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high school reunion

I had my 20 year high school reunion about a month ago. I'm sure every high school had that one girl...the girl that all the guys wanted to date. The one that was smart and pretty and was liked by everyone. The one that seemed to have it all together. You know which one I'm talking about, right?
Yeah well that girl's name was Vanessa.
It wasn't me. I would be what you might call the antithesis of that girl. The shy, awkward, glasses wearing, wall flower type of girl that no one really knew. But that was OK because you know why? Because I had a really small group of the most excellent girlfriends. Without them, I think high school would've been a completely miserable experience.

So here's to girlfriends-old and new!

Hope everyone in the States has a wonderful Labor Day weekend!

a public service announcement of sorts

OK. First of all if you haven't already gone over to the AC blog for a chance to win some really great AC and QuicKutz goodness, you have to go now. Today. Go. I'm not joking. They're giving away a Silhouette. They will be drawing winners on Sunday so you still have time.

Secondly you must sign up for this company...Ella Publishing. It's an e-publishing company that was developed by Angie Lucas and Lain Ehmann.  So it's a magazine but only online and dowloadable and you know it's going to be good.

Thirdly a layout for a 2peas weekly challenge:

 

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

a giveaway!

hey y'all,

if you want some really cute stamps and dies, make sure you head over to the AC blog. They're giving away some really awesome stuff.

and there is a really cute card and layout there too.

:)

because i won't have any time tomorrow...

I'm posting early this week because tomorrow (Friday) will be an action filled day at my house and I will most likely forget to post and right now the boy is taking a nap and the girls aren't home yet from school and my house if clean if only for a few hours until the girls get home and the boy wakes up. I only have an hour people, and I plan on making the most of it.

So here are a couple of layouts I did for 2peas:

 

This is one of Charlie's obsession of opening and closing doors. He's replaced this with screwing and unscrewing things. Like knobs on drawers. And caps on mouthwash. And goldfish food. And hermit crab food. Good times. Good times...

The next layout:

 

This one is of Maddie and her former teacher. I love the apple paper which you can find here. The only reason I post a link to this is because it's kinda hard to find since the main paper they show is the back of what I used. Confused? OK. I'll stop.

Speaking of Ms. Mobley, she has Katie this year and Katie is having some problems in the morning of breaking down and not wanting to go. Richard and I are perplexed with her because she never had a problem when she was in Kindergarten. We don't really know what's going on with her. We're going to try getting her in bed earlier as the first step. Any other advice would be helpful...

my sister and my baby girl

This is a photo of my sister and my first born, Maddie, back in 2001. Maddie was just a few months old at the time and my sister had become an aunt for the very first time. My sister was pretty smitten with her niece, as was everyone else since Maddie was the first baby to be born for any of our respective families.

When I found out I was going to have a baby, we made our appointment with the OB. Well actually, we had to first find an OB that we liked and we quickly chose the first one we interviewed. At our appointment, he figured out the due date by using this really high tech device which consisted of a paper wheel and a bunch of numbers written on it. Yeah. Like I said, very high tech.

We were going to have an August baby.

August 16.
My birthday is August 14th and my sister's is on the 19th.

Can you guess which date Maddie chose as her birth date?

Happy birthday to my big sis who tuns the big four-oh today. And to my Maddie who turns eight.

Love you both so very much!

this is for you, Susan.

You know who you are. I know you're going to come home and expect a layout today. How do I know this? Because you told me explicitly when I saw you a few weeks ago. :)

So here it is:

And for those of you who have already seen this on the AC blog, please don't tell her because I'll get in trouble. She told me she doesn't like layouts that were done, like 20 years ago.
heeheehee
I'm so sneaky...

Thanks to all of you and your birthday wishes. I usually get a little blue around my birthday but I haven't yet today. Charlie surprised me this morning when I found him in his crib completely naked- no clothes, no diaper. He was so proud of himself. I'm just SO thankful he didn't have his morning bm in his crib. Just God's little gift to me for my birthday. Speaking of birthday gifts, I received a cup cake punch in the mail today from Laurie. She knows me oh too well...

Have a great weekend everyone!

a special friday.

It's special because it's the last one before school starts. (YES.) Yeah. I know. I have friends who don't want school to start and want their kids home all day. That just isn't my style. I'm not one of them. I love my kids but they really need to go somewhere else instead of standing in my office, hoovering and breathing on me. And we got our class list today. Maddie (my oldest) is a little torn because the boy she likes isn't in her class anymore but happy because her good friend, Brooke, is. We are also thrilled that Katie (my middle) got Maddie's old teacher for first and second grade.

So on to today's layout:

I sewed. I actually sewed with needle and thread. I still don't know how to work my sewing machine so I just punched holes with my knife.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

American Crafts

American Crafts is an amazing company and I am so greatful to be able to stay on the design team for another year.  Congratulations to the team!

Returning Members for 2009-2010
Amy Tan from Culver City, CA
Doris Sander from Hermitage, TN
Jen Jockisch from Manito, IL
Kelly Purkey from Brooklyn, NY
Moon Ko from Versailles, KY
Nichole Duenke from Orville, OH
Shannon Zickel from Louisville, KY
Susan Weinroth from Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Wendy Sue Anderson from Heber City, UT
Belinda Venables from South Australia, Australia
Kathy Thompson Laffoley from New Brunswick, Canada
Melanie Louette from Quebec, Canada

New Members for 2009-2010
Amber Ulmer from Nashville, TN
Beth Proudfoot from Lebanon, NJ
Danielle Layton from Alexandria, VA
Dustin Nakamura from Rocklin, CA
Elizabeth Carney from St. Petersburg, FL
Holly Hanks from Cameron, NC
Katrina Simeck from Colchester, VT
Martha Bonneau from Crystal Lake, IL
Mary Jo Johnston from West Lafayette, IN
Paige Evans from South Pasadena, CA
Kim Arnold from Bulli, Australia
Kim Watson from Cape Town, South Africa
Loredana Bucaria from Naples, Italy
Piradee from Singapore

thank goodness for my math scores.

During the summer between my junior and senior years of high school, I took my SATs on a very early Saturday morning. The only thing I remember was taking naps in between each test. Not a good sign that I was actually concentrating on what I was doing. Especially the verbal part. I not so good with words. I not so good with writing too. I not good with vocabulary. And talk about those analogies. I really hated analogies. I don't care what drinking is to beer as swimming is to what?

Maddie, who is getting ready to go into the third grade, is already doing analogies in her daily homework. And that's good, I suppose. She also has spelling/vocabulary lists every week and I usually know what all of her words mean. BECAUSE SHE'S IN THE SECOND GRADE.  But a few months ago, she came home and said, "Mommy, I'm going to make igneous matter in the microwave."

Huh? Wha- matter?

So I just said, "Oh. OK. Just don't blow up the microwave." and slowly slid into my office where I found out what igneous meant.

And then I did a layout about it:

 

I got my SAT test scores back in a few months. Let's just say that my math scores bumped me up into being able to get into a nice state school.

Speaking of all this high school stuff, my 20 year reunion is tomorrow. I will probably have a post early next week about it. But in the meantime, you can gaze upon this little gem I found at my parent's house.

 

Ah yes, the lean-on-some-hay pose. A classic in senior poses. And what's up with the over-sized shirt and yellow shoes? Who wears yellow shoes?!

Have a great weekend everyone!

only for a day.

Featured layout today:

http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/cg.asp

When I said I would have a couple more layouts this week, I wasn't kidding.

:)

Although it posted a couple of days early, I'll take it! It's featuring the Peyton line from Anna Griffin, which is 40% off over at 2peas. But you must hurry since it's only for today.