Vacation Sale

welllllll...tomorrow is the big road trip ............ 8 hours to Ventura, CA with two little boys.....
I went to the library this week and checked out a bunch of DVDs so they have new things to watch in the car and in the condo..........hopefully we remember to pack everything..I know we can go shopping there, but still

I'm soooo looking forward to getting away and being on the beach ....... even though it's going to be cool ... the highs are only in the low 70s...compared to the 100s that we've had here the last few weeks, it will be a nice change...just not sure if I'll be wanting to get in the ocean or not ....... I guess it will all depend on how venturous the boys will be.............. it's their first time at the beach and ocean ...... I can't wait to see their reaction when they see their huge sandbox

the one thing I'm dreading....coming back here to empty out a weeks worth of mail ... hopefully I'll have a smidge of time to hit the delete button once in a while there ........... I know I'm going to be busy designing whenever I have the opportunity....I have some exciting collabs in the works (September is going to be a HUGE collab month at OAKS...oh so fun!)

anyway..... I'll be gone from the 1st -8th .... soooooooooooooooooooo.....

this includes my Commercial Products too

shop HERE



have fun!!!!!!!!!!

pictures and new goodies

welll.... Hudson has been Mr. Mischievious this past week. I already blogged about his confetti and locking Grif and I out of the house last week. Well, yesterday morning I thought he really hurt himself and was really bleeding. Ha! He decided to have fun with my red nail polish. Before he told me about his fun artistic venture, he at least screwed the top back on the bottle and put it back where it belonged. I'm also so thankful that Griffin was with me so that he didn't become the painting place. Just look at these fab pics that I took with my cell (remember my camera is still busted).

and.... a little bit got on my bedroom carpet.....most of it came out....but this is a small pinkish spot still........and at least it's between out bed and my bathroom so it isn't too noticable

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I finally had my hair done.... YAY!
for the first time in 3 months.... my roots needed it badly!

I deleted a ton before I kept these...taking self portraits with my cell phone isn't that easy


you can't really tell....but I have some lowlight striped highlights on top...and then the long layers in back show about 2 inches of my darker underneath

I LOVE it (the pictures don't really show it as fab as it really is)...it's my most fave color and cut in a long time...even though it's a bit blonder than I anticipated


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now...........
introducing my newest goodies............

MIY: Make It Yours ~ Hearts


introductory sale now for only $2

grab them HERE

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earlier today I blogged about my last couple weeks of ADSR LOs...so be sure to scroll down

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and.......... don't forget to subscribe to my blog over on the sidebar....all of my blogposts will be shipped directly to your inbox

catching up with the ADSR

first off........ the most obvious ........

thanks to Francie...one of my new fab CTMs....... my blog is bright and cheery!!!!!! I love it!!!! It was sooo boring and white before......she made my header for me with goodies from my Livid Vivid Morning papers and elements (the elements are a FREEBIE SAMPLER)......and she has updated my side bar with current blinkies (and they actually link up too) .... I think she still has a couple minor things to do......but I'm soooooo happy with it


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well.... it's been a couple weeks since I've shared any ADSR LOs....so, it's time to get caught up ...

ADSR #7: hosted by Blue Flomingo - "For this challenge each of you will be creating a multi-photo layout. And not just 2 or 3 photos - you must use a minimum of TEN PHOTOS on your layout!!!! NO TEMPLATES MAY BE USED!!! You may, however, use photo clusters or negative frames, etc. Just no pre-designed page templates.

Now there's a twist so pay close attention...

You will choose your background paper(s), photos and title and will arrange them the way that you want them. THEN you and your partner will TRADE your layouts and your partner will be responsible to embellish your layout for you!"

