Curiosity....the kit and freebie

What? When? How? Why? Where?

Do you ever get tired of getting pestered about those things?

now available in my OAKS store..... Curiosity ....

the Element Pack, Paper Pack, and Alpha Add-On are all available separately.... or you can save a little bit by getting the Element & Paper combo

How would you like to get the Curiosity Alpha for free? Just purchase $5 or more in goodies from my OAKS store and you'll get it at as a bonus at checkout. Hip Hip Hooray for you!



















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now..... to showcase some of My Scrap Silly Sisters' Layouts.... both of these were made with the same template in my Silly Circles Templates Set....Isn't it so fab how they both turned out soooo completely different?


Girl in Flowers by Kille Enna


Baby Feet by Jeanelle Paige

(who knows what I did to make it so that Jeanelle's LO was so much larger than Kille's
but it's going to stay like it is because I don't feel like figuring it out right now)

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ok...now Dale Ann/DC Designs and I are still looking for a fab idea for our collab kit ..... if we choose your idea, you'll get our kit for free (so you better leave your e-mail address with your idea).........and you know it will be so absolutely fab with the two of us working together :)

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Be sure to scroll down....you might find a fun blinkie to pick up and sport around :)

ouchie ouch

Yesterday I went to the Air Show at Luke AFB with Cooper (my 16 yo son) and my FIL. It was a very cool show and we all had a great time together ......... BUT....... I was stupid and didn't wear any sunscreen. HELLO! 6+ hours in 80+ degree temp in Phoenix on a cement airstrip = SUNBURN! I need to have someone take a pic of my face. I look like I was snow skiing with big goggles. Oversized shades do the same thing to a face. I need to even out my lines badly. I have beautiful lines from my shades, bermuda shorts and tank top. We went to the pool this afternoon and I looked hysterical in my bikini (white belly & white bug eyes). Here are a couple snapshots of Coop taking a tiny 5 minute snooze waiting for the Thunderbirds to begin their show and one of my burnt legs (with a couple hours still to go....and what a bad view...it just makes my hips look HUGE).




















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welllll....tomorrow is Hudson's 2nd day of Little People Child Enrichment Class...it's kind of like a preschool to preschool..... it's only 1 hour a week ....it's sooooo super cute... there are only about ten 2.5 - 3 year olds in this class and they squeeze in play time, school time for months, numbers, & letters, story time, music time, and a little bit of coloring all into this class.... you have to keep moving fast to entertain little kids this age

doesn't he look adorable for his 1st day last week?

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yes... I do need to scrap these, don't I????? they are definitely on my to do list

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ok...if you don't already know....I started selling some commercial goodies about a week and a half ago...........
and my latest addition to my OAKS store are my Practical Papers, paper templates (better than overlays)
Every Practical Paper Template has at least 4 layers (including the background) in .PSD format. This will allow you to use several colors for one piece of paper. You can have varied opacities for each of the layers too, as well as adding a splash of a pattern to one layer with CNTRL G. You can have at least 2 colors for every piece of unique paper you create. How fun and colorful!

find them HERE

The PNG versions will be coming soon.







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oh.... I realized I've never shared one of my newest favorite sites with you... it's MissTina's super fun one.... you just have to check it out ...you'll be a huge fan of hers too

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Dale Ann (DC Designs) and I are going to team up for a fab collab kit.... and it will be available at both HODS and OAKS ..........but first we need some help from you....we want to hear from you....what theme would you like to see? if we happen to choose your idea, you will win the finished kit...so please leave your e-mail address in your response :)

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welllllllll......now here's a special goodie for you........
go shopping in my OAKS store and get 25% off your purchase ........
just use coupon code "ouchsunburn" ....
but you need to hurry..this is only valid March 27th and 28th

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don't forget to grab this

you never know what good luck might shine your way if I catch you sporting this around

Vegas Party!!!!!!!!!

