59 degrees

No it isn't the newest pop band out there, it is the temp in the middle of Iowa today. It is SO nice outside. DHubby & I took the kids and the dog for a walk outside today. We explored out behind the house in the empty field and over where they are building the new middle school track and field complex. There is even a walking trail out there. Too cool {or maybe I should say warm --tee-hee--}. Now hopefully we won't all catch colds again.

I put my ped-o-meter on today and I am starting a new online club. Everyday I am going to try my darndest to get to 10,000 steps. Join me, put one on and post in my comments everyday how far you get!

4 Things

I got tagged again by Laura! PFFFT... I had already done it though and just had to cut and paste it from an email.

Enjoy and hey post it on your blog too and let me know so I can check it out! I say this only because I don't know who I would tag! :)

Four jobs you’ve had:
Radiation Therapist
X-Ray tech in ER
X-Ray tech in small clinic
Lab assistant in college

Four Movies you’d watch over and over:
Top Gun
Sound of Music
Gone with the Wind
Star Wars (all of them, overandoverandoverandover...)

Four places you’ve lived:
Ames Iowa
Washington DC suburbs
Fayetteville North Carolina
San Antonio Texas

Four favorite TV Shows:
House
CSI
Good Eats
Monk

Four places you’ve vacationed:
Danberry Wisconsin
Minniesota (Mall of America)
Disney World
Frankfurt Germany

Four Websites you visit daily:
My yahoo to get my email
My blog to read everyone else's blogs
My WW website
RAKscraps.com

Four favorite foods:
Pizza
chocolate
nachos
chocolate

Four places you’d rather be right now:
someplace warm
someplace quiet
someplace where someone is massaging my back & neck
doesn't matter as long as there is a wireless connection to the internet!

Four most used scrapbook embellishments:
pens
brads
tags
ribbon

I forgot to post this one the other day!

It is my squirrel layout. He used to climb onto my birdfeeder every morning and steal all the birdfood. One day I was bored I admit it and I took some pictures of him. I always liked squirrels, they are so acrobatic.



The title font is Diesel and I downloaded it off the internet here
http://www.misprintedtype.com/v3/fonts.php

He has some really cool looking grungy fonts.

I used a Stencil

I bought these MM stencils as part of a kit that I got once and I never really used them. I know story of my scrapbooking life -- buy things and cherish them and keep them as my PRECIOUS supplies!

Well I used up some more supplies on this layout and I used a set of stamps that a friend got me that I had never used before. They were those clingy kind that you stick onto the clear block. I wasn't really sure if I would like them but she has me hooked. THANKS A LOT BTW NOW I WANT MORE!!! You know who you are!! :)



This is a layout from Memorial Day 2004 and we went with some friends to the Leesburg Animal Park. We had a great time but the best part for me was watching I. interact with this goat who wouldn't let him do what he loves most, climb and slide.

GOATS = KIDS :)

Why Why Why

My dad gets some of the funniest jokes and he always forwards them to me. This is one that he sent me today and I just wanted to share it because I was kind of thinking along the same lines today {you know stuff that I don't understand, well this joke is better than what I was going to write}.

So here you go, enjoy!

Why, Why, Why

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting weak?

Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough?

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?

Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?

Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?

Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lisp"?

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?

Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?

Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?

Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?

How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?

When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, "It's all right?" Well, it isn't all right, so why don't we say, "That hurt, you stupid idiot?"

Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?

In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?

How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?

And my FAVORITE......
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends -- if they're okay, then it's you.

Think Spring

I know that I am wishing for warmer weather. It has been unusually warm here but I know that the snow isn't gone for good. Heck last year it still snowed here on May 1st. I am just ready for the weather to be nice so I can take the kiddos outside.

Here is something to make you want sunshine too.


The journaling says " Guess what you get when you fill a bucket with water on a hot day? A happy toddler and hours of fun!"

Harriet Miers's Blog!!!

Harriet Miers's Blog!!!

I don't know if it is really her that is writing this stuff but OMG it is good. Check it out.

A Little Bit about Blogs

Do you really like reading this? Tell me the truth now...

I was really just sitting here, reading everyone else's blogs and I started to wonder who all out there reads this and enjoys it. I have never been very good about keeping a journal so this is really my first and I have to say that I am enjoying the experience a lot.

I also have to say to everyone else who invites me into their world, THANKS!! I really enjoy reading your blogs too.

So keep it up! :)

Down and Dirty

and super simple. That is really my favorite kind of scrapping. I love to use just solid cardstock and my pens to create a layout.



It is the best way to get some layouts done and in the books. This one is from 2004. While living in DC we always went to the Andrews AFB Air Show. I love them. They are so much fun to watch the planes do tricks and see the paratroopers and stuff like that.

But all I used on this layout was a piece of Bazzill, a scrap piece of Bazzill from another layout I just finished and my black and silver pens. The little airplanes are cut out using the airplane quickutz die that I had to buy but have never used. So in keeping with my resolution... I still am using up my supplies. :)

The Pink Layout

People have been talking about how I did a pink layout for one of my boys. Well pretty easy when the background in the pictures is like looking into a bottle of Pepto Bismal. I couldn't very well have done these picture in orange, they would have clashed.

I like the layout though, I used up some of my pink paper from the Rob and Bob Stack from Michaels and I also used some of my rubber stamps. I bought a ton of rubber stamps at Michaels about a thousand years ago when they were on clearence or I had a 50% off coupon. I was just getting into scrapping when I bought them and thought they would be better than buying tons of stickers all the time. Well now I need to use them, Dhubby bought me another store in style drawer unit for Christmas and I put all my stamps and inks into it so that I would use them more since they aren't hidden in the closet.

Here is the layout. It is my oldest he decided to try to wear my mom's shoes one day. It was so funny watching try to walk around in them.


And I have been very good on my resolution so far one week into the year and I haven't been to a single craft or scrapbooking store. Although I am starting to run low on adhesive...

Speaking of Testosterone

We ventured out the other day even though I. and I were sick and got the boys pictures taken. Here they are. My oldest is now 3 1/2 years old and the little one is 1 year old. I forgot to bring a brush with me so they both have kind of funky hair but you know what I still like the pics because they really do look like that all the time.

My oldest -- isn't he handsome, even though he is sick he still took a pretty good picture.


My baby -- what a cutie pie.


Here is the first one of both of them. I really like this one!


And I had to get this one because I. just loves to walk his little brother around like this all the time.


We always get our pictures done at the Picture People. I know a lot of people like other places and more expensive places but they have always done a really good job with my pictures of the boys and I like how casual the pictures look. Plus you can't beat their program that gives you free sittings and free pictures.