SBG Chat tonight!

Come chat at 9 pm EST tonight at Scrapbook Graphics. I'm off tonight so I should be there!

Some more pages...

I just found out my Girls Rules page was featured on the Log Your Memory blog! I have been hearing a lot about that site and need to check it out some more.

Here are some more recent pages, including one I just finished up.

The SBG designers worked on this month's Songbird Avenue Kit - Toys in the Attic.

Here's one I did of Penny in her Halloween costume (doesn't she look thrilled!) for the Rosey Posey play day. Credits

And I used PixelWorks Cozy Dreams to scrap about being sick this week. Credits

Digital Scrapbook Day

I've been hanging out home sick the last few days. Things have been so crazy at work with the elections and world series - I didn't call out sick until yesterday, but I probably should have been here all week. The doc says it's a touch of the flu. :( I spent yesterday relaxing with Penny and plan to do the same thing today. I really hope I'm better tomorrow because I'm out of sick days. It's been a rough year!

But I'm sick of sick talk. There's a big holiday coming up for us digiscrappers on Saturday - Digital Scrapbooking Day!
Scrapbook Graphics has a whole day of chats, challenges and sales planned. You can find out all the details here. You can also grab an ad booklet.

And Michelle Godin, aka PixelWorks, is having a great sale and an awesome grabbag at Scrap Artist.

I'll be celebrating by scrapping with my friends at our montly crop so have some fun shopping and chatting for me!

Netflixing on a rainy day

Not much going on here. I feel like all I do is work. I did get a lot stuff during the last week. Took Penny to get groomed, went to the eye doctor (which reminds me I need to pick up my new glasses), cleaned the mess that is my bedroom. I tried making brownies with a new silicon bites pan, but I forgot to spray it first and I made a big mess.

On Sunday, Lucia had her first dance recital. Five hours into it, her group was finally up. They did the dance twice - and both times she just stood there. At one point, she did punch the girl next to her! It was all very cute and worth the wait to see her.

Today I'm catching up on some Netflix and watching the Soloist. It's been rainy lately so I'm finally getting through these. I also watched Away We Go and Monsters vs. Aliens over the last few days - all pretty good.

Haven't done any scrapping since last week's crop, except for this new page with this new Rebel Rock kit by PixelWorks.

Funday and a chat at SBG

Check out the second Funday at SBG this week! :) I was stumped by last week's search but I found this week's word and there will be some great stuff on sale!

And there's going to be a chat on Tuesday at 9 pm EST with some prizes!

10 pages!

I just love going to crops! I get to have so much fun with the girls and get so much done. I finished 10 pages with a total of 72 photos yesterday (counting two pagers!). The crop started out a little crazy because I forgot the plug for my laptop! Luckily, there was a Best Buy nearby and I bought a new one.

Here's some of what I got done. I have one I can't share just yet! :) I'll link up the credits when I get these posted in the galleries.

Here's Penny perched in one of her favorite spots - my shoulder! Credits

Some photos from this year's Race for the Cure. Credits

Haley posing for "senior portraits." She is seriously just too cute! Credits

Hanging out with the girls in NYC! Credits

Here's a close up of us. Credits

And these are my 365 photos for July. I started this page back in August and finally got it done. Am so behind on these! Credits

If you'd like to know more about the method behind my multi-photo madness, check out my How I Did That post at SBG (there's a template freebie there, too!). And speaking of blogs, my page Built With Love with the Girlfriends kit was the featured LO on the Funky Playground blog yesterday!

Say cheese

Thought I'd share some pictures of things I've been talking about lately.

Here I am at Highline Park with my girlies Amanda, Amy and Tara!

Haley is the cutest thing ever. It was so much fun to hang out with her and the rest of the girls.

Here's a shot from my friend Billy who saw Bruce after I did.

I was sitting way up here.

And here I am with the fam at the Race for the Cure.

Girlfriends

I am so beat! I just got back from New York City where I got to hang out with my good friends Amy, Amanda and Tara. Amanda, her husband Chris and daughter Haley came down last night and stayed here, and Haley was very happy to meet Penny.

We took the ferry over to the city and met up with Tara, Amy and her friends at City Bakery for breakfast - and the bests hot chocolate with homemade marshmallows. We stopped at a scrapbook store, of course. (Didn't even know there was one in the city LOL!) And then we headed over to the Highline Park. It was formerly an elevated train track along the westside and now it's a nice little walkway. We then went to Magnolia for cupcakes - lots of sugar today - and walked around the village and Washington Square Park. We stopped at a pub for some lunch and I think we were pretty much all exhausted from all the walking around. Then we took the ferry back and Haley wanted to come in to say goodbye to the puppy.

I would share some photos but I have no energy to walk across the room to get my camera! I just love these gals and am so glad I got to see them again!!!

Speaking of girlfriends... I got to work on this project with some of my very best friends. This big collab is called Girlfriends and it's available at Scrapdish or Funky Playground. It's on sale now too! :) And you can buy the pieces separately. I did two of the templates - it's been awhile since I've designed anything.


And here's a page I did with the kit!

Fundays at SBG!

Have you been by Scrapbook Graphics lately? There are some new designers - Veronica Spriggs and Diamante Designs. There's a call for a new Cover Girl. And starting on Monday, you'll find special savings as part of Fundays.


Here's a page I did about my niece for our Veronica Play Day. :) Credits

Jersey Girl. Fireworks. Awesome.

I am too tired from the concert last night and the Race for the Cure today to share much about it now but I just wanted to post the set list from last night for my records...


