This movie

is a holiday classic, in my opinion. I watched it this afternoon with the kids and we all laughed and laughed. The pink bunny suit scene is one of my favorites, as is poor Ralphie's visit to Santa. The kids thought Farcus got what he deserved when Ralphie beat the crud out of him and giggled with me as the father opened his leg lamp.

It's freezing rain here tonight, and I expect the kids to have a snow day tomorrow.
We baked cookies today, Snickerdoodles, to be exact. We'll probably bake again tomorrow too.

I had a run in with a stomach virus this week, so not a lot of scrappy time, but here is a page I did for Scrapper's Haven:


Poor Jimmy detested the snow that year.

If I were a rich girl...

I'd buy myself one of these Diva chairs from Mackenzie Childs. Isn't it just to die for? Pink and posh and oh so yummy. But sadly, $3,500 for a chair simply isn't practical. (SIGH)

Not much scrappy time the past few weeks, but I do have a few pages to share.
Here is a page I did for Scrapper's Haven - Colin is learning the hard lesson that kids can be mean to each other, especially if you won't go along with the crowd. So I made this page to let him know he's going to be okay.



Here's a page I made with the gorgeous fall line from Daisy D's. These two are such good buddies, it really fills my heart with joy.


Here's one of Jimmy - the pictures were taken this fall. I loved them all so I actually made a layout with NINE pictures! I think that's a first for me!

Blogs, birthdays & bones

I was surfin around tonight and realized I have this list of blogs that I thought were cool. A really long list saved in my favorites. Frinds and DT member blogs.
Challenge blogs. Celebrity scrapper blogs. Sketch blogs. Manufacturer blogs. I don't spend nearly enough time visiting them all and updating my own. I need to spend some time revisiting them all and deciding which are worth keeping in my faves. Do some virtual decluttering.

This week was birthday week here - Brenna yesterday, Jimmy today. There's been a baking frenzy with cakes and muffins for school treats. Everyone enjoyed their treats and presents. So four birthdays done, one more to go in a few weeks!

Bones. Ugh, mine just hurt. I've been having some serious joint pain issues lately. I went to the doctor this week and had a gajillion tubes of blood taken for every test under the sun. Hopefully I'll hear something tomorrow.

If you have a moment, go check out the "I Can See Clearly Now" contest at Couture Scrapbooking. http://www.couturescrapbooking.com/board/index.php?topic=529.0
It runs through the end of the month and you can win a very cool acrylic Page Frames album and goodies to go with it.

Speaking of Page Frames, Natalia sent me this fab acrylic album that she is using at her booth at the Memories Expo in Orlando. I also did up a few ornaments for her too - working with the acrylic is soooo much fun! Here are a few pages of the album and a couple of the other goodies:









Okay, time to get these achey bones to bed. Tomorrow's another day.

So much to say, so much to say...

Well, I can't believe I haven't blogged in so long.
Most of my friends know I've had a lot on my plate lately.
Sept 28th was a bad day. Mike called me at work to say Jimmy wasn't acting right, and he was scared. Trips to ERs, tests, doctor appointments.
Turns out it was seizures. EEGs confirmed my poor little guy's brain is not always firing as it should. Thank God it isn't being caused by anything horrible like a tumor or scary illness. He started on medication this week and will be on it for some time, it sounds. He is such a trooper. He takes the medicine twice a day without a fuss. I just want him to be happy and feel normal.

Dad went for a MRI today, to see how he's doing since the change in chemotherapy. He was here over the weekend and looked great. I worry about him every day. And some days I worry more than others. He's been on my mind a lot today. Hope we have encouraging news on Monday.

Working all weekend, gotta pay the bills. Our checkbook seems to have sprung a leak with all the car repairs needed the past few weeks. Still need to get tires for the Subaru. It never ends, does it?

Well, I have lots of DT projects to share, but it's getting late. So here's one of my latest, made for a challenge at Couture:


This was a breast cancer awareness guitar outside the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.

Okay, gotta jet.