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Self-Portrait

Here are 2 of my self-portraits.... they definitely show 2 sides of my quirky personality! You just shouldn't take yourself too seriously!

The one just above is me keeping an eye out for the other faeries.

The pic below was taken at the Fairhope Pier in Alabama. Luv that place!

IPOD + CROPPING

Well, I had a wonderful yet crappy weekend! I couldn't wait for last week to end...kids are definitely wearing on my nerves. Don't get me wrong, I love them...but we all need a break from each other!
My friend, Becky, and I were going to Debbie's to crop with her and Lynne! My friend had never been to Debbie's and never been to a weekend crop! She also just started scrapbooking. Unfotunately, Friday and Saturday night everyone crapped out by 1ish...well, except Debbie of course =) Then I felt bad most of Saturday. I even got tackled pretty much to get my finger pricked for blood sugar!! I think everyone realized just how much of a baby I really am!!
Do you know what happened Sunday morning when it was time to pack up and go home?? That's right, I felt motivated to scrap and felt 100% better! I was so disappointed! Thank goodness I have another scrapbook weekend in 2 weeks =) I definitely have to make up for my lack of scrapbooking!
I am completely excited that I DID get to spend time with Debbie, Lynne, and our new convert Becky =)

Oh! The ipod! What a great way to spend a 3-hour drive (which turned into a 5-hour drive)...have your ipod play through your car stereo! Fun!
Another great use of the ipod....when your SO-CALLED FRIENDS blast ROD STEWART which always seems to come on 500 times when I'm in Alabama! Just tune out Rod's nasty voice by plugging up your ears with your ipod! Ha!

Disappointed

I was definitely bummed the other day. Well, let's just say I had a bittersweet moment. I saw that Elsie was holding a Q & A contest to give away some goodies she personally picked out! Of course, I got excited and immediately thought of a question to email her. I asked her what celebrity - love or hate - she would scrap and what she would scrap of that person. Even though I already knew the answer, Gwen Stefani...duh, I thought it was a fitting question. Well....the next day I looked in my inbox and lo and behold....an EMAIL FROM ELSIE HERSELF!!
It was the answer to my question! I RUSHED to her blog to see if she posted my question. I just knew that she had! When I got to her site....nothing. Just some stupid girl's question. It was lame and cheezy! If Elsie knew how much I wanted her personally picked items she would have sent them to me anyway =(
Oh well. At least I got an email from her!

My Messy Scrap Spaces

My friends and I at PPSC have decided to share our messy....or clean....scrap spaces. I have my stuff all packed away seeing as how I don't seem to crop at home anymore. I did, however, take my embellies and stickers out to organize into my new PSP binders (which I luv). The pics show my stuff spread out all over the living room floor and stacked in the dining room! I know you are all JEALOUS!! Ha!

Poor Mali

While I was coming home from Atlanta my husband, Scott, called and said my baby girl, Mali, had a nasty bo-bo on the top of her paw! He said it looks like she got bit by a spider. We have a lot of black widows around our the outside of our house and shed, so I was afraid she was bitten by one of those. Being the hypochondriac that I am, I freaked out, got my MIL's opinion, then called my mom, searched the internet for any info, and called the vet.

The next morning Scott called and said Mali's bo-bo had gone down a lot. She's still licking it like crazy and it's a raw bo-bo still.

I know dogs and babies aren't the same, but I can't imagine I'd have gotten more worried if it were my child!

Poor Mali!!

Summer's Almost Over =(

Well, the time has come. My summer is almost gone. Thursday I will have my first school meeting of the 06/07 school year. I spent the day at school finishing up my classroom and trying to figure out what the hell I'm going to do this year! I've never taught 7th or 8th grade english language arts! 8th grade is a very stressful grade to teach b/c of LEAP testing.
It was an eventful day at school though...the alarm was set off and the sheriff's station showed up. I was the only person on campus, so I got to walk around with them and investigate the premises! =)
Oh, and my husband got a raise today!!! I'm so proud of him!!! Go Scooty Booty!! =)

Elsie Flannigan

What is my new love, you might ask??? Elsie Flannigan. She has always had my favorite scrapbook style and I own her book (52 Scrapbooking Challenges), but she was a little too cutsie for me. But then I met her in person at CKU Atlanta...and fell in love!! She is the cutest thing ever! She seemed to be so shy, yet she still took pics and signed books and bags for hours! Smiling the whole while.
My group that I went to ATL with made fun of me the whole time we were there, saying she was my girlcrush! I have never been so excited to meet someone, and everytime I saw her I got all giddy!
My friend took her Ribbon Rehab class and told Elsie that she was my girlcrush!! I did get a cute little note from Elsie b/c of that! =)
I also learned that we have a lot of the same interests other than scrapbooking and ribbon....Moulin Rouge, Gwen Stefani, and I betcha she's even a Bjork fan! Maybe even a believer of faeries like me! =)
Anyway, I just wanted to profess my love for Elsie!
PS-she has a blog too www.elsieflannigan.blogspot.com ....check it out!

CKU-Album Atlanta 2006

Well, I just got back from 1 of the best trips of my life! I went to THE scrapbooking convention by Creating Keepsakes. It's AMAZING!! I've always had this idea that I was the youngest person under 40 who scrapbooked and they all dressed in "mom jeans" and applique vests. I was absolutely proven wrong! There were girls my age and younger who dressed like I would LOVE to dress...cute little pixie girls, freaks with piercings and colored hair, etc.
I went with my MIL (Debbie), Viv, Lynne, Tonya, and Judy. All 6 of us rode to ATL in a van chockerblocked with CRAP! We prayed the whole way we wouldn't bottom out!
We stayed up late every night creating new drinks like the Croptini, Dirty Nuts, Butt Nuts...And you don't know how funny it was to see my MIL banging on random hotel rooms at 1 in the morning, busting through the door, and crying from laughter!
It sucked coming home yesterday. We were all pouting that we had to go back to our real lives. And school starts soon.
I hope to have some pics up soon of our trip.
Oh, and here is a pic of me and Tim Holtz...he'd be so FAB to hang out with!