tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44940511595216707012024-03-13T11:21:51.759-04:00Scrap That ThoughtSandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604225146974725005noreply@blogger.comBlogger264125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494051159521670701.post-18579240238541701002012-06-27T11:15:00.001-04:002012-06-27T11:15:30.368-04:00<h2>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's occurred to me that the whole scrapbooking world is about getting the latest product, and collecting it. If you use it, great, otherwise, you have to go out and get some more new product. The latest and the greatest. Then, of course... we are left with a ton of unused OLDER product! That product, that we bought filled with excitement, and love of pattern and appearance, and ideas... becomes almost substandard! Why is that? The older product is as wonderful as it was when we bought it. It's a crazy mentality. I don't toss my clothes after 6 months passes, with the thought that, they no longer are relevant. One of my hubby's client's yesterday, said something profound. He said, wow... that's a smart industry! They've done what the software industry has done! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm going to be using my stash. I mean REALLY using it! I've been reading all of these articles lately about the need to use current product if you want to be anything, or go anywhere in this business. That's great, for those on a bunch of design teams... or even one design team, that get a ton of free product delivered to their door... but not so much for everyone else. And as my son said... not very conservationist, Mom! Oy. So, here is this somewhat unpopular thought posted on my blog today. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I dug out a little stuffed animal that used to sit on my bed a few years ago, (yes, AFTER I was a married mother!), and I gave it to my puppies. I made them share it... which is easy for my puggle Beauregard! Not so much so, for my Mischievous Mischa! If a nickel falls onto the floor, she runs and lays on it, so that you know it's hers. She's a rescue, and I think she had to fight for her place during her first year of life. But, the two of them got along with the stuffy perfectly fine! She tired of sharing quicker, and walked away for a bit. Beauregard could hardly believe his good fortune!</span></div>
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<b>In My Little Corner of the World!</b></h2>
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I made this box for my cards. Playing cards, that is. I enjoy playing cards here and there. My family doesn't, so most of the time, I play solitaire, or a solitary game. :)</div>
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I've been spending so much time working at my computer, the days are drifting by almost unnoticed. I thought I'd post a few of the pics I grabbed the past 2 days, just to make sure I didn't let it all pass me by without </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking very bright, my 19 year old gets set to head out for a game of golf with his dad. And yes, he does dress specifically in golf clothes. They are the only ones he tucks in, apparently.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's SO hot these past days, (feels like 43 for those of you celsius), and for my US friends... that's over 100F. The dogs wanted to be on the back deck with us, but had to sit in the shade. Beauregard went under my swing. It was just too much for him, altogether!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coming in from his short walk, Beauregard immediately headed to the vent, to lay ON TOP of it!!! Just to feel some cold air that much quicker. These puggles aren't huge fans of extra hot days.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mischa's idea of a cold spot, is on the bathroom floor, right against the toilet, and that's where she headed after her walk. Guess the air blows nice and cold there. Hmmm. <br /><br /><br />So there you have it. A quick glimpse in the goings on in my home, during a heat spell. :)<br />Thanks for stopping by!<br /><br /></td></tr>
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<br />Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604225146974725005noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494051159521670701.post-85407882842853118332012-06-17T17:57:00.001-04:002012-06-17T19:15:49.190-04:00The MOVEDon'tcha just love moving? <br />
Yeah... me too. It kills me! But we did it. And we moved from the country... back to the city. I mean no disrespect to those of you who live in the country... but HOW DO YOU DO IT????? I was fine with the beauty. The people? Lovely... but ER... VERY nosey. Did you notice the all caps? Uh huh. They know every single solitary thing about you. And that's imperative. They also feel an obligation to share what they know. sigh <br />
Secondly... the internet. I lost friends online, because the internet had me so disconnected. I couldn't stay connected. And it was costly. And it was s-l-o--o--o--o--o--w! SO slow.<br />
Here I am, back with regular internet. Back in the city. Back with high speed. And back with paying slightly less that $500 a month to stay connected. And no... that wasn't a typo.<br />
It was kinda sad saying good-bye to the old house. But the new one is warmer, I think. Theoretically... not actually. We've just felt *at home* from day one. That wasn't necessarily the case with the old house. Even though it was bigger, grander, and more eye-catching and romantic to look at... it didn't grab my heart. Not like this one does. And I just prefer living in the city.<br />
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And the animals love it too! That speaks volumes to me. From the day we moved in, they were happy. As you all know... animals are NEVER happy moving. But my two cats, and two dogs are thrilled. They are comfy here too. It's good when you find a place like this.<br />
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So.. here are my good-bye pictures to the old house in the country. We appreciate the nice roof over our heads, but we were ready to move on.....<br />
