Secret Scrapper challenge

This is for Secret Scrapper Challenge I have one more I'm working on it's due end of July you only to do one but I have a recipe one I'm workin to I'm giving these for Xmas not to soon. so I still have time. But here is the first one. I am adding 10 more pages however the challenge only called for what I have it's for Xmas so I still have time to add. and oops there is another one missing from here but that's okay I have to get to work.. So I hope to get more challenges and cards done this weekend.

DD Photo shoot with Jessica Mandile

Well DD does not like to take photos to much but she loved her photo session with Jessica Mandile seriously these are awesome here are a few if you need a photo session go to this this site Jessica's Mandile Photography she does great advertising stuff for your cars when I put mine up not for a few weeks on my car then I'll show you that as well. She has many talents.There is 8 5 photos and they are all wonderful..

Been tagged again

OK so I've done these about a million times before, but I got tagged again by Amie and I just can't resist. I'm having a hard time coming up with new interesting things about myself! have )Here's how you play, once you've been tagged. You have to write a blog with 10 weird, random things, facts or habits about yourself. At the end you choose 10 people to be tagged, listing their names. Don't forget to leave them a comment "You're It!" and to read your blog. You can't tag the person who tagged you

1.) I have to have a cup of coffee in the a.m. or else you don't want to deal with me
2.) I drink at least 32 ounces of Iced tea a day
3.) I buy more scrappy supplies than I need or us
4.) I have a fettish for printed paper (always thinking they won't be another design likeit or it will run out)
5.) Coconut and I don't get along
6.) I like to fall asleep with the t.v. on
7.) Challenges I've been doing take me out of my box for scrapbooking
8.) I can not have butter on my toast no way... has to be dry or peanut butter. However I can have it on popcorn?
9.) I can't eat soggy bread I gag
10.) I prefer to watch DVD's rather than go to the Movies

The ten people I am tagging is , April , Debbie, Kristi, Jessica, Amanda, Shawna,Karen, Chelsea, Patty, Lauren

Back to 1995

I can't believe how fast time has gone this was back in 1995 and I can still remember it as if it were yesterday. How times flies. This is Daughter sorry a little of the top was croped. You can see a smidge on the left of the top layer

I have so much more to go..but headed in the right direction.

Hubby's Home

Who caught a five pound fish..Of course he didn't take a camera.. HE love it..but was happy to get home and I was happy to have him Home.. He loves to fish..He was gone for four days. He will go again in October..They fish starting like 5:30 a.m. then they eat.. and don't get home till about6:30 eat and sleep He won for the biggest fish but ahhhh we have no proof.. Oh well
Count ddown to Alaska is on it's way.

Mother's Day

My daughter came out for Mother's Day and we did not even take a picture.. Not sure what happened with that.. I always take pictures on these occasions. I guess just so much and so little time. We had a great weekend just wasn't long enough that's for sure. Sunday we were all not feeling to good so we just had some family time with T.v. and relaxing which we do not get a down day to often and it really felt good.. NO work yay... I haven't been feeling real good the last couple days.. DD got real sick when she got home and couldn't go to work on Monday so not sure it was the flu going around or what. I can't believe it's already Wednesday let alone the middle of May that's for sure. Hope everyone had a great Mother's day.

On another note Click here to go see the cards for the Papercraft Idol contest.. All I can say is that these TEN ladies deserve all to be winners they have amazing talent and the cards are all beautiful. They put alot of work into these. The next round they will elimate FIVE contestants out of the TEN I wish them all luck but in my opinion they are all winners.. GOOD LUCK LADIES. (like they look at my blog hahaha)
So voting is up on the 17th.. I'll see how close I come for fun of who will go to the next round.

Can't wait to see and the next round of cards they are totally amazing

I guess I needed a shove to get going again

Well this is for Aprils card challenge. for secret scrapper I haven't used decorative scissors in ages..it was fun. This is gonna be a fun challenge 4 me to have to scrp and car make more

Way to go grad

It's grad season here is a quick card I did simple but gets the point across.. I have had way to much fun lately.. back to working.. Hopefully I'll finish another challenge takeing the exacto and water pencils for lunchtime.. Anyone interested in a card trade you can sign up here

tagged

Casey Lu tagged me.
With this one I have to tell 6 things about myself......unusual things.

1.) I cannot eat wet bread Nope no french dips Pastrami has to be grilled no dipping not even cookies. (I guess it's a texture thing.)

