Here are the rules...
Each player answers questions about themselves.
At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 or 6 people
posts their names,
then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged.
Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answers.
What were you doing ten years ago?
Hotflashing through the Summer after my mother board crashed!
Accepting that DH and I would not be able to have children together.
Raising a 14 y/o DD with a major attitude.
Taking 11 y/o son dare devil son to have broken bones set.
Road trip from FL to WY, down through CO and NM and onto San Antonio.
Driving straight through from San Antonio to Orlando (I got to drive through Houston)
Learning that my father had colon cancer.
todays "To Do" list
1. Finish this Blog tag
2. Shower, shampoo, shave, primp and dress
3. Pack my ditty bag to leave for Orlando by 1:00 PM EDT
4. Mail out two packags
5. Redo left page of "Change" LO
I'm addisicted to:
Scrapbooking
Cameras
Computers
Cell Phones
Black Licorice
Diet Coke-
I would do if I were a MILLIONAIRE:
Tithe
Pay off all my debt
Put some aside for retirement
Build a new house and decorate it with new furnishings
Places I have lived:
Collegedale, TN
Baltimore, MD
Orlando, FL
Longwood, FL
Angwin, CA
Glendale, CA
Yucaipa, CA
Yucca Valley, CA
Altamont Springs, FL
Sebring, FL
Sarasota, FL
I'm tagging:
Bev
Alicia
Meredith
Lisa
Cassie
July 18, 2008
July 15, 2008
July 14, 2008
Face Book
Just a quick heads up for you Face Book users! It's a major pfishing site so I'm not going there anymore! You should have seen all the cookies I had to clean off my computer!
July 11, 2008
New Brides
A couple of days ago I met with DD's friend Ann! After a family discussion of "when and where" to hold the wedding Ann's mom won out to hold the wedding and reception on their new property. They've got a lot of landscaping to do and need time! Ann's mother also upped the ante to $30,000.00 thus the date has been pushed to April 2010.
On the up side, you can't deny the idealism and zeal a new bride has! Ann wants everything, save the date, invitations, RSVP cards, place cards, favors, and a scrapbook. This girl knows how to scrapbook and states, "I don't have time!"
I think that I will charge her a design fee and sit on this until the time gets a little closer. Ann chose her colors and envelopes so I need to do some "mock up's" for her and contemplate the fee. As per her request I will break it out into items @ 100 each. Seems reasonable to me! After all, what's to keep her from scraplifting my designs and making her own after she sees my prices, which will be reasonable.
On the up side, you can't deny the idealism and zeal a new bride has! Ann wants everything, save the date, invitations, RSVP cards, place cards, favors, and a scrapbook. This girl knows how to scrapbook and states, "I don't have time!"
I think that I will charge her a design fee and sit on this until the time gets a little closer. Ann chose her colors and envelopes so I need to do some "mock up's" for her and contemplate the fee. As per her request I will break it out into items @ 100 each. Seems reasonable to me! After all, what's to keep her from scraplifting my designs and making her own after she sees my prices, which will be reasonable.
I need to see how much detail she wants them to have and factor in the supplies and my time.
Geeze, this is so far off in the future I'm hoping to get some other jobs before then. Even more than that I hope that Ann's date doesn't clash with my DD's wedding date (once she gets the ring).So Much To Do, So Little Time
Orange, I like orange. The color the fruit, the juice, I like them all. Orange also reminds me of caution and prioritizing my things to do there's what I have to do, what I need to do, and what I want to do. Achieving a balance of these to do's is always a challenge! I needed to send out a newsletter for my Stampin' Up business. If you're not getting my newsletter and wish to receive it just click on the link and request the newsletter via my Stampin' Up website!
I want to add a slide show on this blog of my family, my scrapbooks, and the list goes on!
At least I'm getting laundry done while working on my list! I need to have something clean to wear today by 1:00 PM to get out and take my mother to the endodontist, (better her than me!)