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<br />Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604225146974725005noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494051159521670701.post-82624368962013131802012-03-18T18:19:00.000-04:002012-03-18T18:19:39.273-04:00What a Giveaway!Run, don't walk... to <a href="http://vimeo.com/mynoveltree/websterspagesnowshipping" target="_blank">The Great Websters Video and Giveaway!</a> What a FAB Prize. And the Video? SO cute!!!!! You won't want to miss this!Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604225146974725005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494051159521670701.post-83337037915947049802012-02-21T10:54:00.000-05:002012-02-21T10:54:45.705-05:00Why Can't Life Be A Holiday?Then we could spend our time relaxing and having fun! But.. it's not. So this past week, I was SO busy, I didn't post here at all.<br />
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A layout of my hubby and son, but it's ABOUT my hubby. If there were two words to use to describe him, it would be strong and dependable. No matter what is going on, he will fight to take care of his family. It's a wonderful feeling.<br />
I've got this layout on a stand on the island in my kitchen/family room area. <br />
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</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hubby and I saw a movie this weekend. It was The Means War, with Reese Witherspoon and Chris Pine. He played Kirk in the latest Star Trek movie. This movie was fun and funny. We both loved it. It wasn't crass. And it wasn't filled with violence and curse words. Ok.. it WAS filled with tons of action... and romance. I really liked it.</div>Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604225146974725005noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494051159521670701.post-55071867563302699012012-02-06T14:48:00.001-05:002012-02-06T14:48:08.632-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Layout to start my week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I created this layout, actually around the 12 x 12 frame, as you see. I can remove it, but until I do... it partly covers the frame. The picture is hubby and me when we were dating, and hubby, me and our son, a few years back. I love this brown velvet ribbon. You can't tell here, but it's so luxurious in person. I'd love to find more of it. I got it in a kit last year. Yummy stuff. It contains a great quote. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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1. Scrap your Bucket List.<br />
2. Scrap Top 10 Lists... a) Fave Movies<br />
b) Fave TV Shows<br />
c) Top 10 reasons you wanted children<br />
d) Top 10 fave things about each of your family members<br />
e) Top 10 fave dishes to make<br />
f) Top 10 things to do with your family<br />
g) Top 10 wishes for each family member<br />
h) Top 10 vacation wants for the future.<br />
3. Scrap your Moods<br />
4. Scrap your Horoscope and Chinese Horoscope<br />
5. Scrap a name page... how you got your name, and what it means<br />
6. Scrap your most defining moments<br />
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7. Scrap the most influencing people in your world<br />
8. Scrap "If I could do it again.."<br />
9. Scrap what each holiday means to you<br />
10. Scrap your best and worst points<br />
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Last Night!<br />
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Hubby and I were sitting in the family room watching The Bachelor! Puppies were lounging beside me on the sectional... and we decided to have popcorn. We had this big thing in the office, so thought it would be great to have it in the home too. Yeah. Um... GREAT popcorn. But in a 135 year old home? We played POP goes the breaker!!!! LOL<br />
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We managed a bowl of popcorn apiece... but not without some stair-walking. LOL<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A Mini Book I'm working on. It's about me. I've been experimenting with it, trying to sort out how I want it to be. So, I'm creating one after another page, from scratch. I'm cutting cardboard, and whatever.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When I'm done, I'll post it. This is what I've done so far.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604225146974725005noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494051159521670701.post-84554895604245221882012-01-29T23:21:00.000-05:002012-01-29T23:21:14.909-05:00Good Monday Morning!!!Wish I was at Cha!!! Wow. I REALLY wish I was hanging out at all of the booths. And I mean ALL of them!!!!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><u>A New Layout </u></b></span><br />
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I created a new page, and put it in a frame. The page is a picture of my son playing with the Dolphin on his last Disney trip. I love the picture. And I love that my 19 year old son loves Disney so much, he took his girlfriend there, and on a Disney cruise. We really are a Disney family.<br />
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Here's my layout. The frame was a dark wine colour, and it didn't suit the picture. So I painted it blue and green. I won the Fancy Pants paper from Fancy Pants, and just used it. I also used some Zva blling to create the water effect.<br />
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</div>Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604225146974725005noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494051159521670701.post-76727906792561555622012-01-26T07:08:00.000-05:002012-01-26T07:08:46.378-05:00Check <a href="http://websterspages.typepad.com/webstershome/2012/01/introducing-in-loveand-another-giveaway.html" target="_blank">THIS</a> out!!!! Fun stuff. GORGEOUS!!!!! Giveaway chance!!! Don't miss out!<br />
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I like this layout!!! It's called Sweet Summer Hike. The pic is of my hubby and son. It was on a hiking path we'd never been on before, so it was great fun!!! Normally when I look at my layouts, I see 10 things I wish I could remove or add. Not sure why. lol. This one? I just like it. Funny how you get those layouts, eh? It isn't as though I think it's the perfect layout... it's just exactly what I want. That's a good feeling. I don't have it often in my scrapbooking. Maybe that's a good thing. Maybe not..<br />
