tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84535279586381841122024-02-18T20:27:41.892-08:00My Paper Dreamsshopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.comBlogger297125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-24647643387667754502010-07-31T11:14:00.000-07:002010-07-31T11:31:00.016-07:00It's been a LONG time...<span style="color:#ffcc66;">I got SO lazy about updating my blog. It's not even that I've been super busy...just super lazy. The kids got done with school and we are about half way done with summer vaca. Mattie will be a sophmore next year and V will be a 4th grader. How times flies. It's been a pretty uneventful summer. Probably not taking any kind of vaca again since Steve can't get the time off from work. So the kids and I have been doing the movies quite a bit...the free ones and then we do movies as a family on the weekends...not free ones;) Visit my mom and Lal a lot, but that's about it. </span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc66;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc66;">I'm still going to the gym about 4 times and week and putting in some workouts here at home too when I get the chance. I hadn't been able to lose any more weight after the intial 20 lbs that I lost, but just recently, I dropped about 4, so I'm happy about that. Just REALLY need to watch what I eat...</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><div><span style="color:#ffcc66;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#ffcc66;">We are also in the middle of planning our 20 year high school reunion. So meetings and trying to collect payments...busy, busy. We just had a "meeting" yesterday, but only two people showed up besides me, Lal and Laura, but it was still a lot of fun catching up and laughing a whole lot:)</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ffcc66;">We will be starting back to school shopping this weekend. I've pretty much got all the school supplies we need with the exception of like 2 or 3 small items. It really does pay off to stock up when they clearance this stuff. This is the second yr and I haven't really had to buy school supplies.</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ffcc66;">Mattie turned 16 the beginning of this month. Can hardly believe it. V will be turning 10 almost as soon as school starts. I feel so old:(</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ffcc66;">I have been trying to keep up with the scrapping. Been working on different things here and there. I have drastically cut down on my shopping...seriously...been saving myself quite a bit of $$$ ;)</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ffcc66;">I can't upload every single project I've done since I blogged last, but I will update with a few of the lastest things.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500137626125856418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ44KBGErxx-CIGjcFA6atun0Ej-UcQLCuU2SXa_SX9AhQg2m9gEE0N0GGnWTjLVkGIILug6Zp3C3eamH2DZuegCfRFO2GOdcC5Z4UDrw-wic-pDYBixX8tgjdpRpbzNVWxk_NhBI-FM7h/s320/alice+in+wonderland+cards.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500137620141758386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVbQvWfKfWd03Ky9GA5plhZ-3dAmX-SBjMDWwvF1x9TDaehnuBnjS8BEekTxn72EXMOfm2psKA-pQ4LxE_2px_Xy727QMGZtSeLj7enVT6a-pCGScbA8maF89q_dQa2BCqEj-Xvmpctnl/s320/alice+in+wonderland+tags.jpg" /></span></div><div><span style="color:#ffcc66;">I've been on an Alice in Wonderland kick lately;) These are just a few of the things I've made using the theme. I've done some cards and quite a few different type tags. I am so loving the new Graphic 45 line. I just picked up some at 911 the other day and can't wait to use it. Jennie is doing a mini book class with the line and her book is AWESOME!!! I so want to do this class.</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffcc66;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#ffcc66;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500137630502360978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg801eI1mY_X1FV7y2YaoIPSpWQR5h6yxj_pP0jLempZ_m1AQYrq6lDJjOxrwib2I_uwrRm7mFYigvNslaQKGTO46mlHPazPcSJar-Ny6ue9slt-WcGSa7Mv0RSDp9q7BpF93K9kSAzidYf/s320/2010072220_04_03.jpg" /></span></div></div><br /><p><span style="color:#ffcc66;">Just a card I made using one of my Tim Holtz dies. I am loving these dies and just starting to explore their possibilites. I can't wait for some of his new CHA release Alterations especially the tag one!!!</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffcc66;">Going to try REALLY hard to remember I still have this thing here and update more often. Summer will be over before you know it and I'll be back to my regular schedule;) More soon...hopfeully;)</span></p>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-60594135527495695372010-01-28T12:11:00.001-08:002010-01-28T12:18:50.885-08:00Happy Birthday to my Mommy!!!<span style="color:#33ffff;">On Sunday my mom celebrated her 70th birthday. I can't believe how quickly time goes by. My Uncle Frank planned a surprise party for her. It was a little hard to keep a secret since I had been over at my mom's on Friday and spent the night until Saturday morning. I usually take my mom out to lunch and shopping for her birthday and bake her cake, but this year we waited out until Sunday. I was afraid she would think we had forgetten about her, but she was really suprised when she walked into my uncle's house that afternoon. </span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">My cake had a little accident:( The cherry sauce melted my icing border and ran over the sides of the cake, but it was still yummy:) </span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">My uncle bbq-ed and everything was delicious. All of my aunts came to celebrate with my mom. My cousins came...Ruby, Felicia and Kelly. It was a very nice time and I am really happy my uncle did that for her:) My mom is my whole world and I live to make her proud of me. I hope she enjoyed her special day:)</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB04D_V_t82MLXeuQGRTP5R8Nqkhfchqt_4jorqI6VOUbx3A3a6ckXtBXC0NaIOizW1yr_XAdO3IbBUc66pqQ-vHaSN8CsG2yHd22HOUXCrpwsqzuLmlMz9tLDIjcEu887kI-Apba94fXk/s1600-h/DSCF2767.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431886517557155042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB04D_V_t82MLXeuQGRTP5R8Nqkhfchqt_4jorqI6VOUbx3A3a6ckXtBXC0NaIOizW1yr_XAdO3IbBUc66pqQ-vHaSN8CsG2yHd22HOUXCrpwsqzuLmlMz9tLDIjcEu887kI-Apba94fXk/s320/DSCF2767.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaL8S_VPiUyqIJkqjjH64v-XurLv9X35s-KD1m-Qgy3HGDB3oPKpogUrgHWfW2Yn5ouMrLO6ecslafGwrwDQQslGZpFGxzmz4LFOMSgqA7-maSpX2hZkfBqkspi3cnIX5xziDHo4OdeUXK/s1600-h/DSCF2777.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431886515721472978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaL8S_VPiUyqIJkqjjH64v-XurLv9X35s-KD1m-Qgy3HGDB3oPKpogUrgHWfW2Yn5ouMrLO6ecslafGwrwDQQslGZpFGxzmz4LFOMSgqA7-maSpX2hZkfBqkspi3cnIX5xziDHo4OdeUXK/s320/DSCF2777.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1jfLxR9QEYr9JHMG_VhbJEut5IttJPUhbkitRCD42GmvZgP_kcWp-US8lZSEuxpEX2OeJ7tv0HDSTKTJ4wrkaKLCfSsQrs_LyLgAxOni_4fkvz5LZ50bjaNiWbn5_wtrHG9sPpTlIAYL/s1600-h/DSCF2785.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431886506378156226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1jfLxR9QEYr9JHMG_VhbJEut5IttJPUhbkitRCD42GmvZgP_kcWp-US8lZSEuxpEX2OeJ7tv0HDSTKTJ4wrkaKLCfSsQrs_LyLgAxOni_4fkvz5LZ50bjaNiWbn5_wtrHG9sPpTlIAYL/s320/DSCF2785.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-26731646637556580602010-01-28T12:00:00.000-08:002010-01-28T12:11:02.517-08:00New LOs to Share...<span style="color:#33ffff;">Lots of new LOs to share that I've gotten done since the new year. I've noticed that when I work with thinner cardstock; not textured, my Zig glue makes my paper bow:( I need to figure out what to do about that. Of course, it flattens right out sitting in the album, but I hate the look of it beforehand...</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjeU5nAqOybxFer_TqKGHNr9VLUTNZYfll6K2-M3Ffe19wcp9NovdUuSeiCA4uwsuTmhCehMp0fd5fCfdpTfYtPvEtPRNMe4LQgOzcbmc0bKAyw9aGRwIEdkMCDOiIheb_V3CNXW8Gszly/s1600-h/DSCF2787.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431884396011907922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjeU5nAqOybxFer_TqKGHNr9VLUTNZYfll6K2-M3Ffe19wcp9NovdUuSeiCA4uwsuTmhCehMp0fd5fCfdpTfYtPvEtPRNMe4LQgOzcbmc0bKAyw9aGRwIEdkMCDOiIheb_V3CNXW8Gszly/s320/DSCF2787.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKU7MWMmXepNEg1cCM5gLvGqy2taQVFf7mICjk4MH-YDRzW2j72Ty9-dMWGG375wiQ8wE-z8nCCterp0tfscRl_IPCYZYHIaIeJTHGSKlYdNEv3rgXt6D_fKS0_4bKi5vNs4tfkoZOXq7v/s1600-h/DSCF2788.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431884388685113138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKU7MWMmXepNEg1cCM5gLvGqy2taQVFf7mICjk4MH-YDRzW2j72Ty9-dMWGG375wiQ8wE-z8nCCterp0tfscRl_IPCYZYHIaIeJTHGSKlYdNEv3rgXt6D_fKS0_4bKi5vNs4tfkoZOXq7v/s320/DSCF2788.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfp-3YblzC4raWnBVHVlApiwYjgYM9q-ghYZPbIWHOLPuj4qSkcK_4QcgSXiMYmzvrWcjEGvwG7t1p7VZmmPqBqVrHidzWKT-RCV_aZt7gmuVkNoS7aMpV-k5xZpk4qvCAep_t4p6L9jOQ/s1600-h/DSCF2789.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431884384780664978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfp-3YblzC4raWnBVHVlApiwYjgYM9q-ghYZPbIWHOLPuj4qSkcK_4QcgSXiMYmzvrWcjEGvwG7t1p7VZmmPqBqVrHidzWKT-RCV_aZt7gmuVkNoS7aMpV-k5xZpk4qvCAep_t4p6L9jOQ/s320/DSCF2789.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlBg6racS4IE04oZuIKkWnu0QBVXoGGf7ckl2QacQYDCytwKj9GL3FlME0SDX4PYZXuiiCGzUQIgLelOZFLATtya_n_4nTnevVA5wU7f3C3_cpUQgnAQzOpuFY__uL-bDP2N5xWJLVbS7/s1600-h/DSCF2791.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431883759716349490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlBg6racS4IE04oZuIKkWnu0QBVXoGGf7ckl2QacQYDCytwKj9GL3FlME0SDX4PYZXuiiCGzUQIgLelOZFLATtya_n_4nTnevVA5wU7f3C3_cpUQgnAQzOpuFY__uL-bDP2N5xWJLVbS7/s320/DSCF2791.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWDGklk_-6VMDkdb8mFhBfzQCVqZkuiPif6RifFkt9lSTic34RuqMl2p5SHQZYgiTRiDHFB-vJVVorc-2LSb2sETnBzbT2kd60M68mZX-qqHCnp66RE6E_V0jTwsBHw1GjNT2iiJGFOps/s1600-h/DSCF2792.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431883752882499458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWDGklk_-6VMDkdb8mFhBfzQCVqZkuiPif6RifFkt9lSTic34RuqMl2p5SHQZYgiTRiDHFB-vJVVorc-2LSb2sETnBzbT2kd60M68mZX-qqHCnp66RE6E_V0jTwsBHw1GjNT2iiJGFOps/s320/DSCF2792.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-otlSCEPbmY14KZABVlR3T2x2CI6OUISUuphw8U4oyTrAgAJBUTFcNCXdpUOzusnMGb-N2WmLWa2ge3DQKOnU3cCUIesorUPyTIZxfDDX8cnBeHytrGO3Z-SVIfqVWIv3DJz2_i4XRdqm/s1600-h/DSCF2794.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431883748572338866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-otlSCEPbmY14KZABVlR3T2x2CI6OUISUuphw8U4oyTrAgAJBUTFcNCXdpUOzusnMGb-N2WmLWa2ge3DQKOnU3cCUIesorUPyTIZxfDDX8cnBeHytrGO3Z-SVIfqVWIv3DJz2_i4XRdqm/s320/DSCF2794.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#33ffff;">Someone on 2Peas posted about this awesome Cosmo Cricket kits they found at Tuesday Morning. There is a 1-800 number you can call to find out if a store near you has the product in stock. All you need is the SKU# and your zip code. So I called and found some at the store right by my house:) These were only $14.99 and they are FULL of goodies. I got two kits, one in the Coral and one in the Dusty Blue. I want to start some projects with these goodies soon especially the lacing card kits:)</span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY9n7W9dqdctkIEIVaOtTA2PWr0SEn8CnF5scFFhsEt5yiLcpks7E1Zbic3FaludSNJip6oUL9HQVOWvXuHDdzEL9ZlzY_HUFyPZm8IwuPKrfPERtXmC-Q9rD3S4Ka07dEcpmnbL66eArZ/s1600-h/DSCF2795.