My cupboard and refrigerator are bare! Step by step, item by item I'll get 'er done!
Dryer is calling my name! Sorry for such a short blog today, maybe more later!
I want to add a slide show on this blog of my family, my scrapbooks, and the list goes on!
At least I'm getting laundry done while working on my list! I need to have something clean to wear today by 1:00 PM to get out and take my mother to the endodontist, (better her than me!)
My cupboard and refrigerator are bare! Step by step, item by item I'll get 'er done!
Dryer is calling my name! Sorry for such a short blog today, maybe more later!
July 8, 2008
Could this be it?
Last night I had a chat with my DD via telephone. She has been asked to serve as maid of honor in her girlfriends wedding. They have been friends since high school.
Girlfriend, I'll call her Ann, saw the wedding invitations that I made for my son's wedding. She asked my DD where he bought them. DD told her that I made them. Ann was so surprised and wants me to make her "save the date" announcements as well as her wedding invitations. To top it all off Ann wants me to make her wedding album!
I've got to figure the cost of my supplies and time, plus a little for the design aspect. I want to be fair to Ann but I don't want to cut my own throat and make it something that isn't worth my while! All this and giving Ann a break as these invitations will probably go out to about 75-100 people!
When DD and her Ann were in high school, Ann's mother called me one day to ask if she might drop by my house after school and talk to me along with the two girls. Now, and even at the time, I wasn't quite sure what point she wanted to make. It had something to do with the two girls not being friends anymore. DD and I both agree that Ann's mother is a bit of a nut case. Even Ann got out of her mother's house ASAP.
The above makes me skeptical as I don't want to get involved with Ann's mother! Ann has a good job that pays well. She has even purchased her own home.
The plan is/was for me to go up to DD's home and meet with Ann to get an idea of where Ann wants to go with this.
I would spend the night with my DD and spend some much needed time with her.
I didn't sleep well last night for some unknown reason but slept in and got a couple of good hours this AM.
I'm off to call DD and DM (in case she wants to go with me). I'll decide if I am going today or tomorrow.
Bottom line! I think I've landed my first big job making invitations and a wedding book! Who knows what else! Maybe place cards or take home memento's! I'm just glad that Ann is "on the ball" planning this far ahead instead of the six week planning time my DDIL's mother took to plan DS and her daughter's wedding!
Wish me luck! Comments and advice encouraged!
Girlfriend, I'll call her Ann, saw the wedding invitations that I made for my son's wedding. She asked my DD where he bought them. DD told her that I made them. Ann was so surprised and wants me to make her "save the date" announcements as well as her wedding invitations. To top it all off Ann wants me to make her wedding album!
I've got to figure the cost of my supplies and time, plus a little for the design aspect. I want to be fair to Ann but I don't want to cut my own throat and make it something that isn't worth my while! All this and giving Ann a break as these invitations will probably go out to about 75-100 people!
When DD and her Ann were in high school, Ann's mother called me one day to ask if she might drop by my house after school and talk to me along with the two girls. Now, and even at the time, I wasn't quite sure what point she wanted to make. It had something to do with the two girls not being friends anymore. DD and I both agree that Ann's mother is a bit of a nut case. Even Ann got out of her mother's house ASAP.
The above makes me skeptical as I don't want to get involved with Ann's mother! Ann has a good job that pays well. She has even purchased her own home.
The plan is/was for me to go up to DD's home and meet with Ann to get an idea of where Ann wants to go with this.
I would spend the night with my DD and spend some much needed time with her.
I didn't sleep well last night for some unknown reason but slept in and got a couple of good hours this AM.
I'm off to call DD and DM (in case she wants to go with me). I'll decide if I am going today or tomorrow.
Bottom line! I think I've landed my first big job making invitations and a wedding book! Who knows what else! Maybe place cards or take home memento's! I'm just glad that Ann is "on the ball" planning this far ahead instead of the six week planning time my DDIL's mother took to plan DS and her daughter's wedding!