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Do usually love your layouts just the way they are?<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can't tell... but the flags have the words My First on them... so that the title is "My First Mothers Day"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZrggYrMKHyM/TyAvKfnpH2I/AAAAAAAABy4/81Ow0tbo-VE/s1600/Mothers+Day+1993sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZrggYrMKHyM/TyAvKfnpH2I/AAAAAAAABy4/81Ow0tbo-VE/s320/Mothers+Day+1993sm.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604225146974725005noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494051159521670701.post-61995946980691087632012-01-23T23:53:00.000-05:002012-01-23T23:53:33.783-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Layout #1 "How to Grow a Tim Horton's Boy". This is a funny layout of my son. What makes it funny? He's drinking out of a Tim Horton's cup as a baby. 16 years later, he will be working at Tim Horton's as a Baker and a Supervisor. Hence the title "How to Grow a Tim Horton's Boy". Funny! The other layout is called Life and Fate. It's interesting where life and fate takes us. For those of you who are not Canadian, you should know that Tim Horton's is a Donut//Coffee place that is the most popular in Canada. It was started by a hockey player named Tim Hortons. The way he's looking at the cup makes me laugh. It really does look like he sees his future. I need to get a pic of him today, in his uniform. But I don't have it. I will get a picture the next day he goes into work. I think I'll add it to the 2nd layout. Not quite sure. :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Layout #2 "Fate and Life"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did this layout first.. with the intentions of putting a pic of him in his uniform today. Then, I got the idea to do the "How to grow" layout, and I did that one too. I had to. It literally called out to me. <g></g></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> I'm getting addicted to making those flowers. Love doing that. I'm making them by the dozens I think. I now have a box full of various types. lol</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This Face!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I get such a kick out of Beauregard's face. He looks at me, and I laugh. His face melts my heart. All wrinkly and sad-eyed. You can hear him say it.. "Don't you love me anymore??" "I just don't got no friends no how." What a dawg.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uGkb6jD9Exs/Tx43GjYqo8I/AAAAAAAAByo/raOXhkpp0HU/s1600/P1020613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uGkb6jD9Exs/Tx43GjYqo8I/AAAAAAAAByo/raOXhkpp0HU/s200/P1020613.jpg" width="198" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mischa Has Taken to the Bottle!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This little doggie loves her bottles. Every time I finish a bottle of water.. and I drink a LOT in a day... she takes the bottle.. and is all about it. And yes.. it's NOISY. I think that might be part of the charm. The noise. Mischa loves to make noise. She loves to bark. And she loves to chat. You can hear words coming from her, she chats so much. I'll have to video a chat one day and put it on here.</div><br />
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</div>Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604225146974725005noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494051159521670701.post-11868934688446832812012-01-11T12:32:00.000-05:002012-01-11T12:32:54.152-05:00It's A Disney World... well... CRUISE!<div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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So.. as many of you know, my son went on the Disney Cruise in December, with his girlfriend. We've done the cruise as a family, when he was younger, and we've done Disney World a number of times, of course. This just goes to show that once you are a Disney person... you are always a Disney person. He works full time, is in University in Toronto, full time, studying to be a Television journalist, and he is paying for his own education. Yet.. he budgets to go to Walt Disney World, and on the cruise. I can't help but get a kick out of that fact. We really do teach our kids a lot by our own likes and dislikes... and by what we expose them to. I got these pics from him yesterday, and thought I'd post them for those of you who've never been on a Disney cruise. I highly recommend it! It's amazing. What is nice for those like my son, who travel with no kids, there are adult only pools, restaurants, and areas, that make it as fun for anyone who is going.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"></div>Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604225146974725005noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494051159521670701.post-66905858044314294502012-01-10T11:59:00.000-05:002012-01-10T11:59:53.215-05:00Themed TuesdaysOk.. So.. I thought I'd try and make this blog a bit more interesting. So each Tuesday, I'm going to go back to giving a sketch, and some themes, related to the month/week we are in.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So... A Sketch!</span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here is this week's Titles:</span></b><br />
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<ul style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">A Cold Day Makes for Warm Hearts</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">A silvery Homestead</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">A snowflake is winter’s butterfly</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Arctic Blast</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">On a Cold Winter's Day</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Winter and Wine go hand in hand</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Snow Angel</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Snow Flurries</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Cold Winter Nights</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">January Cold</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Baby, it’s cold outside</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Better inside then out</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Baby It's Cold Outside</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Cold frosty morning</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Cold hands, Warm heart</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Cold, gray light of dawn</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Snowy Life</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Dashing thru the snow</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Dressed to chill</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Frosty & Friends</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Fun in the snow</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Snow Baby</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Brrr</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Give me Hot Chocolate anyday</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Hazy shade of winter</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Headed South for Winter</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">In the frosty air</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Is it too cold for dancing?