2.) My wash has to has to have softner in it and a dryer sheet.

3.) I have to have face make up on everyday even If I 'm sick. I put it on and blush. but those are a must.

4.) I brush my teeth in the shower in the am(hubby hates this) so I have two toothbrushes

5.) I love Onions and Garlic I do not cook anything hot without them.

6.) I will not eat dip from a party if I'm not the first one to get some cause I hate the double dippers.. If I don't see it when it first comes out I don't eat it.

NATIONAL SCRAPBOOK DAY.

Last add on item Enjoy Kristi

Well here is most of what I did at NSD I didn't take pictures of the cards, altered mini book Kristi asked for it i gave it to her maybe she'll post it on her blog or the secret scrapper gallery.We have our Scrap mess that how we scrapped all weekend. It was hysterical we won great prizes and had lots of laughs I'm exhuasted I only had 8 hours sleep since Thursday needless to say I came home took a nap and am exhuasted hubby barbequed and this week I will pay for it but it was so worth it Meet some new girls we all had so much fun Can't wait to go to the Next weekend fun of scrapbook and then a trip to AZ in Sept for fun and to meet a lot of people from online that we've gotten to know. Have a good week folks..

Wow what a week it has been Busy.. Fulfilling

This week has gone by so fast.. I am ahead of my list for a change not done but ahead.. I am not ready for NSD but it will just come it's suppose to be fun not stressful so that's the way it will be. I'm so excited my friend MANDY MILLER has a new business called SECRET SCRAPPER and she has put a new Forum so go check it Secret Scrapper Forum come and join the fun We are celebrating National Scrapbook Day all month so those of you who can come in and peak over the weekend join the challenges and fun as well as all month long your points accumalate Don't miss out on some great prizes and fun Raks prizes and loads of fun. . Anyone is welcome Crafters ,Scrapper, Chatters, Card Makers, Non Crafters . So hook it up to your blogs ladies. You can just come and chat it up .. Let's have some fun. Meet new friends some of my best friends I met when I started this fulfilling Hobby.. maybe set this on your page to Lurk but I guarantee you'll want to come and play. I have a lot of Cyber Scrapper friends to it's been fun Let's have some fun Girls.

ONCE AGAIN TO MUCH ON MY PLATE

OKAY .. I need to finish what's on my plate before adding any more ingredients.. I made myself a promise.. No forum posting for a week for starters. No shopping on the internet, Finish the two cards deals I have going before I sign up for the next. There is no way I could have finsihed another one I was gonna join last month.. I have mandatory overtime next week at work. I have month end for my hubby's books and I have our bills, laundry, etc.. Yes I hired a cleaning person but she does her thing and dust baseboards and stuff but you still have the everyday life to deal with such as laundry . I have some crates from Az when we went that i haven't unpacked.. I have National Scrapbook day I bought these 12 x 12 things to get prepared I have to say i have taken 20 minutes the last couple morning going thru photos so i have a few pages like four already.. I want to take more than i need in case I have blocked thoughts. I am working with the web lady for the fun site I will have it' s mainly for fun not for profit. I feel this would make me create more of my own stuff etc.. if I was tied into it but you never know. I have a housewarming to go to . A business brunch at the Queen Mary sunday.. and National Scrapbook Day is just around the corner.. I have had some serious no sleep weeks not to long ago averaging about 5 a nite.. and this week I've been pretty close to that with about 5 1/2 to 6 So I am gonna try and search blogs on lunch just so that I have some kind of entertainment and keep up on everyone. I need to start making sure walking is in my daily routine all the wieght I lost I gained back So I am gonna start again cause my cruise is three mnths away so I need to make sure to do something.. It's grill season so that would help a ton... Rather than comfort food.. I thought about doing WW online but it's not reporting to someone.. But I don't see where I have the time for the meetings sometimes I only take 1/2 lunch at work it's not enough time.. Anyways I 'll figure something out.. I really give Kuddos to those who excercise regularly and have lost and kept it off etc.. So that is what I will evaulate as well during my time.. So I have a lot to do and better hack the list off one at a time.. I want my scrapspace in order.. so I have planned to make sure that either in the a.m or pm I spend 15-30 minutes in there that's the only way I can.. I need things to slow down. So those are my plans.. Hopefully I can get it all done.. I feel overwhelmed so I think hacking them one at a time and curving some of my fun will help to. This way I can go back to having fun again.. Shoot I am so far behind on a couple forum on all theunread posts I hate to miss out on things.hahahaha But that can wait another week.

