Meet Helga

Helga - she enjoys Monster Truck Rallys and home improvement shows. Don't let her physique fool you, she is all woman and if you doubt it she will wrestle you to the ground and give you a wedgie.

From Foggy to snowy in just a matter of days

Welcome to life in Colorado!

SNOW

Yes friends and neighbors - its snowing here in Denver.

Random photo

This is what I found when I opened my freezer door last night. Should we eat them for dinner or are they dessert? My son's explantion? He likes his blankets cold when he goes to bed.



P.S. Please do not look too closely at my very messy freezer, It is on my to-do list to clean out. I am normally not such a slob or at least I try not to let anyone see that side of me lol.

Using What You Got

Maggie Grace Creates has issued a challenge to crafters everywhere! Take the 30 days in September and use what you got - use it up! Don't buy anything new.

I plan on doing scrapbook pages just using the paper and embelishments that I already have on hand. I plan on making some cards using the stamps I already own. No new stamps. I did kind of cheat this weekend and bought a stamp at Michaels, but it was a Fluffles and I can't resist them. I have fabric and felted wool coming out my ears, I have to use it and make do with what I have. I am going to try and make something each day because that it the only way the stuff I have collected over the years will get used. I hope to post photos of what I am working one each day.

Shrine to the Broncos Gods

This is what I found on our couch last Saturday just before the Broncos game - a shrine. My son, who is nine, had this all set up so he could watch the game. What can I say? He loves his team!

Oh So Pretty...

Tina over at TravelingMama had a give away that I entered and {Won!} - Woot!

Be sure to hop on over to her blog and check out her awesome crafts and also see what life in Morocco is like.

Below are the pretties that she sent to me all the way from Morocco and check out the darling card. I just love that bird stamp!

Tina, thank you so much for the fun assortment of goodies. I have a several ideas that I can use them on, such as cards, scrapbooks and a sewing project. Once I get them done I will post them on here for everyone to see. Now, hopefully, I can keep my daughters little fingers out of them - lol.

Humor...

I was digging through some boxes of photos when I was at my parents house last week and I found these in there. I thought I would share them because I found them kind of funny in a non-politcally correct sort of way.


Not sure about this one and why it needed to be printed on a little card



GIRL HUMOR



GUY HUMOR

She sleeps the sleep of the very old, after all she is just a few months shy of being 17. Sometimes she does not wake up even when you rub her belly. A few years ago a trangression like that would have earned me a nip on the hand. I think she has earned the right to lay all sprawled out on my bed and not have a care in the world except to eat and sleep and to sometimes yowl like a crazy cat in the middle of the night.

New Blog Format!

I found a website that helps you customize your blog. I was so excited to find this because I was getting so bored with my current layout. Go HERE and check out their tips and free backgrounds.


Happy Valentines Day!

Battlestar Galactica

I know have not posted in ages. It has been busy around here. And sad to say, but this post is not even about scrapbooking. stamping, sewing or crafting - lol. It is to say:

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA STARTS TONIGHT!!!. I gave up watching TV when the writers went on strike, and have not intention of starting again with the exception of this show. I love it.

On a side note: My dad, my brother and I all used to like to watch Farscape too. My mom hates Sci-Fi and would call it "Far Cry" instead. I wonder what she calls Battlestar Galactica? I will have to ask her - lol.

Ok, now back to our regular programming. I do have some pages to post, but it will have to wait until this weekend.

Tagged

Amanda from Inkspirations left this tag on her blog and I decided to play along!

3 things that....

Fascinate me:

How women in other countries decorate their homes

Spiders (they are scary but fascinating)

Listening to my kids play when they think I am not listening!

Inspire me:

Other blogs

My friends

My family

Anger me:

Illegal Immigration

Child or Animal abuse

Rude people

Delight Me:

A clean house

A great hair cut

When my kids tell me they love me

Frighten me:

The rising prices of food and gas

Going down in a dark basement with no lights on

Spiders

Relax me:

Reading a good book while soaking in a hot bath

Stamping and scrapbooking

Going for a walk

If you read this ...you've been tagged!!!If you post your own leave me a comment and i'll stop by and take a look!!

Birthday and Valentine's Day Card

A Valentine's Day card using A cat stamp from the
The Cat's Pajama's
And a birthday card for a friend. The stamp is from
Stamping Bella.
I also got the basic idea for the card from another blog but cannot remember where. I changed a lot of things on it but kept the basic sketch.

Valentines Cards and Happy Coffee

Gracie likes to have coffee with us in the mornings. She truely seems to like the flavor of it. Sunday morning she was drinking it and announced "Mmmmm Coffee! It makes Me Happy"! Of course, since I forgot to give her decaf she was bouncing off the walls for a while.

Grace and Nick had to make valentines for their class parties this week. Grace's were made out of paper doilies and paint and crayons. I will post those later. Nick asked a girl in his class to be his Valentine and she accepted! He wanted to make her a "Special" card. He used the Alligator from Animal Valentines by Stampin' Up and we attached a lollipop to the alligator's hand. He wrote Be My Valentine at the bottom. I think his Valentine will like it.

I am SO bummed!

I just found out that Battle Star Galactica starts up again in March with Season 4 and I was so excited then I found out that this is going to be the last season. As far as I am concerned it is one of the best shows out there. I am going to miss this show when it is gone.
Check out the Promotional Trailer.

Yes, I know, I am a Sci-Fi geek and proud of it!

Old Things

Some old things that will be added to the Heritage album I am working on. The doll head was given to my Mom's sister Mary Kathleen, she died of cancer when she was 5. The original owner of the doll died of Diptheria. From what my mom says, the body of the doll had to be burned.



The glass slipper was given to me when I was a baby by a friend of my Grandmother's. The Green Girl was given to my Grandmother as a birthday present at some point in her life. The cow bell was used by my Grandparent's in their store on the door. The Elephant was also belonged to my Mom's sister. My mom and I kind of got into a little argument about the Elephant. I am pretty sure there were two of them but she insists there was only one. I'm sure I'm right! Right?

Believe it or not- my mother used this on her hair. They did not have electricity until they moved off the farm when my Grandparent's bought a store in a small town. And the reason for documenting these? My daughter is going to get them someday and I want her to know a little bit about their history.

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Common Figure Flaws

I found this when I was going through some boxes of old cards. Today I fit into the "Poorly Drawn Head" category.

Trip Down Memory Lane

I was cleaning out the basement yesterday and came across two boxes that I had stored cards, letters and other mementos in. I was going to throw the contents away, but then I started looking through the cards and realized what great friends I have. So, I am keeping EVERYTHING in the boxes. I also found a bunch of concert stubs. From the amount of stubs I have, it is now wonder I have some hearing loss!
Here are some of the concerts I went to:

1) Jefferson Starship - 1981 - first concert I ever went to, I was still in High School.
2) Rick Springfield - 1982
3) Journey - 1983 & 198? - saw them twice
4) Billy Squier - 1983
5) Styx - 1983
6) The Who -
7) Van Halen - 1984
8) U-2 - 1985
9) Huey Lewis & the News - 1985
10) Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - 1987 - once of my favorite bands and I just don't
remember seeing them!
11) Yes!
12) Phil Collins - 1985
13) Bon Jovi - 1987
14) Huey Lewis & The News - 1987
15) Poison - 1991 - I took a guy I was dating for his birthday - I had such a crush on that guy!
16) Bruce Springstein


If you were ask me now who I want to see it would probably be Bob Seger, Bruce Springstein and Bon Jovi, the Eagles and Neil Diamond (I know, he is for the old ladies but I like him!)
There you go: a little insight into my younger days!