Lemonade Stand Award

I’m not sure what this award means but I got it from Jodene, my cyber sister way the heck over in AU. Thanks Jodene! And now that I’ve posted it (that’s part of the rules of getting it) it’s my turn to give it away!  Here is the award:

And here are the criteria:

1. Comment on this blog.
2. Cut and paste the award logo and use it on your own blog.
3. Nominate 5 to 10 blogs you feel show great attitude and gratitude.
4. Link to your nominees within your blog post.
5. Comment on their blogs to let them know they received the award.
6. Link back to the person who gave you the award to show your appreciation..

And I’m awarding it to the following people all because they really do fall under #3!

1. Kristi

2. Kendra

3. Donna

4. Debbie

5. Hallie

6. Candice

7. Dawn

Enjoy! Have a great Monday!

 

What Taste R U?

You Are Salty

There's something about you that makes the world a better place. You make life more colorful, more flavorful, and more vibrant. You get along well with others. You always have something to add. Without realizing it, people can become very addicted to you.

What Taste Are You?

A Raffle for a Great Cause

A fellow New Englander is looking for donations for a great charity raffle. I am making a recipe box and maybe a piece of jewelry to donate and I thought I’d post here for all my creative friends to check it out in case you feel inclined to donate something yourself. Check it out here and be sure to tell Hallie I sent you.

And I know donating items over the net can be a scary thing but I honestly trust this girl and I also know sort of where she lives too if that makes you feel any better! ;)  So please consider donating something for her raffle!

Thanks so much!

The Zoo

So on the Sweet Shoppe blog this week we were asked to talk about our favorite zoo animal. I’ve got lots because I love animals but the Tiger is my favorite and if it’s white, even better! Every year we visit the same Wild Animal park in York Beach, Maine where we go on vacation and when the white tiger is playing in the water I could stand there all day. But this past year I had the pleasure of going to San Antonio to visit my good friend Amy. We spent a day at the San Antonio Zoo and I found that I could sit and watch these guys all day too if I could

They were so cute. Each time they dove in the water and came back out they would  go over to this one family, I think they thought one of the men had something for them and that one would sit up and beg and almost paw at the guy, it was so adorable!

So while I still love my tigers I am a huge otter fan now too!

Eight

Debbie Tagged me. Ugh!

eight things i am looking forward to

1. Friday afternoon
2. Sadie being completely trained
3. weekend bbqs with the neighbors now that summer is here
4. Visit with my friend Chris
5. 4th of July fireworks
6. Lost coming back on
7. Bedtime
8. getting back in shape

eight things i did yesterday

1. Worked
2. Drank Coffee
3. Went to Jakes Baseball game
4. Took pictures
5. Surfed the net
6. Ate Pizza Hut pasta and cheesy breadsticks 
7. Put on Makeup
8. Went to the store

eight things i wish i could do

1. Go to a tropical island
2. Go on cruise 
3. Have another KC Trip
4. Have more determination to eat right and exercise
5. buy a bigger house 
6. lose weight
7. have endless amounts of money
8. Not sweat the small stuff

eight magazines i like

1. Creating Keepsakes
2. Scrapbook Trends (but I don’t subscribe because it’s too expensive)
3. Scrapbooks Etc.
4. Memory Makers
5. People 
6. Rachael Rae
7. BH&G

eight things on my wishlist

1. A bigger house
2. Canon 40D
3. Nicer Zoom Lens
4. A Trip
5. Lyposuction
6. Karen Russell’s Photography Class
7. To live somewhere where the weather is perfect (meaning no snow but all the other seasons)
8. 2010 Camaro SS

eight bloggers i am tagging

1. none, I know how much people hate these things!

Summer Plans?

So this summer we are not going on vacation for the first time since like 1990. Mom and I started going away to the beach in 1990 and have done it every year since except for the year we went to Disney. It’s going to be so strange and very sad. No vacation time for me so I’ll be working all summer. Josh will be going to Daycare which is sort of like day camp as they go on field trips and do fun stuff and Jake will be at home for the most part. He is going away to overnight Boys Camp for a week and I’m a bit freaked about that but I know he will love it. Baseball and Soccer end June 20th and after that at least my weekends will be free and maybe we can do a weekend trip to the beach or something. It’s going to be a very boring summer for me!

What are your plans for the summer, let me live vicariously through you?

I Paper Scrapped

On Mother’s Day we decided instead of going out and spending a ton of money on dinner that we would hang out at home and have Lobster and Steak. After going out to get my annual hanging plants we get every Mother’s Day Mom and I headed off to Michaels and AC Moore since the LSS was closed and got some scrapping stuff. I really didn’t need much and Mom just picked up some Disney stuff since she wanted to work on some photos from our trip. I got one two page layout and another page done in the short time we scrapped. We then had a fabulous dinner all cooked and cleaned up by Michael and the boys and it was a great day. Here are the pages I got done:

The single page was about all the wild animals we saw at the park that weren’t caged:

And the two pager is another sea world page:

 

I hope to find some more scrappy time soon, I forget how much I miss it until I do it again.

