31. December 2007 by admin.

I’m “borrowing” this idea from JanMary who so brilliantly did it for her yesterday’s post. They say that imitiation is the sincerest form of flattery.

I uploaded my first layout to the gallery at SBB on July 18th. I knew absolutely nothing about scrapbooking, let along digiscrapbooking. But I had time on my hands and a SIL who is a whiz at paper scraping, so I figured what did I have to lose. If you look at that first layout, you’ll see that I truly started with nothing. That’s Justin, my cousins son. For those of you are semi regular readers, you may remember him better if I tell you his dad was in the real bad motorcycle accident.I truly cringe when I look at this layout. But every one’s gotta start somewhere. And I think that if I hadn’t gotten so much support from people at SBB this hobby might have been short lived.

Here’s my top ten favorites of the layouts I’ve done since I got my new computer in Sept.

More important than the layouts I’ve done and listed here are the friends I’ve made along the way. If I listed each of your individually and how you have impacted my life, we’d be sitting here all day reading this post. I am always thankful that someone wants to read about my insignificant life (especially since I haven’t been talking much about scraping lately). I have made many friends and look forward to reading your blogs daily so I know more about what’s important in your life. I now can say that I have friends all over the world. Thank you.

My wish for you for the New Year is quite simple. I wish you health and happiness, love and laughter, peace and proseperity. Scrap Happy and here’s to next year!

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30. December 2007 by admin.

For a change. Go figure. I think it’s quite funny since in yesterday’s post I said that I probably wouldn’t be able to. Well, 9:30 is quite late for me and I’m rather pleased. But now I’m behind on my blogging. Oh well.

I have officially become a Guitar Hero addict. I went out and bought it yesterday for Shannon and I end up playing it most of the time yesterday. Turns out I’m pretty good at it. Well at least on the easier songs. ZZ Tops La Grange, kicked my butt. My left hand hurts still from having it around the neck of the guitar to play the notes. It may not be a wii, but I’ll say it’s about as addicted. I’ll have to remember to thank my brother since he started the whole thing by getting one for my nephew. Here’s a picture of him playing it on Christmas day and then a screen shot on his big screen plasma tv. I wasn’t sure if the experience would be a lot different on a regular size tv. It is a bit, but not enough to keep me from playing it. I’m sure it’ll get broken out real soon. I only got 2 pages done yesterday and I had hoped to get a few more than that. Maybe I just need a break and then my mojo will come back.

Don’t forget about the chat at DST on Monday night, 11 pm EST with Heather Manning. Freebies and fun to be had for all. I’m gonna have to go grocery shopping for our dinner tomorrow night soon. Fun, fun, fun. Then it’s laundry time and I still need to clean up all the Christmas wrapping paper stuff and put it away again for the season.

Enjoy the last Sunday of the year! Congrats to any Patriot fan’s out there for their teams stellar season. Scrap happy everyone!!!

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29. December 2007 by admin.

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29. December 2007 by admin.

If you’re anything like me, you love to print photos and layouts out on your own printer. Just to have a copy, even if it’s not professional grade quality. After all, not every layout needs a professional print. But that takes a lot of ink and I find myself going through it very quickly. It’s always sticker shock for me to go into a store, even that discount mega store to grab a new ink cartridge. I found this site, Inkjetdeals.info and wanted to share it with you. It lists several online stores that offer deep discounts on ink cartridges. It also list coupons that are available for the different stores. I also liked that it has several articles of interest about ink cartridges and printers. My particular favorite was Seven Tips for Saving Ink. Check it out, buy compatible printer ink cartridges, and plan ahead for your ink refill needs. I’m glad I did.

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29. December 2007 by admin.

So I took this quiz to see how creative my brain is. I guess I know now why I have no mojo. I have little creativity left in my brain. I think it all leaked out. You try it, it’s weird.

“Synesthesia is the overlapping of the senses. Have you ever pictured a number in your head and noticed that it has a certain color? For someone with synesthesia, senses like sight and sound often cross over into one another and create involuntary assocations. Synesthesia is very common among artists, musicians, and other creative individuals. This 8 question quiz will test how cross-wired your senses are.”

57%

Become an Ultrasound technician

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28. December 2007 by admin.

Hi there! More pictures and stories from the weekend. I had pictures of Em and I making cookies for Santa yesterday and have a funny story that goes with it. My brother has a different sense of humor so if you’re easily offended, you may want to skip this one.