I'm leaving for Las Vegas in a couple hours. Sooooooooooooo....I'd like you to party in my OAKS store while I'm partying in Vegas :) ..... Have fun!!!!!!!!



Please scroll down to see my fun fun funtabulous stuff that I blogged about super early this morning. You'll love it soooo mush..and so will Paypal. :)

yay!!!! A name has been chosen!!!!

Introducing............

FUNTAINERS!!!!!
Congratulations to Dale Ann Cubbins for her winning suggestion! Funtainers are now available at OAKS, as well as the co-ordinating Flowerifics.

This fun fun funtabulous Funtainers set contains various flower pots, flower boxes, vases.....in 12 different designs from pretty plain to bright & fun .........and have paint that is crackling off of them .......

ideas for usage:
house one long stem flower,
hold up a picture with a photo prong,
cluster a bunch of flowers together for a cute bouquet
.....or...
how about even using one as a storage container for some cars, crayons, ribbons
......oh my, there are so many fun things you can do with these

Flowerifics is the funnest build-your-own flower pack!!! All items (except for one stem) are crackled paint. The set includes 16 flowers, 4 centers, and 3 stems (one pewter).







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please don't forget to scroll down and grab a groupie blinkie, if you'd like

my 1st contest!!!!!!!

ok..put your funky thinking caps on....for some reason I just can't think of a catchy fun name for my new floral containers

this set contains various flower pots, flower boxes, vases.....in 12 different designs from pretty plain to bright & fun .........and have paint that is cracking off of them .......

ideas for usage: house one long stem flower, hold up a picture with a photo prong, cluster a bunch of flowers together for a cute bouquet.....or... how about even using one as a storage container for some cars, crayons, ribbons......oh my, there are so many fun things you can do with these

soooooooooo.......give me a fab name so I can get these in a store for everyone......PLEASE......think FAST! (ETA: You are only naming the first one...the second is just a fun example) ... my deadline for ideas is Tuesday (tomorrow) at midnight PST .... I'm leaving for Vegas on Wednesday & I want to get them finished before my March Madness fun :) ...................and please leave me your e-mail address with your guess so I can contact you later ...the winner will receive this kit as a freebie (Woo-hoo!)

in case you haven't figured it out .. the first pic is the preview with all 12 floral containers and the photo prong .... and the second pic are some examples of them at work
(all shadows are just for the previews)

I can't wait to see your suggestions ...this will be fun :)
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and...... a HUGE thank you to all of my customers during my sale at OAKS over the weekend!!! my Silly Templates Collection is definitely a crowd favorite ... I might have to consider making a
bunching some of them together to sell as a mega template set ...... I am also probably going to offer these up as my first commercial products :)...but probably not until after my Vegas excursion
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grab this------>
...scroll down to read more about it :)

Spring Forward Sale!!!!!

Who doesn't love a good sale????? Ya know everyone loves 'em...especially when you don't have to stand in line with a bunch of other people at a register. Well, OAKS is having a fab sale this weekend and almost the entire store is in on it too (not just me). So what are you waiting for? Go check out my goodies, as well as all of the other super talented OAKS designers.

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a couple days ago I made some inserts for the new Playtex sippy cups ......they are oh so cute .. now I won't have to label the boys cups when we meet up with our MOMS Club ...I found my cups at Target


(see my galleries for credits...Hudson's was done primarily with my Hudsons' Airplanes kit)
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don't forget to scroll down to see if you've missed anything .... and then leave me some lovin' please....I really love reading your comments

My NEW store ... jump for joy!!!!!!

ok...did you think I was ever going to tell you about my new store????? I'm sorry it took me a couple weeks...........but.........(drum roll now please) .............it's at One of a Kind Scrapz (OAKS) ...
.... I have a few goodies in the store as of this morning...
I've also been revamping my previews and they are looking oh so fun!!!! I'm going to add more items in the next few days so my OAKS store is just going to grow and grow ... I guess you'll have to keep coming back to it to see what's new

