My First ATC

This is my first Artist Trading Card....It was fun to make....I had great visions of selling ATC's on Ebay or Etsy....but I swear I am ADD or ADHD; I just flit from one thing to the next...Right now I should be doing my homework but instead I started dinner (chicken & noodles, mashed potatoes) and took the dog for a walk. As a last ditch effort to procrastinate doing my home work I thought I would update my blog, seeing how it has been almost a month.

Here are some pictures of what I have been doing lately.

Meghan's volleyball games

Picking out the perfect pumpkin with the grandkids

And taking care of Jack (isn't he cute).

Stamp Camp Projects

Here are the stamp camp projects from this weekend.

And this is a picture of my 40 cards in 40 days for my 40th birthday. Can you see the card with a picture of a baby on it? That is ME!! My mom made that card!! It is obvious that my craftiness was inherited....

A new addition

We got a new puppy....His name is Jack. Actually his full name is Captain Jack Sparrow. I am a huge Pirates of the Caribbean fan (Johnny
Depp). He is a cockapoo (cocker spaniel/poodle).

So far he has been an excellent dog. He seems to be very smart and we have had no problems house training him. He loves his new Iams puppy bisquits I bought for him. So much that he snuck into the office and was trying to break into the box of bisquits. He does not like his kennel.

The Mission was Successful

Getting ready for the mission....

This is me sitting in the airport (we caught the train there) with my birthday tiara one (it was blinking). I had to wear the tiara until the train left the station.

For my 40th birthday, my sister and mom took me to Chicago to see the play "Wicked". We had an amazing time. The play was awesome, for those of you who don't know, it is about the Wizard of Oz....with a twist. We went shopping and took a carriage ride. Plus ate lots of good food and had lots of laughs.

Me in front of the marque.

All of this luggage for 4 girls for one night in Chicago....

Busy, Busy, Busy

Wow, time slips by so fast doesn't it. Looks like it has been 3 weeks since I have posted on my blog. I truly have been busy.

Meg has at least two volleyball games a week, sometimes more. My college classes have started back up again (I am taking 3). Meg and I went to Florida over Labor day weekend to see Travis. I have been working on stamp camp projects for the upcoming class (9/15). I am sure there is more, but those are the highlights.

This weekend is my surprise birthday celebration (Birthday Impossible).

When I received my package from Gina S. she gave me something extra, an awesome Artist Trading Card. I will be putting this in my scrapbook. Check out her blog, she has lots of amazing stuff. Plus she is much better about updating her blog.

First Day of School

Wow, where did the summer go?? Today was the first day of school for Wawasee kids. Meg has been at the school all summer long for volleyball and basketball, so I don't think it felt much different for her this morning when I dropped her off. Although she did get dressed up for the occasion. Her first class this morning is Marketing and the jv volleyball coach is her teacher. Meg said she was teasing him because now he will get to see her first thing in the morning and then several hours after school.
We (my husband and I) have made a decision to get another dog. Our dog "Babe" died this past spring. She was 10 years old. I was really, really sick of her hair (she was a horrible shedder). This time our number one priority is non-shedding and hypo-allergenic. We are looking at a soft coated Wheaten Terrier. With Travis gone so much, I get lonely being at home all by myself (especially on weekends).
There we some questions on the dream dinners that my sister, mom and I went to last week. When you sign up, you choose what meals you want to make, when you get there they have everything you need to make the meals, you just bag up all of the ingredients in freezer bags and pans. You take them home and pop them in your freezer and then just pull them out and cook them as needed.
I have not been stamping much the past two weeks. At first it was because I was missing my husband and didn't want to do ANYTHING. But then I got myself hooked on another project. I am making hand embroidered pillows. I have made 3 so far. Here is the LINK where I learned how to make them. I have the front panels all done, when I completely finish them I will post them.

Birthday Impossible

This evening I went with my mom and sister to Dream Dinners. We had a great time. On the way we stopped for dinner, when I got back in the vehicle there was a card on my seat that said:

Birthday Impossible.... You mission, if you choose to accept it, will be dangerous and fraught with adventure, excitement and if you are lucky, a cold drink at the end of the day! Plan to arrive at ...(my mom's house) on Sept 8th at 7:30, bring with you a backpack loaded with the following, a bathing suit, tennis shoes, shorts, a dressy undercover outfit, a toothbrush and $21.50 for admittance. Make sure taht you have identification for whichever identity you choose to assume on this mission. Have monetary resources available to you as you never know who you will need to buy off for information! You will need to inform your next of kin that you will be unavailable until after the mission so any minor children will be need to be covered. If you choose to accept the mission - we wish you the best of luck!! and Happy Birthday!

I am beginning to think there are multiple parties involved in this operation.....here is a mug shot of some of the people I think may be involved in this operation....