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431883738447997410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY9n7W9dqdctkIEIVaOtTA2PWr0SEn8CnF5scFFhsEt5yiLcpks7E1Zbic3FaludSNJip6oUL9HQVOWvXuHDdzEL9ZlzY_HUFyPZm8IwuPKrfPERtXmC-Q9rD3S4Ka07dEcpmnbL66eArZ/s320/DSCF2795.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#33ffff;">Some other recent Tuesday Morning finds (not pictured) were packs of MM and AC paper; 25 the same sheet for $1.99. Love Elsie chip and assorted embellie packs; bundles of 4 and 5 for $3.99. MM Flower Shop Tins and Jars for $1.99 and some more AC Thickers. I found a chip Jewelery Box font and a pink puffy Umbrella for only $1.79 a pack:)</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-73367826976513929222010-01-28T11:38:00.000-08:002010-01-28T11:59:57.579-08:00Family/Home Chip Album (as seen in Scrapbooks Etc.)<span style="color:#33ffff;">Some really cute Vday stamps I picked up at J's a few weeks ago in the $ bins. Cute to make your own Vday cards with:) Also a few of the Spring stamps...</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrOZwBqDG0d5k7Cm-r1YOGxz8FzvbXyiEFVJzk11YFYmNPNTYEgekpxUpHjJU0JPENLxezn4v4958h3MWmyAhXTr7idxhbUYWiJxJIuL3UP4a71uwgReiefvxf-Z_oHLHhwSuT3_ojg1A/s1600-h/DSCF2753.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431881230613110978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrOZwBqDG0d5k7Cm-r1YOGxz8FzvbXyiEFVJzk11YFYmNPNTYEgekpxUpHjJU0JPENLxezn4v4958h3MWmyAhXTr7idxhbUYWiJxJIuL3UP4a71uwgReiefvxf-Z_oHLHhwSuT3_ojg1A/s320/DSCF2753.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#33ffff;">Here are the pics of my mini album I worked on the last time we got together with the girls. This was featured in the last issue of Scrapbooks Etc.</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;"></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyufUi8GOe-Iko3_BVXrLRSA3AlB0QUxgGLQGUtn6llLihksvdrvpVrlQ0Kd1yLZZUP2O_GMoS04TwsQwrX4W7iqLJBkhN7-0VHQQoJBJDTTZSO27U56rXk9crxrPSh2bJHgByNAiMpyuE/s1600-h/DSCF2754.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431881221818578082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyufUi8GOe-Iko3_BVXrLRSA3AlB0QUxgGLQGUtn6llLihksvdrvpVrlQ0Kd1yLZZUP2O_GMoS04TwsQwrX4W7iqLJBkhN7-0VHQQoJBJDTTZSO27U56rXk9crxrPSh2bJHgByNAiMpyuE/s320/DSCF2754.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhboIRnMsgHOsC6BBHrzxvBG0u5e-qpkNCwxmukYTL5vy21rAltBRfOFmfKmBKuOlq7smn3nskveV-RFqlCA8rCxNWRLhFd_P6QOgppZ8tY2Xh2W393bOvkC4JrAGaVoXqOcCO6deOM51Vs/s1600-h/DSCF2756.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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For some reason I kind of lost interest in the whole updating thing:( I'm going to try to be better at keeping it up. I'm not even going to attempt to catch up for the last two months, so I'll just pick up from today:)</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">Well, I'm still hitting the gym and dieting for the most part, but I have been stuck at my 20lb weight loss for some time. Yesterday at the store, I picked up this acacia berry stuff to boost it a little. Today is only day one, so let's see how it goes. It's only a two week thing. </span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">The kids were off yesterday for Martin Luther King day. We just stayed home and I did my house cleaning. Just ran to do my grocery shopping in the afternoon and a quick run to HL for a couple of punches I wanted for my Vday cards:)</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">Sunday the kids spent the day at the inlaws and we did a little running around. Caught a movie. Went to go see Lovely Bones. VERY good. I'd just finished the book like last week. Definately not a movie to take your small children to though. We also had lunch at the Olive Garden. Steve's parents gave us a gift card for Christmas and we just got around to using it. It was really good:)</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">A couple of weeks ago, we all got together here at my house; me and Lal, Laura and Liz...Yocasta couldn't make it:( We worked on a little family/home chip album project I saw in the latest issue of Scrapbooks Etc. I got the cutest little house chip albums at M's in the $ bins; got one for each of the girls:) It was a fun little project and I love how mine turned out. I'll be sharing in the next post.</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">Over Christmas and the last few weeks, I've made some updates in my room. Got some new storage units and added a new "desk" area to my room. Lots more counter space:)</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">We are planning on getting together again this Friday at my mom's house. I think we are going to be working on LOs or Valentine cards. I think I'll do a little of both. I'm really looking forward to the "me" time.</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">I haven't really done too much scrapping lately. Probably a handful of LOs, but I also haven't really done too much shopping;) That's a plus:)</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">Hopefully, I'll be back to post soon. I'm going to at least try to do it once a week. We'll see how that goes. Only 3 more days to the weekend. Have a good one:)</span>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-58862667643343547082009-11-15T16:24:00.000-08:002009-11-15T17:14:42.737-08:00LO Update...<span style="color:#ff6600;">Here are my most recent LOs. Some I did at home and some I got done @ the church gathering I went to with Lal. I'm too lazy to go through them all and list all the product and such so if anyone has any questions, just leave me a comment:)</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Right now I'm working on a Halloween mini album. I'm about half way done, but haven't worked on it the last few days.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Yesterday an old friend of mine from high school came into town. Her sister threw her a surprise party so we went to that. It was a real nice time and SO nice to see her after almost 18 years!!! We've talked on the phone most recently, but hadn't seen each other since right after high school.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Today we just stayed in. We spent the better part of the day helping V with a state project she has due tomorrow for school.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Yesterday before the party, we went by The Rim and dropped off our shoeboxes for Project Christmas Child. We filled up 4 boxes. I'm really wishing we'd got more cause we had enough extra items to fill up a couple more. Next year I'm definately picking up a few more boxes.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Went by Michael's and found all sorts of MM Autumn Splendor stuff for 80% off. I got several paper packs and a kit and the journaling notebook. The Vintage Findings stuff was also 80% off. I got a couple of the embellies and that's about it. Also picked up the MM Craft Fair with a half off coupon.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Friday Steve suprised me with a new phone. Not really sure what it's called, but it's REALLY cool and has TONS of cool features. I've hardly begun to figure it all out. I'm sure it's going to be a while, but I don't have any reason to be bored while waiting at the doctor's office or anywhere else for that matter;)</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">I've been fighting a headache all day today. I've had a headache everyday for the past like 3 days. Last week I felt them coming on and knew I'd be getting them soon. They haven't been that bad yet, so I'm thankful for that at least.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">This week is the kids last week at school before Thanksgiving break. They will be off for a whole week this year...Yikes!!! We'll be spending Thanksgiving at my mom's this year. Looking forward to it:)</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">That's about all I've got for today. Gotta go through my pics and see what else I still need to update with. Hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday:)</span><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404500930631757010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuU0dtbFJchL0w5QOlLEKqB0QVQ_rcajFbQbjXNv92RZ3hKNm8KSiybbHBfGvXUM3XWZLCE8lNfl9Qchj6yL1fBe2k2VVwh_AnlrBrQVpTBIbut454m2IxbgxRRJQm50I81lYCh7t0Hkp4/s320/DSCF1978.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404500434789979714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLSMY2Wt3sIxZOWeJDbEJ9BMFrj2L0PQqaXSPPsM7hKaFqaZyUkJe2U3EvFEyfanEtjiT6fvn9wUzGXhCOBgEmNuDBRCdravGfBjlAnUlZO4LcKqp5WrmTBpGrACPXR9Fp3dKoRep9a9bZ/s320/DSCF2115.JPG" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404500428411996066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbsv-ZMm0DsHLbpjoJfty8yCoV5E4EXNDea4yXKbQOoNeFOdqOps9eetgCVOHyupM3xxt33JkA04jirEqREcZmg3pvIpowqOKmtDYBJlXn-s4hp3cU0Q1dUJ9vqCQHDG_BYylnLrh4Yru/s320/DSCF2120.JPG" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404498873547975282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLCoYoIkHM8KwSsKmrvKEmVHQN1c_DX6u-HuteG7dvVwSwVC_aWfd-HuJz_ti2h5dJs7Lcs28sheQ9EuTW3-ZA3GIcJztCFrqGSTje6CKg2cfzSJSC4HIVbNzj-p7pcpOTC5W7GD2GarDN/s320/DSCF2117.JPG" /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404498859761166674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjEL_zPhB_Fb75J6vd0DBmH6ef07h9prS_F_l2R_Ycq1zJneR-H7UDJiujj-pCjKs4kn8kTJgXX8SuXTwOs_7J9_j-dBhh960HCZW_AryoftLodngo2FL8sS_QS2jIZnuQx1GpoFlUiQP/s320/DSCF2122.JPG" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilgT-IV2KqfSTjl2FjhACqI7-n05dJ-Si7-j1OQCPa1TPAakbKBsFVl-wqp-tXa3SEvdApfhhQx0VehDaFEg7FgcOObMOAAzt-EdK9x36TRYZMQC11gcq9LEfAX4hGFh34UsoraN7dyEZ/s1600-h/DSCF2124.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404498857762749026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilgT-IV2KqfSTjl2FjhACqI7-n05dJ-Si7-j1OQCPa1TPAakbKBsFVl-wqp-tXa3SEvdApfhhQx0VehDaFEg7FgcOObMOAAzt-EdK9x36TRYZMQC11gcq9LEfAX4hGFh34UsoraN7dyEZ/s320/DSCF2124.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-18075838342044356432009-11-10T15:08:00.000-08:002009-11-10T15:26:56.471-08:00MIA...<span style="color:#ff6600;">It's been a while since I last updated my blog. It's not like I haven't been on the computer...LOL Guess I've just been in lazy mode again.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">I've been going to the gym 3-4 times a week first thing in the morning. I like getting it out of the way before I get lazy and unmotivated to do it later in the day. I lost 12 lbs, but somehow put 2 back on:( I have hit a plateau and have not lost or gained anything since my birthday...</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Yep...our birthday came and went. The big 38!!! That is SO close to 40. Scary. For my birthday Steve took me to the movies. We went and saw Couples Retreat. Good flick. Then we went to eat @ Texas Roadhouse. LOVE that place. Did a little bit of shopping in between. The Friday before our birthday I met up with Jess, Maria, Laura and her dh. We had lunch at Logan's. Yummmy. Saturday we met up with Lal, Miguel and Mikey @ Fiesta Texas for Fright Fest. Then later in the evening I caught up with Lal, Laura and Maria @ Mama Margie's for dinner. They were going out, but I was feeling horrible that day. I ended up having a cold on my birthday. Boo!!! We dropped off the kids with Steve's parents so we could get an early start the next day for my birthday so after we did our thing, we went back to Steve's parents and did the cake there w/ the kids before we headed home.