What I've been up to

Today started quite early for me. I woke up at 2:00 am for no good reason. This has been happening more frequently than I prefer. I was finally able to go back to sleep for a couple of hours before waking up to take the kids to school. The kids go to a small school out in the country. On any given day it is not uncommon for us to pass tractors on our way to school. This time of year it is not unusual for us to spot these either.

This morning there were 7 hot air balloons floating in the sky near the kids' school. It was a beautiful site to see.

I had an appointment today, so I was off of work. The appointment took less time than expected, so I had the rest of the day to myself. I am supremely happy about scoring this deal:


Yes, that's right, it was $23.99! It is 3.5 feet wide and 3.5 feet tall! I couldn't buy a plain canvas for that! I totally thought it must have been an error for it to be that cheap. Pretty cool, huh?


Here are the spoils I scored at an estate sale this weekend. I spent $1.25 for the lot! (not pictured is a deep glass bread baking dish)

The books are vintage hymnals. The oldest one dates back to 1913. I just love them and the history they contain.


On Tuesday I made the Catwalk at Scrap in Style for the second week in a row! That is totally crazy (but cool)! Last week my layout called "I simply adore this girl" was chosen. This week the layout "Pieces of me" that I did with my Scrappin' Homeys using the Elsie recipe cards was chosen. My friend Jen, one of the homeys, also made the Catwalk this week!


Last, but not least, is the project I finished for my class at SIStv with Wilna. It is a great class and she is a great teacher. She is totally organized and comes up with unique project ideas that are fun to do. We altered a Starbuck's cup and made it into an album. I still have to put pictures and journaling in it, but I am excited to have finished it in time to move onto the next project.


Best of all I did not buy ONE new item to complete this project. I tapped into my stash and used supplies I already had. I did get a cup from Starbuck's, but they gave it to me for free so that doesn't count. :0)

So there are the hilights: good deals, pretty balloons, more good deals, scrapbookin' lovin' and a fun project! What else is there?

~Tricia

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Wednesday morning I woke up and was online checking my email, blog, etc., and discovered that one of the layouts that I had posted on Scrap In Style was chosen for Layout of the day! WOW! That was a very good way to start out my day!

Well, I am all packed and ready to go on vacation! I work for a few hours tomorrow and then we are hitting the road! Yay for vacation. I will update you all when I get home. And with that, I am......

Do you want the good new...

Or the bad news first? Well, since I think it's nice to end things on a positive note I'll start with the bad. My Mom fell on Monday and broke her arm and dislocated her elbow. OUCHIE!! She has several "chips" in her bone which prevents it from going back into place until she has surgery on Tuesday. So for the time being she will remain in a tremendous amount of pain till it gets fixed. We're talking pain so severe that it makes you vomit every time you move. Yeah, good times!! So that's the bad news.
Alrighty, so on to the good news! On Tuesday two of my layouts were chosen for the Catwalk on Scrap in Style TV! Woo Hoo!
Celine Navarro chose this one called Friends.

That alone thrilled me, but I scrolled down further and there was another one on the Catwalk! Wha? Crazy right?!Jody Ferlaak chose this one that I made for the One Little Word challenge blog.

So I was feeling very good indeed on Tuesday! Then, I wake up this morning and found out that they had already picked a winner over at Scrapjacked. So I head on over and see this layout staring back at me.

Dude, I thought I was being punked by Ashton or something! I still can't believe it. So, that is my good news.
So that is my week so far. A little bit of good news mingled in with a little bit of bad. Oh well, such is life I suppose..........

Hmmm, let me see....

What to post? Let's see... I got some happy mail today from Becca at Scrap in Style. Some great goodies included in the package that I won from a challenge on the site. I also got a magazine in the mail today, woohoo! Now that is happy mail!

Hubby is up in Tahoe. He took 12 of his employee's on a surprise camping trip up in Tahoe! It is only going to be for one night, but I already miss him.

I am getting my hair colored tomorrow. I don't know quite what I am going to do yet, but I am excited to get my hair done. Isn't it crazy when you work in a salon and you have to schedule an appointment at least one week in advance just to get your hair done? Seriously though, why is it that I realize that planning in advance is a necessity, when other's fail to see it's value? I had a client call this week acting all crazy because she couldn't get an appointment in the next two days. Even as I type this I got a call on my HOME phone about making an appointment tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. Seriously! 9 a.m.! Can you believe that? Okay, I need to stop before I go off on more of a tangent than I already have!

Oh, and it was over 100 degrees here today. Holy cow that's hot for May! If this is any indication of what's to come then I think I am going to curl up in a ball and shrivel up in a ball and die! Usually this kind of heat doesn't happen till much later in the season. We need to get a pool.

One last thing, I spent $72 dollars on gas today. Cool, huh? Gas is crazy expensive and shows no sign of going down significantly anytime soon. I may need to put my kids to work just to afford the gas to shuffle them around from here to there. Sheesh.

Okay, I realize that it seems like I am complaining here. That is not at all what I meant to do. I am not grumpy of pms-ing or anything! I am just sharing little bits of my daily life with you. So, with that said I bid you adeiu.

much love to all of you who endured this entire post!

Tricia