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I now have 5 Scrap Silly Sisters for my CT! another YAY!!! all my girls are just so fabulous!!!
Sarah (skygrimwood)
Jeanelle Paige
Leslie (leslie_537)
Serena (HaeleyMouse)
Kille (nosy)

***If you applied for my CT and you didn't hear back from me, please leave me a message here or PM me at one of my stores or DST .... I just found out tonight that my lovely spam box received someone's application...I'm so sorry if it happened to anyone else...I truly haven't just outright ignored anyone***

Do you like this?????? If so, feel free to grab it

who knows...I might ask you to be part of my fab CT as a guest or a regular ...or you might just get a little freebie from me.....IF I see you sportin' this little fun thing around

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now something a little fun.......it's kind of like Scattergories....

Rules: Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following...They MUST be real places, names, things...NOTHING made up! If you can't think of anything, skip it. Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question. Make sure each answer is different.

Your first Name: Sara

1. Actor/Actress: Susan Sarandon (double bonus for me)

2. 4 letter word: stop

3. Street name: Sappington

4. Color: sunshine yellow

5. Gift/present: stereo

6. Vehicle: Sequoia (my car)

7. Tropical Location: St. Thomas

8. College Major: Science (ok..I know that's kind of generic)

9. Animal: snake

10. Thing in souvenir Shop: shirts

11. Boy Name: Steve

12. Girl name: Sally

13. Movie Title: Stepmom

14. Beer: ????

15. Occupation: stripper

16. Flower: snapdragon

17. Celebrity: Suzanne Sommers (another double bonus for me)

18. Magazine: Seventeen

19. U.S. City: Springfield, MO

20. Band/Singer: Styx

21. Fun Place to Have Sex: ok...I'm dumb..I'm drawing a blank here ...S????

22. Ways to get from here to there: skip

23. Alcoholic Drink: seven and seven....YUM!

24. Game: scrabble

25. Thing you scream in anger: Shoot! (did you really think I'd say something else???)

ok..now I'm not going to tag anyone particular....I just want all of you to have fun with this!
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I adore Faith ......

I am so psyched to be getting away for the weekend. It will Jeff's first time for being alone this long with the boys. I'm so excited for him to actually have this opportunity. It will be very good for all of them to have this time together....and for me to be away! I'm flying into LAX this afternoon for my sorority's Regional Conference. I serve on our regional team as our Alumnae Membership Coordinator, basically like an advisor for all of our region's Alumnae Chapter Presidents. It doesn't really start until tomorrow night. We just have prep work and chill time until then.

While I'm there, I think many there are going to be sooooo envious of me. I updated my fun Princess Purse inserts last night. Our theme is Alpha Phi Rocks! and our colors for the weekend are pink and green. Soooo..what do you think??? Aren't these just the cutest???? (Credits to Faith True, see my DST or TDC galleries)
















and.....speaking of Faith......she is the bomb!!! I just adore her soooooooo very much!!!!! She is mentoring me right now for designing and it's just fabulous! I feel like the luckiest girl alive! You have to go check out her goods at all of these stores, she has a slightly different variety at each of them. ....The Digi Shoppe, One of a Kind Scrapz, DigiScrap Divas, and Polka Dot Potato

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All of my Silly Template sets have had a facelift too and they are available at my HODS store. (PROPS to Faith again for her fabulous assistance!!!) I will be working on revamping the rest of my previews and my kits in the next couple of weeks (hopefully I'll have some time while I'm in LA this weekend). Here's a couple of my refreshed ones:





















one other thing to plug into my agenda this weekend....revamping my blog banner...oh does that thing ever need a facelift!

and....remember...I have a CT call going on right now....please scroll below for more details

ok....now it's time for me to go straighten my hair and get the boys off to my MIL's house ... I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!!!

please leave me some lovin' - I have my comments on moderation now (sorry, stupid story from earlier in the week) ... I will have limited internet while in LA this weekend & will get all of them approved ASAP ...smile to all :)

some exciting news for my Call ....

well....somewhat exciting .....
yesterday I posted a little Cheerleader Tryout Call for my Scrap Silly Sisters......... this morning I decided to add a listing at JustDigitalCalls to garner a bit more interest for my fun team.....
and.....drumroll please ..... I will be at a second store soon ....(shhhhhh!!!!!!) .....I'm so very excited about this opportunity

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feel free to say hi to me .. my HELLO name is mesaraee ... warning..if I ignore you, don't take it personally...I rarely sign off of HELLO when I'm away from the computer

wellll...how much do you love me??...

