Sunday Scribblings March 16, 2008

This week on Sunday Scribblings we are having a smorgasbord. We can pick any prompt from the previous prompts to write about. As I was perusing the prompts one that jumped out at me was Left & Right.

Now why would left and right jump out at me? Because I am one of a handful of people who does not know my left from my right! Duh! What part of my brain is not connected that I don't know my left from my right? One of Dave's favorite comments to me is "your other right (or left)." I do ok when I am driving since I know if I am on the side of the road with the sidewalk I am on the right side of the road and if I am near the median I am on the left. And when you make a right turn you hug the sidewalk and when you make a left turn you are turning into the traffic. Does this make sense? If you said no, you understand how I feel about the left/right thing. And who has to think about which way is right or left? I hate it when people tell me the bathroom is first door on the left/right. I hate it when I have to give directions. I hate it when I am scratching either Dave or one of the boy's backs and they say "more to the left/right" and I go the wrong way.

Now, all three of my kids know their left from their right so how did a left/right challenged parent accomplish this? I have concluded that this is a nature/nuture thing since I obviously could not have taught them left/right since I don't know it myself. Maybe there is a fix for this? A plug that just needs to be plugged in? Now, could you please scratch my back? A little to the left ( or maybe the right?). ARG, I don't know!!!!

Sunday March 16, 2008

My TA-DA's (accomplishments) for the week is a short list. This is my first week participating in Sunday Scrappin' and I am hoping it will get me motivated to actually do some scrapbooking. This week I worked on organizing my space. I also went shopping at both A.C. Moore and Michael's. I purchased some of the $1.00 clear stamps and a couple of spools of Spring themed ribbon.

My TO-DO's (plans/goals) for this coming week include finishing the organizing of the stuff that I have out. I still have 6 boxes of scrapbook stuff that I need to go thru but if I get thru the stuff sitting out I will be happy. I also would like to actually scrapbook or stamp something this week!

Bonus Question: How long could you keep on crafting without buying new supplies? Oh my gosh, since I have owned a brick and morter scrapbook store and have been a Close to My Heart consultant for over six years I could probably keep scrapbooking for the rest of my life and not run out of anything other than adhesive!

Saturday March 15, 2008

I can hardly believe that March is half over and Easter just a week away! Time really does fly.

For my Smart Habit Saturday I am working on two things:

1. Getting back to using my day planner. When I was working full time I used to treat my day planner like it was an instruction manual for life. And I guess it is if you use it like that. I bought a purse (yeah, I needed an excuse for a new purse) that it will fit in. I wrote my shopping list and my menu planning in it this week AND I took it shopping with me. My day planner and I are once again becoming friends. It helps that I have a picture of my grandbaby Bailey on the front of my planner.
2. I am still working on emptying boxes in the craft part of the family room so that I can start scrapbooking again. I made a goal at the beginning of the year and I have already falled behind in pages completed. I started with 22 boxes and am down to about 8 so at least I am making progress. The cable man is coming today to install digital HD cable service and a DVR so I have to clear a path for him to work in the family room.

Off to organize. Happy Saturday!

March 14, 2008 Friday's Feast

Feast One Hundred & Eighty ThreeMarch 14th, 2008

Appetizer - On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 as highest), how much do you like your own handwriting? As a scrapbooker, this is something we discuss quite often. I would rate my own handwriting about a 7. But even if we don't really like our own handwriting think about your parent's or grandparent's handwriting and how much a handwritten note or card means to you.

Soup - Do you prefer baths or showers? I don't prefer one over the other. If I am feeling achy or just not up to par I take a bath. Dave just recently turned up the water heater temperature so now I can take a HOT bath. But for day to day cleansing I use the shower.

Salad - What was the last bad movie you watched? I ordered the Thomas Crown Affair from Blockbuster not realizing it was the OLD Thomas Crown Affair. Boring!

Main Course - Name something you are addicted to and describe how it affects your life. When I first read this question I thought of good addictions but reading it the second time I think a bad addiction is really what is being asked. My good addictions are scrapbooking and beading. Both crafts help me to relax but I spend too much money on both. My bad addiction would be my procrastination. I put stuff off for so long then when I get to it it is a much bigger job than if I had done it right away.

Dessert
Which instrument is your favorite to listen to? I am a huge country music fan so a guitar or a fiddle rank high on my list of favorite instruments.

