The week is over

It's about freaking time!

I am so happy it is Friday.

I have so many things that are on my plate for this weekend and sadly they all involve NOT leaving the house. My to-do list just seems to be growing and growing. I just hope that I actually accomplish at least something on my list.

Can you tell by the picture the ONE thing that I hope to get accomplished this week? Well that is one thing other than the cleaning of the entire house and our taxes? Yep! I really do hope to get some scrapbooking done. I need to get out of this funk and just scrap tons. I need to stop worrying about what others will think of my pages because although I tell myself that I don’t worry about it, deep down inside I know that I do. I think that is what stops me from being creative at times.

I know exactly what I want to do this weekend but I think the hardest part is deciding what to start with first. I almost don’t even want to go home as that means I have to start on my list.

I think the first thing I will do is stop by Target on the way home. My list of stuff that we cannot live without is growing. I think I won’t tell B I am going though because for some reason lately he has been getting upset with me whenever I go to Target. Sheesh! Can’t a girl get some Target time? It is not like I spend any money on stuff other than toilet paper, cat food and sometimes something scrapbooky. He acts like I am having an affair with the darn store or something. Men! Typical.

Well my work day is over. Target, baby! Here I come!!!!

sigh.....

I am bored. Someone please talk to me.

Sometimes I am a raccoon

So far today has been a good day. Of course it is early so anything can happen to change that.

I am wearing my contacts today so that means that I probably will not get that much work done. For some reason I cannot concentrate when I am wearing them. It is harder to read the screen but I think that my glasses hold some of my brain. ;-) I get distracted very easily when wearing my contacts. Most of my time is spent cleaning up the raccoon eyes.

Yep. I am now the lucky wearer of raccoon eyes. I used to wear Mary Kay Flawless mascara which was smudge proof. Since all the mascaras have been redone I decided to try the waterproof since they no longer had the smudge proof. Well let me tell you….I. hate. it! It is clumpy and definitely NOT waterproof. Did I mention I. hate. it? I have raccoon eyes right after applying. I keep looking in the mirror all day and that is so NOT me. This mascara thing is making me look very vain. I usually put the stuff on in the morning and then when I am ready to go to bed I wash it off (if there is any left). Also, why is it I always seem to wear more makeup than usual when I do wear my contacts? Is it because I can actually see my face? I sure do end up touching my face a lot more when I wear them though.

So last night after LOST (boy was that a weird episode or what – it sure makes you think) we watched “Flightplan” with Jodie Foster. B kept griping at the screen that she was a psycho. I kind of figured out what was happening from pretty much the beginning. I still liked the movie though.

Here is something weird. I just called home to check on B who had to go to Urgent Care today. The phone picked up after one ring but no one said anything. I could hear the TV in the background but very lightly which is weird as the phone is downstairs with the TV. I just stayed on the line and then it just went to static. Now when I call it is busy. Should I worry?

Update: Well I don't know if this just creeps me out or what. By the way DH is fine. But when I called him he was still at urgent care and not at home. So what freaks me out is.....who answered the phone?

Do I really need PINK shoes?

I finally returned the tennis shoes I bought back in December or January or February (whenever it was I bought them - I can't remember). But as is typical Stefani fashion I waited until the last possible day to return them. The receipt said March 28th and that is when I took them back. Yep. That’s me. Little Ms. Procrastinator. I don’t think I will ever change.

Since I had used a gift certificate to purchase the shoes they did not give me any money back so I HAD to find another pair to purchase while I was there. Do they not make cross-trainers anymore? Has it really been that long since I have been shopping for tennis shoes? I bought running shoes (which is what I had planned) but since I may be joining a gym soon (GASP!) I was thinking that cross-trainers would be good.

I fell in love while looking for tennis shoes. With shoes that is. PINK shoes. I found some pink/silver Nikes that I just needed to bring home with me. I tried them on and they felt oh so nice but sadly…they had to stay at the store.

I found this pair (no pink anywhere on the darn things - but they do have purple) that had a bit more stability. Considering I am famous for tripping over my own feet I need all the stability I can get! So this is what I came home with cause I really don't want to be falling down no matter how cute my shoes are. Well I think the shoes in that picture is what I bought. I cannot remember now. LOL! I guess these are Trail Running Shoes. Go figure. The box did not say this. Interesting stuff you find while searching on the Internet. Plus with these I am not really limited in what I can wear with them. I just hope they fit with my regular socks as I was not prepared to shop for tennis shoes last night and was wearing thinner socks. I have a feeling that the shoes may end up being too small as they were a perfect fit in the store.

