Teddy

is our neighbor's dog. We've been watching her this week. She is just the sweetest thing. I guess it's a good thing that Kat is more into Beanie Babies than dolls. It's so funny to watch her walk around with this doll in her mouth. She's very delicate with it. There is no chewing or biting....just carrying.

are you feeding my fish?

Did you notice that I added little fish to my blog? They're so cute. When you click on the image, it drops fish food and they all scurry to get it.

anyway, here are some layouts:


Fancy Pants Glitter Cuts. I love to layer them. I also used a little Glimmer Mist on this, too.


BasicGrey Green at Heart. Plus, a whole bunch of other stuff. Doesn't Katrina look so excited? It reminds me of this post....click here.

Thanks for looking. :D

Trenton won't hold my hand anymore

The title has nothing to do with my post. It's just a reminder for me when I do my next layout that on March 26, 2010, Trenton refuses to hold my hand. He also doesn't want to walk with his sister and her classmates because it's embarrassing to walk with the little kids. *sigh*

Here are some layouts I have yet to post here.





Sassafras lass Nerdy Bird



Sassafrass Lass amplify

more Sassafras Lass. This time chipboard and felties.

Oh, and look! This isn't Sassafras Lass. It's October Afternoon.

Thanks for looking and thanks for your comments.

Happy Birthday card

At Bitten by The Bug, we were to use the Cake2 cut from Sweet Treats.

You win some you lose some....I just don't like the way this turned out.

Air Show

We went to the air show today. I took a few pictures. I love messing with them in Picnik.

Great Grandpa's Hats

My grandfather's WWII uniform was handed down to Trenton. He LOVES American history and thought this was the coolest thing ever. He would wear the uniform every day except for the fact that it's just a bit too big and it's itchy because it's made of wool. He's so proud of these hats and he wears them quite frequently. He even wore them to school for a few days. In fact, he's wearing one of them right now as I type this.




Scribble Scrabble Bric a Brac and a wee bit of Graphic 45.

Butterfly Exhibit at Botanical Gardens

Who knew the kids were so skittish of butterflies? It was embarrassing as they squealed and flapped their hands whenever they thought a butterfly was going to land on them.
Trent kept saying, "Get me out of here". Oh, whatever. That made me want to stay even longer. My mom got one to sit on her finger and I thought the kids were going to faint from the sight.

Avin and the shcms the secrul.

This morning I discovered Katrina on the computer by herself. Not only was she on the computer, but she was on YouTube. That made me a bit nervous. I didn't think she was capable of getting around on the internet by herself. I had to have the serious talk with her.



She was watching videos of Alvin and the Chipmunks. I asked her how she got there.

She said, "I went to the circle with the little fox. Then I typed in "Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squeakquel".

I looked around but there was nothing with "Alvin and the Chipmunks..." on it anywhere near her.

I asked her how she knew how to spell it and she said, "I sounded it out". She showed me exactly what she did and when she started typing in "Avin...." the box filled up with what she had written previously. It was "Avin and the shcms the secrul." There was a period in it, too.

I can't believe she made it to YouTube videos all on her own. *shudder*

A Deer Friend

That sweet little deer is from Technique Tuesday. They hosted BBTB2 this week. I also asked all the designers to use the flouish cut from Stretch Your Imagination.



Check out the rest of the projects. They're so cute!

You can tell how high the dog can jump

by looking at where the oranges are. Zoe LOVES oranges. Well, at least I think she does. She really likes balls. I'm not sure if she jumps for oranges because they're balls to her or if she likes the taste of them.



Once she gets an orange, she throws it around for awhile, chases it and runs around the yard with it. After she's done with it, she actually peels it (remember, this is the same dog than can open my child-proof cabinet door to get to the garbage) and eats the fruit. She leaves the peels out in the yard to rot.

I spent 30 minutes outside in the cold waiting for her to jump for oranges to get this picture. She kept dropping her ball on my feet and sticking her nose in my lens. I ignored her. It was difficult to do but after several minutes, she finally decided to entertain herself by getting a ball...I mean orange.

Special Event

This week at Bitten By The Bug 2, Carole asked us to use the cupcake cut from Celebrations. Here's my take on it:



Bitten By The Bug 2 is also having a special give away. Be sure to click back to BBTB2, leave a comment AND sign up to be a follower. When you're done with that, follow along with the Blog Hope that is going on. You could win lots of prizes! The list is at the bottom of the post.

Cookies

Girl Scout Cookie sales starts in December. There would be no more pre-order forms. They were starting “Cookies On Demand”. As a troop, we would have to decide how many cookies we would sell. There are no returns on any boxes we pick up from Council. We are responsible for paying for all cookies. I had no idea how to determine how many cookies a brand new group of girls could sell.

Council was a lot of help and found me the web page that states a good goal for starting girls is 50 boxes.

We sold that in 24 hours.

I had to go back to Council to get twice as many cookies as I did the first time.

Those were sold in 4 days.

I went back again and got more cases.