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">We spent Halloween here at home. My uncle was throwing a party, but the kids wanted to go trick or treating in our neighborhood and Steve wanted to decorate. Halloween is like Steve's Christmas so I didn't want to ruin it for him. Our plan was to pull out our banquet tables and set up in the driveway and hang out, trick or treat and pass out candy. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Early that day my cousins called that they weren't going to the party afterall so I invited them over here as well as Lal. So we ordered pizza. Had chips/dips and cupcakes for the kids. It was a lot of fun. We sat out and talked, but when it started to get too cold we came in. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">The kids played in the other room and we watched a movie; Orphan. It was SCARY:( We had a great time and I'm thinking this may become our new Halloween tradition;)</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">My cousins are in the process of moving back down here and we've really enjoyed having them here and spending time with them. They've been having a time selling their house though and I really hope they won't have to go back "home". So prayers for a smooth and quick house sale would be GREATLY appreciated.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">This past Friday Lal helped organize a crop at the church she attends and asked me to come. Steve got home on time and we went and picked up Lal and he dropped us off. He took the kids to the planetarium. They LOVED it. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">The crop was a lot of fun. Only 3 other girls showed up, but we all still had a fun time. I got 4 LOs done. Lal and I put together some little goodie bags that we had planned on using as "door prizes", but we since there were only 3 girls. They all got to take something home:) I'm really looking forward to the next gathering which is planned for the beginning of December.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Saturday I had to drive Steve to work cause he didn't have a work truck. Since I was going to be on that side of town and had to pick him up from work as well, I just went to hang out at my mom's. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">That afternoon was Nick (my cousin's son's) birthday party. We went to Peter Piper's and then to the movies to see a Christmas Carol in 3D. The movie was awesome and all the kids had such a good time. My aunt took my other cousin's 3 kids so V had girls to talk to:) It was a really good time.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Tonight V has a PTA performance. They are singing patriotic songs in honor of Veteran's Day. They also have the book fair going on, so we'll probably be making a stop in there too tonight.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">This morning I did 3 miles on the treadmill at the gym, then came home and did another one on the Eliptical. Hard work, but I'm really hoping to get out of this slump and lose another 10 by Thanksgiving. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">This past weekend really threw me off. I made pumpkin bread loaves for the church gathering and ended up eating too much:( Darn that pumpkin bread!!! I need to stop taking my weekend "breaks" and just follow through all week long.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">I have lots of pics to share, but I will post those later in a seperate blog. I really need to stop slacking on my blog too. Going to make more of an effort to keep on it;)</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-61304329977304700342009-10-12T17:34:00.000-07:002009-10-12T17:52:37.831-07:00More LOs and Germs...<span style="color:#ff6600;">Saturday we spent the day over at my mom's. We just hung out and the kids played. Lal scrapped and I kind of put some things together. I didn't have a whole lot of time in the morning to get stuff together, so I just did a little work on some LOs, but didn't complete anything. Lal did. I took some of my new Sizzix dies and my Big Kick and I did some cuts for Lal. The kids played Candy Bingo, which they LOVED!!! I ran a quick errand and brought the kids back McDonald's for lunch. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">In the afternoon, V started complaining that she didn't feel well and that her throat hurt. She didn't look very well either. She felt warm and looked flushed. We came home and I gave her some Ibuprofen. As soon as it kicked in, she perked up. We went out to eat and ran a couple of errands; I went by 911 and picked up some new goodies. I got the new Comso Cricket Nutmeg line. LOVE it!!! Went by M's and HL, then came back home. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">She ran more fever through the night. We stayed home all day Sunday cause she was not well. Last night she ran a lot of fever and I just couldn't bring it down. Pretty scary stuff. It finally broek this morning. We took her in the doctor this am though; double ear and throat infection. I am just ever thankful that it was not the swin flu or something else. She is on antibiotics and out of school for the week. On the road to recovery though, so that's good:)</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Since we were home all day yesterday, I got to work on my LOs I started at my mom's. Here are the finished products...</span><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391877345094764610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9r6kHqLcITo6bcKVbHVeE3lDTeENGbiw2CfGQ-271tEXYGqdQnVS9ya8G3JorMv4n3UwMji4dbRug0L4MK_Wh1jxs6wU8w0i7yRfcCwhihKeEWUAp6tEs5RE_qfJwQZGFuGNVm1GBabp2/s320/DSCF1762.JPG" /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Lift off 2Peas. Used up Early Bird scraps. The green pp is Carolyn Gavin and the brown I made using kraft and woodgrain rubber stamp. AC puffy Thickers, MM Puffy alphas and tiny alphas and an HS chip heart. I also machine stitched a border along both of the scrap strips.</span><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391877339166216866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTx1cvuzY8XO-22KeSba1KmwiLpodTsOvhlMzt8QgpV6vJhIS5JFmNj4tB3lDzo3fIIalt2GKz70UwroGNVp96gfdZpZ4jw5PfXtwka8WMvuVK5va9nTpAXO7vb6rQZ9V62XPWHnVjPk1/s320/DSCF1759.JPG" /><br /> <span style="color:#ff6600;">Lift off April Yap. MM pp, Tim Holtz Addage tickets, Prima felt flowers, JB bingo card, MM Just Chillin' journaling sheet, 7 Gypsies cardstock stickers. The house is cut out of a sheet of Recollections fall paper. Vine is Sizzix cut; one of my new Bigz dies;)</span><br /><div><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391877329742489698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-30gUek9jX_hOTd8mMniS0Fkou3H4jxrQPvjUOSja5gOQNToqT9tCWNRIT37xuwc35jXCUEfgUisn0A48Ml6m86cgnhH8_vs_g_smE-Cphhb8UGsKCxAcxvPRL_Z58phiusb8UfegKXWM/s320/DSCF1756.JPG" /><span style="color:#ff6600;">In these pics V was about 4 or 5 years old. This was a playgroup date; Super Hero day at the park. She dressed up as Bat Girl. Papers are all Pink Paislee Twilight. Prima flowers, adhesive gems, Recollections diecuts, MM journal tag and Doodlebug Shindig alpha stickers.</span><br /><p><span style="color:#ff6600;">Tomorrow is cleaning day since the kids were off for Columbus Day today and we had to run V to the doctor and all. Wednesday I have my appointment with OAG. Praying for the best:) Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their evening.</span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-90566349896451759842009-10-08T14:26:00.001-07:002009-10-08T14:39:37.117-07:00Where the Wild Things Are...<span style="color:#ff6600;">So I'd really been wanting for Mikey to dress up as Max from Where the Wild Things are for Halloween; with the movie coming out and all. Of course there aren't any costumes in the stores. I looked online and found some really pricey ones, but I also found some ideas on how people made their own. This got me thinking, so I talked to Steve and we decided we'd make one ourselves:) We went to J's and found a pattern we could work with and we got a super deal on the fabric too. The weekend V was sick, we stayed home so we spent that Sunday sewing Mikey's costume. This is how it turned out. Of course, it doesn't fit V very well. She's quite a bit taller than Mikey...</span><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390345676698858274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hcellWigb-EkwAgjtOQuvk1QcwH3sCzXugFmxwDtBLVP1Ti01WBXrDVKF2rqYo2QKwOfNNa0TveHzlJmeSrKt1Mt0XuQAnd93HEzH1FkQlSQgSQOsO7rUVrmpK0FkdNln-EDx1DU7_ho/s320/DSCF1678.JPG" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390345683716862770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVmnWXeAynBem5xwTQoI4w7Pk-ry_PtH34TtjDTikCAUA-bDLvvcQe0D7-XOCQTB952yCV55ujpaooWK6n6cHLCdyd0i-k6q7wbHbHzW9X19UnVuROyWUVIgoixqTQoD_CCHe6rkNukCZ/s320/DSCF1679.JPG" /><br /> <span style="color:#ff6600;">I took it to Mikey last Friday when I went by my mom's and he loved it. It made me so happy:) and he looked super adorable in it...I'm not just saying that cause he's my nephew and we made the costume and all;) I gotta have Lal take some pics of him in it. </span><br /><p><span style="color:#ff6600;">V is going to be a Skelanimal Kitty. We bought it at Target. She's modeling it in one of my recent LOs in my last post. Mattie is going to be the king from Burger King. It's hilarious. TFL</span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-7763072072628872362009-10-08T13:51:00.000-07:002009-10-08T14:25:05.325-07:00120 LOs!!! Photo HEAVY;)<span style="color:#ff6600;">I've gotten quite a few LOs done since my last post. Some of these were done during a mini palooza that Lal and I had. I think I got like 4 or 5 done that day. Can't quite recall. The rest I've gotten done since then; here and there. So here they all are. I'm too lazy to list all my product and such for every single LO I have here, so if anyone has any questions, just leave me a comment:)<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390340396385732578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPSYPT3B-QVd2-jjAAEJWzkpiwKWRQJEQhdINHGRrRxk2TJwfkdsgwFTE_9tXcabEsBcDkOxrZa99nGeswhJkMQ9FHQ_X64Af4F9S3a_RGNCOlosaB7eSiNTz9qjxmJMnKyueCwwK66ay/s320/DSCF1640.JPG" /></span><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390340389183225666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwSssrJ8-RmN23bT_hRdMHSk4M_u5urI1xreV6iIokM_0Bdi3gvkd6vjWTZNN_zjAL6wg3zbI61tDeNjqD0IzneeBRf_ZwH4Kcx7WAL3o12RSM0wlRAybnxzx7Np4IP4EL3gE6RAf4nDu/s320/DSCF1642.JPG" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390340386957584018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5QRmcHO1Mt8zScDnUIekYfU-5LRW-pl_Odg1EQ-pbGQLckhJZaWcfudl0MqFLGyidVMlNIfRqk1fjALvG-ggS-cjo3mzY2nQ0JY3ZBiXiNWRIN_Bqw32hYtb5A_LUCehAZMBY2CyP1-qY/s320/DSCF1643.JPG" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390339442833759218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFu87fdZmCyfRcGrTYUHupDx4btN6FpDJVxdMIA3yhN_GzK_1YSyT2INA33Of44jo5kAE3zWLikXl_gSt5mZ3T2NvRjeJpYlMhgh1Xlfz-LPpSd9rq_ijp6ONAN3xECWBTWPbzQ7EmF5jc/s320/DSCF1646.JPG" /><br /> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390339431647300162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwPGB8_Dq1aGrgf-gyJOQO3-DTree8ZVnzHvHwVNPBSd4YBO6Km7F8mQwf37iHZBNBIh7yRlyvTX0xF-IpCVqSnL6iBIQQ-Sb2byoeixpPpvVqxyR80CSLKCGk84SDC4froKLGGkWr6gs/s320/DSCF1647.