RECIPES

I Love Recipes Exchanging them etc..
here is one I received today.. I am definetly trying this for Sunday ... W/ something from the grill .
Try it let me know how you like it.. But yummo it sounds awesome

Cream Cheese Potatoes Ingredients:
* 2 tablespoons dried minced onion * 1 medium clove garlic, crushed and finely minced * 1 teaspoon salt * 8 to 10 medium potatoes, sliced* * 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, cubed * 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese, optional Spray slow cooker with non-stick butter flavor cookingspray. In a small bowl or cup, combine onion, garlic,salt, and pepper. Layer about 1/4 of the slicedpotatoes in bottom of slow cooker. Sprinkle with about1/4 of the onion and garlic mixture. Layer with about1/3 of the cream cheese cubes. Repeat layers, endingwith seasonings. Cover and cook on HIGH 3 to 4 hours,until potatoes are tender. In last 20 to 30 minutes ofcooking, stir potatoes to distribute cream cheese.Potatoes can be partially mashed at this point. Ifdesired, top with 1/2 cup of shredded mild Cheddarcheese. Cover and continue to cook, about 10 minutes,just until melted. Serve when potatoes are tender. Serves 6. * Substitute 1 bag (32 ounces) frozen hash brownpotatoes for sliced potatoes and prepare as directed.Cook on HIGH 2 hours or LOW for 4 to 5 hours.

I am Nutso.. but I guess I so love being busy...

Well I hardly have time to do very much at all.. these days.. Today was working etc.. but at least things are getting accompolished which is nice. TO BE YOUNG AGAIN LOOK at the variety of ages in this jumper. I finally loaded them to my computer after two weeks so here they are.. They had a blast Lots of fun.. They grow so so fast.. I'm tryign to get my work done today and tomorrow so that I can work on pulling papers , embelisshment and sketching out some of the stuff I want to do for NSD will see how that works.. I always want to do more than I can.. will see what happens. I need to really simply clean and simple cause I have way to many pictures to try and make a master piece out of them. So will see what happens at this point i'm ready to start just slapping a date and the photo to the page and nothing else.;-)

Well coming soon.. a New blog page and Website.. The website is gonna be desinged more for fun and to force me to create more tahn I do i love to do this stuff just don't have the time and by doing this I think I will.. So soon more details..

Hope Everyone had a great Saturday..

I know I am missing shopping at the convention center in Arizona... I hope they had better stuff tahn Orange County did... However I did major damange there.. Well will see I did find a piece to the curby cutter now to take it out of package and use ithmmm what a concept.

a tag from Amie and I'm tagging anyone reading this..

4 Jobs I have had
1. City of Parks and recreation
2. Taco Bell
3. Proheco Went from receptionist to Office Manager 15 years yikes
4. Fc Financial factor receivables

4 Movies I have watched over and over
1. Dirty Dancing
2 Pretty Woman
3. I am not a repeat movie watcher so I don't have a 3
4. none

Places I have Lived
1. Pico Rivera, CA
2.) Diamond Bar, Ca
3. Goodyear, Az
4. laguna woods, ca
4 TV Shows I Like to Watch
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. Gilmore Girls
3. One tree hill
4. Foodnetwork anything.

4 Places I have Been to

1. Maui , Hawaii
2 Carriebean Cruise 5 islands
3. Catalina
4. Lake Powell


4 of My Favourite Foods

1. Taco
2. Tostadas
3. Salsa
4. Guacamole


PlacesI would rather be right now.

1. Home
2. Working on my webpage
3. Catalina Island
4. shopping at a LSS

4 People I will tagI was going to pick four, then I realized I want to hear everyone's own comments, so I tag ALL my readers! (I'll be checking to see if you posted on your blogs, get to work!)

