Finally! A New Bed!

Finally! A New Bed!
Ok... after 20 years of marriage... my husband and I bought a new bed. It's GORGEOUS! It's a Sealy Silver Euro Pillowtop. Yes... soft on one side.. firm on the other. We'll live on the soft side. We're soft people. Soft-sided, pillow top, kinda people. It arrives next Wednesday. We've already told the staff... see you Thursday afternoon. We spend so much of our time in bed... it should be comfortable. It should be suited to us. It should be a happy place. It should NOT be a place that is uncomfortable. it should NOT be a place that is dippy and bent in the wrong places. It should NOT be an unhappy place.
20 years of waiting.... and a brand, spanking new mattress and box spring. I won't be spending quite as much time in my scraproom in the middle of the night now!

A New Design Team! SCRaPDANGo

There was a team, that was such fun, and Scrapdango was it's name-o...


So.. that's my news today! I've joined a new team... I was invited to try out, by the owner.. and I decided to do that. She hired me... and I'm very excited about it! My duties? I'm the Newsletter Editor on the team... and we all know how much I love that!!! This is an online store and kit team... and the kits are FABULOUS!!! Here is the kit for this month! Try and tell me THIS isn't fantastic!!!


Sugar Kit


Spice Kit

They also do Project kits. Have a look at this acrylic album!!! Fab? YES!

A Great Way to End the Year!

A Great Way to End the Year!
I'm addicted to scratch tickets. There... I said it! I love my crossword scratch tickets. So... I went out and bought some... with my previous winnings... as I usuallly do. I scratch 6 tickets... and won on 5 of them!!!! And I was happy! I won $5, $3, and HEY... $50!!!! I brought them in to cash in... she pops them in and sees my $5... my $3..., my other $3's... and then pops in the big winner... I'm excited.... No $50 for me. It was $100!!!!!! What a great way to end the year!!! Ha!
So.. Gary and I went back to the fancy Chinese restaurant tonight. Why? Dana was at his friend's house. (it was our first New Year where we were not spending it together),. :( So.. we thought we may as well make it a nice time for us! I ended up falling asleep when we got home. Tired ole me. Gary went and picked up Dana at 12:30 from his friend's... and he woke me up. I was now wide awake, and went down to my scrap room and scrapped... until 4am. Happy New Year, folks!
The Resolutions
I never seem to stick to my resolutions. But this year... I am sincere. Very determined and sincere. What are they, you ask?
1. Lose Weight (that seems to be everyones)
2. Exercise daily (yeah.. well.. see above)
3. Design and list a specific goal sheet for the company this year.
4. Get on the design team for a Manufacturer.
5. Get organized with my scrapbooking.
6. Participate and place or win a Major Contest
7. Improve my health
8. Move into a better home
9. Invest
10. Write more
And you? Have you set up your own list of Resolutions?

The Gifts!

The Gifts!
How could I forget to share the gifts we got!!!!
It was a good Christmas for the Roberts family! My son got almost everything on his list. You know.. Docking station for his Ipod, headphones for his Ipod, headphones for his computer, mic for his computer, (he and his friends spend all of their time chatting together on the computer... when they're not together in real life!), money (he likes clothes from Hollister and Abercrombie & Fitch, of course), yahoo music allowance, twister cell phone with fun package, wireless keyboard and mouse, g/c to ciniplex, mobile drive, router, latest HP movie, etc etc etc. Only child syndrome, I think!!!! Hubby? I bought him a fireplace for his office! He really wanted one.. so hey.. I got him one! Plus clothes. AND.. I got him a Pedometer! I want one too! Me? Loved that Santa bought me scrap stuff for my stocking! I got adhesives! Lots of adhesives!!! I got money for scrap stuff now, and flatwear (really wanted it), kitchenware, makeup, perfume, nail stuff, footbath, sewing machine... etc. Spoiled family! Ah.. and hubby and I bought each other a fireplace for the house! Yeah!!!
A fun and successful Christmas, I'd say!

I'm On a NEW Design Team!!! Scrappin Parlour!

Whew! I feel like I'm moving in the Fast Lane lately! I was invited to be the Design Team Coordinator for an offline/online store... The Scrappin Parlour! I'm honoured to have been invited to hold this position, and we have a LOT of fun things going on in the future! So.. if you are looking for a good time! Keep an eye out for this fab site... and all the fun we'll be having!

Ho Ho Ho!
I love Christmas! My family loves Christmas. And is there a more fun, tiring, unending, stressful, time of the year? Nope. But... still... we look forward to it each and every year, without fail.
Family Traditions
I grew up with these same traditions, and raised my son on them. He's loved them, and so did I. It stretches Christmas day out, and makes it much more fun and long-lasting.
Christmas Eve
We head out to Mass, and then to our local Chinese restaurant, to enjoy Christmas Eve buffet. We love that. We then come home, and open one present each... new Christmas jammies. We head upstairs, put on our new jammies, and our son snacks and goes to bed, while his Dad and I stay up and wrap all the presents. In our house... Santa wraps every single item in the stocking and out... and so... so do we. We usually get to bed around 3am or later, once everything is done and put under the tree.
Christmas Day
We get up early (don't you all?)... and all go to our stockings. We get to open our stockings right away. Fun, Fun, Fun. Then.. we go upstairs, get dressed... and head to Mass again. After Mass, we come back home... make breakfast and coffee... and after eating... we head back to the tree with our drinks (coffee, hot chocolate, juice). Mommy hands out the gifts... one at a time, so that we can watch each other open them. By the time we're done opening our gifts... it's 11:30 or 12:00 pm!!!!! How fun is that? Most of my son's friends are finished by 7:30am...and we go on so much longer!!! I love that!

Another Kit!

Another Kit!

So, I want you to see this other kit club I design for. OMG. It's just too much goodness to speak of... really! You will want to drop what you are doing, and head over there, to pick up this kit. I promise you!

Some of the things I've designed with this kit are the following:

So.. come on! What are ya waiting for? Head on over to