Jan. 16

Jan. 16- Ok, seriously, who makes homemade ice cream in the dead of winter when it's EXTREMELY cold??? Ed and Ronnie! But it was yummy....and didn't help with my Wii Fit program.

More Project 365 Pics

Jan. 15- My new haircut...not much shorter but it needed to be cut...was looking raggedy.
Jan 14- Chloe pouring milk for supper. Isaac and Alex were here (thus 4 cups) while Tim hung the last doors in the basement.

Bonus Jan. 13 pic....How does a 6 year old boy read? Just like that!
Jan. 13- We went to Aldi to stock up on groceries. Then on the way home we stopped and ate Chinese buffet...YUMMY! The kids helped me put away groceries.

Jan. 12- Here we are playing Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games for the Wii. I must have been shocked...look at the look on my face. We had fun! As I'd get closer to the finish line, I'd get closer to the TV. Then nobody else could see. I didn't see a problem with that. LOL!
Jan. 11.....picture of Noah's haircut. But I won't post because he was in the tub. Nothing shows but...just to be on the safe side, I'm not posting it here.

How I Store My Cricut Carts

This is a ribbon box I got from Joann. The blue separator tray was in a different box I got at Target. The Target one had 2 trays the size of the top tray.
The bottom tray holds my overlays and some of the books. I used the Cricut cart Tags, Bags and Boxes to make the green tabs.

Scrappin' Some Oldies

I found some pictures from 2006 that I never scrapped (GASP!). So I whipped together some quick layouts. These pictures were taken August 24. This is Chris and Madison (friends), my nephew and my 2 kids.

Jan 9 and 10

Jan. 9- When we got the Wii Fit for Christmas, I was overweight UGH! Today, I am normal! (well, normal is such a relative word!) So I am gradually working off those extra Christmas pounds.
Jan. 10- I don't know why but my kids have a new fascination with my iPod shuffle. Chloe went to lay down "to rest" and fell asleep listening to my iPod. How cute! (I just noticed how the shuffle is showing perfectly in the picture...I did not stage that!)

Jan. 5th- 8th

Jan. 5- WHAT!?! That's not my initials!!! NOAH! You are so busted....so we had a conversation about forgery and being honest. Sheesh... the kid's only in 1st grade and he's already signing my initials! (At least he didn't miss any;)! )
Jan.6 -Chloe is playing Rhythm Parade on Wii Fit Plus. You know, it's funny, I debated for days about buying the Wii Fit....just didn't think we'd use it. Well, it's the only thing I do (min. of 40 mins. per day) and the kids LOVE it! It is the most played thing....what was the debate!?! LOL!
Jan. 7-We are some crazy house cleaners today. Noah insisted that he needed to take a picture (or 20) so he took this picture of me filling the dispenser on the dishwasher. We scrubbed the entire kitchen. Chloe scrubbed the cabinets. I scrubbed the walls...we scrubbed everything.
Jan 8- This boy needs a haircut! This is the longest his hair has ever been! Seriously! But he doesn't want to cut it. He loves putting gel in it.

January 4th Project 365 picture

Jan. 4- Noah and Chloe are playing a Thomas board game. They enjoyed the last day of vacation before Noah went back to school. I had to go to work that day. They stayed home with Ed. He took the day off work and stayed home with them.

Project 365

So last year a lot of scrappers participated in Project 365. The object is to take a picture every day and make a 2 page LO of each week. At the end of the year, you will have a year done. So I am trying it this year.
January 1st- Barely Jan. 1! Kissing my honey!


Jan. 2- Winter cleaning! You can look at it like this: I am either getting a jump on 2010 Spring Cleaning or I am WAY behind on 2009 Spring Cleaning....LOL. Chloe and Noah helped all day. Chloe spent about 50 mins. scrubbing the upstairs bathroom. It was really shiny when she was finished. (Nope, you can't borrow her!) Jan. 3- I spent a relaxing day at home. As part of a relaxing day, that means some time in the Happy Place (aka Scrap room). The kids usually hang out with me there. Here they are looking at their scrapbooks. At least they enjoy all of my hard work documenting our lives.

Handsome!

I finished this page on Tuesday. This is a picture of Noah when he was the ring bearer in a friend's wedding this summer. I have a TON of pictures...don't know if I'll scrap them all! But this is the first one. Noah says he wants it in his scrapbook :) I got the idea from Jan's blog. Click here to see the page where I got the idea from...I sorta started to copy her but then deviated from her page. (Ps. That's my daughter with the cute Pout!)

8 years

Ed and I celebrated our 8th anniversary on June 9, 2009. We went to Applebee's (had a gift card) and watched Night at the Museum II (had a gift card). While we were at Applebee's, we saw some friends and they took our picture. Here is a page I created by copying off of Aymee (again) at A Scraphappy Southernbelle. Click Here to see the page I copied. (Thanks Aymee for the inspiration!)

Recent Scrappin'

This is a 2 page LO that I made while at the Creating Keepsakes Convention back in April....yep, I just now added pictures to it. It's kinda plain, but, well, whatdaya expect for a boy page?

This page is my take on Aymee's "Our Little Pebbles" Layout. Check her blog out here.
She has some fabulous work. I copied another one of her pages but it will have to wait to be posted later. I am tired. So....good night!

Us

Here is a page I made for the Chirper Challenge a few weeks ago. It is a picture of me and Ed at a friend's wedding. This was taken at the reception. Our son, Noah, was the ringbearer....look for those pics soon! I copied this page off of my sister. Check out her blog here.

Newest Project

This is my newest project....
I got tired of not knowing which album was which. So, I modified an idea I saw in a magazine (Creating Keepsakes????). I punched a scalloped circle in black, a plain circle in white, stamped the date in black ink and tied them to a binder clip I clipped to the spine. Now I know which is which...well, I will when I finish all 21 albums :)

Busy, Busy!

I've been busy setting up the room downstairs. What'dya think? I added the lettering on the walls with brown vinyl. I still need to add the 3rd line (Love beyond Words). Or should I leave it as is?

Another day at home...

I really need to go back to work. I'm tired of cleaning! I have been doing some serious deep cleaning and of course reorganizing since the basement is almost finished. I moved the spare bed to the basement.

On a creative note...here is the 2nd page of a 2 page LO. This is Chloe playing in the snow this past winter.

Home Again!

Chloe is better but Noah caught it! Why do kids have to share what you don't want them to share???

Any way, here is a page I did for the Chirper Challege as one of the challenges a few months ago (??).

Not another sick kid!

Yep, Noah has it now. Both Noah and Chloe have 101.4 fevers....ugh. I'm hoping that they don't share it with me. ***Keeping fingers crossed!***
I put my 7th and final load of laundry in the washing machine! And, yes, it is all put away (well, except Ed's clothes, he puts his own away!)

On a more creative note, I stayed up until 1:30 am organizing my craft room. I took some Crystal Light containers, covered them with patterned paper and added letters cut from my Cricut. Now the kids can keep their craft supplies organized. :)

At Home with a Sick Kid....

means I have time to do laundry, dishes, clean, and maybe squeeze in a little scrapbooking....maybe!

Look at this HUGE pile of laundry....ugh.....well, I better get busy!

Some more recent pages...

So a few weekends ago I went away for the weekend and got some major cropping done...here are a few. (I wanted to upload them all but good grief....it takes too long!) This is a picture of my kiddos with a friend who moved too far away...sniff, sniff...

HOLY SMOKES!

I have not posted anything here since July 30!?!?! Wow! Guess I got busy with school starting up....Well, anyway, here is a page I completed a month ago for the Chirper Challenge design team. This is Noah during Field Day back in May.