Monday, April 07, 2008
Jenna Tagged Me!!!!
This is actually one I haven't done yet!
Thanks, Jenna!
10 YEARS AGO-
Living at University Villa in Provo, attending BYU and being the biggest DORK in the world! But I sure thought I was hot stuff in college!
5 THINGS ON MY TO DO LIST
Mail off some invitations I made for my friend.
Print baby shower invitations.
Get some groceries at Costco
Get some more groceries at Albertsons
Clean my dirty house... my kids trashed it last night.
5 SNACKS I ENJOY
Chips and Salsa
Wavy Lays with Hummus (but only the kind without Olive Oil)
Vanilla soy ice cream with soynut butter and hershey's syrup
KitKat with soynut butter
Sugar Smacks with soymilk
5 FOODS I LOVE
TACOS
Spaghetti
Zucchini
fresh green beans
soynut butter & strawberry jam sandwiches on grandma sycamore's white bread
What would I do if I were suddenly a billionaire.
Pay off my debt
Buy a house
Take my entire family on a trip to Europe
Pay for my husband's entire family's trip to California this summer
Give money to all of our siblings to get the things they really need.
5 PLACES I HAVE LIVED (get ready to laugh)
Provo, Utah.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Jacksonville, FL
Memphis, Tennessee
Olney, Maryland
FAVORITE QUOTE
"If God intended for us to walk, he wouldn't have invented rollerskates!" Willy Wonka
Not really, but that's the only thing that came to my mind! :)
Tag, YOU'RE it! (Pssst. that's everyone reading this!)
Friday, April 04, 2008
Look at this afghan!
I subscribe to the Lion Brand Yarn newsletter and this is the free crochet pattern in today's newsletter! I want to make it!!! I don't have time to start a new project like this right now. Thomas would kill me for even thinking about it! :) But I bookmarked it in my "One Day..." file! :)
I think you have to register for their site, but if you like to knit or crochet it's probably worth it. I have found some amazing projects!
Thursday, April 03, 2008
What kind of sandals are you?
You are Wedge Sandals |
 Bohemian and sexy You're a free spirit - both in life and in fashion You have a style all your own, and it turns heads! |
FREE character toothbrush from Colgate
Alishia sent this to me and I thought I would pass this on to all of you guys! Thanks, Alishia!
http://www.colgate.com/app/HealthyHabits/US/EN_v2/HomePage.cwsp
There are cute little games and activities. And you can keep a log of nighttime activities and earn a free toothbrush... and they're the nice Dora & Diego ones. Those suckers are expensive! Enjoy!
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Moved the music...
I moved my music playlist to the top of my blog so that if you want to turn the music off you don't have to scroll all the way to the bottom of my growing blog list! Don't worry. My Lost previews aren't gone. I just moved them down a bit since there aren't any new episodes for another MONTH! Hope this works better for y'all!
Free *Desktop* at Misty Cato's Blog
Visit Misty Cato's blog for a free computer desktop! I used her Fields of Fun kit to create the desktop. It's a .png file, so you just drag it into your editing program, slip your photos under the desktop, add any journaling you may want to your calendar and save! Then you can save it as your wallpaper. Super easy! And there is enough room for your icons along the top or the left side. Enjoy! Thanks, Misty, for allowing me to use your designs for such fun stuff!
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Layout with DeCrow Designs
this is a photo of all the cardall cousins minus emily's kids who live overseas... not much chance of getting them here for this photo!
credit:
Bungalow Blossoms Kit by DeCrow Designs at TangieBaxter.com
layout with LAURA BURGER'S products
this photo is from october of last year.
credits:
laura burger's
psycho ward: ink spots at acot
freakadelic funky elements & backgrounds at acot
mat from datenight paper pack at tts
Monday, March 31, 2008
Layout using Krystal Hartley's products
this is hannah from Easter. I love that little shirt she is wearing!
