Your Sleeping Position Says You Need Comfort

You are secretly sensitive, but you often put up a front. Shy and private, you yearn for security. You take relationships slowly. You need lots of reassurances before you can trust. If you don't get enough sleep, you are: Cranky and a big baby It's hard to sleep next to you because: You are a light sleeper

What Does Your Sleeping Position Say About You?

yep, that's me, how exciting......LOL

You Are a White Cotton Bra!

Practical, comfortable, and classic You want your man to feel relaxed and himself with you Your perfect guy is low maintenance and adaptable And he makes you feel comfy and cozy too!

What Kind of Bra Are You?

the three C's.....

Chocolate Coffee Cheesecake.....Happy Friday!

Aren't these tulips from FTD lovely?

some dreams do come true!

woo hoo! 3 generations in Las Vegas!!!

Three Favorite Things

My Becky Higgins' Sketches 1 and 2 are very worn. Great resources for planning out layouts. Really appeal to me because I'm a simple scrapbooker that likes clean linear lines.

Have always always always loved buttons on my layouts. From day one, was my choice of embellishment.

This little xyron is fab; great for putting all those little Quickutz letters in to get adhesive put on the back. I have a larger one that I use mainly for when I journal on vellum and you don't see the adhesive behind.

I had a lovely cozy weekend at my BMF's home where they spoiled me with good conversation, laughs, drinks, wonderful foods and lots of kisses. I always sleep so well at the place, must be my special bedroom I have. Loved all the cuddles with the girls.

A picture challenge from a friend's blog. Click on your picture file on your computer. Pick the 5th folder. Pick the 5th picture in the folder and place on your blog. Well..... this is the fourth picture because the 5th was of my daughter and her new boyfriend and I don't know how crazy he'd be if he was blogged. So here's my new flannel sheets everyone!

OH HAPPY HAPPY DAY!!!

George Clooney, back on the set of ER for it's last season............ Y U M M Y!!!!

• I miss my dad so much. Every day I want to call and tell him something, ask him something. Every day seems harder than the last. Crying out of the blue, hits me our of no where. Scared about going back to work in a week. I keep asking myself, what would Pappa want me to do?
• Sleep is horrendous. I feel like I am condemned to a life of lousy sleep. The past few days I've just stayed in bed, as I only sleep a few hours at a time, up for a few hours, sleep for an hour, up for a few hours, sleep for a few hours, etc etc etc. Last night I slept for six hours straight and that hasn't happened in a long time. I know, I would be a totally different person if I had slept 8 hours straight, every night. How do I get that???
• I've been very slowly working on a layout about our last Christmas. I want it to be just right. Also have selected papers and printed up pictures and found layouts I want to do with them, all stacked, ready to go. I want to get back to my scrapbooking roots and really preserve the memories and try not to get all wrapped up in "does this colour match", etc.
• No dog yet for me. Looking. Ironic, when you watch tv and see that SPCA commercial over and over again, yet when you phone the shelters and animal control, there aren't that many animals. Not what I'm looking for anyways. I miss Gunnar so much. I know that I can never replace him but I believe I have room in my heart for another furry friend.
• Dreaming about Las Vegas. I have it in my head that I'd like to take my mom and my daughter. Three generations in Vegas. Can you imagine?

Here is my super pretty pink sewing machine that I got from my parents at Christmas. They had asked in November for a wish list and this was one of the things on the list, which I then promptly forgot about. So on Christmas eve, everyone was handed out their gifts and I was enjoying watching everyone opening theirs and Mamma said to me, that box is for you. I hadn't noticed it and was surprised and when I opened it, they said the expression on my face was priceless. I was so excited! Mamma just told me last night, that Pappa ordered it for me himself. :)

“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.” —Ayn Rand (1905-1982); novelist, screenwriter, playwright

99 things

1. Started your own blog YES
2. Slept under the stars YES
3. Played in a band YES
4. Visited Hawaii YES
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity YES
7. Been to Disneyland/world YES
8. Climbed a mountain YES
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris (does the Paris hotel in Vegas count?)
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch YES
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning YES
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight YES
22. Hitch hiked YES
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill - YES
24. Built a snow fort YES
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping YES
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (does the one in Vegas count?)
29. Seen a total eclipse YES
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset YES
31. Hit a home run YES
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors YES
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight YES
46. Been transported in an ambulance YES
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing YES
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (again, Vegas?)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling YES
52. Kissed in the rain YES
53. Played in the mud YES
54. Gone to a drive-in theater YES
55. Been in a movie independent movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason YES
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter YES
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy YES
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar YES
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job YES
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London YES
77. Broken a bone YES
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle YES
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person YES
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car YES
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper YES
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox YES
89. Saved someone’s life YES
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous YES
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one YES
94. Had a baby YES
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit YES
98. Owned a cell phone YES
99. Been stung by a bee

three favorite things

Fancy Pants 12x12 acrylic stamp sets. You get so many different stamps, it's a very versatile set. I also have a Christmas one that is fantastic too.