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390339424866628514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRquIvCN8B-ycZLWPUNIERr1z23UqKVFZJGNmA-tNNhmdiapNCI7Ui6bn7O3G-x5-Ztd4iqm_iw2VbW7k4Tp_fRABT8TXxlalN8L1fRvA6jX48zQA8HAh7Ap7j9G_Tm1hV4NFkzoc9SiiU/s320/DSCF1684.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390339414669865362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0tB4LxsvD8ReIPDIg5oadqkHRJ09xcN6RORCPJiVeKCiw-D_IFZesyPlhg5fE83yY-23ykjzogsgEph1-0i0pwDB-4MBwDXPnMYSxqC7NZokcxSqAk-ZVTjadmmNaIOWajP8Tq85LBqU/s320/DSCF1680.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390339411304809138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyve1VO0S9Ct1F3P1dcxrxtw7GazFN0mxKq3zUdYVVSc43O7RIt4KW9LyioVmd9bV-r1TvmLU_U7B2sqQrKarW9DCiYqmmk2CKxQYkIgYt3Ov-P99n2QRghpLkTGMxmtxV6lyMenISac7m/s320/DSCF1682.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390338117496568562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVrhHUepeNs1AHvUmBdz6iwmgnSSGMu0n5qCo6ipeSJOSvYsXvv8Vyv-1pOGTTcvibnJaqYFn7-N5fkX9Tbmdu3OKH0jI491vITTzQx7NunLH1zJVVi90byGpKoVaBK6zWPz9lN7_V0to/s320/DSCF1689.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390338108058416450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJLLZzRP9CYp_GJsaUT_JScQS1iGKYG3T97JuwnB2MOZOgQp2zzSZbFMlnnsJ9WcAEeLKEqCgOVZxbu5Gj1yRaZhswmhTmjsKhNMdwXNXiysYPz9xF-dlCoQLzVHJP6ea5Dbvcu-kdOTFa/s320/DSCF1691.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390338100953984434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVW0aYh_KKaNboCrnlzGgQu1DXW7N7lH1uAp5mYfhh58gHfEjsxAXSjJxH6foQ3cE2ueN8siG9OAJz9AzGIQWTUScswLt8sEtH3u-YzQrqy6lx_etScQBB9Rwy55NchNzaLNHZE4yKJ65y/s320/DSCF1696.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390338092812775362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HVVKwky2HXhN7M1_lGI1wYUxGgDKqHTyxxmz83GNmdrEtEtbM085abUm2UYVvhONB3KKpOcQaOEMM9n8GWAp0ea2p-HDizUhDR7JZhkKqZqOnBV0IAf1gkUVjCLQZjdaigpgG0xlpkY_/s320/DSCF1701.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390338088769150786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2Jgi_XZzt9HaMh3JWCxOBiDexF8ooAPwLhVCcU4ypsxFEOaGllMsMfRF1znq5sdhtQ1ypnC5EFYLcaBdtwuYo9hwdOoOR0Xo_2H4hz37pjHnHckkFjdkE6spa5ohSfNOKvB_WfWW4oMG/s320/DSCF1703.JPG" /><span style="color:#ff6600;">In other news, I had V home sick week before last. She was home for 2 days. She had ran a low grade fever for a day, but then she was super congested and coughing so I kept her home. A few days after she went back to school, I came down with it. I'm going on a week now. I started to feel some improvement and then I woke up yesteday feeling worse. Today was a better though, so here's praying it doesn't last much longer.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">For the last week and a half I have been dieting and so far I have lost 8lbs. I'm hoping to get to 10 by the end of the week. I am setting short term goals to keep me motivated. Setting my weight loss in 10lbs increments. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">We finally got our gym membership transfered to the new gym right by our house, so starting Monday, I'm hitting the gym. Hopefully this will help me with the whole weight thing; give me a little boost;)</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Today I did a little yard work. All the rain we'd had really got the grass growing. Or should I say weeds. I went out there and pulled out quite a bit, then just mowed. The yard REALLY needs some work. Hopefully once the weather cools down more consistenly, I can work on the yard more.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Not much else going on here...at least not that I can think of at the moment. I'll be back to update with another post later today to get caught up. I think this post is photo heavy enough;)</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-32197046456862296972009-09-23T14:56:00.000-07:002009-09-23T15:10:42.133-07:00BFFs 4 Ever...<span style="color:#cc0000;">So today I only got one LO done. I started on it at 10am and I didn't get done until about 2pm. I did take a break for lunch, but that's about it. There was a lot of cutting involved on this one. It's a pic of me and my best friend since middle school, Jess. </span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">We have been BFFs since the 8th grade. I can't really remember how we met or how we started talking. I used to "go around" with a friend of his. Maybe that's how:) Anyway, we were tight all through high school. We even shared a locker. We spent countless hours on the phone...I mean LOTS...We'd watch TV on the phone. One of our faves was Three's Company. I still remember:)...LOL...Jess didn't have a color TV so it was harder for him when we played "RED" (a game we made up where you had to shout "red" everytime something red came out:) hee hee</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">After high school we went through our "party" phase. You know...eating too much birthday cake...wink, wink;) and Jess always looked out for me. He was the best. For a while there, we lost touch. He got married. I had my son. I saw him a couple of times after, but then lost touch again. It wasn't until about six years ago, I ran into him at NIOSA and we got back in touch and the rest is history:) </span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Sure, we don't spend countless hours on the phone now. Life and kids prevent that;), but we are still close. We've had our rough patches, but we've gotten through. I pray that he will always be a part of my life in some way or another. I am forever grateful that God brought him back into my life. He is my constant when all else fails, I know Jess has my back;)</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">So a tribute to my BFF...</span><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384785608820346690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFbAFhPo-t03bTo6CdVtg2IuWIjO90ruHV7Qv4qcfxooatKtFbQ28r_0lUawWD6VBCMcuLlm6iRHkY3SgdWVyNot_cREPVO3uTjH5m9Ulwdbp3ytInRCdgNo-oS1JEpu7y4WPve0BasJnR/s320/DSCF1636.JPG" /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">This picture is from one of our recent class gatherings. I made it black and white to fit my color scheme. All the flowers, vines and little quotes are handcut from the Teresa Collins Friends line. I Stickled my two small black flowers and the large white HS one. I built this one black cardstock, then a light blue Rhonna Farrer that I inked the edges on. Also used a piece of KI lace cardstock, Prima bling flourishes and some ahesive pearls for the flower centers. Oh, also added a piece of lace trim to one of the quotes. The LO idea was from a LO I saw, I believe, on the Teresa Collins blog. I am absolutely in love with the way this turned out and I hope he likes it too:)</span><br /><br /><br /><div></div>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-70537468539218083542009-09-22T19:23:00.000-07:002009-09-22T19:48:33.008-07:00CKC, Picture Day and a Couple of More LOs...<span style="color:#cc0000;">So Saturday Steve took off work and we made the little road trip to San Marcos for CKC. I've been looking forward to this for pretty much a year. Ever since I saw the ad in a scrap mag a while back. </span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">I got some feedback on the scrap boards about what to expect and was a little torn about whether or not it'd be worth it after all my expectations and waiting, but we went anyway.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">We got there about 9:30. I was expecting to have to fight crowds, but that wasn't the case. Found parking fairly easy. Wasn't too much of a line to purchase tickets to get into the faire. We even got free admission for Steve; hubbies were free;) and I used a coupon and got in for $7 instead of $10:)</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">I must confess that the actual faire was NOT what I'd anticipated. It was a lot like the convention we did in Austin a couple of years back. It was still fun and I did get some things I wanted. Managed to spend about $80. We were there about 2 hours and then we left and hit up some stores around there before heading back home. </span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">After doing these 2 events, I really don't think I'd go again...unless Lal came with me. Then maybe;) It's just not the same when you don't have another scrapper to keep you company:)</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Here is a pic of my purchases along with some things I picked up at HL...</span><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384484509820580530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyghUYb450dxLqb1W36HbTjH5MvVEosHxqzQIWxMRMH-wG_R_D6TiBFZ9kss1qpJ-GOCpHLYOPsk9aWN6KBf2QtHqSAL7zplatF3_6tBOWKp14-PafLyCoyXZo_6yS8CJmuBx2PoXRyzTw/s320/DSCF1614.JPG" /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Today we actually got some rain again. Pretty much all day. It cleared up in the afternoon as was actually cool when I went to pick up V. Today was Picture Day. Got some shots of V out front...<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384484131618319282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHg7m4HigoK-5eXDVGUiYokStvwlR0wd7lDC-kI-ZS1Cgbsa3iI0DZflJHsmlnu8sWX-YqpD-z5G577HEuIrBugay0jfSczMtlCAtBzrYZtkEuaUGfcy-hjjZz9zgOc7jlS_WH8kd-CXRI/s320/DSCF1629.JPG" /></span><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384484125372986434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdHFHOSQLhtcRBF5W40qPZbmUPqyhA0cO62CUVmG0gATdb2-fpVqvbU7Ek3kwgQ4qbpl0_h7l9-wduN1nh9xM77E9GWWJjyKoLxJRlMDRaRHJfNRzJGf_guhtmAt6p1HNP-QWEmm1GYIMN/s320/DSCF1627.JPG" /><br /> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384484118562035410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDAXew2vdU24VXJxCuyBNT3OlydmQPcE428kEDtWwbp_bNMfF6lClInGQ3s5HmntCrFD__cG4Ln3Gra9Rb_V4KKVgEZZBwA65YvWc-QokyxZrcAGm4uimCPZW_C6k9xTY7A-TgEl3pMyt7/s320/DSCF1624.JPG" /><span style="color:#cc0000;">I stayed home all day today and got some scrapping done. So did Lal. We had some what of a cyber crop. We are planning to get together on Friday and see what we can get done. No big expectations since it's kind of short notice. Probably just get a couple LOs done, get something to eat, do a little bit of shopping and hang out. It's been a while since we did that. </span><span style="color:#cc0000;">We didn't get to do our Scrapapalooza Trilogy while Miguel was on vaca cause poor little Mikey got sick.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">So here's what I got done today. This puts me at 106 LOs, I believe...</span><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384484106258950978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNh7dV6bbR3WnnxFhip9bXgGnKuZ317hQxqHY0Npv7GX7ZKNeh_6L5eOr1AvuJNySV1UEU5eSZ6O-pM8njLQAqmfUnsPUCMDcYLd-AtGLNi92OyZijmTifrpDVuMNdopmHXxSKZXNXeEtl/s320/DSCF1633.JPG" /><span style="color:#cc0000;">All Sass; Bungle Jungle and Anthem on kraft paper. Sass and Chatterbox chip "9"s and a Jillibean Sprout and Sass Happy Place alpha stickers.