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crushes ...

Over at the eighteen25 blog a few weeks ago, they listed their current favorite "crushes."  I thought it would be fun to play along.  I picked some of their topics and came up with what my current "crushes" are.

Main Crushes (my kids)

 Star Crush (Josh Ritter of Parenthood)

TV Show Crush (Celebrity Apprentice) 

Dessert Crush (Applebees Dessert Shooters)

iPhone App Crush (Scramble) 

Food Crush (onion/bacon pizza)

Music Crush (Adele)

 

Ice Cream Crush (New York Super Fudge Chunk)

 So, there you have it, some of my recent favorite crushes.  Do you have any crushes?  Please do tell.

need to get on a schedule ...

I feel like I've been missing out on so many things this past week.  I'm so sorry that I haven't posted in over a week.  Hope you understand.  I even missed Fast Fact Friday #8 at the This is Me Challenge Blog.  So, without further ado, here the questions and my answers.  The theme last week was restaurants.

First of all, I sadly want to say that we do not go out to dinner as much as I would like.  My answers are probably going to be boring to most of you.

What is your favorite?

1. Fast food restaurant? McDonald's (the kids love to go there)
2. Casual dining restaurant? Chili's (love their appetizers and desserts)
3. Expensive restaurant? The Chalet (local restaurant to me)
4. Family-friendly restaurant? Perkins
5. Restaurant that you could go to everyday? TGIF's

What about you?  What restaurants do you like to dine at?

I finally was able to order the page protectors I wanted for my Project Life album, so I need to dedicate some much needed time to start putting that together.  I have been taking a photo a day, which I will place in my album like all other years, but this year, I am going to work a bit different and include other photos that I may have taken on a particular day (i.e., include more than one photo from holidays, birthdays, etc.).  I will also be including memorabilia.

As soon as I get some pages completed, I will share with you my progress.

So, the other day, I went to take a picture with my phone and noticed that there were some new pictures (that I did not take) on my camera roll.  Seems that Rebecca discovered my phone (probably on the couch) and proceeded to take her picture.

Oh those pouty lips ...

Thanks for stopping by!

second attempt ...

I had a post all ready to go for Friday's Fast Fact Friday questions on Friday; however, my computer decided to reboot itself before I had the chance to save the post.  Here are the questions and my answers.

1. Do you collect anything?
2. What is your favorite hobby?
3. What is your style of organization?
4. If you didn't have any limitations, what would you be passionate about?
5. What hobby have you thought about trying, but haven't yet?

And my answers:

1. I think the only thing I currently collect is scrapbooking supplies.  I have gotten a LOT better.  I am concentrating on using what I have and am now only purchasing adhesive when needed.  In the past, I did collect shot glasses, Disney plates, dolphins, and baskets.
2. My favorite hobby is definitely scrapbooking followed close behind by photography.
3. If you are talking about my style of organization when it comes to scrapbooking, I like to organize my supplies by color.  It makes things easier for me to find that way.
4. If I didn't have any limitations, I would be passionate about traveling the US.  There are so many beautiful and historical sites to see in our country ... would love to rent a luxury RV and travel the states with my family.
5. I have always wanted to learn how to crochet.  Both of my grandmothers made many beautiful things over the years.  I would love to learn how to make beautiful blankets.

What would some of your answers be?  Would love to hear from you.

And, I thought I'd share a few pictures from our beautiful weekend here in NJ.  I can't believe it has been in the 50's.  So unbelievable for February weather.

We're just waiting for that snow storm to come ... it just has to hit us one of these weeks.

Thanks for stopping by - enjoy the rest of the day!

love story challenge ...

What a perfect week to do a layout about my love story.  That is the This is Me Challenge prompt this week.  Our story began in the late eighties, but didn't really start until the mid-90's.  This is our story. 

(photos from 1995).  Oh for both of us to be that skinny again.

How was your Valentine's Day?  Did you receive any sweet gifts?  I received candy and a card ... more than I expected.  As I stated last week, I celebrate Valentine's Day for the kids.  They LOVED their little goodie bags they received from us yesterday morning.

Nicholas had a little party in school.  He had to make a box for his valentine cards, so he came home from school with his box full of cards and other goodies from his class.

Getting off the topic of Valentine's Day, I wanted to tell you about a workshop (if you want to call it that) that I will be participating in.  Are you a list maker?  If so, you will want to sign up for 30 Days of Lists which kicks off in March.

It basically explains itself ... you get prompts everyday to create a new list about something.  Sound fun to you? Just click on the link above to find out more.

As always, thanks for stopping by.

february take twelve ...

I was so glad that February 12th fell on a weekend this month.  That just makes taking 12 photos for the Take 12 challenge that much more fun.  It is better than the days when I'm in the office all day and don't have very exciting things to take pictures of.

Here is a mosaic of the 12 pictures that I picked out.  I will be using these when I create my layout this month.

By the way ... Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

highlights from the crop ...

