All I Can Say Is Scrap House Party

I had the best time Friday night. It was so worth the hour and a half drive up to Miriam's house. First off the ride was beautiful and peaceful because I was by myself. I got to my destination later  because I had to work. I am soooooo totally happy that I got to spend a little time with friends I haven't seen in awhile and catch up on what's been happening. Ok so for those of you who don't know what Scrap House Party is I will explain. It starts at 10am on a Friday morning and ends on Saturday night around 6pm. It is a bunch of crazy insane woman who love to scrapbook and make cards. Everyone brings all of their supplies and we all share with each other. Some women come for just a little while while others stay overnight. Some women fly in for this once a year event. I drove an hour and a half, got there around 6pm and drove another hour and a half home and made it home around 1:30 in the morning. This is the first year I didn't sleep over (sad about that). We eat, scrapbook, eat, chat, eat, scrapbook,eat, eat,eat. There is a lot more eating and goofing around I think then scrapbooking getting done but we don't care. We help each other out with ideas,we learn how to use new techniques, share our supplies, and play games. We WIN prizes, prizes and prizes. Oh my goodness do we win prizes. There are door prizes, bingo prizes, prizes for each page you get done and so on. The prizes are totally awesome. Everyone brings food and treats we never run out of food. We eat all night long and then even have an awesome breakfast and eat for the rest of the day.  It's hosted by the Queens Of Awesomeness  Miriam and Jenifer. We get a goodie bag (and by the way Jen screen printed a tote bag this year) and lots of fun gifts. i will try to post some pictures of my goodies, if I can figure out how to do that :). I am very happy that I get to go this so totally cool house with some of best women ever. Did I mention this is at Miriam's house (who by the way has 8 kids) and they don't charge us. I am very thankful for all of the work these two women put into this wonderful gathering. They spend time out of their busy schedules all year long to might this all possible. Thank you Miriam and Jen. WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE JUST LIKE THESE TWO QUEENS OF AWESOMENESS!!!!!!!! 
So all I have to say is SCRAP HOUSE PARTY ROCKS!!!!!

I Wanna POOF Button.

Hope everyone is having a great Mardi Gras. I wish I had of remembered that it was today so we could have done something fun. I'm sitting here with a list of what seems like twenty million things to do and not knowing where to start. I should have started my seeds for the garden like last week, but that never happened. I have coupons to go through, changing pads to make, homeschool work to get together, Monavie business to work on, the menu for the month to get done, some house cleaning to do, and the list goes on. All I wanna do is sit and wait for Spring to get here. I keep telling my kids I wanna POOF button. What is a POOF button you may ask, well I will tell you. A POOF button is  a button that you have and are only aloud to use a couple of times a year. Whatever you want done is magically done. You can use it to help someone have a better day or feel better, or get your list of  twenty million thing done. That way you could spend more time with your loved ones. The POOF button can not be used for bad things only good things. When my kids want me to do something or want me to make them feel better I just say POOF and they usually smile and say "That never works". It might not work in they way I would like it to but it does bring a small smile for at least a second or two. So maybe one day there will be a POOF button and will make my kids smile even more. I hope for a world where everyone can have a POOF button to make life a little easier and so we can spend more time with the ones we love.  Until then here is a POOF for everyone with love from me.

I Can't Believe I Started A Blog

My name is Lori Manapat. I am forty-something. I only say that because I can never remember how old I am, I have to ask my kids when I need to know my age. I have been married to the most wonderful man in the world for over twenty years. He is the love of my life. I love him even more today then when we first started dating. We have been blessed with 7 amazing (and on some days not so amazing) children. We have had so many adventures (just a trip to the dentist is an adventure when you take all 7 with you). I have been wanting to do a blog for awhile now but just never had the time or know how. So I'm starting off simple. Just things that go on in our daily life so our family can see how we are doing. We do a lot and yet it seems like we do nothing at all, if that makes sense. I have many interests such as I home school my kids, am involved in church, doing service projects, I love to paint, scrapbook, quilting, sewing, and general crafts as well. I love food storage, canning cooking, baking and the list goes on. I also love to ride on our motorcycle with my husband any chance I can. You name it we have probably done or are still doing it. Remember He never said it would be easy, Only worth it. My family is my life and the are totally worth it.
So I Can't Believe I Started A Blog...... Let the journey begin.