Frolicking on the Beach

We took the dogs to the beach today. We don't go that often during the summer because the best dog beach is also a 'not supported by the city' nudist beach.

All the shots are SOOC. Linus has some nasty stick catching skills. Here he is walking on water. I think the ear flapping actually helps him catch air.It's too bad Sally is out of focus but Linus's bum is in focus. I've seen this one somewhere before...
Sally does awesome impersonations...

Anyway, we went to the beach.

Kerry had mentioned a few days ago that he needed to hold the camera more so that we would have more pictures of me. Sounded good at the time.
But then I remembered how most of Kerry's pictures end up, very blurry or very far away or of a tree or of my butt.
And so he got this one...

But then he got this one, which I thought would suck becaue Mr. Look-At-Me, was hogging the frame, but I like it.
And then there's this...Linus runs through bushes with great glee, only to be pinned down later to have all the nasty burrs pulled off his under carriage. I wonder if the nudists have problems with the burrs.

Sew tired

I picked out new fabric today because I'm on a roll. I'm making some of these things for Christmas presents. The people I have in mind don't read my blog so they will never know. I made 3 big ones and 2 little ones. The question is now "What the heck are they used for?"
The outsides...check out my fancy covered button, I did that! And it pays to have be the daughter of the ass. man. of Fabricland! ( I like to call her that, the assistant manager, my mommy.) Emily was complaining that her pockets aren't as nice as these ones, hers don't open. I got all worried that with my beginner sewing skills I might have sewn her pockets shut, but I didn't, she thought the fancy brads on her pockets were actual buttons and she couldn't undo them.

This is the baby portfolio, it's little, won't hold much, but it's cute.

This one looks better in person, and it's going to a birthday girl whose name starts with an R and ends with an E.

I've got some other ideas for these things that include using some of Emily's art work and the Anime Convention.

Patience is a virtue...

That I don't have much of, but I'm working on it.
I noticed that Yak, our previous long distance provider, took money from our account. I want to clarify with them that they are no longer authorized to do that because we were bribed back to Telus. So I'm on hold. I've been on hold forever. I love the recordings that keep me updated with where I am in the line up. There are currently 29 calls ahead of me.
Who knew all 30 of Yak's customers would call them at the same time?

And to make it worse, I still have an unsettled tummy. I know how this works, I'll go to the bathroom and Tim(who is really not Tim but some guy in a country where English is not his best trait) will come on the line and want my account number.

Taking a sick day!

I am taking it easy today. Last night, my throat was so sore, I couldn't talk. Kerry was probably happy.

And this is taking it easy...

In keeping up with Donna's Campaign for Creativity, I'm planning on making a bunch of Christmas presents.

I found a pattern on Amy Butler's site for this portfolio type thing and wanted to make one for Emily. I might save it for Christmas, but I'm so excited about it, I might just give it to her. My original intention was to change the pattern a bit to hold her sketch books, but I figured for the first one, I better follow directions. Since she loves the Oriental fabric, that's what I picked. I don't enjoy sewing with it but I think it turned out pretty good and only took about 4 hours.

I've posted my layouts for DYL.

I'm almost all caught up, we just started week 4 and I have the layouts done, just need to take some pictures of a few things. I really like the class. It's been fun to use my older products, makes me feel good when I use them too. And designing layouts around someone else's sketches has been a bit challenging but I'm up for it.

Sick Again

I have had some tummy issues the last few days, and as of tonight, during the middle of parent/teacher interviews, I have a super sore throat to with the tummy problems, the kind that makes you not want to talk or eat! Yay me! The kind that makes your neck sore too.
As the main 'care' giver in the family, I'm always the one making special things for sickies, treats, and other nice things to make them feel better. I know it's my mothering/nurturing thing, but I sure wish someone would nurture me. Maybe buy me super soft foods for my sore throat, make sure I have stuff to read while I'm laying around waiting for Y&R to start, that kind of thing.
So there...my pity party of one has begun.