Hudson and Griffin love having fun with my shoes.... every one of these pics includes mine, except for the one with Hudson in the green shirt (we're leaving his pediatrician's office and he's in 2 diff shoes of his dad's and my purse) Gone Streakin - Pinky by Sara Ellis at OAKS
Roughin' It White alpha by Sara Ellis at OAKS
clusters from Nancy Comelab
all of the elements are from Urban Plunge,Esteem and Metrosplash all by Victoria Feemster at OAKS

ADSR #8: Hosted by Designs by Dani - Each participant needs to create a layout using the theme “Girl Talk.” Some ideas of how to use the theme: Show us the person you are most likely to “girl talk” with… what is most often the topic of discussion in your “girl talk”? what about when you were a teen? what was the girl talk then? what is it now? how’s it changed? Just about anything goes as long as you incorporate the theme in some way.
Penelope kit from the Fresh & Funky Collection by Faith True and Victoria Feemster at OAKS

journaling: this was one of our last times together for a little catty girl talk time ... even though we were at the park with our kids .......... now we have to settle for phone calls and e-mails ... the 3 of us will be together again and it will be loud, crazy, and laughing fun...just like it was yesterday Lisa, Sara, & Mary 5/21/2007
(Lisa moved back to St. Louis in June)

font is KGD Dixi


and ADSR #9: hosted by Oscraps - "At Oscraps we’re all about keepin’ it real, so your next challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to scrap your *most embarrassing moment*—you know, that time you put your foot in your mouth big-time, or got caught doing something you never would have done if you’d known people were watching? Yeah—scrap that!

But that’s not all! For this challenge you MUST:

--Use a photo that goes with your most embarrassing moment. It doesn’t have to be a photo of the actual moment (because who stops in the middle of something super embarrassing and says, “Hey, I should get a picture of this so I can scrap it later!”?), but just a visual aid to the story. If you walked around all day with a piece of toilet paper hanging out the back of your pants, then use a photo of a roll of toilet paper.

--Journal about your embarrassing moment.

--Use at least one ribbon

--Use at least one tag

--Use at least two different fonts on your layout (not including alphas) "
journaling: Yummy corn!
Can you believe that I had corn for the very first time one month before I turned 40??? I’m not a veggie girl and it just seemed like it would be nasty. I’m just weird and picky that way. Anyway, I was at a bbq at my girlfriends house and I didn’t have the heart to tell her that I’d never eaten it before. I’m sooooo glad because it’s now my most favorite thing to eat. The funny thing is that I still haven’t had the nerve to tell her. Why I am embarrassed about this when I can tell her anything else in the world? ok, call me goofy - no, call me corny corny cornball... HA HA ... I’m so funny
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first bite April '07 ... now Aug '07


Birthday Boy collab kit by Faith True and Melissa Bennett and The DigiShoppe
Tag Nab It by Faith True at The DigiShoppe
cluster #11 (half of it) from Nancy Comelab

fonts - Snidely, Tekton Pro, KGD Sara E Print


I didn't have to do ADSR 10 since it was a roadblock..Jolie had to do this one ....... I did the previous roadblock for our team

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ok...that's it for right now.... I will post more fab things later when I have more time this afternoon.

my new CT....and more

ok....I had a tough time going through my CT applications.....but it was so exciting because it was the first time that I really had a good turnout for interested Scrap Silly Sisters....

YAY!

soooooooo...without further adiou (is that how you spell it)



I love my new girls (and my other regulars) ....they are all so super awesome and incredible scrappers!!!!

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now...time for you to have fun....

jeez........ I need to get a spare key and hide it under a rock or something....

when my dh left after lunch to go back to work.........Hudson, Griffin, and I walked outside so they could yell b'bye as he drove down the street .....
well, as I was trying to get Griffin (22 mo) to come inside, Hudson (3 yo nest month) ran inside, locked the door, laughed his head off, and ran away

hello!!!!!

luckily Grif had his shoes on, but I was barefoot, no shoes on, and it's 102 degrees.........I banged on the front and back doors, and yelled...he just had a devish laugh WHEN he wanted to show me his face.......and we have 2 neighbors that have our garage door openers & one works from home.....neither house was home .... uGH!.... my feet were burning up on the sidewalks and sweat dripping everywhere..so I went to another SAHM mom's house and she let me borrow her phone to call my dh to come back and rescue me, loaned me a pair of flip flops, and gave us a couple drink boxes ......

