I hope you win the contest!

Who doesn't love free stuff?

CRAZY PEOPLE, that's who!

How would you like to win the four new cartridges that Cricut is releasing this summer?

I do! Check out this giveaway from 'Today's Mama'! http://www.todaysmama.com/exclusives.php

I'll be back...

Well, I will try. I haven't had time to do much blogging, but I am going to give it a go again.

Let's see what happens. :D

There goes my new years resolution...

Shocking huh? Yeah, not so much.

I have quite a few things to post, but first a little update as to what has been happening here.

Last month, my Husband's Aunt and Uncle were crossing the street (at a crosswalk) when an oncoming truck did not see them and struck them. Sonja is doing ok, but Jerry is still in a bad way. I wont go into details, but every prayer counts.

Now,

A while back I posted a link to http://rickkeys.com. This morning at 12:48 Rick was called home to our Heavenly Father. What a blessing! His family was blessed to get to spend time with him knowing what would happen. His family is blessed because they have been brought closer together. His family is blessed in knowing that they will see and be with him again, and knowing that Rick is no longer in pain. They are blessed because they loved so much that it hurts to lose. It's a hard time, but Rick is in a better place.

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Hug the ones you love.

"I have a project that needs tweaking"

I am in the process of playing with my blog and updating it a bit. It may take me a day or two to find the time to get it all re-set up.

Resolutions and such

This poor blog has been so neglected. I just haven't made time for it. So, as one of my many New Years resolutions I am setting a goal to post at least one project a week. We'll see how that turns out.

I also hit 5000 posts today. WOW! I have no idea how that happened but it's fun that it did!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and have a fantastic 2008. May you all be blessed with peace in your life and happiness for you and those who surround you.

This isn't what I had planned...

So, I have made a few things that hopefully I will get to blog about next week. For some insane reason, I thought that when school started I would miraculously locate extra time. So far, all that extra time is hiding from me (along with one of my kids shoes and whatever other item I can never seem to find when I need it...).

In the mean time, here is something I typically don't do. My sister is married to a great guy, who is the youngest in his family. Last month they received some devastating news, his brother has cancer. Cancer that is basically inoperable, and doesn't respond well to chemo or radiation. He has 8 children, the youngest being 5 years old. Anyway, they set up a website for him - http://www.rickkeys.com/ If you have a minute go look at it, read his story, and send him and his family some of your prayers.

Tap Tap Tap...

Is this thing still on?

Woah. It's been a LONG time. We spent most of our summer away at our cabin near Flaming Gorge. No scrapping, no cricuting, no blogging. Just quality family time at the cabin and out on the boat.

I have now gotten the kids both off to school and I feel as if I may finally be settling into our new schedule. Maybe I will actually find time to go down and play in my scrapbook room! What a concept!

Blah blah blah...

Well, this week has been pure insanity. After being away for 13 days I got home and had quite a bit to catch up on. Wednesday was my birthday, and yesterday at about 2pm the hubby decided it was time to head back up to the cabin. So, here I am. Up at the cabin, and everyone is still asleep but me. So I have a couple of minutes to Blog.

Caryn, I PROMISE I will do my tagging.

My birthday was good. My sweet hubby gave me a new laptop (which I am using right now, yipeee!). I have ALWAYS been a PC girl. My first computer was a PC, and I built it with my dad when I was 18. It was a 486. Life somehow led me to computers. I am an MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) and an MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer). I was a computer consultant and spent my first few married years as a consultant and a trainer. I taught people everything from how to build a computer to how to make your computers in Timbuktu talk to your computers in the North Pole and have it all work seamlessly. I stopped teaching (I LOVED teaching) after the birth of my first child. I still did some consulting but even that has wound down. But the point of this is... it was all PC.

So, for my birthday my hubby gave me a Mac. a Macbook Pro to be exact. Can I just say... I LOVE it. I have been doing quite a bit of digital slide shows, and video editing and the Mac does it so much better than the best PC I have in my home. (And I have 5 computers at home). I am surprised at how easy it was to switch to the Mac, and I am floored at how much I love this computer.

If you are thinking about a new computer. Consider a Mac. It's good stuff.

Where does the time go?

I am sorry there haven't been updates. I see that I have been tagged, hopefully tonight I can get around to doing that. Life is just crazy!

Anyway...Here is a video of my son kneeboarding at Flaming Gorge. I am so proud of him, since this last trip was the first time he had ever been on a kneeboard.

Enjoy!

13 days later...

I'm back.

