Pandemonium

New Banner & Benefit Crop

Some of the background of my new banner came from this site . Also some of the brushes. I found that site by linking to it from Keisha's blog.

On Saturday, I attended "Crop because you Care."

It's a crop, where all the proceeds go to help low income families afford Epilepsy medication for their kids who have this dibilitating disease.

It's a great cause! If you live in Utah, you should support it! They have it every February!

I love working with the women that organize it. Karen Glenn. Kim Morgan. Martha Roberts. Kris Hansen, and so many more that I can't remember all their names.

Thanks girls!

A bonus is that I got to hang out with two of my bestest friends...Allison and Susan. And with some new friends too!

And...I finished my sampler from Teresa's Paper Bella Studio. Isn't it pretty? Teresa has such awesome taste!

Handsome & Handy

Love the Red/Green show.

One of Mike's favorite quotes is: "If the women don't find you handsome, let them at least find you handy."

He is such a handy guy (this is him re-roofing our house) and he's handsome too!

New Furniture

*** UPDATE as of Tuesday 2/28/06*** I found out my local store had 4 chairs and could get 4 more from their distribution center...and...I saved over $200 doing it this way. SCHWEEEEEET!!!

I had to order the table, couldn't get it any other way. It cost $100 to ship it and then another $125 delivery fee. WHAT A RACKET! But the good news is, it shipped the very next day! DOUBLE SCHWEEEEET!!! 

This is what I want for my dining room.

I would have ordered it today, but the site said it wasn't going to be available until after March 29th.

March 29th? I want it NOW!!!!!!

Anyone know of another company that makes this style of furniture?

I'm also looking for a fun, new bright shower curtain and some hip bedding.

Tagged by Becky!

What scrapbook lines/products, etc. do you dislike? I would never post that because I might hurt someone's feelings

What is the hardest thing you have ever had to scrap? An assignment using glitter spray

What technique do you use more than anything else?  I love stamping

What is the smallest scrap of paper you save? 1x1

Have you ever had any scrapbook related injuries? no

Finish this sentence, "If I wasn't a scrapbooker/stamper, I would
spend my money on..."   traveling

Give us your best storage or organizational idea. Big File cabinet with files for pp scraps, cardstock scraps, rubons, etc

You just won a week long scrapbooking cruise for 5. Who is going with
you? My hometown girls - Jessi, Allison, Layle, Jackie & Loni (and in our suitcases would be stowed away: Rhonna (cause she would actually fit in a carryon bag), Christina, Carrie, Jennifer, & Susan)

When you received your first publication notification, who did you
tell? My husband & kids - I didn't know any other scrappers then

I know I'm the last to be tagged again (very different than when I was in Elementary School, 'cause I wasn't all that fast.) But if you haven't been tagged and your name is below...You're it!

Joanna Bolick

Gretchen

Heather D. White

Heather Stanworth

Maureen

Blowing a Gasket!

Take a look at this sweet face (the boy, not the dog).

Would you ever guess that he could be the cause of my "blowing a gasket."

I have to preface this entry by saying this incident I'm about to relate is not a single, rare occurence, but rather as regular as dirty laundry piling up!

Wednesday, I say to Spencer who is sprawled on the couch watching TV, "Do you have any homework." "NO, Mom."

9:30 that night, "Dad do you have any advertisements in your magazine about alcohol?"

"Why, Spencer?" "Because I'm suppose to make up an advertisement that tells the truth about what alcohol does to you." "When is it due, Spence?" "Tomorrow morning." (He got the assignment 2 weeks ago!)

Last night at 5:30....."Mom, how would I put a model together that shows what happens in a mudslide?" "Oh, I don't know Spence, when do you need it by?" "Tomorrow morning." ***Okay, I kid you not! He got this assignment a month ago. So last night we're running around buying all the supplies to make a clay model of mudslides! Gasket blowing time? Yep, for me it is.