How much do you love my stuff??? I'm talking about the goods in my HODS store, no other kind of funny stuff you might be thinking about. As of this week, I have three fabulous cheerleaders right now. Sarah, Serena, and Leslie are all so awesome! I am soooo lucky to have them be part of my growing little team. They all expressed interest in my designs and really showed me that they were true fans...all unsolicited by me .......sooooooo, I just had to ask each one to start out with me and they all agreed. They aren't professional CTers with way too much on their plate. YAY! It's kind of scary having a big big CT call right now since I've been so lucky so far. I'd hate to ask and only have one or two apply.

Be a Scrap Silly Sister!!!!!!

Just a simple little request here. No bells and whistles just yet.

*If you are an enthusiastic scrapper and chatter, and you just love my goodies...I'd love to hear from you.
*Please e-mail mPublishe at saranohw(at)yahoo.com.
*PLEASE label your subject "CT Cheerleader Tryout"
*Share your best gallery link with me.
*Do you have any other digiscrap duties? If so, what ET, CT, and/or DT are you with right now?
*Tell me some fun stuff about yourself.

***Call will be open until February 25th***

I call my CT my cheerleaders, more than a Creative Team. I want everyone to have fun, show some Scrap Sassy Silly spirit, and pimp me out to the ever-so-growing digi-land that we all are so addicted to. Most of all...to have fun and truly enjoy what they are doing.

I can't wait to hear from you!

ETA: if you haven't already....please see my latest news posted Saturday, Feb. 17th

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I met my Cheerleader, Sarah, last night for dinner. We only live about 25 minutes away from each other. We had a fabulous time talking about our digi-scrapping obsession and other things i in our lives. It's sooooo cool that we are so close and can be friends in the real world too.

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I got this fun and goofy game from Vanessa's Blog yesterday

Your real name:

Sara

2. Your Gangsta Name: (first 4 letters of real name plus izzle:}

Saraizzle

3. Your Detective Name: (fav color and fav animal)

Pink Dog

4. Your Soap Opera Name: (middle name, and childhood street)

Elizabeth Pawnee

5. Your Star Wars Name: (the last 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name, first 3 letters of mom’s maiden name)

Ellsawat

6. Your Super Hero Name: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink)

Turquoise Water (it sounds more like a Native American name to me...LOL)

7. Your Iraqi Name: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, any letter of your middle name, 2nd letter of your mom’s maiden name, 3rd letter of your dad’s middle name, 1st letter of a sibling’s first name, last letter of your mom’s middle name)

Alzavkn (hmmmmm....ok)

8. Your Witness Protection Program Name: (grandmother/grandfather’s first name and Jones)

Viola Jones

9. Your Goth name: (black, and the name of one your pets).

Black Boo

Play along at home!

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And.... just in case you are interested....I have more Silpada jewelry listed on Ebay. It is all fabulous .925 sterling silver...some with Turquoise, Onyx, Jade, Amber, and other amazing stones. You can check it out HERE. There are some HUGE bargains available right now.

Hold your excitement!!!!

I have new goodies in my store!!!! It seems like I'm having more fun creating little fun goodies more than big kits. I have 18 products in the store and only 4 of them are full page kits.

