Friday, August 08, 2008

more funnies... and a new release

another funny from my FIL....

The Ostrich...

A man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him. The waitress asks them for their orders.

The man says, "A hamburger, fries and a coke," and turns to the ostrich, "What's yours?"

"I'll have the same," says the ostrich.

A short time later the waitress returns with the order "That will be $9.40 please," and the man reaches into his pocket and pulls out the exact change for payment.

The next day, the man and the ostrich come again and the man says, "A hamburger, fries and a coke."

The ostrich says, "I'll have the same."

Again the man reaches into his pocket and pays with exact change.

This becomes routine until the two enter again. "The usual?" asks the waitress.

"No, this is Friday night, so I will have a steak, baked potato and a salad," says the man.

"Same," says the ostrich.

Shortly the waitress brings the order and says, "That will be $32.62."

Once again the man pulls the exact change out of his pocket and places it on the table.

The waitress cannot hold back her curiosity any longer. "Excuse me, sir. How do you manage to always come up with the exact change in your pocket every time?"

"Well," says the man, "several years ago I was cleaning the attic and found an old lamp. When I rubbed it, a Genie appeared and offered me two wishes. My first wish was that if I ever had to pay for anything, I would just put my hand in my pocket and the right amount of money would always be there."

"That's brilliant!" says the waitress. "Most people would ask for a million dollars or something, but you'll always be as rich as you want for as long as you live!"

"That's right. Whether it's a gallon of milk or a Rolls Royce, the exact money is always there," says the man..

The waitress asks, "What's with the ostrich?"

The man sighs, pauses and answers, "My second wish was for a tall chick with long legs who agrees with everything I say."




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a cool pic from my cousin, Chuck..........
A Tennessee Farm
Read the caption to understand how he did it


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and now... finally Zippity Zoo Zah is available at Gotta Pixel!!!!!!!



see the versatility in the layouts by my Scrap Silly Sisters...


Zippity Zoo Zah by Sara Ellis....

Tons of fun for all of your zoo and jungle pics, along with your crazy kids. There are so many great ways to use this, please see the layouts by my talented Scrap Silly Sisters creative team.

Contents:
16 fabulously textured sold and patterned papers, including animal prints
3 buttons with ties
1 leafy corner
5 leaves
3 flowers (one shadowed)
1 flower doodle
1 rope frame
1 giraffe
1 koala
1 zebra
1 monkey
1 parrot
2 words - GRRR and ZOO
1 sign - "Please do not feed the animals"
3 "flair" buttons
1 funky mat
1 vine
1 stitched circle frame
1 stitched line
4 tickets (curled and flat versions)
1 tree

***Scrap for Hire ok... just like all of my other personal use goodies


Zippity Zoo Zah is available in the separate paper pack, element pack, and the combo page kit
AND.... it's 30% off during the first week



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and.............. look at all of these fab offers at Gotta Pixel.... you're sure to find something that is interesting to you










Wednesday, August 06, 2008

funnies and a freebie

ok... keepin' it light today with some chuckles from my FIL....

All of you with any money left, be aware of the next expected mergers
so that you can get in on the ground floor and make some BIG bucks.
Watch for these consolidations in 2008:
1.) Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W R.
Grace Co. Will merge and become: Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace.
2.) PolygramRecords, Warner Bros., and ZestaCrackers join forces and
become: Poly, Warner Cracker.
3.) 3M will merge with Goodyear and become: MMMGood.
4.. ZippoManufacturing, AudiMotors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining will
merge and become: ZipAudiDoDa .
5. FedEx is expected to join its competitor, UPS, and become: FedUP.
6. Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computers will become: Fairwell
Honeychild.
7. Grey Poupon and Docker Pants are expected to become: PouponPants.
8. Knotts Berry Farm and the National Organization of Women will become:
Knott NOW!
And finally...
9. Victoria 's Secret and Smith &Wesson will merge under the new name: Titty Titty Bang Bang

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ok.... well, ya know I made the 1st Teacher's Pet cut ...........
week 2's assignment is all about making unique extractions....

sooooooooo.... here's Fleece Corners



grab it HERE this and all the other week 2 assignments are freebies until Monday 9am EST
wish me luck making it to week 3

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Now... remember the Dream Kit I've been talking about ...... well, now we are in the middle of Round 4.......... it's up to you to decide what I am going to design for my segment.....

gottapixel_082008dreamkit_preview
Well the first round of element suggestions is done, and Stacy Carlson has completed her round!


