You know you are getting old when you leave a Valentine Party with your honey to go to Wal-Mart and buy a Flat Screen TV. Yep, that's what Bryan and I did for Valentine's Day. We did have a great night though so that should count for something!
Here we are before we left for our date:

So, how was your Valentine's Day?

Joan, over at Paper Popsicles posted about a new site called House of 3 that sells blog couture. So, I immediately hopped on over and feel in love with this background and banner! So what do you think? I think it suits me very well!

“Technique Week” Online Crop at Scrapbooker's Clubhouse.

Scrapbooker’s Club House is hosting another fabulous WEEK LONG ONLINE CROP from February 9-15 2009!

Guess what?!! You’re invited to join us!!! Pop in whenever you like, and stay as long as you can! Look for the forum section called “Online Crop.” We’ll be there!

Come on over to the place where you can learn something fresh and new as you scrap those photos, memorabilia and stories. Expect the sharing of tips, tricks and ideas as you learn fun techniques that you can apply to your creations right away.

We’ve planned tons of fun challenges, games, prizes, laughs and the chance to share your creations. With “Make ‘n Take” projects, you’ll absorb at least two new techniques you can use over and over in unique ways—hey, who doesn’t love THAT!?! There’s a chance to win a special prize at the end of the crop… but shhhh! The prize is still a secret!

Soak up some ideas and inspiration from our community of scrapbookers and learn from our talented Design Team members as they share and scrap along with you! Canadian Scrappin’ Celebrity Andrea Wiebe will be joining us for the month, and she’ll be with us at the “Technique Week” crop, setting challenges, while she shares her ideas and genuine enthusiasm for this wonderful hobby.

The SBCH online store is fully stocked, so go ahead and shop for all your scrap-happy needs!!

Mark your calendar so you can pop on over to the week-long Technique Week Crop at Scrapbooker’s Club House!

Here’s where to find us: http://www.scrapbookersclubhouse.com/home.htm

There will be a friendly welcome awaiting you, so come join us: play and learn at the SBCH “Technique Week” Crop.

See you there!

Come join me and the gals at Paper Popsicles for their Love is in the Air crop, February 6-8. You won't want to miss the fun, inspiration, and delightful ideas their crops bring, so head on over now!

I was so excited for Friday to get here. It was our bi-weekly crop night, our first once back since the holidays, and I hadn't scrapped in a couple of weeks. I had all of my pics ready and my pages all planned out and every lady that comes to crop, had to cancel for one reason or another. So, I pulled all of my supplies into the living room, put in a movie, and had my own scrap night. I finished 3 lay-outs Friday night and another two on Saturday. It's funny how I'll go a couple of weeks and can't scrap then spend a night and crank out 3 lay-outs. I love it when that happens though. Saturday night, Bryan took me out to out at a favorite little Italian place we love and out to watch Mall Cop at the theater. Mall Cop was hilarious, BTW! While at the movies, I threw my back out. I have no idea how. But I got the strange urge that my back just wasn't right and needed to be popped. When we got home, Bryan tried to pop it for me but it just wouldn't pop. We went to sleep about midnight, then I woke up around 3am in horrible pain. I could lay down, it hurt to stand, and to sit. I googled pulled muscle and ended up taking pain meds and fell back to sleep laying on a cold pack. I felt a little better so we got up and went to church. Thankfully a dear lady, who is a nursing professor, asked what was wrong with my back. She did pressure points on me and discovered my back was out in 4 places. She took me to the back of the church and had me lay in the floor and popped my back into place. I THANK GOD for this lady! I woke up this morning feeling a little sore, but much, much, better! I am starting to believe that your body really does start going down hill once you hit 30!
Here are the lay-outs I finished, Enjoy!

While editing my top ten post, I noticed there was quiet a bit of traffic coming from a site called Stampin' When I Can to my blog. So I decided to pop on over and see what was up. I was featured in her Newly Discovered Blog list today. This totally made my day to have my blog recognized by a fellow blogger! I am totally flattered right now! That is so cool! Thanks Allison! Be sure and check out Allison's fantastic blog and the others who were featured with me!

While we are talking about fellow bloggers, I would like to feature one of my own! Head on over to Paper Popsicles Blog
If you haven't registered for the site, please do so. Melissa and the gang are sooo nice. Not to mention, her store is fantastic and the gallery is loaded with tons of inspiration! Be sure and check them out today....like right now....what are you waiting for....GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Top 10 Creations of 2008!
Wow, it was really hard to narrow it down to ten, but here they are in no particular order.










Looking through all of my creations made me see just how much I have grown as a scrapper and how much my style has changed in a year. It's amazing. I am embarressed to even post a lay-out from the beginning of last year. I can't wait to see how much it changes this year!
Enjoy!

I am finally here to share my projects from the fabulous Prudence Kit at Scrapbooker's Clubhouse I know, I know...I should've already had this up on my blog. One of my New Year's Resolutions is to update my blog regularly! I'm really gonna do it. I promise. So back to Prudence, this is a fabulous kit, one of the best I have worked with. If you are thinking of ordering it, you really should. You won't be disappointed!














I was so tickled with how many creations I was able to make out of this one kit! Thanks for stopping by to take a peek!

It's almost the New Year and I am just now getting on here to upload my Christmas pics. It's been a busy couple of weeks even though I have been on vacation part of both weeks. We have also been battling the stomach virus (I had it Christmas Day) and both of the kids had bronchitis. But we are all feeling much better, so that's good. Don't want to ring in the New Year with the sickies!
We started our Christmas celebrations on Christmas Eve with Bryan's mom and Dad, brother and sister and law, and my mom. She joined us this year for Christmas dinner and presents.





Then, the children woke up around 7:30 or 8:00 ready to see what Santa had brought them. Carley was already awake at 4:30 after she heard "Santa" eating the cookies and drinking the milk. She ran into the bed room hollering, "Momma, Momma, I hear Santa." I told her we couldn't go see til it got daylight. So, she went back to bed with no fuss! I had to sit at the top of the stairs to watch them open their gifts since I had been up sick most of the night! Bryan was a trooper and took care of all of the pics and opening of the gifts. He even cleaned up some afterwards!




Then the Saturday after Christmas, we celebrated with my family, my uncle Pete, and Savannah's boyfriend Michael.
Here's Michael, Colby, and Austin:





Here's me and Bryan:

My sister Melinda and her husband Pee-Wee

And last but not least, Michael, Savannah, and Colby:

I will be back to upload some scrappy projects! I've been quiet productive this weekend. It really helped that I got to Guest Design at Scrapbookers Clubhouse
using the beautiful Crate Paper Prudance kit on pre-order now for January! I hope you all had a wonderful blessed Christmas and I wish you a happy, safe and prosperous New Year! See ya soon!