No Tooth Fairy

The "Tooth Fairy" is no more at our house. What a sad day for me.

So Josh comes into my room this morning with a very mad face.

He says "There is no Tooth Fairy! You're the Tooth Fairy!"

I am in shock and I say "What do you mean, did you lose a tooth?"

He says "Yes, Jake told me not to tell you so we could see if she still came and she didn't there is no Tooth Fairy"

I tried to find a way out of it but I am not a quick thinker, so I said "Maybe she didn't know you lost it either!"

He wasn't falling for that. At least I have smart kids! ;) So I caved and said yes Mama is the tooth fairy. Jake got a huge talking to for ruining it for his brother like that and then Josh said "I'm telling all my friends!" to which I replied that he better not ruin it for anyone else!

Then the Santa discussion came up! I put my foot down on that one! I Yelled "Santa doesn't come to anyone's house that doesn't believe!"

Jake piped up "I believe in Santa!"

I also told them that since they don't believe in the Tooth Fairy anymore I don't have to pay for lost teeth! LOL! Saved myself two bucks today! ;)

And that's my blog news for the day! Have a great Thursday all!

Yeah! More Page Bracelets!

Cindy has done it again! She has added to the Page Bracelet Collection! And they are 43% off today so that makes them $1.13! Amazing deal! These are so fun! I just love the hearts this time around! I'm off to use them right now so hurry up and go get them so you can show me what you've done with them!

Have a great day!

Link Renewed

I have renewed the doodle link because the download expired. Here is the new link:

http://wa-01.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=486022970002F8D7

Happy Sunday! And thanks for letting me know you like them by enjoying them!

Doodle Freebie!

I decided to do a Doodle Freebie! I wanted some of my own doodles for my digi pages and since I have them I figured why not give them away! If you want them they are up on You Send It.

Here is the link if you'd like them. You'll have to copy and paste it twice because blogger doesn't like how long it is! Sorry!

http://wa-01.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=41C313324A209624&rcpt=pbumbaca@adelphia.net

Here's a little preview for you!

Please leave me a comment and let me know if you liked them!

Enjoy and Happy Labor Day!

Icky Sickies!

Two sickies in the house! Josh has a tummy thing and then I woke up not feeling well. I hope it's a quick one and not that nasty bug I've been hearing about. I had a migraine too but the medicine is starting to kick in on that. I was worried I was going to throw it up after I took it this am tho! Sorry TMI!

So I got rejected from yet another CT. I tried out for Shannon Carlson's team and didn't make it. She was very cool though, she gave out $20 gift certificates to her store for applying! So the shopping made the rejection a bit easier! ;)

So that's my Friday update. I'm hoping the day improves! Have a good one all!

{Squish} Stories

So the mammo wasn't as bad as I expected. I guess from all the horror stories I've heard I expected it to hurt much worse than it did! Don't get me wrong it wasn't a picnic or anything like that but it was very quick and really more uncomfortable than ungodly pain! I just hope I get no news back from it! Breast Cancer is a scary thing, I've had two people very near and dear to me go thru it and that was bad enough.

I played with Rachael's sketch challenge again and this time I turned it and came out with this. These are the photos from January when the big windstorm knocked down a huge pine tree in our yard. The tree fell right between the Hummer and Michael's truck! It also missed every one of our flowering trees that line the driveway! Talk about a close call! Have you done one yet? What are you waiting for? Rachael always has great pages and her sketches are just as cool! Today is the last day also to apply for one of 3 positions for the CT at The Digi Chick. Good Luck to anyone who has applied. I here there are a lot! I can't imagine narrowing the field down to 3 lucky ladies!

So it's a long weekend and we are going to have Rain Rain Rain! Remnants of Ernesto I guess. It was supposed to be a beautiful weekend but not anymore so that means scrapping time for me!!! Woohoo! I'm gonna play with my new Dabbers, get some stuff done for the Cape Crop and who knows what else! Can't wait! If anyone wants to join me, give me a yell! :)

OK I guess that's all I've got for this fine Thursday. Hope you all have a wonderful day!

HUMP DAY ALREADY!?

Thank you all for the kind words about my Hummer and my anniversary. We went out for a nice Italian dinner. I ate way too much and was very uncomfortable for the rest of the night! I had pumpkin ravioli and they were out of this world! For any of you that live in the Southern NH/MA area we went to Bella Italia in Tyngsboro, MA. They have the best food! It's a small place with only a beer and wine menu but so worth a trip there! It's right across from Skate 3 on DW Highway. :)

Today I go for my very first Mammo. Not so excited about that! I've been given the inside scoop from the doc to ask for the comfort pads tho. She said insurance doesn't cover them and they are $5 each but well worth the money so I'll be asking for those first off! ;)

Oh and have you checked out Rachaels Week #2 Sketch Challenge over at The Digi Chick? It's a great sketch! Here is my version. Fun stuff over there! There were 52 versions of last weeks sketch so Rachael is hoping to double that! I will have to try another version! ;)

The boys both loved their teachers yesterday! Jake has SEVERAL of his friends in his class! Not sure how that's gonna work out! LOL! I told him to save his fooling around for the playground! ;) He said he loves 5th grade so far! Hopefully it stays that way through the year. Lots of papers came home for me to sign from them both, school lunches are $1.50 and 1.75! UGH! But at least I don't have to make them anymore! Woohoo! I hate packing lunch every morning! Oh and of course the school supply lists came home. I have no idea why they can't send them to you over the summer! If I have a hard time finding anything I'm going to be pissed off!

OK that's all I've got for today! I'm sure I'll have lots to tell you tomorrow after the boob vice episode! Happy Hump Day!

Tuesday Musings

It's my 19th anniversary today! I find that hard to believe, where did the time go! Happy Anniversary Honey, LOVE YOU!

The boys started school today, Josh wasn't too keen on it, says he hates school. Nice! I have no idea where he got that attitude, I loved school! Jake is now a middle schooler! He was a bit nervous about going to a new school and being the young kid again but I think he'll be fine. Took my usual "First Day" pics and so wanted to follow him to the bus stop to get photos of him riding the Real bus (they have always gone on the daycare bus) but there was no way he was letting that happen! LOL!

Yesterday Chris and I went and took a Tim Holtz class! It was so fun! Man that guy is so stinking talented! He did a demo before the class too of the new Dabbers. I am telling you once you try these you will trash all your acrylic paints! There is no mess, no waste, you can use them on rubber stamps and they don't dry out when you leave the top off! So stinking cool! I bought 11 there and am ordering 12 more today from www.innovativestampcreations.com because Betsy has a buy 6 get one free offer going on! Way cool! There are 38 colors in all so I'll be 15 away from a complete set after this! They are a bit pricey ($3.65/bottle) but way worth the price considering how much more versatile they are!

Oh and my worse news of all, Friday my H3 got it's first set of dents/scratches! :( We have a paving company up the road, their big dump trucks travel up and down the road I drive on every day. Well one threw a huge rock off and it bounced across my hood leaving two big scratches and dents in it's path. Not only that, scared the lights out of me because I thought it was coming thru the windshield! Their insurance company is saying I don't have "Burden of Proof" it was them since I didn't see their name on the truck as it went by and there are a lot of orange trucks in the area! Yeah, well not the same color orange as these trucks! And not when 3 more come following closely behind that one! It was 9am and they were all on their way somewhere! Jerks! I have no idea if either of the boys saw the name on the trucks, I was too nervous about my less than a year old car being damaged that I didn't think of that, but most likely they will be too young to be credible witnesses anyway. I hope to hear better news by the end of the week but it looks like they are trying to get out of paying me!