Using the theme "Fantasy" and the color swatch that was picked earlier (see this gallery for previous rounds) she created 4 elements by your request and one paper.

For this round you have a dragon, a frame shaped as a castle, glitter swirl and mushrooms. The paper has a night scene with a castle in the background.

For Round Four, we pass the kit onto me, Sara Ellis.

Simply post what types of papers or elements you would like in our Gallery comments section HERE.

I can only create pieces that you have suggested. You have from the time this is posted until August 8 to suggest what you would like, and then on August 9, Sara will post what she has created and pass this kit onto the next designer, and we’ll do the same thing for that designer!

Everyone who posts during the process of the creation of this kit (any round!)will receive the kit for free. For those who miss out, they’ll have to purchase it in the store.

Monday, August 04, 2008

on to round 2....

After patiently waiting.... well, maybe not so patient.... more like anxiously waiting....
the list was posted for The Funky Playground's qualifiers for round 2. It was cut in half to 50 designers. I was very shocked at a few designers who didn't make the cut.... BUT.... totally excited that I made it! YAY!!!!!!

oh... our assignment for this week is really challenging.... everyone will have some super cool freebies available as they are getting uploaded to their gallery
.. just remember that you must be a FPD newsletter subscriber in order to d/l anything.
The links are down from our 1st week, but week 2's will slowly start appearing throughout the week and be available only until 9am EST August 11th.

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another fun moment today....
Hudson started his 2nd year of preschool. Yay! He was so excited. It's going to be a bt of an adjustment because we switched from afternoons to mornings and dang! he was ready for an early nap today. Griffin wasn't quite ready to take one then, but we'll have to work on that this week.

here's my cutie hippie surfer boy....


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Are ready for a Brag Book Exchange? Well then, you better sign up!! Three of Gotta Pixel's wonderful designers got together this month to make a cute little mini kit for you all!! The only requirement for getting it is that you have to agree to make one brag book sized (4 x 6 at 300 ppi) page with it. Take a peek at the adorable mini kits made by Jill D Zines, Sara Ellis and Connie Prince:




You have until August 8th to sign up HERE to receive the contributions above and make your brag book page. Last month's brag book exchange ended up with 120 pages! I wonder how many we wil end up with this month.
as you can tell, my Rockin School Daze kit coordinates with this.

This is on sale during the BB sign up week for 30% off. Grab it while it's hot!

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more freebie fun........

can you stand all of this goodness?????

everyone who participates in the Gotta Pixel Dream Kit will receive the final kit for free!

here's the details for Round 3
roundthree_dreamkit
hurry hurry... before it's too late....
give us your suggestions HERE

Sunday, August 03, 2008

don't do what I did

I waited until the day before school starts to go school supply shopping. Dumb Dumb Dumb! At least I went during nap time. My dh was here & I went to Target, Walgreens, and Fry's (grocery store) to get all of the supplies for PRESCHOOL. Target was out of the Lysol wipes and just had the gift sets of playdough. It was worse than Christmas. It really was! I thought Walgreens might have the playdough, but - NO... so I went across the street to the grocery store to find that. At least I had a coupon for big packs of highlighters and pens for only 9 cents each. I don't need highlighters or pens right now, but, hey... when they ended up being practically a penny each, I could pass it up.

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I wanted to share a really fun hybrid project that one of my Scrap Silly Sisters (CTMs) recently made. She's a daycare/preschool provider so she made super cute nametags for her kids with my Rockin School Daze Kit.

name_tags_preview_600_x_600_

ccmentor's/Linda's credits:
I took these and resized from 4 x 6 to 2 x 3, printed and laminated them, then glued a magnet on the back to use on our magnetic board for the kids to sign in and out each day for childcare. I also took one and didn't put the magnet on and put on each child's mailbox.
Rockin' School Daze ~ The Page Kit (S4H ok)

Rockin' School Daze by Sara Ellis, Alpha Templates by Stephanie
http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=20258&cat=25&page=1


wasn't this the cutest idea?

Saturday, August 02, 2008

look at me!!!

Amy Sumrall made me my very own Sassy Sketch Girl... I've already updated my avie at DST and Gotta Pixel
Photobucket
isn't it so cute?

and ... here is the long full length version she made for me too


you just have to go check out her blog ... it's linked up on my right side bar :)



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ya know my FPD, Teacher's Pet assignment for week 1, Penelope? well, if not, here it is again :)




you must be a Funky Playground newsletter subscriber to get the password & receive this and any other Teacher's Pet mini kits you want... sorry, I can't even give it to my CT... you have to get it this way ....

just go HERE:
http://www.funkyplaygrounddesigns.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5054

if you make a layout with this, please upload it HERE: http://www.funkyplaygrounddesigns.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=523

thanks!!!!!!!


