Star+Flower

11.28.07

I'm so sorry I haven't updated in such a long while! I haven't been doing anything new or different though...just the same old busy-ness! Allan was on vacation last week and it was fun having him around all day long. Thanksgiving was pretty quiet. We cooked and had our family over for dinner. I can't believe we're looking forward to Christmas now, but I love it. Christmas is my favorite holiday. So while I was away from the computer...

1. I set myself a goal of reading The Golden Compass before the movie comes out on 12/7. Well, I actually finished all three books in the series. I couldn't stop reading 'til I got to the very end. It was fun and exciting!

2. I got a page picked up for the April 2008 issue of Scrapbooks Etc. As Aidan would say, "Self high-five!"

3. Watched Hitman and I give it a 2.5 out 5 stars. Still, it was more fun to watch than Beowulf. Bleh.

4. Finished my projects for the November Story Of My Own kit. The new gallery is up now!

5. I rediscovered Playdoh and the kiddos love it. That was the only thing I bought on Black Friday. We went to Target, went back home, and then they played with it over an hour. It was definitely worth it.

And here's my latest layouts for the KI Memories gallery:

Here I mixed Pop Culture with the older Color Theory Black line.

For this one I used stuff from my most favorite Pieces of Me line. I really, really love that Coloring Book Flower stamp too.

These next two are for Prima: 

The pics were from our pumpkin patch trip at Cal Poly Pomona.

Aww...I can't help but feel wistful when I look at Mia's baby pictures. Too sweet...

7 Things

In bloom, finally.

I was tagged by fellow KI girl, Danni, to post 7 random facts about myself so here they are!

1. Touching raw meat grosses me out. If I have to cut it, I will use a fork to hold it down.

2. I have a recurring dream of finding gold coins underwater.

3. I sing in the shower.

4. My favorite board game is Scrabble.

5. I have an addiction to lip balm and lip gloss.

6. Spiders scare me.

7. My first ever job was at an Arby's.

And I'm suppose to tag 7 peeps so I'll tag Ces, May and June, Gigi, Grace and Derrick, and Ate Patty :)

We watched Bee Movie last Saturday and Aidan enjoyed it, but I fell asleep and I missed most of the end. It was just so comfortable having my head tucked between Allan's shoulder and his chair. Well, for me, the best part about going to that movie was seeing the trailer for The Golden Compass. I was blown away. I've started on the book and I'm hoping to finish it before the movie comes out next month.

Mia is so fun right now because she does and says the darndest things. For example, we were hanging out in my bedroom because I had to fix my hair. I thought she was watching TV and playing with her toys, but when I looked in on her she had taken off both her pants and her diaper! I asked her what she was doing and she said, "I'm going to change my clothes."

Then on the same day, I was telling Allan something but I didn't know he was passed out and snoring away. Mia was playing next to him and she says to me, "Daddy's sleeping. Don't bother her." So she doesn't get gender-specific pronouns yet, but it made me chuckle.

Tonight Aidan was trying to teach Mia some of his taekwondo moves. She had his purple belt on and she was doing these little kicks and bowing and saying, "Yes, sir!" to him. I can't get enough of them and I could talk about them forever.

These are my recent pages in the KI Memories gallery:

I love love love the Pop Culture line! Happy Friday!