31 August 2009

Couldn't post yesterday because I was catching up from taking Saturday off ;-0

Stuff I Did Sunday
Did the Cracker Barrel breakfast, did almost all of the laundry, two rounds of dishes, and went thru some old boxes. Got enough trash to fill one of the two boxes. (I think moving and rearranging at the office has rubbed off.) School paperwork, recycling, packing some of the lunchbox items.

Stuff I Didn't Get to Do on Sunday
Planned on reading & writing some, and didn't even sort the newspaper. Wanted to journal for my 2nd scrap layout but didn't get the 2nd part written. Ended up getting takeout because I didn't make chicken lasagna.

Monday
Today wasn't that great of a day. Lots of changes in the workplace. It'll take some getting used to. Trying to go with the flow!! Really looking forward to changing the calendars to a new month tomorrow.

Appropriate Quote to Insert Here:
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

45th Birthday Photos

#1The garden flagpost is in front of the house and gets changed monthly, so August is usually when I put the snazzy cake flag out. #2 I got a lot of beautiful cards from family and friends. #3 and #4 When I got home from Florida Mall, the kids had blown up balloons and taped them all around. When I came inside, they came running out and yelled, "Surprise!" How cute is that? #5 Apparently, Oreo Ice Cream Cake is now the new black. The half cake sure won't last long around here...I give it 2 days max.

Blessings Times Four

This is one of my favorite photos of Baumgardners Four. I thought I'd scrap it while I was feeling happy today - lol! I'm almost done with another page, too, but the journaling for that one isn't done yet. I'll post the photo tomorrow.



photo credit - Dorsey "Granny Old" Haas
brown cardstock - The Paper Company
orange cardstock/scalloped cardstock - Bazzill
patterned paper and large letters - Sassafrass Lass
stamping ink - ColorBox by ClearSnap
brown rub-ons - Cosmo Cricket & Die Cuts With a View
brown pen - Zig Writer
die cut frame - My Mind's Eye
pop-up flourish - K&Company
chipboard number - Heidi Swapp
letter stickers - Making Memoriess
corner rounder - Creative Memories
other: date stamper - Office Depot

Caterpillar Cake!

These are the caterpillar cupcakes/cake for our friend Gabby's birthday party. They are from Cakes by Olga, and I'll give out her business number if anybody wants a cake like this one. It was so colorful! The only thing better than the way it looked was the way it tasted! Each piece had different kinds of icing on it. Sooooo delicious and lots of fun to eat. Don't forget to click for mouthwatering closeups!

Last day of being 44

This is my last day of being 44 years old. Cheers! :)

Hoping to post again later tonight. In the meantime, Happy Friday~

Early night?!

Supposed to be my early night, but here I am, posting that I'm very tired and going to bed right after I finish up a couple li'l things. Oh geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

;-)

First and Third Grade

They've decided they're sick of posing for pictures, and chose this morning to let me hear about it. Loudly! Excuse me, but I need a little transition time to wean off the picture taking. I hear going cold turkey is really, really bad. In the meantime, I'm okay with fake expressions of happiness on the first day of school.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

(from the perpetual calendar I've had for many years)

Sat. 8-22-09

• Haircut & Color
• First movie ever in 3-D: G-FORCE! Very cool visually, very cute story
• Michaels
• Florida Mall (Hat Shack, VisionWorks, Auntie Anne's Pretzels)
• Payless Shoes
• Wendy's

Originals by John Sam

Instead of going to sleep tonight, John Sam drew these freehand and then colored them in. I think the word you're looking for is WOW! Top one is Mario and Yoshi, and the second one is Luigi and Wario. If you or someone you love plays Nintendo, you'll know what I'm talkin 'bout! ;~)

Tangible proof that genius creativity will not be thwarted by bedtime.