4 Year Anniversary

Thursday was the 4-year anniversary of when me and Alan met at the Kings game. They played the Montreal Canadiens, and guess what? That's who the Kings are playing right now, in LA. March 6, 2004 was the last time the Habs were in Los Angeles. Pretty wild huh?

We celebrated at home. I made a yummy chicken salad. Grilled up some chicken in olive oil, with garlic, salt/pepper and added it to romaine lettuce with green onions and cucumbers (chopped REALLY small). Then I topped it with gorgonzola cheese and Girard's Champagne dressing. I could literally drink the stuff, so the salad was AWESOME. Alan really liked it too.

Alan brought me some GREEN flowers and a PINK plant. Hehe and two really cute cards. I made him one.

Here are some pictures:

Text message boredom...

Alan must have been really bored at work yesterday.

He was sending me messages and lots of pictures.

This one made me laugh.

Really like the idea too, with my love of owls.

He cracks me up. OWL-T-LET!

A penguin filled weekend...

WELL aside from all of the snow we got this weekend, we pretty much had a kickback weekend.
I cleaned and Alan did lots of shoveling and adjustments to the mailbox that keeps getting covered c/o the town's snowplow!

Still need to update my blog with pictures from last weekend, but check out this card I just made for our nephew. I think it turned out pretty cute. I am very sad though, I went to look for another one of the Memory Box penguin stamps for the inside and I can't find it! I swear that I had 2, a mini penguin and a bigger one. (Then of course all of my new ones) But I CANNOT FIND IT! I have a feeling I am either losing my mind or Georgie knocked it off my scrap table and the dog ate it. Grr!



Update!! I just made this card for my sister Jenna...it's an extra card for her very belated present that I'm mailing tomorrow. (And yes, I'm obsessed with the paper...both cards are from scraps I had on my table!)

Another thank you, to Brenda!

Thanks to Brenda, another Scrappintologist, who sent me this fab package of Valentine's goodies! I just love the frog, so cute. He is on my shelf with the rest of his froggie friends. Soon I'll need a bigger shelf.

This was a nice surprise Brenda! :)

Out-of-order, but thanks just the same Julie!!

Julie, a fellow Scrappintologist, sent me this AWESOME package for our Cupid Exchange. I sat there DROOLING for quite awhile. So glad I found the box out in the snow. STUPID MAILMAN!

Look at all of these goodies. Clear buttons, felt flowers and shapes, a chipboard Purse-album, felt boards from Queen & Co., bling, tags from MME, stickers from Imaginesce (that match my paper!!) and the adorable FROG card. Oh and can't forget the Sour Patch Kids and Gummy Colas!

I think Julie is a long-lost sister. Or just knows me really well. She picked stuff I would have bought myself. And the K is awesome. It's already on my shelf with the rest of my collection.

Thank you Julie for such a great gift!

My LSS finds from yesterday...

I could have cleaned out the bank account AND maxed out the credit cards at the one store, but I contained myself. :) I was so excited to get the Memory Box penguins. And the owls too (they are Hero Arts.) The Bingo Cards I've had my eyes on for awhile and couldn't find them. Then I got more of the MME tags. (Thanks Julie for getting me hooked on those!)

Happy Birthday TO ME!

I turned 25 yesterday. YEP a whole quarter of a century. I'm getting OLD. The day started off with some beautiful flowers from Alan. Then he surprised me with a trip to Massachusetts/New Hampshire. It was a fun little road trip. We have both been CRAVING some GOOD and SPICY mexican food for awhile now. Pretty much since we left CA, so we found a Baja Fresh in MA. Then I scoped out some scrapbook stores (thank you all my 2Peas-girls!) Because the weather was kind of sketchy we didn't head all the way to Boston, but we still had a good time. FILLED UP on Baja Fresh. I even professed my love of the food to the owner of the store. He thought I was funny. Offered to cook me some more. Then I asked for some of the logo paper that they wrap the food in for my scrapbook. He was so proud! :) AND BOY OH BOY did I have fun in the stores. I about died in this store called Absolutely Everything in MA. I was in heaven. The coolest store I've ever been to. I told the owner, and she was really impressed. She had just gotten back from CHA in Anaheim, CA and I told her I was from CA. Then she picked my brain about stores in CA, I told her hers was still better! She gave me 40% off for my birthday on one of the Memory Box penguins I bought. I got some owls too. I got lots of cute stamps. WOO HOO. Then we stopped at a store in NH too. It was much smaller but they had some cute paper that I NEEDED. Then on the way home we stopped at Coldstone's for my FREE birthday ice cream.

Here are some random pictures from the day.