Hudson finally unlocked the sliding glass door in back for us....30 minutes later and 5 minutes before my dh came back home..

dang!

if you don't know, yesterday I posted a thread about how he and Grif tossed shredded paper confetti all over my office

crazy boys!

ok...I need to go take a shower

have fun chuckling

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and...yes... I know I still haven't blogged about my ADSR LOs from last week... hopefully I'll do that later before this weekend is here....... so please stay tuned ...hey, I know....sign up on my right sidebar to get notifications when I update my blog ... such a clever thought :)

40% off!!!!!

this includes all of my commercial use items ..........
AND....
all clearance items are also on sale...that means you can find a few bargains under $1

find everything HERE

the majority of the OAKS store is 35-50% for all designers


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mosquito hell ~~~~~~~

can you say OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!????!!!

hello!!!!!!!! I live in Phoenix now ... with barely any mosquitoes around.........
I grew up in the midwest, so I'm very familiar with them...but I left them back there

wellllll..we've had lots of rain in the last couple of weeks, so it's time to say hello to them again (UGH!)

we had dinner a couple nights ago at my FIL's house in Scottsdale ...... a bunch of us were outside & some in the pool......guess who the mosquitoes fell in love with more than anyone else??????? ME! I have 44 bites below my knees on both legs!!!!! the rest of my family might only have 1 or 2 bites............... I wasn't wearing perfume...but I might've put lotion on my legs earlier in the day.. I guess I'm just super sweet



wellllllll.... per my mom's suggestion, I tried coating them with Lysol and Hydrogen Peroxide, per my dh's suggestion, I coated them with Benadryl ointment....none of those worked ......... besides scratching to death ............ the best option I've found is to blast them with my hair dryer as hot as I can stand (I learned this when I had poison ivy years a few years ago) .......it gets a bit hot while I'm doing it, but it really does take the itch away for a while

anyway...just thought I'd share my misery with you


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don't forget about my open CT Call.........scroll down for all the delicious info

CT Call

The deadline is August 15th.

I am asking for a 3.5 month commitment (til Nov. 30th)

I can't wait to hear from all of you fabulous scrappers :)

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potty training update.....

Hudson stoop up and went pee pee in the regular toilet ....... woo-hoo! that's his first time for not using his little potty ...........and there was no mess......YAY!

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ADSR time:

Challenge 5 was from Butternug Squash
.....all about the JOURNALING! ...." Here's what I want you to do. Someone in your life has taught you something that has stuck with you. It might be a mothering tip. It might be a viewpoint. It might be some words of wisdom. It might be a love of something.

Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to scrap about that. Figure out what was passed down to you, from whom, and memorialize it. There are so many choices here - what speaks to your heart the most is the one to choose. "

my entry:

challenge 6 was from Elemental Scraps:
only 1 member of the team can create a LO...and I did ours .......
we can only use one solid bg paper, can use 2 patterns....and MUST use at least 15 elements with no more than 2 from the same designer (I only used one item from each designer)

here's my entry:


see all journaling & credits HERE

more enabling....and a CT call

can you handle it???? can your paypal handle it???? LOL

ok...... I have been waaaay too nice with my OAKS Birthday Presents grab bag....... I already shared 2 of my 5 previews over the last few days ..........

and..........

guess what.....

today is the last day it's available for sale...........

sooooo, here's a 3rd preview..........

WOW! now you've seen 3 of the 5 goodies available .... and this is the last day that you can grab all 5 brand new items for only $2 .............
hint hint: skim down a bit to see the other 2 previews

grab them HERE

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it's August at OAKS...
more funtabulous things for a new month.......

new challenges are up and ready..... each one is open for the entire month and sponsored by different designers......that means a fabulous free goodie for each one after the month is over

Number Frenzy

Embellishment Explosion
Not just a template....
Inspired!

and......... every other week...

Let's Go To The Movies!

Hosted by Faith True every other week. Let yourself become a part of your favorite movie. Each week we will delve into a different movie and create a layout challenge from it. There is also a freebie for those that complete challenges by the weeks end.


and................... The August Free with $10 purchase gift will be up in the store super soon ... and you won't want to miss it ......... Chocolate Covered Cherries is super sweet fun!

It's HUGE too!!!!!!!




