3. March 2008 by admin.

Yea! It’s 55 degrees outside right now. And it’s 7 AM. It’s supposed to get into the mid 60’s today with rain later on tonight. Of course nothing lasts forever and it’s supposed to snow again tomorrow. I’d say only in Ohio, but I believe it’s really only in the Midwest. I’m truly hoping that the snow that we’re supposed to get later on this week is the LAST snow of the year. I’m ready for daffadils and tulips. After all, it’s March.

Speaking of March, tomorrow is the primary here for Ohio. If you’d have said 6 weeks ago that Ohio could be the deciding factor on the Democratic ticket, I think a lot of people would have laughed. And then a lot of people thought that having the Ohio primary so far back was pointless. Well it may be for the Republican’s. I think that McCain’s got the nomination all sewed up. All I can say is I’ll be glad not to have to watch all those political commercials again for a few months. Talk about OVERkill. I’m so glad that I have Tivo and will be using it this summer to fast forward past all those commercials.

Ok, on to business. Do you like scraplift challenges? Well, over at Heather Manning’s CT blog, I’m running the first of the March challenges. No more coloring inbetween the lines. Scribble and doodle all you want. Check it out here.

And here’s my lift. I’ve never done a scribbly page before, so it was a little bit of a stretch. Frame & other doodles you can pick up in Heather’s store. The paper is from her Dirty Snow paper pak.

And Cherie Shields released a new kit at Sophia Sarducci’s. Sogni Dolci or Sweet Dreams for those like me who’s Italian is limited to pizza toppings. Here are 2 layouts I did with her new kit.

And don’t forget about Kiki Halbert’s new fabulous paper pack, Wasted Walls. Terrific for those masculine papes, but works great with the girls too. See Em being a Rock Star. The foil elements are by Kiki too, Foil Flourishes & Foiled Again. All are available at Plain Digital Wrapper.

I FINALLY got my Shutterfly Christmas book all done. I know that no one is in the mood to see cutesy Christmas layouts, but you just gotta see these. I’ve gotta be the only person still buying Christmas kits in late Feb.But I’m glad I finally broke down and picked up Jofia’s Warm Christmas. So much fun with this kit. And the alpha is glitter by Flergs. I finally figured out how to load it, lol.
And the last page of the book, us all playing my nephew’s game, he didn’t get to play it for a few days. lol.
And I among many others, went nuts for Flerg’s birthday and here’s one of the pages I did. Something about sleeping babies just touches the heart.

Hope you all have a wonderful day! I’m going to enjoy the warm up, even if it’s only temporary.

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3. March 2008 by admin.

One day I met a sweet gentleman and fell in love. When it became apparent that we would marry, I made the supreme sacrifice and gave up beans.

Some months later, on my birthday, my car broke down on the way home from work. Since I lived in the countryside I called my husband and told him that I would be late because I had to walk home.

On my way, I passed by a small diner and the odor of baked beans was more than I could stand. With miles to walk, I figured that I would walk off any ill effects by the time I reached home, so I stopped at the diner and before I knew it, I had consumed three large orders of baked beans.

All the way home, I made sure that I released all the gas.

Upon my arrival, my husband seemed excited to see me and exclaimed delightedly: “Darling I have a surprise for dinner tonight.”
He then blindfolded me and led me to my chair at the dinner table. I took a seat and just as he was about to remove my blindfold, the telephone rang. He made me promise not to touch the blindfold until he returned and went to answer the call.

The baked beans I had consumed were still affecting me and the pressure was becoming most unbearable, so while my husband was out of the room I seized the opportunity, shifted my weight to one leg and let one go. It was not only loud, but it smelled like a fertilizer truck running over a skunk in front of a pulpwood mill. I took my napkin from my lap and fanned the air around me vigorously.

Then, shifting to the other cheek, I ripped off three more. The stink was worse than cooked cabbage.

Keeping my ears carefully tuned to the conversation in the other room, I went on like this for another few minutes. The pleasure was indescribable. When eventually the telephone farewells signaled the end of my freedom, I quickly fanned the air a few more times with my napkin, placed it on my lap and folded my hands back on it feeling very relieved and pleased with myself.

My face must have been the picture of innocence when my husband returned, apologizing for taking so long. He asked me if I had peeked through the blindfold, and I assured him I had not.

At this point, he removed the blindfold, and twelve dinner guests seated around the table chorused: “Happy Birthday!”

I fainted!!!!!!!!!!!

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