SIGH…I sure did LOVE those pink shoes. I am almost tempted to go back and get them as I cannot find them any where online and I bet once they are gone they will not return (I can always buy inserts right?)…..but sadly, I don’t have an extra $50.00 sitting around. Plus does a girl really need two pairs of pink shoes? I mean I already have these. Not completely pink but just enough. Do you likey? I guess it is good to start off slowly in the pink shoe department. I mean I would not want to go overboard and end up with a closet full of shoes I will not wear. I am not used to the colored shoe conspiracy as all my shoes are black!

LO: Papa's Girl

This is my most recently finished layout and I am actually using products that JUST came out! Am I with it or what??? I did not really think I would like the new BG "Oh Baby" line but I find that I am LOVING it! Now if I can just stop myself from buying it all.

Supplies used:

Cardstock
Patterned Paper - Basic Grey "Oh Baby - Girl"
Ric Rak, brads, eyelet letters that I painted - Making Memories
Heidi Swapp chipboard letters that I painted
Prima flowers
Colorbok - creamy brown fluid ink chalk

Thanks for looking.

LO: Like Father, Like Son

Here is another layout I did in January. Thanks for looking.

Supplies used:

Patterned Paper - Provo Craft Slab
I painted the chipboard tags (Making Memories) and used rub-on letters and brads
ric-rak (brown ric-rak is my all time favorite)
The title is a sticker.

That’s Donate!

Well nothing much has changed since my last post. I stayed home yesterday due to a sinus headache that I woke up with on Sunday. I am so done with these sinus headaches. Can they please just go away now?

On Saturday I had the extreme pleasure of watching my best friend from college on the television. I was so excited! I finally got to see her little girls and their personalities just shined thru. I so love these little girls that I have never met except thru photos and small videos. Even B watched the taped copy and cannot wait to meet everyone. So I think a trip to Chicago is in our future. Did you hear that Marya? Marya? Do you read my blog? Hmmm maybe I should share the link. LOL!

We had dinner on Sunday night with B’s co-workers. It was nice but the conversation was basically taken over by one girl the entire night and it was mostly about her drinking & party-ing & such. But the dinner was free and we still had a nice time.

We got home in time for B to watch Desperate Housewives. I swear! That man enjoys the show way much more than I do!

Guess what I did last night

No! Not that. Now get your mind out of the gutter.

What's this? A layout? And an almost completed one at that. In fact everything is already stuck down on the page (that is a big thing for me to do when I don't have all the elements). I just need to add some journaling on the bottom left and then it will be all finished. It has been forever since I have had a layout where journaling was needed. Oh and can you see???? Look at the paper I used! I finally used my Blitzen! Good times. Good times.

LOL! I guess I must have talked about this paper alot. A co-worker just saw this picture and said 'YAY! You finally used that paper!'

I like punk and I wear pink

Last night I got my copy of the My Chemical Romance DVD “Life on the Murder Scene” in the mail. Yep. I am a geek. I pre-ordered the thing. B saw the box but did not ask me what it was (that is a good thing as it bugs him that I like this band). I watched one of the disks last night while B was asleep. Well I guess B looked in the box this morning cause the disk was sitting out on the table when I walked downstairs. Of course he asked me why I would buy such a thing. I said "Honey, it is porn." He did not look amused. LOL! I am sure I will hear about it later tonight when he gets home or when I get home. I think he is jealous. I made some comment that included the word ‘cute’ in the past and he has never forgotten it. It is all about the music though. The main guitar player is awesome! I am loving "Desert Song" (it has become a new favorite) and I am glad to finally own a copy of "Bury Me in Black". However, the live songs are definitely NOT work safe (not that I expected them to be) and so my co-workers will have to do without. I am looking forward to the new album that will be made this year.

Speaking of getting home at different times. If you have been reading my blog lately you would know that the Devil car has been out of commission for about 2 weeks now. Finally yesterday B checked out the battery and determined that it needed to be looked at. I called a tow truck to get the car to the garage. Here is where the cool part comes in. B tells me that the tow truck driver fiddled with a few things and now that car is working! I love it! That tow truck driver was awesome! So now we are back to being a 2-car family and I love it!

I am not up to par today and was debating about staying home. I decided that it would be boring to be miserable at home so I came in to work to be miserable with friends (plus I need to update my iPod). See if I did not have my own car to drive I would not have been able to do that. I am so excited about being able to work my own schedule again and not B’s schedule. I am NOT so excited that I will have to drive the Devil car tomorrow and not the nice cool Honda car.