On the upside, Emily didn't give us her interim report and when we got to the interviews the first teacher told us that if she just tries to run a bit more in P.E. she'd be on the honour roll. Well, Run Forrest Run! I mean Emily! And as we are not above bribery we said "pull up your socks and pick up your feet, get on the honour roll and we'll see about buying you that Nintendo DS Lite you have been saving for" to which she replied something along the lines of "is that all I have to do to get you to buy me stuff? Run a bit?" She doesn't get it about the honour roll thing, but we'll explain it to her.
Honour Roll = Money

Absence makes the Heart Grow Fonder

And pictures might help too.

I'm so not like Martha Stewart. I don't like her as a person. She rubs me the wrong way, but she's super organized or as organized as one can be with that many minions.
In my not-very Martha moment I realized I must embrace some of her ways if I want to be prepared for the holidays. And I also realized my prep revolves around alcohol, which I don't ever drink. But now we have our wine paid for and it's being brewed or whatever wine does before we bottle it. And I've got a start on my fruit cakes. Check out that picture...that bottle caused Kerry great delight. He thinks he will get to drink a large portion of it. I don't think so. If I follow my recipe for fruit cake as well as I have in the past, we will have the BEST freakin' fruit cakes in town and we'll be drunk. The recipe is for a bundt cake, but I make 7 little loaves. The recipe says to drizzle a few tablespoons of booze on the cake a day for a week or 2. I do this, religiously, lovingly, turning each cake every day. Oh, drat...a few tablespoons a day on a bundt cake, not a few tablespoons a day on a cake the size of my hand. Ooops...
Needless to say, I get requests for my fruit cake. The first batch, pictured, are chocolate cranberry.


This has become Emily's favourite meal, Rene's Caesar dressing makes it all good. Doesn't matter that a tablespoon of this stuff is 2 points.
This is Linus showing me how he slides under the fence, in his own words...
First, I pretend to smell the weeds by the fence. Then all innocent like I start to get low to the ground, real low. Then I use my fat head to push the chain link out of my way. And then I do my Superman and slide under the fence so fast Mom doesn't know what hit her. She's still trying to grab my tail, and then she gets mad because she remembers I don't have one. I do all this in about 4 seconds. Then I run like crazy to the other side of the neighbour's yard, get myself all freaked out because I've never been out of the yard and then I see Mom shaking a zucchini at me and I am a bit hungry so I run back to see her. I didn't like the way she dragged me back home, and I didn't get the zucchini, but at least she didn't yell at me.

Ooops

I'm a bad blogger. I have nothing to say. I'll try to conjure something up today.
Oh, I do have one thing...work at Fabricland was very busy. I think everyone and their Grandma were in today getting ready for Christmas.

Fight or Flight...

I'd fight...well, not really fight, but I'd punch and then run.

What am I talking about? Well, see Kerry in the window...he's trying to scare me. He has to do it from the safety of outside. My peeps know better than to scare me within striking distance.

Once, Kerry hid at the side door and I thought he was a zombie and I punched him in the chest and winded him. Once, the same thing happened at the bathroom door with Shaun. I have yet to hit Emily, but she knows better, she's learned from the guys' mistakes.

Not only did Kerry try to scare me with his "Peeping Kerry" routine, but Shaun put Scooby Do on the top of the fridge so that when I opened the freezer, he fell on me and of course, scared the crap out of me. Shaun got punched in the arm.

The best part...I'm not known for my upper body strength, but both Kerry and Shaun agreed that I could pack a punch when I'm scared.

And this makes me happy.

I figured...

The Recipe For Kelli

3 parts Pizzazz 2 parts Passion 1 part Nonconformity Splash of Ambition Finish off with a squeeze of lime juice

What's" the Recipe for Your Personality?

Check it...

http://cdmuckosky.blogspot.com/2008/10/whoo-hoo-scrapbookin-adventures.html

That's me! That's my tattoo stamp I carved. And if you check the class picture, there's me, Marg and Tara dilligently working away on our layouts!

Saturday Stuff

I went out with the Boys this morning for a photo shoot/dog walk/ mountain bike ride. I am campaining for a flash, so I figure the more bad mountain bike pictures I take the better my chances are!