So that's all my jibber jabber for today. I hope you all have a terrific Tuesday!

Hurray It's Saturday!

My favorite day of the week! Well yesterday was pretty good too! Had the day off, Chris is in town visiting her dad so she came and hung out at my class Thurs night and then we spent the day together yesterday. I took her over to meet Rachael since they have only met online and both wanted to meet IRL. That was fun, Rachael gave me lots of fun AT stuff to play with one of my classes for the Cape too so I've got to get busy today (after I clean the house!)

Chris and I are taking a class by Tim Holtz on Monday so I am stoked for that! We'll be making a Junkitz ruler book and it should be loads of fun! I'm going to bring my Meeting Tim page to see if he'll sign it for me. I know kinda geeky but I thought it would look cool on the layout! ;)

So that's it for me, just cleaning house and hanging out today and tomorrow so nothing more exciting to talk about! Hopefully I'll have something to show for it! ;)

OH almost forgot, have you seen this yet? The Digi Dares. Looks like so much fun and I've already got my first dare page planned out!

OK now that's really it for me! Have a great weekend!

My Anniversary Present!

Michael and I will be married 19 years on Tuesday. I got my present last night (yep, I got it early because I picked it up)! Circuit City is having a web only sale! So here's what I got:

That is the 30Gig Video IPOD and isn't that the cutest pink case? LOVE it! And Honey for getting it for me. He just shook his head when I told him I wanted one after the heck I put him thru at Xmas. He wanted to get me one then and I said I absolutely did not want one! That's a woman's perogative though isn't it, to change her mind? :) I'm happy, he's happy (he got stuff for the car as always)! I also bought an 80 gig portable external hard drive. That way I can have my itunes with me where ever I go! I had no room on my home computer for it, and my laptop is owned by my company so if I ever left I'd lose it all, figured that would be the best way to go. I am happily importing my CDs to it now! I have a feeling I'll be filling it up quickly between the music and my digi files pretty quickly!

So that's my fun stuff for today! Gotta teach a class tonight and tomorrow Chris and I are off to have fun! Not sure what we're going to do yet but I'm looking foward to seeing her! Catch you all later! Have a wonderful day!

Tagged!

I've been tagged by September!

1. If you could build a house anywhere, where would it be? I'd build a house on the ocean somewhere where they don't have hurricanes!
2. What's your favorite article of clothing? Whatever will make me look thin! LOL!
3. Favorite physical feature of the opposite sex? eyes
4. What's the last CD that you bought? Hmmm, I never buy them, I only ask for them as gifts! The last one I got as a gift was 4 of them for Xmas from my Uncle! :)
5. Where's your favorite place to be? At the beach or in my scrapbook room!
6. Where's your least favorite place to be? Work on Monday morning! ;)
7. What's your favorite place to be massaged? Nowhere! I don't like massages!
8. Strong in mind or strong in body? Mind, I'm a weakling!
9. What time do you wake up in the morning? 5am.
10. What is your favorite kitchen appliance? My KitchenAid Mixer
11. What makes you really angry? Ignorant, mean, or hateful people.
12. If you could play any instrument what would it be? Piano, I've always wanted to play since I was little!
13. Favorite color? PINK! It used to be purple.
14. Sports car or SUV? SUV
15. Do you believe in an afterlife? Yes
16. Favorite children's book? Where the Wild Things Are
17. What's your favorite season? Summer!
18. What is your least favorite household chore? Cleaning the tub after 3 dirty boys (well one man) use it! PITA!
19. If you could have one super-power, what would it be? I like the blinking a clean house that Jolene and September have but I think it would be to fly!
20. If you have a tattoo what is it? Yep a rose on my right shoulder.
21. Can you juggle? Nope, only my life!
22. The one person from your past that you wish you could go back and talk to? My grandfather, he died in the war and I never got to meet him.
23. What's your favorite day? Saturday!
24. What's in the trunk of your car? I don't have a trunk but the back has a blanket, umbrella, and Jake's Bat bag.
25. Which do you prefer-sushi or hamburger? Sushi!

I'm tagging Rachael and Jodene!

My Sketch Layout

Here is my layout from Rachaels sketch:

Thanks for such a great sketch Rachael! Be sure to join in the challenge and post a layout! I can't wait to see all the different ideas that come from it!

Less than a week...

...until school starts and I haven't done one thing to get ready for it! Oh well that's not true, I did order Jake a backpack from LL Bean! Josh on the other hand will have to pick one out at the store since the one he wanted from Bean will be available in DECEMBER!!! Guess that's what I get for waiting until the last minute! I have no idea where the summer went! I kept waiting for a letter from their teachers with a supply list. We have gotten one every year. Not a peep this year! NICE! I tell you if we get one after school starts those teachers are getting the what for from me! After the sales are over and the supplies are gone is not the time to tell me what to buy! I'm just going to Walmart and getting what I think they will need and that's that! :)

So all you digi scrappers, go check out Rachael's sketch challenge over at The Digi Chick! It starts today and her sketch is great! I am not sure how long it goes for but it should be fun knowing my gal Rachael! I'm already working on mine for this weeks! Oh and did you hear, the Chicks are looking to add to their CT! That sounds like a pretty cool gig too!

Well that's all for me today folks. Hope you all have a fabulous Tuesday! Gotta fly!

Another Busy Weekend

So last night's scrapping plan went right out the window. I got Josh off to my moms, and had plans to drop Jake at his first ever "Camp Out" at 7pm. Well we got to the daycare at 7 on the dot. We of course don't own a tent so were just hoping Jake could bunk up with someone. One of our good friends and manager of the daycare Brian told us to go to his house and get his house from his wife. Of course I can't just run there and back, I have to chat with Janine (it's what I do best isn't it?) for at least half an hour (and Jake didn't mind running around with some friends there)! We get back to the camp out at 7:50! I get Jake all settled in the tent and am now chatting there! I get home at 8:15! LOL! So I sit down at the computer to edit a photo I want to scrap of the most adorable baby girl (my neighbor's grandaugther), needed to take some b/g stuff out and by the time I finished editing an printing it, it's 9:15 and Michael is home from his cruise night. So I decided it was too late to start because I'd end up being up all night and I have to be up really early today (what's up with that? no kids and up early on Sat?) to clean house.

Yep, gotta clean the house and be done by noon, then have to shower and get ready to leave her by 12:45 to be at my cousin's bridal shower. She's getting married next month. Tomorrow my MIL and FIL are arriving to spend the night. They are coming home from being on a trip to Alaska since June 2nd! Everyone can't wait to see them! And they have never spent the night here so the boys are so excited! I have to get to the grocery store somewhere in there and get some of FIL's favs, some wine and dinner for tomorrow night! They estimate they will be here around noon tomorrow. They have been sending the coolest photos from their trip so I can't wait to see more! I have always wanted to go to Alaska! They drove cross country in their Motor Home and stayed in some beautiful country. That is a dream trip of mine!