MY NEWEST ITEMS~~~
my most favorite of all.....my super funtablulous Sassified Stickers ~ STARS
(36 different color combos)...just the very beginning of this fab collection


the 2nd edition to my Perky Alpha..this time in RED
This includes: A-Z, 0-9, &, $, !, ?, *, [ and ]


2 more goodies for my Silly Templates Collection .. only $2.50 each

and


Please enjoy!
Don't forget my friends discount ---> $1 off any purchase from my store (minimum of $3 order)<---** * ** ---> code SE1 <---

now...shop.....then...Scrap Sassy Silly!!!!

(don't forget to scroll down...get caught up...and grab a freebie or two)

more goodies..hip hip hooray

ok..a few quick things...

first off ......... this morning I was soooooo incredibly shocked and flattered by this thread at DST ... it's about noticing "New to You" designers ...you really have to go check it out...not just to see the comments about me (and from me), but you need to see all of these other fabulous designers stuff too ...please be sure to comment on that thread so you can bump it up (if you haven't already done so)

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Christine Smith started a blog Carnival...it's basically advertising different blogs by categories (tutorials, new products, CT calls, etc)....today was the first day of her carnival and she will be doing this every Monday ... go check it out HERE

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Christina Renee has another blog freebie today .... OH! I am a HUGE fan of hers!!!!! Grab her DigiScrapTags HERE

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I also found another forum today that seems pretty interesting... it's kind of a micro-mini DST ... I mean that just because it seems like it's a great resource area...and it's just getting off the ground ...go check it out HERE

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now....it's FREEBIE time .............
I made a little sampler for my Hudson's Airplanes kit.







































Grab the sampler HERE.

Grab the full kit HERE.

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Please leave me some lovin' when you grab this free sampler. Most of my freebies get d/l several several times, yet I only receive a few comments. I really do love reading all of them. Who knows, maybe I'll come check out your blog too (if you have one).

and...don't forget to scroll down and get caught up...you might get lucky and catch another freebie

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oh...one more thing........ remember Wednesday is my new release day at HODS.... so please mark your calendar! :)

more cool stuff from me & others

grab your own HERE

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Paypal Rebate..

I found out about this fabulous offer over at DST. Get a $15 rebate when you spend $30 or more. YAY! Free money! Find out more HERE.

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Great FREEBIEs...

Christina Renee has another oh so fabulous freebie on her blog. It's DigiScrapWrap. Grab it HERE. Her incredible grundgy Urban Love kit is still for sale on her blog too, for the LOW LOW price of only $1.

I also ran into a super cool blog last night, Heather's Stuff. She lists a bizillion (well, not quite that many...but it's still a whole lot) FREEBIEs from all over digiland blogs on there. You have to go check it out.

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NOW....LO time ...

I finally worked on a couple more LOs for the fabulous Faith True. Here they are.

grab all of the details and credits in my galleries. (links to the right)

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I'm going to try and pull a sampler together over the weekend for my next blog freebie. In the meantime, grab my messy alpha below if you haven't already done so.

til then....have a groovy day....go shop at my store....and Scrap Sassy Silly!

hmmmmm....where to begin....????

I guess I'll start with our Baby Boo..........
Thank you sooooooo much to everyone for all of your kind words this week and the last few weeks since I started talking about her. It has definitely been awkward around here the last few days. The kitchen is the strangest place in the house. We removed the dog dishes and the doggie door from our sliding glass door is gone too. We're also sooo used to her eating the scraps tossed off of the highchair and our leftovers from dinner. Even though she was in pain, she still loved our people food. Jeff even started cutting tiny pieces of his meat tonight, just for Boo. It's a hard habit to break.

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our weather.....
the last couple of days have been soooo absolutely beautiful here....around 80 degrees ....anyone ready to get out of their cold icy weather and escape to Phoenix?????? Oh, I'm so happy I don't live in KC or STL any longer.

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Fantasy Survivor....
I hopped on this little game at DST today........I actually picked Yul as the winner last season during the very first episode....how weird is that???? I doubt that will happen again this time...but it could....I actually picked Boo...I had to just because of his name ...do you think it's a sign????? I haven't read one little word about any of the participants yet, so he could be the one most likely to get voted off first......NOPE, his name is Boo...that won't happen

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my shop.......
today is Wednesday(ok, technically Thursday by the time this gets posted)....that is when my new products are released at HODS ....
check out my new stuff......a nice little variety, I think....

