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January recap

Seems like yesterday I was working on this list of goals and here we are already through the first month of 2010.

Everyone is back in school and I sit back and wonder, where has this month gone?

• I got to celebrate my aunts 60th birthday

            

• start working on my project life
• celebrate Christmas with girlfriends

           

• Deliver all the donations from family and friends to Metro Hospital

           

• Read the book and see the movie with friends and family

           

• Take Zach for his temporary drivers license

           

• Crop with girlfriends
• Run my longest distance (8 miles)
• Have lunch with an old friend

           

• A night out with friends
• Out to breakfast with Joel and the kids

          
 
 As for my goals:

I've started my project life for my photo project, finished 3 books, worked on reducing debt, began cleaning out several rooms, took book donations to Metro Hospital and ran 80 miles for the month of January!

 

I found this on Lee's blog and I thought that it could be fun to answer the questions. So here I go:

1. How old will you be in five years? 50. I can't believe it!
2. Who did you spend at least two hours with today? My sister

3. How tall are you? 5’8”
4. What do you look forward to most in the next six months? Warm weather, no school, vacations, 
5. What's the last movie you saw? The lovely bones
6. Who was the last person you called? My sister

7. Who was the last person to call you? Chelsea

8. What was the last text message you received? from Chel

9. Who was the last person to leave you a voice mail? Brenda

10. Do you prefer to call or text? Text/e-mail 
11. What were you doing at 12 am last night? sleeping

12. Are your parents married/separated/divorced? Married but father's deceased

13. When is the last time you saw your mom? Saturday

14. What color are your eyes? Brown
15. What time did you wake up today? 7:00 AM
16. What are you wearing right now? PJ's
17. What is your favourite Christmas song? Grown up Christmas - Michael Buble

18. Where is your favourite place to be? Home

19. Where is your least favourite place to be? Doctors
20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere? Ireland is on my list 
21. Where do you think you'll be in 10 years? out of debt, possibly new home

22. Do you tan or burn? tan
23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
24. What was the last thing that really made you laugh? Looking at old photos

25. How many TVs do you have in your house? 6
26. How big is your bed? King

27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer? Both

28. Do you sleep with or without clothes on? With
29. What colour are your sheets? tan
30. How many pillows do you sleep with? 3
31. What is your favourite season? Autumn
32. What do you like about fall? colors, weather, seasonal foods

33. What do you like about winter? Quiet, fire, down time, snow
34. What do you like about the summer? Windows open, warm air, sunshine
35. What do you like about spring? New growth on the trees, new life
36. How many states/provinces have you lived in? 2
37. What cities/towns have you lived in? 7
38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet? Socks!
39. Are you a social person? yes, but I'm not outgoing
40. What was the last thing you ate? goldfish pretzels
41. What is your favourite restaurant? Longhorn
42. What is your favourite ice cream? Vanilla

43. What is your favourite dessert? Cream puffs
44. What is your favourite kind of soup? Cream of potato
45. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich? Raspberry or strawberry

46. Do you like Chinese food? Yes

47. Do you like coffee? Yes!

48. How many glasses of water, a day, do you drink on average? 4
49. What do you drink in the morning? Coffee
51. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed? right side

52. Do you know how to play poker? Nope
53. Do you like to cuddle? when its cold out!

54. Have you ever been to Australia? No, but I hope to some day

55. Do you have an addictive personality? Yep
56. Do you eat out or at home more often? 50/50
58. Do you know anyone with the same birthday as you? Nope, my nephew is the day before
59. Do you want kids? had 3
60. Do you speak any other languages? nope
61. Have you ever gotten stitches? Yes

62. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance? Yes

63. Do you prefer an ocean or a pool? Pool

64. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat? Aisle

65. Do you know how to drive stick? Nope
66. What is your favourite thing to spend money on? Camera equipment, scrapbook supplies, home decor!
67. Do you wear any jewelry 24/7? wedding ring

68. What is your favourite TV show? Bachelor, Biggest Loser, Grey's

69. Can you roll your tongue? No
70. Who is the funniest person you know? My sister, Val and Chelsea

71. Do you sleep with stuffed animals? No
72. What is the main ring tone on your phone? Ryan Humbert music
73. Do you still have clothes from when you were little? No
74. What red object is closest to you right now? Mac
75. Do you turn off the water while you brush your teeth? Yes

76. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed? Closed.

77. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees? I’ll go with the bear. 

