Happy Birthday to You... card

Erin go Bragh card

More new projects

Here's a couple of things I've made today.

Trying to make good use of my time during this

snow storm that we're having.

My scraproom

Here's my room when it was clean. It looks like a tornado hit it right about now. LOl

Baby Book using BIA and DS

This is a book I made for the dentist I work for and his wife. I really enjoyed making this little book for them.

Cupcake box inspired by ScrapyRuby on the Cricut Website...

Thanks again, Ruby, for your awesome ideas.

Cupcake box

Here's a picture of the cupcake box that I made with Design Studio last night.

The cartridges that I used were George and Fabulous Finds.

For You

Here's a card I made using my Cuttlebug embossing folder and my Cricut.

Crisscross Train Card

Here's one of my favorite boy cards that I have made...
I love the train from the New Arrivals cartridge.

Max

Here's a layout I did yesterday of Max and all of his nicknames. The collar, fire hydrant and the bones I made with Paper Pups. I haven't done a layout in a very long time.

I finally got to scrap again...

I decided that I don't need to use my Cricut on everything that I make and I think it helped me to think outside of the box. Whenever I scrap I tried to see how the Cricut fit into all of my layouts and would get discouraged and not do anything.




This card I made for DH for Sweetest Day. There really isn't much Cricut involved. Just the heart and "est" on Sweetest. I used chipboard stickers, rub-ons, machine stitching, my Cuttlebug for embossing and the tag, and my Sizzlits for the frame around "happy". The patterned paper is by Foofala.

I have a very large stash of chipboard, paper, ribbons, embellishments, buttons, etc. in my scrap room. You name it, I have it. I am going to try to start using a little of it on everything that I make. I have been afraid to use all of my pretty stuff. Not anymore because I am thinking "outside of the Cricut box". LOL

We went apple picking for the first time this weekend. We got a little over zealous with the picking. Ended up picking 2 half bushels and now we have apples growing out of our ears. So far we've made apple turnovers, apple butter, and apple pie slab. I am looking for an apple spice cake recipe next. Whew! Won't be making that mistake again. We had a great time together, though.

Thank you card...

A card I made for my cousin...

Birthday Party and new Projects...

Today is Kaileigh's birthday. I can't believe she is 11. Where has the time gone??? She had a sleepover last night with her 2 BFFs and today we got together with our immediate family. I found a new recipe on www.Allrecipes.com for ice cream cake. It was very easy. Here's the recipe...

INGREDIENTS:
16 ice cream sandwiches
1 (16 ounce) container frozen non-dairy whipped topping
1 (12 ounce) jar chocolate fudge topping, room temperature


DIRECTIONS:
1. Place 8 of the ice cream sandwiches side by side in a 9x13 inch baking dish. Spread evenly with half of the hot fudge topping, then half of the whipped topping. Repeat with the remaining sandwiches and toppings. Sprinkle with grated chocolate bar.
2. Cover and freeze for at least 1 hour before serving. Keep unused portion covered and frozen.
(I layered crushed Oreos on top of the Hot Fudge) EVERYBODY LOVED IT!! This recipe's a keeper.

Here's my favorite picture of Kaileigh blowing out her candles... I love the dreamy look on her face.



Here are the photo frames that I made for her BFF's for their goodie bags. I put a photo of all of them from last night in them before we gave them to them this morning. I found these frames at the Dollar Tree and thought I could alter them. I painted them and used the Cuttlebug Olivia font for the word "friends". The flowers are Prima and the paper is from DCWV.




Here's a couple of Birthday Cards I made...

This one I used the Cuttlebug, Stickles, and ribbon.


This one I used the Christmas Light Bulbs from Chrismas Cheer for the flames...

I'm back!

I can't believe that April was the last time I posted. It's been a pretty busy back-to-school season so far. Kaileigh's birthday is on Sunday and she wanted to take hip hop dance lessons, so that's what we gave her for her birthday. Her first class was on Wednesday and she loves it. Giving her these dance lessons is so much better than buying her something that she will grow out of or lose interest in.

Leah will be starting Brownies next Thursday and it's all she talks about. She's so excited that she gets to do something "just like Mom did when she was a little girl".
I had showed her my Girl Scout sash with all of my badges and explained to her what you do when you are a Girl Scout/ Brownie and right then she decided that she wanted to do it.