But I did get these, I used the sun to my advantage, and wanted the lens flare.

This one is called "Run Like Someone is on Your Ass".This is "Following Dad into the Light".

And the rest of the photos, pretty much stink. Except for this one...But the action bike pictures, not so great. Check out the lens flare again.

Be Thankful

It's Thankgiving this weekend. I try not to take things for granted. Like our health, the kids' health, our lifestyle, families, and all the things we have, and I know that we should always be thankful for the things we have, all year long, but this year, I am so very grateful for everything.

Okay, except that I'm here and not in Disneyland.

I made a few cards the other night. This turkey gave me grief but he's cute so I'll forgive him.

And you know your a scrapbooker when...

You are doing Poop Patrol and notice something in the poop.

Oh, what's that?

A punched out, pooped out snowflake.

I don't know if it's sad because obviously someone was so hungry he had to eat paper snowflakes or if it's creative, because he was decorating his poop so it would be more appealing to the humans.

http://ellen.warnerbros.com/ Watch the video of the day, right to the end.

Check that out! Check out today's show, Oct. 9th. She never fails to make me laugh out loud!
Love her Cher impression even though it hurt my ears.

She makes me forget that ...
1. The van made funny noises when I turned corners this morning.
2. Linus chewed on Emily's favourite bookmark from the Anime Convention.
3. Linus got out of the yard and I had to run back into the house to get my shoes, turn off the stove and grab a zucchini. Why a zuke? Because that dog is food driven and won't come to me if I don't have a pork chop around my neck.

Yes, Ellen has the magic to take it all away. I would pay money, lots of money to see Ellen.

And only because we are reminiscing am I sure that Kerry said yes...Em said she wanted her birthday in Disneyland, I told Kerry, he said Okay! It's in April 6 months away. I now have to save up enough money to get us to Disneyland, buy Wetzels Pretzels, and board to dogs. This will be discussed some more.

One Year Ago Today...

we were in my favourite place, Disneyland. See the joy on my face! That's the pleasure of not having to feed dogs, pick up poop or deal with a 9 month old puppy.

Me, eating the best ever caramel/mini m&m covered apple. I was making sure to get my fruits and veggies in. Shaun pointed out that some little boy had plate sized eyes while watching me eat my apple. I think this was breakfast.

We got so emotional seeing the parade, okay, so me and Emily did. She mentioned yesterday that she would like to spend her birthday in Disneyland. I'm all for it.

Look back at your pictures, what where you doing a year ago today?

Mini Book Fun!

I played a bit today. The About a Boy album is obviously about Shaun. The Christmas Joy doesn't have any pictures in it yet. I'm thinking about what is going in there. I used non-traditional papers, florals for the Christmas album.

Both are made with Stampin' Up stuff, with the exception of the Bind-it-All. Both will be classes.

19 Years Ago Today!

19 years ago today at 5:22 am in Grace Hospital, Vancouver, this guy made his first appearance. Weighing 8 lbs. 6 oz., and 21.5 inches long, he was the biggest baby in the nursery.

Happy Birthday, Shaun!!!

That's me...

I'm a keener. I admit it. I want to get things done in a timely manner. I hate being behind. I can procrastinate like the best of them...but when I get going, don't interupt me. I'm in the zone. I'm pretty sure my eyes glaze over and my ears shut down too.
I am officially finished the assignments Cathy Z. left us with.
I'm using my stash people. I'm using it!!!
Check it out...cookie cutter from Melissa Frances, courtesy of Yolanda, I never thought I would use it, it's just that cute. American Crafts stickers that I had to buy 2 books of, and hardly ever use, they are kind of glossy and a red heart brad, who knew?
And on this one...felt E and metal numbers from Tara for my birthday, never used before, too cute to use, but I did it. Plastic and felt flowers that I've been saving for a rainy day. I'm impressing myself in no one else.
Now I have to prep for classes, finish those darn cute mini albums I cut and put together last week. Gotta strike while the irons hot!

