I won!

woke up to a great email...the online crop I participated in...I was one of 3 top point accumulators..and I won a gift certificate. Whoo hoo! I can buy scrap stuff!!

I went cropping yesterday...got Venice and started Rome for dd's book. But got a li'l tired of doing them so....serious.. Used elegant papers and tried to give them an old world style. but, I dunno...they look elegant...but I kinda like bold pops of color and fun. (more whimsy) Guess, as I unpack..I'm gonna figure out ways to add those elements to the pages.

maybe I'll post a couple of pics and ya'll can help me.

the hostess of the crop has a li'l girl who is 5 years old. She is a duplicate of my dd at that age. All of it, dancing, strong will, bit of a perfectionist...okay, C was a li'l more tomboyish..L is the picture of girly femininity. After her nap, we got to talking...she loves tinkerbell and had some wings to decorate. She gave me one of the flowers from the package...anyways, it made my day when as I was leaving she asked if I wanted a hug.

I stopped by Nyki's on the way home. I was given some salmon by the hostess...anyways, I got a li'l Adriana time!! whoohoo!! of course she just slept in my arms, there is something about my 'grandma pillows' that put babies to sleep!!
guess you can say, I carry my own 'boppy'!!! ha!!!

So, this has been the best weekend you can imagine...cropping every day, Adriana time every day, a hug from L and a gift cert.

There was emotion over the weekend also. Both my young men (ds,dsil)needed a kick in the pants, but both my young ladies(ddil,dd) took care of it. Just hope both couples as willing to truly look at things and work on the changes that are needed. AND

while packing for the crop, I watched a small portion of Independance Day...just in time for the speech...and for Russell Case to fly into the spaceship...man, the tears were pouring!!

AND my long lost uncle has been found! We have not heard from Uncle Donald in 30 years. My cousing, Aimmee, sent a letter to the military asking them to forward it to him...and he responded. I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to see an email from "Uncle Donald". He is 10 years younger than my dad, and in our childhood, I remember the outgoing, exhuberant, handsome young man who would come to visit. I loved my Uncle Duck (that's what we called him) anyways...I told him I still think of him as Uncle Duck..and that is how he's been signing his emails. YAY!!

a scrappin weekend...

its been good...after getting my chores done yesterday, did some scrappin.
joined the online crop at Pages in Time and tomorrow is a crop for our local group.

also, got to see Adriana...Friday night and they stopped by for an hour this afternoon.

NOW this is a great weekend.


Friday, I spent a lot of time with my Slice..the elements of the 'wreath' were made from the Noteworthy card. It has been moved from a basket on the shelf to a plant stand near my work surface. ha!!




Today's online crop, we had 7 challenges... a lot of fun, and I got a variety of layouts done. A couple of them, you had to pick your elements..and she emailed you what they stood for..i think my first one was a bbq menu...I picked, develid eggs, coleslaw, hamburger, watermelon and soda..which translated to - "friends theme, Summer in title, pastels, flowers and distressing...




another one was to use fruit in your layout...I lifted this design from the current issue of Scrapbooks Etc.








the final was another surprise..you chose elements of a summer outfit.. I got felt, punches, doodling, nonscrap item and embossing... decided with so many elements it was a good opportunity to do something with this damaged pic of me and dd.
and the finished project:


dont ya love Prima!!








Not sure, what I'll take tomorrow...gotta catch up on the project 365..and have some pics from dd's Europe semester set aside...we'll see....

I've done good this morning...

pretty productive...washing sheets, towels...catboxes...recycling, sinks, dishes..hmmmm sure do miss my mommy!! anyways, for me, the trick is turn on the Pandora Radio not the tv!! just took my lunch break.

I've also done 2 layouts for dd's Europe album. Pics from Bratslava...the Prague is next. Got my calibration card for my Slice...and I liked my slice before..but I can see a difference. Got the embossing tips and will try to use them on the nextlayout.



Turns out I won't babysit today, its been switched to next Friday. BUT we stopped by last night, so I got my Adriana fix. (I'm turning the flash off to photograph her, dh was worried about her eyes and all the pics I take. This is on portrait mode.) BUT I will see her and Nyki tonight, we are going to Betsy's to celebrate her (Betsy's) birthday.
Betsy is our co-worker who had her daughter, London, a month after Adriana. I'm gonna be in 'hog heaven' with 2 babies to spoil!!! teehee.


my credit cards were taken away from me last night. Apparently, according to dh I spent @$490 last month. But remember it was GASC and my trip to TX!! Geeeee!!

(oh well, its probably for the best)

but don't worry, I have my password for my online shopping..ppppbbbbbllllttt!!!!

lunch break is over! time to scrap that pic from the Prague!! I am told that weekend, dd and her friends went to Vienna..but I don't recall any pics from there. She is looking for me.

Oh, found those Greece pics yesterday...the ones stuck in a kit...so, I'll probably take them to Sunday's crop. or if I decide to do the Pages in Time online crop tomorrow. yay!!

a couple of things...

Organize your stuff challenge this week is about the scraps. right now, my scrap storage is fine. I have a sterilite film with file dividers for the cardstock which is sorted by color. And my pp scraps are in a bin on the same shelf. Makes it easy to grab a scrap of cardstock..but I don't use the pp much. But then, I don't make cards very much. I should...