Again, those sold in just a week or so.

I couldn’t keep the cookies in stock. They were selling like crazy and booth season hadn’t even started yet. I went back several more times for more cookies.

Early February, I stocked up for the booths. We originally signed up for 3 booths.

The first booth was during the rain and on Superbowl Sunday. I didn’t realize it was Superbowl Sunday when I signed up weeks before and of course, I didn’t know it was going to rain.

We sold 2 cases. 24 boxes in 3 hours???

I had about 24 cases of cookies left to sell. There are 12 boxes per case and the troop makes $.40 per box. We based our cookies purchases for booth sales based on how many we sold the month before.

The other two booths were like this, too. People just STOPPED buying cookies. They were sick of them.

We’ve opened boxes of cookies, at the troop’s expense, to pass out samples. On Valentine’s Day, I cut hearts on my Cricut and we stuck them on boxes. People could personalize the heart and give them as a gift.

Katrina made up a cookie dance and that has sold several boxes.

I have sold so many boxes of cookies at my work. When I get someone to sign up for a credit card, the manager buys a box of cookies.

I’ve sold cookies to my pharmacist, my regular grocery store clerk, the mailman, my favorite clerk at Michael’s, my favorite clerk at Cost Plus, at my daughter’s apartment complex during Pizza night, my husband’s work, and more places that I can’t think of right now.

As of today, I’ve drug my Kindergartner to 10 booths at 3 hours each. That’s 30 hours of standing around in the cold and wet weather begging people to buy cookies. And I STILL have cookies left. I will be lucky if we break even with what I owe council.

I am so ashamed and disgusted that I have drug my daughter (and sometimes my son) through 30 hours of work for nothing. We will earn nothing for our troop. I have lost sleep over this and my husband is irritated with me (rightly so).

I just received an email from Council stating they have extended the selling period by one week. Apparently, I’m not the only one having problems selling cookies.

I’ve signed us up for 2 more booths during this extended week.

Thanks for listening.

It's a bit harsh, but

I like the way her eyes glow.

Venting

I was at work today when a customer asked me when my baby was due. I told her I wasn't pregnant. That's when she reached over the counter, patted my stomach and said, "Well, what's that all about hon?"

I tried to ignore her but she started telling me a story about her daughter and how a stranger asked her if she was pregnant. The daughter was mortified that someone thought she was pregnant when she wasn't. I was expecting my apology at this point but instead she asked me if I have any children. I told her yes and she said, "I guess that explains it."

I told her I just lost 35 pounds and she said, "Wow! You deserve a medal for that!".

"Have a nice day" is all I could tell her. I'm really hoping management gives me a Star of the Month award for NOT reaching over the counter and strangling her.

Valentine

Good Morning! Here is the latest challenge for Bitten By The Bug 2. Rene was our host and she asked us to use the double heart cut from the Wedding Solutions cart.Thanks for visiting!

Mailboxes

I've seen some gorgeous mailboxes out there on the internet. These do not fall into that category. ;) I made these for the kids. I pulled out the vinyl I had left from Expressions Vinyl and put these together on Friday night. I stuffed them full of candy and gave them to the kids this morning. They seem to really like them.

$10.00 and 1/2 pound of bacon

...that is what this layout cost me. At first, Trent was happy with the $10.00 cash that I offered him. Within 30 minutes, he was whining about how boring it was to "write all of this stuff out". 2 hours pass and he's still not finished. Army men and suddenly reading is more interesting than writing. I begged him to finish but he kept getting distracted with other things. It wasn't until I started making dinner that his interest in this project peaked again.

"Ok, if you finish writing, you can have as much bacon as you want."

He was finished within 10 minutes. Trent really likes bacon. ;)


Technique Tuesday Storytellers: School Days, Boulder Skyline and Infinite Wisdom.

Katrina likes bacon, too, but her true passion is Beanie Babies. This small collection is just a tiny bit of what she really has.

Technique Tuesday Zoology and Main Street

Thanks for visiting!

Last Day of 5

Ooooo...these are fun! Blooms A Bella are on sale at APIY.



I added a little Glimmer Mist and Glitter Glaze to the petals. I changed the brad and scrunched the fabric up a little so it would be a little more dimensional.



Also used: MME, Sassafras, BasicGrey and Making Memories.

Thanks for visiting! :D

Blog Hop winner & new K&Co

Congratulations to Cfine. She is the randomly picked winner for the Technique Tuesday stamps.

I was out at Michael's today and came across new K&Co:


I was just in love when I saw these new embellishments from the Handmade collection. That package on the left is filled with wooden shapes. There is also a bag of ephemera filled with all sorts of goodies. The tags are really pretty and so are the pebbles.



This is a little sticker book of stamps. I wish I knew who the artists are. I have looked all over the packaging and there is no name.


I love cards of any sort. I had to have these when I saw them. Aren't they cute?

There was a giant selection of stuff and I only had 1 coupon and a gift certificate from my birthday. I'll be going back tomorrow with new coupons for more.