Anyway, I better get my butt off here and start cleaning, need to pick Jake up by 8:30! Have a great day all!

Fish Tales

I've been trying to post since Wed but the new Blogger Beta won't show my post so if this one shows up I'll be amazed! Here is Wed night's update on the Koi:

When we got home yesterday the first thing I did was count the colorful fish, we have 6, I counted 5. Now note the colorful fish are the ones I paid big bucks for! I looked and found one of the FL fish down beside the porch. It was still moving! Barely! I ran and scooped it up and held it in the water for several minutes willing it to breath again. It coughed up some mulch and then I let it go and it flipped belly up! I grabbed it again and held onto it until it could swim upright. It then sank down to the bottom! This was not going well! It finally looked as if it might survive. So I let it alone. It made it thru the night. We put some tree netting over the pond and it's staying there until we can figure out what the heck the issue is! The water conditions are perfect according to the test kit so it's not that. No clue what the heck is causing these guys to jump ship (well pond) but they are not getting out now! :) Granted the frogs have no clue why they can't get in now! LOL

Yesterday the netting worked great, no fish got out and none got stuck in the netting either so right now all is good! Hopefully it will stay that way! Happy Friday all!

17 DEAD Fish

The flipping (literally) fish are jumping out of the pond! 10 were laying around the mulch bed last night when we got home and another 7 were out there this morning! Thank goodness they weren't the ones I paid money for but they were the ones my BIL gave us. But still is totally stinks! Jake actually cried this morning when he saw them! I hope to God the ones that come today stay in there! $90 + $90 worth of shipping and if they jump out I am gonna freak! Fed Ex is supposed to be here by 10:30 I think is there deadline so they have 1/2 hour to make it! Tap tap taping my fingers waiting! Keep your fingers crossed that the rest of these little buggers stay put! :(

My Honey's Handywork

Our pond is almost complete! Michael built this beautiful water feature for it last weekend. The fountain is so calming and now that we have fish it is one step closer! We bought two beauties yesterday at a Pond Supply and then picked up 25 or so more from my Brother in Law. Tomorrow 4 more are being delivered Fed Ex from FL! I cannot wait! One is a really sparkly silver and it looked amazing online so I hope it's even better IRL! I'm so happy to have fish again and to have the pond going again! This is one of my favorite features of my house! I just love sitting out on the porch with my scrapping magazines listening to the fountain. And once I have the fish eating from my hands I'll be in my glory! Today they are still swimming in a circle at the bottom but soon! :)

Don't they look pretty? This coming Saturday we are going to get plants (the are having a big sale)! End of year and all! The plants are all periannuals so they will come back too!

OK, just wanted to show those off! I'm so proud to have a DH that can do anything! :) Have a great Monday all!

Whirlwind Weekend!

Phew! This weekend just flew by! I can't believe it's Sunday night already!

Yesterday was the the annual luau we go to at my best friend's sisters house every year. We got a late start because I had to work most of the morning and we didn't get there until 3pm, stayed until about 10pm. It was a great time as always. We usually stay much later but I was so darn tired after 3 Raspberry Pina Coladas that I wanted to go home and go to bed, plus it was freezing! It felt more like a September fall night than an August night! It was great to see everyone, more new babies and some more on the way, a divorce in the mix too though, hate to hear about those stories! It stinks living almost an hour away from all the friends I grew up with because I only see them a couple times a year and when we do talk on the phone it seems like this stuff doesn't come up so man was I shocked to see this one pregnant or that one with a new baby! I could have killed Nanc (my best friend) for not filling me in better on the latest news! LOL! Michael had a blast playing horseshoes and the boys jumped in the bounce house until they were tired of it.Me I got my fill of food, drink and gossip! ;) Good Times!

Today lots of running around, Michael and I went out for a drive in the camaro and got some new fish for the pond. Then I went to the LSS and got some of the new Chatterbox papers! Yippee! They are so fun! I also got some of the new Reminise papers to do some store samples. I'm going to be busy this week! Got back from the store and we drove to my BIL's house to get more fish! Came home to put them in the pond and then went next door for a bbq. Just got home a little bit ago. It's been a long and very busy day!

Tuesday we will be getting 4 more fish and that will be it for the season. I bought them off Ebay and they will come FedEx. I can't wait to see them. I have to be here for the delivery. I'm a bit nervous about making the transfer to the pond but Michael is working a huge job in RI so he can't take the day off to do it so I have to do it. Hopefully it will go smoothly. Joey (bil) has done it a bunch of times and he's gone thru the ropes with me so I think I'll do ok. Fingers/toes and everything else crossed!

Well that's my weekend in a nutshell. Gotta get the boys to bed. Have a good one all!

Hey Hey it's Friday!

Happy Friday! It's almost my favorite day of the week! Just have to get thru today! Last day of the soup diet too. I think I'm gonna be done with the weight loss at 5 pounds but heck that's better than nothing. I'll start it up again on Monday and see if I can get down another 5 next week and be at my goal weight!

We are going to a friends annual luau tomorrow so no diet for me! Way too much fun luau food and drink! ;) Also a chance to see friends I only see a few times a year some of them only at this party! So much fun! Michael plays horseshoes all day, the boys swim and jump in the bounce house they rent and I gab the day away with my best friend since 8th grade and her sister (the hostess) and some other ladies from high school. It's the best time! We'll also stop off at my BIL's house for a quick Hello since they live right up the street from the party house.

The pond is officially ready for fish! We have four coming in on Tuesday all the way from FL! I won them on Ebay and I can't wait! I have to be there for the FedEx guy when they deliver. One of them is a sparkly silver and it looks so gorgeous in the photo so I cannot wait to see it in person! Hope they all make the trip OK! My BIL buys fish off Ebay all the time and has even had them shipped from Japan so hopefully the FL trip will be nothing! ;)

I better get to work now, hopefully this day will fly by, gotta get some desserts cooked tonight for tomorrow and find our hawaiian garb! Have a great day!

5 Pounds Down!

I started the Fat Burning Soup Diet on Saturday and I am officially down 5 pounds today! This is a great fast fix diet I tell you! The soup is terrific too! And I got back on the bike last night after not being on it since vacation. Now all I've got left is to start the exercise videos I have and I'll be on track! And look at that summer's almost over! LOL! Well at least I'm finally headed in the right direction. Maybe by January when I go to CALIFORNIA I'll have a beach body!

Yep I'm going to California! I can't believe I'm going! Andrea and I are going to see Chris! And we're all gonna go to CHA Winter 2007! How cool is that! Still have to work out the details on how we're going but I am psyched! I said I'd never fly that far but I am going to get over my fear of flying far distances and do it! Of course I made this decision yesterday and then those nasty terrorists go and strike all over the news today but heck I have all the way till January for things to calm down and I'm NOT going to let them jerks rule my life! Of course I may get on my butt and get some real life insurance and write my will before that!

OK friends (I so want to say peeps here but everyone else already says that), that's all for me today! Hope you all have an awesome Thursday! Signing out!

What's with my Sidebar?