</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">It doesn’t take much snow for a little flake to have fun</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">It’s a brrrand new day</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Jack Frost nipping at your nose</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Jack Frost was here</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Let the cold winds blow</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Making new friends</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Winter Bliss</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Our winter love</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Out in the cold again</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">God's Wonderland</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Ready for Winter</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Romping in the snow</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mittens and Scarves and Hats, Oh My</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Slip, Sliding Away</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Snowbody loves you like I do</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Snowbody Knows the trouble I've seen...</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Snowmen fall from heaven. Some assembly required</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Some Assembly Required</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">What's Up Jack? (Jack Frost)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Sub Zero</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Silver and Snow</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The fire is so delightful</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The ice man cometh</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Snowflake City</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Snowflakes and Heaven</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The polar express</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Polar Bear Land</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The weather outside is frightful</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">There’s a chill in the air</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">There’s no business like snow business</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">There’s snow place like home</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Walking in a winter wonderland</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Where's the fireplace?</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Warm socks and mittens here</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Snowball fights and laughter</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Warm wooley mittens</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Warm Winter Gloves</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Welcome Winter</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Don't Eat the Snow</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Winter Wonderland</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Puppies and Snow</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Sledding Fun</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Glistening Snow</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Time for Indoor Fun</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Frosty and Me</li>
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</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><b>A Winter Layout</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Here's a Winter Layout that I did awhile ago. I like this layout. It's of my hubby back in Sault Ste. Marie, where I was born. We were just dating here. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
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</span></span></div>Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604225146974725005noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494051159521670701.post-65669115465133418702012-01-09T11:50:00.000-05:002012-01-09T11:50:30.197-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">January Picks</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm loving the fact that it's January. All of my favourite shows are back on tv. The more tv I watch? The more I NEED to watch. I have that magical beast called 'PVR'. I can tape any number of tv shows on it. When I want to check some out, I tape them and look later. Well.. when they are good... I get really caught up in them... and I have to tape them ALL the time. Now I'm addicted to </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. Supernatural</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2. Grey's Anatomy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3. Once Upon a Time</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4. Flashpoint</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">5. NCIS</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">6. NCIS: Los Angeles</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">7. Criminal Minds</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">8. Personal Interest</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">9. Hawaii 5-0</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">10. Bachelor</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm sure there are others, but I might have forgotten them. It's funny how taste's change too. I used to watch mostly all reality tv. Now? Not so much. Although.. I am watching The Bachelor.. and I'l watch Big Brother. LOVE those. I like PVR, because I watch the shows while I scrap, or while I can't sleep. I don't have the time to watch them when they're on. So... I watch them when I have time. :) What can I say. What about you? What's the show you can't go without watching? Any? None?