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As you know we started a home organization process and have been purging lots of unnecessary STUFF. In that process we rearranged the living/dining room in our home. We've made more room for Jack's play area and consolidated the furniture to make a more cozy living room area. I wanted to get a train table (you know the ones that are everywhere right now) but I wanted something more built in and something that would be more than just...
Yesterday was my birthday I'm 26 now! It was a pretty good day didn't have tooo great of a time I have a stuffy nose and a scratchy throat but i've been loading up on vitamin C and taking colloidal silver. Jack has a stuffy nose too. Not a very fun holiday so far I really want to get better quickly so I don't have to feel soo yucky. I was surprised that I didn't get many greetings or phone calls but oh well the ones I got were special. And it's pretty typical for people to not remember since there is so much going on with...
Well, We wanted to get Jack a computer type thingy for ho ho this year and I had the hardest time deciding what there is sooo much out there. 1. At first I wanted to get the V.Smile Baby Infant Development System but I thought it might be too babyish and not grow with him enough. Then my sis read me some reviews online and not many ppl thought it kept their child's attention. 2. I had also found the Fisher Price Easy Link Internet Launch...
Happy Holidays everyone!!! We've been elfed....Click on the photo to see our little dance. Enj...
I am sooo in love with my bow maker and my glue gun!!! Here is another picture of a present I wrapped this seas...
Geezz when you have a baby all their stuff just takes over your house!!! We have a bunch of duplicates too since I had on for my house and one for mom's house. We have 2 highchairs, 2 exersaucers, 2 swings, etc. etc. I've had the highchairs and bouncy seat and bassinet wrapped up in plastic garbage bags in the garage. But these things are just ackward and in the way no matter what. Along with those items we had the exersaucers and...
Did the challenge for me and my parents!!! Lookie there I look more like a Lesch than a Bian...
Thanks to my cuz Tina I tried this really fun look a like meter You should try it out too...
I've already purchased many handmade items this holiday season and have made some too!!! Support artists and crafters...
Wow what a task. It has taken me all week to empty off the entertainment center and get it ready to be moved to another wall in the same room. Finally this morning we moved it and WOW it was sooo heavy. No wonder everyone in my family was like I'm not helping move that thing. LOL But Kenny and I did it and i'm soo glad we did!! looks great. Where it was will now be more play area for Jack. I plan on putting up a shelf all the way across the wall with L brackets at his standing height for play stations. Puzzles books...
I've got 2 gifts wrapped for this holiday season. They are for my niece & nephews. I even made the bows myself!! I'm so proud of those. I used my sizzix to do the heart gift tag and the trees. I added some holiday themed rub-on transfers to the heart tag as well. I used the xyron to stick them to the present. I'm so excited to use some of the ribbon i have accumulated over the years and my $6.99 bowmaker tool i bought a few months...
Hey if you're like me you love tracking your packages on fedex or ups's website....ooh it's moved across state lines!! Yippie only 6 hours until delivery. Well now you can get the updates via RSS feed in your feed reader!!! How exciting!!!Just in time for the holidays and all the packages you'll be shipping and receiving. Check out these resources for turning your Package tracking into a feed URLtrack2rss project towards the bottom of the page there is alittle form you can fill out with your tracking number then it will let...
Mommy completed another scrapbook page for my scrapbook:Layout designed using a picture dh took of usin the mountains a weekend or 2 ago. I just LOVE LOVE LOVE gettingkisses from ds and he loves giving them.I love how Marcee Duggar's Kristee Page Kit is just soo pretty and a bit bohemian worked great for this picture recolored in sepia. I like how it seems a bit vintage.I used DSP Liz font (available Nov 07 Club Digital) and American ...
We sold the big brown recliner which is a tremendous blessing! We now have a big beautiful empty spot in our living room!!! We both just want to dance around in it :) We just have to get a few more things out of that space like the piano (hopefully next weekend). And then we're ready to rearrange and get that room organized!!!Yippie! Woo Ho...
We had a wonderful dinner at a family friends house. The chef made such an AWESOME table of food. We had a great time sharing things we're thankful for since last thanksgiving. At fellowship on tuesday we went through bible verses focusing on Thankfulness, Thanksgiving, Giving Thanks. I thoroughly enjoyed the sharing and it really put my mind in a thankful state to praise God for all he does for us!Hope you all had a great thanksgiving to...
I started falling asleep on Saturday around 8:30 and went to bed early. I woke up early b/c ds is an alarm clock for 6:00 am. The plan for the day was to go up to Tallulah Gorge State Park in the North Georgia Mountains. In order for us to go we needed to leave by 9am to get there for our branch meeting at 11am. I wasn't sure if I wanted to go b/c I was sooo tired but I didn't want to miss anything either. So I decided to go and I am so glad I went the colors in the mountains were AWESOME. Jack loved being outside and walking...