</span><br /><br /> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384484099703505234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioH7lrhA3_s_orfXsfBwpEGUez57aXlgDuXX1w4HG5Kihek1lfq9pt3H0RAojMYkNb-YXd7ByoCVH7XjPJLBn0ImTW1v_IdPJYsuXPQfMnDGo84iga4YDP3_E4QSRy8okhVS70cjcW3Xmj/s320/DSCF1622.JPG" /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Lift off 2Peas. The kids on the day we celebrated V's birthday. Cosmo Cricket Early Bird on kraft. STILL loving the kraft background. Cricut cut title using my Graphically Speaking cart. K&Co. diecut jouranling tag and a sticky note I got in M's $1 bins a while back.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Time for bed. Hoping to get a couple more LOs done tomorrow as I don't plan on leaving the house;) Night all:)</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-8256210101623584392009-09-17T17:24:00.000-07:002009-09-17T18:26:14.747-07:00Birthday pics and LOs...<span style="color:#cc0000;">Sunday we celebrated V's birthday @ Peter Piper's. Unfortunately we didn't have a very good turnout of her classmates. Laney was the only one to show up and then Haley showed up about 15 minutes before the party ended:( Luckily though, my cousins made it, my aunt brought my cousin's two girls and Steve's mom brought V's little friend from across the street from their house.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382603120374049586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRPK8p4EyAQozo_94qDzr4Pwaaga8LtsGUQQbgOZFNYc8dKxsOAQ36QyeyprpkDY5awJG0BBdvvl7CujMluKfP6zzWkgMY41PIjLBQboi7GZWtB5s2_Jmmi0lbSn1DLnrQ6LagtqYSSzY/s320/DSCF1540.JPG" /></span><span style="color:#cc0000;">Here are the decorated goodie bags. I bought plain pink ones and made the kitties with my Sizzix die:)</span><br /><br /><div><div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">Stevie also came over on Saturday and on Sunday his girlfriend, Amanda came over and she came to the party as well:) We had a really nice time and we laughed a lot towards the end;) Here's a few pics:</span></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">The kids Sunday morning before we headed out to breakfast...</span></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382598788827211154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVz5NTYbnz9UZyXUbwPUWSIsPbb86umM36tLzWbzEC6pVRJGfq7l5iRekzr-zHzQ9ocGc8jTHQJ5Cx7OyDaYJC8MlOEisy__x-xgLzTAWeY8CvEwmLJaZrXZThuOtyPt6vG_q0MH9Jmrfo/s320/DSCF1542.JPG" /><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">V at Peter Piper's:)</span></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382598798695285106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmt_6SZ2DoNzSJILn2Qh73_2wg_5Yoa6bQuTcZrHQBMhL33cNDm0REpu3YAWo1_X5kx2VnfZgSZf8eqcJ1nr-_CPv8X-T4BF7-8WSHfMv7Q1MQtCrRau1NR9zI0IstAK8KF6fjqHJWB9v/s320/DSCF1549.JPG" /></span></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">The birthday cakes and singing Happy Birthday. I actually ended up making two cakes. V wanted a funfetti cake with strawberry frosting. I'm not crazy about that so I made a yellow cake with chocolate frosting too. We had very little of the chocolate cake left, but quite a bit of the pink one. Of course, the pink one was also bigger than the chocolate one though. I sent Stevie and Amanda home with some cake:)</span></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382603128431007218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHmHWMZnigbxBEBb7X3iSHunjtdaMxbIObaqhZgIoFoa0XA8JMroKSdqrjOOUja3yPhuQIrordlyJY7AxiSNYYTIlbridmBx3QGwHoUDmvCMOf3NWlgomCd7S9tUh8cGm5bbG_pL_QDXF/s320/DSCF1551.JPG" /></span></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">In the pic above...Venus, Alexis, V, Laney and Brianna. In back...Nin, Mattie and Nick.</span></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382605924716165570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQ2oPK4U5M5YkTfpUh5dbZeCeHcKwX9dZ2rVtp9mmQR4SEkJjmWYkztDPNqavNtiMa8wmxA6WE3euZ34EcbJygChKHWavZQBHzyZv24pGk4bFvsEy-Rs41W-ibaJFdRIAwHyoqnkbZnJq/s320/DSCF1590.JPG" /></span></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382603139076106370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUksCGOkpe1cfKqjNIxSw02S_VDwrlkR1HMZW2Lm7oSqb6digvBneYS-NvJQt5qGgwnMKjkpMnM99N_h2j9piuN17y4KAD85znmdrEjom4_KCxiVmB7MtvWQ-klwFNzbn8JYOod3RDU_x/s320/DSCF1588.JPG" /></span></div><span style="color:#cc0000;">V with a couple of her birthday gifts from us; the Miley Cyrus book (she's been wanting this one for quite a while:) and a Disney video camera. She's been messing around with this DAILY. She walks around the house video taping everything and talking like she's talking to someone...LOL. She says she wants to do her own web show. I think she's been watching too much iCarly;)</span></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">I got a few LOs done this week too. I think this puts my count at 104 for the year:)</span><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382598785144190914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhez21D3wX4CtHmzQk6ccPwbTRFGyjufxeD2K6ZGST2g9u1rwourXBErUoR2V9CO1Z6Bvr6H6RXdLs-nZfYAPWJORkspapGEH8xIc_j1T6QUBXCLEAJtah3eiaOT6rSgp0pVPPcqyoog2zS/s320/DSCF1612.JPG" /><span style="color:#cc0000;">This one is a lift off Jenice on sb.com. I love that her LOs are very simple. I used kraft for my background again. I am really loving the look of that and doing it a lot as of late:) PP is Sass Skully, I believe. Some old Daisy D's punchouts, MM tiny alphas and AC Puffy Thicker number along with a Sass sticker flower:)</span><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382598771811558306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWalg61dAGWyCKV1bsQeOzGdfVw8b_kKDcqwhoqzyaf8tJUHFQUgZgyvT6zVGKC_TflXmZJ_jSj9Jn7xEZc5gEvn-9I8U_t_RNUla0je0BDvtyN65wZn9JfA1wIp4EYOBojJEFMYAuw5LN/s320/DSCF1608.JPG" /><span style="color:#cc0000;">This was a lift off the Cosmo blog. Pics of V sleeping with her furry puppy friends. Steve says he didn't like the pics. That they were morbid looking...sigh...Whatever!!! Anywho...I think the names V gives her animals are funny. She never names them anything like Fluffy or Sparky. These three are named Lauren, Alicia and Biscuit. </span><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">I used kraft for my background again. PPs are AC and Cosmo Early Bird and Girl Friday. Doodlebug Paper Frill, MM tiny alphas, AC foam Thickers and some buttons.</span> <div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382598762527356802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBv-OuXLKK92CwXYmGP7iAfQwzXs3azUTVrmRnwhVW4wunDooVomkTrLiNfn1_zQs_i62xXUTr6wac1X7JBDObq3TXHMj8nRUizWMojJhBKX1XDkhQQ5iCGK8IRKVgF0ODUCFtiCjbkOxp/s320/DSCF1610.JPG" /><span style="color:#cc0000;">This is another lift off Jenice. I used a Doodlebug paper I've had for quite some time, as my background. AC vinyl Thickers, HS block alpha stickers, Daisy D's rubon and some buttons.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">This Saturday Steve is taking off from work and we are hitting CKC in San Marcos. I'm pretty excited. I've been waiting for this for about a year. I hope it's good. I wasn't too thrilled about the convention we did in Austin a couple of years back. Hoping this one is better. Thankfully, this one isn't as far a drive either. I'll update after. Hopefully with lots of awesome goodie deals:)</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-76855696816249592392009-09-10T18:47:00.001-07:002009-09-10T18:50:35.023-07:00I did it!!!<span style="color:#cc0000;">With the two LOs I did today, I have reached my yearly goal and completed my 100 LOs. I actually went one over and I am at 101!!! Woo hoo!!! Let's see how many I can get done by the end of the year. I still have a little less than 4 months to go. I'll see if I can get another 25 done before the end of the year. That will be my mini challenge;)</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">I think Miguel is supposed to be going on vaca real soon and I had mentioned to Lal that it might be time for Scrapapalooza the Trilogy...LOL...Hopefully we can make that happen. I think I got like 10 LOs done at our last "event". That would really give me a good boost to reach my "mini goal":)</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Yawn...I am super tired tonight and heading to bed ASAP. Just waiting on a load of laundry to come out of the wash so I can throw it in the dryer and I'm headed to bed. Nighty:)</span>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-81942904509719306582009-09-10T16:00:00.000-07:002009-09-10T16:20:51.075-07:00Happy Birthday!!!<span style="color:#cc0000;">Yesterday on 9-9-09 my baby girl turned 9 years old!!! </span><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 217px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379980404800452962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAU0M0OzuYb-HkBj8LgAoNqlpT8pVvw5RDxsqMDU8TFl9twXdy5FbkQC79VqI889aWlyRY68GREsqqFUcX2Drtw5NGBD-VfdTMJJc-ZLAZyBkWP8O-xbop53Ps6jJVPURhEKB1CN5uTSwx/s320/DSCF1423.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 176px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379980401878715858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprjQm5dPh_mG8_R1eJtvZo3sbtHHG7MfD-U1G6rFEd92xohq86KZ87YDXfHUmZYmaPQDYmbCcFC8WyWpdpXhk9W7f5LL3vIl98z0mjWj8scXmra5g909RGKSkNBeEMuObpf57pT6e3NAG/s320/DSCF1421.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 251px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379980412771868786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzuVvKX5IT1QJ8eHpcyG_NACjCucTu5_i4c7SQ-BnywX-A0sjOTz4xz1ySiycl9AkvFtCeoB1eQfthYF1G5wCc00jLAxv84Sz2ts7GtS-uXH35nIuxiOv6u-Gnio6nTv-LiM5EK3WERvqV/s320/DSCF1430.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379980423685128610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2EseS7E6L4SXaAKeoem8MeoCy8mQDBgF6hsQWYDN-dsyxpz5xR3kimwK6mwklyzdtu-5D9CmML-cERz8Hid_Fh1xKGcxR-db4eZZOLcb9HrlPLj0pkaFmWbJIvizvrEPRWmu4weHYGGRU/s320/DSCF1443.JPG" /> <span style="color:#cc0000;">We took her out to eat in the afternoon when Steve got home. Then we came home and had cupcakes. I usually make the kids a cake for their actual birthday too, but then we get stuck with a whole bunch of cake I feel compelled to eat;) So this year, I just got the little box of cupcakes...plus I don't like the frosting so that helps;) </span></div><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">V also took cupcakes to her class. She was super excited. Hers was the like third class birthday this week. There are lots of September birthdays she said:)</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">We'll be celebrating her birthday on Sunday with a little party at Peter Piper Pizza. </span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">We've been getting quite a bit of rain these past few days. We REALLY need it so I'm not going to complain. The humidty afterwards has been just awful though:( </span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">I've pretty much just been chillin' at home all week. It helps not to be out where the shopping temptation is more likely;) I've been trying to keep my sb shopping down to once a week and for the last week fews, I've been doing really well:)</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">This past week I went to M's and got the Sass packs they just got in. I got Vintage Yummy and Bungle Jungle as well as 3 packs of Whimsies flowers; Vintage Yummy, Bungle Jungle and Anthem. Last week I put in an order at Two Peas and got a whole bunch of Jillibean Sprouts @ 40% off. Can't remember what the previous week was, but it was a one day thing too:)</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">So here's some LOs I got done recently. The first two I got done today:) TFL</span><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379978860538929682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKA6fZQFNeCJznkaexFnRSkbziRHNksQQLC5HyB4miMNS9uAR0iIEMJzw-4d2BuMc8XXRAXk6ZHBABBiRhoYTDRCKIrTAbngzk9x8BoeQHdmI69WBz5VzovuP4aWeHTkibdLLapgen__F/s320/DSCF1484.