Hudson's Airplanes kit (a total update of the original I had as a blog freebie a long time ago .... and this preview does not show all elements)Hudson's Airplanes sticker pack
(this preview doesn't show up with the gray and black in the store or DST...just here for some strange reason)


Perky Alpha PINK (more colors next Wednesday)

***PSA - all of my new products (over $3.00) will be on sale each Wednesday for Humpday Happiness Sale at 20% off .......... and all other days you can use my friends discount of $1.00 off your purchases at my store ($3.00 min order)...just use code SE1

now....please go over to the shop and check out everyone else's products too......this week so many super incredible items were added......and I'm not being biased....there really are some super duper cool things there .....................and, while you are there, hop on over to our forum, register, and intro yourself!!!!!!

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ok......it's now 12:39am....time to go to sleep for a few hours .......later!
(don't forget to scroll down to catch up...a freebie is still available)

today was the day....

wellllll....after lots of deliberation ....... we put Boo to sleep today. She won't be in pain any longer. It was kind of tough because she acted like happy Boo as much as she could and wagged her tail, but any free moment she had, she would lick and gnaw at her tumor. The last few days she really went to town on it. We had lots of dried blood on our back patio and little bits around the house. Luckily most of it was on our tile. Two of Jeff's very good friends came by during their lunch hours today to say good-bye to her. It was so nice of them to do so. Then, Jeff's best friend came over since they got her together around 15-16 years ago. I took the boys over to a friends house and met Jeff, Dave, and Boo at our Vet's office. After lots of bawling by us and a very quick shot it was over. It put her to sleep so fast. It's so sad, but soooo nice to know that she is in a better place now. About 30 minutes after we came home I cleaned up every sign of Boo and Jeff removed our doggie door. We figured it would probably be best for the boys that way ("out of sight, out of mind"). After they came back home, Hudson just made one quick question wondering where Boo's food and water bowls went. I said they went bye-bye and then he just went on like normal. I don't think either one even noticed that the doggie door was missing yet. Sooo, the next few days and beyond will be weird and very rough on Jeff the most. At least he has a family now..unlike 5.5 years ago when he had to put Otis down. At that time, it was only him and Boo left in the house. Here's some pics from over the weekend. I'm going to try and get some of these scrapped for Jeff for Valentine's Day.

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I feel weird even writing anything else right now. I was going to, but it just doesn't seem right.

what took me sooooo long??

new digi-stuff for me...

I am FINALLY an Atomic Cupcake girl. Oh my! What took me so long to venture on over there to really check out the offerings. It is such a steal I couldn't pass it up. I might have even made a little goodie for everyone since it's been AGES since I've done so.

I ordered a custom brush set by the oh so awesome Genevieve Sass. I can't wait to receive it and play with the brushes to make some more fabulous things for everyone to enjoy!

I also purchased another goodie, Karah Fredrick's Easy-Peasy Folded Corner Template.

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now some sad news...

I called our vet this morning to try and arrange a time for him to come over and put Boo to sleep. Her tumor is just irritating her way too much lately. I started wrapping it with little diapers so she couldn't aggravate it any more, but she eventually takes it off and makes it bleed more. Well, Dr. MacKenzie has to call us back on Monday to let us know if he will agree to it or not. I doubt he'll turn us down. Today was definitely a tough day for Jeff. He even started to dig her burial spot at the side of our house. The next week (plus) is definitely going to be rough.

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some better news for me...

thanks to the wonderful girls at DST....I now have a keyboard that works. I was strongly encouraged to switch to Firefox. I did and (WOW) it's so much nicer!!! I realized that when I upgraded to IE7 is when it started to screw up. So not nice. Firefox is soooooo fabulous! Everyone should use it for the web.