Update! I figured it out! If you put in an image that's too big you mess up your sidebar! So my image of Cindy's new Page Bracelets did it for me. So sorry Cindy, had to downsize them a bit! :)

Why the heck is my sidebar way down at the bottom? Anyone have any ideas? I did not change anything in my code, just came here today and that's how it was! Strange creatures in the night!
If anyone knows how I can fix something I didn't change in the first place I'd love the help! I have been banging my head against the wall for over an hour now and nothing has helped! TIA!!!

How Fun Are These?!

Check out the latest thing from Cindy Simon! The are available at www.ndisb.com for $1.99 and look like so much fun. I for one am off to use them right now!

A PITA! Literally!

So yesterday I woke up unable to move my neck or left arm. It killed all day! I have no idea what I did to make it hurt so bad either. Thought maybe I slept funny but the pain never went away. Got home last night and used the good ole rice sock on it but that didn't do much good. I stayed home today to use the heat on it more often and so I could work from the couch and lean back instead of having to sit up so straight. It is still killing me! No idea what the heck I did but man what a Pain in the Neck! ;)

I went and bit the bullet and upgraded to Photoshop CS2 today. It's only $169 if you have an older version of Photoshop so it says on the Adobe site so hopefully when I get my disk in the mail on the 15th of August it's true! I couldn't pass it up for that cheap! I'm so sick of not being able to open the awesome brushes that come with kits and having to use the .png files instead. So we shall see how this goes!

And on that note, not much else to say here! Hope you all are having a great Tuesday! Cya Tomorrow!

Happy Monday!!!

Check this out!!!

Look at that Grand Prize Winner!! Yep it's ME!!! Woohoo! Imagine my surprize when I got an email from Gina in my inbox this morning! Way to make my morning! I won a $100 gift certificate to her store and the new Elsie book! How cool is that! I never win anything!

What a gorgeous weekend we had here in New England! After the scorcher week we had man did we deserve it! My honey is getting our koi pond up and running again and I can't wait! Two more weeks until we can have fish again! I am so stoked! See almost two years ago when I got laid off we got rid of our fish because we were trying really hard to move to FL. Well that ship isn't going to sail and I really want some more fish. He got this awesome water feature built yesterday that is new. I will post some photos of it soon! I did some much needed weeding in the yard. Two more beds to go and the yard will be back to it's niceness! It's been sadly neglected this summer with all the sports and rain interferences! Hopefully by Sunday I'll have it looking fine! :) Now that summer is almost over! LOL!

Well folks that's all my good news! Starting out to be a great day so far! I have Gina to thank for that! Hope you all have a great day too!

Glue Review

Good Sunday Morning all!

Got a few pages done last night and tried out a new adhesive that I got in the mail to review.

It's called Uhu.

They sent a Permanent Roller and few Glue pens for me to try out. I used them both. I'm still out on the Glue pen so I won't say much on that yet but the roller seems pretty cool. I didn't run into any snags at all with it and the photos stayed on the paper, even the textured cardstock very nicely. The roller says it contains 39 feet of microdots and that it's acid free. As for the pen, its a clear liquid made for paper, it doesn't like ribbon too much so I guess when it says paper it really means paper! I didn't try it paper to paper so that review is still out for me! Anyway, here's a link for you if you are interested in the UHU products.

http://www.saunders-usa.com/uhu/

Happy Scrappin!

To Tie or Not To Tie?

That's my big dilemma. I am trying to decide if I want to go under the knife to have my tubes tied. Yep. The big decision. I already know I am not going to have anymore kids, I mean I'm 40, my boys are at the age where they are pretty much doing everything for themselves. Yeah, I still cook and stuff for them but they get themselves bathed, dressed, keep themselves occupied. You know, I am good with that. But do I want to go under anesthesia, take the very small risks entailed with the surgery to make it all final? I was all set to schedule my appointment until the doctor mentioned the Mirena IUD. Now I'm thinking again! Jeesh, I am so undecisive sometimes. I know that when it comes to making a huge decision like this it's warranted but man I wanted to be done with this one. ARGH! TAP TAP TAPing the brain will go on for a bit more time I guess. LOL!

Anyone who may have gone thru either I'd welcome opinions! :)

Oh and the Cat Scan came back clean, blood work was all good so it was just a nasty bacterial infection in my intestines that was causing me grief. I'm feeling much better after a week on antibiotics too! So thanks to everyone who has been asking on that front too!

That's all my news! Have a great day!

Happy Hump Day! NOT

Man it's been a week already! I walked in the door last night and turn on my work computer and the power goes out. Now many of you know it's almost 100 degrees here in the northeast this week! So it's not a good time to be without power. I call good ole PSNH and they say 3 hours. So we go out to dinner. Mind you we had just been out to dinner the night before because I heard a yummy commercial for a steak with lobster and asparagus and a sundried tomato cream sauce over it at Bugaboo Steak House that I had to have so this has already been an expensive week! OOPS! And then it's off to Applebees for us since I am not cooking on the grill in 97 degree heat! We get home and it came on for a few minutes and goes out again! And I am signed up to make Brownies at the bake sale at the daycare! NICE!

To make the night go even better Josh wakes up at 3am with some issues, can't go back to sleep and we are up for at least an hour. The alarm goes off at 5. Yippee. Can you say late for work? And then this morning he has this lovely rash all over his neck, chest and back. No idea what that is, but they let him stay at daycare so I'm good unless it gets worse and they call me to come get him. Fingers and toes crossed here! I'm beginning to think there is a major big voodoo doll out there that looks a lot like me! One step forward 4 steps back!

So that's all the fun stuff I have for today! Hope you all have a better day than me!

Crap! How Could I Forget!

My biggest news for the day! I'm on a creative team! And I didn't even have to try out for it! HEHE! How's that for easy? Yep, I'm officially on Cindy Simon's Creative Team! :) And it's not like I will have a hard time pumping out stuff with her kits since I've been doing that since she started creating them anyway! So Thanks Cindy for asking me! And I promise I'll work hard for ya! Here's two I've already done using some of Jen Caputos's new sketches!




















So you can find all of Cindy's wonderful stuff at www.ndisb.com. The Snow layout is from her Sunday Mist kit and the Beach layout is from her Lisa's Laughter kit.

Jen's sketches can be found at www.plaindigitalwrapper.com

Now I'm really done! Have a good one all! :)

Pool Update

A comment from my friend Patty reminded me that I hadn't given you all an update on the WT Pool! It is dead! LOL! One night the boys swam in it, that same night Michael said, I need to re-level that pool, the next morning we woke up and the pool was empty and laying on the ground! During the night it had basically croaked! The water was leaning to one side just a tiny bit and that was too much to take and kaboom! Man I would have loved to have seen 20,000 gallons of water rushing across my backyard! Talk about a photo op! So alas, no photos of the pool and it's already gone!

Oh and to my good pal Erin, I'll put Sunday's post up when we finally meet in person! How's that for ya?

Rachael, of course if I win the lottery I'd never forget you! :)

And that's all I've got for you all today. Special thanks to all my girlfriends who helped me out with a special request today! You know who you are! Have a wonderful Tuesday!

Happy Monday!

Well I guess Monday is more like it! Who the heck is happy on Monday? Well maybe those of you that don't have to work are! It was a great weekend tho! I got tons of scrapping done! Did 3 pages Friday night (yeah, one took me 3 hours or I would have done more), had the house to myself all day Saturday got it cleaned in no time and then had some more scrapping time! And then on Sunday I scrapped some more with some of the girls at the LSS where I teach! Of course now I'll probably be banned from scrapping for at least a month but it was fun!