March 14, 2008 Friday Fill Ins

Friday Fill-Ins #63
1. Contact may cause more contact.
2. The parties hereto do mutually agree to try and keep the bathroom clean this week.
3. Disney parks rock.
4. Another hot cup of coffee sounds really good right about now!
5. I positively love having my windows open and the breeze blowing in.
6. My Grandbaby, Bailey always makes me smile :-)
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to Mama Don't Dance, tomorrow my plans include dinner out with Dave and Sunday, I want to get enough done in the family room to be able to scrapbook!

March 11, 2008 Tackle It Tuesday

Today I am working on emptying out boxes of scrapbook and office supplies. I started with 4 boxes of office supplies and paper, one box of Arbonne, and 18 (yes, 18) boxes of scrapbook supplies. I have already sorted out the four boxes of office supplies and paper. I still have a bit of a mess on my desk but no more boxes. I have narrowed the scrapbook boxes down to eight! But no home for the Arbonne paperwork and supplies. Yet! I am going to continue to work on the scrapbook boxes today.

I also have all my supplies to install the curtains to separate the storage area from the office and family room. I have 132' of wire to cut and install, then cut and hem and install 66 grommets on the drop cloths I am using as curtains. If I get this done by the weekend I will be happy.

I also have my guest bathroom in the back of my mind. This is the bathroom upstairs that the kids use. It is amazing how nasty that bathroom gets with three able bodied children available to clean. There are more bottles of shampoo, conditioner, hair products, cologne, makeup, toothpaste, etc., than Walgreen's carries. The soap dish is broken. It is plastic, how the heck did it get broken? There is no toilet paper in there. There is plenty of toilet paper in the closet but none in the bathroom. And these kids are not little - they are almost 20, 17 and 12. Way big enough to keep a bathroom clean. I have ordered pump dispensors for the shampoo and conditioner and I am going shopping for new accessories this week. I am going to go in and clean and they will all be surprised by how much stuff ends up in the garbage.

I am so glad I found this site. It has helped me make goals and stick to them. My house is finally getting decluttered and I am feeling good about my accomplishments. Now, when it is all done and I am able to spend more time scrapbooking life will be wonderful!

March 7, 2008 Friday's Feast

Feast One Hundred & Eighty Two

Appetizer - If you could be any current celebrity for one whole week, who would you want to be? My first thought was Oprah. To get to talk to (mostly) interesting people every day and have the money to help that she does. My life is pretty ok so I really don't want to be a celebrity. I value my privacy way too much!

Soup - On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being highest), how much do you enjoy talking on the phone? That totally depends on who I am talking to - if it is someone I want to talk with then a 10, if it's a solicitor or bill collector a 1.

Salad - Name a charitable organization to which you have donated (or would like to). I have donated to Goodwill, UMCOR (The United Methodist Committee on Relief) and the Humane Society. I would like to donate to American Cancer Society.

Main Course - What is a food you like so much you could eat it every single day for a month? Chicken

Dessert - Have you or anyone in your family had the flu this year? All my immediate family has had the flu except (knocking loudly on wood) ME!

March 7, 2008 Friday Fill-Ins

Friday Fill-Ins #62
1. Ahhhh, it's so nice to chat on the phone with Wendy for over an hour (which I just got done doing).
2. One of my favorite things on my desk or bureau is a picture of Wendy, Susan and I celebrating my birthday in a yellow stained glass frame.
3. Japanese Cherry Blossom is a fragrant flower.
4. My bed is my favorite place to sit and read.
5. Chocolate and peanut butter is delicious!
6. I love to watch Reese Witherspoon in movies.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to going to World Market with my mom, tomorrow my plans include spending time with my mom and Sunday, I want to spend time with Dave!

Ten on Tuesday March 4, 2008

10 Favorite Drinks
March 4th, 2008

1. Diet Root Beer
2. Iced Tea (with sweet and low)
3. Flavored Water (any flavor other than lemon)
4. General Foods International French Vanilla Coffee
5. Wal-Mart's brand of Crystal Light esp Cranberry, Orange or Strawberry
6. Fuzzy Navel
7. Hot tea with milk and sugar
8. Diet Root Beer with a splash of Vanilla Vodka!
9. Diet Orange Crush with a splash of Vanilla Vodka!
10. Smirnoff Ice on ice
    

March 4, 2008

It hardly seems possible that it is March already. Bailey is seven months old now and getting cuter every day.

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