Halloween Tree

I finally found the base to the tree I had made last year. For some strange reason it was in my Christmas box. This was such a fun project My friend painted all the branches, we used floral Styrofoam to secure the branches. Most of the decor is made sizzix die cuts.

Fall Festive Fun

Just a quick fun banner I made using some of the CTMH (Close To My Heart) cardstocks, inks and stamps and my Cricut.

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Super Bowl Sunday Again!!!

Wow Can't believe it has been a year since I last blogged. It wasn't that I didn't have anything to say, just not enough time to say it.

Superbowl Sunday

OK today I had to ask my son who will be playing in the superbowl. Can you tell I'm not a huge foodtball fan, unless we are talking about European football. Now I am a fan of the Superbowl festivities, beer, food, snacks. What's not to love.

Happy New Year!!!

Now that it is a new year, don't expect me to be making any of the silly New Years resolutions. Most people don't keep them anyway. Instead, I will try my best to...
spend more time with family and friends and to take more photos. I've embarked on the 365 project, so far, so good. It is only day 4, but I have pictures for each day.

Looking back at last year, I vowed to take care of "Me". Well, that is just what I did. I did things for me and didn't worry about those who got in my way. Life is too short to worry about what others think. I'm over 40, who do I need to impress. Let's be real here. If you don't like me the way I am, then see ya. Don't think that you can influence me now. I'm am all grown up and proud of it.

I Love My Label Maker

Yes, it is true I love my label maker. It makes me feel organized. I label Tupperware containers, cupboard contents and more. Each drawer in my pantry has a label to help the kids know where groceries belong and to helo my DH know where to find that can of soup or package of crackers.

I'm thinking of now labeling the rest of my kitchen cupboards so our housekeep knows where to put things. Last week she put my PLASTIC cutting board in the oven. Can you guess what happened? Yes, I pre-heated the oven and melted the board. It was a 2-day 4 to 5 hour mess of scrubbing and scraping.

I have the p-touch 65, not a super fancy labeler, but it does the trick.

Clutter Crew

I have joined Oprah and Peter Walsh's Clutter Crew. I am way ahead of the game though. I've spent a good portion of yesterday and today tackleing overdo re-organizing. Yesterday, I tackled the kitchen. I am free of many uneeded and unused coffee cups. I then went through my candle cupboard, yes, I have a candle cupboard. After that, I hit the spice/medicine cupboard.

My kids were also involved. Together we went through their bathroom and mine. We even changed the shelf paper.

Today I finished my closet. I've decided to let go of all those cute wool skirts I keep saying "I'll wear next winter". I then put all my clothes back together by color groups, put shoes back into boxes and got ride of jeans and capris I haven't worn in over a year. I also I went through the dresser drawers and parted with a ton of white too short, too wide t-shirts and tanks. Why is it everytime you wash a t-shirt it gets shorter and wider? I also worked a bit in my scrap room.

As I look around, it doesn't appear to be clutter free, but just open my drawers and cupboards and you will see how bare they are. Now only if my DH would at least notice and aknowledge the small changes I've made.