Lotsa layouts

NOW I can show y'all what I've been busy doing. :-D Today is Week 2 reveal of challenges at Challenge Masters, including my challenge. Here's my layout showing a breakfast item, using a sketch at A Million Memories.



And another using the same recipe for the Cookbookin' sketch challenge...



And just in case you haven't had your fill of pumpkin pancakes, here's another I did using the color challenge at Birds of a Feather...



And a few others for various challenges on Challenge Masters. Those divas really rocked the challenges this month, I hope you'll come check them out! :-)







Back to the scrappy table for me! I hope y'all have a scrappy week as well!

Read all about it!

Ch{all}enge Masters has gotten a facelift! Lots of other changes as well, not the least of which is Suzanna Lee has been promoted to Design Diva Leader. Lord knows, with that many divas, we needed some whipping into shape! LOL Also, the uber talented Colette Bate has joined the team. Y'all think I'M crazy? SHE'S got me beat! :-D All of the week 1 challenges are up and I've been a scrapping fool, those challenges are amazing! And guess what? Guess who got a new job at Ch{allenge} Masters? ME! For the next few months, I'll be challenging everyone to appreciate the everyday things in the new challenge called "A Day in the Life." And the icing? Guess who the sponsor is this month? Naw, I'm not telling, run over and tell them I sent ya! Unless you don't WANT them to know I sent you, totally understandable, just come on over and say "Hi, I don't know Suzanne!" LOL Things are really picking up, come on over for tons of EXTRA chances to win the fabulous prize! Cya there!!!

Lotsa stuff

Am I the only one who had a total brain fart about falling back an hour today? We were all rushing around at 9 a.m. trying to get Caitlyn out the door and to work on time, only to find out she was an hour early. She was mad. And it messed with me the entire day. But, tomorrow is Monday! YAY!!!

I'm so, so, so, so excited! Next month, the hubs is treating the family to a performance of the Trans Siberian Orchestra!!! {insert excited jumping up and down guy here} We've been wanting to do it for years, but time and/or money always got in the way. No cameras allowed, but we'll make lifetime memories anyway!

Guess what else? Today, as I was at Walgreens picking up photos? They were putting all their Christmas candy out! YAY again! I still love me some mint M & Ms, but my new fav is the Hershey's candy cane kisses. I wish I didn't have to unwrap each one individually, then I could eat them much faster! LOL

And, I was going to share some layouts, but backed up my photos yesterday and apparently removed everything up to Nov. 1st, so, I just have a couple to share until I can copy them back to my computer again. Sigh.

Funny how a girl who takes zillions of photos of herself gets so aggravated when I take a couple of very important events, such as this. This was the first time she drove BY HERSELF. I had to get the photos, right? At least I didn't follow her in my car, like I did when my first born took her first bus ride to school. :-D I handcut the word GOES in the title and the little heart "button" on the right side using a paint sample from Home Depot, which is why the hubs won't take me along anymore. Good thinking, huh! LOL




This one is for the stash challenge on Paper Whores. Jen challenged us to complete a project that had been started. Well, guess what? I didn't have any! But, I found this in my paper holder...



So, I finished cutting and rolling and used it. I LOVE these photos. Not that the photos are great, but the story is. We surprised Caitlyn at work with her dream car. The journaling says that we loaded up the entire family, bought two bags worth of groceries and had her carry them out to the car for us. She was embarrassed and thought we were silly, since it was just two bags. That's the first photo. Then, she sees me in the parking lot and is wondering "why is mom standing by the car?" And then realization sets in, I'm standing by HER car. (with the camera, of course! LOL) She cried, I cried, we were a mess I tell ya! :-)



The first challenge is up at Kitchen Keepsake! The deadline for the DT Contest is Wednesday night. Y'all have heard it before, but WOW, there are some talented ladies who are going to make the decision process difficult! Come on over and give them some lovin' and get some yummy recipes to boot! :-)

Last but not least, the new challenges are up at Ch{all}enge Masters. Come check them out AND the new facelift!

I'll be back later this week, after I track down the layouts that I removed from my hard drive. LOL Have a scrappy week! :-)

Happy November!

I love this paper line from Cookbookin'! Very festive for Thanksgiving! Can you believe it? THANKSGIVING! Seems like I just posted my January calendar this year.

My mood is a little more upbeat than the last time I posted. It's been one week nicotine free and I haven't ripped anyones lips off. LOL I DID, however, spend the money that I saved in smokes and invested in some MLYB Savor! Just a little reward for my stick-to-it-tiveness. :-D

I finished up a couple of layouts, but I don't have pics uploaded yet, so that'll give me a good excuse to update again soon. Don't forget about the DT Contest that starts this Friday on Kitchen Keepsake! I hope y'all come over to play. Don't make me lecture again about the importance of recipe albums! LOL

See ya soon! :-)

Day three

and no nicotine. I can't really say that I've been the most pleasant or upbeat person to be around, so consider yourself forewarned. This is NOT a scrappy post, but you might find it amusing from a distance nonetheless.

1. What IDIOT at Fox 6 thought it would be a good idea to preempt Glee to let everyone know that there were NO tornado warnings, NO tornado watches, but there MIGHT be a thunderstorm in a remote area that has a population of TWO??? Oooh boy, it didn't take long before I was googling the station to get the name of the programming manager and whip off a two sentence scathing email. The rest of the family was making fun... "Sweetie! (thats me, he's yelling because I'm in my scrap room shooting off this email to Fox 6) They have a new warning for Hurricane Suzanne, it's just north of Shelby County and it's category 6!" Wise ass. :-/

2. Then, after Peyton quoting that comment on her Facebook status, some 17 year old twit comes along and says "Dear god everyone needs to stfu about Glee... It's a freaking fake tv show. There possible life threatening weather going on out there. I believe its more important. Ugh." Which resulted in my current Facebook status, just in case you're wondering. It COULD have been much uglier, I used great restraint. I COULD have said "this coming from someone who lives in backwoods TN in a tent and eliminates waste into a can in the ground. And by the way, learn how to spell." Although it's true, I didn't say it! Pretty good I thought! :-D

3. Last but not least... not too long ago, I'm talking to my attorney friend about an online stalker that I have. It's harmless stuff, but we were just laughing about her antics when he gave me a very useful tidbit of information about IP addresses. I share this with all of YOU so that if you ever find this useful you'll know about it. Whenever you're joining forums, it doesn't matter which user name you use, it's still the same IP address. AND, with the advent of all these cool tools such as feedjit and clicky, you can see ALL the information on that particular IP address including time logs and each click you make on a site. My friend asked me yesterday how that was going and I told him that she's moved on to terrorize someone else and he "wondered" outloud if her employer would be amused with all of her Internet travels using a work computer. :-O I never thought about that, but I guess thats why he's an attorney and I'm NOT. LOL BUT, definitely made a mental note of that.

So, if you've made it this far through my rantings, thanks for stopping by and I promise my next entry will be at least somewhat scrappy related. :-D I'll leave you with this... I'm getting back into my positive zone today. Have a great day!