Too funny

I am so there when this film comes out. The promos have me rolling on the floor. I bet B would even like it. I got the link from a popular scrapping website and I have to say I do not see why people are taking this so seriously that they are offended. Maybe because it is done from a man's point of view?

Watch the promos and tell me what you think.

"Scrapped" the movie

I feel icky

One of the prescriptions I got when I was sick a couple of weeks ago was Flonase. This was to help with the sinus infection. Since this past year, I have been having tons of sinus headaches I was happy to get the RX thinking it would help. Well…..I really don’t think that it has. In fact, I seem to have had more sinus headaches since I have started using it. Before this prescription, I would get probably one sinus headache a month. Now I have been getting them every weekend and a couple on the weekdays. I have all these plans for my days off (weekend) and each day I have woken up with a sinus headache. Let me tell you I am definitely not in the mood to do anything. I don't want to cook, clean the kitchen, do laundry (which needed to be done weeks ago) or even scrap. It makes me grumpy too and I don’t like that. Since I am taking the Flonase, I am worried to take any other type of medication.

Since I am new to the whole sinus headache thing, I will ask all of you. What helps with your sinus headache? How do you cope?

Hmmm….now this headache seems to be turning into a regular (not sinus headache) as it is spreading all over my head. Ouch! my head hurts.

Where did the time go?

I totally missed posting on St. Patrick's Day. I had planned to post but got so busy with work and then I got to leave work early so Blog writing just was put to the side.

On Friday, we had another "motivational activity" (you know the thing I said I would never do?). Well the activity was to search for shamrocks that were placed all over the building (well around our area). The person with the most shamrocks wins. Well…..I won! I even found the 'special' shamrock so I got both prizes. I won the "Pot of Gold" box of candy and a cute little hopping bunny that I hope will drive the kitties crazy. Don't I look like the happy winner? I saved the candy to open here at home to share with B. I think there are 2 candies left. He actually ate more pieces than I did. I cannot believe he ate my prize!

Today is my nephew's birthday. He turned 14 today. He was home sick so I did not get to see him. I feel so old when I think of him now being 14 and starting high school in the fall. They sure do grow up fast!

I have been on the go all day today. First thing I had to do was drive B to work. Then I met my Mom at the bank to sign some papers. Then it was off to get ready for my cousin's baby shower. It was a really nice shower. I am surprised that I did not take more pictures than I did. At least I do have some that I can scrap.

At the shower, there was only one game that we played. I have heard of it before but never played it myself. You take newborn diapers and melt half a chocolate bar inside. Then you have the guests guess what kind of candy bar it was. There were 7 diapers total. The person that got the most right won a prize. Well….I was that person. I was excited to win but then I found out that I got ALL 7 of them correct and I was the ONLY one to get them all correct! Sheesh! I feel like a pig now. To get all of them right is kind of embarrassing. I don't even know if I should tell B. LOL!

So I guess….So far it has been my lucky weekend. Now I wonder what I will win tomorrow.

My cousin got a little scrapbook and some stickers/papers from her nephew as a gift. I thought that was pretty cool. I hope she will scrap with me now. I think it is funny as my cousin (that bought the gift) says he called the store on Friday night at 10:30 to find out that they were still open so they went shopping. He was just shocked that ladies scrapped until midnight on Friday nights.

After the shower, I stopped by the scrapbook store since it was not even a block away. This is the store where the Scrappay Divas get together and crop. I have not really been impressed with the store lately. That did not stop me from buying $16 worth of paper though. I bought some cardstock and some icky Chatterbox. I say icky because I LOVE Chatterbox but can never figured out how to use it. I even went out of my comfort zone and only bought one sheet of each instead of my normal 2 sheets.

Okay….now a gripe. A gripe about the idiots that work at Sonic. I love Sonic but I don't think I will go there anymore. I stopped to buy a soda. I am used to having to wait at least 15 minutes at this Sonic. It was no different today. Instead of just a soda, I decided since I was hungry that I would get a combo. Now in my experience when you order a combo that means you get a sandwich, a side and a drink. This was the info that was posted on the menu too. I guess no one told the people that actually work at Sonic this. I ordered a #4 combo and told them what I wanted to drink (this after waiting over 5 min). The total the kid told me was a lot less than what was on the menu. So when I got to the window and I asked him, "the price does not sound right. You got my order for a combo right?" He says "yes". I told him the price he quoted me was too little for a sandwich, tater tots and a soda. His answer "you wanted tater tots"? I told him "Don't a combo come with fries?" Hi answer, " Yes but you did not tell me you wanted fries". Now please tell me if I am wrong but if the menu says it comes with fries do I really need to confirm that I want fries? I talked to the manager and he did not get it. They are all idiots. So I did not get any Sonic. I just drove away. I wasted too much time waiting.

