Shimmer and shine

It seems the holiday season starts a little earlier every year. It always amazes every year when the Halloween stuff is out right after school starts. This year, I notice the Halloween stuff has Christmas decorations at the edges. Are we in sucha hurry? Well, if you plan to make your own Christmas cards, it is never too early! I haven't actually started mine, but I have been thinking about them. Here is one I came up with Saturday. What do you think? I'm also looking for a wow idea to share at the Orlando Regional, so I won't tell you how I did it. Leave me a comment so I know if it is a'wow' or not. It is super easy. Well, okay, semi super easy. ;o)

In family news, we are enjoying a day off of school today. Why? It is listed as a teach prep day/hurricane day. I'm thinking they were pretty darn confident to 'plan' a hurricane and wanted a loophole so they could still have a day off. After a whole month of school, the teachers do probably need a day to regroup and decide if what they had planned for their class is actually going to work with the class they got. Thank goodness for good teachers. I had thought about home schooling but when I was pregnant with number 4 and had three little ones under the age of 5....I decided I was way out numbered! Besides...by the time they turn 5 they are already smarter than me so what would have been the point?!

Our "puppy love" saga continues. Yesterday, with the help of Sarah's new 'Soda fountain classics' cd, we taught Fantine to dance. She is a natural! She just cracks me up with those little back legs.

She can really shake her booty!

When she finally got worn out,(and it took a while!) Sarah and Ben tried the dancing thing together. They were adorable! I just love it when the kids play together! Sunday is our family day. Nobody gets to have friends over, we don't watch TV or play video games and we only watch 'certain' movies. Thus, the kids are left with each other for entertainment. When the weather is cooler, it turns into trampoline day. It is still pretty muggy and rainy these days, so we turn to dancing, board games, pillow fights and lots of baking. I love it!

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debsdialogues said…

Hmm. How did you do it? Hmm. Does it involve a blow dryer? Spray bottle? Does it matter if I know how you did it? I'll assume you used magic - and I love magic!!! I love anything that sparkles, so of course I love this card! I also love Christmas cards that actually refer to the birth of Christ, so love this stamp also.

Debi

September 18, 2007 at 3:08 AM

Anonymous said…

The card is really lovely and the picture of your family gave me a huge smile!!

October 15, 2007 at 3:12 PM

Bradley

Sunday, my best friend died. My sweetheart of 20 years died suddenly from diabetes. We didn't know he had diabetes. It came quick and took him from me. Brad was more than just my husband, he was my best friend. I relied so very much on his strength to guide me and my children through this life. I admit I feel a bit lost without him, already. I had planned on much, much more time with him. Brad and I met on January 28th, 1989. We were both at a nightclub for under age night with our friends that had dragged us there. We were both ready to leave when we were talked into one more dance. That dance changed our lives. We hit it off right away and danced the rest of the night. In face, we were together from then on. I remember that after that night, I waited all day for his call. It was love right away for me. I felt something I had never felt before and knew that he was the one for me. We dated for six months before Brad went to Texas to go to school. We talked a lot on the phone, and I

Bloggers challenge and candy

I know I said I would post some blog candy yesterday but I didn't even get near my computer! What a crazy day! I had planned on doing it the night before but...I was in the kitchen doing the dishes and I was so dog tired that I laid my head down on the counter for a minute. My son came into the room and said, "go to bed mom, dad and I will do the dishes." Now, who in thier right mind would turn down that offer? My boys HATE to do anything in the kitchen that doesn't involve eating. I immediately turned off my water(boiling for herb tea) and skedaddled upstairs and went to bed. I'm no dummy! The kitchen was not cleaned to my standards, but I'm not about to look a gift horse in the mouth! Speaking of gifts, I have a little blog candy offer today. In honor of my 8000 hits, I am offering the following: A simply scrappin kit "Just Delightful", a stamp set "Delight in Life", three mini spools of ribbon, some acrylic tiles AND a copy of the latest

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Today is another fun summer day at my house. The kids are running here and there and I'm just trying to keep up. I realized I hadn't sent out Father's day cards yet, so that is what I worked on today. I tried to keep these nice and clean and manly. I remember going to a demonstration at a Stampin' Up! convention years ago where Kevin Theeson and another guy(I forget his name....) talked about 'manly' cards. One of the things they stressed was that guys don't like cards made with pastel cards. They prefer bold bright and earth element colors. I'm not sure if they suggested we stay away from florals too, but I kind of figured that was a safe idea. ;o) For this card I started with some textured Wild Wasabi cardstock cut to 10-1/2 x 5-1/4. That gave me a 5-1/4" card when folded. The striped paper across the center is from a retired SU simply scrappin kit...primary colors I think it was called. I added a strip of Real Red to each side of the stripes for

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