Random HappyScrappers Pictures

I thought I'd post some random pictures from several HappyScrappers meetings. Since we aren't meeting during the month of February and recently celebrated our two year anniversary, I thought it would fun to look back at some of our previous meetings.

Yep, I'm Still Thirty-Something

Today is my birthday. I feel older. I noticed that I have two distinct wrinkles beneath each eye in addition to a double chin and aching knees. Yep, I feel older.

I've Been Tagged!

The OtherBecky tagged me, so here goes:

Five things I was doing 10 years ago:
1. Student Teaching (That required driving from Parkersburg to Calhoun County everyday)
2. Dating a Heinous Man!
3. Buying my first real furniture
4. Later that year (1998) I moved to Martinsburg, and
5. Started my first year teaching


Five things on my to do list today:
1. Grocery shop
2. Laundry
3. Clean
4. Hug My Husband and tell him how much I love him
5. Address and mail homemade Valentine's Day cards


Five things I will do when I'm a millionaire:
1. Tithe 10% to my church
2. Buy a cabin in the tranquil woods of Wyoming as our "second home"
3. Travel to Paris to watch the Paris Opera Ballet Company
4. Buy Brian another Africa hunting trip
5. Put an addition on the back of the house just for fun (we don't really need one)


Five things I'll never wear again:
1. A bikini
2. Big plastic hoop earrings
3. Spandex of any kind, sort, or shape
4. Acid wash jeans
5. Big, fluffy bows in my hair


Five of my favorite toys:
1. Strawberry Shortcake (duh)
2. The Curvy Cutter
3. Pampered Chef gadgets (especially the chopper!)
4. Stampin' Up Punches
5. Stickles


Five banes of my existence:
1. People who barely know me and ask me why I don't have kids
2. People who do know me and try to convince me that I really DO want kids
3. The constant struggle with my weight
4. Telemarketers
5. Children's birthday parties


Ok, that was pretty fun for my first tag! I am going to tag...
1. Tracy http://tracylancaster.blogspot.com/
2. The Metelko Family http://metelko.blogspot.com/
3. Anne Marie: http://annemariez.blogspot.com/

I am only tagging 3 people because I don't really have a lot of people to tag! I'm still sort of new at this blog stuff!

"First Time" Cards

These are examples of card techniques that I tried for the first time. A circle card, stmaping on black cardstock, and using neopolitan ice cream colors together. All of the cards were inspired by SplitCoastStampers Virtual Stamp Night this weekend.

My Birthday Wishlist

1. My brother to be healthy in every way.
2. To have a snow day
3. Orange and green Stickles
4. The paisley Cuttlebug Folder
5. Stampin Up ticket punch
6. Stampin Up Garden Whimsy Stamp Set
7. No telemarketing calls
8. A good hair day
9. Dinner out with Brian
10. Pizza with Cindy

Couple of Layouts

Eventually, I want to make a modified A-B-C Scrapbook album of my closest friends. Instead of doing the album in ABC order, I've decided to just work on it page by page and put everything in order later. So, last night I did finish two layouts. The first one is a layout I did with some pictures from a surprise party I had for my friend, and fairy Godmother, Cindy. The second one chronicles how I met and became great "real life" friends with an online friend, Veronica.

Snow Day Fun

I didn't have to work today. Woot! Woot! So what did I do with that extra eight hours, you ask? Well, I scrapbooked, made cards, cleaned the house, and listed things on Ebay. What else? And what did I do this evening? I made a snowman and a snow angel in my front yard. Yep, that's right - I made a snowman. Who cares that I'm thirty-two years old and don't have children to use as an excuse?! I love to act like a kid without cares. Here are pics from my snow adventures today. I'm doing the whole "Superstar" thing in the first picture. The last picture is of me and my deerlightful snowman. Brian didn't help with the snowman because he was busy shoveling the driveway.