no time to blog

I have been very busy. Busy with:

the Holidays. Maddie's birthday. a trip to Disney. trying to get the house in order since returning home from Disney. cleaning. sick kiddos. being a sick momma. keeping track of Sadie (never know where you'll find her!). watching football (GO PACK GO!). some miscellaneous projects, though they are still incomplete. being in charge of the yearbook at school (yikes. not sure if I'll do that again. It's not as fun as it sounds!). the girls' group at school/church, being a leader for the Kindergarten gals. attempting to put together a cheerleading team at our school for next year (not really sure where to begin. Yes I was a cheerleader. It was a very long time ago).

Not enough time scrapbooking. Not enough time with friends. My friend wants me to start running with her. Wishing there were more hours in the day. Like 24 more hours to each day. I still don't think I'd have time to do everything I want to!

That is what I've been doing! I leave you with this, and hope I can blog more about our Christmas, our trip, and other fun stuff soon!!

more love for shutterfly

Thanks Much Blush Thank You 5x7 folded card

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7xmas2010

With Love Chartreuse Christmas Card

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Shutterfly love!

Let me just show some love for Shutterfly! I've been creating books for years through Shutterfly, and it's that time of year again...the time that I spend hours going through pictures, uploading pictures, changing backgrounds, moving around photos, and adding captions...but I love it! I have made at least a dozen or so books, my most favorite of all being the 8x8 hard cover albums. The quality just can't be beat!

I'm so in love with their beautiful invitations and cards. The bad thing? They are all SO cute, I don't know what to choose! I did use this Shutterfly first year invite for Sadie's first birthday. How cute is that?? I am torn on what to use for a Christmas card, though. I'm loving these! There are so many options-in size, folding or non-folding card, and number of photos. And have you seen the calendars you can make? What an awesome gift idea!

This year, I'm eager to get started on books for me. That's right. ME. I've been spending hours and years on making these beautiful treasures for everyone else. Now it's my turn! : )

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addicted

oh, so addicted. Like I can't stop. I can't get enough these days:

kits kats (cause they're yummy)

etsy

ali edwards

diy blogs

I am proud to say that I am keeping up on my December daily, so far, this year. If I do one again in the future, I think I will leave the numbers out of it, and add them later. That way I can skip days if I want. It's coming along nicely, though I'm having a heck of time trying to create a text box as a circle in word (so that the words make the circle). I used to know how to do this. I'm stumped. Oh well. I'll make it work somehow.

Let me just say, I have this awesome feeling about this. I'd love to keep up on this type of scrapbooking (I suppose, much like the 365 idea, or Project Life) but I can't see myself sticking to it for a year straight. I sure do like the concept, though.

As for do it yourself blogs, I think I want to be a carpenter, or at least be handy with a couple of tools. Check this out. I must make these!!