I'm so thrilled with all of the comments I've received about it. The gallery is just pouring out love. Penelope has been viewed 747 times so far. Wow! It's sooooooo cool. So far, my favorite comment is one from linnie-818 earlier this morning. She was so unbelievably sweet to come back and reply AFTER she unzipped it. I just have to share: "I opened up this zip immediately - I couldn't wait. The papers are amazing, truly amazing. And of course, the bird is adorable. The colors are so bright and happy. They make me smile. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful kit with us!"

Friday, August 01, 2008

Happy Friday :)

My Hudson is the biggest helper. He doesn't turn 4 for a month and a half & I hope he keeps this up for quite a while.
He just spilled some crackers a moment ago so he grabbed the vacuum and vacuumed the whole room (without me saying one word about that). He's vacuumming again right now because he just found one little crumb that he missed a bit ago. Too cute! He is also my helper at the grocery store with trying to scan everything in the self serve lines, cleans the table after dinner, washes dishes with me.... and like I said, all of this is on his own. He's so anxious to be my helper.

Griffin is my crazy loud nut. He will turn 3 in October. Right now he is all torn up because he was twirling around two days ago on our sidewalk and fel into one of our rose bushes. That really isn't anything to unusual for him. He didn't make any fuss about it until we walked inside. He must have bumped one of the thorns in his leg. I then found about 10 in one small part of a leg. Crazy! I guess it's better than him landing on one of our cactus.

My third fabulous son, Cooper, (but really my 1st one - he's 18) is up in Boston right now with his step-mom. They are finding out why his dad loved going up there. They are sprinkling the rest of his dad's ashes in the bay so he can truly be a pirate like he really wanted to be. Rest in Peace, Phil. We'll all miss you! He's been gone since Feb 11th and this is the final memorial for him.

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Buy My Gotta Pixel Store


see the whole fabulous deal here: http://www.gottapixel.net/store/prod...roductid=20262

including my newest kit, just released super late last night, Rockin' School Daze


Rockin' School Daze.....

It coordinates with the August Brag Book Exchange at Gotta Pixel.



oh yea,,, that's right.... I said this coordinates with the August Brag Book exchange that will begin on Monday, the 4th............. aren't you excited?

Grab this fabulous & fun coordinating kit now! Rockin School Daze is available as a whole page kit, paper pack, or element pack.... and 30% off for the first week!

and.... don't let the name of it fool you... it's just a little bit music, a little bit school, and a lot of fun funky generic items

check out these fab layouts by my Creative Team...

Thursday, July 31, 2008

just way too adorable!

tonight we went to Meet the Teacher night at school. Hudson was sooooooo excited that it's finally time to go back to school. He's just going to be in his 2nd year of preschool so it's still the coolest thing ever to him. He was jumping up and down screaming "we're going to my school! We're going to my school!" over and over. Too bad that none of his friends were there tonight, but he still had a blast back there. Now he just has to wait 3 more days until the first day of school.

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oh my! now do I have some enabling for you today?

First off, I'll start with the Teacher's Pet project.

isn't this mini, Penelope, soooo cute?

it's my entry The Funky Playground's Teacher's Pet , week 1



you must be a Funky Playground newsletter subscriber to get the password & receive this and any other Teacher's Pet mini kits you want... sorry, I can't even give it to my CT... you have to get it this way ....

I submitted mine with 5-10 minutes to spare before the deadline & mine was the 96th ............. so that means at least 96 freebie minis

just go HERE:
http://www.funkyplaygrounddesigns.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5054

if you make a layout with this, please upload it HERE: http://www.funkyplaygrounddesigns.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=523

thanks!!!!!!!

Suzee Q's Stuff
blog has already linked up my mini, along with a whole bunch of other ones that she loves. She has a fab blog with links to lots of freebies and daily downloads too.

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another freebie for you..........
Nachtstern (Mara), one of my sweet CTMs, made a 2 pager 8.5x11 QP set for all of you with an old kit of mine, Today.... please be sure to leave her some loving on her blog if you grab it... thanks




http://www.4shared.com/file/57052614/a4af7c8e/SaraEllis-DareToDreamToday1.html



http://www.4shared.com/file/57052612/4dccd9bb/SaraEllis-DareToDreamToday2.html

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and....
how about a whole lot of Gotta Pixel fun??????

