Random Thoughts

I know that it has been awhile. Things are going pretty well, but busy. I guess it is that time of year when you work in Human Resources and Accounting. I am trying to work on the W-2's to get those out and still find time for my wonderful hobby. I have gotten to scrapbook the last two weekends and boy does that feel good. I have cleaned out some of my scrapbook room so now I can just go down and work for a little bit and not have to clean up to get the space to work. I will post some pages later tonight, but I thought that I would update everyone on my life.

As most of you know, we got a new dog, named Lucky. Well, let me tell you his name should be Houdini. The silly dog can climb a 6 foot privacy fence and run to play with other dogs or the kids in the neighborhood. He did this not once, but three times Saturday afternoon. So needless to say, we were at our wits end and we had gotten a work out. Lucky would come to me after he was done playing with everyone else or he saw Chad heading his way. Sunday afternoon we went to PetSmart and purchased an electric fence that you can string on the fence and not have to bury. We plan to install that this weekend. I will let you know how it works. In the meantime, we are having to stand outside with him so that he will not try to climb the fence. Boy, he is one fast dog. Well, that was our excitement this weekend.

I hope that everyone is having a great week. I will post pictures tonight.

Thanksgiving

Well, I just wanted to update everyone on our Holiday plans. I surprised my husband with tickets to the Dallas Cowboys Game on Thanksgiving Day. Needless to say he was completely stoked to go. We decided to drive most of the way to Dallas Wednesday evening. The plan was that we were going to sleep in and head to the stadium whenever that morning since the game was not until 3pm. Well, my husband does not sleep in, he was up by 8am. I think he was excited to go to the game. It was a good game and a great time. I took tons of pictures (I will post a couple tomorrow night). We did go ahead and drive home that night. Chad had to work at the Christmas tree farm Friday.

Saturday we went to Hutchinson to watch the 3A state football game. Our oldest nephew was playing and boy was that a great game to watch. You bet I took even more pictures there. We are very proud of our nephew and the Conway Springs Cardinals for the win. The boys played hard.

Today my parents and I headed out the Windy Knoll Christmas Tree Farm. Chad was working, but he had time to help us look for trees for both houses. This was a big deal for our family since we have been going to Prairie Pines since 1981 and this is the first time that we have gone anywhere else, even though Chad has worked at Windy Knoll for the last three years. Windy knoll does something really neat, they allow you to tag a tree and come out later and cut it down. We don't usually go until about the week before Christmas and most of the great trees are really picked over. So now all we have to do is go back whatever day we want to get the trees and cut it down and take them home.

I hope that everyone had a safe and wonderful holiday. Thanks for stopping in. I promise to get pictures up tomorrow night.

Tagged

TOP 8 TV SHOWS
1. One Tree Hill
2. Dancing with the stars
3. CSI
4. ER
5. Grey's Anatomy
6. Brothers & sisters
7. Desperate Housewives
8. Extreme Home Makeover

TOP 8 RESTAURANTS
1. On The Border
2. Old Chicago
3. Texas Roadhouse
4. Panera
5. Jason's Deli
6. El Chico (which is not here anymore)
7. McAllister's
8. Cinnamon's deli

WHAT ARE 8 THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THIS WEEK?
1. Went to a friend from college's wedding
2. Went to see Quantam of Solace
3. Got a pedicure today
4. training my new hr assistant
5. Strong Kids kickoff event
6. Budget meetings
7. Worked late
8. Got to see my godson and his brother

WHAT ARE 8 THINGS YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO?
1. Thanksgiving
2. Christmas (my favorite holiday)
3. Going to the tree farm
4. Family time
5. hanging out with friends
6. Football season to be over
7. Time with my nephews
8. Book Club next month

WHAT ARE 8 THINGS YOU LOVE ABOUT FALL?
1. "Sweater weather"
2. Beautiful trees and leaves on the ground
3. time with family
4. Christmas lights
5. Soups
6. love going to the pumpkin patch
7. Snuggling at homes
8. Nephews birthdays


Now I am tagging JoEtta and Toni.

Wow

Wow is all I have to say for this week. Last night was my last class at Scrapbook Garden. It is amazing how I really do feel good about my decision and I feel like a ton of bricks have been lifted off of my shoulders. Tonight I worked out after work and when I called home to tell my hubby that I was on my way, he told me that he was starting dinner. Can life get any better? I really enjoyed walking into the house with dinner waiting on me. (boy am I spoiled) I hope he keeps this up even though I am not working a second job anymore. LOL! I have spent a little bit of time in my scrapbook room this evening working on some cards and boy does that feel good. I promise I will get a couple of them up tomorrow night. My next project is cleaning my craft room and get in gear catching up. I have to match my friend Toni's 50 pages since our Yoder crop. I am so jealous. I hope that you are all having a great week so far. Thanks for peeking in.