I had a crazy busy weekend. It went by way too fast. I'm going to take the next couple of posts to get it all on here.Saturday all day I had photography sessions at the park. Things went well and the photos turned out good. I was pleased...and I think the clients were too. It was my first time taking kid shots. I learned a TON!!! The main thing was that with kids a 30 minute session does NOT work. For families with young kids we need...
We're really getting into purging and decluttering our home. I've started selling a few things online and hope to see some quick sales.http://www.elm-designs.com/mccoyhome/sale.htmIt's nice to try and get a little cash flow too.I really really want to clear out the house as quickly as I can. We've finally got a solution to the piano issue and expect it to leave the house on Dec 1. My next area to work on is my serving dishes and cake plates. My dad is wanting to have a garage sale before the spring...If we have any more...
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I love plaxo as an online address book manager. I don't really care for all the new social networking apps b/c I have to many of those already. But I've been a premium member for a while and you may have received one of my cards.They've offered since I've been a prem member to de-dupe (remove duplicate address book entries). That has been really nice to use but it was limited to just to one folder of contacts and I have my separated into like 8 folders. I went to check things out the other day and went to de-dupe my contacts...
Well our first organizing session was yesterday morning. I feel like it went really well. Elaine gave me some really great direction on where to take our mounds and mounds of filing. We pretty much discussed the direction of the Living Room and a couple of pieces of furniture will need to be removed. I also got homework to finish up the paperwork sorting it. We ended up with a large box of shred which was awesome more than I thought b/c we had just gone through most of it a couple months ago when we emptied the office.We've...
Well last night we sold the computer armoire to a buyer I had been going back and forth with on voicemail. We finally got a pick up date scheduled for last night around 7:30. At this point he still had not seen the piece in person just pictures online. But he came by and loved it and paid us exactly what we were asking which was great to get that large piece out of the garage it really opens up a space for me to work on the garage sale/donate items i want to put together.Next I'm going to get the brown leather recliner out...
Well I've finally have set a date with Elaine (my organizer) to get started working on my house!!! Yippie....i've just been busy and haven't had a moment to get with mom and see when she can babysit. So i'll have to take pictures so I can document this. Just making the commitment to hire a professional has been a tremendous weight lifted off my shoulders.Now to get the piano, computer armoire, and huge leather recliner out of the house and the truck out of the driveway....oooh i'm so excited!!! ...
Well Today is a day full of tax payments for me. I've got to get 5 states done today and out the door. I'm believing for the day to go smoothly. Have a great o...
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wow...I've got a mess on my hands...I've decided to tackle my address book (on computer) I use Plaxo which I love! It has this neat feature where it will remove duplicate entries into your address book. Well that' is awesome except it doesn't check between folders. So I'm trying to see if there is something out there to better manage my duplicate entries..I might have to combine everything then resort??? Yikes!In the process I'm trying out Mozilla's Thunderbird their email client i like it and that you can add extensions...
Well I've been busy of course. A bit tired too. And for some goofy reason my blog publisher wasn't working so I had written a post and thought i sent it through...went to my blog yesterday and it wasn't there and of course I didn't have it saved...ARRGGHHHHWell this weekend dh is going out of town to visit his parents and to help out since his dad had back surgery. He will also be taking their dining room table to their house which will be nice for me b/c it is too big for our house and it will help control out clutter issues...
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Wow....yesterday was fantastic!! I really felt sooo productive.I cleaned up a bit before I met with my organizer!!! What a great meeting she has some great ideas and I'm excited to get started getting my house out of CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome ~ www.flylady.net) and into PEACE!!!She has already mentioned some great changes in the layout of our home...which I had never considered. I'm just so eager to get this process going. The state of my home is just sooo over whelming I can't stand it.I went shopping with my...
What a great meeting! I thought I'd review alittle bit about the sharing that Rev. Royal shared with us at the Word in Business Breakfast this past Saturday.The title of the teaching was "The Needful Thing". One of the main points that she made was what is the needful thing at each moment in your life. That is a decision we need to make constantly. If the needful thing is to prepare your home for fellowship then checking your email or starting a work project is not what you should be doing. That's...
good news! I put together some things for a scrapbook consignment salethat a woman hosts out of her garage. I dropped everything offWednesday and the sale ran from W-S and saturday was 1/2 price day. Idid have too much to sell and I wasn't sure how to price things and ifthey would sell or not. I just picked up what was left and WOW therewasn't much. Nearly everything sold. The 8.5 x 11 paper didn't sellat all....so I will keep that and just use it when I host theneighborhood scrapbook day...
What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Inland North You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."The Midland The South North Central The Northeast Philadelphia The West Boston What American accent do you have?Quiz Created on GoToQ...
