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I've decided to come back to my blog once again. And once again this is taking place in September.
As I was looking through the blog today trying to decide if I really wanted to continue it or just delete it, I was reminded of all of the wonderful people I've interacted with and been inspired by over the years. Many of my links were outdated and more than a few are no longer in use. So as I visited each of these sites in order to update my blog, some that I hadn't seen in over 5 years, I remembered what brought me to blogging and scrapbooking/stamping in the first place. This community is amazing not just in talent but also and very importantly in encouraging one another. I originally started out with scrapbooking back in 1996 because I wanted to make a scrapbook of college life. In 2000 I started working and teaching classes at a little scrapbook store on the weekends or during breaks when I wasn't teaching in my middle school classroom. This is where I first became intrigued with using stamping in my scrapbooks. a couple years later when my first daughter was born I stamped and sent out my first actual cards - her birth announcements. I was hooked! I loved the immediate satisfaction I could get from cardmaking and soon after that I became involved with The Angel Company. When my second daughter came along in 2005 I realized I really couldn't continue with traditional scrapbooking because I often left a page in progress on my desk for days as I could only grab a few minutes at a time to work on it, And now with a toddler and a newborn this was risky and meant many ruined pages. Thus began my love affair with digi-scrapbooking. With each new adventure I met new friends on forums or at conventions that shared the same creative passion I had. They were there to give me feedback on my creations as well as to provide a listening ear when I had just had a rough mommy day. Until I no longer made time for them or creating. Even though I've had this blog since July 2006, I've not really been active on it or in anything crafty since 2010. This past spring though, as I was sorting out my craft room to decide what should be trashed, what could be donated to schools, and what I might be able to sell, my oldest became interested in cardmaking. Here just as I was going to get rid of everything and move on, she was wanting to join me in creating! She helped me remember what I loved about being creative, what my soul had been missing over the past 6 years.
Now we create together and so I've decided to once again open up this blog to share our creations. We have plans to work through a few weekly challenges to get us back in a groove and hopefully will even upload a few YouTube videos since this is one area we both enjoy gaining inspirations from. Over the past few months we've gotten lots of new goodies from My Favorite Things, Simon Says Stamp, Lawn Fawn, and a few newer companies that I'm just starting to learn about. I've got so many ideas and I can't wait to share them.
This past year has been quite the drain on all of us here in the Nutt house. Many hurdles have been crossed, issues have been solved and others have cropped up, but through it all we have loved one another deeper and seen an even deeper love for us from God our Father. His grace really is sufficient! We are clinging to this as we continue to face challenges for Ella. I can't believe she is a big 4th grader now! It's a new year with new experiences just waiting for us, and new opportunities to delve into. It is a time for hope!
Just a quick post about Wed-Friday lunches because I need to finish helping the girls with their scrapbook projects.
Wednesday 9/29/10 -- E's Lunch
broccoli, pear tomatoes and mini cucumber slices
ranch dressing (in dip container)
spinach ravioli & chicken apple sausage
applesauce with cinnamon
yogurt pretzels
Wednesday 9/29/10 -- R's Lunch
spinach ravioli & chicken apple sausage
broccoli and mini cucumber slices
ranch dressing (in dip container)
yogurt pretzels
applesauce with cinnamon
Thursday 9/30/10 -- E's Lunch
broccoli, pear tomatoes and mini cucumber slices
ranch dressing (in dip container)
baked potato with greek yogurt, shredded cheddar & black olives
blue corn tortilla chips
grapes & watermelon balls
Thursday 9/30/10 -- R's Lunch
broccoli, carrot sticks and mini cucumber slices
ranch dressing (in dip container)
almond butter & jelly sandwich (flamingo & hearts)
blue corn tortilla chips
grapes & watermelon balls
Friday 10/1/10 -- E's Lunch
grapes & watermelon balls
pasta with grilled chicken, spinach & parmesan sauce
mini cucumber slices, pear tomatoes and sugar snap peas
whole wheat roll
Friday 10/1/10 -- R's Lunch
grapes and watermelon balls
almond butter & jelly sandwich (cat and heart cutouts)
mini cucumber slices and sugar snap peas
spelt pretzels
Ah it is raining and raining and raining. Finally maybe this is a sign of Fall. I love the cooler weather, and all of the yummy foods that are in season. Speaking of which, it is that time for apple pie making. I love making these for the girls' classes. Yesterday, I took one in for Ruthie's class to include in their apple test-tasting. Now Ruthie, unlike the rest of us, has never liked pie of any sort. So I was super excited and surprised when she came home today exclaiming that the apple pie was fabulous! YAY!!! My little Ruthie likes apple pie now. Now if only I can get Ella to eat almonds, pecans, and other nuts my culinary dreams will come true. :) But anyway, onto the lunches from yesterday and today.
Monday 9/27/10--E's Lunch:
apple slices
colby-jack cheese & seaweed rice crackers
yogurt pretzels
carrot snack sticks (I need to experiment a bit more with this recipe, although Ella loved them I did not)
low-sodium soy sauce (in dip container)
hard-boiled egg
Monday 9/27/10--R's Lunch:
Oatmeal (we love Bob's Red Mill 5-grain Rolled Cereal) with golden raisins
Ham & Cheese muffin (need to experiment with this a bit too)
grapes
Tuesday 9/28/10--E's Lunch:
Ham & cheese on whole wheat roll
apple & orange slices
spelt pretzels
steamed green beans
Tuesday 9/28/10--R's Lunch:
almond butter & jelly sandwich (a duck and tulip shapes today)
orange slices and grapes
spelt pretzels
steamed green beans
Another busy week. The girls seem to really like the lunches they have been taking, and particularly when they get to help make them, but lately they have been asking to buy lunch. I had such grand hopes of them not wanting school lunches, but I know it is hard for them when they see their friends eating corn dogs and pizzas. Ella seems more upset by not being able to finally serve herself in the lunch line, which apparently is a privilege for 3rd graders and beyond. I have no idea how to combat this. :( I only know that the changes we have made are making a difference and I must carry on.
So with that, here are the girls' lunches from this week:
Monday 9/20/10--E's Lunch
pesto ravioli
grapes
cranberry-orange scone
peas
Monday 9/20/10--R's Lunch
grapes
homemade black olive & cheese pizza
cranberry-orange scone
peas
Tuesday 9/21/10--E's Lunch
ham& cheese on whole wheat roll w/ light french dressing
blue corn tortilla chips
mozzarella cheese stick
seaweed rice crackers
yogurt pretzels
mandarin oranges
Tuesday 9/21/10--R's Lunch
almond butter & jelly sandwich (octopus shape almost didn't fit in the box)
spelt pretzels
mozzarella cheese stick
yogurt pretzels
mandarin oranges
seaweed rice crackers
Wednesday 9/22/10--E's Lunch
grapes
Annie's whole grain parmesan mac-n-cheese
ucumber slices
chicken & apple sausage
Wednesday 9/22/10--R's Lunch
grapes
Annie's whole grain Parmesan mac-n-cheese
cucumber slices
chicken & apple sausage
Thursday 9/23/10--E's Lunch
grapes
grilled steak
sweet potato fries (sliced sweet potato that has been spritzed with olive oil and roasted at 400 degrees for about 15 min)
whole wheat roll
oreo cookie
Thursday 9/23/10--R's Lunch
banana
ham slices
sweet potato fries (see above)
whole wheat roll
oreo cookie
Hmmm where did this week go? Oh I know, dr.'s visits, xrays, and volunteering to help with Grandparents' day crafts (I think they turned out very cute) But today Jamie has the day off so we can get some projects tackled but really we are just relaxing. :) And to start the day we had breakfast on the patio at Whole Foods today. Such a great way to start the day.
But anyway here are the rest of this week's lunches:
Wednesday 9/15/10 -- E's Lunch:
whole-wheat pesto ravioli
greek yogurt with cooked cinnamon apples
grapes
steamed green beans
Wednesday 9/15/10 -- R's Lunch:
grapes
almond butter & jelly sandwich (she chose a horse shape and hearts)
cucumber slices
steamed green beans
Thursday 9/16/10 -- E's Lunch:
Blue corn taco shells
cucumber slices
taco filling (ground sirloin, shredded spinach, and cheddar cheese all melted together for her to fill her own tacos)
grapes
jelly belly jelly beans
Thursday 9/16/10 -- R's Lunch:
whole wheat soft tacos (filled with ground sirloin, shredded spinach, and cheddar cheese
blue corn tortilla chips
grapes
carrot circles with ranch dressing (in dip container)
jelly belly jelly beans
Friday 9/17/10 -- E's Lunch:
cheese tortellini with pesto
sliced apples
peas
grape tomatoes
Friday 9/17/10 -- R's Lunch:
almond butter & jelly sandwich (she chose a fish shape and hearts)
spelt pretzels & mozzarella cheese stick
peas
apple (she didn't want her's sliced)
But at 2 weeks into the school year, all is going well. We had our first parent-teacher conference with Ella's teacher yesterday, at our request. I must admit I had serious reservations about the teacher Ella got this year. After having such a rough time with last year's teacher, I really wanted an experienced teacher for this year. One who was confident enough in her classroom management and curriculum that it wouldn't be difficult for her to make accommodations for Ella, and therefore I wouldn't have to be at the school constantly making sure my child was receiving an appropriate education. I'm just mentally worn out from last year, and didn't want to be constantly fighting battles this year. So I was a bit concerned when we got the letter stating which teacher Ella would have. This is only her 2nd year teaching! Me being the eternal pessimist that I am, immediately wanted a teacher change. So I didn't hesitate to call the principal and voice my concerns. I didn't know anything else about this teacher other than her lack of experience, but that was enough to send me spiraling into my "I can't have another year like last year!" fit. To the principal's great credit she assured me that she considered Ella's placement very carefully and really felt that this teacher's personality and gentleness would be the best fit for Ella. And as for academics, this teacher had the highest test scores of all the 3rd grade team last year even though it was her first year teaching. So we agreed that I would keep an open mind and give her a chance. And I have to say so far I do like her. Our meeting yesterday was very good and we were both thinking similarly on many issues. Ella adores her, although Ella adores all adults even last year's teacher up until the day before the last day of school when she made her cry. So for now, all is well . :)
As to the healthy eating issue we were facing this year, that too has been going well. I ordered these great bento style lunch boxes from Laptoplunches.com and the girls have been having a great time helping me plan out what goes in each day. So far we have mostly used leftovers from dinner to fill the main part of the lunch. I started posting pics of each day's box on my facebook photos but I think I'm going to move those over to here now so I can link up recipes easier and show each week's plan.
This week has been full of changes. My little Ruthie is FIVE now. We celebrated her birthday yesterday with all of her friends. I just really can't believe she is growing up so quickly and will be starting Kindergarten this fall. And then Ella, Oh my goodness when did she become a little lady? I looked at her this morning as we were getting ready for church and just suddenly became aware that she doesn't look like a little girl so much anymore. Am I really ready to embrace this next phase of life? Whether I am or not, it is coming I can see it on the horizon.
Also on the horizon, are major lifestyle changes. We had Ella's check-up at the UNC Spina Bifida clinic this past Thursday, and I was quite taken aback by something one of the doctors told us. Apparently, Ella has put on a bit of weight this past year, and because of her physical difficulties this puts her at a risk of injury and possibly losing her ability to walk. Talk about shock, yep I was in it. You see Ella has always been on the small side and in the negative percentiles for both height & weight, but this past year her weight drastically increased, but not the height so therefore her curve on the chart has shifted and put her in the at risk category. Now just to look at Ella you wouldn't think this was the case but nonetheless it has given this momma the motivation she has so desperately been needing to radically change our sedentary lifestyle. I immediately started trying to think, "what has changed so much this past year, that we are in this predicament?" And I realized that even though our eating has been rather good in comparison to the majority of people, there are a lot of things I can change in our eating to make us healthier.
First of all, this past year brought a lot more homework for Ella so she was inside a lot more, not outside playing. We tended to eat out a lot more just because I never could get myself organized this year. Most of the time we were making fairly good choices about where we ate out, but no matter, it is never as healthy as eating at home. And the biggest thing for Ella I think, was that she ate school lunch at least 2-3 times per week. I know that the schools have very limited resources and do their best with what they have and for many children the school lunch is their healthiest and maybe only complete meal they have each day. However, I know it is also not as healthy as a meal I can send with her. This is going to be a lot more work and I'm going to have to get myself organized, but my baby girl's mobility and quality of life is just too important to not make this happen. We've worked so hard for 8 years to get her up and walking, I can't just sit back and let it be taken away.
This morning was truly glorious, almost completely glorious. The reason is because Spring break has begun. I know that by this time next week I will be completely out of my mind ready for the girls to be back at school, but for now it is wonderful. The girls are of course very excited about being off from school for the week, but the thing I love most is enjoying the nice slow peaceful mornings. No rushing through breakfast, no arguing about clothes, no running out the door and no dealing with impatient parents in the carpool line. This is what made this morning glorious. The only interruption to my peaceful morning today came from this:
Yes, this is sweet little Lady. Lady is staying with us for the weekend, and we really do love her and love when she visits. However, she is used to having my mother & father-in-law up early. So even though Jamie was up early and let her outside and fed her, as soon as he left for work she was lonely and thought I needed to be awake as well. There went my plans to sleep in. Oh well, I still have grand plans for this spring break. I will sleep in, it just may have to wait until Lady goes back home on Sunday. My whole house is getting a good cleaning, although the girls are not at all excited about this aspect as they will be helping. I will create something everyday. The girls and I will take a picnic to the park. Ruthie will have a few friends from preschool over to have a tea party. And maybe I'll even treat the girls to an afternoon at the movies to see How to Train a Dragon, hopefully that will be good motivation to get our cleanings done.
I think it is safe to say Spring has finally arrived for North Carolina. The Bradford Pear trees along our neighborhood driveways are in full bloom which means there are 4 noses in our house that are completely stuffed with allergies. Oh well, I refuse to let that keep my windows sealed any longer. The fresh breeze blowing in is so refreshing and worth the daily doses of sudafed we are now taking.
And speaking of refreshing, I went with Ruthie and her preschool class on a field trip this week to a local farm. Ah it was so nice to just run around and play outside. And Ruthie rode a horse for the first time! It was so cool to see her just jump right up and completely feel at ease on this huge creature. I can't wait to enjoy riding with her more. Another mile marker for us this week was registering Ruthie for Kindergarten. Oh my goodness, I just can't believe it is time for that already. How big my girls are getting.
With all the fun stuff this week I only managed to snag a few minutes here and there to do a bit of stamping, but I wanted to participate in 2 challenges, so this one fits both. 
First is the Poppy Seed Challenge from the very tale
nted Lisa Johnson. This is Lisa's 2nd Poppy Seed Challenge she has issued. Unfortunately I didn't get to play along the first time (due to my incredible slackness), but I wasn't going to miss this one although I know I'm cutting it close by submitting it on the last day. *ETA: oops deadline was last night. Oh well next time I'm not going to wait to post. :)
Secondly is the Mojo Monday 131 . I loved the longer card style of the Mojo Monday sketch. And I have a ton of these longer envelopes left over from a previous project class I taught, so I'm always on the lookout for long card ideas.
And here is my card (click to enlarge):
Supplies:
Cardstock: Stamper's Select White (PTI), Aqua Mist (PTI)
Patterned paper is from Everyday Blessings paper pack (PTI)
Stamps: I can't remember the set name but it is from TAC from many years ago. Extras: Ribbon (Spring Moss PTI), Button (Aqua Mist PTI), tiny pearl (Kaiser craft), Ribbon tag die is from Spellbinders.
Ok I seriously don't know what I was thinking when I told Ella, "sure you can have a sleepover for your birthday party." No correction, I know what I was thinking, I was thinking, "sweet! this will be easy! a few friends come over we eat pizza and cake, the girls watch a movie and they go home or go to sleep. Awesome! Only work on my part will be cleanup and surely Jamie will do that." I was thinking "easy peasy!" Oh how I can deceive myself. The party is tonight! I still need to finish cleaning, go pick up a movie from Redbox, and find some more cake decorations for the girls to use to decorate their individual cakes. Not to mention the fact that I'm so sleepy because I stayed up late last night to make these:
Yep, handmade purses for each girl. Inside is a yummy lip gloss, sparkly fingernail polish, pink fingernail polish, and little bead kit I put together to make a beaded ring. I sewed each purse, and added some sweet polka dot ribbon. Both the canvas fabric and ribbon I had left over from a bag I made for Ruthie last year to carry her ballet stuff in. The letters I diecut out of some felt I found at Hancock fabric and bought for a different project that has long been forgotten. I had to do a little stitching with white embroidery floss on each letter because otherwise they looked quite sad. All in all they went rather quick and were easy if only I hadn't started them at 10:30 pm the night before the party.Oh well I hope the girls like them.
As for the birthday cake, Ella really wanted me to make a Train Cake for 2 reasons. 1.) This has become a tradition. Sometime between Christmas and Ella's birthday we always make this cake and decorate it like a cool candy train. Some years have been quite elaborate and some we just dust it with powdered sugar and read the Polar Express. And with our Atlanta trip after Christmas and Ella going back to school as soon as we got back, we just haven't had time to do this yet. 2.) She loves to go crazy with candy as do her friends that will be joining us. So what do I do? I agree to make this. The cake is easy to make and is in fact already done and waiting to be adorned with yummies. However, I always forget how hard it is to find good candy in early January! UGH! So now I must run and hunt out the many options to use tonight. Wait! I just realized I'm going to have 5 eight year olds here tonight and I'm arming them with loads of candy and other sugar! I really need to think things through better.
So I now have an eight year old?! And why have I not updated this blog in over a year? I really have no explanation for the last question, but as for the eight year old, well she continues to inspire, amaze, frustrate and just generally make my life better every day! I just can't believe she has been doing these things for eight years now.
January 2002
January 2010
Wow how much she has changed and how much we've been through. Happy birthday to my incredible, strong, courageous and beautiful Ella!
This weekend was so much fun! My mom came down to celebrate her birthday and that means I stamped. It has been so long since that has happened and it really felt good to create something. We spent most of the day on Saturday out shopping at Archivers. This was mom's first time in there and it was so much fun watching her. :) After that we hit Michaels and A.C. Moore also. ACM was having a great sale on some organizers that I've been wanting so I picked up 2 of those and had them assembled before I went to bed that night. My favorite card mom and I made was this spinner card:
Isn't it cute? I know spinners are not a new thing, but this was the first one I've ever made and it was actually easy and fun to do. Which is a good thing because we made tons of them for a swap my mom was doing. Which was why I had to snap a picture, because I didn't get to keep one.