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a layout of my son. I love these pictures because he's so bright-eyed. Happy. Fun. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sthfL2WvSYc/TwsXNDHOnVI/AAAAAAAABvw/M_kuiZSKMXU/s1600/Denim+%2526+Giggles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="319" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sthfL2WvSYc/TwsXNDHOnVI/AAAAAAAABvw/M_kuiZSKMXU/s320/Denim+%2526+Giggles.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604225146974725005noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494051159521670701.post-28616170236592414332012-01-08T11:15:00.000-05:002012-01-08T11:15:55.699-05:00Sunday SundaySo, I do love a good weekend. Tomorrow? We go back to our weekly grind. But today? It's Sunday! ahhh.<br />
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I'm going to spend the day Scrapping, I think. And doing laundry, and washing some floors. But Scrapping will be my main thing. I won't know what I'm going to work on, until I get in there. But it'll be fun. Why? Cuz it's Sunday!<br />
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What are you doing with Sunday?<br />
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I'm fooling around with the cover of my art journal. It's not much.. but it's just how I've started. I'm going to add to it whenever I work on the journal. Maybe I'll cover it in gesso, and start over. But for sure.. I'll add something. Glitter?? Colour? shimmer? Who knows.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I came downstairs to the family room in the middle of the night, and ended up falling back asleep. Beauregard and Mischa decided that I was the perfect sleeping companion. This is what I woke up to...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-h0jJWZTwjZg/Twm9XePfSsI/AAAAAAAABvg/mn4depzSry4/s1600/P1020607.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-h0jJWZTwjZg/Twm9XePfSsI/AAAAAAAABvg/mn4depzSry4/s200/P1020607.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qd1fNTOW3jg/Twm9a7Ri8SI/AAAAAAAABvo/84MbxZBpbag/s1600/P1020604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qd1fNTOW3jg/Twm9a7Ri8SI/AAAAAAAABvo/84MbxZBpbag/s200/P1020604.jpg" width="200" /></a> Mischa snuggled at my arm<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's Beauregard at my feet </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div>Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604225146974725005noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494051159521670701.post-38390350503258557662012-01-06T11:52:00.000-05:002012-01-06T11:52:11.632-05:00Another DaySo I got working on a page last night.. and got distracted. I'm REALLY getting into this art journal. It's become a tad obsessive. So.. I put my page down.. and headed into the kitchen to grab my art journal. (Ok.. so it's in the kitchen. I have a large marble table in my kitchen, that I use to prepare food on... keep MANY things on.. and take photos on. What can I say)<br />
So.. anyway.. I went and grabbed it, and INTENDED on working on the cover. But nope. I did a page. The first page. I had to. It was there mocking me in it's dirty whiteness. (dirty because I'd gotten paint on it from the other days work). Mocking me. Dirty whiteness.<br />
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So here it is. Notice I journalled a bit more with this page. And I added stuff to it. I'm just going with it. I was anal at first. (Ok.. so the day before yesterday)_ but now? Not so much! It's MY art journal. So why am I looking elsewhere for the rules on what I can and can't do? That sounds silly yes? So.. I am currently making the rules for said art journal. And I've said... Go Ahead, Sandie! Use whatever you feel like! Fun! That just opens things up, doesn't it!<br />
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My doggies are beside me, and looking kinda cute. So, I snapped a pic or two of the monsters. We've all gained a bit of weight. Ok.. so Beauregard the Problematic Puggle of Perpetual Need and I have gained weight and it shows. Mischa? She's gained. It's just she WAS so darn tiny to start with, it looks different on her. That's my story... and I'm sticking to it.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oITqO6VlB8Y/Twcl9L99pwI/AAAAAAAABvI/y7keTvc-fEw/s1600/MischaBo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="168" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oITqO6VlB8Y/Twcl9L99pwI/AAAAAAAABvI/y7keTvc-fEw/s200/MischaBo.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Bearegard and MischaSandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604225146974725005noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494051159521670701.post-24262971860922482662012-01-05T00:36:00.001-05:002012-01-05T03:00:42.183-05:00My Christmas Adventureor aka<br />
SO Glad This Didn't Happen When He Was FIVE!<br />
(check out my art journal attempt under this post)<br />
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Let me tell you all a story about my Christmas! It's a doozy. I promise. Four days before Christmas, our 19 year old son got so sick, we had to call an Ambulance for him. He'd just gotten home from a Disney Cruise, and we were concerned about Norwalk Virus. He was VIOLENTLY ill. It was awful. I had to stay a bit away from him because we didn't want me to get it. I am a bit immuno-compromised. Not a big deal, but it can be, if I get something like this. So... hubby stepped up and took care of our son Dana. Well... here in Canada... if our doc is off, we have something called Tele-health. You call and speak to a Nurse, and they give you advise. her advice? Get him to the hospital pronto, and she would call the ambulance. So.. off he went.<br />
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And I cleaned the house with bleach. Lots and lots of bleach. I washed doors, and walls, and handles, and taps, and toilets.. and ... well, you get it.<br />
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Yeah... you KNOW what I'm about to say next, right?<br />