Howdy all!Well we're back from our trip it was a whirlwind. It is getting more and more difficult for me to get a good night sleep not in my bed. Although even at home it is hard sometimes. We met up with my Grandpa and Aunts and Uncle Jim which was a blessing. I got some really precious photos of Jack with Great Grandpa B those I will treasure forever!! He was having an okay time while we were there mom and dad said he...
Well I have a lady here at work who is one of those people when she's having a bad day (or bad month) she wants to make sure everyone else is too.She used to be very friendly and for the last month or so she's been a really big bitch! She's short with her answers and is really unkind. It's mostly irritating to me and that makes me mad b/c I shouldn't give a crap about her but for whatever reason I do.I went to speak to her this morning and ask her if she was having a problem with me and she basically brushed me off...
We had a busy day today....I spent all morning going to every little kid clothing store and target trying to find my kiddo a black shirt. I ended up buying something that wasn't quite right at every store b/c I wouldn't be able to go back if i couldn't find something at the next store. So anyway i've added a bunch of returns to my to do list this week. They just don't make black shirts for boys?????? Tons of Navy Blue but no black!!!We needed the shirt for our family photographs we had taken. We hired...
Well today is the day my sister is leaving the company we both work at. It's a difficult day for me as I've planned her going away party and gift but I'm torn about her leaving. It is definitely exciting as she's moving on to become a minister, which is incredible!! What an awesome commitment to God. I'm sad b/c we've worked together for a long time...it was nice having someone to pray with you when you weren't feeling well or being attacked by the adversary via the people you work with and work situations.I still...
Well I can't decide which costume I want for Jack this year....you tell ...
it feels GREAT to be so productive in one day!!! I didn't get tooo much done but what I did get done made a big difference. We had a busy day yesterday but it was great to just get something done and not feel pressured. I even rewarded myself with some guilt free vegging on the couch last night!!!I got this funny book of sticky notes from the drug store today each one has a funny little saying on it. They're designed to just kind of post around to give people a chuckle. The second one says Success...
Well I finally did it. I called a professional organizer, 2 actually. I've set up an appointment for a professional organizer to come to my house this saturday to give me an assessment on our office. I'm really hoping we'll like each other and get along well and move onto the office and really get that room completed and organized. I'm nervous b/c it definitely is an investment to hire a professional...but I honestly feel that will help point me in the right direction and get a real handle on things.The first woman...
Saw this on One GOod Bumblebee's Blog and decided I had to play along too!1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) -Fluffy Odysse2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) -Rocky Road Toffee Chunk3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) -E-McC4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) -Pink Pig5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) -Louise Emporia6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your...
Your Life is 72% PerfectYour life is pretty darn perfect. You don't have much to complain about.Of course, your life is occasionally less than perfect. But you're usually too happy to notice.How Perfect is Your Li...
Wow that feels great. I just placed an order for an engraved pen case and they had font options on the website to choose for the text you are engraving. Script, Arial like font, cursive, etc. One of the options was Let us Decide....normally I would sit there and think, ponder, try and figure out what would look the best...b/c that is part of what I do (font choice, etc) But what did I do this time??? I let go..and just let the people there decide. Man did that feel good!!! I think with that decision I'm...
Well nothing much to report here for over the weekend. Things were very productive we just did chores around the house...played with Jack....worked on my office a bit more and I got a layout done!! that was awesome...i've been slow in my scrapping lately so it was nice to feel like I accomplished something.Of course I had to watch the finale of Design Star last night!! and KIM WON!!! Yippie!!! I never ever vote for any reality show but I did this time and for her. I just thought when we first met her at the...
I love this photo of Jack that I snapped while we were playing in the office. I love how this came together today. I worked on it on and off while playing and cleaning the house. Hope you all enjoy it as much as I do!! Journaling:Jack, you’ve discovered that you can put things on your head. Of course you still aren’t into hats...
The Digital Scrapbook Place is participating in the International ScrapPink Event. For a $20 donation DSP is giving out tons and tons and tons of freebies and having chats all day long!!! Even at the chats freebies will be given away!!! And you get all the freebies even if you can't attend the chats!!!It's pretty cool and I can't wait to see all the awesome layouts people put together.Very exciting...here is the link to more...
OMGosh!!! I'm just one post away from 16K!!!!!!!I'm talking about posts at the coolest site in town...The Digital Scrapbook Place...
well tonight is dad and daughter night. My dad wanted to do something special with his girls (and mom) before 2 of them leave for Way Disciple. Dad has surprised all us girls with tickets to the Kenny Chesney concert tonight!! We're super excited and it should be a fun time with Dad and all his girls!!! I'll have to post about our time this weekend. Catch you all lat...