Wish me luck! Comments and advice encouraged!
My Pet Peeve
Pet Peeve's, I've got more than one of them! This one just happens to be on top of my list at current. Click on the title of this post to go to the definition of Pet Peeve!
Here it is:
Ya know, most people are pretty computer literate or at least capable these days. I'm especially referring to people who have BLOGS and post on message boards!
Ya think they'd take the time to learn to use their email properly! I just detest receiving an email that has been passed along for "generations"! People, learn to clean up the mess before you and just email it from you! Delete all the previous people who have forwarded it to you! I don't care who has seen it, I probably don't even know them!
All you have to do is highlight and delete all the previous mumbo jumbo and leave yourself at the top as the sender. To do this you probably need to hit forward and then edit out the mess.
Then, when you send the message, for Pete's sake, BCC all the people you send it to! I for one don't care to have my email address spread all over cyberdom!
It's easy and makes the message more crisp, easy to open and easy to read!
Here it is:
Ya know, most people are pretty computer literate or at least capable these days. I'm especially referring to people who have BLOGS and post on message boards!
Ya think they'd take the time to learn to use their email properly! I just detest receiving an email that has been passed along for "generations"! People, learn to clean up the mess before you and just email it from you! Delete all the previous people who have forwarded it to you! I don't care who has seen it, I probably don't even know them!
All you have to do is highlight and delete all the previous mumbo jumbo and leave yourself at the top as the sender. To do this you probably need to hit forward and then edit out the mess.
Then, when you send the message, for Pete's sake, BCC all the people you send it to! I for one don't care to have my email address spread all over cyberdom!
It's easy and makes the message more crisp, easy to open and easy to read!
July 7, 2008
Check it Out!
For more in depth and great information about our getaway check out Kris's post for today!
Here it is Monday after Mucho Vacation
Seems like I've been running here and there and everywhere, up down and all around. The house is quiet and I'm left with sticky counters, messy bed, and oodles of laundry.
My crop room is still a mess but bit by bit I'm putting it back together. I just need to go OCD on the kitchen, get some laundry going and finish straightening up around this place.
I miss my DD. I'm thinking of going up to Orlando to see her but dread another long car trek and back, beside the point that I need to get my own place up to speed!
Tonight is Trivia night for DH at the "Goon", that's what I call the local bar where they play this online trivia game. I usually go on Monday night, but not tonight. Not my kind of people. Nice enough but I think I'll just skip tonight.
Had a long, much needed telephone conversation with an old nurse friend, she's my age but we're both old! I've known her since I started working in the Orlando OR in 1977! Now that's a long time! We became good friends while working together at an outpatient place later on. Time marched on, she remarried, I moved and "things change"! It is good to know you still care for one another and to catch up from time to time.
Need to get my eyes open and awake more, off to get a diet coke!
My crop room is still a mess but bit by bit I'm putting it back together. I just need to go OCD on the kitchen, get some laundry going and finish straightening up around this place.
I miss my DD. I'm thinking of going up to Orlando to see her but dread another long car trek and back, beside the point that I need to get my own place up to speed!
Tonight is Trivia night for DH at the "Goon", that's what I call the local bar where they play this online trivia game. I usually go on Monday night, but not tonight. Not my kind of people. Nice enough but I think I'll just skip tonight.
Had a long, much needed telephone conversation with an old nurse friend, she's my age but we're both old! I've known her since I started working in the Orlando OR in 1977! Now that's a long time! We became good friends while working together at an outpatient place later on. Time marched on, she remarried, I moved and "things change"! It is good to know you still care for one another and to catch up from time to time.
Need to get my eyes open and awake more, off to get a diet coke!
July 6, 2008
July 6, 2008
Good morning! Weather here is once again hot, hot, hot! I still don't feel as if I have recovered from my whirlwind of a month, June! I've got a lot to share with you and hope to do so soon.
