A month and change since my last post!! How crazy is that! I've been crazy busy as usual. Work is super busy and crazy. Ross and I have been all over the place. My mom was here because my sister had her BABY!! Very exciting! We are all happy to welcome a new little girl into our family!! She is super adorable and we all love her incredibly.
Hopefully, I will have more to post later this month!
So, today, got up early, ran some Christmas errands, read some Twilight, no big deal. The hubby and I decide to go out to breakfast (my fave dining out meal!). We went to the local diner type place and of course, since it was Sunday morning, I looked like complete crap! And I mean it when I say complete crap. Lo and behold, just as we walked in the door, there stood my biggest high school crush and his wife and daughter. Of course, he recognizes me and gives me the "i know who you are" smile and I just smile back. Of course!!! I can never run into him when I look like this:
No, of course not!! I run into him when I look like this:
SERIOUSLY!That's me on the far right, in the fabulous Oakland NBA All-Star game hat! Now, on the happy side, time has not been good to him either. But, come on!! As Joy told me on Friday, I need to look fabulous all the time so no one catches me looking like crap! LOL!!!
Enough of my ranting! If you haven't done it already, go and see Twilight. You will be happy you did!!
Sorry I am late in posting! It's been super hectic this weekend! My dear friend, Daniela Costa, asked me to do something with her latest The ARt Life kit and I was happy to oblige!! Daniela seriously ROCKS the vintage vibe, which I totally admire. I also love how she combines some fun and funky new stuff and how it all just WORKS together! So awesome! If you haven't checked out her ETSY store, The Art Life Etsy, you should do so immediately! Sooo many fun things to play with today!
Here are some pics of what I did with the kit. There were enough materials to do FOUR projects. Yes, count em', FOUR projects. I did a wall-hanging, a super cute house mini album, a shadow box thingy, and a mini album made out of vintage postcards. How cool is that? How cool am I by association! LOL!!! Here is my shadow box:
Yes, I was kind of channeling my inner scary person, using my Joker toy on this one. Very macabre!
Here is the front of my Cosmo Cricket House Mini Album in that gorgeous blackboard.
I love this pic of my old Halloween statue, Morty. He was so awesome and I've never found another one. He is missed!
And a pic of my wall-hanging:
And last but not least, my post-card mini album with a few extra pages!
I just loved creating with this kit!! AWesome!! have a great week!
Well, well, well, it's October now, so I figured I'd post! LOL!! I've been super busy as always. Work is crazy, we are trying to do stuff around the house, my mom had surgery,it's been super crazy!!! We are somewhat back to an keel, even though I am going out of town next week for work! I finished a little project for My Daughter's Wish and I am loving it!! It's kind of a Reduce Reuse Recycle thing. I turned this:
into this:
Wow! Such a fun project! Here are a few other pics...it's a fold-out flip album with plenty of room for journaling and pics!
Check out the MDW blog for more details on class dates. Also, keep an eye for post TOMORROW with pics of a fun Halloween project, courtesy of the The Art Life , a kit club from my dear friend Daniela!
I have an upcoming class at My Daughters Wish, 5 layouts in 1 hour!! Yes, we will move at breakneck speed! LOL!! No, seriously, the layouts are a great way to get pages done quickly and still have them be fun and full of fun embellishing. Here is a pic of one of the LO's:
Call the store to sign up... you know you want to! ;)
I have a secret. When I was much younger, I was a completely political person. When I was in high school, I wanted to be the first female President of the United States. I was a dedicated student of US History and did my political activist thing in high school. I went away to college, studying Political Science with an emphasis in International Relations. I wanted to work in the state department. My goal in life was all about politics and getting involved in keeping our country moving in the right direction. In our small college community, my friends and I went to our Bush-Quayle rallies at the Phi Sigma Kappa house. My dear friend did her internships in Washington, we all felt working for our Country was the ultimate in service. My senior year of college was the start of the Gulf War. I realized that I could not pursue the political life that I had planned. Not because of any opposition to war, but because I realized politics could not be my life. Since that time, my involvement in the political realm has been minimal. I vote, of course, but stay very much on the fringes of political debate. I have several friends who stayed involved in politics and I admire them in this regard. I vote, of course, but stay very much on the fringes of political debate. Until now.
We are in an exciting time in our country. Exciting and frightening. you might remember my prior post on voting. I am a lifelong supporter of equal treatment of women. My heart is bursting with pride, excitement and hope for Governor Sarah Palin. Watching her speech excited me, inspired me, reminded me of my prior dedication to service to our country.
Even more so, watching John McCain's acceptance speech, I was further inspired. During the speech, I felt on the edge of my seat, on the edge of tears. Listening to Senator McCain's speech reminded me that it should be Country First. Our country deserves the best of us. It is our duty, our right, our privilege to do what we can for our country.
Do what you can for your country. However that works for you, vote, volunteer, blog, whatever. Remember to get out and VOTE!
So, I've been totally all over the place!! And totally consumed with a contest on Willow Traders!! I got into the Scrapbook Survivor game started by Annette and went way overboard!! I ended up placing 2nd in the competition with a grand total of 345 layouts and 30 cards! Crazy!!! Oh, I forgot to say, these were all done in the space of 6 weeks!! Holy moly!! Totally unbelieveable! I am back among the living now but then went into a traveling state. I went to Las Vegas with my mom and my sister...had a great time!
I was also tagged by Gina . Here are my answers:
What I was doing 10 years ago?
Let's see, in 1998 I was a crazy workaholic who was looking for Mr. Right and meeting too many Mr. Right Nows.
5 Things on my To Do List Today
Get better (I have a messy gross cold)
Start laundry
Organize papers
sleep
eat some soup!
I am addicted to...
If I were a millionaire, I would....... Pay off my house, buy a farm and have a great time with my family and friends! Places I've Lived: I am not sure who I am tagging yet...probably
Last night, we went to the Solano County Fair. It seemed different than the last time I went, less vendors, less everything, however more security and more workers at the fair. I think that's positive. I got to eat my funnel cakes and part of a gross corndog. I was very disappointed in the hotdog vendor. But I did have some good fries to share with Ross so that was good. We looked all around at
PIG RACING! Yeah!!! That was pretty fun to watch! Then we went to the livestock area. I love livestock, must be my North Dakota blood! Had a great time with the pigs, cows and sheep. I was very happy. Then we hung out more and I nded up buying:
A very snazzy hat!! I am totally digging on it, my hubby says I look hot!That's always good to hear! LOL!!
HOpe everyone is having a great week. Today is my dad's birthday. He would have been 65 today. Hopefully I will post a layout or scrap project soon!
This MDW challenge thing is fun!! Thanks to everyone who participated in the paint challenge I hosted. I will be announcing the winner tonight!
Casey's challenge was this week and she picked "A Gift My Father Gave Me" as her theme. I am also doing a crazy challenge at Willow Traders called Scrapbook Survivor so I incoporated that in as well. Thanks for a great Challenge Casey!
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