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Serena is the coolest ..still...........

She made me a new blog blinkie. She combined a few of my kits and came up with this.
Isn't it soooo fabulous!!!!?!?!??!



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Now....here's your FREEBIE ....it's a super fun stamped alpha.....add a little funky jive to your LOs with this one .... the set includes A-Z and 0-9
DOWNLOAD here

please be nice and leave me some lovin' when you grab it ... I LOVE reading your comments

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reminder - head over to my store and get $1.00 off of your purchase with code SE1
...Happy Shopping!

yikes! I've been tagged!

Oh that darned Serena! She taggedme with the lovely 5 cool/unusual things lis thingamabob that's been moving around the digiscrap obsessed blog world lately. She evn laughed at the fact I don't have a normal-acting keyboard. Because of my keybord/computer isues, I have to backtrack and fil in missing charcters so everyone can ead his like normal. UGH! soooooo, this blog post is staying lie it appears.....hpefully you will be able to read it ok.

here goes...

1. I used to live in Peculiar, MO (just south of KC) and graduated from Raymore-Peculiar HS (a/k/a Ray-Pec). Nicename for a small hic town, huh? I actually grew up in the suburbs of KC for my first 17 years and thn we moved 20 minutes out to thissmall town for the acreage and horses. My HS has been state champs in Missouri 5A footall fr 3 years in a row! very cool! and their coach is from my grad class

2. I'm still very involved in my sorority, Alpha Phi. I was initiated exactly 20 years ago thisweek. I serve as our SW Regional Alumnae Membership Coord.

3. I ate mshed potatoes for the very first time when Iwas 35. It was a texture thing. I thought they would be so nasty because they looked so boring. Now, yummmmmmmmm! Jeff and I were inChicago at TheHouse o Blues for one f our irst dates (a long weekend vacation date too)

4. Fried chicken livers are my very favorite food. It'ssoooo tough to find anywhere that sells them, unless I mak them myself. That very rarely happens since my dh won't eat them. Fiorella's Jack Stack restaurants in KC have theBEST ones by far. I haven't foud anywere in Phoenix with any. too sad

5. People used to think I was Moly Rigwald back when the John Hughes movies were big. I would get stopped all the time bepeple calling me Molly. I never had rd hair, but I looked like her in very other ay back then. My dh doesn't belive me...but it's soooo true....I wish I was stll in contact with my friens from back then so they vouch. Oh! I lve Sixteen Candes, Pretty in Pink, and Breakfast Club very much still!

now....time for e to tag a few for more fun ........ok, Jennifer B, Dale Ann, Steinlin, Selena, and Leslie ......have fn chickies!

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a little note about Boo...it's been a while sice I've mentioned her ...she is still here for now...her tumor looks prettysad becase shehas been aggravatin it by licking it non-stop, i just looks so raw ...until this morning when Iwrapped her tumor & leg with a diaper ...........Jeff is sill aving the hardest time deciding a day to put her down...it really is thebest decision...she's 15-16 years old and the only way she will be competely bettr is f e amputate her leg

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another recipe for you ...... I'm loving my crock pot ately ........I madethis Tuesday night

Cheesy Potatoes

cream of chicken soup

8 small red potatoes - cut into wedges
1/2 sweet onion - diced

1/2 cup grated cheese (your favorite flavors)

salt and pepper

*pour in the soup and then vrythng else

*cook on high for 3-4 hours
*serves 4-6people

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now ... a couple funtabulous LOs

our engagement, May 17, 2003

yogurt, the new hair gel (shortly after Griffin fed himself yogurt for breakfast)

please see my galleries (links at right) for credits

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reminder - head over to my store and get $1.00 off of your purchase with code SE1

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now it's time for you to leave me some lovin' ...I really love your comments!!!!

(as always please scroll dwn to get caught up with everythig..and to see some of my designs)

new LOs....and something truly beautiful

first off...I u/l a couple LOs today. They are both so cute and so different ...and both are showcasing the fabulous work of Faith True. I really need to scrap someone different than Hudson. For some strange reason, its been all about him lately. He is a fab subject, but I really need to spread the love. Don't I?