I got 6 pages done yesterday and on Saturday I completed one of the Junkitz Box books. Those are too fun! I ordered one of the July kitz from the Junkitz website (those things rock) and used a few sheets of the paper, the book, one of the flowerz and the foam stamp and it came together very nice! I still have a ton of stuff left over to do something else with too!

So now the weekend is over and it's back to reality! Man I need to win Powerball so I can scrap every day! But then again I need to play Powerball to win it! :) Have a great Monday all!

Saturday, a layout share and chit chat

It's Saturday! Woohoo! Saturday is my favorite day of the week. God knows why since it's also the day I clean house! That's the one part I hate about it! ;)

So one of the scrapping sites I go to Scrapfriends is having a month long contest for their birthday celebration. It ends 7/31 and I haven't been able to participate in every challenge (there's a new one everyday!) but I've done a few. They have amazing prizes and tons of them! Well one of the contests is all about Altering and the grand prize layout is going to be judged by the King of Altering himself TIM HOLTZ! I decided to enter this one because I had the perfect photos just waiting to be scrapped!


So what if everyone else over there things I'm sucking up to the teacher! LOL! I did a ton of altering (you can see the details over at my 123 gallery) and this layout is definitely the longest one I've done, it took me 3 hours to complete it! Anywoo I hemmed and hawed and stressed over it and now it's done! It may not be the winning layout but I had fun doing it!

No results from the Cat Scan yet but the antibiotics seem to be doing the trick so thankfully it maybe just a bad bacterial infection. Thanks for all your well wishes!

Well I guess that's it for me today, I have to go clean so maybe I can scrap some more. Have a wonderful weekend all!

Hey Mary! HI!

So Mary has challenged me to update my blog every day! I have no idea how I'm going to do that because I usually have nothing much to talk about so today, I'm just shouting out hello to Mary and to anyone else reading my blog!

Happy Friday All! Have a Great Day!

Cat Scan Day

So I've had this stomach thing for a few days and finally went to the doctor after Tueday night some not so normal side effects began. They put me on two very strong antibiotics for some bactierial infections in my intestines and bowels (ICK) and took blood and today it's a Cat Scan to see if there are any signs of Colitis, Chrones Disease or some other problem that I can't even begin to spell that starts with a D! Last night I had to drink this contrast stuff and it was not fun! When you haven't even been able to eat anything let's say drinking this stuff that makes your liquid thick is not a fun time! I had to drink 30oz of it! I didn't think I was going to make it and afterward I had a rough time keeping it down. But then I knew they would have to reschedule the Cat Scan and that I'd have to drink it again so I kept it back! LOL! Fun Times!

Tonight I'm teaching a class at the store. Last I heard there were 6 signed up so it should be a good one! It's an accordian tag album that is beach/summer themed and came out very cute so I hope they like it!

Well that's it for me today, off to the hospital! Have a great day!

My Friend Jen!

Today's post is a tribute to Jen Caputo. We had a great time when we spent the day in Boston with her and Adam and I was finally able to scrap a page from one of the photos taken as proof this past weekend. I used some of the new toys I bought too, Rhonna Farrer's Acrylic Stamps (that I had to have thanks to Rachael), Basic Grey book plates, and very fun chipboard arrows. Oh and of course one of my favorite lines of papers Chatterbox!

So the story behind the photo on this page is the gianormous bowl of French Onion Soup! We had decided to order off the appetizer menu for dinner after eating so much chowder for lunch. Well when they brought out this bowl Jen and I burst into a fit of laughter. I have to say, it was the best French Onion Soup I've tasted in forever and it filled up Jen, Adam and I darn well! BTW, that is the purple beer in front of the bowl too! ;) And doesn't Jen look adorable?! I could never look that cute with a bowl that big in front of me, I'd just look like a glutton!

Yeah, yeah, I'm rambling, here is the page! Enjoy! And have a great night!

Scrappin!!!

Woohoo! My best scrappin bud Karen is in town! She's my faithful scrappin pal, the one I went to two CKU's with, every crop with, cropped at home with and she's staying at my house! They got here Wed. night and will be here till Sunday morning. I have the day off today and it's supposed to rain so guess what we will be doing? I thing I'm taking a trip to Lighthouse first tho because the Junkitz stuff finally came in!!! I have to go see what came! As if I didn't spend enough last night, we had to meet some old co-workers in Westford last night so we stopped at Michaels and Ink-About-It. I bought some tips for my Japanese Screw Punch and some Autumn Leaves Scroll stamps that are just gorgous. Both some expensive ticket items! Also got some of the new Daisy D's papers, oh they are gorgoues, and some Chatterbox papers from CHA winter since we don't have them at the store. But man I have been dying for Junkitz! I did get a few things at the convention but hopefully there is still some left for me when I get in there!

Going to work on some class samples today and get some vacation photos scrapped at the same time. Bonus!! I love that! I also have some new Bazzil accordian albums to play with they look very fun! I see some early presents in the making! And need to decide what papers I'm going to use for the recipe box and card box classes. Lots to accomplish! It will be fun to have Karen here to work with! Just like old times!

So hope everyone has a fab Friday!!! I am off to shower and stuff!

For Rachael and Lesley

The Key Lime Pie was pretty darn good! And yep, I took a photo of that $22 pie! Here it is:


Are you licking your lips? Yeah it was that good but I'm glad my mom was the sucker that paid $22 for it and not me! Sorry mom! ;)

So there you have it, the most expensive pie I've ever eaten. At least I had two slices of it and it satisified 8 people (2 of us twice!) :)

Home Again

It was a fabulous vacation! The boys were great, the weather was cooperative for the most part and the island was beautiful! It's definitely a high priced place tho! We went out to a DINER for breakfast and it cost us $50! Now when I go to a diner I think cheap and as far as I'm concerned $50 is not cheap for breakfast! Especially at a diner! LOL! But the food was great and it was on an airstrip so the boys loved watching the planes come and go.

Get this, I only took 90 photos all week! Of course some of those got deleted so I may have ended up with 80 in the end. What a bad photographer I am. Not like my friend Rachael who takes 200 photos when her kids are playing in the backyard! LOL! Here are a couple of my favorites from the week.

The first one is Jake on the ferry ride over to the island. And the second one is Josh digging at the beach.

I wanted to get photos in the dunes but we never got there at the right time and they were also all roped off and protected. I'm too chicken to break the law or to teach my kids too so I wouldn't do it anyway!

So now I'm off to pay the bills I let go until after we got home! Happy Sunday all! Have a great day!

Day 5

and it's been wonderful so far! We've had some terrific weather, the island is beautiful, the house is very comfy and there is not much I can complain about! Today is a bit overcast and we need a break from the beach because mom's face is a bit swollen and Josh's calfs are a bit pink on the back even with a 45 on them so we are going to do some sight seeing. We've gone to two different beachs so far, South Beach and State Beach. South Beach had some serious waves! Josh was a bit scared and stayed right onthe shore and I didn't blame him. State Beach was the complete opposite and he was in the water all day! There were no man-o-war thank goodness after all the stuff we heard on the news but there were some regular jellyfish and a few crabs.