Another gripe? Stupid Blogger photo upload. All week I have been trying to upload and it won't work. Today I only got to upload the one photo. So please pretend this post has a pretty picture from the shower and one of the diaper game because Blogger sucks all the fun out of posting (I have tried for 5 hours to post photos - I give up!)

As for tonight, I think we will watch 40-Year-Old Virgin as it FINALLY came from Netflix today. We only had to wait a few months but it is finally here. It better be darn good too!!

So what did you do today?

Thursday Thursday

I sure wish it were Friday Friday.

Today has been a weird day. Got up and rushed to get ready for work. Since I have to drop B off at a certain time we have to leave at a certain time. I CANNOT wait until we are back to 2 cars so I can leave for work when I want. So I dropped him off and then headed myself to my job. I was here about 1 ½ hours when I had my first meeting. That meeting lasted a little over 30 minutes. Not too bad. Then I got to work for 30 minutes until my next meeting. That one last 2 ½ hours! At least lunch was provided and from my favorite sandwich place too so I cannot complain. B got off of work at 3pm so at 2:30 I had to leave to pick him up. Since I have been working B’s schedule and not my schedule I have to make up my missing hours somehow. A lot of my hours are wasted driving back and forth. So I picked up B and drove him to the darn comic book store (oh yay! – yes that is a sarcastic yay!) and then to the store to get him a beer. Then I dropped him off at home and headed back to work where I am right now. Talk about getting nothing done today. I sure hope that the 2 hours or so that I am here tonight I get a bunch of stuff done. Especially since I found out that tomorrow I will be busy with yet another meeting and then doing different work that is for that meeting. Since I am not allowed overtime right now I am trying not to stress about getting behind.

Wednesday Wednesday

Today I had planned to get back on Program and watch what I ate. Want to know how long that lasted? Not even to my first meal. I am such a schmuck. I brought my oatmeal and my diet soda and my Lean Cuisine. I got to work and even before I logged in my co-workers wanted to head to Circle K. No problem. I can do that. So we took a walk to the store and that is where all Hell broke loose. I ended up with a hot dog (nothing on it), a super large diet coke and a couple of candies. Then after kicking myself another co-worker brought me some carrot cake (cause it is another co-workers birthday). This cake is huge! It is 3 layers. Am I eating it? You bet your buns I am eating it. It should take me all day though since I am not a big cake eater. I usually can turn down cake but when said cake has cream cheese frosting I seem to have problems. It is the frosting I love.

Last night I watched the Amazing Race. I so love this show. It is the only reality show that I watch. It looks like we may end up with some characters this season. I still don’t have a favorite to win though although there are a few that are already getting on my nerves. While watching the show I knitted a few rows on my shrug. I think maybe that is why my hand is killing me today.

Today will be my long day. I had B drop me off since it is his day off and we are still down to one car. He will be back at 6:30 pm. I sure do hope I can last that long.

Oh my gosh! Here is a funny. We got a return package from a customer today. She included her receipt. On the receipt were 2 purchases of Clortimazole. I don’t know what the heck this stuff is and neither did the guy that received the package. He tells me “well let’s find out’ and he Googled it. I only had time to quickly scan the first result to know what it was. I have never seen him close a screen so fast and he pushed his chair away from his computer screen like it was on fire. It was the funniest thing and we both could not stop laughing. I have never seen him get so red. Talk about embarrassed. Of course that has not stopped us from joking about it the rest of the morning.

LO: My Family

Here is a layout I did back in January but it took me about a month to get some more ink to finish it.

I don't have any names on the layout. I think maybe that is okay since there will be names on individual pages in the album? I guess I could always just write the names on the back of the pages. I seem to do that alot lately.

The page is 2 12x12 layouts stitched together. It is a very simple layout and in fact has had 25 views so far in the KC gallery and it was just uploaded yesterday but not many comments.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper, title, burgundy ribbon and words - Wild Asparagus
brown ric rack
Cardstock
Creamy brown fluid ink chalk - the best ink ever!!!!!
Rub-ons - Making Memories
staples
Family tag - 7 Gypsies

Thanks for looking.