You can find all of the credits in my galleries.

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gosh...I am watching What About Brian right now (on ABC). I abslutely LOVE this show. Ok...I have many shows I love, but this is my Monday night must-see. You must get hooked on it if you aren't already! .......and....UGH! Marjorie!! She needs to disappear and go back into whatever hole she went in when she walked away from the alter.

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now....for the really beautiful something ... I received this in an e-mail just a little bit ago....and UGH..it's a power point and I can't figure out how to add it here anywhere .......if anyone has a suggestion, I'd greatly appreciate it! this truly is fabulous! I received it at the perfect time tonight. Dh and I had a pretty rough last half of the day. He was in Vegas since Saturday night and now this stupid yuckiness with us. It is giving me inspiration to scrap some pics of when we got engaged a few years ago. I need happy time thoughts right now.

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I just read Mandy's blog because of the blog train..and....wow!!!!...talk about weird ghost-like experience. Go on over and check out the strange happenings.

Jennifer B has the coolest sneak peek of a kit on her blog. Are you a diva? ok...Go check it out!

Christina has a super cool kit on her blog for only $1. I just grabbed it Why don't you too?

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that's it for now...have a great night! and..please leave me some lovin' and skim below if you'd like to get caught up on some great stuff..............ok off to go hop on the blog train again (smile)

tech difficulties......please stand by

yes....so not fun

at first it was DST's gallery getting it's makeover ......and now HODS is down

everyone over at DST has been so anxious w/out the gallery .... by the time it's back up, it will probably explode from the whole digiscrapworld jumping on it at the same time...now wouldn't that be lovely?

and Claudia is guessing that a hacker somehow got into HODS ...yikes! ... now she has to spend today fixing everything so we can actually get up and running again .... we just had our grand opening on the 26th, now this...but, hey...would there ever really be a good time for this to happen anyway?

oh...there's a new bandwagon to jump on at DST...it's the recipe swap.....I'm pretty psyched for this ... for each category that we participate in, we'll get ALL o those recipes zipped up for a whole bunch of fab new ideas

and now.......yay!!!!...... I just went back to DST to grab the ecipe swap link and Inoticed that the gallery is back up.....so cool ........after I add a couple LOs over there, I'll u/l them here for all of you ...sometime in the next couple of hours I guess...so please stay tuned

(and...please don't forget to scroll down to get caught up...if you haven't already)

The coolest awards...

The coolest girl in the entire world is Serena (surprise! surprise!)! The luckiest girl in the world is me...because of Serena!!!!! You have to go check out her blog today! It is a definite must!

Hurry hurry, please!

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now....the coolest new overlays kit out there is Crazy Daisies. I finished it this afternoon and it should be available at HODS tomorrow sometime. It is sooooo girlie, flowery, and colorful. PLUS, there's more than just overlays. I also have a super cute sign and some daisy stickers too.

It is the must have for anyone with girls!

***super duper friends bonus - use gift certificate code SE1 at checkout and you will get $1 off of any non-sale purchases from my store. ***

updated links.....YAY

I finally added a blog list. Are you lucky enough to be listed??? If not, make me happy and maybe you'll be honored. :)

I also added my store, challenge, and galleries....

BUT.... I couldn't figure out how to add my blinkies. Is there a special trick? I also want to add some tunes with a video or without, I don't care...I just don't know how to do that. Help please.

(and...please scroll down for exciting stuff)

oh....I haven't told you .....I made a newcock pot meal earlier this week....so simple and yummy...so I thought I'd share...
*Chicken Cordon Bleu...
layer in order - 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, 1/2 lb deli sliced ham, 1/2 lb baby swiss cheese, 1 can of cream of chicken soup, then dry stuffing mix (prepared)...cook on low for 6-8 hours..........the chicken is sooooo tender and tasty.............enjoy!