Help me make your dream kit.... along with 4 other talented GP designers... see HERE
Everyone who participates will receive this collaboration kit for free. (who knows what it will look like... that's up to all of you)

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and............. how about a little Luau fun???????
you can win this.....


In addition, you will be entered into a drawing to win the following:

Grand Prize
1 - $10.00 coupon to Amy Sumrall, Sarah Meyer, Jill D-Zines, Michelle P and Sara E.'s stores ($50.00 worth of free products)

First Prize
1 - $10.00 coupon to Lynne, Cherie, Jen and Paula's stores ($40.00 worth of free products)

Second Prize
1 - $10.00 coupon to Kristmess, Michelle S and She's Full of Scrap's stores ($30.00 worth of free products)

get more info HERE



Friday, July 25, 2008

Rest in Peace, Randy

http://vialogue.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/randy-pausch-20070919pprandypausch_500.jpg
Randy Pausch, "The Last Lecture"
if you have never seen his lecture or heard about him... you NEED to...
who cares how long it is, it is a MUST see

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_en_ot/obit_pausch


you can also see more about him on You Tube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

Thursday, July 24, 2008

exciting deals...

ok... ya know how I love my deals at The Gap.... well, tonight I ended returning some PJs before I clocked in to work... they were just a little too small for Griffin for when it starts to get cooler in a few months .... they were long sleeved with pants............................. I wasn't really intending to get anything else... BUT........ I just happened to snag a super cute first day of school outfit for Hudson for dirt cheap... a super cute short sleeved button up surfer style shirt with cool navy shorts........with their markdown prices and my discount... they were only $5 ... oh, I love that place!

I am so ready for school to start too.. only one more week, plus a couple days..... it's crazy how early school is here.. and only a couple months off for summer... but I'm so ready for it... and so is Hudson


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out of three boys, I only have one who has chosen to suck his thumb... I'm so glad the other two never did & never really cared for pacifiers either....

wellllllll... Hudson will be 4 in September and he loves his thumb way too much when he's tired at home... he never sucks it at a friend's house or anywhere outside our house (except for grandparents homes).....
and... last summer it became infected & cleared up after antibiotics.... and we now just finished his medicine tonight for this summer's infection, his nail fell off at the pool today too................. you'd think that he wouldn't want to suck it anymore because of what happened, but he's addicted!
I know I won't have to worry about him sucking it at school or anywhere else... but... we'd love to have him break the habit

his pediatrician just says he'll hopefully grow out of it... and if he's still sucking it by 7, we can entertain the idea of putting a device in his mouth... ... we don't really want to think about this

sooooooooooooo... all you thumb sucker (or finger sucker) moms..... do you have any magical advice?


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Friday Dollar Diner Deals

Every Friday Scrapdish offers up 6 coordinating goodies from different designers..... for only $1 each

and look what was chosen for this Friday.....
my So Very Summer mini kit .......... what a super fab deal for everyone!



Featuring:

Great Grids Blocks Template #3 by Melinda Staley

Notepad Alpha by Rowena Field (Willro & co Designs)

Caroline B: Date Marker

Sensory Delight: Cool Paper Set by Correen Silke

Beaches & Cream by Kristmess

So Very Summer (S4H ok) by Sara Ellis

Also check out all of our other great dollar deals available every day in our
Dollar Bin

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oh my... I LOVE my new CT so much!!! They've only been part of my team for a day now & they are already producing some super cool layouts for me to go with a super fun kit that I'm releasing on the 1st....

here's a little tease of the kit... just a tease... :)


Wednesday, July 23, 2008

funny stuff

a little bit perturbed after going to the grocery store (Frys) today....
my yummy generic store brand cheapo macaroni and cheese used to be 3 boxes for a dollar ..... and now it has a stinkin' tag of 69 cents with a "price cut" label down to 50 cents.... hello! how is that a price cut? ok, I guess compared to the 69 cents, but to the 33 cents like I usually pay most every week? nope

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ok.............. now.. after that little rant... time for some funnies............

I found
this at DST today...... soooooo funny!


All of these are legitimate companies that didn't spend quite enough time to consider how their online name might appear!

These are not made up.



Check them out yourself!