LO: Play it again, Sam

Considering his name is Sam, I thought the title appropriate.

Layout is 12x12 and has been viewed 23 times in the KC gallery since I posted it on 02/05/06. It has gotten 5 comments so I guess people like it.

Supplies:

Patterned Paper - Karen Foster
Rub-ons, paint - Making Memories
Button - SEI
Foam Stamps - Lil Davis "Cleveland"
Ink - Bazzinks
Cardstock
Chipboard
Ric-Rak

Thanks for looking.

Tuesday Tuesday

Today I am tired. I don’t know why I always seem to be tired all the time. I. Do. Not. Like. It. Having only one car again is contributing to it I think. I have to get up earlier to drive B to work and my schedule is all wonky. I have to figure out how I will get in all my hours too. I think tomorrow may be super over time day just to catch up. I cannot complain though. If I follow his schedule I get to leave here at 2:30 on Thursday and Friday.

I have to go presents shopping for this weekend. On Saturday my cousin is having a baby shower and my nephew will be turning 14. Usually I make baby presents but not this time. I just have not had the time (or money) to do so. Now I just need to find something to buy. As for my nephew….who knows what he wants. He does not let on what he likes so he is hard to shop for. I think his favorite thing to get is money so that may be what he gets. The kid has more money than me. Do any of you have any ideas of what to buy a 14 year old boy for a birthday present?

So……maybe I am tired because he is turning 14. I never feel old but when I think about how old he is it makes me feel ancient. I remember bringing him home from the hospital. He was only 1 day old and it was only my brother and I to take care of him for the weekend. Time sure does pass quickly.

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LO: Twins 2005 (2 are more fun)

I finished this layout in January. I never shared it since it was a bear to scan. The scan looks terrible, sorry. It is all because of that lumpy tag. The babies really are not that fuzzy but the pictures I took of the layout also did not work out very well. The layout is really a pretty new Bazzill color called Angel and is a light pink/mauvey color. I may rethink this whole 12x12 thing since it is so much harder to scan these suckers. :-)

Supplies used:

• Making Memories paint, stamps, chipboard tag, rub-on letters and Bazzinks
• SEI buttons
• Ribbon
• Cardstock
  
  Thanks for looking.

LO: Rascal 2005

Here is a layout I did back in January but never posted. This page is 12x12 and was part of a sketch challenge I posted at KC.

This is the second layout I have done of Sammy where the title ended up being Rascal. Do you sense a theme here? :-)

Supplies used:

• Patterned Paper - Provo Craft 'Stone Washed Denim-Suede'
• Cardstock Stickers - Bo Bunny PressCardstock
  
  Thanks for looking.

Monday Monday

Monday is always a busy day. Today is no exception.

In addition to my regular work I have reports to run that usually take up my entire morning. I guess the team here at work wanted to do some motivational activities. I did not go, one other person on the team did not go and our boss did not go. I was asked before why I would not go and I told them that Monday was not a good day for me. Boy did everyone get upset. After their ‘activity’ I was approached by the person I like the least on this team. She kept harping and even yelling about us not attending the motivational activity. She said that if Monday was not good for me then I should have told everyone. That is what Outlook calendar is for. If the time is blocked off then they should not plan anything. Since they don’t use this calendar then it is not my fault that I did not read their emails or attend. I told her that being yelled at did not make me want to attend at anytime and sure does not help for motivation or team building. I really felt like they all ganged up on me. There was no reason for me to be yelled at because I did not stop my work to go and run around an empty room. The other co-worker and my boss just ignored it – well they got busy staring at the wall and cell phones. I guess since the gal was only saying my name they did not have to listen. At least we got a laugh about it afterwards. Needless to say I will NOT be attending any ‘motivational’ activities in the near future.

Because it is Monday, it always takes me longer to get my butt in gear. I was just getting started when they wanted me to stop. Being from the tech support group I am used to working. These gals are from a group that would stop daily for about ½ hour -1 hour just to play games and fool around. It is fun to do that once in awhile but I don’t like being pressured into doing it. Plus I like to get my work finished. Give me my iTunes and headset and I have all the motivation I need! In fact my boss just had to kick my cube to get my attention to tell me he was leaving. I guess I have the ‘tunes up a bit too loud. Now if I can just keep these ear buds from falling out of my ears as I bop around in my chair.

It has been awhile since I updated my scrapbook pages. Expect to have tons of new pages (and some old pages from the sidebar) to look at soon.