credits:
Krystal Hartley's
Goin' Girly
Little Black Alpha
Gladness Freebie
Build Your Own Dragonfly
Faith Sisters Easter Kit
PDP Summer kit
Scents of the Season
at polkadotpotato, faithsisters, purplepaperflowers
Quick Update
Well, I got my butt kicked by Denise Austin this morning. I did the entire workout, except for the power abs section. My abs couldn't handle more. I haven't done an ab workout since before I got pregnant with Ainsley, so almost two years. I REALLY enjoyed the workout. It was my first time doing Pilates and I felt like it was totally doable and easy enough to follow. I really enjoy Denise Austin workouts. This is one I am going to have to invest in. I need to find out if she does a complimentary upper body workout. I'm sure there is something. I was trying to do the workout this morning. Hannah decided that she wanted to do Pilates, too. So she worked out next to me. And Ainsley didn't want to feel left out. So, she climbed all over me while I was doing the ab section. I had to take a break to put her to sleep, then start the program again. I am going to have to start doing my workouts at night after the girls go to sleep.
Ainsley is getting so big. She is 11 months old now and I am starting to plan her birthday party already! She can walk all the way across the family room now. She is getting pretty fast, too. She has seven teeth all the way in and I think she is getting several more. She is chewing on everything right now! She has a runny nose again, so between that and the teething, I think we are in for a pretty miserable couple of weeks. I finally have her drinking a formula bottle almost every day, right in time to break her from bottles! And she ate a sandwich today! I made her a little soy butter & strawberry jam sandwich today. She loved it! It's a great way to add protein to her diet since she can't really eat eggs or much meat yet. And since it's soynut butter, I don't have to worry about a peanut allergy.
Hannah is so smart! Today we had "school" time. She spelled her name all by herself today. We also spent some time writing her name. She is getting better at tracing her name. She can write a capital H and she just realized today that an "a" is a "circle with a line". So, hopefully she'll just catch on pretty soon. We have checked out several phonics DVDs from the library, but so far she doesn't show much interest. I really wish I still had the phonics book that I learned to read from. I can't remember what it was called, but it was really good. I turned out pretty smart. We are going to try to get her registered for preschool next year. I have to order her birth certificate first, though. She is such a funny little kid. She comes into the family room almost every night and BEGS to go to her ballet class because "all the kids are waiting for me." Yeah, she doesn't take dance classes. She cries and cries when we tell her that she can't go to dance class. So, we are thinking that we might need to find a community ballet class. If anyone knows of anything down here, let me know.
I have rediscovered organization in my life. Now that my house is finally put together (for the most part) it is so much easier to stay motivated and get every aspect of my life organized. I have gotten into a routine that works for us. Routine feels so nice! And I don't think I am going to have any problems falling asleep tonight. I am exhausted already. But since Hannah napped today we'll probably be up half the night. But part of being organized has forced me to plan meals ahead of time. Yesterday we had grilled Hillshire Farms sausage and fried potatoes, not healthy, but good Sunday comfort food. Then today for dinner we had grilled chicken breasts, salad & Rice-a-Roni for Thomas & sauteed zucchini for me. It was so good. And yes, THOMAS ATE A SALAD! He's still alive, so that's good, right? We are trying to use less salt in our cooking, so we switched from seasoning everything with seasoned salt to using a combination of Old Bay seasoning & Grill Time steak seasoning. Both have sodium in them, but much less than season salt per serving. And we use less seasoning overall. I highly recommend trying the Grill Time steak seasoning. We use it on our potatoes, chicken, steak, roast, and I even used it on my zucchini today! It's just a combination of salt, garlic and different peppers. It's only $1.97 at Wal-Mart for the brand name. The generic Kroger brand is pretty good, too.
Well, I am going to go clean up a bit and get some work done while Ainsley is napping. She just fell asleep on the family room floor while she was playing. She is so cute! She was reaching under the couch to get one of her balls that rolled under there, and she just gave up and fell asleep with one arm under the couch! :) I don't dare move her in case she wakes up!
Have a good day, all!
new layout with Natalie Bird's Designs
credits:
natalie bird's
open arms
mix it up flowers
commercial brackets
off the page, recolored
at nataliebirddesigns, pickleberrypop, & colorlinedesign
font: pea cammie
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Window Shopping: Elisalou Designs Bags & Camera Straps
So, I was just at my friend Rachel's blog. She is a rep for Elisalou Designs. Rachel is advertising camera strap covers on her blog. She is putting in a party order in a couple of weeks, so if you want something, head over to her blog and let her know. These bags are GORGEOUS! They are currently out of my price range, but one of these days, I will get one! I love the bright colorful patterns. The messenger bag would make a gorgeous perfect size diaper bag for those of you in the market for one of those. She also has chenille baby blankets. I just want to snuggle up in one of those! Personally, I think I would request a messenger bag & baby blanket in the same fabric. Wouldn't that be cute? And one day when I am rich, that's what I will give as a baby shower gift! :) The market bag looks like fun, too! I love bags, can you tell?