1. 'Who Represents' is where you can find the name of the agent that represents any celebrity.Their Web site is:
www.whorepresents.com

2.'Experts Exchange' is a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views at:
wwwexpertsexchange.com

3. Looking for a great pen? Look no further than 'Pen Island'.
It can be found at:
www.penisland.net

4.Need a therapist? Try 'Therapist Finder' at:
www.therapistfinder.com

5. Then there's the 'Italian Power Generator' company.

Check it out at:
www.powergenitalia.com

6.'IP computer' software, there's always:
www.ip_anywhere.com

7.'The First Cumming Methodist Church' Web site is:
www.cummingfirst.com

8.And the designers at 'Speed of Art' await you at their wacky Web site:
www.speedofart.com

congrats to my new Scrap Silly Sisters!!!!



Congratulations to my newest Scrap Silly Sisters!

*sparky_mom
*mom2aTrio
*Boilerbabe
*nachstern
*ccmentor
*momofthecrazy4
*kaetter84
*enique
*misty
*pcisneros
*Imzadi

Thank you to everyone who applied!!!! It's always so tough picking and choosing through the applications. I appreciate all of you greatly!!!!!!! Every single applicant should have already received an e-mail from me. If you did not, please let me know.


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on Monday I finally decided to take Hudson and Griffin bowling for the first time.... dh came home for lunch and decided to stay home from work for the rest of the day and join us.... it was a great family time... too bad Cooper wasn't there with us.. .. it would've been perfect then...

I was bummed I wasn't able to get a good pic .. I tried a couple shots and then my camera died :( ..... I'll have to try again another time....

the boys had sooooo much fun... they squeeled a bunch with every try .... Griffin didn't have enough power behind his ball, so a got stuck in the lane, but it was very cute anyway...... every single one just puttered slowly, knock down a few pins and then just stop... it wouldn't even make it all the way through the pins most of the time

get this... Hudson scored a 76 and Griffin a 70....... Hudson used the bumpers & Griffin's went so slow & straight I don't think they ever bounced off of one bumper

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I just realized that Imzadi gave me a super cool award on the 19th......I was a bit slow seeing it, wasn't I? I'm supposed to post all of the rules and share it with a few other blogging friends... but I'm going to bend the rules a bit & wait til my next blogging to do that
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Saturday, July 19, 2008

Congratulations Melissa

Congrats to Melissa!

She was the only one yesterday that left me her e-mail address so she automatically receives one of my Gap Friends and Family offers!

Friday, July 18, 2008

Do you love the Gap???

Look at the banner....
I finally updated it to match my store banners... YAY!!!!!!!!

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Remember the monsoon I mentioned a few nights ago????
Well... here are some pics...

flooded backyard...


more flooded backyard, dripping off of our patio overhang...


just a teeny bit of standing water on our patio and backyard....
Griffin had a BLAST jumping and running in it


Hi... I'm wet.. how about you?


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Only a few days left for Gotta Grab It...

Mix and match your PERFECT kit! Pick from 70+ element, paper and alpha packs, mini kits and more, all using the same color swatch and theme, and build your pefect kit. This month's theme is DENIM!


how cool is that???

here's a gander at my goodies........

Gracie Mae


Grabba Edges


and... Grabba Chirpie






(detailed images available for each goodie of mine)


From July 14 - 20 EST/EDT, the Gotta Pixel Designers will bring you one huge collaborative effort to bring you exactly what you need and want. There is something for everyone to pick from! A smörgåsbord of artistic talent and at a great price!

View all the products!

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and.. only a few days left for my Creative Team Call...



Find the details HERE

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As many people know, I work part time at The Gap. Well, our Friends and Family program is coming up soon and I've got a special for you. I just realized that I have 2 extra offers leftover, so I'm letting a couple of you lucky blogging friends have them.

Here's the scoop...

All friends and family participants receive 25% off ..... it's good at Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy (including outlets), and www.piperlime.com for all three days (August 1-3rd)
........ AND... an e-mail invitation will be sent to you by Gap

it's now called Give and Get............. 5% of whatever you purchase during this time will go towards a charity I choose...we have 5 to choose from & I haven't picked mine yet (it will most likely be Dress for Success or Boys and Girls Club of America)

it's a pretty cool program, don't you think?

all you have to do is leave a comment here.... and the random number generator will pick two lucky ducky people

**deadline - very soon.... 9pm PST/midnight EST TONIGHT, July 18th
**I don't want this to go to waste, so please only try if you will definitely use it
**you MUST leave your e-mail address and first and last name so I can notify you and Gap can send you an e-mail invitation

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