Thursday

Okay I know that I have been slacking again. I promise that I will get some new pics posted tonight. I have been really interested in the Olympics so my blogging has suffered this week. I only have one more class to teach next week, so I should have more time to scrap for myself. I am enjoying it when I take the time to do it and I realize now how much I have missed working on things for myself. Thank you for checking in and I promise I will post again tonight with at least one layout done.

Sedgwick County Fair

My husband goes to the Sedgwick County Fair for work and most years I will tag along or join him later. Well, now that our Godson is old enough to enjoy the time instead of just sitting in a stroller we have started taking him out to the fair. It is a blast since he is so into cows and anything john deere. Wonder where that started? Could it be that his Godfather sells John Deere. Here is a picture of the two of them after the carousel. Zachary has such a sweet little smile. I have also included a picture of Zachary with the funnel cake. How can you go to the fair and not have a funnel cake? Have a great Friday.

Organization

Oh my word. I never realized how much paper I had. I have been trying to get organized for 13 hours of cropping and I want to make the best use of my time. So to help get ready to go and crop and feel like I am getting something accomplished, I have been cleaning and organizing my scrapbook room. I am having issues organizing my patterned paper. How do you organize your paper? I would love to know. My goal is to use as much of my current paper supply and try to get through that before I buy a ton more. I promise to update with some pictures later in the week. I hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Slacker

I know I am a total slacker. I plan to do some updating on my blog this week. I have gotten a few pages done recently and I am working on a Travel word class that I will be teaching at Scrapbook Garden next month. Please check in later in the week for more updates. I promise not to be such a slacker in the future. Thanks for checking in.

Friendship

You never know who you will meet in life and what they will come to mean to you until something happens. On April 9th I received a phone call from one of my best friends telling me that her husband had a heart attack. I could not believe it. I did not know what to say or do. I kept in touch with her throughout the day to find out that he had another heart attack and had flatlined twice. I have never been so scared in my life. I did not know what to say to Toni. I just knew that I wanted to be there for her and the kids. Toni and Mike are very special people and I could not understand why this was happening to them of all people. I know that God was with Mike and wants him with his family and friends. It is truly a miracle that he is still with us today. He did get to come home over the weekend, but he still has a long road to complete recovery along with some lifestyle changes that everyone will have to learn. For everyone that has been praying for our friends please continue those prayers and thank you so much. We are so very happy that Mike is home where he belongs and on the road to recovery.

I am so glad that Toni and Mike have become such wonderful friends. We love them just like family.

Questions

What's his name? Chad.
How long have you been together? We have been married for 11 years.
How long did you date before moving in together? We dated for almost 4 years before we got married. We did not officially live together until after the wedding, however, during college we may as well have lived together and saved the rent money.
How old is he? 34 almost 35
Who eats more? well, he does.
Who said I love you first? He did. He told me at a fraternity party and I asked him the next day when he was sober if he knew what he told me the night before.
Who is taller? He is about 4 or 5 inches taller than I am.
Who is smarter? I would say 50/50 depending on the subject.
Who does laundry? It just depends. Chad usually does the laundry, but most of the time he forgets to get the last load out of the dryer until it is time to do the next round of laundry.
Who does the dishes? Chad usually takes care of the dishwasher, but I do the items that cannot go into the dishwasher. He will not touch my baking stones.
Who pays the bills? I do
Who mows the lawn? Chad mows the lawn.
Who cooks dinner? We usually do it together or I will do it.
Who drives when you are together? Chad does most of the driving when we are together.
Who kissed who first? Chad kissed me first.
Who asked out who first? We were set up by some mutual friends. We were all just going to play miniature golf and then to watch movies and who knew we started dating that night.
Who proposed? He proposed to me, if you could call it that. We had been talking about marriage and when it came down to the proposal Chad got scared and just said here is the ring put it on. He was too nervous to ask my dad's permission, but it all worked out. My parents love him and always have. Chad did finally ask me again about 6 months after we had originally gotten engaged and it was so sweet.
Who has more siblings? Chad has 1 brother, and I have a Step-brother and step-sister.
Who wears the pants in the family? me of course.

It's Friday

Well, this has been a crazy couple of weeks. I am looking forward to some of the new classes that I will be teaching in April. I am trying to get the samples done of those this weekend. I plan to get pictures up of at least one of the April classes on the blog by Monday. My goal this weekend is to get a few pages scrapbooked or at least LO ready to go for Get Scrappy. I have also been working on my blog. I am learning a whole lot and having fun. I do hope that everyone has a great Easter and thank you for checking in.

New to Blogging

Okay, so I have been harassed into creating a blog. I have no clue what I am doing, but I believe that I will have fun sharing things with everyone and learning something new. Please check in as I will try to get this up and going this weekend. I have taken a couple of days off work and hope to get alot of things done. I need to clean the scrapbook room and get ready for Get Scrappy next weekend. I really want to get caught up. I have added a picture of my awesome scrapbook desk, the first stage, that my husband built for me.