DigiScrap Stuff
First, Scrapbook-Elements is having their 4th Birthday! Most designers are having a sale. The THREE designers that I work with over there are all having sales!
Misty Cato - 25% off everything over $2
Tracey Monette - I believe hers is 25% off everything over $2 as well
Kiki Halbert - New products on sale
Second, Misty Cato has a free QuickPage on her blog today. It's one I made for her. If you like the QP (or even if you don't) check out the kit. It's gorgeous!
Third... Can I tell you that I JUST discovered the COOLEST digiscrap store! Thanks to my job at RAKScraps on the Sponsor Team, I just discovered Tangie Baxter's store. It's an amazing store with some GORGEOUS designs! Check these out! The images should be clickable. There is a also a code on the store blog for 30% off your purchase... I don't know how long the code is good for, so head over there and grab some beautiful stuff! There are GORGEOUS doodles, both in whimsical and primitive style. There are tons of designs for your altered art as well. This is a store that I will be following closely... and probably spend more money than I should there! :)
Fourth, another amazingly talented designer, Melissa Bennett, has 50% off her store until the end of March... better hurry and stock up over there!!! LOVE her new kit, Chickadee! She has some gorgeous pre-made bracket album pages that coordinate with the Basic Grey albums.
AND, speaking of bracket albums, and other shapes as well, SaraAmarie has a few new albums in her store! We have been working together to get these albums ready. It has been a delight and I have really enjoyed working with Sara. She is a complete sweetheart!
Well, I think that's enough from me for today... I am going to go do some scrapbooking instead of enabling all of you! :)
Friday, March 28, 2008
layout to share from ScrapDish
credits:
ScrapDish February 2008 Collab Kit
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes
So, this was dinner tonight...
Sliced potatoes (I did about 9 small potatoes, sliced about 1/4" thick)
1 can cream of chicken soup (I use the 98% fat free)
1 can milk (the cream of chicken soup can filled with milk)
onion powder
garlic powder
ham cut into chunks
handful of cheddar cheese
I washed and sliced the potatoes. I leave the peel on. Then mix the soup & milk & spices together. Put all ingredients in a crockpot on low for 5 hours.
BBQ Turkey Meatballs
YUM! I made these last night for dinner and they turned out so much better than I hoped! By the way, our Costco has fresh ground turkey for $2.29/lb. Soooooo, we got a pack of that and some of their sandwich rolls and had a great dinner.
1 lb fresh ground turkey
1/4 cup oatmeal
1 egg
onion powder
garlic powder
Combine all ingredients very well, form into golfball-size balls. Brown meatballs in hot oil. Cook in crockpot for 3 hours, add BBQ sauce (KC Masterpiece original is AMAZING!) and heat for another 1/2 hour. This made about 16 meatballs. We served them on warm sandwich rolls. Thomas added fresh parmesan and I added romaine lettuce. Hannah even liked them. These would be REALLY good served over rice.
Fun layout to share!
this is a picture from October, but Ainsley just looks so cute and her little outfit is so springy!
credits:
for adsr #9
garland, flower pot: Jofia DeVoe's Not Very Serious
leaf doodles: Happy Doodles by Angelica E
flourish: Christine Smith
ribbon wrap: amanda kay
bumblebee: krystal hartley
grass: krystal hartley's grass is greener alpha
pink flower border: krystal hartley's spring fever doodles
blue paper, frame & bunny: krystal hartley's contribution to the Faith Sisters Easter kit
polkadot paper: Laura Burger's Date Night Paper Pack
cloud: Tara Dunston's Paint It Up
harlequin paper: Dani Mogstad's Snow Bunny Kit, recolored & blended
font: DJB Meredith by Darcy Baldwin
New layout to share!
credits:
Misty Cato's
papers from Homespun Love at SBE
SaraAmarie
frame from Basically Neutral
In the Forest
at SweetShoppeDesigns