9/6/07 DSP Blog prompt Shoes make the woman. Give us an insight into your closet. Your shoes closet that is.Hmmm i have like no more than 10 pairs of shoes including dress shoes and flip flops. I have feet problems so i mainly wear my tennis shoes. But I've never been big on shoes I've always had a few stand-by pairs that go with everything. In high school I had more shoes but still not as many as others. My husband I think has more shoes than I do.Hmmmm does that say anything about me??? Could it be...
Well I've just been asked by an old friend to do her save the date and wedding invitations...how exciting!! This will be my 3rd set this year. God is great and is really blessing me big time.Catch you all lat...
Okay I've been offline the WHOLE weekend. Like I wrote before I've been wanting to "clean sweep" my office and that is what we've done this weekend!!! First we celebrated our anniversary by going to dinner and a movie which we really really enjoyed. Then saturday we spent most of the morning clearing out the office then the afternoon/evening/night we spend sorting and going through it was exhausting!! Our friend Andrew came over and helped Ken move the heavy pieces of furniture which was such a HUGE blessing. ...
Wowzers! I'm only 51 posts short of 16,000 at DSP!! I've slowed down alot since the site started a few years ago but I'm still posting away!!!Powered by ScribeFi...
Well today is our wedding anniversary!! We've been happily married for 4 years! It has been wonderful so far and I know we will have many more blessed years.In honor of our anniversary I'm posting a layout I did a while back of the 2 of us on our wedding day! I'm certainly counting my blessings!!Powered by ScribeFi...
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Well I didn't get very far last weekend. But we've changed our labor day plans and are no longer going somewhere so we will be clean sweeping this weekend. Although it is supposed to rain ACK!Our projector bulb burnt out and we don't have the $$ right now to fix it so we're down from 102" to 20" TV right now. I've rearranged the den to make that tv work better in the room and so we could actually see it.Hopefully with dh here this weekend and having my lil sis help with ds we will be able to really really take out...
Alrightie...don't come by my house this Saturday I will be clean sweeping my office and I am talking about getting tarps out on the front lawn bringing every last piece of furniture, junk, stuff, wrapping paper etc. out of there...I absolutely HAVE TO declutter my life. I do a pretty good job of storing and cleaning up but I just can't take it any more I have WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY too much stuff. I've tried doing it alittle at a time but that just does not seem to work for me. I'm inspired by my little sister's...
Well, I finished another scrapbook page for Jack's 1st birthday album. At this rate I might finish it by xmas. LOL. It was somewhat relaxing...I'd like it better if my tv was back in the office.But nonetheless it is finished and i'm really pleased with it.I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE the cake from Jack's birthday. A dear wonderful friend of the family and talented woman CS made the cake she did a stunning job....
what the heck is a poke??? ... i feel so violated...someone just poked methrough the internet!?! HUH??? LOL...dh is not happy about that one LOL.I just joined facebook today and have no clue what that site is all about...seems like a glorified address book with a bunch of crap added to it... but everyone i know is doing it..or atleast most of them...so I'm trying it out. Honestly I feel much to old to be on there...it seems like it is a youngster's forum. But on the other hand I'd much rather be on facebook than ...
Good Morning All!!!I received an email today with a website about Levi LaSalle, he is the son of dear friends of ours. Levi is developmentally challenged and friends of his are raising money to help get him into a program that will help him grow in his learning and development. His parents have known me since I was a toddler and are like an aunt and uncle to me. There is a beautiful video on the site that explains the situation. ...
I'm a bit down tonight...just tired I guess. I just want to vent but I know if I get some sleep I'll feel better tomorrow. So I won't say anything I'll regret now.Exciting news for DH...he gets to go to the Bristol night race this weekend...how incredible is that?? Well I'm not much of a race fan but he is so that's exciting and amazing. It is something he, my sister, and Dad have always talked about doing, and both of them are excited for DH too.I helped mom work on my lil sister's room swap today. I'm so excited...
My house just stopped smelling like bacon that I made for breakfast on saturday and last night I needed to cut up an onion for the pot roast we're having today and now the house stinks horribly like onions!!! ARGGGHHH...and it will still smell as I cook the roast.This makes me get excited for fund raiser season coming soon. My lil sister had a fund raiser selling candles last year they were pricey and I bought 3 and spent like 30 or 45 bucks!! OUCH but after using them I'd buy them all over again and more. They were...
I love finding unique fun toys for Jack. I'm not really that big into characters and thankfully now I can avoid them as much as possible. (Jack doesn't watch tv...he just isn't interested).But look at this awesome puzzle:I just love that they're only $7.99!! I might have to get a few of these for him for xmas! Or atleast put them on his list for santa :).They're available at oompa toysPowered by ScribeFi...
