Monday, February 26, 2007

SO I have a bit of a confession

I love Pride and Prejudice. I have watched almost every version, every type of pride and prejudice I could find. The old BBC version, the newer BBC version, Bridget Jones Diary, and even a horribly corny Indian version - bride and prejudice. So here is the confession...I have never read the book. Ever. So i think I will. You know what they say, the book is always better than the movie.



Friday, February 23, 2007

so thankful!!

i am not going to go into it here, but my life was a little turned upside down last night. Even though it is not a situation I ever wanted to be in or ever will be in again, I learned from it. A lot. I learned that the most important thing in my life to do is to raise my children with love, respect and discipline. Not mean discipline but so they understand consequences. If I do that I have done my job. I am thankful for the parents I had who taught me right from wrong, who gave me consequences for my actions. I am also thankful for the moral guide the Lord gave me. I say that because even if a parent has done all they can to raise a responsible child it doesn't necessarily mean that child does what they are supposed to in life. They are supposed to raise their children with love and not hate, in security not fear, and provide for them as best they can. They are not supposed put them in danger, hurt them or verbally abuse them. I love my kids even more because of this experience I had. For those of you who know I thank you for your help in this. for those of you who don't know, please love your children a little more than you did before, if thats even possible.



Wednesday, February 21, 2007

I made a mistake

A while back i tried to share this amazing photographer with you all but posted the wrong link! I have found the link again and if you have an interest (or non at all) you need to check him out. I love the feel of his images and if you can believe it he is only 17....he is on his way to greatness if he hasn't reached it already!



Joey L



questions...

Someone asked on my last post what BHG is...i guess I just assume everyone can read my mind!! LOL.. BHG is Better Homes and Gardens. they have a scrapbook magazine that i really enjoy. Here is the link if anyone wants to see!



Scrapbooks Ect.



Monday, February 19, 2007

scrapped

well its been a long weekend. Chris had a really bad cough on Friday and a touch of a fever so I kept him home. I did some housework but mostly hung out with him, reading and watching TV. Saturday we went to see Bridge to teribithia...it was so good. Me and Chris read the book and I cried reading it and watching it. LOL...Go see it. That afternoon we hung out at Barnes and noble then home for some scrapping and reading. I scrapped the boys read. I finished up some roledex cards for a swap and got them ready to go. Sunday we lounged all day. I only did a bit of cleaning and also worked on a chipboard mini book. Its all done and I want to show it but I need my cropadile that someone borrowed to punch holes in it for circle rings to keep it together. I WILL show it soon. Came out so cute.



Remember_family Today has been spent REALLY cleaning, laundry, sheets, scrubbed the kitchen floor with my hands, washed curtains, vacuumed dusted, cleaned out fridge, vacuumed the ceilings. Stuff like that. Then this afternoon I did a page!!! I completely copied a layout from BHG. Its on page 21 of the February/march issue. the second i saw that page I HAD to copy it. I used new Scenic route I just got and just had fun making something I didn't really have to think about!





Hope you all had a fantastic weekend! I am off to call the "magic" number to see if I need to report for jury duty tomorrow!! Night all!



Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Conversation with bUg

Bug: whats that?Coluzzle_w_1



me: my new coluzzle.



Bug: whats it for?



me: it helps mommy cut cool shapes.



Bug: show me



me: you put the paper under the template and take this VERY sharp knife and put it in the little lines and drag it all around the shape, but you have to be VERY careful not to.........



Bug: cut off your finger?



me: No i was going to say to be very careful not to slip the template around so that.....



Bug: you don't cut off your finger?



me: no so the shape is perfect.



Bug: So your not going to cut off your finger?



me: no sweetie



Bug: well thats just dumb.



Well alright then...



Img_0246w So this is what I did with my new coluzzle last night. So into circles right now and just thought this shape would be fun to play with. They are for a card swap but I am not sure if I can part with them they turned out so cute!! The card stock is Basil, PP is chatterbox, prima flowers, and Art Warehouse stamp. LOVE Those freaking stamps. I got them at Doodlebugs while on Christmas vacation. They are by Danelle Johnson and just so freaking cool!! So should I keep them or swap them out?



ooooh baby!!!

