Halloween Ramblings...

First of all HAPPY HALLOWEEN everyone!!! Hope you have lots of fun with your Trick-or-Treating or Fall Festivals, or whatever you do tonight!!! Here's a glimpse of my baby all dressed up...



Are you noticing a theme here? Last year she was a Princess, this year a Greek Goddess.... suits her personality just fine. Wonder what next year will bring?

So today was Day 2 of the Kitty Diet. Yes my Fat Boy was told he had to go on a diet. How do you put a cat on a diet you ask? Well, first thing you do is take away the self feeder. You put him on scheduled meals. Seems to be working fine so far. My biggest fear has not been realized... you know the one where you wake up at 2 in the morning with a 17 pound cat sitting on your chest about to eat you? He seems to be adjusting just fine to 3 scheduled meals a day. Starting Monday we will move to 2 scheduled meals a day... and that will be when if you don't see me for a week or so, do call and inquire if I am still in one piece... LOL No for reals, he's a sweetie... how can anything this cute be anything but sweet?

NEW STICKLES!!!

I just bought new stickles.....

I just bought new stickles!!!


Ye I am a bit excited! I LOVE LOVE LOVE stickles, and I so cannot wait to try out my new ones! I got *most* of the Distress colors and *most* of the new Glitz ones as well!!! They are sooooo pretty!




Now to make matters worse, I have to find new stickles storage... while they were on one shelf it was all pretty... I need more room!!!




OK, I am off to play with the new stickles!!! I'll let ya know how it turns out later!

Remember When...???

Looking at the pics of Lisa's Daisy Jane, it has left me all melancholy and missing the day when my boys were so little.... oh so sweet and precious little kitties... like this...



This picture came up on my screen saver slideshow today, and all I could say was awwwwwwwwww! He was so cute then!!! And of course you remember the now photos... this is what I deal with now... cute, yes, but not the same!!! LOL

Dinner Anyone?

You may or may not know, but I have ben trying to lose some weight lately. I have been participating in the Biggest Loser Challenge over on Scrapfreak. As of today, I have lost 14 pounds! Not a ton, but honestly I haven't been "trying" too hard! Now I have my focus back, and I am ready to let those pounds roll (right off of me that is....) Tonight I made a big dinner with enough to have for lunches over the weekend! It is a version of the recips Taco Soup (or stew, or as Rachel Ray would say Stoup). My version goes like this:

1 pound ground chicken browned.
1 package taco seasoning
(add this to the browned chicken and add 1/2 cup water. Let simmer for a few minutes.)
Then add:
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can drained corn
1 can Mexican Chili beans

Let all cook and simmer together until well heated through.

It is such a yummy and filling meal!!!

Let there be LIGHT!

So, I have been struggling for quite some time with my lighting in my scrap area. I have used a small lamp, over head light, and finally a Halogen lamp which gets hot as you-know-where. Today I finally gave in and bought myself a day light lamp. Similar to the Ott lamp, but LOTS cheaper in price. I was at Joann's today, and they had them on sale for 40% off. SOLD! Now I can see what I am working on.... and if you look close at the pic, you can see a sneaky peeky of one style of my Christmas cards this year!

A Slight Obsession?

So, I was sitting at my scrap table today, and I looked down at my new sticker letter box. I just got this system a week ago after seeing Lisa's new crate and files system at the crop. So I proceeded to do my system the same way. Little did I know I had this many letters!!! I really do think I have a bit of a Sticker letter/thicker obsession!!! This box does not include my chipboard letters... I think I need a whole box for those alone....

I took the Plunge!!!

I finally did it.... I knew it wouldn't take me long. I mean really, how long can you stand to sit at home with no car to drive?

We are now officially a TWO CAR FAMILY!!!



Today I went and looked at a car I had been eyeing on the internet all weekend. Before I knew it, I had filled out paper work, and bought myself a new (pre-owned) car!!! This one is really cute I think... it's RED RED RED!!!



Katie, well, she oooh'd and ahhhhh'd over my new one for a minute before she realized that meant my old car was technically "hers" Then I couldn't separate her from her new baby!!!

Haircut, FINALLY!

Oh I am so excited to share with you all the pictures of Timothy's new hair do!!! I really think it makes him look a little more mature, and less chubby cheeked! LOL

Here's before:



And now after...

Thursday's Thoughts...

Has it really been 2 weeks since I blogged? I guess it has! Well, these past few weeks have been a whirlwind of stuff going on! First dad had his knee surgery, and that same night we celebrated mom's birthday. I spent some time packing up and getting ready for a weekend crop... This past weekend I went to Lititz, PA for a crop at a B&B with 4 other girlfriends! It was AWESOME! Our hostess for the weekend was an wonderful woman we met last year at the Cozy Crop House. CINDY!!! You can see her in the post if you click on her name!!! Anyway, It was so great to see her again, and I feel so fortunate to have met her and get to know her and scrap with her again! The crop was truly fabulous, except for my migraine and tummy issues that unfortunately caused me to have to leave early. I was so distraught to have to do that, but was glad once I made it home that I was HOME! This week has been crazy busy with Katie having so many things going on. Next week will prove to be the same! I want to share some pictures with you from my crop, and a few pages I did! Enjoy....

Here is the B&B we stayed at...


Lisa Pouting!!! I think this is my fave picture of Lisa from the weekend!!!



Here is the Chocolate Factory we went to... the chocolates were YUMMY!!!



OK, sorry, this is all I have time for... Timothy is getting a HAIRCUT... I will definitely be posting those pictures later!!!

A Few Pages to Share!

Just wanted to share a few of my most recent pages. I haven't been scrapping much recently, but am weekly getting a page done for the Sketches!{by Tamara}Recipe Challenge Design Team.

Here's what I have...
This was for Recipe Challenge #16 for using Ribbon, paper tearing, and sewing


This was Recipe Challenge #17 to use Clear element, ribbon, and dimension: