January 8, 2008

My Grandmother gave me money for Christmas. She wanted me to buy a bracelet but since I am not working I am not wearing as much jewelry, so, I decided to buy this Photo Studio. It came with the two lights and a camera tripod. Hopefully my pictures for eBay and Etsy will look better.

I wanted to get these desktop calendars done closer to the new year but like so many projects I start I couldn't find everything I needed in my supplies. I will be happy when I get the garage done and am a bit more organized. These calendars are made with coasters. They are a quick and easy gift idea. The top on is for my Mom and the blue and yellow one is for...guess who? ME!

January 7, 2008

The kids are back to school and life is returning to something close to normal. Brent got an early birthday present from his Dad - a laptop! He is writing a book!

Along with all the mundane Monday chores - laundry, cleaning, listing on eBay - I did some scrapbooking. A couple of the pages I just had finishing touches to complete but now they are complete. I have a couple of desktop calendars I want to work on today as well as a chipboard frame. I am waiting on a shipment for my Valentine gifts as well. Off to craft!

January 6, 2008

Dave had a long list of honey do projects for this weekend. The one I was most excited about was part of my Christmas gift from my Mom and Dad. When I was visiting my Grandmother in Pennsylvania over Thanksgiving I was intrigued by her bird feeder. She had a 4" x 4" post with a bird feeder on each side of the post. I mentioned that to my Mom and she and my Dad picked out four of the coolest bird feeders ever. One is for hummingbirds and the rest are regular feeders. I can't wait for the birds to find the feeders.

January 5, 2008

Mmm! White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies and a glass of milk. There is no better snack!
It's fun to watch Bailey interact with the animals. She is starting to touch the dogs and be aware that they are sharing her space. I think the dogs are in for a rude awakening when she get mobile.

January 4, 2008

I had the television on on Christmas Eve day and saw an infomercial on the Cricut. Try it for only $49.99. As I watched more of the infomercial I got more interested in having a Cricut so went on line to check it out. What they neglected to tell you is you try it for $49.99 but if you keep it - you will have four more payments of $49.99. Yikes! So I went to eBay and found an open box model for $100.00 less than new. This machine is awesome! Now to find some other cartridges that don't cost an arm and a leg.

January 3, 2008

Baby, it's cold outside! Ok, for a lot of people 29 degrees at 4 a.m. is not all that cold but for us Southwest Floridians, we are freezing! Time for a cuppa tea - English style with milk and sugar. I drank about four giant cups!
I love the color blue. A good portion of my house is decorated in blue. Blue makes me happy. One of the many great gifts I got for Christmas this year were these blue and white ceramic orbs that my Mom got me. I purchased the great blue bowl at Goodwill and these orbs look fantastic in it. I found the two cobalt blue cracked glass orbs on eBay and I think they add just the right touch. Love, love, love my new dining room table display!

My horoscope told me that I would have unexpected visitors today. Well, they weren't unexected but I did have visitors. Or maybe they were visiting Bailey and I reaped the benefits. My sister, my mom and my niece came to visit. Bailey was a doll (as she usually is) and we had a great time catching up. Bailey couldn't understand how the voice was the same but the face different. My sister and I sound very much alike but look very different. She kept looking at me when I talked and then looking at Diane when she talked. It was funny to watch! I hope they don't wait as long to visit the next time!

Friday's Feast 1/4/08

Feast One Hundred & Seventy Four

Appetizer
When was the last time you received a surprise in the mail, and what was it?

A Christmas card from an old friend.

Soup
If you could have a summer and/or winter home, where would you want it to be?

I live in the perfect winter home place Naples, FL. I would love a summer home in Aiken, SC or near Nashville, TN.

Salad
Pick one: pineapple, orange, banana, apple, cherry.

Banana!

Main Course
Describe the nicest piece of clothing that you own.

I have a great pair of black pants that fit well and look good. I can wear any number of blouses with them and have a put together look.

Dessert
If you could forget one whole day from your life, which day would you choose to wipe from your memory?

Probably the day I moved out of my marital home. But, like most bad days, the end result was good.

January 2, 2008

Have I told you lately...that I LOVE my new camera (Nikon D40X)? This camera is great - I can't wait to take the classes and learn more. You can see in my picture what I spent last night doing, well wrapping ribbon and watching HGTV. I don't have the room to hang my ribbon rolls on the wall so I saw where someone had taken cardboard and wrapped their ribbon around it and put it in a basket. I have these cool frosted photo boxes from Oriental Traders that have the dividers for photos. I don't use them for photos (go figure) but to store scrapbook stuff. So, I cut off the label part of the dividers and wrapped my ribbon around them. Of course, this project will take me weeks to finish as I have two boxes (so far) of ribbon to wrap.

January 1, 2008

I was working on the computer this morning and enjoying the sound of the rain when I decided to take my cool new camera outside and take a few pictures of the the rain. Dave asked me how do you take pictures of rain? Well, I think my pictures show the rain pretty well. What an awesome way to start the new year, with rain. Makes everything green and fresh and we know a cool front is on the way. I love the warm temperatures but a little cool air is refreshing!

One of my new year's goals (not resolutions) is to do more scrapbooking. Since the birth of Bailey I have taken SO many pictures and I have boxes full of photos to scrapbook. My goal is a page a day so decided I better get busy. I went through a small box of photos and found these from 2001. Wendy had come to visit and we were having our coffee while watching The Today Show and dubbed the morning "Coffee with Matt". What a fun layout to do and while I was working on it Wendy called me! Too fun! I am going to visit her (and go to the Tucson bead show) in early February and I can't wait. I also started another group of pictures and finished two layouts but haven't journaled on them so I can't count them as complete. I have many, many layouts in my albums with no journaling on them so am not going to make that mistake again!

Dave, Brandon and I went to PJ Chang's for dinner last night. Dave was having a craving for Kung Po Scallops. I forgot to call for reservations so we waited almost an hour but it was SO good! Brandon had Divan Chicken (HOT!) and I had Mongolian Beef (yummy!) and we all had dessert. What a great evening!

Bailey is Five Months Old!

Miss Bailey Boo is five months old! She was very serious when I took this picture but was dressed so cute in her little overalls with teddy bears and yellow shirt. Isn't she a cutie?