I can't get that groove thing back!!!

I just can't seem to get into scrapbooking lately. I haven't done anything in almost a month. The last time I scrapped, I went to Scrappuccino's and did 3 pages, but none are complete. They lack titles or embelishments of some sorts. I've even got Design Team assignments that I can't get into doing. On thing I think is that I worked like a stinkin dog before the craft fair to get all that stuff made and I got really burned out. Makes sense doesn't it? AND now, we're remodeling one of our basement rooms which is adjacent to my scraparea, so a lot of stuff got moved over to my area. I have several chairs, a ceiling fan, sewing machine, etc in my area...... plus there is no heat down there. And while its not freezing, its cold. My hands get like little ice cubes. It makes it really hard to work with cold numbs. Enough excuses, huh? I just want to get my groove thing back..... maybe I need some shopping!!! :-)

I forgot .......

I got my camera back night before last. I probably didn't talk about this much, but I dropped my Minolta DiMage Z3 several months ago and was without a camera. For any major event, I'd borrow my mom's Canon Rebel XT (SWEET camera btw!), but then have to give it back. We even shared on Christmas. But for Christmas, my sweet dad decided to get mine fixed for me. The battery compartment door had broken off. So he took it Wolf Camera and the sales guy told him its a common accident. So, it's been at the fixin' place for at least 8 weeks, but now its back. Of course, I haven't used it (don't have anything to take pictures of - oh yea, the haircut I gave my dog - that would be funny!!!) but I did put batteries in and set the date. Yea for me!!!

I weigh less..............

My weigh in sheet has -3.8 lbs!!!! YEA for me. I think thats great for the first week. I hope I don't stall. I haven't started excerising yet and probably won't till it gets a little warmer outside - so I can walk. Although my former boss toned up and lost some weight using pilates. So thats also an option ...... but right now I really don't have a place to do them. I need to wait till our bonus room is finished, maybe a month or so.

Speaking of bonus room. We've got drywall up, one coat of mud and should have most of the finishing done this weekend. Hopefully next weekend we can paint the ceiling and walls!!!

We've picked out carpet too. Cheap carpet, but it'll still be nice. My upstairs flooring is a huge issue. I think we've picked out the hardwoods, but now for the tile!!!

Weight Watchers

I started Weight Watchers last Wednesday. I'm doing the points program, which is cool. You can eat just about anything you want, but you have to count the points. The cool thing is Applebees has meals where the points are already counted, which is super!!! Emilee and I went Saturday night and I got the steak and shrimp kabobs, very tastey! I don't feel like I've lost any weight, but I didn't suspect I would the first week. I've been trying really hard to forgo the sweet, which I think are my down fall. I lost quite a bit of weight before our cruise in '03 doing the South Beach thing, but I just don't think I could stick with it ...... limited carbs and limited refined sugar. Really, portion control is the real deal. I still want my cheerios and my baked potatoes, now I just eat a smaller portion and top it off with something more healthly, like fruit! I'll try to keep you post: goal 17 lbs! Wednesday are weigh in days!

Address box for sale

Here's an address box I did from one of the white Provo Craft lunch boxes. Its all basic grey papers. Each inside divider has two letters on it. You can use the larger index cards for the address.

$40.00

Merry Christmas

Okay, so I'm a little late wishing you all a Merry Christmas.

I was off work Dec 22 - today (Jan 3). It was wonderful and I did NOTHING! Really. It was my vacation and I spent it exactly how I wanted to. I watched a lot of TV, stayed up late, played with Em, cooked some, ate a lot and scrapbooked a little. I finished up some thank you cards and went to Scrappuccino's on Wednesday last week to crop. I asked my friend Cheryl to come, but she was tied up with family, so it was just me. I got 3 or 4 layouts put together, but not completely finished. Still need the emblishments and title (I hate to do titles). It was fun.

Yesterday we took down our tree and I hurt my shoulder, so I'm whiney today, PLUS I couldn't go to sleep and was still tossing and turning at 1:30 (alarm goes off at 5:00) I wish I had stayed in bed all day .... good day for it.

For Christmas I got:

a vaccum
a HP 8450 Photosmart printer
tennis shoes
jogging suits
a "past, present, future" necklace
houseshoes
some clothes


Pretty good huh? I got a great family!

Post more later ...........

C Ya!