May Musings

Can you even believe it’s the 22nd of May and this weekend is Memorial Day weekend? Where the heck did the time go? It seems like we just celebrated the new year and now we are almost half way through it?  May has been a busy month with soccer and baseball twice a week, as well as Physical Therapy which I just finished up. Then there was Mother’s Day and of course some Orthodontist appointments and teeth cleaning for good measure! I also got bit by a deer tick and we thought the head was still in my belly button so had to go to the doc and get a dose of Doxicycline (sp) to hopefully prevent Lyme Disease. And now I get the joy of watching for symptoms for the next year! Work has been very busy too so I can kind of understand why the time has just flew on by. I’d like for it to slow down now though so I can enjoy the summer!

Have a great long weekend and remember to say a word of thanks and prayer to all the veteran’s and soldiers out there!

Tragedy Strikes Close to Home

A good friend of Jake’s family lost their home yesterday to a fire. It’s unknown at this time how the fire happened but thankfully the whole family including the dog were not at home when it happened so no one was hurt. This family has lost everything, the home is a complete loss and they only have their car and the clothes on their backs. I am hoping my town rallies together to do something for this family of 6 as they are known well in this community. I am so heartbroken for them and asking if you all could just send them some prayers and positive thoughts.

Thanks so much!

My Star Wars Name

I hate to admit but I have never even seen the movie but in honor of George Lucas’ bday I took the quiz…

Your Star Wars Name Is Pambu Chbro

Your Star Wars Title Is Acacho of Leahcim

What is yours?

A Mother's Day Poem

for me from my sweet 10 year old boy. I almost bawled like a baby but I figured it would make him think I didn't like it! LOL!

My mother is a good cook.
She is also nice and smart.
But when she is a parent,
She always does her part!

She works a lot and has a job.
It's secret though and I can't say more,
But it is enough
To get food in our door!

She likes to scrapbook,
And shes good with art.
She uses our pictures,
To get her pages a start.

She likes to keep everything,
All neat and tidy.
She cleans inside,
So our house looks shiny!

I know shes not always happy,
About what I do.
But I sill love her
And she loves me too!

Happy Mother's Day
Love Josh

Happy Mother’s Day

To all of you who are Moms! I hope you are all treated like a queen, today and every day! 

Happy Sunday to the rest of you! :)

Have a great day!

FACEinHOLE

Create your own FACEinHOLE

Another Quiz

You Are Blooming Flowers

You are an optimistic person by nature. In even the darkest times, you are hopeful about the future. You feel truly blessed in life and can sometimes be overwhelmed with emotions. You have an artist's eye. You are always looking for beauty in the mundane. You have a good sense of aesthetics, especially when it comes to shapes and color.

What Part of Spring Are You?

Long Time No Blog

It’s been crazy busy around these parts. Between doctors appointments, physical therapy, orthodontist and dentist appointments, baseball, soccer and work I have barely had time to breathe never mind blog! I have what I hope will be my last ‘knee’ appointment with the doc today and only about 3 more PT appointments left so that should help.

Work has been a total bummer lately with someone I volunteered to help out because I had some time and they were really busy turning around and stabbing me in the back saying to two supervisors I don’t know crap about Configuration Management! Totally disheartening when you are doing something nice for them.

Other than that nothing new in these parts!  Here are a few pages I was able to get done in the last couple of weeks:

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Have a fabulous week!  Oh and I hope to catch up on all your blogs this weekend!

Pondering

Over on the SSD blog the question was asked what you could absolutely not give up no matter how tough the economy is. I wouldn’t be able to narrow it down to just one thing, I have a bad habit called spending! I have no will power when it comes to cute new digital kits that get released. I used to be that way with paper supplies but since I haven’t been paper scrapping I just don’t shop much for that stuff anymore. I also could not give up going out to dinner once a week because I need that night off from cooking. And of course there is my makeup, that would be one thing I’d never be able to give up!  LOL! I could go on too but I’ll stop there. What is one thing you could not give up no matter how tough it got?

To all my friends….

What Kind of Easter Candy are you?

You Are a Cadbury Creme Egg

You're the type that stole little brother's easter basket so that you could have MORE CANDY!

Here’s the quiz to see what you are: http://blogthings.com/whateastercandyareyouquiz/

Ha! I prefer the caramel creme eggs but I do steal my kids candy! ;)

Update and TV Musings

Got my stitches out yesterday and the doc gave me the OK to go back to work on Monday, YAY! I have to go to physical therapy for a bit but he says that within 6-8 weeks I should be 100%.

So on The SSD Blog there is a question about which 5 TV shows you have seen every episode of or if you haven’t name 5 that you would like to. I tend to spend way more time on the computer than I do watching TV these days but I have a few that I have for sure seen every episode on and then a few that I’ve seen most of them twice but not every one so here is my list:

LOST (every one)
American Idol Seasons 2-7 (have seen all)
Friends (seen all)
CSI (seen all and some 2-3 times!)
Buffy (would like to see them all as I started watching this way into the series)

What does your list look like?

Been Scrapping

Since I’ve been spending all my time on the couch I figured I may as well do something constructive so I ‘ve been digi scrapping. Here are a few of my latest pages:

These are my friend Amy’s fabulous kiddo’s

This is the beautiful Candice and she really is this gorgeous in real life:

 

And these are some cupcakes that Candice made and was nice enough to loan me her photo to use on a new kit that will be debuting very soon made by  my new friend Emily Card!

A little taste of the warm weather that I’m anxiously awaiting and Jake playing with his CSI kit:

 

And my sweet baby girl:

 

  Thanks for looking!