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and, ya know...yesterday I mentioned that I am back to being exclusive at OAKS .....

wellllll... kind of kind of not........ that's the only place where I'll sell my goodies ..... I totally forgot to mention that I've been a Guest Designer the last couple of months for Scraps For Charity ... I'm now a Regular Design Team girl there ...........

it's such a fabulous place ....... a different charity is focused each month .....

the remainder of this week all July products will be on clearance before they disappear to make room for August

July's Charity is the Ronald McDonald House of Indiana.........
you can get each mini for only $1 or the mega (a combo of all minis) with over 60 pages and over 100 elements for only $5.................plus a few freebies are available too

here's my mini contribution...

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I'm still looking for someone to update my blog for me.....it NEEDS some spunky life!!!!!!
(you'll get freebies from me and 1 or 2 other OAKS designers)

If you are interested in helping ...... please leave me your e-mail addy in your reply

thanks

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Scrap Silly Sister CT call:

I'll be posting a new CT call later today or tomorrow ....... if you're super anxious now...before I have my pretty ad all ready ....... just e-mail me at saranohw(at)yahoo.com with a link to your best gallery, and link to your most active forum ....... include "Silly CT Call" in the subject line

I am sooooo tired......

ok...I know part of this is my fault since I stay up late so I can have my me time....and I really wasn't going to stay up too late last night.... BUT.... Cooper showed me that Big Brother After Dark was on Showtime........hello! that hooked me....it's so funny to watch these people and their little catty fights and all...... I think I stayed up until 1:30ish watching it .......and then Hudson woke up at 2 for a few minutes.....and then again at 4:45...I put him back in his room, but I really don't think he slept at all...and woke me up again at 5:45...Griffin also got up then..... oh so fun! ..........this was actually a repeat of two nights ago (minus Big Brother After Dark)..........well, I guess that night was worse because both of them woke up from 1:45 - 2:30 super chipper and never wanted to sleep until 2:30ish........they better not do this to me again tonight..ugh!

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some RAKing fun.....
part of the reason I was up when they woke up a couple nights ago was because I RAKd a ton of people at DST (see the thread I started to find some friends).........and it was quite fun!............well, I RAKd them earlier in the day, but I was just replying to a bunch of PMs that night............... I might do something like that on a monthly basis

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Get Naked and Go Streakin!

yesterday morning I added a couple super dee duper paper packs to my OAKS store......
I LOVE them & hope you will too






feel like gettin' naked & going streakin?????

all the colors are blended very nicely for some incredible streaks

each pack includes 3 fab handpainted papers ...... very lively and fun for any of your creative masterpieces

and...the best part ............each 3 pack is only $1

grab them HERE


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today is my last day at PDW....... I was a June/July Guest Designer and my time has come to an end since it's July 31st...........so I'm back to being exclusive at OAKS


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now.... it's Sneak Peek #2 ......

a couple days ago I gave you a sneak peek at my OAKS Birthday Presents grab bag ..... I literally showed you 1/5 of the previews ......... well, now you'll get another 1/5 ......this coordinates with my Livid Vivid Morning Paper Pack that is already available in my store

sooooooo...now you know 2 of my 5 new fun goodies packed into my grab bag ..... and until tomorrow night you can get all this for ONLY $2........what a steal! what are you waiting for ...
go grab it HERE now


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ok.....would any of you be interested in updating my plain white blog for me???????? it really needs some color...current blinkies and info in my sidebar, a fun music clip, blah, blah, blah.........but I am sooooo not into any of that...and I don't feel like reading tuts about it......

if you are willing to assist me....I'll get you some fab GCs from me and a couple other OAKS designers....just leave me your e-mail address in your reply ...... and I would be forever grateful!

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that's it for now...........except for the little reminder to sign up for my blog updates over on the right hand side bar ....... all of my blog posts will go directly to your e-mail box usually the day after I blog

ADSR and some teasing

well....
ADSR week 2 is now over ...for me that is, Jolie still needs to do the 4th challenge....

challenge #3 was sponsored by KB & Friends..we were to pick one of these themes: Once Upon a Time; Three Wishes; If I were Queen (or Princess or Prince or King) of the World...
and here's mine:

and challenge 4 was sponsored by PDW...our instructions for this one were
1) The letter "G" must be prominent in your layout. You must use the word "Goal" at least once in your layout.

