HAPPY HALLOWEEN

...AND ALL HALLOW'S EVE!! ALL YOU GOBLINS, SPOOKS, AND WITHCES HAVE A SAFE AND FUN NIGHT!!

Pickin' out pumpkins

These are pictures that were sent from my DIL in Tucson, AZ....it's my three year old adorable granddaughter, Maxie, picking out her pumpkins. She just naturally poses for the camera!!

Baby, it's cold outside....

Here it is Monday again..yuck!!! And it's freezing cold outside, yep, this is our first really cold day and they say we may get our first snow flurries/rain later today. Don't know about everyone else, but I'm not ready for this weather yet!! I want fall back!!
Well, my birthday weekend went fast, but it was a good one. I didn't do much at all on Saturday...going out to eat with my inlaws was the only thing I accomplished...just took it easy. Then Sunday, we went down to Nashville, IN to my favorite stamping store where I spent way to much money on some new stamps and a set of Spica markers that the owner talked me into...on the way home, I stopped at Archiver's and picked up the new Basic Grey Wassill paper pack, so I had a fun day of shopping!! Now to get to work using all my new stuff.
It's time to leave for work so I better get off here and finish getting ready.

It's my birthday!!

Yep, today I am 58 years "young"...mentally that is!! Physically, I know I'm 58 years "old". LOL!! Today is going to be a nice quiet, don't do much day for me, then it's dinner out with my MIL and husband's sisters and aunt, it's part of my gift from my MIL. She insists on doing dinner for all adult birthdays now that we don't do individual birthdays for everyone...which is fine with me because I really enjoy just the adults going out--not that I don't like kids, I have some of my own (all grown up now with children of their own)...it's just quieter this way!!
Other than dinner tonight, I'm going to just straighten up my bedroom and try to rearrange my clothes (you know, the seasonal changing of the garb)....and see what still fits this year.
Tomorrow we'll go to Nashville, IN and visit some of the shops there--especially, my favorite stamp store, Papertrix. I'm hoping to pick up a few new Christmas stamps or whatever else I see that I like. It isn't supposed to rain tomorrow, so we thought it would be a good day to go...would have gone today, but it was raining earlier and it's no fun to go and have to walk around in the rain. Well, it's time to get busy on my clothes!!

Cleaning Day

Yeah, I'm off today...but boo, I've got to clean my house. Of course, after my housework is done, I get to play in my scrap room, which is extremely messy right now, so maybe instead of playing, I should attempt to get it cleaned up too!! Who am I kidding? My room is always a mess but in a few weeks, it will be all neat and organized again...why? because for my birthday, I've asked my handy DH to re-do the room for me-----new paint, different shelving options, and installing all my cubes from Target & Michael's that have been stored under the guest bed for months. I'm hoping this will make me stay organized, neater, and use up my huge stash of paper that I have collected over the past five years of scrapping--right!!?? I have to stop collecting stuff it's getting really ridiculous, but as I've heard somewhere, part of this hobby is the obsession of amassing stuff like paper and embellishments and that's what I've done for sure!! I hate to think of all the hard earned cash that I have put into all this stuff---I tracked it one year and was totally shocked at the amount I had spent!! Think in the thousands (yikes!!). Anyway, the plan is to get it all organized, cleaned up, and ready to use up!! This could take the next few months to accomplish..just kidding, I couldn't stand not being able to do my scrapping work for longer than a couple of weeks at the most...not to mention, I have to do class samples for the store ...and finish working on my Christmas cards. Just too much to do in the next month, and too little time to do it in. That's my life though...a girl can dream at least. Off to clean now.

Tuesday morning

Well, I actually did some scrapbooking and card making the past two days. I made six cards to send to family for Thanksgiving, three mini albums --one for Halloween & two for Christmas--for gifts, and three 12 x 12 page layouts of my 7 mo. old granddaughter. Today, I plan to do more page layouts, eventually, I'll get caught up with everything (if that's even possible). Oh, I also painted chipboard for a class I'm teaching next week at our LSS...and I need to cut out class materials for tomorrow night also --guess, I better get busy. This is my plan anyway, but I also have to allow time to do laundry and straighten up my house-----no rest for the wicked, right??!! I need more coffee!!

IT"S SUNDAY!!

The grandkids are gone and my house has been picked up, so now it's time for some crafting. I really need to catch up on my scrapbooks and get some cards made, so that will be what the rest of my day will consist of and probably the next couple of days too. Since I only work two days this week, I'll be able to get some things done--I hope!

This coming weekend is my birthday--just another year older, which isn't too bad when you consider the alternative. I'm hoping to make a trip to my favorite stamp store in Nashville, IN--Papertrix--so I can get a couple new christmas stamps and maybe Thanksgiving or birthday ones. As long as the weather is decent (no rain), my hubby will go otherwise, I'll be staying home just relaxing.

Guess, I better get busy with my scrappin or I'll never get caught up. Later!!

First Attempt at Blogging

This is my first adventure into blogging, so hopefully, it doesn't take me long to get the hang of it.

Our grandsons are here visiting for the weekend and we went to lunch at Chuckie Cheese--oh boy!! Of course, within an hour after devouring the pizza both boys had gone through all the tokens and were ready to cash in...that was a good thing because the place had really started to get crowded and noisey. After that outing, it was time to start their weekend homework (which they really didn't want to do)...but they did it anyway, just because Grandma wouldn't let them do anything else until it was done (aren't I mean?).

I also was able to get some shopping in before I headed to work at our local scrapbook store. We had our monthly Friday night crop and a mini class, so I had to run the register while the class was being taught...luckily, I was only there for 2 hours.

It's getting late, so I better get to bed so I get rested up for a full day with the boys tomorrow.