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3:00 or 3:20 am. Christmas morning, I was done wrapping, presents were under the tree, and voila.. I noticed stockings hung with care, and filled. What's this? Hubby is downstairs saying... "Where's the gravol?" Huh? It's CHRISTMAS MORNING in a few hours. Surely not? "Well... I'm not sure", he says... but it feels suspicious. So.. we'd gone out for our usual Christmas Eve chinese buffet, so that could be it, I reasoned with myself. My own tummy was upset. Not a ton.. but it was upset. I'm now thinking... Geez.. I betcha I'm just scared. There's nothing wrong with me. I repeated that to myself as I got my jammies on. 15 minutes had passed, and I grabbed a garbage can with a bag in it, and brought it to the family room with me. (I didn't want to go into that diseased bed with hubby). Oh oh. I'm sick, I thought. I'm really sick! I better take Gravol. I lay down... took gravol x 2 and ugh. It began.<br />
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Just after 4:00 am, my son came downstairs... and no, it wasn't in excitedment to see what Santa had brought. Nope. My 19 year old son was asking for gravol for his dad, who was pretty sick. He's concerned about Dad, cuz he knows how sick HE was. But he's not scared. Just thinking well.. this isn't a great Christmas! That is.. until he saw me. I said "We have no more gravol!" oh oh.<br />
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And that was when he saw I was throwing up too. And he got scared. As I said... NOBODY wants me sick. When a person is immuno-compromised.. what makes a normal person sick, can make them .. ok.. just much more so than the *normal* person. Now, the poor boy is running back and forth between his Dad and me. And our friends? (we have NO family near us) They are away... or with little ones. We've moved to the country recently, and don't know our neighbours enough to interrupt Christmas. So.. he contacts one of our oldest friends who moved away.. but who is in town visiting. Joanne Martini Pezzano runs around town looking for the ONE pharmacy that is open. Several hours have gone by since we ran out of gravol. She comes with some fresh supply, Bless her heart. What a godsend friends are at times like this. Our son Dana commutes to University in Toronto, so he never went past his first license. Here in Ontario it's a graduated license system, and he never went past having to drive with someone else in the car, cuz he wasn't driving in Toronto. (most don't, cuz transit is easier). So he couldn't drive without us in the car. He's getting his full license this month now. He doesn't want that to happen again. lol<br />
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Finally... around 5pm, Christmas evening, Gary and I get up and sit in the livingroom for present opening. I had made my way from the couch in the family room... to the couch in the living room where the tree is. I was still throwing up. I continued to be sick until the next day. It took me 4 MORE days to be up and around. New Years Eve I was up finally. But immediately got sick again. New Years Day I was back down.<br />
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We are finally up and around, but it was NOT a very good Christmas. Thankfully, our 19 year old son Dana wasn't 5. He was able to manage thru Christmas. But here he was... just us. No family around.. .and stuck out in the country Christmas day... with sick throwing up parents, and that's it .. for company.<br />
sigh. I won't post pics, cuz the only ones taken were by me, as I lay with my head down on the couch, sick, and my poor boy looks stressed and unhappy. When they are 19, they don't want you posting that.<br />
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I was SO ready for 2012. Are you ready for the positive side of this??? LOL Here it is! We've already gotten this nasty.. so we don't have to live in fear of getting it now. It's OVER! :)))<br />
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What a Christmas! Wash your hands. There's some nasty viruses going around!<br />
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One of my Resolutions is to work on an Art Journal this year. So.. I made one to start with. And I attempted my first page. Not a lot of journaling. But this next page will have more. I got lost in the colour and the material. I'm going to do another page tomorrow... and begin to work on the cover. Here it is. What do you think? Am I way off base? Free for all? thoughts?<br />
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Can you believe it? It is a new year! 2012! It's hard to believe that we are leaving 2011 behind, and grabbing onto an entirely new year. I will not be sad to say good-bye to 2011. In fact... I do so, happily. This New Year, I am all about the Resolution, and keeping said resolution. What are my resolutions? So glad you asked!<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">2012 New Years Resolutions</span></b><br />
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I've been sick this last part of December. Ok.. I've been sick much of the year. That leads me into my biggest resolution...<br />
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1. I resolve to take better care of my health. I intend to eat better, exercise more, and ensure that I take a keener interest in how I feel. Ok, so yes. I have resolved this before. But THIS time, I resolve to seriously resolve it. Is that possible?<br />
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2. I resolve to lose weight. Yeah, ok. This is connected to my first resolution... and who doesn't make these two resolutions. However... this year, I really mean it. Am I repeating myself?<br />
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3. I resolve to be stronger. I need to embrace my inner strength, and my outer strength. I need to accept that part of me, embrace it... and throw it out there.<br />
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4. I resolve to keep an art journal. What is an art journal? There is a girl who does art journals on youtube, who is fantastic and freespirited. She goes by the name suziblutube. Check her out. <a href="http://suziblu.typepad.com/a_lovely_dream/" target="_blank">Here's</a> her blog too!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Great saying of the week!</b></span><br />
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<i>What we do for ourselves</i><br />