2) Have fun! and Happy Scrappin'

not too difficult......for my simple LO ...
you can view all credits HERE (hint: everything from Faith True & some from her OAKS Birthday Present grab bag which is available right now)

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potty training update:
Hudson has gone poo-poo in the potty for 4 days in a row......yay! now, if I could only be brave enough to have him wear his big boy pants when we leave the house

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it's been pretty sad in Phoenix the last few days.... if you haven't heard, two of our news copters crashed into each other while they were covering a stolen truck chase with the police ... the one very lucky thing about the crash was that it happened over a very grassy spot in a city park...there were tall buildings, busy streets, a hospital, apartments all around it, even the playground at the park... the only fatalities were the 4 in the copters & I haven't heard of any other injuries

the stupid idiot that store the truck ended up breaking into a house and barricaded himself in there.... he let a boy out of the house so he ran to a neighbor's and called his step-dad...how would you like to get that phone call? ....... well, the SWAT team ended up shooting one of those bean bag things at him to knock the wind out of him, then let a canine in to get him, and then tasered him ...they transported him to the hospital before jail ...........personally, I think he deserved it

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ok...on to a happier note again.......

our OAKS Birthday Presents grab bags .......today is officially the last day of them in our store...but some of us will be keeping them in the store a bit longer.........mine will be available until Wednesday night

soooooooooooo many of them are just jam packed with tons of fabulous goodies...waaaaay more than what anyone should allow
grab it HERE for only $2

no quite sure? how about a little sneak of a peek??? (1/5 of my goodies)ok.....now isn't this hand painted alpha soooo fun????

poo poo in the potty :)

Hudson went poo poo in the potty yesterday for the very first time. YAY! He started the slow potty training process on the 4th of July. The only way for him to actually use his potty is if he's naked......so that means he's running around the house all day naked...until he goes to sleep....then - it's diaper time. He's tried a few times to just wear his big boy pants (training pants), but we always end up with a wet bed. I just keep saying it's a learning experience. One time he'll get tired of having a nasty diaper on. We still haven't even tried to go without a diaper (or pull-ups) when we leave the house. I'm way too scared of that possible accident.

Hudson will be 3 in September.

If you have any bright and fabulous advice, I'd love to hear it.

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My nose is still extremely clogged ...or.... runny...one or the other.... so not fun! Aren't you excited I shared that with you.

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Yesterday I blogged about my OAKS Birthday Presents grab bag....BUT.... I never had a chance to hop on the Blog Train. I'd really appreciate it if you could scroll down and take a gander at my preview. I have lots of great sneak peaks on it.

Most all of the other designers have their Birthday Presents in the store now too. I've seen previews of almost every one of them and WOW! I am being soooo serious! Most of them are bursting at the seams with 4-5 products each, some even more. Talk about sheer craziness for only $2 each!

oodles & oodles of birthday presents

over 70MB of excitement just bursting at the seams of these boxes

only $2 - an EXTREME BARGAIN

HURRY HURRY HURRY ovr HERE now



***sorry...this is short & sweet.....I'll try to add more later tonight***

friendships....

wellllll....for those of you that knew me at the end of August/beginning of May.....you might remember that I went on a girl's 40th birthday weekend trip to Rocky Point, Mexico at the end of April.....AND...I still don't think I've posted any pics from it...I know I have done any LOs yet either...yes, bad me
.......wellllll, I do have a Rocky Point pic of me in the LO for the ADSR #2 challenge
........and..... an article about our excursion was just printed in the Mizzou (U of Missouri) Magazine ... in the next few months one will be in our Alpha Phi Quarterly magazine and also in our Alpha Phi Omicron newsletter (just for the Mizzou Phis)
...and now....here it is for you...

As a member of Alpha Phi at Mizzou, I met some of my closest friends in the sorority house. We were roommates, bridesmaids for each other and were there when babies were born. Now 20 years later, we're all still the best of friends. Although we are separated by 2000 miles, we're only a phone call or an e-mail away from each other. As our group approached age 40 this year, five of us decided to celebrate this major “event” together.