Wrecking Ball
Out In the Street
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working On a Dream
Born In the U.S.A.
Cover Me
Darlington County
Working On the Highway
Downbound Train
I'm On Fire
No Surrender
Bobby Jean
I'm Goin' Down
Glory Days
Dancing In the Dark
My Hometown
The Promised Land
Last To Die
Long Walk Home
The Rising
Born To Run
Raise Your Hand (instrumental)
Jersey Girl
Kitty's Back
Detroit Medley
American Land
Waitin' On a Sunny Day
Thunder Road

Happy Wednesday

I can't believe it's going to be October! I am enjoying the weather around here - nice enough to wear a light sweater but not cool enough for a jacket. I can't tell if I'm coming or going lately. I have been working weird hours at work. Here's my schedule for this week: Monday 4-12, Tues-Wed 5-1, Thursday 12-8, Friday 1-9. Having weird hours just throws me off. Can't seem to get much done and I am just tired all the time. I can't even keep up with all the stuff on my Tivo with all the shows starting up again.

But I do like having Thursday nights off now because I have been able to hang out at karaoke and I'm even getting up there and singing now! It's so much fun and people tell me I'm good! LOL!

We took the girls to see Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs on Sunday. I think I laughed more than they did. Super cute movie. Then Randi and I did some shopping and I got two new pairs of cons! I even got some scrapping done.

I've got so much coming up too! I'm going to see Springsteen on Saturday (Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce!!!!) and then we have the Race for the cure on Sunday. I am so excited that I raised about $140 thanks to my friends!

I'm trying to get some stuff done today because I really can't get anything done on Thursdays or Fridays before work. Before I get back to my laundry, here are my latest pages....

Some photos of Penny with Baers Garten's Loveable kit. Credits

From Michelle and Phil's wedding bus tour. Credits

The girls being silly while we were waiting to watch a parade. Credits
Aunt Clara and Grandma in the parade along with some past and present shots from Weehawken. Credits
My goddaughter at the park. Credits
My niece watching and playing Ariel. Credits
And in her fort. Credits


And here are four generations of my family and our love of horses. Credits

Do-nothing days!

It was nice to have no plans for today! The last few weekends have been so busy and work has been nuts, so I was glad to have a nice, quiet Saturday. Mom was gone most of the day. I slept late, caught up on some Tivo (have you seen Glee or Vampire Diaries?), then watched some Netflix (an unaired episode of Dollhouse and Sunshine Cleaning). Took the car for an overdue oil change. Bought some new red nail polish - in honor of the True Blood's finale tomorrow - and crossed some other things off the to do list.

My grandma stopped by earlier and she told me my Aunt Clara is going to be the grand marshal in a parade tomorrow for Weehawken's 150th anniversary. Aunt Clara is 97 and she is the town's oldest resident. That's a pretty cool honor so I'm going to be sure to check that out tomorrow!

Last week, we started producing the Poughkeepsie Journal at work. It's a smaller paper circulation-wise, but they have a lot more pages and sections than we do. So it was a pretty hectic week. We had three editors from their staff join us though, so that will be a big help as we get used to all this new work and stories about places some of us have never heard of.

Well, hope you're all having a great weekend! I need to switch some laundry and then head out to see my pals at the Rover! :)

Walk for the Cure

Every year, my family takes part in the Susan G. Komen Foundation's Walk for the Cure. My aunt and grandmother are both breast cancer survivors so this is an important cause for us. This year, it is even more important for us though, because another one of my aunt's has been diagnosed with breast cancer. After an initial surgery to remove a mass, the doctors found more of the cancer and she will likely have a mastectomy in the coming months.

I really hope you will help support our team this year. You can make a contribution by visiting my page here. And I hope you help by keeping my aunt in your thoughts and prayers.

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Speaking of good causes, I just finished up my poster from Operation Terri Kinney. I don't really know Terri, but my friend who organized the fundraiser asked me to take lots of pictures and to make this for Terri. It really warmed my heart to see all these people - friends and strangers - show up to support Terri. And we had so much fun with great food and entertainment.

Special thanks to Melinda who scanned the dog tag for me! Credits

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With all the craziness that has been these past few weeks, I haven't had much time for scrapping. I squeezed in a little time while I was waiting to pick up Becky a few weeks ago using Michelle Godin's new collab No Place Like Home. This is Randi as a little girl - probably Kylie's age - hamming it up. I used to think she was pretty annoying back then, but she was pretty cute. Credits

Michelle and Phil's wedding

Yesterday I went to one of the coolest weddings I've ever seen. One of my sister's best friends from high school was getting married and Randi's date fell trhough, so she asked me to come with her since I already had a dress from last month's wedding.

Michelle and Phil got married in a really old and pretty church in Manhattan. It was really lovely and it even had comfy cushioned seats.

Here they are lighting the candles.

... and outside the church.

After the ceremony, the bride and groom rented two double-decker tour buses for all the guests! I've never been on one of those so it was pretty cool and I saw a bunch of stuff I hadn't seen in the city. I feel like a super tourist after this trip and the Circle Line last week. I was a little nervous up on the top because the ride was a little bumpy and the signs, lights and branches can seem a little close. Randi kept making fun of me for ducking when they were nowhere near me!


The crowds on the street were pretty cool too since they all cheered for the bridal party on the bus ahead of us. When we got to the Hershey store near Times Square, Phil and Michelle had a marquee message thanking all their guests for coming. That was pretty cool!

The buses brought us back to the reception, which was in a loft space across from the church. There was a terrace upstairs with beautiful views and the weather was beautiful. I didn't really know a lot of people - but that was ok. We had lots of fun mingling and dancing. And they didn't have a cake - they had cupcakes! It doesn't get much better than that!