I love interesting people--don't you? I spent the afternoon with a bunch of people my husband works with and knows, and I had forgotten how interesting they are! We don't spend much time together (in our defense--we do live at least an hour away from most of them), and we have let time get away from us (as we all so often do). But there were definitely some great conversations going on today!

This morning I had a bit of time to start this page, and I was able to finish it up this evening after the party. I will try my best to give credit to all the product designers, but I use Ro's (from Scrap Girls) method of organizing my digi-stash, which makes it easy to find, but not always easy to identify designers...

The 'Interesting' WordArt is from Elegant WordArt by Bethany. The polka dot paper on the large bracket is by Zoe Pearn. The paper on the smaller bracket is by Julie Billingsley--part of the Old Beach House collection. The background paper is by K Lewis and is part of the Starburst collection. And the letters in 'Steven' are adapted from the font Malonia Voigo by Pizza Dude. I don't know who made the brackets...

Yep, it's baseball time of year! My husband and I are on our local Little League Baseball Board, and as such--get to do all kinds of fun baseball things! Of course, I have to take pictures, which isn't always easy considering I'm supposed to be working at the same time.

This layout is from our Board Member BBQ last night. The point was to get all the sponsor banners hung up, which is more difficult then you might think. Especially since they have to be hung quite high so that people can see them, but also still be able to see the fields. We accomplished it though, and then enjoyed some great food.



Okey dokey...so the background paper is from Shabby Princess. It is from the 2006 Seasonal Sampler Line. The template is an M Original template--one of the awesome Project 365 Templates. The cool little Let's Eat button is also Shabby Princess. And the baseball and Play stickers are from Penny Springmann's Game On Collection at Sweet Shoppe Designs, one of my all time favorite stores.

isn't that how it goes? In with the lions, out with the lambs? Well, anyway...I have been stalking Shabby Princess' blog waiting for her latest desktop, and she delivered today. I know I could make my own (and have plenty of times in the past), but I have several computers in my house, and I generally end up with at least one Shabby Princess desktop somewhere. :) Anyway, this desktop was made with the new Happy Go Lucky kit (yep! The same one I made the Menu Planner with), which is just adorable. And instead of featuring my kids, I decided to use a pic of me and my hubby--taken on New Year's Eve 2008 (so pretty recent in the scheme of things). And without further ado...my desktop.

So, it is getting close to March, and I probably should think about getting a new desktop.  That would be good since I had my December desktop as my wallpaper until February!  This lovely desktop is courtesy of Shabby Princess. She makes the best kits ever!  And more often than not, her desktop creations grace my computer desktop...

Don't forget to stop by the Shabby Shoppe and check out all the great new kits!

Hi guys! I know it has been a long time and you've missed me. I know I've missed you!  Anyway, I have started a new life as a freelance writer, and as such--I have a bit more time for updating my blog!  Woohoo!  I also have more time to scrapbook--which I am getting ready to do right now.  I thought I would drop in and say hi.  So..."hi!"

And other things...hmmm.  My wonderful group of girl friends and I have started a dinner swap.  It is pretty much like any other scrapbooking swap you may have participated in...you make a whole bunch of the same thing and swap it out with the other participants cool stuff.  In this case, though, it is freezer dinners.  We do it once a month and so far it has been awesome.  And a whole lot easier making 8 of one meal.  Then we swap and I have 8 different meals in my refrigerator.  Woohoo!

See ya in a bit!

It's been a while. We have been working really, really hard to get our living room floor prepared for concrete stain. As such, I have been neglecting the computer.

My hubby and son just got back from camping with Boy Scouts, and Steven actually remembered to take 1 picture! Woohoo! So, of course I had to make a layout for my scouts for their scrapbooks. Here it is. :)



I am really liking the simple layout!

Products used: The journaling tag was made with Tattered Papers by Libby Weifenbach at Sweet Shoppe Designs. The background is MCO Scuffed Brown Paper (I'm sorry! I can't find the TOU on this, so I don't know where I got it). The alphabet is called Lookin' Sharp and is by Christy Lyle; I got it from Sweet Shoppe Designs, in one of their Quarterly Assortments. The font is CK Renaissance. And finally, those cute little brackets are by Lorie M. Designs.

Have a good night!

Yep, so I got called for jury duty this week. Normally this is something that I am somewhat excited about, but this weekend I have just been tired. I once served on a Federal Grand Jury for two years (I made a rather good friend out of it); it was actually quite entertaining. However, this week I got the notice on Wednesday to report on Monday. I had to completely rearrange my schedule at work to make sure my shift was covered. Luckily I mentioned it to our finance/accounting guy and he told me that I get paid for it. Which is really good, because when I called after 6pm tonite to find out what time to report tomorrow, I discovered that I don't have to report after all. So, instead of being screwed because I could end up working (but I can't because I had to have my shift covered), I end up having a bit of a paid day off. Which is nice, because it was kind of a busy weekend!

My husband and I have this great group of friends who meet monthly for dinner, fondly called "Dinner Club." This month we met for brunch, though, because many of the sons are playing football. It actually kind of works out like this:

• out of nine couples, 4 couples have boys in the 11-12 year old range, and 2 couples have girls the same 11-12 year old range


• 4 couples have girls in the 9-10 year old range


• 7 couples have children in the 5-8 year old range


• 3 couples have children in the 18-21year old range and


• 1 couple has a child not yet in school

Actually, now that I am writing this, it seems like one of those mind bender word problems you have to solve in school.

So, to recap, Friday night we went to the movies (Journey to the Center of the Earth), brunch on Saturday, and dh took the boys shooting. Football in the afternoon. Today, dh took the boys shooting again, and we worked on the fence out in the front of our house--the one that has been waiting for us to finish for months (and is still not done), homework, and blogging. I am sleeping in tomorrow. ")