SUPER CRAZY BUSY.. EXCITED FOR NSD

Well it's been a hec of a last 10 days for me..ugh. It's starting to slow down.. I feel as though I have had no SLEEP.. I'd happily buy some.. Anyways.. I am super excited for National Scrapbook day.. Wow what a deal.. It starts Friday at a country club from 10:oo a.m till 2;00a.m
We get Lunch and dinner snack and drinks and prizes , prizes.. They aren't cheezy wheezy ones either. Last year some one won a QK handle , Dies, and other fun packaged stuff.. Whoo hoo I didn't make it but hey.. I just want the die for the QK.. I love QK.. Then saturday it goes from 8:00 a.m to Midnite.. with Continental breakfast , lunch and dinner drinks snacks prizes, raffles whoo hoo... then we get to go back Sunday 9:00 a.m to 3:0o pm.. We get a 10% discount at the LSS All this for $80.00 I might be forgetting something.? The prizes alone they give are worth that.. There will be 50 people there so we only have to share one table with two people which is good. I am so so excited hoping to get a lot done.. I have started to go thru pictures at odd times either in wee early a.m hours or laaaaaaaate nite to see what I might want to scrap and then pull paper now to match the bazzill I will take all my embelissh and ribbon and just buy everything else when we make our daily trip to the LSS I can't wait to get something done... I will probably take more tahn I can get done but you can always hope that's for sure.. I want to do a picture of our Furb... So I have to get that together.. Poor little guy.. We really miss him.. After the cruise hubby wants another one.. I don't.. that was heart wrenching... Well that's my story for now.. Hope to blog soon.. Then to work on my online stuff that I am gonna start that up again.. I did this about 5 years ago and it's time to have more fun It started to become work and take over the fun.. So this time hopefully things will be different..

REST IN PEACE LITTLE GUY.. WE WILL MISS YOU SO MUCH!!!!

Poor Furbee is in Doggie Heaven

Poor Furb... AKA Little bug, Little buddy... We were on the way to Arizona and he suffered Heart Attack / Stroke there isn't much they could do it was pretty bad. He was pretty lifeless we were 80 miles away from anything.. he was like a fish out of water when you put him down. It would be your kidneys they say if it was the food scare. And he suffered about 2 1/2 weeks ago what they called a seizure and figure he might be having conjective heart failure.? We never thought he would go this soon. I felt he had more life in him. He can't be replaced he was a huge part of our daily routine and we are not adjusting probably as well as him.. I know that he is probably with a couple of his friends there in doggie heaven and one day will get to see him again He was the best dog we ever had from a child I never thought I'd be so attached to an animal as him. We are adjusting and my husband that dog adored him.. There could be 1000 people that knew furb but he would go with my husband he made him feel safe and secure and knew he would always be there to his rescue it was so sad that we could not do anything.. we came home to a dog not jumping on us soon as we walked thru the door his pillow , his blanket and toys.. It's gonna take a while..

GOOD MAIL CALL TODAY I LOVE LASTING IMPRESSIONS

MAIL CALL TODAY
I just love Lasting Impressions stuff. I got some paper to now to find the time to sit down and do this stuff is frustrating. I am playing with new camera so i guess for now it's okay just for this.. nothing special.

I HAD ONE OF THE BEST DAY YESTERDAY...

Wow I posted three days in a row to the blog.. yowzers... can you say Awesome.. Totally Autumn leaves..Little davis Basic Grey cutting matt yeah baby... Ribbon.. and so much more. Only got one of the primas but I will find the others.. .Well my hubby took over my nice purse camera.. He uses it for work so I can hardly take that away from him and I am not gonna carry the honkin D-50 around with me.. So he told me to replace it so I got an inexpensive Nikon L-10 so i am testing it today that's why I took pictures of some of the stuff... I got a pedicure after going to Ritz Camera it was next door I ordered a Camera back pack in black.. they will see if they can get it and an extra battery and 1gb for Alaska card and got the little camera so i can take simple photos and have it in my purse... It was not to much money and small and easy to fit in the purse.. I do miss the Sony this is the second cyber shot we've had.. But hubby also told me to go do a little Scrapbook shopping.. I have to more bags that I am not posting.. I am totally excited. Also all signed up and finalized National Scrapbook weekend it's gonna be so much flippin fun... I started some cards.. and didn't do any work.. cleaned a little and laundry.. I have so many thing to do projects etc.. At anyrate..that 's what I am gonna work on three hours in scrap and work for hubby.. He was such a sweetie yesterday... I ordered the new lasting impression templates .. I should get those Tuesday? I would imagine.? a good day in the mail and some paper for them.. What a good day..

I FOUND THIS QUOTE and I really liked it.. It kinda reminded me of the movie MEAN GIRLS.

I am gonna do a nice layout with it of me and hubby.. but the other one.huh could gather the information for it.. Besides why would I want to keep that part in a book the mean part. So I will make a layout of hubby and I.. When I first seen it reminded me of the Mean. but I put thought into and can use it for the good.

Quote

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.- Maya Angelou