Gerbera Daisies and Tulips! My fave.

Oops, didn't really have my camera ready for this one!

I thought the name of this store was classic!

I became giddy at the sight of this beautiful establishment.
Seriously, I couldn't stop giggling with joy!

Alan modeling with our JOYOUS meal!

Want a chip?

You have to have just the right amount of salsa!

PERFECT!

TIME TO EAT!

Fixin' to CHOW DOWN!

Eat your lettuce! (Just kidding, this is cilantro)

We heard this father trying to trick his kid into eating it.

I thought it was funny and kept saying it.

SO full. But in heaven!

We thought this looked like Alan's old neighborhood in Chicago.

I thought these green crosswalks were neat.
Stopping traffic!

Me and Mr. New Hampshire

Me on the laptop while driving...checking email & 2Peas.
(Or Peain' in the car as Alan called it!) Oh and yes, Alan took this while driving.

I found this owl in Downtown Portland. It was just in a store window of a clothing store. Isn't he neat? I wish I could have bought it. The store was closed though.

ICE CREAM!

Love me my Coldstone's!

BACK IN BUSINESS...

Sort of!
I need to post a LOT more than just this. But here's a tidbit of the last two weeks! BLAH
Today has just been a BLAH day. Went to the bank and LSS (they were having a sale-scored on paper and a couple of other things!) Tomorrow is my birthday and we have no idea what we're doing tonight. Just going to hang out I think. I have lots of updating to do. These last 2 weeks have been crazy. Getting used to WORKING again! Then we have had some wild weather. The ice storm was the worst on Wednesday...we even lost power. But I was pretty creative once it came back on.
Check out what I made Alan for Valentine's Day. I had this heart-shaped box and then I made 14 cards that measured 2.5 by 2.5. Each one had a different reason inside. Alan loved it! He even took it to work to show it off.

SWEET!!!!!

Kelley just posted the announcement for the DESIGN TEAM! And I got picked!
YIPPPEEEEE. I am so excited. I've never tried out for something like this, so it's pretty neat. Check out the announcement here: Scrapbooks & Beyond

To see the projects I submitted check out the mailbox and the "Snow Much Fun" layout in an older post (below). I also submitted 2 of my Christmas cards. They are in my gallery at 2Peas.

WOOT! What a nice start to a SLEEPY Saturday. I just couldn't get out of bed...err the 2nd time. I was up at 6:30 with Alan, ate breakfast, and then went to read A Thousand Splendid Suns. Read a few chapters and boom sleepy time!

I best get back to my Valentine's Day cards. I have 10 done.

More later!
:)

BLAH!

Still waiting on the Design Team announcement. While waiting I've been rather productive today. OH YES. Got lots of stuff done around the house...paid all the bills, organized. Laundry. THE FUN STUFF baby. Posted on 2Peas. Now I'm doing Valentine's Day cards. I have my assembly line going and I should be done tonight I hope. Then I can get everything postal tomorrow and enjoy the weekend!
Start my new job Monday.

Bailey is whining to go outside YET AGAIN, so I best let him out.

25 of my 32 pictures...

Well I did it!
Took a picture every day this month! Started off on a roll with the Studio 365 Challenge.

Photobucket will only let me upload 25 pictures per slideshow, but you get the idea!

Not much going on...

...in the last couple of days. We went to a fire safety talk Tuesday night with AnneMarie and Aaron. We dragged them and they actually showed up. HEHE. Too bad it scared the crap out of me. I liked the meal though AND it was FREE! DaVinci's. In downtown Lewiston. I think we may need to go there for my birthday dinner. I am still really upset that they didn't serve bread. What kind of Italian place doesn't serve bread with either the salad or pasta. I MEAN COME ON NOW!
:)
That's how I judge Italian food, by the bread.

Other than that, we went to the prison yesterday to check out alternate routes. Came home some crazy way care of the dumbass GPS. (We have choice words for her at the moment, and yes I referred to the GPS as a her! We use a female British voice.) She took us home on some wacky dirt road that was completely covered in ice. It got more and more narrow and slippery as we went along. Luckily some poor soul actually lived on that road and we were able to turn around in their driveway. I refused to go any further. LOVE ME MY SNOW TIRES THOUGH. Whew!

Well I have been on this stinking computer ALL DAY. Tried to figure out slide.com, no luck. I posted tons of pictures and only 3 came up on the slideshow. Tried the photo mosaic thing, no luck. It was huge and I couldn't save it and resize it. Maybe my connection is too slow and it screws up the files, I dunno. If anyone wants to help me, I would greatly appreciate it.

