, and were there when I needed someone. I'm still working on becoming sociable again. But its still a little soon, I hope no one has taken it personal that I didn't want to be bothered. There's only been a select few family/friends that I've been around. And even they were in moderation. I'm an only child so I'm a loner, I'm use to handling everything alone.... well not "alone" but with God. I've always handled my difficult times with just God and myself.
There are so many thoughts running through my head right now .... but I'm going to bring this post to an end...
Till next time I'm out ....
- ONE <3 -
I'm use to being home alone. D'Vonte use to cut out every weekend, holiday, and summer break and go to stay with his grandparents. It's just a rather weird feelings to be home alone now, to know that he's not coming back ever ...
Monday was actually the first day I've stayed at my house since D'Vonte passed. I'd been planning to come home for weeks, but it always got put off for one reason or another.
It's still hard to believe he's gone. Since June 20, 2010 the days have just flown past. I don't know where the time has went, I feel like I've lost the past couple months of my life because everything was such a fog, that I don't really remember any of it.
I'm blessed to have the family and friends that I do, everyone has been very supportive. I appreciate that they left me alone when I needed to be, and were there when I needed someone. I'm still working on becoming sociable again. But its still a little soon, I hope no one has taken it personal that I didn't want to be bothered. There's only been a select few family/friends that I've been around. And even they were in moderation. I'm an only child so I'm a loner, I'm use to handling everything alone.... well not "alone" but with God. I've always handled my difficult times with just God and myself.
There are so many thoughts running through my head right now .... but I'm going to bring this post to an end...
Till next time I'm out ....
- ONE <3 -
Journaling .....
(This post was brought over from a blog on weebly.com)
To those who have a sick child let me recommend that you keep a journal. Just to keep track of your thoughts and feelings and the journey that you are going to go threw through out the years. I was told to do this when D'vonte was small and had to have open heart surgery, I started many times. but never keep up with it. and now I REALLY wish I had. Even if you don't have a sick child I would recommend you to start a journal. You don't have to write daily, you can do one entry and summarize your whole week. You can really learn a lot about yourself through journaling.
But if you have a sick child it's good to keep up with what they (and you) go threw through the years, especially if you ever need to look back and see have they had/felt something before etc.
Through out the years I've kept a written journal and a online blog (journal) but when writing online I don't put ALL my business out there ... if you know what I mean. I only write about what I don't care if anybody knows. I always keep it real and tell the truth. No need to lie, if I wrote its truth. I lost my other online blog, because I didn't back up my files and I let the web space go because I was going to get a new domain name well i got Simply-Valerie but I never got web hosting. Well I decided to try this free space out to see if I'm actually going to keep up with blogging this time before I spend money on hosting, lol.
Be forewarned, I don't try to write proper, I don't worry about spelling etc. this is my space & time to relax and just exhale, not worry about proper English. I do that when I'm in school, or at work.
I tried to post something like this on my Facebook in a status message awhile back but the message was to long, and my fb iphone app was acting a monkey ;) LoL
Again, I would like to thank all the support I've gotten during this difficult time from my Facebook family and friends! Ya'll are awesome and I love you all!!
To those who have a sick child let me recommend that you keep a journal. Just to keep track of your thoughts and feelings and the journey that you are going to go threw through out the years. I was told to do this when D'vonte was small and had to have open heart surgery, I started many times. but never keep up with it. and now I REALLY wish I had. Even if you don't have a sick child I would recommend you to start a journal. You don't have to write daily, you can do one entry and summarize your whole week. You can really learn a lot about yourself through journaling.
But if you have a sick child it's good to keep up with what they (and you) go threw through the years, especially if you ever need to look back and see have they had/felt something before etc.
Through out the years I've kept a written journal and a online blog (journal) but when writing online I don't put ALL my business out there ... if you know what I mean. I only write about what I don't care if anybody knows. I always keep it real and tell the truth. No need to lie, if I wrote its truth. I lost my other online blog, because I didn't back up my files and I let the web space go because I was going to get a new domain name well i got Simply-Valerie but I never got web hosting. Well I decided to try this free space out to see if I'm actually going to keep up with blogging this time before I spend money on hosting, lol.
Be forewarned, I don't try to write proper, I don't worry about spelling etc. this is my space & time to relax and just exhale, not worry about proper English. I do that when I'm in school, or at work.
I tried to post something like this on my Facebook in a status message awhile back but the message was to long, and my fb iphone app was acting a monkey ;) LoL
Again, I would like to thank all the support I've gotten during this difficult time from my Facebook family and friends! Ya'll are awesome and I love you all!!
First Drawing ...
We already know I'm horrbile at keeping up with a blog, I always say i'm going to post then I get started doing something else and never get around to it.
I'm going to work on that, really I am, LoL.
Well here is the item that is up for the first drawing on my FB fan site. Its a bracelet I made, and I call it Green with Envy.
I'm going to work on that, really I am, LoL.
Well here is the item that is up for the first drawing on my FB fan site. Its a bracelet I made, and I call it Green with Envy.
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