78. Do you flirt a lot? Nope
79. What do you dip a chicken nugget in? Nothing
80. What is your favourite food? Chicken
81. Can you change the oil on a car? Nope
82. Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket? One

83. Have you ever run out of gas? Nope
84. What is your usual bedtime? after news
85. What was the last book you read? Blue Water
86. Do you read the newspaper? Sometimes
87. Do you have any magazine subscriptions? Creating Keepsakes cuz Simple went under during subscription
89. Do you watch soap operas? nope
90. Do you dance in the car? When Chels is with me

91. What radio station did you last listen to? XM 20 0n 20
92. Who is in the picture frame closest to you? My grandparents
93. What was the last note you scribbled on a piece of paper? for Joel
94. What is your favourite candle scent? Vanilla

95. What is your favourite board game? monopoly
97. When was the last time you attended church? Thanksgiving

98. Who was your favourite teacher in high school? Hmmm... 
99. What is the longest you have ever camped out in a tent? a couple of days

100. Who was the last person to do something extra special for you? Lisa made me friendship bread!

Cropping pictures

As I look at the old pictures we recently got developed it makes me think of how I photograph things today.

Over the past few years I've tried to "fill the frame" with my subject, but after looking at this pictures it reminds me that I need to try and capture the whole scene in some pictures too.

Like this picture of my sister after her birthday.  Here she is with what looks like a bunch of stuff on a cabinet.

 

but when I zoomed in and look at the detail of those items, I realized they were her gifts

 
Incredible edibles?  What is that???

So I went on google and did a search and found a memory of my childhood that was hidden in a picture that could have been cropped out.

I guess its just reminding me not to forget the details of your surroundings.    

Old pictures

took in some more slides in to get prints made and am having a blast reliving my childhood!

 

we loved the tire swing at grandma's house

These make me laugh!

 
 I'm not sure if I knocked over the snowman, or just don't care that he's falling? Or maybe I was trying to give him arms and he didn't want them?

 and my brother Joe and I feeding the animals

 

and I'm not sure if I'm trying to talk to the animals too?

 me and all my siblings... I think I got attitude already!

 my cousin Mary and my brother Rob... 

she still looks the same!

Stamp Club

I recently signed up for stamp club again.  I've done it on and off for probably 4-5 years now and its always refreshing to learn new things to do with stamping.

This month was all about Valentine's day.  I love the new papers and luckily I already have the die to cut these adorable envelopes out!

and these little heart cups are adorable for cards and crafts!

  these are a simple treat using the scalloped punch and a mint

 and a simple but fun birthday card!

 

Family...

When you marry someone you marry their family too.  Sometimes that isn't such a great thing and sometimes it can be a wonderful thing!

When I married Joel I got the bonus of another aunt, uncle and cousin's who are like siblings to me.  I always look forward to spending time with them.    

Last night we lost his Uncle Dick who was one of those with a gruff exterior, but once you got to know him you couldn't help but feel loved and protected, even being married into the family I felt it, I knew it!

He passed away today and I'm so sad.  Sad for his family, I know what they are going through and sad for myself.

 
We had a great year with him and I'm so thankful for that!

  

 

Doodle genie is back...

Had a busy weekend and dug out that doodle genie for the Saturday crop...

Friday started off with a visit to my Aunt.  She seemed like she was doing pretty good when we were there and we had a nice visit, but then I heard the next day when another cousin visited she wasn't as good?  I'm sure this is going to be a roller coaster the entire way for us all.  

 

Friday afternoon I went into work and planned to do a quick update on our computers.  That quick update took 4 hours... Came home and started packing for my crop

 

Need I say more?

warming by the fireplace... 

Got some much needed comic relief on Saturday with girlfriends at an all day crop.  Got plenty of layouts done too! 

  

      

I was into scrapping a lot of one picture layouts and it was a fun and quick way to get a lot done with some meaningful pictures.  Most of them still need titles or journaling or little embellishments which I plan to complete this week. 

On Sunday I started cleaning up my scraproom and putting away all the crop supplies until it was time to get ready to meet the gang for lunch and a movie at the mall.

 hopefully Debs picture came out better

The Lovely Bones was the movie we saw, and most of us there had read the book and while the movie was good, we all agreed.... the book was better.

Making a list...

I'm not a big list maker, in fact most of the time I make a list and usually misplace it for a few days before I find it to cross anything off.  I wish I could make lists, keep track of things through lists, but I've tried and it seems most paper gets lost in the shuffle on my counters.

 I saw this the other day at Barnes and Noble and thought, now here's a way I can make lists and take notes about the day for my Project life!

Getting ready

For another teenage driver!

Yesterday Zach and I went for his driver's written test.  We went twice since even though he knew we needed his birth certificate, he didn't mention it to me... so yes, I forgot to bring the birth certificate and ss card...don't know what I was thinking?

He wasn't too thrilled when I told him I would be taking pictures, but he'll get over it and thank me one day.  Don't you wish you had pictures of when you were taking your exam, I don't even remember taking mine but I'm sure it was with a # 2 pencil and paper, not a computer!

And again once he had the plastic in hand we needed to get another picture!

 
Oh how I love the attitude at this age.....

Work in Progress

Working with my February kit has been a blast.  I'm thinking of love and Valentine's and all the fun things I can create for my kids and my girlfriends!

Here is a sneak of what I posted for tomorrow at the Work in Progress blog