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379978841418750418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKvwmd12e5QnaPLg6Lzn3fvcSCs0dqiUTSCyrRPiImqMZPomntZGqCQK2mYpbTaae856w3_W8rhM3HAEu-_QQrBgUtLH7zNt24MR6wGbzApi4lcQgA7qBXsVA5tHZbCglI4qe2iB8o-tD9/s320/DSCF1485.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379978851889037922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtA7MMXxZDNJlLmzdX6Y7WgjFBJJLL4M9CvIibrHxPvlSMru20_c4MvTeva6q_H7q5pVj1LHZ4KBqMtmrIn1H3aOFfU-cWB7py9QjvJfIxfPtedWsymTnCBq_RSoVnhvhfxJryDEHK9nE-/s320/DSCF1482.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span> </div></div></div></div></div>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-18209918720901108682009-09-04T10:46:00.000-07:002009-09-04T10:59:53.268-07:00LOs to Share...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNi6JtT-es80oyEt7CU78O1w8-CvG4XAQU929MB73bt-qms82XNyARBRyEIsIBK3JLQWvcKGsqyuWIf8qI2j8WzIJH-VqQRoMYeKgLqGotNCWBjymHXf6kWMBZHCwC4HtUPK3LxEiHoExs/s1600-h/DSCF1357.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377672865319520514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEmucS3Cz3Ec3XEDuw77L2_Xb9xNBc25J3-aTUXvqckO9wIp1DAwM424QEVl0wHjUc6rqGCI0povxPyxTjjXCcBTw_nl_796SDRppurp4JgbKgxOQ_yAIxl6b_6QTcv2bnXhLkPe7b6EjA/s320/DSCF1359.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQygUeIsO12CEUccpWZKy0uLOeHeWkhFF6HV-SL2wBow6JHJkirS5HzUCeZQcibGFsbSs-j1AjmtkJA783mSr3VSFLP0EBvAQWkKEzqOkVZ06fj1RbYE3a6XAX0eVsq9ohmHiDuC6XKzF_/s1600-h/DSCF1361.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377672859142765106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQygUeIsO12CEUccpWZKy0uLOeHeWkhFF6HV-SL2wBow6JHJkirS5HzUCeZQcibGFsbSs-j1AjmtkJA783mSr3VSFLP0EBvAQWkKEzqOkVZ06fj1RbYE3a6XAX0eVsq9ohmHiDuC6XKzF_/s320/DSCF1361.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPu-PegBfzhDUNZH5qHyzsRvqqNMDgJOGwJY_V440_sO_AFq8VzfAxZ2FblQ_GE_NW08hc2oy5LgUgTL1dJbwZSJBmJVFs9YLOGTmk__s5pZe7NmIBBry9Tu3ISwkZ7d1sNDSb_8X7-1f_/s1600-h/DSCF1363.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377671736238032834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0R82VNCvcfqy6cKy23UF4YecfmMENUi8w0WE5EOKKPISt8T5mISwwVfoTloI-SGxgPf1TIlVKl6hKp-fAU1INqhBm_-7m7lET6GwOPiQ1imM_mf92QBkfWuWJRlZEodMxkjtk0eORCBJ/s320/DSCF1400.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgun2k_70M_q4BRrLUH_rZ2ZfV8GJTn2HLK58KxuufuXS9VIkUkJYWMK572sVpnFmMwz-X4uTCxAOte6ReuSMnElBJJtE9JWiWIdaRc_S4iRh4QIH4E7helMJ8NEKl0O0mK5QjB5IHBQsKk/s1600-h/DSCF1407.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377671731391903474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgun2k_70M_q4BRrLUH_rZ2ZfV8GJTn2HLK58KxuufuXS9VIkUkJYWMK572sVpnFmMwz-X4uTCxAOte6ReuSMnElBJJtE9JWiWIdaRc_S4iRh4QIH4E7helMJ8NEKl0O0mK5QjB5IHBQsKk/s320/DSCF1407.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-28531078393935893972009-09-04T10:20:00.001-07:002009-09-04T10:30:17.886-07:00First Day of School<span style="color:#cc0000;">I'm finally able to update my blog. Blogger was NOT allowing me to upload my pics in the last few attempts I've made over the last week or so:( So these back to school pics are a little late;)</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Mattie on his first day of high school.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalYb8_Mh3635JELwglOY5EGzc40dgsngW2cdVY58kOSuxqYir2ei8mcGp79hpcCm4DAK9vBSxOxLdofN4-UBWjyDXgJ0Q3asS7yLvSz09KuQV1KQ856XLn1A9Z58XgW5u-EoByrVgSlfd/s1600-h/DSCF1338.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377664906816302034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalYb8_Mh3635JELwglOY5EGzc40dgsngW2cdVY58kOSuxqYir2ei8mcGp79hpcCm4DAK9vBSxOxLdofN4-UBWjyDXgJ0Q3asS7yLvSz09KuQV1KQ856XLn1A9Z58XgW5u-EoByrVgSlfd/s320/DSCF1338.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#cc0000;">V on her first day of 3rd grade. Both were very excited to go back.</span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd7AnyKDzn-uGxX_nY5MbvEKyPMWYyVRHZMUeRF91uHEU13YbRilSDOcOcvAp1NsYioUbif7NfpexWwH5YybY10TArOY1uDGVBKI1LeEZCkSw5FCmiKTtVvTjYEiBOFVuI68fgGVuRQzQ3/s1600-h/DSCF1331.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377664895375349618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd7AnyKDzn-uGxX_nY5MbvEKyPMWYyVRHZMUeRF91uHEU13YbRilSDOcOcvAp1NsYioUbif7NfpexWwH5YybY10TArOY1uDGVBKI1LeEZCkSw5FCmiKTtVvTjYEiBOFVuI68fgGVuRQzQ3/s320/DSCF1331.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7tOEb-MtKh_CwADIs1JMOBZW2hp2HZhdj7eLRqCjE_1KyEGY_y5rTL9E8xVmdr-nxZBm11JsPZC5nHddSBY8bQRBgPLnC8sqFFDGS23_YyDWhnijBZYM760h0ooEbSTxPBO1SeIp-R0WH/s1600-h/DSCF1325.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 289px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377664884627806082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7tOEb-MtKh_CwADIs1JMOBZW2hp2HZhdj7eLRqCjE_1KyEGY_y5rTL9E8xVmdr-nxZBm11JsPZC5nHddSBY8bQRBgPLnC8sqFFDGS23_YyDWhnijBZYM760h0ooEbSTxPBO1SeIp-R0WH/s320/DSCF1325.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#cc0000;">They both had really good days and Mattie said he only got lost once:)</span></div><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">So the kids are back in school and I have gotten back into my routine. I got a lot accomplished the first week they were back, but still got a ways to go. </span></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">Every Friday they have a pep rally at Mattie's school so I have been driving him on those mornings so he doesn't miss out cause the bus picks them up later and the rally starts at 8am. Traffic is something going that way that early though:(</span></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">I will be updating in seperate posts until I am caught up:)</span></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-64229544826366801002009-08-23T17:17:00.000-07:002009-08-23T17:33:20.226-07:00Last Day of Vaca...<span style="color:#ff6600;">Tomorrow is the first day of school. I am not looking forward to the early mornings, but I'm hoping to start a lot of cleaning and purging projects around the house. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">So tomorrow V will start 3rd grade. We did Meet the Teacher last Thursday. She will be in Mr. V's class and she's really excited. Two of her former classmates will be joining her; Kassandra and Isabel as well as a former kinder classmate; Shelby. We've got our first day outfit all picked out and hanging for the morning already:)</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Mattie will be starting high school. Boy am I nervous wreck!!! Mattie always makes me the most nervous:( I know he has more trouble adjusting to new changes and I know he's not very social. Not like my little chatterbox;) I'm just praying it will all be OK for him. He will be riding the bus this year too. He rode the bus in 6th grade, but after that they made some changes and our area wasn't eligible for bus pickup anymore:( </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">So he's got his outfit set out; a Nintendo shirt and some jeans, his backpack ready and his new schedule good to go.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Thursday we also had dr. appointment for Mattie to get a refill on his meds. Then I finished my grocery shopping I didn't get done last week. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Friday I spent the day at my mom's. Went to Skechers and got V's last two pairs of shoes and to T's for a couple other things we still needed. Took Mattie to Steve to get a hair cut.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Friday was also our 9 year wedding anniversary. 9 years!!! We didn't do anything since Steve worked both the office and the shop and be the time we got home, it was too late.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Saturday V spent the day at my MILs so I took it easy chillin' at home. Watched a movie, did some laundry, a little more shopping. When Steve got home we made another T run for socks for V and I found this patio swing I'd been wanting all summer long and it was half off!!! We snatched that right up as part of my anniversary gift:) I can't wait for Steve to put it together. Once the weather gets cooler I'm sure we'll get a lot of use out of it. Sitting out and watching the kids ride bikes or play out front:)</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Today we went out to breakfast, dropped the kids off at my inlaws and went and caught a movie. We saw Post Grad. It was a good movie. We were going to go to lunch, but my inlaws wanted to catch a movie too so we had to go get the kids. So we all went to lunch at Logan's. ONE more T run then Steve took me by James Avery and bought me a chain/crucifix. I'd always wanted one from James Avery. The cross and chain I had before...well the chain actually...broke a week or so back so I wasn't wearing anything. I LOVE my new one:) That was the other part of my anniversary gift:)</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Well, it's about one hour to bedtime routine. Let's see how quick and smooth that goes. Crossing fingers;) Will update tomorrow with some back to school pics:)</span>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-47762780626237013312009-08-14T15:34:00.001-07:002009-08-14T15:52:12.576-07:00Ram Camp<span style="color:#ff6600;">This morning I woke up to a very nice little visitor. Ruby and Ariel came by. I hadn't seen Ariel in a while. With the kids being home and all and running around for back to school and since Ruby started watching Bella, we just don't have the time to hang out like we used to:(</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Today Mattie had Ram Camp. I dropped him off. It was from 1-4pm. Basically they were showing him around; where everything is at. How things work. That kind of stuff. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">V and I killed time while he was there. I went by M's...found nada...went to the Dollar Tree next door; we just got drinks and V got some Cheetos:) Went to Tuesday Morning. V found some little wooden doll house furniture so we bought a set; a little bedroom I think. I took her to eat at Whataburger, then we went to Hobby Lobby...didn't buy anything there either.