K this is the THIRD time I have tried to post this on typepad today so i guess the third times the charm!



I ordered this baby today.



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I have been wanting a 50 mm fixed lens for a while. Canon has a VERY cheap ok one for about 70 bucks but from the reviews I have read you get what you pay for. While the glass itself is good and produces good pictures with real life color the lens can actually fall apart. Well this lens is a canon 50 mm 1.4. The other one was a 1.8 so this is actually better and good for me that canon just came out with a 1.2 so the one I bought was marked down considerably. Can't wait to play!!



Also wanted to wish you all a fantastic V day!!



Chris_vday_w



Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Blog worthy

So I have about 75 to a hundred blogs I LOVE to read. Some I read EVERY DAY. some just once every few weeks. Today I thought I would share the ones I really like and you may not have seen.



http://www.limegreenbogiegirl.blogspot.com/



http://www.abiteast.typepad.com/



Lee



Photography



LOVE her style



http://noragriffin.typepad.com/



Sunday, February 11, 2007

finally got it hung!

Lovewindow This is the old window my MIL gave me for Christmas. I finished it last weekend and finally hung it today!!  its a really big window. All those pics are 8x10. I used Hiedi Grace chipboard hearts and also threw in a few of my own. The window was a brown color so I painted it roughly with red paint then dabbed on a blue and a cream. I LOVE It. I also hung a wood shelf underneath to display some projects so i LOVE my little wall now!!



Friday, February 9, 2007

man....

I feel bitchy today, Not witchy, the the real B. I don't know what is wrong with me. I have been mean and short with almost everyone today and I think I even made a lady cry. Not an insured but someone who works at a mortgage broker. They called three times this morning wanting something from another agent here in the office. picking till they got what they wanted. He didn't get in till 12 so I tried to help them out and get them what they want because they were closing on a loan any second and needed it. Well it turns out the reason our agent didn't get them what they wanted was because the insured decided NOT to purchase the house that the mortgagee requested all this info on. I spent an hour taking care of this business for a mortgage company that was snotty to me on the phone, and then they really didn't need ti but didn't KNOW it. So i even called our insured to make SURE he was not purchasing this house and he said no and wanted to know why i needed to know. After I told him what the mortgage had done he was really mad. Which kinda made me madder, not at him but at the mortgage co. So by the time I got someone at the mortgage company (three tries to get anyone) i was a little rough with the message I left. The broker called me back and I think she was crying. Either that or she had a bad cold. she apologized left and right, and i feel bad...really bad. ugh what the heck is wrong with me and NOOO it is not my time of the month. i need a break! i need a weekend....Hugh look here it comes!!!



Thursday, February 8, 2007

nada, nothing, zip

nothing to report on nothing to post, no layouts to post, or talk about. I am entering the MM Idol contest that my friend Heather has encouraged me to do....so who knows...hang tight.





me



Saturday, February 3, 2007

Cropped

Had a blast night with my girls and we cropped till late into the night. Ate junk food, giggled way to much and even got a show from the next table. I think the lady had too much sugar cuz she stood on her chair to sing to us. Fab fun time! I couldn't sleep when I got home and stayed up most of the night. Not really tired though! Should make for an early bed time tonight though.



Here is one of the layouts I did last night. the felt flowers are American Crafts. and the paper it DCWV.



Sparky_letter



My friend Heather got a design runner for freakin CHEAP the other day so I talked her into bringing it to the crop and I used it on this layout. The two strips of paw prints and the "Mom likes me the best" quote is from the Pet cartridge. Its actually a pretty darn cool little item.



Didn't do much today. Met my Mother in Law and Father in Law for breakfast, then headed to Sport clips for the boys hair cuts and then to Porter's crafts and to Pet smart for a new squeaky toy. Sparky's other squeaky toy is on the roof of our front porch...ahem...Then to a movie. We saw Happily Never After. I really didn't like it and I can tell Taylor was bored but Chris said he liked it. O'well it was only 2.50 for us to go because we had GC! lol.....I am headed of to do some sheets and fold some laundry then I want to PLAY!