Next on the to-do list...

...is to update here like I said I was going to!

Ya know, I just thought about the date today when one of my students emailed me, and I only have like one more FULL week in this quarter. After this week is over, there's one more week of class and finals week. What? That can't be right!

Who watched The Bachelor last night, and saw that SARAH from Tennessee got her man?! How cute are they together? That's so great that they get to go back home and still be a few minutes down the road. I do feel bad for Moana because I can understand being the 'odd one out' and all of her feelings, but honestly...if being vulnerable is her #1 fear in life then I think she needs to get out more. YEAH Sarah!

Okay, layouts! These are the two I mentioned using Holly's new kit that you HAVE to go add to your collection! The first layout was for TDC's Chick's Life challenge - this week's prompt was "Love is..." Dan and I took a few silly pictures for it, too! The second layout includes a picture from my baby book, awww! I figured out that I was at least three years old in this picture, maybe four. How adorable was I?

[LOVE IS...the little things]


Credits:
Kit is Holly McCaig's new SPRING IS COMING!
Torn paper action - Atomic Cupcake
Alpha stamps - Rebecca DiGrazio
Fonts - Vicki's Scribble and SA Kiss
Journaling:
Love is definitely us, darling, and all the little things we do. There are so many things we do everyday to show our love, that these are just a few of the things we BOTH do to show we care! Sticking our TONGUES out at each other is something we've always done, no matter where we are. Signing "I love you" to each other with our HANDS is another thing we do, whether we're holding hands or signing in the air. We write surprise NOTES to each other and make "kissy" NOISES all the time, too. It may seem sickening to others around us, but it's all of these little things that really show how much we LOVE each other!


[BRIGHT SUNNY GIRL]


Credits:
Kit again is Holly McCaig's "Spring is Coming"
Straight stitches - Kathy Moore
Torn paper action - Atomic Cupcake
Staples - also Holly's
Fonts - 2peas Gift and Fontastic
Journaling:
I'm in the process of going through old photos, and this is one of my favorites. I was at least three years old here, maybe four, because my ears were already pierced. I don't remember much about that time, but I do know I was loved and spoiled with toys galore, I was a total girly-girl, and that face just says happiness! (Journaled 2-28-06)

Thanks for peeking at my layouts, I'm off to tackle more of my to-do list...

Blah blah blah...

Wow, it's been a week since I've shared with my little blog here. Where did the week go? While we're at it, where has the month of February gone?

This past week is pretty much a blur, but I did get a layout done on Friday night for TDC's challenge and I started another layout on Saturday that I really like. Both of them used Holly's new Spring is Coming kit, which is fabulously fun! My second LO actually isn't done yet, it still needs journaling, but it should be done tomorrow.

Let me just tell you how mad I was with my Photoshop the other night. I had worked on my first LO for about 2 or 3 hours when PS just decided it was going to shut down on me...POOF! Of course...and I know, I don't need to hear it...I hadn't saved my LO yet. I had to do the entire layout over! So a couple hours later I had the layout almost done in between PS shutting down a few more times. I figured out that it was shutting down every time I tried to work on my journaling, so something was going on with the text layers that the program didn't like. Saturday morning, then, I tried to open up my layout in Illustrator and finish the journaling there. Somehow it got done! From now on I'll have to be a file-saving fool! I haven't done the journaling on my second layout yet, so I'm a little afraid...we'll see what happens.

Sunday, Dan and I went out to his parents' house and I worked on my literature review almost the entire time we were there. By the end of the night I needed to get away from that paper, so I caught up on some blogs and worked more on it today. It's also not done yet, but my advisor will need to read it by the end of the week.

Also today, Dan and I celebrated 9 months together. We had a couple errands to run tonight, did a little shopping at the mall to find some cute shirts for me, and we had dinner afterwards. Now I guess I'm taking a break from my paper that I shouldn't be, hehe, and watching The Apprentice, and I'm about to head to bed and watch The Bachelor! I can't wait to see who he picks!

So I'm off, but tomorrow I'll post my two layouts!
Goodnight! :)

A little bedtime snack!

Before I head off to bed, I thought I'd give you a little update and some eye candy! Actually, not much has been going on around here. Friday night Dan's family came to visit us and we ordered in pizza while watching a movie. Dan and his little brothers also played some video games, of course :). This weekend was pretty lazy and full of scrapping, though we did go to see my brother in his high school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. I tried to take as many pictures as possible since it was in a dark setting where I couldn't use a flash, and I had to zoom while the characters were constantly moving. I did get some good ones out of the bunch though, some that weren't very blurry. I'm sure you'll see a layout with them soon enough...or maybe posted on my blog/photosite this week once I sort through them and get the pictures that Dan took and sort through those too.

In other news, I did get one class of exams graded tonight while Dan and I watched some TV, but there are still two more classes to go. Grading 60 exams is a task I tell you, especially those darn essays! Also today, because I must be the good little Fairy Chick that I am... Holly put up the most darling 'dream' words in her shoppe today and she plans on making more! They're only $1.50 and they come with shadows and without. They almost remind me of those little magnet words, but they're paper! They're too cute!



Finally...some eye candy for you all to check out. Like I said, this weekend consisted of a bunch of scrapping. I was able to do THREE layouts in one weekend, that's like a world record for me! So without further interruption... *ahem* ...I give you the layout that I did for TDC's challenge last week - challenge prompt was about weddings, as well as a layout about Thanksgiving this past year, and a layout about my friend Sheri's recent birthday party.

[MY WEDDING DREAM]


Credits:
Scraplift of Robin Carlton
Jen Wilson's "Morning Breeze" papers and elements
Date tab - Robin Carlton's "Home" kit
Inking action - Atomic Cupcake
Fonts - Susie's Hand and Sandals


[TURKEY COMA]


Credits:
Jen Wilson's "Blow Me A Kiss" papers and elements
Yellow paper - Robin Carlton/Christy Lyle's "Oh Noes" double-up
Yellow polka ribbon - Gina Miller's Polka Ribbons collection
Stamp alpha II - Kim Lund
Torn paper action - Atomic Cupcake
Straight stitching - Kathy Moore's freebie
Fonts - Sandals


[SHERI'S BIRTHDAY]


Credits:
Papers - Gina Miller's "April Showers" Polka Papers
Flowers and fasterners - Holly McCaig blog freebie
Paper clip - Holly McCaigs "Memory" kit
Stamp alpha - Rebecca DiGrazio SBB freebie
Fonts - Sandals and 2peas Gift

I think that's it for tonight. Tomorrow's day off #1 of this week, so I get to sleep in, relax, and try to work on my paper! Goodnight!