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">So we picked him up at 4 and then came back home. It is SO SUPER hot out:(</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">I got two LOs done yesterday. They are both the same LO. A lift off Ginger Williams. I had done both these pics on a 6x12 LO a long time ago and I never liked how it turned out. I always wanted to redo it. When I saw her LO, I knew I had to lift it for these pics. I had to reprint the pics though cause when I tore them off the other LO, they kind of "warped". Besides I needed larger pics since I did individual LOs instead of the ONE they were both on before. I am SO much happier with these LOs than the one I did before. LOVE it:)...them:)</span><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369952026838573634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUUU9QC0XxQa3pEt7bJHlc8X3z8MHobpLNAfKyaFU88JKk2LcrB4_SPbVMUKWi_j2152uuzVltIRn6RLqhzZyphdmohSX2g2AF6aS5IThaApXo_HtZbNIW8dNPiXtdz6TorKD3KzlhfMZB/s320/DSCF1278.JPG" /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369952012248058818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKVRovVOTZgE9LTJc_vDiaK3u5Hpi6bZC1yiHkTYk_NHi5FD9r9VtrGiII3vi_N8IaZIGuXgLBkoWI4-z_DGrd2LVJqpT65lgHb2FwDXDaykW8qgsJQNH-Lf2SGhyphenhyphenENWqKVhFwEMRVwPa4/s320/DSCF1279.JPG" /><br /><p><span style="color:#ff6600;">The pics are from Valentine's Day a couple of years back. I used on both...Papers: kraft, Cosmo Cricket Early Bird and Girl Friday, AC and Paper Studio. JB journaling spot, Doodlebug Hopscotch alphas, MS fabric cupcakes, felt star trim from M's $ bins, bracket punch and MS large scallop punch and a couple of buttons:)</span></p><p><span style="color:#ff6600;">Right now I am reading The Time Traveler's Wife. I'm hoping to go see the movie this weekend so I want to finish the book before then. I SO love it and I SO LOOOVVVEEE the Lifehouse song Broken that plays on the soundtrack. I've had that on repeat on iTunes and my iPod for the last couple of days:)</span></p>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-71869120181752752392009-08-12T19:07:00.000-07:002009-08-12T19:36:56.762-07:00LOTS of LOs...<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Lots of recent LOs to share. Everything I've got done since our Scrapapalooza:) Not in any particular order though. I can't recall which went where:)</span></span><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369268179913722210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-yYSwzgdm3lDre2hVi1KyOvFv90eNd_qTZEfY5vMPKrRIU2zVcI4P0nF9EYKCFQImyLSw5RiZNu2y_lLyKugiC7cfwHV_io9SveGT_tWBIO5BVoLoX7af4c7RWfwnAR72b4dm5safCzs/s320/DSCF1139.JPG" /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Mattie and his little sister, Mia @ his birthday celebration last month. I lifted this off the Sass blog. Kraft paper, Sass papers, Bazzill Edge, Bo Bunny alpha stickers, MM tiny alphas and some MM chip stars.</span><br /> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369267923227151042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARpavyoPOsQqWRs1DuPYwckD-_ipgH12Z7Hd-y7c8EiWf_SyZKgpw3327ThaDQ8yi6VJekLQ_d2KLSLtRrKMUSTFptPfuUqw6rsWZ8ReOIJnXuc3x07L3OlGF4hRThbWSPwZFpVASbUjA/s320/DSCF1134.JPG" /><span style="color:#ff6600;">This was a lift off Kelly Goree. I used BG Urban Prairie, Scrapworks pp, black cardstock for the background, MME diecut, Urban Prairie rubon and some things cut out of the paper to embellish.</span><br /><div> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369265575503124978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPNwSE1reJZcSCQErXV745uksmBiB9Qvdf6Z3o9hGbh_erOmpZqeLNVbf_87oMY4A16-FoJc2Qu6cP63cPMDp8mdj5_sIZJodLSofUej1HRNkNXQekC3E3mA4B1Kg8McpeZSB6pdonJxtP/s320/DSCF1170.JPG" /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Lift off Ginger Williams. Another one of my fave artists right now. Pic of V when she was 5!!! asleep on the living room floor. Kraft pp, AC pp, Colorbok pp, MM chip shapes and Doodlebug cardstock alphas.</span><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369265565169939106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQrGKIchx_xujoze__nxDPiAhXNvAqO96m2oPisqLwyutk2e8YX9DDyNNeV3xGkGq0M9UdI_2F5MkMEigixp9-exh64QvOinJFFFiNcXNSoIXePeTeoJ0molOpveGvIf6PPpv-dussIKlU/s320/DSCF1172.JPG" /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Can't recall where this one is from. Either sb.com or 2Peas. Pic of Mikey in the pool. Built on white cardstock. Used some Cosmo Snorkel, Doodlebug pp and alpha stickers, P. Etc. stickers I've had FOREVER and some foam alphas from T's $ Spot.</span><br /><div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369265560907411298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiig57pZlzxx-kQRGhg4oa6nmdQFzLwOXhU3CNapjvznK_UijZ0tObnaRL7-SExfcl6u_IyWJH2dWnAB8Mwye2RkxdPgPLmJjYdU0j8z8PYC1YEKin5p-NM3ZnGp33UTO-ZAV88VQLoyrkP/s320/DSCF1173.JPG" /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Inspired by a LO in the latest issue of MM. My second Twilight LO. SO in love with this one:) I used some Creative Imaginations paper I had in my stash from who knows when:). A little bit of Foofala pp and WRMK. Prima velvet border and bling flourish, MM Vintage Hip flower, AC chip Thickers, 7 Gypsies stickers. Also stamped an AL image in the top left hand corner. The pic is an image I got online of a movie poster. My pic I took at the theatre of the poster did not come out well AT ALL:(</span><br /><div><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369265551022371362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6M-FF1bYGaf7qn3CySTrvI55sU9I4h5X7XSc_llX87XCfr_nTBEopVLTVVCvXLhVU7LdmncNQZUlC8qa21Phyy2izFLq_-oxxQAuWitFtXHvI8VUmTmYQCXi9ByAwktRAC_cTGZXEFK1h/s320/DSCF1270.JPG" /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Another mag lift; Scrapbooks Etc. this time. Pics of V when she was in kindergarten; 2 years ago. Pics taken throught the rearview mirror. White cardstock background, Scenic Route pp, Colorbok pp, vinyl and puffy Thickers, 7 Gypsies stickers.</span><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369265539481309026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ER7xuoxVVFjLWkFNIPuK8ZgdkrLdWV9hGd_-DlDkyxuxlmgJAF7mmaVaWXzKaievrSFTZr7hyphenhyphen6A1nbjWoROIH0rRbH2RMYwQyUummYd5FPKmHS4XGw5q8e0aBkuccAlraclacNlmcqeE/s320/DSCF1269.JPG" /><span style="color:#ff6600;">K...this one I just did last night. This is a pic of me and Lal and a friend of ours from school that we have known since kindergarten. We just recently reconnected on Facebook. We saw each other again for the first time in a LONG time at the last class gathering we had in June, then a couple of weeks ago, we got together with another childhood friend of ours and had lunch...a very long lunch...a SIX hour lunch @ Sea Island. It was such a blast!!! </span></div><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">This pic was taken just last week @ our second class gathering we had @ Cha Cha's. We had a lot better turn out for this one and got to catch up with a lot of old friends we hadn't seen in about 10 years. We are starting to plan our 20 year reunion. 20 years!!! We are also trying to plan more gatherings for us to just get together and hang out. I am really enjoying these gatherings:)</span></div><div><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">K...that's all I got for now. I'll update more later and post some more of our recent gathering pics:)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-19685517230995674922009-08-12T15:13:00.001-07:002009-08-12T15:23:20.434-07:00Prep Day...<span style="color:#ff6600;">Seems I haven't updated my blog in forever. It's not that I haven't been on the computer. I guess I've just been lazy about updating:(</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Today was Mattie's prep day @ school. He is going into high school!!! Yikes!!! So today Mark went w/ me. Thank God cause it was chaotic in there and I don't know what I would have done by myself...well, I guess I could have managed, but it was nice to have someone else along:)</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">So we went and had to get his schedule, locker, student ID, books...all sorts of stuff. I think we were there for about 2 hours. Whew!!! All I can say is, I'm glad it's not me. I feel so overwhelmed for him...though I'm sure he'll do fine. I always get all paranoid for nothing cause he seems to be very good at adapting:)</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Today I met up with a lady this morning from Craigslist. I put up a listing for a bunch of clothes V outgrew and got a nice $45 for it all:) It's fairly easy to sell her stuff. I listed Mattie's school uniforms, but nothing on that though. Luckily the school accept gently used uniforms to offer those who can't afford them so I need to call the school about dropping them off. We have LOTS and they are all in very good condition so hopefully someone can benefit from them:)</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">I also went through all of our school supply stash and got it all packed up in V's new backpack for her. There are only a couple of things I am going to need to get. Sure am glad I stocked up with sales and clearance last year:)</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">V has her Meet the Teacher day next week on Thursday so we will find out who her teacher will be and we can drop off her supplies. I can't believe the start of school is just around the corner; the 24th here. V will be in the 3rd grade!!! I can't believe how fast these kids are growing:(</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">I've gotten a couple of LOs done. Not much since our Scrapapalooza. I'll upload those later. There's the lazy again:)</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Gotta go get dinner finished and serve it up. Hope everyone is staying cool. It is SO hot here. Like CRAZY hot:( I can NOT wait for Fall or at least our version of it;)</span>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-6839379263275995532009-07-27T18:29:00.000-07:002009-07-27T19:15:27.351-07:00Scrapapalooza Part Deux...<span style="color:#cc0000;">Saturday Lal and I had our Scrapapalooza Part Deux. I spent the better part of last week planning for it. I had 12 LO ideas put together, but only got to 10. The first two still need titles, so if anyone has any good suggestions, please share:)</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">I met up with Lal at Crossroads a little after 9am. We made a quick stop at HL for some Prima Pearls I needed then went to breakfast at Bill's. After breakfast we made another stop at Scrapbook Heaven and just picked up a few things I needed for the day.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">We got back to the house a little after 10am, I think. So we scrapped from then until like 2:30 when we stopped for our lunch break. We made another quick trip; to Tuesday Morning, then went to eat at Whataburger. Stopped at BL on the way back and scrapped again until 6 when Miguel came to pick up Lal. It was a really fun, relaxing, kid free day;)</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">After Lal left and the kids and Steve got home, we had dinner. I cleaned up, got V to shower and get ready for bed and scrapped some more. I scrapped until midnight and got 4 more LOs done for a total of 10 all day:) I was on a roll!!! ;)</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Since there are so many LOs I won't go into details on them all. I super lazy that way;) But if anyone has any questions about any of them, please feel free to leave me a comment here or message me on sb.com.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363326444297427042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR3MbcOrRuuMWoSBc59XB4T4HXT9KiCL4fskKAleXE8SVw4Nxz3QgHJ5oPdag_ujf6fcE7iU7a3DyE0Cr8cnSySevQ3TKV3NRRKJ2WblbcVNOBs9owF1-ONXEf3-ibsWh9fUHJMD9mhIjD/s320/DSCF0872.