Since it has been awhile since I posted, I thought I would post some of the things that I have made since my last visit. Here are some photos:






Here are a couple of recent photos of the girls.

This Kaileigh all dressed up...


Here's Leah at the park this past weekend...


So, this weekend Kaileigh is having a sleepover with 3 of her friends instead of the traditional family birthday party. I have a ton of cleaning and baking to do to get ready. I'm not sure what type of cake I will be baking for her this year- she has asked for a monkey so I guess I will be surfing for some monkey shaped cake ideas. I'm going to go to Dollar Tree tonight to make up a couple of goodie bags for the girls- probably some nail stuff and a little candy- I can't do too much on such short notice but I will try to make it alot of fun for her and her friends like I always do.

My baby's not a baby anymore...

Today the little one came up to me and asked me to check her teeth because she thought she had a loose tooth. I checked and yes my baby's little chicklet tooth is loose. (I had tears in my eyes) She is so excited. She asked if she could call Grandma and tell her that she has a "lost tooth". Too funny!

I'm really not liking work anymore than I did when I started. Although I did get to assist a couple of times today and I got to take some xrays. I plan on getting a book of stamps this weekend and sending out 20 resumes and cover letters to practices in the area.

Tomorrow night is the mine and the girls' scrapbooking night. I'm looking forward to it! And I can't wait to go to the crop with my SIL.

RASCAL FLATTS CONCERT IS NEXT THURSDAY! YIPEE!!! Mom's going to spend the night with the girls because she'll have to be here early in the morning the next day to get the kids on the bus. Boy I really do appreciate everything she does for me. I don't know what I'd ever do without her.

For my girl's day out for next month we are supposed to start baking our Christmas cookies for the season so we can freeze them. I'm looking forward to it. I plan on making a lot of the usual... Hello Dollies, Peanut Butter Chestnuts, Aunt Shirley's Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies, Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies, Aunt Marge's Cut Outs, Butter Balls, Ginger Snaps, Lemon Snowballs, Fudge, Macaroons, and Peanut Blossoms w/ Hershey Kisses. I will try to add one more this year. Maybe I will try SIL's recipe for Mint Ravioli Cookies. I think that the cookie tins are going to be our gifts this year.

First Day on the Job

Well I started my first day on the job at Aspen Dental and I have to say that I am not going to like it. First off, I wouldn't call myself a Dental Assistant- I would more or less call myself the Head Dental Assistant's runner. From the way that they explained it to me I won't be chairside assisting for a few months. That sucks! I really hope that Dr. T. calls at some point. Another thing that I didn't like was that things were very unorganized and the break room was disgusting! I actually acted like I was concerned for the other person at the that table about her not having any room to eat so that I could clear off the table and not seem so anal.
-One of my biggest pet peeves is when people push everything to the middle of the table instead of clearing it off when they sit down to eat. Makes me very clausterphobic!

I found out that the office changed it's hours on Halloween to 8-5; so I can take the girls trick or treating after all. Yeah! I also mentioned to them about K's concert on Dec. 12th. I told them that I understood if I couldn't- she said that I may be able to leave early that night- she'd find out for me.

Last night I finished 3 more layouts. I am really pleased with what I have done. I actually didn't like the one that I did of my Goddaughter so I got up early and redid it before I went to work. -It looks much better. I am going to a crop with my SIL on Nov. 11th. I can't wait to see what the other people are doing so that can get some ideas. I will try to post my new LO's tomorrow night. But in the meantime; here is a picture that we took of ourselves when we went on a hike with the dog on Columbus day. :0)

Back to work tomorrow...

After 6 years of being a Stay-At-Home-Mom, I am going back to work tomorrow. I am so nervous and scared. I really don't want to do it but there really is no need for me to be at home anymore- with both of the girls being in school full-time now. I finished Dental Assisting school the end of September and I have been hired at Aspen Dental full-time. I'm afraid it's going to be very fast paced and I'm not going to know anything that I am expected to know. My late night is Tuesdays and it just so happens that Halloween is on a Tuesday this year and K's concert for chorus and Jamie's birthday falls on a Tuesday as well this year. I have never missed anything that the girls have done and boy am I feeling guilty now.
I am going to continue looking for a job while I am there and hoping that Dr. T. has decided to say goodbye to the assistant that he has now and will call me and offer me her job. He has hinted around that there may be changes. I asked him to please keep me in mind. (Dr. T's office is just around the corner from our house and oh so convenient.)