The girls in St. Louis left their husbands at home with the kids and flew to Arizona to meet up with two of us who live here, less than a mile from each other. We took off the next day and drove to Rocky Point, Mexico, where we spent four days in the sun, on the beach and in the ocean laughing and reminiscing about our days in college and all of the fun we had together. Other than aging a little, none of us had really changed from who we were then.

We all had a great time and bought matching bracelets to mark the occasion. In fact, we had so much fun together that we're already planning our “girls trip to Vegas” for next year and a “Happy 42nd Birthday” trip somewhere else because we're pretty sure we won't be able to wait until we turn 45 to see each other again. We hope a few more of our old roommates will be able to make the next trip with us. God Bless our friends and the days we spent at Mizzou!

— Jill Waldrop, BA '90

Alpha Phi sorority sisters enjoy a 40th birthday celebration in Mexico. They are from left: Stacey Kammerer, Amy Tvrdik, Sara Ellis, Jill Waldrop and Angela Lieb. Stacey Kammerer photo

yes, we had to pose in our Phi shirts one afternoon :)

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welllllll.... gosh, I've had a lot of wells today, haven't I? anyway, my sale dollar items are still ready for everyone in OAKS Dollar Deals store....I think I'm keeping them on sale until I make my OAKS Birthday Presents available (Scrapz Sacks/Grab Bags...whatever you'd like to call them) ..... I'm trying to gt mine in the store tomorrow .... I think a couple designers might have them available today...but the majority will be ready over the weekend ........................and, from what I've seen so far, most are HUGE! I really mean HUGE! ... some designers have been throwing things in theirs for over a month and they just keep growing ...kind of like mine...I feel like mine will be exploding because of all the fun goodness inside

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I received my d/l links today for completing the first week of the ADSR challenges :) ... YAY! ...I have some d/l happening right now :) ............. now I just have to start working on challenge #3 (AFTER my OAKS Birthday Presents are in the store & AFTER I complete my portion on the next Scraps For Charity collab contribution)

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have you seen Quirky's blog???? if not, you should.... every week she posts 5 fabulous digi-finds... and the most recent one has one she found off of my Kaboodle list :) - some of the talented Audacious wordart

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ok.......... I have a stupid award for someone today.......... oh yea...and she deserves it ... see HERE
....some might call it sad or crazy...but dang, she needs some real help & I think she might get some like Paris recently did, if you know what I mean

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now...just wish my cold away for me ...and my day will be super happy :) ... the right side of my head has been super stuffy since yesterday afternoon :(

thanks

the race has begun :)

ok...the big ADSR has been in gear for a week now.....

the 1st challenge was supposed to be about a museum or gallery and contain the word amazing ....I think mine turned out pretty darn funny........and COOL!



http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=149032&ppuser=2082

the 2nd challenge, sponsored by Pickleberry Pop, was for a collaborative LO (1 LO by both of us) and it had to include a doodle, the color red, a flower, and be about friendship

soooo...here's ours...



http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=151226&limit=recent s

now I have to start working on challenge #3 ...stay tuned for that one

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now......... I am working on some super cool painted flourishes and alpha......but my only issue is that my OAKS Scrapz Sack is already getting crowded (it'll be in the store Wed or Thurs) ... sooooo I might just have to make a 2nd one so I can sell a grab bag over at PDW too .....
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm ......what to do what to do???????

$1 - $1 - $1 - $1 - $1

grab them HERE
$1 all the time...oh yea...brand new...and only $1 each....


and TONS of goodies in OAKS brand new Dollar Deals section of the store (new and sale items) .......including a whole bunch of things from me marked down to a mere $1 each until late Sunday night

it's been too long

.....sorry for the long delay...I can't believe it's been a week since I last blogged ......
it's been a bit crazy around here & my internet time has decreased since Cooper is here....my wireless is screwy & rarely works ......... at least I'm getting more design projects done on my laptop