Monday again

I'm actually getting my assignments done for Cathy Z. Design Your Life class. It was a bit overwhelming at first but I have a handle on the first week. I have 2 more layouts, one is almost ready, the other not even started, but I'm hoping later today to get a bit of time to do them.

This is my first page/cover. It is supposed to be about me, and the things we think represent us.


This one is about how Kerry likes to ride and I like to take pictures.
I'm trying to use my stash, mostly to keep costs down and to use up some of the stuff I bought and hoard because it's too nice to use. Whatever is leftover in my stash will go to the Papercraft Stash sale on Nov. 9th that I am organizing. It will also be a crop so that some of us can scrapbook in peace.

I've got a busy week prepping for classes, Shaun's 19th birthday is tomorrow, and the temp was -2, so I have to get my squashes out of the garden today!

Happy World Card Making Day!

That's right! Did you know it's World Card Making day? I wonder if they have World Give a Card day too?

In honour of today, I want you to make a card, link me a picture or email it to me. And then give that card to someone that deserves it. I'll pick a winner Sunday, 12 noon, Pacific.

I've got big plans today. I'm going to clean up my table, and actually look at my paper for my Design Your Life class. I might work on it, I might get sidetracked and finish the 3 mini albums I started last night. I love that SU Top Note die for the Big Shot. I'll post some pictures of it later. If you don't have a Big Shot, I seriously recommend getting one and 2 dies, the Scalloped Circle and the Top Note, and then get yourself some Blackboard chipboard and lock yourself in your scrapping room. That's what I want to do, but that darn family I live with makes it next to impossible.

Get my ears checked

We took Shaun to Boston Pizza for his 19th birthday dinner. My friend, Jeannine, was there too, waiting for a table. She said she was meeting Mr. Right for dinner. I said "Aren't you married?" She said "He's golfing." I was kind of dumb-founded but we continued chatting until we got a table.
A few minutes later, Misty-Rae, whom I had seen at Costco 2 days ago, popped over to say "Are you stalking me?" I turned to tell her that I had seen Jeannine too, only to see she was with Jeannine.
Turns out Mr. Right, is actually Misty-Rae and I need batteries in my hearing aid.

And it was exactly this time last year we were on our way to my favourite place, Disneyland. Where Emily proclaimed our family to be like 'the Comedy Hut', whatever that means. And to make sure we keep that title our conversation tonight was on how to pronounce Jugo Juice. Is it Jew-go Juice? Or Jug-o Juice or, as Shaun put it - Hugo Huice?

Overwhelmed

I've become the queen of WIPs. (work in progress) I start something and then go to get say some ribbon and then think I need to sort ribbon, and maybe re-ink my ink pads, and then when I have about 6 done, I think I should maybe sweep the floor, and it goes like that until I can't move.
My table looks like a tornado hit it. My house doesn't look much better. And when asked what I have been doing all week my answer will probably shock you. Nothing...Everything...Something? Yes, something.

The small victories in this week of doing nothing that passed so very fast...
1.Catching the large spider that came back from the island with me in my scrapbooking stuff. It was running on the tornado table and I had to move fast so that it didn't find a nice little crevice to live in. It touched my camera.
2.I finished my sample Stationery Box for Ever After.
3. I cut and sorted a million yards of ribbon.
4. I put all the pictures, journaling and embellishments in my Donna album. And made this snazzy photo collage of a few of the pages. This book is fat, not phat, but fat, thick, full of goodies.
5. I ate the last of the beets for breakfast, so now I have 1-2 more days of "What the heck happened to my poop?...oh, right, I had beets."
6. I bbq'd the best ever pork chops. I didn't over cook them, as is so easy with pork. Sprinkled them with love (Montreal steak spice, thyme and basil as per Em's request.)
7. Confirmed the booking of the hall for some kind of clear-out-your-scrapspace sale.
8. and this is the worst...I signed up for Cathy's class and so far have printed out the work on most beautiful thick paper and put it in page protectors, only to put it down and not read it, let alone do the work. There is an Official DYL Class Ground Rules, that I didn't sign yet, probably because I'm not ready...The part I'm not ready to agree with "keep an open mind and have fun", I'm already behind, I'm drowning in my tornado, okay, so I'm not drowning, I'm whipping around with the cows, and the houses, and the witches on brooms, and I can't get a single thing FINISHED to the END.
Except for this blog post.