So now that I've gotten myself back into stamping and enjoying it (more on that later), I started going over to stamp at a new friend's house every Wed. morning after the girls are dropped off at school. Oh my gosh, Tricia has the most wonderful stamping space! I love it! There are also 3 other ladies that come as well but I have yet to meet them. I hope this will be a new group for me to really fit in with. I miss my creative friends and so need that regular interaction. So stay tuned to see what I stamp each week. :)
Ah it is Friday, it is finally raining here, the girls are napping, and I got some time in this week to actually scrap. Check below for new layouts. Definitely a great week! I have tons of movies DVR'd (is that right or should it be DVRed?) and can't wait to have some downtime with Jamie tonight to kick back, relax and enjoy them. And since today is Friday, there is a new blog challenge up at the Sweet Shoppe blog. This week we are to share our plans for the Fourth of July that is next week. Well in my case since Independence Day is next week that means our anniversary is next week also! I just can't believe that next Thursday Jamie & I will be celebrating 10 years of marriage. It has been amazing to say the least. Jamie truly is my best friend and my rock. He balances my quirky high maintenance self with amazing love and kindness. He is a fabulous daddy and I just can't imagine life without him, and I hope I never do. I can not even begin to tell him how much I love and appreciate him. But to celebrate this great journey I have arranged for my wonderful inlaws to keep the girls for us and I've made reservations at Cooper's Landing for the night for July 3rd (Jamie has the 4th off but not the 6th, so we will just be celebrating early.) This place looks so wonderful, and I love staying in Bed & Breakfasts. We are reserved for the Vineyard Suite for the night, plus have reservations for dinner that night and the best part is we are the only guests (or at least we were when I made the reservation). So that means we won't have to share the jacuzzi. Oh and I also reserved the chocolate dipped strawberry platter, yummy! We had these at our wedding, but I never got to eat any, so now it is like a tradition that we have to get these on every anniversary to make up for that. LOL. I don't really know yet what we will do the following day for the 4th. We usually go to our community parade and then out to watch the fireworks, but I don't think we are going to rush back home for the parade this year nor do I know where we will see the fireworks (although I will make sure that we go see some - I love fireworks!) During the day we will probably do some local hikes or try to find some good local music, or check out some of the small town shops around the inn. Who knows. :)
And speaking of music, the other part of the blog challenge was to link up a You Tube video that makes me smile. So without a doubt that would have to be the OK Go guys singing Here It Goes Again on the treadmills. I just love this song and can't be in a crummy mood when I see this video or hear this song. So here ya go:
Ok so I got this new fancy camera now and my photos are worse than ever! For instance, the other day the girls were outside playing and being cute and I was just snapping away. I had everything on manual but I thought they would be fine (I mean after all it was a gorgeous bright day). Well they aren't fine! Take a look:
UGH! Apparently my aperture (I think) was set too low. So now I have to figure out some way to fix all of these shots from Ruthie's birthday. Someone help me please! Tell me who you think has the best photo actions that can work magic on these. Or do you guys think they are too overexposed to be helped? Please don't tell me that, I will be so heartbroken.
So for the past two weeks I've been in Ella's preschool classroom at least several times a day if not the entire day, EVERY day. Why? you ask. Well because I adore her teachers and her classmates and I just can't say No when I'm asked to help out. Seriously this started back in September when her teacher asked me to be room mom and I've been taking on tasks ever since. So we had the preschool graduation yesterday, which made for a bittersweet day. The kids were so cute all dressed up in their little caps & gowns and it is so amazing how much these children have grown over the year and the friendships they have developed. I know Ella is certainly going to miss so many of them. Here are a few photos from the big day.
So now that the school year is over I'm looking forward to a bit of recovery time. No getting up early, and rushing through the morning to get Ella to school on time (which unfortunately rarely happened). Instead we can enjoy breakfast together and pajama days. However, I'm sure that in a week or so I'll be looking forward to the fall. LOL Especially if this heat and humidity continues as bad as it is now. I mean I can't even stand to walk the dog outside for 10 minutes. UGH.
I can't believe it is already June! Lately I've been so busy that I feel like my life is just in fast forward. I hate it because I feel like I'm missing so much just because there isn't enough time for it all. It's like that movie Click, except I don't have any control over any of it. Which is probably why it bothers me so much. :)
Anyways, it is a new month and that means a new Songbird Avenue kit is available. I blogged a few entries ago about this awesome collab. project. Last month they donated almost $3500 to the March of Dimes! How phenomenal is that! Well this month, all proceeds will go to The American Diabetes Association. Of course I've already bought mine and hope to get a page done with it today. :)
Speaking of getting pages done. I went to Archivers last night with my friend Anne for a crop. Of course I was the only one there scrappin' digi style and I only finished one page, but it was so fun to catch up with Anne.