We were using the sugar cookie dough that comes in a tube. You just roll it out, cut it out, throw it in the oven and then frost. Well, my SIL only had 1 cookie cutter. I don’t know if they got lost in the move over the summer or if that’s all she had. It was candy cane shaped. So Em and I would roll out the dough, press the cutter into the dough and then try to pick up the dough and get it on the pan. I don’t know if I was rolling it too thin, but I was having issues getting them from the counter top to the pan. We finally got 2 pans done, put them in the oven and called it quits for the night. Ever given flour to a 3 year old. That’s what they look like, covered it in. It really showed well on the black pants.
Next day we get to frost them. I don’t know why but SIL had chocolate frosting for them with red and green sprinkles. So I would put the frosting on the cookies and Em would pour (over pour) sprinkles. We got them done and they weren’t bad. We put them back into the corner so the dog wouldn’t get them. This is Christmas Eve now. About 2 hours later, I walk into the kitchen and my SIL is doing dishes. Now remember that these are supposed to be candy cane shaped. My SIL proceeds to tell me that my brother said the cookies looked like male genitalia. Most of the cookies fused together at the hook and the frosting covered any openings and the way they were on the plate I had to agree. Then it spread like wildfire that Aunt Diane made dick cookies for Santa. Everyone had to come look at the cookies. (I’m still looking for the picture, I think it’s on the 35 mm film). We were bringing presents in on Christmas morning and Em told Shannon that Santa ate all the cookies. Which made us all burst into laughter. So I asked her again later, Em where are the cookies? And she shrugged her shoulders and said “I don’t know, somebody ate em all.” They were in the cupboard. I guess it may be one of those stories that is only funny if you were there, or if I could find that picture.

Ok, here’s a replacement page for my calendar. I think I actually have too much stuff and that’s why my mojo’s off. I can’t decide what papers to use and it takes me way to long to go through it all. Such a complaint hun. I finally got it to the point where I was happy with it.

Well, I am so glad it’s Friday. Don’t know where the week went, just glad it’s almost over and I get a weekend again. I have a house to clean and tons to scrap. Can’t believe that 2008 is right around the corner. Wow! Have a great day and scrap happy!

Edit: While jumpin on the DST blog train I found something very interesting!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY YEN!!!!
Stop by her blog to wish her a wonderful day/night (she’s half way around the world from most of us).

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27. December 2007 by admin.

I was able to get my pictures uploaded late last night after dinner with Shannon’s family. There are so many of them and I took the 35 mm with me and shot about 6 rolls with it. I’m going to have those developed today. I picked out a few to show you.

A sleeping angel.

Opening gifts on Christmas morning.

Josh made out big time, but I think this was more for my brother. It’s a blast and I think we’re getting one.

Em helped decorate the tree this year at home and my moms. Her favorite saying is “No, it’s MY job”. Let’s see if she feels that way in a few years when it’s her turn to do the dishes.
She has her own sense of style and loves to play dress up, especially with her Princess clothes.
Shannon with Addi. She’s such a good baby.
Em and I made sugar cookies for Santa. I’ll have to tell you the story about them tomorrow.

And yet another shot of Addi. Isn’t she beautiful?

There are hundreds of photos. I ran back to Target yesterday on my lunch to get more of the Shutterfly stuff that was on sale (if you missed it, read yesterday’s post below after the ad). Here’s a rundown of what I got for Christmas this year.

2 Kitchen Aid Saute pans from Shannon

A digital photo frame preloaded with photos

A digital ornament that holds 60 photos

A hand made Christmas ornament, made by Em

An Ohio State Sweatshirt

An emerald necklace with matching earrings

gift cards to Kohl’s and Starbucks

All in all, it was a good Christmas. Hope yours was too. I’m hoping with all the photos, I can find my mojo. Mom loved the calendar and cried when she opened it. My SIL parents were there too on Christmas morning and her father was so impressed with it. (Which really validated it, cuz mom had to love it). I’m redoing 2 pages of it with her parents instead of my mom and she’ll have them shipped to her house. So that’s what I’ll be doing this weekend, scrapping all day (hopefully).

Well, looks like it’s about time for work. Hope ya all have an awesome day. I could really get used to these 3 day work weeks, but probably not short checks. Can’t believe it’s Thursday already. Scrap happy!!