Prima flowers. I have all sorts, so many variety. Paper and silk. Make great additions to cards and scrapbook layouts.

Red Carpet Bling Bazzill Cardstock. I absolutely love Bazzill cardstock. Razzle Dazzle Bazzill as my friend KJ and I call it! I love the textures it has. I just picked up a few new pieces of the dotted swiss cardstock yesterday in a very lovely purple.

liking this purse by Lucky, A LOT!

a close up of the STAR GAZER LILY, in the floral arrangement, that Mamma set up for our private family service tonight. Pappa loved this type of LILY. It went really well.

Just made this simple clock today, using pictures of the people I love most, my family, from this past Christmas... and the newest Basic Grey paper. I also added some pink sparkles over the time piece for some added bling.

I LOVE sneak peeks!

oh oh oh, I so love sneak peeks. This is a set that looks like a MUST for me; in the new Stampin Up catalogue. When does this catalogue get released?????

Spellbinders is putting out a big release of new Nestabilities for CHA and each day they are having sneak peeks on their blog: http://spellbinderspaperarts.com/blog/ . I just love how these work on my Revolution and are great for scrapbooking and cardmaking. Of course, I've already got a list of what I'd like to preorder.... damn do I HAVE to wait until March???

Just wanted something sunny for the blog today.

1. I absolutely *heart* Stampin Up's new Raspberry Tart designer paper. Several packages are a MUST have.
2. I cut up 2 of my 3 credit cards. Now to start the process of paying them down. Plan to get Suzi Orman's latest book.
3. Adopting a dog from the SPCA and/or shelters is proving to be fairly difficult.
4. Got some new red/white flannel sheets that are going on the bed tonight, with a new white duvet cover that is 1200 thread count!
5. I think I have found a lady to clean my house.
6. I can't find my Becky Higgins' Sketch 2 book and it's driving me nuts. Teach me for letting the house go to the dogs.
7. No, I don't have a dog, that's just a saying. My house is a disaster. But hey, I did empty the dishwasher today and I'm going around collecting the garbage and will take it out tonight. Baby steps, baby steps.
8. I am so exhausted I nap in the morning and I nap in the afternoon.

drool drool drool!

I can't wait for this to be in my hot little hands!

Three favorite products of the week

Ali Edwards on a regular basis posts favorite products she likes/uses. I thought I'd do something like that, to bring back the scrapbooking/stamping spin to my blog.

I love Scenic Route's chipboard alphabets for the size, the colours, the reasonable price. And the red ones are so nice and glossy

http://www.scenicroutepaper.com/Site3/default.aspx

I have fallen in love with Quickutz's latest invention; a 4x8 completely alphabet set on just one die, that works with the Revolution and it's longer platform. Awesome!

http://www.quickutz.com/qk2/viewItems.aspx?cc=279

I used to use a popular tab dispenser for many many years but found that it just didn't hold any of my projects together. Everything in my albums have come apart, and I am not impressed. Someone recommended this adhesive and it's a bit tricky to work with, but it ADHERES and is well prices, so it's all I use now.

http://www.beaconadhesives.com/cgzip.html

You Are an Appletini

Most of the time, you're a typical party girl / guy. But when you get super sauced, you really up your sex appeal.

What Mixed Drink Are You?

Neil Gaiman : I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you'll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you'll make something that didn't exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind.

Can you see me with any of these adorable dogs?

“You are here for a purpose. There is no duplicate of you in the whole wide world. There never has been, there never will be. You were brought here now to fill a certain need. Take time to think that over.” —Lou Austin

wonder if this would make me "cool" in my daughter's eyes?

You Are a Monroe Piercing

You are glamourous, sophisticated, and very classy. You're the type to think carefully before getting any sort piercing or tattoo. You are naturally charming. People find you to be very alluring. Your manners are impeccable, and you always have something witty to say. While you look like you're high maintenance, you have simple tastes. You're a homebody who often rather curl up with a book than go out.

What Piercing Are You?