I'm still working on my projects/kits storage. Last night, I worked on seperating pics/papers/ephemera for the books about dd's Europe semester. I'm actually very close to finishing this project. BUT I cannot find some pics from the Greece portion that I KNOW I printed and put in a kit for future scrappin'. Its driving me crazy!

so, I guess I've got to revisit my kit storage. Right now, I have the kits that fit into a season and the very themey ones in Cropper Hoppers. Others are in another bin. with the most recent in front.

Bad Girls stopped making regular scrappin kits, so I no longer subscribe from them. But looking at the website....they are still soooooooooo coooool!!!

I still get my 'I am a Scrapaholic' and 'Stampin'Up by Stephanie' kits. (and occassionally order a 'Jenni Bowlin' kit)(like this month's that is filled with Cosmo Crickets Early Bird) and every other month, I get the SEI maxi kit. hmmmmm, what is the best way to store these.


I'm off tomorrow and I get to babysit!! I'm starting to get Adriana withdrawals.
and I have a crop on Sunday...sooooo, if I find that bag with the Greece pictures...I'll be in great shape! ha!!

howdy!

my baking skills, still need work...but it was YUMMY!!!!




well, work is drama right now. It has way slowed down and there was another round of layoffs...but the drama quotient is up! Or maybe as people fight for their jobs, they are complaining more about how others are doing theirs. I dunno.

BUT, as the boss's wife, I was kept in the dark...I kinda wish I still was.
and as the boss's wife, how much do I talk to him about, how much is just people venting...all I can do is encourage them to go to Michael. I love Michael, but he can be so THICK sometimes. aye yi yi!

I haven't been able to scrapbook much this past week, just work on some challenge layouts for the Scrap your Vacation. I've got Friday off, so I plan to do some then.

I'm at a 4 day work week...and stay clocked in only about 4 hours per day. There just isn't much for me to do this time of month. In the beginning, I'm busy closing the month for 2 companies...but once that is done and sales tax is done...ho hummmm.
So, I'll be busy next week...but this week...snooze-ola.





One cool thing, while my Uncle Phil was visiting, we pulled out the Wilson family pictures..he ended up taking a lot of them..as he is going to Indiana to visit some from his mom's side, and they may be able to identify some of the pics. I got this big shoebox of wonderful old photos...none marked! He thinks some of the really old ones are from the Wilson side, then we are in trouble, cuz he does not think there is any of his dad's; my grandpa's family left. We'll have better luck with his mom's side. We did find his parent's wedding certificate. I'll scan that soon.

and one relative, Sarah Alameda Wilson, must have been the 'Donald Trump' of Indiana in the early 1900's...we found so many land deeds with her name on it...buying and selling.

time to start my day! Ya'll have a great humpday!!

a pic...

here is a pic of my paper-progress..









a couple of months ago, I bought the CH verticals thru Craig's List. Yesterday, I got the closet shelf from Walmart...flipped it over...and now, I can have my vertical files a little higher and the stacks underneath. the only thing, is the CH's are heavy and the middle started to 'bow a little' Gonna need help from dh to 'prop' it up.



there was only one shelf at this Walmart, so I'm going to have to look for another one, for the other side of the desk.

In the picture, you can also see my cardstock..they are in horizontal files by color, except a couple of CH's have the name brands...Bazzill Bling and Shapes and Trios...Stampin Up's In Color packs..those are seperated from the other colors.

This side of the desk, the pp in the CH's are *y Manufacturer..Cosmo Cricket, Crate Paper, Stampin Up, Fancy Pants, Love Elsie, Sassafrass Lass, Luxe...to name a few.

okay, off to finish cleaning the 2nd guest bathroom...I'm reclaiming it also...gone is my mom's sunflower stuff...my stuff is back!!!! Vintage pink sheer curtains, the ruffly valance attached to the shower curtain...frogs on the shelves...aaaahhhhh!! teehee.

making progress...

my scraproom is looking pretty good. at least the paper side is coming together..teehee.

(I'm using dh's computer) I have a B again...let me do that again, B, b, B, b, B!!!!!


anyways,
I babysat last night...THIS time, I put her down when she was awake!! and held her while she slept....so there. ppppbbbbbbllllttt!!!

We went to a park bench dedication for my sis in law (who passed away last May)..ddil dressed Adriana in a pretty purple/green dress. (if I was at MY computer, I could post a pic) ha...

It was nice to see the people who loved and miss Michelle get together to honor her memory. she was such a genuine person, who embraced life and people and loved to cook and had the most beautiful smile. So much about her to admire...and miss.

I have taken today off. My Uncle and Cousin are driving up from the LA area for the weekend. So, I've taken today off to spruce up the house and prep the guest rooms and bathrooms. Gosh, I think the kids were 8 and 10 the last time we got a chance to visit (my uncle lives and works overseas)...sooo cool!

I've been transforming my mom's room. Taking out all the sunflower stuff...and some of my scrap stuff is starting to spill into the suite area. oh my!! (another reason the actual room is looking good? nah)