I can't believe we were gone for 13 days. But it was A LOT of fun. My 7 year old went from never trying a water sport to doing tricks on the kneeboard. My 5 year old started jumping into the lake (Which he has never done before... he's a bit timid... well about stuff like that anyway).

I will try to remember to get some pictures posted or something.

What a trip!

Off we go...

We are headed up to our cabin for a week. If I get time I will post pictures while I am up there, but don't expect any projects from me until I get home. (I have a DARLING OCD box just about finished).

Take care and have a great 4th of July!

Woooo! Free Stuff!!

Go check out http://blog.stampingdiva.com/ she is giving away some FUN Blog Dessert!

The Ultimate Tool....

Ok, I have a Cricut. I love my Cricut, and I mean LOVE my Cricut. I received it for Mother's Day in 2006 and have used it tons! Well this year for Mother's Day I got the new Cricut Expression. HOLY FRIJOLES! I LOVE this machine! I didn't think that Provo Craft could do anything beyond connecting the USB port to make me love this little cutter any more, but let me tell you that the Expression is AMAZING. There are so many new features that improve upon the original Cricut, like the ability to center a cut (So I can use it to crop shapes into photos), the ability to cut chipboard (YAY YAY YAY), not to mention the great sizes too! I could go on and on, but I won't. Let me just say that if you are considering this machine, go out and get it! You will love it.

That being said, let me tell you that I am also keeping my little Cricut too. I can take it places and now I can be cutting on two machines at once!

I know, there are tons of people who prefer the computer connected cutters, and I do own one. And, I do use it. But it is much more time consuming and requires ALOT of 'tweaking' to get what I want from it. I love the Cricut because it is so simple and quick to get what I want from it.

Long live the Cricut!

ACK

My sewing machine is broken. My DH says he can fix it when he gets home from work. I really hope he can, I feel like I can't make anything without it anymore!

YIKES!

Happy Father's Day!

Well, we are off to our cabin for a few days! I hope everyone has a wonderful Father's Day! I will post pictures if I can!

Why is May so INSANE?!

Seriously, May has been more crazy than December, and somehow that just doesn't seem right. I don't know what it is about May, but I have decided that May must be short for MAYHEM!

The good news,

We booked a family vacation to take the kids to Disneyworld in honor of our 10th wedding anniversay. Our anniversary is in june, but we are going to take them in December. We are not going to tell the kids. They are just going to come home from school and we are going to get on a plane. It will be the best surprise for them! I can't wait!

I received my Cricut Expression last wednesday. (Things must be crazy for me to not have posted pictures.) I will get pics posted when I get home. I can't wait to spend some quality time with my new toy!

Finally, school is out and I am ready for summer break. As I type this I am sitting in my room at our family cabin waiting for the kids to wake up so we can go boating. It is going to be a beautiful day. Yesterday we put the boat in the water for the first time this season, and went out and had lunch on the boat. My oldest son, 7, decided he really wanted to swim, so we put him in his wet suit and he climbed into the water... the water which was 58 degrees by the way. But he loved it and had tons of fun and I took lots of pictures, because that's what I do! I made a delicious and beatiful dinner for everyone and then we went out for ice cream. It was a GREAT day!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Today is the day!

Today is the day of the drawing for my Blog Candy! I will post the winner in a couple of hours! (Have to get the kids to school).

YAY for free stuff!

Wow...

This week has been insane. INSANE. 4 Birthdays, I finished the school DVD (again...), and just general insanity. I did make some things, I just haven't had time to pull the pictures off of my camera yet. I will try to get it done today.

If you haven't entered for the blog candy drawing, there's still time!

I want candy!

YAY for candy! Here is the blog candy I am giving away. It has a Rob and Bob Studio Super Slab, two cuttlebug embossing folders, ribbon, 3d zots, gel stickers from Making Memories, 2 packages of Chipboard stickers, 2 American Crafts gel pens, Making Memories Rub Ons, and Bazzill flowers along with 3 packs of darling flowers from Petaloo! I will also throw in the pattern and instructions for my OCD box. Here's how it will work. Make something! Make anything with paper! A card, a scrapbook page, something altered, anything you want! Then post a link to it here and I will add you to my raffle. Anytime you post something you get an entry, up to 5 entries. I will randomly select a winner on May 30th! Good luck everyone!

1000 hits!

So it looks like tomorrow I will reach 1000 hits! So watch for blog candy tomorrow. I will post a picture of what I am going to give away and how to win it!

YAY for free stuff!