Here's the page:
Credits
I've been scrapping a lot of Ella's pics lately so I thought it was time to do some of Ruthie's. Ok now I'm off to get some stuff done today before Jamie & I go out on our date tonight. :)
Today is a glorious rainy day! I know that I am among a very small group of individuals who actually love rainy days, but seriously I can't be the only one. Now don't get me wrong, I like sunny days too. But this week has been unbelievably hot, I mean we got into the low 90s one day, and it is only the beginning of May. So to have a nice rainy day where the temp is in the upper 50s, is pure delight for me. Plus since it is rainy and "cold" the girls haven't wanted to go play outside which means I've been able to stay in and get some stuff done. I was going to try to scrap some, but there were too many interruptions and I've needed to organize my EHD files for so long so that is what I've been doing. I'm trying to get everything sorted before all the awesome NSD sales tomorrow. But even before NSD starts you can get this awesome new kit:
It is from Songbird Avenue and was created by Meredith Fenwick, Jan Crowley, and Shabby Princess. And boy is it awesome! Not only that, but 100% of the profits go to a different charity each month. This month they are donating to the March of Dimes. So of course I had to support them and applaud their efforts, seeing as how I know first hand how wonderful this charity is. :) Hopefully I'll get some layouts done using this awesome kit this weekend and I'll post them next week here.
Oh how I love a good deal. Speaking of deals here are some blogs you should definitely check out if you want some super cool freebies:
First since it is Friday, Sharon Kenealy has her weekly mini kit available at:
http://artisticmusings.typepad.com/
Then make sure you sign up for the new Little Dreamer Designs newsletter, because you get this awesome kit free when you do.
So to get it just go to: http://www.littledreamerdesigns.com/newsletter.html and sign up.
Next Dani Mogstad has these adorable little flowers available on her blog:
http://www.designbydani.com/blog/
Then Jenna has a new doodle available on her blog:
http://dancinglines.blogspot.com/
And Rachael Giallongo is giving away a cool template for NSD on her blog
http://www.rachaelgiallongo.com/blog/
And if you hurry you might be able to catch a couple of freebies still up on Jennilyn's blog at:
http://www.jennilyndesigns.com/journal/
Now that you've checked out some super cool designs, I'll chat about the other happy parts of my day. :)
First, we got digital cable today! OMG, I'm so excited and goofy about this. Which is just funny to me that it makes me so happy. We really don't watch much TV, usually just a few shows on Thursday night, but the cool thing about the digi cable is that it comes with a DVR, so I no longer have to hush my brother when he calls long distance and I'm watching Survivor (yes I did this last week - sorry about that Dean) and we can record 2 shows at once. This is so revolutionary to me because even though we really only watch TV on Thurs nights, we like so many shows that come on at the same time, so now we can just DVR them. Oh I can't wait to give it a try. :) Jamie of course is all excited about all of the music channels we get.
So after the cable guy left Fed Ex shows up. I thought this was just my order with some aquarium supplies I'd ordered because they were tracked to arrive today, but no it was our new cell phones! WhooHoo! We haven't had new phones since we started our cell plan back in 2001, so these were definitely needed. This is what I got:
It is a Sony Ericsson W300i and is so sweet! I can't wait to get it all set up. Then on top of all of these fun new toys and what not, Jamie & I went out on a date tonight. We actually hired a babysitter (the inlaws are out of town) and let her put the girls to bed so that we could go out to dinner and then hang out together at the bookstore/coffee shop without having to rush home. Ahh it has been a fabulous Friday, now I'm off to bed so I can scrap all day tomorrow - I hope. :)
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