At Last!

My first post in a week! Things have been so busy! But, I wouldn't have it any other way... I think I would get bored without all the craziness! A break is good sometimes, however! And yes, I am sitting at home on a work day. Not for pleasure, though. For all who may be wondering, though, my mom is out of surgery and all went well! I'm so proud of her for how STRONG she is! She is a great woman!

The weekend was nice. Friday night we went to Josh and Jennie's house and played poker! We love our poker!!! Thomas worked part of the day both Saturday and Sunday, so he was out of the house most of the time. That's alright though, beacause we will be together non-stop next weekend in Laughlin, really looking forward to that! Plus, I got a chance to be crafty... maybe I'll post pics!

Great weekend!

I feel like I actually accomplished some stuff! And, no, not the stuff I mentioned before, but more along the lines of CLEANING that needed to be done, etc. Oh, and the TAXES are done! WooHoo!

Saturday night we went over to Josh and Jennie's house to hang out. Josh had taken down a cat claw that day, so we turned it into a little bonfire. Megan was WAY into roasting the marshmallows! After she went to bed, we all sat down and watched "The 40 Year Old Virgin." HILLARIOUS movie! My stomach still hurt on Sunday from laughing!

Sunday we got more work around the house done... and we were lazy too! Went shopping and bought some new glassware. Thomas has long despised most of the glasses we got for our wedding 3 YEARS AGO, so now he can be at peace!

Thomas won his bet on the Super Bowl, so his co-workers will have to fill out his time sheets for him for a little while. Good prize, apparently, as these aren't just "punch cards," they have to account for every 1/2 hour to 15 minutes of their day (to see what percent of their hours are "billable").

Looking forward to a good week!

New profile pic

Feel free to ignore this post unless you really wanted to see this picture. I am adding a photo to my profile, and this seems (hopefully) to be the easiest way to do it! Oh, but if you would like to check out and note all the other changes I've made to the blog, feel free. This is only the beginning...

Went shopping...

with Thomas after he got off work... I did get the exercise video (amazingly, they had the one I wanted at Wal Mart). Excited to try that out. Also bought all the stuff for my Alaska album... paper, ribbon... ok, so I already had everything else I need. But really pumped to get to work on that as well!

But, at the moment, I decided it is finally time to install the software for my new Canon A610 I got for Christmas. Haven't done it before because we have been using the card reader Thomas got for Christmas (thanks Mom)! But now, I am finally really curious what the "software bundle" includes, hoping for some pretty neat stuff!

Maybe I will post some pics later...

Payday...

Woo Hoo! Trying to think of some little treat to buy myself for making it through this week alive! Actually, thinking of buying myself some workout videos (I never go to the gym if I sign up there, but I may do it if it's in my living room). Planning on making a smallish comitment to this health thing...

Also thought of buying myself the Making Memories Simply Fab foam alphabet set that is out now... too cute!

No huge plans for the weekend... clean the house, scrapbook a little, etc. Really want to get my Alaska scrapbook done if I have time. I am going to try Stacey Julian's "Scrapbook 200 Pictures Tonight" concept on this project... where you use the regular "2-up" album and puts pics and scrapping in the 4x6 slots. I just hope I can still make it look like I put some effort into it, and didn't just "throw" some photos into an album. If all goes well on this album, I may do our Honeymoon album (see how behind I am!) and any future vacation albums the same way. It's just so easy, but still creative!

Signing out for now, may be back later....

Here it is....

OK, after reading many blogs, seeing people talk about them, and a little tug of war with myslef (will I use it, will I not??), I have finally set up my own! But, instead of posting right now, I'm gonna go play and set this thing up. Meet ya back here later!