<i>Dies with us...</i><br />
<i>What we do for others... and the world...</i><br />
<i>remains... and is...</i><br />
<i>immortal.</i><br />
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<i>Albert Pine</i>Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604225146974725005noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494051159521670701.post-76081901889466424372011-11-29T11:18:00.001-05:002011-11-29T11:33:14.427-05:00Rainy Day TuesdayIt's November 29th, here in SouthWestern Ontario Canada. There are some around the world, who assume that Canada is snow-covered by the end of September. We are lucky if we get a slightly white Christmas. and today... mere hours before the start of December ... it's raining. This ticks my son off severely. He is off on a Disney cruise next week... and he wants to leave behind nasty cold weather, so that he can feel like he's paid for the heat he'll enjoy. Aren't we all like that? It's just not nearly as fun, if it's also warm back home. Of course... those of you who live in California, Texas, or Arizona.. or other such warm places... I guess you don't know that joy! There is something absolutely MAGICAL about boarding a plane with a winter coat on, and shorts underneath. I can't even describe it!<br />
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And it continues to rain outside. My little puppies are bored, and unhappy, as they snuggle up on their favourite couch, looking at me with the blame in their eyes. Mischa, however.. would gladly haul her tiny 8 pound hiney outside into the rain, in a heartbeat. Beauregard, on the other hand... does not appreciate the qualities of rain. He looks disdainfully outside, completely fed up with the wet stuff... and me for allowing it.<br />
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Me? I might have to head into the scraproom. After all.. what else is there to do on a rainy day? <br />
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I love new starts. Fresh starts. I'm going to claim today as one of those, and I'm going to look forward to it with glee. Why? Cuz it has started out TERRIBLY. LOL So.. what else is there to do, but to claim it as a fresh start!<br />
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Ok.. so I was wrong. Or, at least... I was a little overly wishful! A few hours after writing the above, I'd driven my son to the train station, where he boards his train into Toronto for University classes... and I headed back home. I had a bite to eat, and then Poof... the power went out. Gone. No power. No sign of it coming back all morning, either.<br />
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So... now where am I?<br />
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At the Mall! Using their internet, trying to believe in that elusive fresh start, and finding it running far from me.<br />
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Anyway....<br />
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I did a Layout! It's from "Once Upon a Sketch"! You can check them out <a href="http://onceuponasketchblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a>! This is their sketch below! It's due November 30th, and it has a journaling criteria. (I love those)... Here is the criteria...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So what does Mischa do?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She jumps up too! Check out what Beauregard the Problematic Puggle thinks of THAT!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He's definitely thinking <i>"What the heck? Get OUT of here!"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, being the good Mommy, I said <i>"Beauregard! Be Nice!"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mischa looks up with her... <i>"What? What's he doing? Is he in trouble?"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And Beau flops his head down like.. <i>"Oh geez"</i></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I said "Beauregard! Be Nice to Mischa!" Mischa, bored with now</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">having what Beauregard has, and no longer wanting it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">decides to jump down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beauregard, however, is letting me know EXACTLY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">how he feels about her butting into his Daddy space!!!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What says dogs don't have their own personality?</div>Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604225146974725005noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494051159521670701.post-3719098645565329822011-11-14T11:52:00.004-05:002011-11-14T20:46:20.774-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Once Upon a Sketch</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Here is my take on the sketch ... </div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">The flowers are made from 2-toned homemade paper. Products are Prima, brads, K& Company paper, c/s (Bazzill), Iron letters. Sanding, tearing, inking, and Tattered angels mist (copper).</div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">My tag says:</div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i>At the grand ole age of 2, this little boy knows</i></div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i>exactly what he wants...</i></div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i>with a noogie in one hand, </i></div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i>and a bottle in the other,</i></div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i>he's prepared for anything!</i></div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i>He's quite the Bean. That is why I started scrapping,</i></div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i>to take the picture and tell the story behind it...