Crazy Life

Man my days are crazy right now. I do have some new cards to post, which I will do later, as I am typing this at work. Shame on me :) But sometimes you just gotta take a break. Something I haven't been able to do for some time.

Well anyways, I was blurfing here at work and came across a fun list on Sunshiny Days blog, she also has some cute cards on there. So, I thought I would give it a try and see how many I could cross off. The bold items are things I have done.

Have you ever??????????

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world (ish)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (don't tell anyone)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community (drove thru Amish Country while visiting Allentown, PA)
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted (does chalk count)
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (does trying count, iron level too low)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square (drove past Times Square)
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Happy New Year!

Hello, I'm back and Happy New Year.

I hope everyone had a great Holiday.

What a hectic month December was! Between work and the kids activities, I didn't get any Christmas cards out this year. At work, I work for a general contractor, we got 2 new projects, which by the way was a life saver, or I would probably be out of work like many people. Well anyways, these 2 new project consist of 4 elementary schools. We will be adding 2 story portable buildings to each of the schools. Now mind you I work for a small contractor and there are just 2 of us in the office, we have put in alot of long hours trying to set these jobs started. So not a lot of time for Christmas shopping or baking. My hubbies schedule was such that he was able to get the shopping and wrapping done for me. I just love him to pieces. Thankfully I was unable to bake because I still managed to gain weight, I know it would have been more if I had baked.

My weekends were busy with Garrett and scouts. The first saturday of December we went and picked mistletoe. The boys use this as one of their fund raisers.


Here is Garrett surrounded by mistletoe. I didn't get alot of pictures because I was also packing the mistletoe in the trashbags. I think we had something like 20 large trashbags filled with mistletoe. From there we went to another scouts house to pack the mistletoe. I forgot to mention Garrett & I started at 7am. The scouts continued to pack until 5 pm and then again on Sun from noon to 3pm. Between Garrett & I we put in 16 hours on Saturday. The next Saturday we were scheduled to sell mistletoe and Albertsons from 9am to noon.
We had just 2 boys at our location, the boys managed to sell $100 worth; thankfully because the mistletoe just wasn't lasting. Most of it was broken. I'm curious how much the troop made and how much goes towards Garretts account to be used toward summer camp.

I did get a few gift cards made and I made knitted 3 scarfs for gifts. Of course I didn't start until the 22nd and made my gift cards on Christmas day. Well here are the gift cards I made.

This one I made for my brother, I thought it turned out real cute. I used Dawn's envelope gift card holder, she has some great tutorials.

On my gift card holder I used a SU medium square envelope. I also used SU's dp to cover the outside of my envelope, I also covered the inside but forgot to take a picture .
The frame is from my square nestibilities.
These are great, I use them with my SU Big Shot.

These other two gift card holders I adapted from cards I had made before. I was running out of time to get them done. Since my creative juices are still not flowing there were the next best thing. I think they turned out cute. I just added a pocket to the inside of the cards.
The dp is from SU, it was from 2007's winter mini. I just love these colors. I'm so glad I bought extra. On my Frosty gift card holder you can see the gift card pecking out from the top.


Here are the scarfs I made my sister-in-laws for Christmas. I made them in 2 nights. These make up real quick. I also made my mom one but forgot to take a picture.






Since then I've made 3 more. I'll show you in my next post.

I did manage to make a card and money holder yesterday for my nephew's 16th birthday. I am now in the process of making my cousin a birthday card.

This year I hope to get a little more stamping in and do the challenges on splitcoaststampers and the various blogs I have come across.

Thanks for lasting this long.

Bye until the next time.