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26. December 2007 by admin.

So how was your Christmas? I hope that Santa brought you everything your little heart desired. Was your Christmas white? Did you eat too much? How far did you have to travel?
And more importantly did you go to the sales today? bwhahahaha.

Seriously now, mine were wonderful beyond belief. Christmas truly is for children and so much more magical when there are little ones around. I really believe that Em & Addi saved Christmas for mom and I this year. Mom was really having a hard time without Dad. But as long as one of those girls were in her arms, she had a smile on her face. Oh the antics of an almost 3 year old to make you laugh. Em is so into the Disney Princesses that I think there were only a handful of gifts that didn’t have at least 1 of them on it. I thought that she had just about everything there was with the Princesses on it, but there just seems to be more and more. I hope she doesn’t outgrow them before Addi gets to like them. And Addi at 6 months old is just the happiest baby I’ve ever seen. I swear I only heard her cry like twice the whole weekend. She sat in the middle of the floor while everyone handed out gifts and played with wrapping paper. The pile of gifts for her just kept growing and soon you could barely see her. My brother played a Christmas version of Deal or No Deal with my nephew (soon to be 13 and in the total teenage mode). They put all his gifts in one location and then had an envelope. He had to choose between the gifts and the envelope. He chose the gifts. In the envelope was a note saying if he’d have chosen that, he’d get all the gifts plus a membership to the Rec center. Then there was a second choice, a new envelope or his gifts. With help from the audience, he choose the envelope. Inside it said “Too bad, you should have taken the 1st envelope.” After a few seconds, there was a 3rd envelope that they had him open. It said “Did you really think we wouldn’t give you anything for Christmas. Not only do you get all your gifts, but you also get the Rec. center membership”. The kid was pretty happy. But I think that Dad was happier cuz one of the gifts was Guitar Hero 3. We played that for a little bit before we left. I’m seriously thinking about grabbing one for us, it’s a blast.

Well, since this has been a long post, I’m sure you’re bored to death by now. So I’ll save the rest for part 2. Plus it’s late since I ran out to do some shopping before work. But I gotta share with you what I found at Target. I was looking for a zip drive and came across an end cap that had Shutterfly stuff on it. ON SALE!!! I grabbed a calendar and 8 X 11 Book. The calendar was $16.98 and the book was $20.99 and those prices INCLUDE shipping. I’m heading back at lunch I think to grab a few more books. I figured I paid $6 for shipping on my free calendar. So if you have a Target near you, go and check it out. Plus they had all their Christmas stuff on sale at 50% off. I was surprised that it wasn’t very crowded. They had lots of lights and wrapping papers left. I spent way too much money again. lol.

Have a great day and scrap happy!!!

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24. December 2007 by admin.

Seasons Greetings!!!!
I hope that you all are enjoying your holiday season. I am having a wonderful time with the kids. They grow up so fast. And I’ve discovered a new found respect for mothers with 3 year old daughters. I volunteered to give Em a bath. How hard can it be? Well, it’s been 25 years since I’ve baby sat and obviously I’ve forgotten the “I can do it myself”, “That’s my job” and “NO” that goes along with bath time. Yes, the can do it themselves and it can be their job, but when it comes to getting them to actually rinse their hair, then No they don’t want to do it. But then again, all you mom’s already know that. Em screamed so loudly that my brother had to come upstairs to make sure I wasn’t drowning his daughter. But actually I think he just wanted to rescue me and make Em get her butt in gear and get out of the bath. We had fun rolling out sugar cookies and get to frost them today. I’m so looking forward to that. I’ve taken at least 200 pictures so you’ll get to see plenty. Hopefully this is what I’ve needed to get my mojo back.
Mom loves her Kitchen Aid mixer. It’s sweet and now I’m thinking I need one. But I don’t. Anxiously awaiting to see what fun my brother and SIL put together for me for Christmas. I’m pretty sure it involves pictures of the kids. (and I’m hoping a scanner). Shannon and I picked up 2 very nice Kitchen Aid saute pans. They’re his gift to me, but he’ll use them much more than I since he’s the fry everything king. So far, it’s been an awesome Christmas. It’s been a little strange without Dad, but I truly think he’s here. Just little things that have happened. Maybe it’s just because I want to believe that I’m reading into it. But isn’t that what Christmas is all about? Believing.

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!!!

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