what's been happening since the 3rd???....
*the 4th of July we went to a friend's pool party & watched the fireworks......they have a HUGE backyard which is a rarity in Phoenix...and one of the big fireworks displays was just a few blocks away & the view was pretty great from where we were....the boys loved them, but a bit too long for their attention span.........I can't believe how well they did, we didn't leave the party until 10:20 & they were soo great ....... .... Coop had a blast playing basketball in the pool and had fun on the rockslide & so did Griffin....he's not even 2 and he just loved that thing so much...he went down by himself with his arm floaties on, sunk in the water, popped up and asked for more......but Hudson would only go down the slide on my lap & that was it.................................and, I started potty training Hudson, he's doing pretty well when he's naked, but he has to be naked to even go pee-pee in his potty
*the 5th was Coop's 17th birthday (dang, that still makes me feel old) .... I made him wait until 8:45pm to get his presents...he almost didn't think he was going to get anything at all ..... he received FlightSimulator X and a new joystick for the computer (he wants to go into aeronautical engineering)....and then we're going to see Hootie and the Blowfish, along with Cowboy Mouth the beginning of August..just the two of us.......should be pretty fun
*the 6th was Jeff's and my 4th anniversary....we didn't really get each other anything (well, I did get him a small book) because we just got a new washer and dryer about a week ago which I'm super happy with.....we went to Joe's Crab Shack for dinner (YUM!)..it was good, yummy crab legs, drinks, and super casual
*on the 7th, Coop and I saw Evan Almighty ...... it had a great message, kind of the same as the first one.....just a funny feel good movie, and corny at the same time
*jump to yesterday, the 10th........Jolie and I received our confirmation for the Amazing Digiscrapping Race (more a bit later in this blog)...........Hudson had another Speech Therapy session with Miss Kelly (it's an every Tuesday morning thing) & she went over the newest evaluation that she did last week, he is testing at the below 9th percentile range for his sounds in words which means somewhere below 2 yo level (more blogged below)........and then last night I hosted my first chat/challenge/crop at OAKS, I was worried nobody would be there and ended up with a pretty nice turnout & we had a ton of fun (more about that later too)

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now for some fun stuff....

don't miss out at OAKS this weekend
There will be 3 links a day given. We will also have a spot on the forums for hints just in case ya might need em. So stop in, have some fun and get a free kit while you can!

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and.......something from me....


**one big winner at each PDW and OAKS
**make sure e-mail addresses are valid with your purchases
**Ball of Fun at OAKS is not included

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for my chat last night, I gave away this cute little mini, Makin' Magic....

and I gave everyone a challenge to make a LO using this and only one other color....everyone that links up their LO in this thread gets another little surprise from me ...........
and that's not all........I also gave everyone a bunch of T & F questions to get to know me better, I was going to just award the one with the most correct answers with another freebie, but it was a pain tallying up everyone's answers soooooooooo I was super generous and gave EVERYONE another freebie.....my Snazzy Snoodles Butterflies

and...I was sooo super impressed by Shell (shellshok) since she was at my chat..........she's in Germany so it was around 2 or 3 in the morning for her...............what a doll!!!!!

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ADSR time........

wow!!! this second season is HUGE............ if you haven't signed up yet, sorry, it's too late now ..... you'll have to wait until season 3

Jolie Molino and I are teaming up together ......... I'm psyched! I need an extra push to do more LOs each month and this will be the perfect thing to get me going

how do you like our team blinkie??? and then there's the standard ADSR one with our name on it too




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Hudson's speech therapy........
we weren't too surprised that he tested below 2 yo for word sounds ...he'll be 3 in Sept........that's one reason why he's been in therapy for the last month and a half .............it's only 1 hour a week so we're really hoping that our school district accepts him for their pre-school therapy program....it's every day and more intensive...and FREE....it's supposed to be really good too ... I just mailed them Hudson's evaluation and I should find out next week ......they are supposed to take everyone that tests at least a year behind so we should be in for sure....if so, he'll be in school as of Aug 6th (smile)

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ok...that's it for now.........
I'm heading to a sorority training conf tomorrow morning.........it's for all of the regional team members and above.........................and...NO internet access at all shile I'm gone except for at the airport.........I'm so scared to see what my inbox will look like on Sunday.....YIKES!!!

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ok.......
have fun wishing and shopping while I'm away ....................and...sign up for my blog updates...you'll get random freebies ........hint hint: I'm sending one out tonight before I leave :)