Let me tell you, this is a pricey place! We saw a sign for homemade Key Lime Pie and since I love Key Lime Pie we decided to get one. $22 later we had no pie, it was on reserve because they were sold out. Now I would not have paid that, I had already gone out to the car with the boys, since we were ordering one. My mom went ahead and paid for it even after hearing the price! This thing better be the best thing since sliced bread for that price!

Jake and I have been going on a bike ride each morning. We found a great 4 mile loop that follows a bike path for most of it which is terrific! We only have to ride on the road for a mile of it. I am happy to be exercising while I'm here since I have eaten homemade donuts and fudge so far! I try to be good and then something else yummy shows up! I am also glad Jake wants to ride with me since last year I had to walk alone last year!

So I'm off to get ready for our ride! Have a great day/week in case I don't update for awhile again!

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N!!!!

I'm officially on vacation!!! Tomorrow I start packing for Martha's Vineyard and we leave bright and early Saturday morning! So if you don't see me for a week that means I got no hookups and I'll see you when I get back! And if you do see me it will be very limited because it will be on dial-up! YUCK!!!

Thank goodness I have a great boss who let me take an extra unscheduled day tomorrow! Because I have way too much to do. I have to pack for me and the boys, find all the beach stuff in the basement, pack some scrapping stuff, go to Staples and get photo paper first to print out some photos so I can decide which scrapping stuff I'm actually going to bring. I am not bringing it all this time. Way too much to pack and unpack! So I'm going to be smart and plan pages! Yeah right! LOL! I'm also going to see if we can find Jake a Skimboard (thanks September!), go get a few more beach towels, and more sunblock! I'm worried that mine from last year may be expired and I don't want to burn! I really would like to get a few other things but they are out of my price range so I'm stopping there.

So that's it for me, I'm outta here. If I don't see you have a terrific week!!!

Happy Independence Day

To all my patriotic friends and happy tuesday to all my non-American readers! :)

It has been a fun-filled weekend and I even got a little scrapping snuck in for good measure! I got three pages done in a weekend with no scrap plans what-so-ever so that isn't half bad! ;)

It started out with Saturday and house cleaning day, not so fun, ended it with some yardwork where I finally got started planting flowers. Actually got everything 1/2 off since it's so late in the season! Then BIL and family called us to go out to dinner so we met them at a BBQ place and had a great meal.

Sunday Michael and I met up with Jen Caputo and her boyfriend Adam in Boston and we had a great day. We started out in Fanieul Hall where Adam and Michael got picked to help out the Street performer. That was too much fun to watch! We laughed a great deal. Then we walked over to City Hall Plaza for the Chowder Festival and ate our fill of chowda! From there we went to a Mexican Restaurant for Sangria and Margarita's. From there we went over to Fenway and took the tour of the park which was very cool. After that went to Boston Beer Works where Jen, Adam and Michael sampled beer. After that it was off to another Brewery called The Sunset Bar and Grill for Dinner. Man this place had some great food with HUGE portions!! We had some great garlic fried calamari and Jen got this bowl of french onion soup that was more like a pot! It was giant! All our jaws dropped when we saw them bring it to the table! Three of us ate out of this bowl of soup and man did we get full from it! And it was the best I've ever tasted too! Not only that Jen got me to drink beer! And that is an unbelievable feat! I HATE Beer! I mean hate! When Michael drinks it I don't even like to be near him! I hate the smell of it even! So she orders this beer and it's purple! Looks just like grape juice and it even smells good! So I take a small sip and it tastes like fruit juice! It was really good! I couldn't believe I drank it! Jen was so proud of herself! ;) So after dinner we hit the road and we got home at 10pm! It was a terrific day!

Today we went to a BBQ at my BIL's house. They had just a few friends over so it was perfect. I spent most of the day playing with all the fish. He has two huge ponds one of them has a few of our old Koi in it. I tried to get one of my old Koi, Blackie to come up and eat out of my hand and before I left had accomplished what I set out to do! I couldn't believe how much she had grown! I so miss having fish! Can't wait to get our pond going again!

It was a great weekend and I have a very short week before I leave for Martha's Vineyard on Saturday for a week! Oh and for any robbers thinking about steaking out my house, my husband isn't going with me and I own a Pit Bull and two attack cats who also aren't taking the trip! ;)

Happy 4tht All!

It's Friday!

And for all of you going away for the weekend, Safe and Happy Travels! We are not going away for the first time in who knows how many years! Since the inlaws are in Alaska we will be hanging out at home. Well except for Sunday Michael and I are headed into Boston to meet up with Jen Caputo! How fun is that!! I read on her blog that she was going to be in town so I emailed her to see if she had time to meet up! Can't wait for that! Stay tuned for photos! :)

We are doing lots of yardwork tomorrow! I'll have photos of the boys working hard too! ;)

So last night Jake and I went on our second walk. Wed night we walked 3 miles, last night our walk was cut a bit short by a slight scare that turned out to be nothing! LOL! We went thru the back of our development where they are building some new homes. So part of the development is pretty deserted after one empty house there are only woods. At that last house Jake tells me he sees a man peeking out at us from behind two pieces of heavy equipment. I tell Jake to pick up the pace and then pick up a few rocks. Because the houses where people are about a half mile away from us. So we finally get to the men who are working on a foundation and I talk to the head guy and he tells us there has been some vandalism on the exact house we are speaking to him about the last two nights. Then all of a sudden this kid that has been peeking out at us comes walking down the street. It looks like a teenager. Jake and I start walking away and the guy stops the kid. We head for home but we still have at least a half mile to go. The kid gets a talking to and then starts to follow us. There is about 1/4 mile between us. Jake and I decide to run because there a path in the woods that we can take to get to our house so he can't see us and where we live! We go in the house and tell Michael the story. Well as soon as I can talk because mind you I can't breath since it's been over a year since I've exercised at all and I'm way out of shape from running! So Michael gets in his truck and goes to look for this kid. He finds him in the back of the development and it turns out to be one of my neighbor's sons. Now I know this kid and he's a really good kid! Michael tells him he really scared Jake and I and he apologized but I still want to know what the heck he was doing hiding out there behind the excavator and backhoe by himself?

So that's my excitement! And now I'm going to get to work! Have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend!

Sad News

Well it was a nail biting game but in the end they lost 9-8. They played so well, were even leading in the beginning 5-1 but a few bad plays in the outfield and some very bad calls by the Ump and they ended up losing. It was so heartbreaking. Both teams played very well but honestly the Marlins deserved the win. And I am not saying that because my son was on the team. I honestly think they played better and that if they had not had a run taken away from them for interference that WAS so not there the game would have gone into extra innings and that would have shown us who really should have won! Anyway what's done is done, they made it to the Championships, and they really were a great group of kids! I am very proud of them.

Last night was the Celebration and they got their trophies! I forgot my camera! Thank goodness for camera phones! The photo isn't the best but at least I have one! Jeesh what an idiot I am! I made CDs for every parent on the team of all the photos at the game so I'm hoping maybe one of the parents maybe took a photo for me at least! Tuesday night is Josh's Celebration night where they will get their trophies and then we are officially done with Baseball! Woohoo! Now I can finally start some of the jungle cleanup!

OK well it's Monday morning and time to get to work! Have a great day!