That's the scoop.
I need to unplug this computer.
Otherwise I'll never get my Valentine's done.

Design Team is announced tomorrow.
And 17 days till my birthday.
OH YES

Ohh and Ugly Betty is on tonight right? It better not be a repeat.

Word of the day...

Bonzer = great/good/bloody good

This comes from the dictionary of my Aussie friend, Maggie. She cracks me up with her "Aussie-isms"

Ah what an interesting weekend...

It all started off with the good news on Friday about my job...
Then we cleaned house to have AnneMarie and Aaron over. SO NICE COMING HOME TO A WICKED CLEAN HOUSE. I mean clean...floor to ceiling, the entire house. Alan and I worked like a team man. Alan even made dessert for our special guests. Then we went to Applebees. Pigged out and drank. OH YES. I bugged Aaron acting like the PAPARAZZI. Kept catching poor AnneMarie off-guard! I now officially love Red Apple Sangria drinks. TASTY.

Two of them hit me pretty hard. I called Jenna (my sister) on the way home and I talked it off. HEHE I was outta control at the start of the conversation and then poof, bye bye alcohol effects. Came back to our place and watched the NHL All-Star festivities. The Superskills competition. They changed a lot of the rules and setup this year. We pretty much bad mouthed it the entire time. Well that and AnneMarie and I drooled over a lot of the players. I now have a new hockey love. OH YES, another goalie. Rick DiPietro. HOT HOT HOT.

What else? That was only Saturday. Sunday we woke up for our day of errands. Alan was a sweetheart and made me pancakes. Then we got dressed to go to the store, Wal-mart and Home Depot. (OH HOW I HATE HOME DEPOT) Well Alan went to back the car out and I ran around to lock the dog downstairs and grab my purse and everything. Walked out to the car...er attempted to anyway and totally slipped on the ice. We still can't figure out what hit the car. Alan thinks it's my head...I have no clue because my knee hurt so bad I didn't feel anything else. I slammed my knee on the ice and totally busted it. (Today I am convinced I broke my knee-cap, ok so maybe I'm being a tad bit dramatic!) The funny part is I had my hands full, my purse, gloves for Alan, and 4 Cricut cartridges. I fell and didn't drop anything. I just laid on the ground moaning. Alan knew something bad happened, but the car was started so it locked. He panicked and frantically tried to get out of the car, only making things worse. He finally got out and then he almost slipped trying to get me up. He was a mess...wanted me to go inside, make sure I was ok, I just said "NAH, help me stand up and get into the car. I'll live. BUT MAKE SURE THE CRICUT CARTRIDGES ARE OK!" That was my biggest concern. I had just gotten the 2 cartridges from the Cricut campaign and they sent me duplicates, so I wanted to exchange one of them or two. Plus I had a few to return. I ended up getting the Mickey font one, not because it's Disney, but because the font is really cute. After Wal-Mart and JoAnn's we went to stinking Home Depot to get a ladder. We are convinced we have a ghost in the house. (Well Alan thinks it sounds like someone throwing oranges at the house.) And yes I just said oranges being thrown at the house...Alan threw some rotten ones into the forest. Thinks the forest is now throwing them back. ANYWAY, back to my story. A few times a day/night we hear this loud CRACK/boom noise in the walls. It always sounds like it's coming from a different part of the house. Alan wanted to get a ladder to get into the attic and then on the roof to check out the pipes. He seems to think something is up with them. WELL he was right! After getting the ladder home, he got into the attic. Rattled one of the pipes and I stayed downstairs to compare the noise. Sounded the same, so he wrapped the pipe, hoping to stop all future "mystery noises". Then came the attempt on the roof. Little did Alan know, the roof was covered in ice under the little bit of snow we got yesterday. So he took his first step and almost fell off. Thanks to my spill on the ice, we had just gotten some ice hooks for our shoes at Wal-Mart. And lucky for me, I wasn't standing there watching or I would have flipped out. Turns out there is some exhaust pipe on the roof that has ice and snow in it, so Alan thinks that when the temperature changes and the pressure builds up that the pipe rattles. STILL IS SCARY THOUGH. (You know, we think we live in the FOREST in the middle of nowhere and scary orange monsters are trying to kill us!) So after that we just hung out and watched the NHL All-Star game and played Monopoly Here & Now on the computer. Then Alan found some quiz about the history of Hershey Kisses and we entertained ourselves taking quizzes for a few hours. REAL BLOODY EXCITING.

Now today I get to look at the bump growing out of my kneecap.
Got some dishes to do...the rest of the day sounds like a SCRAPPIN' day. Oh and I best start on my Valentine's. Good thing I cleaned my scrap area.