Day 74: March 15 {fave craft tool}

One of the themes for this week was our favorite craft tool. I didn't want to be OBVIOUS and say my Cricut or my Gypsy, because they are my favorites. I don't craft much without them. Soooo...I chose my Xyron. I really like it because it has made putting things together so much easier. I have this one and a 2 inch "X" one. Both are purple :) They are especially helpful for small parts or even layers (*ahem* Disney characters). If you get the repositional cartridge, you can pull it up if you dont' like where it is. And I Have yet to have a problem with it ever coming up.

Day 34: February 3 {favorite place in the house}

Yep, you guessed it, my scrap desk. I love working here. I love sitting here, and sometimes I love even organizing it. This is my one place that I can just escape. It isn't always a lonely place, because it seems like my babies can hear the leather on the seat when I sit down. They always come running and either try to grab something off my desk, "help" with sorting pictures, or turning on the tv. My hope is that by the summer we have cleaned out the garage and set up a part of it as a bigger scrap area for me. Keep your fingers crossed!!

Day 32: February 1 {fun pictures}

This is an extreme closeup of my Stickles container. Ava got a hold of my phone and took a TON of pictures. I just thought this one was the funniest. There are some of her Zhu Zhu pet, my mat stacks stack, some foam sheets, and one of me. I don't even know. I really am trying to get them cameras that are decent quality but not too expensive!

Continuing on in 2010

Monday, November 15:

This is what happens when my kids go off somewhere with their dad! They end up on motorcycles! Yeesh....:) This is my father in law's motorcycle.

Tuesday, November 16:

Um. Why?

Wednesday, November 17:

I just finished this book. I had heard about it and it got great reviews and I thought it was good. Not exciting, not stellar or world changing, but it was good. I found myself skimming over pages, waiting for something good to happen and then reading that part. The main character bothered me a bit and the ending disappointed me. I really hate trilogies that are so dependant of each other. I like to read a book and be satisfied if that's all I read. I never know when I'll be able to get the next book, so I hate when the book is just continued in the next book. This one was like that. Literally, left with an incomplete sentence even...

Thursday, November 18:

Brayden got my camera again. You can tell by his finger. Sometimes his pictures are actually really good, he just takes close to a thousand every time. With a finger in them!

Friday, November 19:

How I got to see Courtney AGAIN, I don't know. But I went to scrapbook at her house where her scraproom is her old dining room. When she built her table, she actually made it big enough so that when I come scrap there's room for us at the same place! Cool, huh? I knew I loved her for a reason ;) Here are our daquiris we spent more time drinking than actually scrapping :)

Let me finish out the year....

I hope!

Monday, November 8: After a bath, the kids were playing around and Ava picked up Brayden. I don't know how they didn't fall over!

Tuesday, November 9:

We found a dining table on Craigslist for super cheap. We needed one. See that little glass on the left side? That was our old table. We had one chair that hadn't broken and it was just a mess. We spent most of our mealtimes on the couch with trays. It wasn't great for true family time! Wednesday, November 10:

My mom had a doctor's appointment in Pensacola for her foot. It's about 45 minutes away so Ava and I rode with her. It was a long wait, my Gypsy and phone batteries died and Ava was getting antsy. We took a walk around the little complex there and came across this bridge behind a dentist's office. I thought it was pretty! The whole area was really pretty.

Thursday, November 11:

Happy Veteran's Day! Matt took the kids to Jacksonville for the weekend so I was on my own. My parents were in the parade with their Mustang Club so I came out to see them. It was nice to see everyone out supporting our Veterans and cheering for them.

Friday, November 12:

I was able to join Courtney and her scrapbooking group tonight. I just did my own thing since it was a last minute thing. This is one I did. I have to redo the "we'd" but this is one of my favorite quotes by Jimmy Buffett and I thought it was quite fitting for the crazy faces we made in these pictures!

Saturday, November 13:

Empty beds. Even though I love the quiet, I miss my kids! But look, a made bed!! Sunday, November 14:

The pictures in use. I need to find a better means of attaching them. They keep falling off.

November 5

Went to scrapbook with Courtney!! This is all the stuff I packed. Can you believe I still forgot things?

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November 1

I got a Gypsy!!

October 24

I reorganized my desk...and thought I would take a picture of it :) The baby Cricut looks so small there...it MUST be time to upgrade, right?