My Studio where I do my scrapbooking and rubberstamping is all a mess. It needs much attention. There's a fine balance of messiness and productiviity vs. absolute organization. For me, it's time to get toward but have never reached absolute organization before I can begin to produce again.
Also, I'm trying to update my links and perk up my blog! I agree with Kris, this is the way to go instead of posting on so many different MB's to reach all your friends!
Maybe today I can get some techno support for my computer, hope so! I know I need that PCN!
My Studio where I do my scrapbooking and rubberstamping is all a mess. It needs much attention. There's a fine balance of messiness and productiviity vs. absolute organization. For me, it's time to get toward but have never reached absolute organization before I can begin to produce again.
Also, I'm trying to update my links and perk up my blog! I agree with Kris, this is the way to go instead of posting on so many different MB's to reach all your friends!
Maybe today I can get some techno support for my computer, hope so! I know I need that PCN!
July 5, 2008
You Are Cinderella!
Dignified and hard working. With a gentle and soft-spoken manner you have something many people don't. Patience. Even through the moments of heartbreak you're still able to hold onto all of your hopes and dreams. Bide your time; your dream will come true.
Which Disney Princess Are You?
Let's add to the previous post :(
Still can't get my HP printer to talk to my computer, or at least not add anything new by scanning! I've spent at least 2 hours on this problem, somewhere along the line I may have messed up my Microsoft Vista and have lost my Penicillin virus protection.
Things like this drive me into my OCD phase! The guy who helps me out with these problems is at Sea World today along with DS and DDIL, so there won't be any picnicin' tonight 'cept for DH, DM and myself!
Got a photo email from Kelly, I'm sure it's from the Kenny Chesney concert but I can't find it on my phone! I'm pretty sure I paid for it! Off to Sprint to see my account data!
What's a girl to do?
Things like this drive me into my OCD phase! The guy who helps me out with these problems is at Sea World today along with DS and DDIL, so there won't be any picnicin' tonight 'cept for DH, DM and myself!
Got a photo email from Kelly, I'm sure it's from the Kenny Chesney concert but I can't find it on my phone! I'm pretty sure I paid for it! Off to Sprint to see my account data!
What's a girl to do?
What's Happening to me?
I've been away and downloaded some stuff onto my computer and I'm afraid I have a virus! I'm trying to do all the right things to resolve it. Honestly, I think I got it on Face Book, so, won't be visiting there any time soon!
Secondly, last night I dropped my new camera and broke the zoom lens, well, I bent it and it won't zoom or close......thus, no picture taking for me! I didn't buy Best Buys additional insurance but I don't think that it would cover owner clutzism!
Thirdly, I can't seem to reply on Kris's Blog, she just started it and I wanted to give her an atta girl!
Four: Got a much needed new cell phone, now I am afraid to mess with it for fear I am on a "screw up" streak! I MUST send in the rebate ASAP!
Five: Got mixed up in some juvenile "drama" with some of my friends, oh I hate that! I've done all I can to fix what I messed up so now it's back to what Mom taught me, "You can please some of the people all of the time and You can please part of the people part of the time, BUT, you can't please all of the people all of the time. Lesson learned!
Secondly, last night I dropped my new camera and broke the zoom lens, well, I bent it and it won't zoom or close......thus, no picture taking for me! I didn't buy Best Buys additional insurance but I don't think that it would cover owner clutzism!
Thirdly, I can't seem to reply on Kris's Blog, she just started it and I wanted to give her an atta girl!
Four: Got a much needed new cell phone, now I am afraid to mess with it for fear I am on a "screw up" streak! I MUST send in the rebate ASAP!
Five: Got mixed up in some juvenile "drama" with some of my friends, oh I hate that! I've done all I can to fix what I messed up so now it's back to what Mom taught me, "You can please some of the people all of the time and You can please part of the people part of the time, BUT, you can't please all of the people all of the time. Lesson learned!
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