1st leaf pile of the season!!

Yesterday we raked up our first leaf pile!! It was pretty small, but still a ton of fun for the kids!! Our yard manages to collect leaves from everyone on our street! In a few days, the pile will probably grow to about 10 times the size it was yesterday! Right now it is mostly leaves from our magnolia tree, they don't get real pretty like the oaks that line the street.






Can you guess what prompted this reaction?


They both wanted to rake at the same time, Macy won the rake getting contest and Jack was not happy! Needless to say, neither of them raked! LOL

The last pic will hopefully be the subject of my scrapping tonight!!

Hey, if you have a minute, go check out the ILove2Create blog. Melynda uploaded some of the DT projects for the October kit!! The latest post contains some of my projects with Friendly Plastic!!

Have a great weekend!! I'll try and share pics from my cousin's wedding tomorrow!!

I guess it's time for an update!!

Almost a week has flown by since my last post!! I am really getting bad about updating!!

Nothing too exciting this week. I am working on organizing the toys and getting Jack's room painted. I was on a roll yesterday until I ran out of paint! I also managed to bust the handle right off of the roller! Have I ever said how much I dislike painting?

Jack did good at school on Tuesday! He said they had ice cream for snack, yum!!! I guess I'd love school if I could have ice cream for snack! Today should be a good day for him too! He has speech therapy this morning as well. Last week we started working on his "f"s. He usually uses p's for f's. Tricky sound!

Macy is doing good at school too! She is just about done with all of her upper and lower case recognition. It's funny, she knows them but still will not write her name correctly. She still uses all capitals even after having to do tracer pages for homework since the beginning of the school year! I tell her every morning on the way to school to make sure she writes it the proper way. She just grumbles!

Not too many plans for this weekend. My cousin is getting remarried on Saturday, so we have that. Chris has to work the majority of the weekend. We may try and do something Sunday afternoon as long as the weather permits. I think it's supposed to get back to fall like temps again. I've had enough of this almost 90 degree weather in the fall!

Haven't had much mojo lately. Hoping it comes back soon! I got the October ILove2Create kit yesterday. It is so pretty, filled with American Crafts goodness and a neat technique! I have to work on that tonight!

Here are 2 layouts that I did this week. Can you believe I did both of them in the same day? One while Jack was at preschool and the other after they went to bed!!





Have a great weekend!! Any fun plans?

More new layouts

I don't really have much to report but I need to update so here are 2 new layouts!

The first I did for a challenge at ScrapGal and the second I just finished up tonight! I've had the design in my head for about a week and finally got it down on paper! The entire background is actually white, but my scanner does not care for white! The right side is also not snipped off like that!

OUT FOR PUBLICATION!

Have a great weekend!! Not a whole lot planned here, it is going to be hot again! I was hoping we could do some fall related activities but that just doesn't seem right when the temp will be in the high 80's!

And the saga continues . . .

Ahhh, the joy of homeownership!! Are you sick of hearing about my house tales? If so, just scroll down a few paragraphs! LOL

So, we need to get some new piping in our master bath. Our bathtub drain is emptying SO slow and it seems as if the little drain mechanism thingy is stuck in the shut position and the plumber can't get it open. So, we need it replaced, that is not exactly easy with a 50 something year old house! The access panel is small and the piping is very tight with no room to actually get the small old piece out! So, that means he needs to go through our kitchen ceiling to get to it! We're also having him check to see if there is a leak in there, I have this kinda wierd sense that there is one. He's supposed to come do that today, so here I sit waiting! UGH!!! I'm good with it though! It needs to be done and what a better time to do it than right before remodeling the kitchen!! I'd be so ticked if we put a ton of money into the kitchen and then it happened!! Eek!!

We also got measured for the new kitchen windows last night, just waiting back for the full estimate on cabinets, countertop and floors to know if we can replace all the windows in the house!

It really is exciting though!! I just wish I could fastforward a few months to the completed project!!

Okay, enough of that!!

I've got some scrapping to do but have been feeling mojo-less. I think I may try to find a cool ad for inspiration and try to jumpstart myself!!

Jack has school today, I'm thinking it will go well at dropoff! Keeping my fingers crossed though!!

I also just want to put a plug out there for 1-800-contacts!! They are so good and inexpensive!! This will be our second year ordering from them and they couldn't be nicer!! They are on the ball, you can place an order and they'll call you within 5 minutes if something is wrong! There was a problem with Chris's prescription being expired, they called to let us know. I emailed them about 10 minutes ago to tell them to process my order without his, and they called me about 3 minutes later just to confirm!! Gotta love that!! So, if you wear contacts, check 'em out!!

I'll leave you with the 2 layouts I did for the ScrapGal September newsletter. The theme is change.

Have a great day!!

I'm becoming a bad blogger!!

Gosh, I haven't updated all week!! I am nearing my 100th post too!!

Just been busy!! Trying to prepare for the kitchen remodel. The guy came and measured and we talked about plans on Wednesday. Now we wait, sweating, for the estimate, hoping it is not way out of the ballpark!! No matter how hard I try, I always manage to pick out the most expensive stuff! Never fails!!

Our community carnival is going on now too. They moved the location so it is now just 2 blocks away!! We went for the kick off night last night and will go on Saturday as well.

My fabulous LSS, memory lane, pa is having a yard sale this weekend, so I've been busy getting ready for that too. I finally finished pricing my stuff!! I cringe at the thought of how much I really paid for all of it!! Just hoping I make out good!!

I haven't done any scrapping since Saturday night but will this weekend. ILove2Create is having a girl's crafting weekend with lots of fun challenges and prizes!! If you aren't doing anything, check it out, it all starts tomorrow (Friday) night at 6pm. The big Survivor game starts soon too. I posted about it a few posts down if you want to check it out!

I will catch up on all my blog hopping this weekend!! I really miss it!! It's fun going to a blog your normally visit and clicking on their comments and just keep going and going!! Never know how I got to where I ended up!

I'm beat!! Going to hit the hay early! Here are a few more layouts that I did during the ScrapGal page a day challenge!

Birthday pictures and some new layouts!!

We had a great time yesterday at Knoebel's! We didn't tell the kids where we were going, Macy finally figured it out when she saw the rides! LOL

Here are some pics of Jack on his birthday, with some of his presents and then some Knoebel's pics following them.












They went on the big Whip this year!


And, here are a few more PAD layouts!




As always, thanks for reading!! Have a great week!

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