Weigh in day

Drum roll.....

179.4

I am shooting for 177.9 by Valentine's Day. I find it helps if I keep small, weekly goals. I am glad to be back in the land of the 170's.

Tuesday pictures

Here are half of the baby announcements I made for a friend at work. My friend, Allison, made the other half and they are soooooo cute in person! We used her stamp set, my paper, and a mix of all of our other resources and materials. These were so fun to make, and I know Maria will love them!





Here is a look at the inside:

Movie night

Monday night is typically movie night at our house, but we are without a Netflix movie this week. I guess we watched last month's too fast. Anyway, this review is about the Solist, which we watched last Monday. This is just my opinion. It was AWFUL!!!!! I was so disappointed, since I knew it got great reviews. It was so bad we managed to watch it about 3/4 the way through, but then finally had to turn it off. I don't know what I didn't like, specifically, it was just so blaaahhhhhhh. And that is really surprising given the cast! Anyway, I won't bore you with the details, or lack thereof, but I would be interested to see if anyone out there has seen it and liked it. The worst part is I have been anxiously waiting for this movie to come in the mail for about two months now! I think this has been two major busts in a row now. Last movie we had to stop halfway through was New in Town-worse than the Soloist. I think Gary will be making the Netflix choices for the next few months!

A few snow/ice pictures

YUMMMMMMYYY

I am not exaggerating when I tell you this cookie will change your life. Sorry the picture is so small, but they are Nestle Tollhouse Ultimate Caramel filled cookies. OMG. My mom (the diet sabotoger-don't know how to spell that word), brings over these cookies last night (with a half gallon of chocolate marshmallow ice cream) and they blew us all away. I only ate one last night (that's really all you need), but this morning they were even better once they had fully cooled and hardened. Analee, you will die especially if you are hooked on the Dove with caramel right now. Everyone must try these, and try the other varieties as well. I think they have chocolate filled and a turtle variation. Luckily there are only 12 cookies in the pack!!!!!!

Thursday's thanks

Stamping has been on my mind today, so I am appropriately giving thanks to Stampin Up! Split Coast Stampers, Mojo Monday blog, and Analee for getting me started with stamping and helping me become the best stamper I can be. I am hooked. I have been since the first SU party. I am so grateful for the resources that are available for beginners like me because they give you the tools you need to get the creative juices flowing. Take Split coast, for example. Yes, I have the stamp sets, but no I don't always know what to do with them! A simple search on this site, and I am given countless examples of cards using the very products I own. Awesome! The same holds true for Mojo Monday. I use this blog as a template with which I base most of my card designs on. This blog even includes example cards of the various templates. Love it!

There is just something about stamping and making cards that I truly enjoy. It is calming, challenging, and rewarding all at the same time, and I love the feeling I get after coming up with something really clever and unique. I know this is a superficial thanks for the day, but I really am thankful to have stamping in my life! I hope that doesn't sound too pathetic! And maybe the people that receive my cards are thankful that I made them-

Weekly Updates

I am going to try something two of my fellow followers have done in the past. I think it might help on those days when I can think of absolutely nothing to write about. It is a weekly run down of blog subjects by day. For example:

Monday- Monday movie reviews
Tuesday- Tuesday will be tech day (pictures, videos, etc)
Wednesday- Weigh in day (the "w" fits better for Wednesday)
Thursday- Thanks (what I am thankful for)
Friday- Food and Fun

We'll see how it goes. I am going to start with today for my next blog entry.