Your Word is "Hope"

You see life as an opportunity for learning, growth, and bringing out the best in others. No matter how bad things get, you always have at least a glimmer of optimism. You are accepting and forgiving. You encourage those who have wronged you to turn over a new leaf. And while there is a lot of ugliness in the world, you believe that almost no one is beyond redemption.

What's Your Word?

Is this not the dog for me???

I think..... I'm in love!

Apparently the first of several new releases of Nestabilities, debuting at the next CHA!

Birthday card for my daughter. Bazzill and Stampin Up cardstock. White paper embossed with Cuttlebug folder. Stampin Up stamps and ink. Page pebbles in Blueberry. Picture doesn't do it justice. I'm struggling taking pictures of my cards lately.....

Stampin Up Cardstock, Bazzill Cardstock, Stampin up Ribbon, stamps, ink. Quickutz photo corner, Nestabilities Die. CASED from an old SU catalogue. I loved the colours and it looks much nicer in real life.

as featured on Heidi Swapp's blog....

• I'm off for a month and my mom suggested to me that it might be the perfect time to bring a new dog into my life. So later this week, I may head down the valley, depending on weather, to check out some SPCAs. I'd very much like to rescue a dog. Older puppy/young adult. Big dog. Prefer a male, I think. I miss Gunnar very much, and no animal will replace him in my heart, but I have room to love another.
• I made some Thank You cards the other day. The pictures I took of them didn't do them justice so I'll have to retry that again. I've been putzing in the studio. It's a mess, as always. Today I re did the stamp display. It sure is a lovely addition to the studio, thanks to my g/f "L". I put up flowers and inspirational words/quotes.
• my daughter has gone back to university. I miss her already, even though when she's home, she isn't here very much. I feel bad that she didn't have the best of holidays, but it was out of my hands.
• Not coping so well. It will be a week tomorrow. I have had so many phone calls and emails and I appreciate them SO MUCH. I just don't want to talk to anyone. I feel empty, drained, devastated. Worry I didn't say everything I wanted to say to him. Hope that he's at peace. He was so anxious the last few months. I am so thankful he went in his sleep and didn't die gasping for every breathe. So thankful for that. Worried about going back to work; I'm afraid that every lung cancer, every SOB patient, will become my father and I'll fall apart. And I can't do that to my patients.
• My computer is making me nuts. It's very much time for a new one. Don't really have the money for it, but I don't know how much more I can take. It's so slow. And I just had new RAM installed a month or so ago. Like to get a laptop and go wireless. Can't you just see me sitting in bed in my flannel pjs, chatting on msn and checking out facebook and my favorite blogs?

picture taken in the middle of the night of the snow. my nephew had done the whole driveway at 8pm and I went out around 2am, in my flipflops to get some snow pictures.

Ideas for an exceptional new year....

1.Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.
2.Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you must. Buy a TiVo (DVR), tape your late night shows and get more sleep.
3.When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, "My purpose is to__________ today."
4.Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
5.Watch more movies, play more games and read more books than you did in 2008.
6.Make time to practice meditation and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
7.Spend more time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
8.Dream more while you are awake.
9.Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat fewer foods that are not manufactured in plants.
10.Drink plenty of water.
11.Try to make at least three people smile each day.
12.Clear your clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.
13.Don't waste your precious energy on gossip,energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
14.Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
15.Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.
16.Smile and laugh more. It will keep the energy vampires away.
17.Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
18.Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
19.Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
20.You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
21.Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
22.Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
23.Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, and wear the fancy underwear cause today IS special.
24.No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25.Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?"
26.Forgive everyone for everything.
27/What other people think of you is none of your business.
28.Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.
29.However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
30.Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
31.Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
32.Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
33.The best is yet to come.
34.No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
35.Do the right thing!
36.Call your family often.
37.Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: "I am thankful for __________." and "Today I accomplished _________."
38.Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.
39.Enjoy the ride. Remember that this is not Disney World and you certainly don't want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.

ONE YEAR FREE

A Stampin Up order arrived on the 31st. A little bright spot in very dark days. I hope that I can somehow find energy/mojo/desire to go into my studio and do a little creating.

My beautiful 18 year old, with her "birthday cake". This year, it was ice cream sundaes. Yep, she's an original!

Happy New Year! I wish for you health and happiness for 2009!

The past few year's I have followed a favorite scrapbooker, Ali Edwards, who chooses a word to "live by" each year. In 2007 I chose LIVE, for 2008 I chose JOURNEY and for 2009, I have decided to go with PEACE. I desperately need some peace in my life.