Wow, 1000 hits!

Okay, this thing sucks. I just typed a bunch of stuff and then it just friggin deletes on me. WTF. Anyhoo, woo hoo 1000 hits! Thanks for visiting me, even though I haven't posted for quite a while. October was crazy and November sucks. Actually 2008 sucks. (Hopefully 2009 is better.) I got laid off last week. Fun, huh? So, I haven't really been in the mood to papercraft. Although I suppose I should get in the mood since I might be making some Christmas gifts now. Plus, I'm getting together with my girlfriends this weekend so I need to figure out what I'm doing at our crop. So, hopefully I'll have something to post by Monday. :) Anyhoo, thanks for the 1000 hits, here's to 1000 more!

How cute is my little man?

So, I didn't get anything done that I'd hoped to this weekend. I didn't make my swap cards for Thursday, I didn't make Will's birthday thank you's (so I didn't get to write them out either), I didn't make it out to the Maple Leaf Festival either.... :( Instead of going to Baldwin, I opted to go the Pumpkin Patch instead. We didn't have the best of luck with our photo shoot of Will on KU's campus yesterday so I decided to try my luck at the patch today. It turned out really well! I think that we actually have a few pics to choose from! Now I just need to pick some, edit and PRINT!

Where have I been?

Important Notice:

DUE TO RECENT BUDGET CUTS, AND THE RISING COST OF ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OIL, THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL HAS BEEN TURNED OFF.

WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE

Sincerely, The Government


Yes, I have been missing from the blogosphere...I've been getting ready for Mr. Will's 2nd birthday party! He turned 2 last week and we had 2 parties this weekend, one at home, and one in Oklahoma at my grandma's house. (And, now I'm broke!) It has been a LONG weekend. But, now I need to make thank you cards, so perhaps I'll get something posted soon, at least a picture of my cute little guy! I hope to get back in the swing of things soon!

OMG!

OMG! I haven't made anything new in too long, I'm going through withdrawal! I have to make something this weekend though, cause the girls are coming over and we are doing another Christmas shoebox party! So, I DO have to find time to make something, well, 2 somethings, for it. Plus an entree and drinks, and I need to clean up some, too. When exactly will I find time to do all of this????

Anyhoo, here is a onesie I made for my good friend Erin's baby shower. I made a onesie card to give her, with snaps on the bottom but forgot to take a picture. I made a bunch of these and strung them together to make a garland. Everyone seemed to like them. I also used this Sweet One stamp from SU and the scallop punch to make cutlery wraps (attached the punched image to a strip of cardstock and wrapped around the silverware and napkins). Simple, but cute. I also wrapped a couple of small drinking cups for use in one of our shower games, Bottom's Up. :) It's a game with little plastic babies (by Wilton, in the cake decorating aisle), you put them in a cup and roll them like dice and try to get their bottoms to land up! We never actually played it, because it was a couples shower and you KNOW how boys are, but still a fun game idea!

Wow, I ended up having more to say here than I orginally thought! Huh? Well, today is mine and my husband's anniversary! Four glorious years! So, even though he'll be working til very late tonight, I probably still won't find any time to make anything. But, I'll try to do something before he gets home. We are going out Saturday night, nothing fancy, we have free tickets to the Royals game so we are going to get the free stocking cap. I don't know what else we'll do, the boats? How very romantic! And smoky! Yuck! We went to Argosy earlier this month for Jeff's birthday, and I'd forgotten how incredibly smoky those places are. I could smell it in the revolving door at the front, and it just got worse the further in we walked. I'm glad that we don't go very often, it had probably been 3 years since I've been out there. And, I guess I'll be fine if I wait another 3 years to go again. We did make some money there though! Gotta love the penny slots! We left with more money than we went with, even after Jeff's beers, so it was a successful evening!

(OKAY, SO THE SPACES BETWEEN PARAGRAPHS AREN'T STAYING ONCE I PUBLISH, STOP THAT!)

Red Box Code & Popcorn

Okay, so I haven't made anything in almost a week! And, I haven't even taken the time to scan or take a picture of something old to post. So, I will post whatever comes to mind...

There are now 3 Red Boxes in Gardner! One at Price Chopper, McDonald's and now at Wal-Mart! So, head on out and pick up a movie for FREE with Wednesday's free code Y72LR2. I signed up on the Red Box website to get a free Monday rental code texted to me weekly. They've added Wednesday codes as well, so I can get free movies twice a week now! Woo hoo!