Anyone who knows me, knows I'm a planner. I have 3 boys. Two of them are just like me. We make lists, we calendar things, we plan. Not Spencer! Flys by the seat of his dang pants...and what's worse...it works for him. He gets good grades and the teachers love him!(well, they should, he's pretty lovable) I need to insert here, that Mike does the same thing and he's very successful.  Arrrrgggghhhhh! Parenting. I know it's suppose to teach you patience, but I don't think i'm improving  much.

At least I didn't yell...or scream. I actually laughed.

Okay, it was kind of a diabolical - I want to throttle you - laugh. But, I did laugh.

So we're coming back from the store and Spencer says, "So Mom, what actually is a gasket?" "Well, Spence...it's something that PMS-y planner-type Moms have a lot of and are often blowing!"

New layout

I was supposed to have finished this layout the 2nd week of January. The assignment was to do a quick "Year in Review" layout. (it was for Donna's Big Picture Scrapbooking class)

Yeah, well...my eyes are bigger than my stomach...or maybe it's the bite off more that I can chew scenario.

I always have big plans, early in the morning. By noon, they've gone to "hell in a handbasket."

Ever have one of those layouts that you start but never can quite seem to finish.

I'm kind of shamed to admit I have a file folder full of them.

So finishing this one made me do the "happy dance." Can you see me dancing?

We finally finished our dining room floors.

They look so good, I don't want to put any furniture on them.

I told Mike that I'm just going to turn the room into a photo studio, it would make a great studio.

So, to prove my point, I called the boys in and we took pictures of each other.

Here are some of they took of me.

We've gotten a ton of snow here in Utah in the past week or so.

The boys want to sled 24/7.

We spent the holiday with our good friends the Pattersons, on the golf course with the kids.

Kate loves to pose for pictures and she's fearless.

She would do whatever I thought would make a great shot, including going face first over the jumps on a flimsy little board...multiple times, until she got a bloody nose and her mom took her away from my evil "photography crazed" influence.

We had the bonus of meeting up with my friend Alison, and her kids, who were visiting from California.

McKean and Aubrey have been good friends for 10 of their 12 years.

When they were 5 they were inseparable.

Mc will still hang out with her when she comes to visit her grandma(she moved to California 3 years ago).

I'm hope they'll always be friends (or more, later on). She's a sweetie!

Great Neighbors

We have great neighbors.

We live in an area that is very diverse, as far as age goes.

Our next door neighbor, Shirley, was high in the fashion and fabric industry. This 70 year old woman even looks "dressed to the nines" in her pjs!

Our neighbors across the street, Karl & Anna, are in their 80's. They are originally from Sweden. Anna is fluent in several languages including German, Russian and French. Until a few years ago, Karl used to lead hikes up Mt. Timpanogas.

We're lucky enough to live in a neighborhood where our kids can serve their neighbors, especially when it snows.

We are doubly blessed because we have to get up pretty early to beat Rick, our other neighbor to it.

I've found, these past couple of years, that I really LOVE snow storms. I can enjoy them so much more now that I can take pictures of the boys shoveling, instead of doing the shoveling myself!

The top photo is a picture of our doormat. This photo, on the right is of Rick and Spencer.

Last Valentine Layout

Here's Spencer's Valentine layout.

So we're riding in the car yesterday and Spencer says, "You have a good job, Mom. I mean, you get paid for stuff you would do anyway." Well said Spencer. My life is good!

Happy Friday!!!

Going to hang with my friends tomorrow...Allison Kimball, Loni Stevens, Jackie Pettit, Jessi Stringham, Layle Koncar, Jennifer Harrison, Carrie Owens. Christina Cole and Rhonna Farrer can't make it this time, dang it. We are having a baby shower for Jessi and celebrating Jackie's birthday. Can't wait. Love these girls!

So it snowed yesterday...a good storm! One of my favorite times is early in the morning after a big storm. It's clean, it's quiet and the color contrast is so beautiful!

This made me smile. Some of the neighbor kids made Valentines for my next door neighbor, Shirley, who is in her 70's. Don't they look cool in the snow.