Quick rambling {updated}

I haven't unpacked all my goodies from the weekend, well, I started and found a spider so now I'm done.

1. UPS delivers till 8 pm. I know this because I have had 2 seperate orders out for delivery since this morning, and it's 6 pm and I normally get them at 4 pm.
2. 1 burger is enough. 1 burger and 1 patty is too much.
3. I'm out of Diet Coke.
4. Opus has Copics on sale!
5. Someone broke in and dumped all my scrapbooking supplies on my table, really, they did.
6. I signed up for Cathy Z.'s Design Your Life class.
7. I haven't told Kerry yet about 6, and 5, but he recommend we do something about 3 before I blow. What a sweetie!

Off to Costco for Diet Coke.

Update: Been to Costco and back, and still my parcels aren't here. They have been in that truck since 9 pm. These are items I ordered Sept. 6th, they have been back ordered. I think I was never destined to have my Top Note die!

An end of day ranting post...

I sent all my scrapbooking stuff home with Marg so I wouldn't have to drag 45 lbs. of stuff behind me on the ferry. It was a great idea and saved me from a trip to the chiropractor, but...she's not coming home until tomorrow. I have so much creativity coursing through my veins right now and it's very hard to make anything when I don't have my scissors. I can't use any of my class scissors because their all righties! Oh, woe is me. I have managed to die cut, adhere and paint some stuff and it helps, but just a little bit.

Here's me and Donna.

I look stunned.

Discovery Channel: I Love the World

I had to share these youtube finds.

Josh Groban - TV Medley Performance (60th Annual Emmy Awards

Our Big Scrapbookin' Adventure

If you have been tuned in for the last couple week, you know that Marg, Tara and I went to Parksville this weekend to take part in the Scrapbookin' Adventures 2nd Anniversary Extravaganza! We had a great time. We met Donna Downey, C.D. Muckosky, and Kah-Mei Smith.

I actually have to go to work this morning, so I will come back later and give you a play-by-play of our big adventure! (Marg was sweet enough to take our luggage with her so we could walk on the ferry so I can't show you what we did yet.)

Here's a couple of pictures to keep you occupied until I get back.

This has to be the Sweetest Person on the planet! C.D. Muckosky! She's also probably the cutest. See that tattoo on her arm, I made that. Marg, Tara and I each had one and each one had a different person's name on it, mine said 'I think Donna Rocks!'. I inked C.D. and she did the awesome lettering and we all, including Kah-Mei's daughter, had a little photo shoot.

There were many memorable moments but by far the best was this one...can you read that?

That's right, fellow Coquihalla travellers, it says SLOW DOWN NOW FREE!!! That means $20 more to spend at the scrapbook stores!!! Which by the way, we found another great place to put on your list of stops while in the Surrey/Langley/Cloverdale area, Country Lane, check it out. I'd do a link but who knows where you'd end up, Google it, you'll get better results.

I can't wait until Marg brings my luggage back on Tuesday. I can't wait to play and use all my new found knowledge and goodies.

two days before I meet Donna Downey!

On the way to school Emily asked if we were for sure going to the Anime Convention next year. I said I think we are, I would like to take them again. She said 'Good, now I can stop saying "if we go" and say "when we go to the Anime Convention"'. The things kids think about...

I have sent some of my stuff off with Marg, like diet Coke, and my AMM tote filled with scissors, adhesive and other important crop tools, so I haven't been able to do much in the creative field. And speaking of scissors, I picked up a pair of pinking shears yesterday. I'm left handed, the scissor people don't make them lefties. I was once told that once in a blue moon they flip the machining tools around and make left handed pinking shears. I was waiting to see when and where these would be sold. I now believe That Someone thought that lefties were gullible.