Popcorn. The fair was in town last week and of course all of my kettle corn is now gone! Bummer! Good thing I'd ran across a recipe for it awhile back, I just had to go back and find it. I did, I got it in a newsletter from The Everyday Cheapskate, Mary Hunt.

Her newsletters include tips on anything you can imagine and are fun to read. Here is the Kettle Corn recipe, I haven't attempted it yet, but my MIL has and it is AWESOME! It tastes just like what you'd get at the fair!

Kettle Corn

1/2 cup un-popped popcorn kernels
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup vegetable oil

Place the popcorn, sugar and salt in a large pot with vegetable oil. Cover. Place pot over medium heat. When you hear the first pop, shake the pot and continue shaking back and forth to ensure that the popcorn kernels and oil do not burn. Once the popping has slowed, remove the pot from the heat.

Servings: 5. (Well, unless you're me, serves ONE!)

Free movie, (almost) free popcorn...all the makings for a great night! Enjoy!

All tuckered out...

Will all tuckered out after our drive to see Nana and PaPa... This was one of my favorite pictures of Will while we were gone. He finally gave in at about 10pm the night we got there. He crawled out of my lap and laid his head down on my leg and just fell asleep. Ahhh, he's all worth it! :)

Now, a survey. Why not? I was cleaning out my inbox and ran across this survey that I got from my friend Angie and thought I'd throw it up here. It's fun learning these quacky things about each other. (Plus, we've got family in town this weekend so there probably won't be any crafting done, so be prepared for a quiz on Monday!) If you re-post it, add a link in my comments!


1. DO YOU LIKE BLUE CHEESE? never!
2. HAVE YOU EVER SMOKED HEROIN? never!
3. DO YOU OWN A GUN? Jeff has a BB gun and one of those guns that shoot nails into concrete. Oh, I do have a STAPLE gun. I don't think I even own a GLUE gun!
4. WHAT FLAVOR DO YOU ADD TO YOUR DRINK AT SONIC? I guess cherry, cause I get a diet cherry limeade, yummy!
5. DO YOU GET NERVOUS BEFORE DOCTOR'S APPTS.? yes
6. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HOT DOGS? I like em.
7. FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MOVIE? Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives rocks!
8. WHAT DO YOU PREFER TO DRINK IN THE MORNING? anything with caffeine
9. CAN YOU DO PUSH UPS? haven't tried for awhile, and I'm not going to try now!
10. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN IN A WEDDING PARTY? one, just my own
11. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PIECE OF JEWELRY? wedding ring
12. FAVORITE HOBBY? paper crafting :)
13. WHAT SONG USUALLY PLAYS IN YOUR MENTAL CD PLAYER? Probably a theme song from one of Will's cartoons, ugh!
14. DO YOU HAVE A.D.D.? yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes (I agree with Angie!)
15. WHAT'S ONE TRAIT YOU HATE ABOUT YOURSELF? Is body a trait?
16. MIDDLE NAME? Briana
17. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AT THIS EXACT MOMENT? uh, hello, filling this thing out.
18. NAME 3 THINGS YOU BOUGHT YESTERDAY? lunch, kettle corn, Will's game chance at fair!
19. NAME 3 DRINKS YOU REGULARLY DRINK? water, diet dr pepper, diet pepsi
20. CURRENT WORRY? money
21. CURRENT HATE RIGHT NOW? heat!
22. FAVORITE PLACE TO BE? anywhere with my family
23. HOW DID YOU RING IN THE NEW YEAR? Frick, do any of you know where I was? UPDATE: I'M A HORRIBLE PERSON! HOW DID I FORGET THAT WE WERE AT JAY AND JEANIE'S HOUSE (JEFF'S AUNT AND UNCLE)?
24. WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO? somewhere temperature cool to hang out with my boys and stamp
25. NAME THREE PEOPLE WHO WILL COMPLETE THIS? I don't know, will you?
26. DO YOU OWN SLIPPERS? yes
27. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? white with black and yellow
28. DO YOU LIKE SLEEPING ON SATIN SHEETS? no
29. CAN YOU WHISTLE? yes
30. FAVORITE COLOR? blue
31. WOULD YOU BE A PIRATE? I guess
32. WHAT SONGS DO YOU SING IN THE SHOWER? normally too tired to think of songs
33. FAVORITE GIRL'S NAME? Hmmm, not sure.
34. FAVORITE BOY'S NAME? I'd be bad if I didn't say Will.
(Wha happened to #35???)
36. LAST THING THAT MADE YOU LAUGH? Angie's answer to #48
37. BEST BED SHEETS AS A CHILD? I only recall the Strawberry Shortcake ones, they came with scented throw pillows!
38. WORST INJURY YOU'VE EVER HAD? Perhaps when I caught a softfall with my face.
39. DO YOU LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE? The town is nice, as are the people, but I could think of other places that sound more appealing.
40. HOW MANY TVs DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR HOUSE? 5 plus the computer has a tv tuner in it so I guess 6.
41. WHO IS YOUR LOUDEST FRIEND? Ashlee
42. HOW MANY DOGS DO YOU HAVE? 3
43. DOES SOMEONE HAVE A CRUSH ON YOU? doubtful
(There's no 44 either!)
45. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK(S)? I enjoy reading Nicholas Sparks and James Patterson.
46. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CANDY? chocolate, right now, Hershey Bliss milk chocolate meltaway. Heaven.
47. FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM? Kansas Jayhawks
48. WHAT SONG DO YOU WANT PLAYED AT YOUR FUNERAL? Hope I don't have to decide for a long time. But Angie's answer was AWESOME! My Humps!
49. WHAT WERE YOU DOING AT 12 A.M.? surfing, looking at the TAC catty
50. WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING YOU THOUGHT OF WHEN YOU WOKE UP? Where's Jeff?

