I am so excited! I planted a little tiny garden today! We love fresh tomatoes, so this morning my mom and i went to Lowes and bought a bunch of HUGE plastic pots and a TON of really heavy Miracle Gro and some plants. We got 2 yellow tomato plants, 3 Better Boy tomatoes, 1 Roma tomato and 1 eggplant vine. I love eggplant. I wanted to get a jalapeno plant, but they only came in packs of 9 and nobody needs that many jalapenos! So, IF I ever move, I get to take one yello tomato, one Better Boy tomato, one Roma tomato and 1 eggplant vine! along with all my other poor little plants. I have to go to walmart tomorrow and get more miracle gro soil and a couple more pots and rocks. We were two pots short (we thought we already had some big ones) and a couple of bags of soil short, too. I need to re-pot my jasmine, too. Ugh! Not looking forward to more heavy bags! AND we have to pull out most of the flowers in the front flower bed, too. They got killed by frost this winter. We are going to sod almost up to the big tree. I love working outside on a lawn when it isn't 10000 degrees. It was 81 here today, but there was NO humidity, so it was super nice!
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
$0.99 8.5x11 prints at Adorama Pix
Check out Adorama Pix for $0.99 8.5x11 prints!!! Make sure to use coupon code PXSCRAPBOOK when you place your order.
I need to print out about 400 digital layouts and I can't afford to spend much. So, I emailed the owners of AdoramaPix, a studio out of New York who has an awesome reputation for print quality. Last year they had a sale for $0.99 8.5x11 prints, so I asked them when they would be doing it this year. Herman emailed me back and stated there wasn't much interest in it last year, so they didn't plan to do it this year, but that if I could help generate some interest, they might be able to do it each year. SO, UNTIL 4/30/2006, 8.5X11 PRINTS ARE $0.99 AT ADORAMA PIX USING THE ABOVE COUPON CODE!!! And, no, I am not printing all 400 layouts, but I sure would like to!
Monday, March 27, 2006
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Which Grey's Anatomy Character are You???
I'm George O'Malley! Why does that not surprise me? I'd like to be more like Dr. Bailey and I think I am sometimes, but I try to be nice like George. I just don't let people run over me!
Take the quiz!
Friday, March 24, 2006
Digital Scrapbooking Post!
Wait! DON'T SKIP THIS POST!!!!! Okay, now that I have your attention, I will insert links to the websites where I am on the Creative Team!
RAKScraps
I am on the Events Team and the Sponsor Team. This means that I help plan chats and monthly scrapbook challenges to keep people motivated and help have fun at the site! The sponsor team is responsible for creating layouts each month with digital scrapbooking kits that are provided by the sponsors of RAKScraps. Each month we have two or three sponsors to create layouts for. We also write reviews of the kits for the RAKScraps newsletter. We have really awesome sponsors each month, so it is a LOT of fun! RAKScraps is a totally not-for-profit website, so there is no store at RAKScraps. The website is funded by donations and fundraiser kits that are sold at Scrapdish.
SaraAmarie @ 3Scrapateers
Three Scrapateers is a website that provides a store as well as a place to share layouts and enjoy challenges. I work only with SaraAmarie's digital kits. There are several designers who sell their work at this store, but I am exclusively on SaraAmarie's team. Each month I will create around 4 layouts from 2 of her kits. Her style is really different and I LOVE it!
Scrapdish
Yes, this is the same Scrapdish that is the main sponsor of RAKScraps! The owners and admin of RAKScraps are also the owners and admin at Scrapdish. The designers at Scrapdish are so amazing! They each have their own style and they complement each other. You can find almost any style at Scrapdish. Each month I will create 2 layouts per kit that I am given. I will usually get 2 kits per month. Sometimes I get to choose both kits I want to work with, sometimes I will be assigned one kit and choose one kit. Some people might be a little frightened about that, but I honestly don't think there are any kits at Scrapdish that I would not like. I made a list of kits I would like to work with last night and there were over 20 kits on that list! They were my absolute favorites!!! It could take me YEARS to work through them all! :) I may have to just suck it up and buy some of them! :)
These are my teams. They are all slightly different and I love them all for different reasons. Each designer puts their own heart and soul into their work and I like being able to get a sense of each of them! I LOVE digital scrapbooking. I got so tired of all the paper and the messes of paper scrapping. I do miss having completed pages in my hand at the end of the day. BUT, the good thing is that I can print a 4x6 "proof" of it and if I don't like it in print, I can change it before I spend money to have it printed! The cheapest place I have found to have my pages printed is $1.99 per page, unbound. I just got a coupon from My Publisher for 50% off any order over $100. Each page ends up being $.75 and it is bound into a book. The only problem is that the pages are 12" wide by 9" tall. That would work for my March book, but not for my earlier books where the pages are tall. I'll have to see what I can figure out. Some photo printing studios have sales occasionally for $.99 per print. That would be ideal. ..
Thursday, March 23, 2006
My new Glasses
I made Shelby take this photo of me a few minutes ago. Please excuse the bad hair/makeup/face day! :) I have one of those days pretty much everyday!
Got new glasses today!
yea!!! my eyes have been going bad for a long time now and I finally had an eye appointment last week. The doctor said that my eyes aren't really that bad, but he gave me a prescription for reading glasses. So, he dilated my eyes and sent me out to the waiting area to pick my glasses. That's good. . . pick glasses when you can't see! :) I chose some cute artsy plastic frames. I believe they are "pecan" color. They are cute, but I thought they were a little different looking. When I went to pick them up today, I kind of looked at them and said "Huh. Are you sure those are the right ones?" I thought they were tortoise shell, but they are just plain old brown plastic. The good thing is that they are lined (I guess that is the right word) with white plastic, so the light color bounces off my face and keeps it from looking like my glasses are too dark. I feel like an old granny, though, with these tiny little glasses. :) I'll make Thomas take a picture of my later! By the way, our Costco discontinued selling pretzels in the food area, but they replaced them with Churros. Yum!!!!