Say it With Me Now...

Rain Rain Go Away, Come Again Some Other Day...

I need this rain to stop now! We have to get this Championship game in today! I so want Baseball to be over! Please!!! I want my life back if only for a little while!!!! Please Pretty Please with sugar on top!!! Yep I'd love to send rain to anyone who needs it really, I'd do it in a heartbeat! I don't care about not having to water the grass anymore! We have irrigation that we paid $5K for! I don't care about the flowers either, since I had no stinking time to get any! OK Whining Over! :)

The game is scheduled for 1:00 pm now instead of 9am. They are hoping the rain will be done by then. The pool party has been cancelled. The field will be soaked and the boys will be muddy as heck since they have to slide on every run in at the homeplate but if they can get that game in I'll be so happy! And if they win man that will just make my year! I have really loved watchng these boys get better and better with each passing game and I wouldn't trade it for the world no matter how much I complain! But yep, stick a fork in me cause I am well done! ;)

So I've got my classes for the Croppin at the Cape all ironed out! I'm going to work on some of the samples for the Christmas card class tomorrow. I'm so excited to also be finally teaching a Recipe Box class! And I'm going to be using the American Traditional Recipe Time line that I used for the project I did that should be published soon! I am stoked about this because that project came out pretty darn cool! I am teaching 4 classes and also doing a few M&Ts so I'll be so busy I won't have time to crop but it will be fun! Can't wait!

Hey, if you all read PaperWorks Magazine, there a a few toots in there! Our 123-Scrap Friend Tammy Malone has a great card in there, Connie P also has a 4 page spread in there and she uses one of Andrea's awesome easles in it! Way to go ladies!!!

OK, I'm off to finish cleaning so I have all day tomorrow to scrap! Have a wonderful weekend all! Hopeully I'll be back later to say we won the Championship!

It's Friday!

And guess what? It's going to rain tonight and tomorrow! Imagine that! Another rainy weekend! So the championship game will most likely be postphoned! I am wondering if Baseball will ever be over and if I will ever get my yard looking like it's supposed to for summer! The jungle of weeds has officially taken over! I don't think I'll ever get it back! And I'll probably never get flowers planted because no one will have any left or they will all be the dead ugly ones by the time I get to the nursery to buy them! 2-5 more inches of rain are predicted! HOLY CRAP BATMAN! So there goes the game, the pool party and the baseball celebration all to be rescheduled for sunnier days on my calendar! Well at least I'll get my house cleaned on Saturday and maybe have Sunday to scrap! That is a high point! LOL!

And did you all see on the news that the earth is the hottest it's ever been in 2000 years? How's that for global warming? Well off to get my bagel before all the good ones are gone! Every Friday my company has a Panera Bread delivery! YUM! Have a great day and a wonderful weekend!

Late Night Bloggin'

I have to work late tonight so I figured I'd post an update. Josh's team lost their championship game last night. They took it really well. I've seen kids older than them burst into tears and they all hung tough! Jake's team won his 2nd Tournament game so they are playing in the Championship game on Saturday! They won 11-5 and man did they play well tonight! I had to work the snack bar so I missed a lot of the game but what I saw they rocked! I pray they can do as well on Saturday and take the title!

The boys are loving their pool! Jake has been in it everyday since Sunday. Two of the boys from next door came over to swim with him for an hour this afternoon and I thought they were going to tear the thing down! But they had a blast! I was working while watching them so I didn't get to take any photos. Josh was in on the couch.

Well that's all I've got to chat about and I need to get back to work so you all have a terrific night!

Last Day of School!

The boys have a half day today and they are out for the summer! They are pretty psyched! I am taking the day off, picking them up and taking them out for ice cream! A terrific idea I got from my good bud Rachael! Then they are both invited to a pool party celebration from 2-4 and then it's the big Championship game for Josh tonight! Man I hope they win!

The boys swam in the WT Pool last night. If you need to know what the WT means leave a comment and I'll email you. It may offend someone so I best not type it out here! Anyway, it's one of those above ground pools that isn't a real above ground pool, it kind of looks like you blew it up! You can buy them at Wally World and they are soft sided. They have this cheap filter/pump with them and this really flimsy ladder all in the box for $200! But that's what the boys wanted to spend their allowance money one so it's now taking up a 16' circle in my backyard! Usually I'm pretty picky about how the yard looks but since this year between the rain and all the sports I haven't even weeded or put mulch down never mind planted flowers I'm not saying much about it! :)

Anway, that's it for me, I've got to get the boys up and go shower. Have a great day everyone!

Off to the Championships!

Josh's team won their second Tournament game so they play in the Championship game on Tuesday night! Jake's team won their first tournament game today so they play their second game on Wed. night. All of the coaches loved their baseball albums. A big huge thank you to Patty for saving the day with the Red Floss! Phew! Jake's coach made me walk it around and show all the parents (insert blushing smiley here)! Boy was it hot! I put sunblock on but forgot my chest so it is bright pink with a big flower in the middle from my Lia Sophia pendant I was wearing! LOL!

Tomorrow is Father's Day and I have no gift for DH, I have no idea what he wants or what he wants to do so we have no plans! He is being a pest this year! I guess we are playing it by ear!

My peonies finally opened! Man I've been driving around and seeing everyone elses and waiting patiently for mine! And now I've got a vase full in the kitchen! Yipee! They are sooooo pretty!!!

Well I hope everyone's Dad's and hubby's have a great Father's Day! Have a wonderful weekend!

Bloggin from Boston!

Well after the 3 hour drive in from home yesterday, today was much nicer! Only an hour and 15 minutes!!! There was no rain and no accident so it was very different!!! It did take me 2 hours to get home and being that it's Friday night and everyone goes north for the weekend I expect it to take me at least that tonight. But I made it on time for class today so I am happy! I actually got here an hour early! Got to get my coffee and play on the puter! Way cool!

So two playoff games tomorrow! And another very long day at the Field in almost 90 degree weather. Can you say SUNBURN? LOL! I will not be home until at least 8 tonight and I've got to finish the last coach gift! ACK! Father's Day is Sunday, when the heck am I going to clean my house? Anyone want to come do it for me?

It's time for class to start so I better run! Have an awesome weekend!

Blogger is Acting Up!!!

First I couldn't attach my page that used the burlap stuff in my last post! So here it is:

And then it makes me delete all my cookies to create a post! So how fun is that going to be logging in to every place I go today! UGH!!!

So aren't those stars cool? I have to find a good photo to use the hearts next. OK, off to get the stitches now, really! Cya!

Wonderful Wednesday!

What a fabulous day it is! Man the sun is shining, the sky is blue and it's warm!!! I think summer has finally found us here in New Hampshire! I am loving this! I also got two of the 3 coach albums done last night! I think they look pretty good too. Granted if they were mine they would have way more stuff in them but I think for men they are just right! :) I hope to finish the last one tonight. I've got to go to training for the next two days in Boston and I'll be getting home late so I won't have any time to get them done and I really want to give them to the coaches on Saturday in case they don't make the next round of Playoffs!