My head cold is hanging on. My tooth is aching, could be sinus related but I think and have always thought that there is still some root in this tooth. It's been over 2 years since I got a root canal because I had to have a filling replaced and then the tooth broke and I had to get a crown, the whole time I've complained about pain. The dentist says it's my sinuses, it's a ligament in my jaw, it's not the tooth. I have had nothing but problems with it, he's reshaped the tooth so my bite is different too. Needless to say, when he told Kerry he needed to fix 2 older fillings, I told Kerry to go to someone else.

Tonight is TV night. I have to watch Grey's Anatomy and ER so that Tara and I can discuss them on the way to see Donna tomorrow. I also have to tape The Office, and I think there was something else, maybe My Name is Earl. I really wish the networks would spread the good shows out, maybe put one or two on Wednesday instead.

I've been scanning photos for my mom all morning. She has a bunch of old photos she found at my Grandpa's and wants to scrapbook them. Not being an avid scrapper, she was going to just put the photos in her book, but I told her that she needed to keep the originals and I would scan them for her to print of later. She's got photos from the 40's, maybe earlier, of my Great Grandpa, whom I never met.

This is my Grandpa, at 91 on a Harley. (not his)

This is my Great Grandpa, my mom's mom's dad, not sure where he's going, the bus has Japanes writing on the top.

My 12 Year Old...

can take better pictures than I can sometimes. I did set everything up ahead of time and hand over the camera and say "Take a good picture of me!" and she did, lots of them too, thanks to the burst mode. And the best one, of course had Shawn L's car pullin into the driveway as Emily snapped away.

I needed this for one of the classes I'm taking this Saturday, maybe I told you already, this one is for C.D. Muckosky's class. She's from CK magazine, if you didn't already know that. 2 more sleeps!!! Well, really, 1.48 more sleeps, becausse I probably won't sleep tomorrow night. I'll be tossing and thinking about whether or not I packed my Heather Bailey patterned paper or if I remember my scissors, or ipod earphones, or dental floss...

And check out my new top. It's kind of purple in this shot but it's more like dark grey, smoke, it's totally Stacy and Clinton approved. There's a tie at the back, just under my bust line to emphasis my 'smallest' area on my body, and when I got to work Judy declared I looked great and that I had lost weight! NOT really, it's the top, I said, and the fact I didn't have on my 'big' bra, and she said shut up and take it for what it was, a compliment. True was, I had lost weight, a whole pound, because I'm back on the wagon and was sick so I didn't eat much this past week. When you have a nose full of snot, nothing tastes good so why bother?

And the Winner is....

CLAUDIA
She's got a blog, check her out!

http://claudiafranson.blogspot.com/


I will need your address! I have your email address, so I will contact you!
After I get my stuff sent off ahead of me to see Donna Downey, did I mention I'm going to see Donna? Anyway, later this morning, I will package up your goodies and send them off to you!
And your stash will increase, yet again!

Learn something new

You can teach an old dog new tricks. I saw it on Mythbusters.
And I know it to be true because I have seen it in everyday life.
Sally has realized that her pesky 'brother' just might be good for something. In his eagerness to pick plums, his big puppy head knocks down a few plums, Linus has his plum in his mouth, Sally picks hers off the ground. They could go all day like this.
I figured out how to use Emily's Copics today. I haven't touched them for fear I might love them and need my own. I was right. I love them. I can colour better than I can take a clear picture today, must be the super excited to show you something shakes.

I actually coloured the witch first, so she's nothing spectacular, but check out the webs on the card, that was me getting fancy...as I heated the black embossing powder I threw glitter on the hot melting powder...only to have it blow all over me...some did get on the card. The rest is on my front and Linus's back.
And we found another gross disgusting spider. This time it was in the plum tree and I found it while picking. This puts an end to my picking. That's a loonie, not a penny.

And as a follow up to the last blog post...I have an idea of how much stuff I have, but my Kerry does read my blog, so let's just leave it at that.

10,000 Hits!