</i></div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i>And to show the world, he is the</i></div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i>Genuine Article! </i><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">New Michaels opened in my home town</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's not a scrapbooking store, but it's something! But my first experience there, was not exactly positive! They charged me over two times what they should have. They didn't give me my 40% off where I was supposed to have it. I told them, of course, which didn't do any good. Eventually, had to call someone over, and walk them to the scrap stuff and point out the prices. The one lady answered my questions about scrapbooking products. When I corrected her on the one thing I knew she was completely wrong about, she argued. When I said I knew etc... she then said.. oh well.. I don't know anything about scrapbooking supplies. It's a completely new hobby that's just come out. Huh??? sigh</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So ok, I'll stop complaining. But man.. I really miss not having a scrapbooking store in my home town. REALLY miss it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604225146974725005noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494051159521670701.post-69792940807551595792011-11-12T10:59:00.002-05:002011-11-12T11:04:46.095-05:00It's A Saturday Morning World<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><u>Do You Want to Help?</u></span><br />
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</span></div>Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604225146974725005noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494051159521670701.post-32879086710397332992011-11-11T07:16:00.002-05:002011-11-11T10:49:25.819-05:00It's FRIDAY!!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Remembrance Day</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Mom had me when she was in her 40's, and when she was 16, she snuck into the army. She LOOKED older than she was. It was during WWII. She was booked to go to Japan in the fall of 1941, but as the only First Class Tradesman where she was, she was held back. Her troop left without her. It was a lucky and blessed break for my Mom. One of those stories that personalize the war. Since it was so long ago, it's easy to think of it as not quite real or relevant. I also have a friend's son who is on his 3rd term in Afghanistan. I have known this boy his entire life. So scary. For all those who have served our Country and the Free world... and for those still serving... My prayers are yours. For those who have someone they love, who has served this country and the free world, my prayers are yours. For those we lost, and those who loved them... my prayers are yours.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">********************</span></div><br />
I'm SO happy! It's the weekend... almost! Hubby and I get to hang together... relax... chillax... kick back... and just BE! BE together. It's good.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our Chillaxing Teachers...</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We learn by example. Our two pooches... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Beauregard, the Problematic Puggle of Perpetual Need</span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now Beauregard knows how to relax. And he knows how to ensure he has the proper treats, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">as well as a warm and cosy place to eat that treat!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q_FbU5rtBVA/Trym_Kc3SdI/AAAAAAAABrE/hdZQ2BnUqwk/s1600/Beau.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="264" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q_FbU5rtBVA/Trym_Kc3SdI/AAAAAAAABrE/hdZQ2BnUqwk/s320/Beau.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If we don't learn from Beauregard, and his form of eating and relaxing...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we look to<b><i> Mischa, the Mischievous Misbegotten Mutt</i></b> ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and HER form of <i><b>*How to chillax 101* </b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Roll over onto your back, with head as far back as possible</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Snore lightly with bottom teeth showing in an under bite!!!</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Spread all 4 leg up & out, so you don't look quite real, and in a </span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">manner that necessitates the photographer to show only your face!</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
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</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yeah. This pretty much describes the household on weekends... except for our 19 year old son, who works all his spare hours not spent at University. (Yeah.. weekends don't mean the same thing to him)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before I say so long for now...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll post another layout, shall I?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Friday's Layout?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"The Eyes Have It!"</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love this layout, because I love these pictures. His big brown eyes, slanted down on the ends, big, wide grin.. and his teeny tiny button nose make me smile. And they make me happy. I can't get enough close ups of those eyes.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Sandiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604225146974725005noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494051159521670701.post-31055349871002834292011-11-10T10:32:00.000-05:002011-11-10T10:32:30.330-05:00Thursday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Layout</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Summer in Wonderland"</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We like rides! Paramount's Canada's Wonderland is just 50 minutes from our home, so we always get Seasons passes. We prefer Walt Disney World, but we can't go there as often! I usually ride the scarier rides with Dana when he was little, because I'd hold onto him tighter than his Daddy would. It's the old over-protective Mommy syndrome. lol</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Share a Challenge site with me please????</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">PLEASE share your favourite challenge site with me? Please please please!!! I can't get enough of them. I also need the push, the inspiration, the motivation.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So kindly leave a name if you have one!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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