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363326437089812930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuzMTPEfFbR0r9_QOVTAROoutXSIqdzwtdKSi5Hu92ddZhR7iG-gxDsuh5S9KN_mQ2Z22fUmVYrUBaFl-9RWb18OD901XtvnGHUX9bylyL5Qxot5IZO_MbnyTecg6A_gkMiCRJ3SW4AzE1/s320/DSCF0870.JPG" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363325813577788850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif43ClDBdbzNAVrKD-DhEjUv0WWPq3dwMP0Itz0iKSs2_hPP-M0GFdFYh3_EOIvvycjKkSu8JftgHXNMaEywJPiIHBR87YNn0HTc6ll9CnfcSMaKmJ8HR5QlJrsG3jmvnJ0pBDfwvM1eWk/s320/DSCF0868.JPG" /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363325809003714546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vpxARcJo-YOzo5mW0MJ4WL2ZMny-rcKInay7iup7kI5-b66_X0cPR4rmwsBDXdAkIiGYFghJFdiTHxRupaQzhlwwlQZ4XsIqeKZPVHf9vkCY3hNrhPiSSqc8qhsYiXOBt4eG0KCwj2UT/s320/DSCF0861.JPG" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363321972096478466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHBGE7-xD8J4rJPNeLP4tjSIOZ7wqgVSK2sQmACSc9OYr4lem42cCXnUuMOkIZ35rk0FzzTtfGWZXMTpyo4kS1xSn2xdqPPJzP1-9hmiRdkZiy4VkYk3tbR6O8P10daq2uy7dXyBdIfzm/s320/DSCF0860.JPG" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363321965409948818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNugFWSqvZ_qu0wEBkOyIjYobOYh9h1E0UAcYbDxl_NfaWxHPnGIuP_Pafe7hT0OZwQXI20qPXgFhdaQH4OxFVvnielovfmoiqigVxVJzMeWlw2aA_wKZv1EJ5kcv3UoZ3ye3e-o7nmFyw/s320/DSCF0858.JPG" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363321962693099954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg648c7pHAhUYA1e9dkj8bEPp4mgiIXpquOlzIA-L0xczOER2rzz3gMOmNl1mOQ3H8ouDm3hylyHD9h4NyF5yIuV6Gf8Cybw6hxNqkQ3UbGgCtYpkchBY3GZRySCJ6OPHeWj31sh83xtfh_/s320/DSCF0857.JPG" /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiiwB4S0VhKtaIlqdKyeiLGRgYxQ_bq1TsCirr8kB2s5QBzqhwsmd-cS6wobZuunuQbQinwZ_L8AYRss2MIgUAnq3zxJRmbXcNktFRilonVL_A0F_UCMOLUEl10RJ9rfCsBbEeyJWQbiTz/s1600-h/DSCF0856.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363319778688385170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiiwB4S0VhKtaIlqdKyeiLGRgYxQ_bq1TsCirr8kB2s5QBzqhwsmd-cS6wobZuunuQbQinwZ_L8AYRss2MIgUAnq3zxJRmbXcNktFRilonVL_A0F_UCMOLUEl10RJ9rfCsBbEeyJWQbiTz/s320/DSCF0856.JPG" /></a> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363319775711416546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirIqvmZvlNTu_MhKu3_Le1y6DDtZqmrk4nxxzNC4hh_BB2BYhtPxEvr3FRqxMlZYqRdqZM_KxtgHDtVKqrWjm59JWOlAWFyZqoDZyD71qmuPjpcDCoiJNphV_hcvF4gE7hSRbio0VglLzq/s320/DSCF0855.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363319771424330610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJjIMh1pjdb_DzYr9FX0Cai-i_G3dGkDg1E0WR80PmxsYaRpXlsXLKslMyCZsiKwvlGSWFJAP6QNJkj-XhJYp7Kn8w77-dGfMjH8shehHXQVtna-MQY6yaaYd4ao-nIeGjMV1HYN6Q2zs/s320/DSCF0852.JPG" /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Thanks so much for looking. I've got a couple more updates and more pics, but I'll save those for another post. I gotta go workout which I am really procrastinating right now. More soon:)</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-86826412127632519952009-07-20T21:10:00.000-07:002009-07-20T21:38:23.056-07:00<span style="color:#cc0000;">Lots of new LOs to share...</span><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360762314281385986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5XerLqmJ8SuKFMXJXFwWZ81XS7Zua36hyphenhyphenUoVEl0hYqUNTLIv_h6dWmlItKdNp3i9dlUIMZCQVUSoNyH7H4pyfJO7uQGyDOQlQ2Q5Bjxg0DfWsDpiqthedae_jEEU1a-Je607kk5UA4k2/s320/DSCF0825.JPG" /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">I'd been seeing some kraft papers lately that had like a black border to them. I have no idea who makes them, but I really like them. So if anyone knows, PLEASE pass on the info. Anywho...I made my own here. I used a Glitz roller stamp to make a border on the kraft paper, then went back with a white Signo and filled in some of the loops. Papers are Cosmo Cricket Early Bird (LOVE this line:) and a strip of MM Sabrina. The stem is Sizzix cut and outline with a black Zig. I made my flowers using scraps, my scalloped circle punch, buttons and adhesive mounts for dimension. The little quote box is LYB mounted on black cardstock.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360762312700686210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuS7v3VK7y7DYZ4EdQtHBCzOgZ7P0tXp7LhUMnMXpGepuELGToeIGnMfi079WWDCFG1GfQBfJNOAhzjCiJHT1fUGb_UAHDeR3yMRT6BI_S9NiUUu2ZMMO2WQyrMHxGis1Xko0_fhQd0d_e/s320/DSCF0819.JPG" /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">This one was inspired by a recent LO Lal did. The background paper is AC Amplified. Diecut paper is MM Sabrina as well as the black pattern behind the pic. Used some Quikutz butterfly diecuts someone sent me, a swank label, some MM tiny alphas and a Colorbok card I got in a pack at J's quite a while back and just opened and used:)</span><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360762307790229474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrIHyFpudmURcv5VKMnA-vwKKKxBzgNlewgj_jFzVyuwLcJx8rTYjSpHGKi74FyxBaAvufGcngvIdFu-mvypQdAAOpraAtMMDGYqLxwOwxcQ2uL-Ufg9u4dneLBi1-tTaKqj7bPRJiq1gt/s320/DSCF0820.JPG" /><span style="color:#cc0000;">This one is a lift off 2Peas. I SO love the Collage Press diecut papers. I got these in the mail last week. The pic is of Mattie and Nick at Mattie's recent bday gathering. The background is just a piece of chipboard I was working on; not an actual part of the LO. Besides the Collage Press paper and diecuts, I used a piece of MME stripe paper and an MME rubon title that I put onto some plain cardstock then cut out.</span><br /><div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360762300199052754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqZ_0vxrlW28eaMNGcLdfMjHteJ9dWXhlhokLaLU7gyc8P04KCWhz3gpqwge2EYvCtQp6VVno0kgxFWkZy_r0Ca4gt_vvE9jTHOVtsmS1bQo9DSc_OxL5NJBp-LG49trdrOKYnGSuxSGIK/s320/DSCF0832.JPG" /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Another lift off 2Peas. Pic of Mattie and V a couple of Halloweens ago. The little mosters are some Reminisce stamps I just got at M's. They are so stinkin' cute. I stamped them onto white cardstock, colored them with color pencils, cut them out and glued them onto black cardstock. Cut them out again. The orange border strip was made using one of my MS border punches. Paper is kraft and Scenic Route, AC chip Thickers, MM tiny alphas, mini brads and a swank label.</span><br /><div><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360762293914783010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9m45PqK5N9QfYCu8khCnZvhysmQK2IFcEVdxgcQo_0t1bj6ulGEWvcm0Mi3Poqs83uMvzx6j0u4CYlOfXQ41S83mvUSTI8KgIkatWvlIyheDCYuYm43Cyx4CglcxcIG8g3gZkRK7_Q00G/s320/DSCF0828.JPG" /><span style="color:#cc0000;">This is a pic of V and Mia at Mattie's birthday gathering. V kept making silly faces and Mia kept trying to copy her. It was SO cute. Then V would make some really silly face and Mia would just crack up. I built on black cardstock. Used some Girl Friday that I cut into a half artisan, mounted onto cardstock and cut again. Cricut cut label from Scenic Route grid pp. Cut the letters out of a sheet of the Girl Friday as well as the little bee and butterfly. Carolyn Gavin border strip and white Signo to make the bee "trail".</span></div><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><div><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Not too much going on here. I went by my mom's last Tuesday and we took Mattie to lunch for his actual birthday. Did a little shopping too. Lal came over on Thursday and we did a little scrapping here and a little more shopping;)</span><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">I got all my cleaning done today as well as my grocery shopping. I'm getting LOs planned for Saturday cause Lal and I are planning Scrapapalooza Deux. I've got 3 together so far. Easy, quick, simple ones so far, but I can use those to warm up;)</span></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">Heading to bed earlier tonight cause I've been staying up WAY too late. Night all:)</span></div><div><br /> </div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div> </div></div></div>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-88043007399408710982009-07-13T19:08:00.001-07:002009-07-13T19:08:47.659-07:00LO count at...<span style="color:#cc0000;">65 to date...Need to reach 100...or more;) by December 31st...</span>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453527958638184112.post-29039334928623750372009-07-13T18:54:00.000-07:002009-07-13T19:06:56.604-07:00Last Tuesday...<span style="color:#cc0000;">My mom was off so we went over to visit. Lal and I also planned a little crop day so I packed some LOs to work on. </span><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358129021891489026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zpVmmAA5yKz4QSmFPyZcFL6-0pwAs_5t5nG6G6bn4-dBfJ9zON18dNZGMWQD3FaYqKnIlgPU5R6Cv5Z53T5MMJrDr1QiVhkuLaV_HHvqeziqM7BrHU8eMippfLi4aI5QUtV8Q6_crMhB/s320/DSCF0704.JPG" /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">This one is a lift off one Lal lifted off of 2Peas, I believe. I used Sass Life at the Pole for my background paper, WRMK pp to cut out the viney/leaves and bird, AC Puffy Thickers and MM tiny alphas, Sass border and Pink Paislee journaling card.</span><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358128998809738722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8874n42shiL3CSy8tIW-arbVmLvL6PTn4avjp0SI9EJ_WQnuvT5DTZBr_sjZcb2eZG5UU2Jqw3UnarI1lYY4mqlThEHilm-BLv8aAUoL6vV3dME8e7RrW0Ey0mbuAKIUlEniRghgRIDaH/s320/DSCF0700.JPG" /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">This is a lift off of 2Peas. These pics are of V at one of the two pool parties she went to right at the end of the year. I used some Cosmo Cricket Snorkel, 7 Gypsies cardstock stickers and some buttons. I cut one strip out of the Cosmo paper (the blue wave piece) and used pop dots to give it some dimension.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">So while at my mom's, my uncle went over to fix a leaky pipe for my mom. While he was out front turning off the water to the house, it broke so he had to leave the water off until he went and got someone to come back and fix it. </span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">So we left and came back to my house. Lal and Mikey came with us. We made a few stops on the way; M's, BL and Target. I worked on this one later that night cause I didn't get to it at my mom's...</span><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358129009609088466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh26quvfzdeKgijgYR5aWnRJRAH8cymTHZBM7oRkzbHxAxlr6rRlVU8GYjz6n3IpTsTsEiaBbXHQqAXwTj_muJokfwBt7jGbTyRrafdLpdyXsrgJdyyD1lW9ykHQy-0snlTBNNMR2Jhz84/s320/DSCF0693.JPG" /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">This one was another lift off of 2Peas. It was actually an altered project someone did. I made it into a LO:) I used the image off of a box of Cracker Jacks. Just love how it turned out:) The stars are Sizzix cut chipboard painted with MM paints. I made my little "flower" embellies using Jenni Bowlin crepe paper and some milk caps along with some circle punchies and my HS edge distresser. I used a shipping tag and some Tim Holtz ink along with a Cricut cut "4", a JB gem button and some small painted chip stars. Label sticker with MM tiny alphas. Kraft paper, MME Wild Asparagus, Bazzill and a few buttons.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">K...I think I'm all caught up on my recent LOs now. I'm off to lay on the couch and put some heat on my neck that has been killling me all day:( Night all...</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>shopgirlaudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439003504177375047noreply@blogger.com2