Now I've got to get teacher gifts going! I have to get a gift for Josh's teacher since Jake's teacher is done! And the music, art, gym and librarians I just may skip this year! I got them stuff for Xmas and that just may have to be it. I just have to draw the line somewhere now that money is tight and it sure as heck isn't going to be my scrapping budget! ;)

So DH won't tell me what he wants for Father's Day or where he wants to go for Dinner or what he wants to do. How's that for difficult! I have nothing to get him since Tools, Clothes and all that kind of stuff is off limits. Anyone have any ideas? Doesn't leave much now does it? I offered to get him the stuff he needs for his car but he said no. Do you think he's trying to drive me crazy? I do!

Oh, I've got to run to SBB now and get Gina Miller's new X-Factor Stitches! They are so fun! I recently got Gina Cabrera's Burlap collection, have you seen that? It's way cool! Just did a layout using all the stars from it. I recolored them to match my page better. Love them! There are hearts, stars, photo corners a flower and I can't remember what else. Go check it out at Digital Design Essentials!

Who is visiting and not saying?

So yesterday I put up a tracker on my blog and guess what 23 visits since I put it up! And only 2 comments! What up with dat? Come on now you stalkers! Come out and say hey!!! All it takes is a couple of keystrokes!!! I don't even make you do the verificiation thing!

I started working on the coach gifts last night and I realized I do not have enough baseball stuff! I'm making round mini albums (yes shaped like baseballs) and there is a photo of each kid in action on a page and then a team photo. So 12 pages in all. The cover is stitched like a baseball (that was not fun) and painted white and inked to look dirty. But it's very plain! It's for a man so I couldn't dress it up too much but man it definitely needs something. So I'm gonna have to find something and fast because I have to have 3 of them done for this Saturday! Well actually one has to be done for Thursday night since Josh has a game and I'm not sure if he'll have anymore after that. Anyone have any suggestions? And it has to be something I can buy locally because I obviously don't have much time! :)

Oh guess what, the sun is shining AGAIN today!! And...we are supposed to have nice weather all the way through the weekend!!! WOOHOOO!!! I can't believe it! I'm so stinking excited to see a nice Saturday! Of course we'll be at the baseball field but that's cool as long as it's not raining!

Hey did every one see Carol's letter to the Editor in the latest CK? It's so cool and it's got a PS that mentions our Cards for Soldiers program at 123-Scrap! I finally got to see it in person yesterday. Michael even wanted to bring it to work to day to show the guys! How fun is that!!! I hope it brings in lots more cards for the soldiers!

Well that's it for me today. Have a Terrific Tuesday! Hugs!

Sunny Monday!

Wouldn't you know it's Monday and the Sun is shining? Of course it is beautiful when you have to be inside all day right! Actually yesterday was pretty nice too but I had to be at a bridal shower which was also inside so I missed that nice day too! I'm just so happy to see the sunshine! Even if it is by looking down the hall from my cube out a small window! LOL!

The boys had back to back games and they won them both so that was cool! Playoffs start Saturday! I really hope they do well. Jake's team is in first or second place right now. They've been in first place all season but then lost a couple of games the last few weeks which brought them down to second place. Winning yesterday may have brought them back up! I can't believe how into baseball I am now! Before last year I would have never watched a game on TV or known one thing about the game, now I'm bummed if I miss a game (which I missed both Red Sox games yesterday) and both my boys games! So of course they both did really well! :( This week I've got to spend working on my coach gifts! I am so behind!

So I've decided I want to get married again! Granted I'll marry the same guy and all but when I got married I didn't register for anything and my shower was pretty small. Man, my cousin made out like a bandit yesterday. It took my H3, a Mercury Mountaineer and another car's backseat and trunk to get all her gifts back to their apartment! They were opening gifts for 2 1/2 hours! And that was with 2 bridesmaids pre-opening them! The got some nice stuff! Gorgeous bedding, pots and pans and dishes and china and cutlery. You name it they got it! The have a very small place too, I have no idea where they are going to put all the stuff they got, they are going to need to add on! Oh and her everyday dishes would have made a great scrapbook pattern paper! I told her so but her not being a scrapper she just didn't get it! She does want me to scrapbook her honeymoon photos. She's a total photo freak so there should be a lot of them!

So that's all I've got for today, need to call the doc, my meds don't seem to be helping after 5 days on them! Hope you all have a Sunny Monday!

Rain Rain Go AWAY!!!

Holy cow I cannot believe its raining AGAIN!!! The games will probably be cancelled again! It's June 10th and in the 50's! What is up with that!!! DANG! I am no cut out for this kind of weather! This sun lover needs that sun to shine all the time and looks forward to the hot summer days after the long cold winter in order to get thru that long cold winter!!! This is so not nice! My boys will be bored and asking to sit in front of the stinking video game brain killer all day again! After this much rain there isn't much else to do and goodness knows they don't want to play with there million and one toys they have in their bedrooms and playroom! Of course not why on earth would I mention that!

So I guess I'll go clean the house and get it over with. You know this rain is a real mood killer! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Back Among the Living

It's been a rough week! Sunday night I got the sniffles, by Monday I could not move! Yesterday finally went to the doc and found out I had an ear infection, sinus infection, and bronchitis! Yeah I don't take getting sick lightly! I got some meds and today they seem to be kicking in. I was able to get back to work after being out 3 days! Granted I worked from home but I don't like being out of the office that long!

So guess what it's raining again! And it's supposed to keep raining until Sunday! We got one nice day on Tuesday and I spent it under a blanket shivering from a fever! I heard someone say we've had 8 sunny days since the beginning of May! Holy Crap! Where is summer? And do we need to start building that arc now?

I'm working on what I'm going teach for classes at the Cape Crop in September. I've got some good ideas and now need to make some catchy descriptions and work on getting some sponsors! I am hoping to teach a good amount of my time there since I'm going alone and won't be wanting to crop alone! So if I teach all day I'll be pooped at night and just want to go to bed and not crop anyway! That will be the perfect plan! :) I'm so spoiled after March it's going to be hard to not have my girls there every time now! Well at least Chris will be here for a visit in August!

Well I've got to go fold some laundry before I have to do some work tonight so have a great night!

Finally Friday!

Man for a short week this one felt really long! I guess when it's jam packed that's what happens!

We managed to get both baseball games (and won them both!) in last night before the deafening Thunder and Lightening storm started. It was huge! And right over the house! Knocked out the power for a few minutes! Of course I had to work in the middle of it and my desk is right next to the window so I was freaking every time the lightening struck! Damn it was close! Josh didn't even want his window open a crack he was so scared! With the A/C being broke the house is a stinking roasting pit! I have no idea how we lived without it for 10 years!

So some places had 4 more inches of rain last night, and more flooding, no school in 4 towns this am. We are scheduled for rain today and tomorrow. Looks like no soccer or baseball tomorrow. There are baseball photos scheduled for indoors. That stinks! The outdoor photos are so much nicer! Oh well. I have to shop for a bday present and a shower present this weekend so now I'll have time. Gotta start working on my coach gifts too since I've got 3 to make! I am making mini albums for them all, been taking lots of photos at each game. Hope they like them!

So before I close, my good friend Rachael's DH lost his job this week (with no notice at all) and needs some good thoughts sent his way if you can spare some that he finds a job quick, and my friend Michele's DH also lost his job and they just bought a new house so they could also use some good thoughts. Figured since I'm sending some out I ask for some extra too if you can spare some!

Have a great weekend all!