Okay, I know about 3000 hits are from me, and about that many are from Tara, but the rest...I know aren't from Kerry. I know this because last night as I was diligently working on my swaps for Tuesday and packing for my weekend get-away he saw my Big Shot. All this time I thought he didn't really pay attention to what I had in my room, but he knew this was new. He asked when I got it, I told him we had had a discussion about it when he was almost asleep and I kept telling him to wake up. I told him it was a good business purchase, he didn't seem to mind. Then he asked how much it cost (after declaring that it was sturdier than my Accucut machine that I sold), and I told him $118. He looked thoughtful for about 2 seconds and then said "What can I buy for $118 for my bike?" and then left.

He did seem mildly impressed by the stuff I had embossed with the BS. (that's Big Shot, not bull$hit)

So in honour of hitting 10,000 hits I will do a draw tomorrow, Tuesday, for some goodies. Just leave a comment and tell me this...if you had to count up all your scrapbooking supplies and total the amount of 'inventory' what is the number, the dollar amount, you would have to put on your insurance forms?

Don't worry, I'm sure your spouses don't read my blog.

Sept. 20!

Today is the day I decided to never again hold the Benvoulin Craft Sale.
After 14 years of organizing what has become one of the better craft sales in town, I'm throwing in the towel. I've been having to hunt down the crafters to get their fees, to get them to even let me know that they were doing the sale, add the other stress of booking things, planning set-up, and everything else that I do for very little pay and the fact that I don't even sell my woodcrafts anymore, and the fact that the only people that seem to really appreciate the sale are the ones that make very little money but do it because they love it and the customers. I feel terrible for those people.
The final straw was a crafter, one who has been in the sale almost every year, who told me she didn't like the fact that her fees might go towards me making a profit, that she shouldn't have to pay as much as others, that she didn't get enough space, and oh, nothing made her happy, so she was thinking it wasn't worth it for her. She had the nerve to say that she only made $200 last year, I had to point out that she had in fact made $1400, almost $1500. And then she was singing a different song, one about how she hardly had anything and she made that much? Wow, maybe should would do it, but she wasn't happy with all that other stuff. And she said it wasn't right that for all my time I don't make that much, well, lady, you just finished saying I didn't deserve to make any money.

Anyway, enough of that. I will lose money on the hall rental if I cancel so I'm gathering my resources and planning a scrapbooking related day at the Benvoulin Church, Nov.9th. But I'll tell you more about that later.

Thank you for your support!!!

Still sick

I am determined to get rid of my head cold. I'm trying to get rest, but every time I recline, my head fills with snot. I so don't want to be 'the girl that gave Donna Downey a head cold'.
I have had classes most nights this week, and have them almost till I leave, so I must try to get in some kind of rest standing up right.
Tonight, my first Brazilian student signed up for scrap booking classes. Yay for international students!
Got my hair cut and coloured, and my hairdresser is now in my will, she said I looked like I was in my 20s! Even with my puffy eyes and red nose.
I met Tara at Costco and did a terrible job of shopping for essentials, so I will have to go back in the next day or so. Drat. Costco on the weekend!
Emily is spending the night at my mom and dad's, Kerry thinks he's getting lucky because we are home alone. But he's got another thing coming! I'm going to sleep, in front of the tv, sitting up so my head doesn't fill up with snot again. Such a turn on!

The germs got me.

I have a sinus cold. It's not that bad, yet. I'm hoping to kick it before next week.
I've got classes tonight, tomorrow night, Sunday, work on Monday and a class, a meeting Tuesday after work, new TV shows to watch Thursday, so I don't have much time to be sick. I can be sick Wednesday, that's it.
Add to that the lists of things I have to pack, most of which I need for classes and won't be able to pack until the last minute, the clothes I have to pick out to look good in for when I meet the Scrapbooking Goddesses, the lists I need to leave for Kerry, the groceries I have to get so my peeps won't starve, and whatever else I'm forgetting...Breath in the Love, Breath out the Stress, I just read that here...http://booshay.blogspot.com/...I'll let you know if it works.