Pretty!

Isn't this pretty? One of the guys at work was nice enough to bring this for me this morning! Ahh, what a sweetie! Thanks, Ken!

Happy Hamburger Day!

Okay, so if you know me at all, I'm a bit of a hamburger connoisseur (thank goodness for spell check, I was WAY off!). It is by far, my favorite food, besides popcorn of course! Well, according to www.msn.americangreetings.com today is Hamburger Day. So, I hope you have a good one! Check out The Good Stuff list for a $5 off a burger coupon at Ted's Montana Grill! Today is half price burger night at Austin's. I also saw a sign outside of Bob & Dee's last Monday that said $3 burgers...so a couple of nice choices to celebrate this glorious day in my area!

Hope you have a burgerlicious day!

Shannon :)

I'm on a roll!

This was a really quick card (I think I actually made 8) I whipped up when the girls came over a couple of months ago to stamp. Super simple, but still kind of cute I think. But, it's probably still too girly to give to a man, I really need more masculine cards!

Shannon :)

SKUNK UPDATE - I forgot to mention! There is a deak skunk up on the road near my house! Ha! Now, I don't know if it's the same one that terrorized us last week, but I can hope, right!?!

Pepe' Le Pew visited last night....

Okay, so how was your Wednesday night? Ours was awesome! Last night, our poor dog K.O. was sprayed by a skunk! Ughh! She couldn't help it she was curious about the lil' kitty that didn't run away like the rest. It doesn't help that she's deaf too, so yelling and screaming for her to come back inside didn't help. It was too late, Pepe' already got her! Of course, we didn't realize that she had actually gotten sprayed until she was safely inside the house. Oh goodness, the stinch! So, we shove her and Tora back outside because we thought both of them got it and wasn't quite sure what to do. Jeff proceeds to gather stuff to give them baths and I get to work on cleaning the carpets where K.O. foamed all over, guess she got sprayed in the mouth? Yuck! I Febreezed, lit candles and found every air freshner in the house and put them in the living room. It still kind of smells this morning, but not HORRIBLE. I found this great site today, Thrifty Fun, although I don't know what's fun about being SKUNKED, but found some simple remedies that hopefully will help with the remaining stench. Bowls of apple cider vinegar and coffee grounds will be spread around the house today!

Okay, and then even BEFORE the "skunk incident" I found a little fella that looks sort of like THAT on the wall in the basement while doing laundry. YUCK! I think it was a house centipede, at least that is what this thing is called. Gross! The last time I saw him, he scurried underneath the freezer.

I tell you what, we just can't catch a break whatsoEVER!

Hope your Thursday is better than our Wednesday!

Shannon :)