On Saturday morning, I woke up to snow falling down.  Nicholas was lucky - they called off CCD, but I was not happy about the weather because I was planning on scrapbooking all day.  The crop started at 8am, but I waited it out until about 10am, and then headed out.  I was a bit nervous because the temperatures were pretty low, and I was afraid of black ice on the roads.  I lucked out ... the roads were clear.  As I got further away from the house, there was no snow in sight at all.  THANK YOU!

I arrived at the crop and met up with my friend Christine, my favorite scrapping friend.  I unpacked all my stuff (I packed WAY too much).  I need to figure out a better system for when I plan to attend crops.  I didn't even look at more than half of the stuff I brought with me.

For breakfast, there were donuts, and pound cakes, and pastries, tea and coffee.  For lunch there were sandwiches, salads, soup, and pizza.  Then around 3:30pm, we had warm apple pie topped with ice-cream.  I thought it was a bit early to eat something like that, but boy was it delicious.

For dinner we had pasta, chicken, and salad.  And for dessert, there were assorted pastries, cheese cake, chocolate covered strawberries, etc.,  Let's just say that I didn't have to eat very much on Sunday because I was still full from all the food from Saturday.

There were raffles, workshops, a massage therapist, scrapbooking vendors, and a palm/tarot card reader.  Lots and lots of fun!

I managed to get a few layouts created ... I focused on Rebecca's album.

 

 

 

There was also one more that I started at the end of the crop, and then finished at home yesterday.  It is another layout from Rebecca's Christening.  I wish I had completed a few more layouts, but part of the time about being out for the day is socializing, so that is exactly what I did.  I had lots of fun ... thank you Christine for spending the day with me.

Yesterday was February 12, so I was taking pictures all day for the Ella Publishing Take Twelve challenge.  Tomorrow, I will share with you the photos I will be using for my layout this month.

Thanks for stopping by - enjoy the rest of the day!

love questions ...

Today's Fast Friday Fact questions are about love.  How appropriate with Valentine's Day right around the corner.

1. Do you like Valentine's Day?
2. What is one Valentine tradition that you have?
3. Who do you want to be your valentine?
4. What was the funniest valentine you ever received?
5. What do you want to get from your valentine this year?

And my answers ...

1. I personally think Valentine's Day is too commercial.  You shouldn't have just one day to show how much you love someone.  I think it is fun for the kids though.
2. My husband and I usually give each other a card, and I usually go a little overboard on all the cute valentine trinkets for the kids.
3. My husband
4. I really can't think of anything funny that I received over the years.  I do remember getting a very funny card from my husband one year (along with a really sweet card).
5. I would love to receive a card, and have dinner made so I don't have to make dinner when I get home from work on Tuesday.

How about you?  Do you celebrate Valentine's Day?  How would you answer these questions?

Enjoy your day!

january instagram ...

Man, I have been slacking this week.  I just have had so much on my plate this week that I haven't had time to blog.  Well, that has to change.

I still don't have a whole lot of time today, but I wanted to do a quick post of my January instagram photos.  I actually went through all the pictures that I took in January, and only found three instagram photos.  I did take lots of iPhone pictures, but changed very few to instagram photos.

These are all of Rebecca ... no, she is not the only one I photograph.

 

 

Oh, and I'm so excited for this weekend.  I will be going to a crop on Saturday and will scrapbooking all day with my dear friend, Christine.  I'm all packed; I just need to type up and print some of my journaling.  When I go to crops, I usually hand write all of my journaling on my layouts, but there are a few layouts that I want to create and I want them to have journaling that is typed up.

You will have to watch out for all the layouts that I'm planning on creating.  I have LOTS of catching up to do.  I've only created layouts for Rebecca's album of her first three months of life, and she is already TWO.

Thanks for stopping by.  Enjoy your evening!

about animals ...

The Fast Fact Friday questions are about animals this week.

1. Do you have/have you ever had any pets?
2. What is your favorite animal?
3. What animal scares you the most?
4. If you were an animal, what would you be and why?
5. What is the most exotic animal you have ever seen?

And my answers:

1. We currently do not have any pets.  We can't really afford one right now.  But growing up, we always had a dog.  I also had two cats (outside cats).  My cat Tootsie lived until she was 18.  I would love to get a dog for the kids, but it's just not the right time for us.  Nicholas has had a few Betta fish in the past few years, but we are "petless" right now.
2. My favorite animal would definitely be a dog ... best companion ever.
3. Mice scare me the most ...
4. I would be a dog and would want to live in a house with lots of loving children or be a guide dog for the blind.
5. Hmm, exotic ... maybe an Iguana in Bermuda.  What about swimming with a dolphin, does that count?

What are some of your answers?  Leave me a comment and a link to your post.  Would love to read your answers.

What is everyone doing this weekend?  I am hoping it is going to be a stay-at-home kind of weekend for us. I really want to organize things around the house.  It just seems like my whole house is turned upside down right now.  I'll let you know on Monday how that goes.

Enjoy the weekend everyone!