A little obsessive?

I listen to 103.1 most of the time. Good station. Lots of tunes. And they play this little bit as the odd commercial...
"I didn't believe you the first 20 times you said it... but it's starting to sink in".
I swore it was Marc Blucas (Riley from Buffy) and totally sounded like something from the show... but I wasn't 100% sure.
Now. Stuff like that drives me CRAZY. If I'm trying to place a voice... or a quote... or something and I can't remember where it's from, it bugs me all day!! And you know me and my "Vote Buffy" enthusiasm. If this was a Buffy quote it would totally rock that they were playing it on the radio!
So I started playing Buffy season 4 (where Riley first came on) while I scrapped. If it was from Buffy it'd be season 4 or the first half of season 5 most likely.
And there it was. Season 5 Episode 1 Buffy vs. Dracula. I couldn't believe it! You should've seen my face!!!
Ahh... the simple pleasures!
More quotes from the episode.

(And by the way, TV Guide (2004) voted Buffy one of the 50 best TV shows of all time). See... it's not just me! ;)

June kit sneak peek

June kit sneak peek (just taken from my leftover stash from home). It's a good one!


And be sure to check the Winkler Times for MSS coupons!!!

TGIF

... finally. I know it was a really short week because of Victoria Day on Monday, but the weekend can never come soon enough!

I'm expecting 7 or 8 boxes of stuff early this next week at the shoppe, so I'm taking this weekend to relax and catch up here at home.

Some random photos/stories from today:

Max has loved this cat (Snickers) since day one. She just had kittens a day or two ago, so now begins our annual summer kitty hunt.

Jack builds the most intricate little cities. Lets' see... on the beige towel in the upper right is a car show... the green towel on the bottom right is a field (but I'm told there's no tractors on it)... to the left of that is a junk yard (Cooter's junk yard from The Dukes of Hazzard no less)... to the left of that (and off the picture) are the cops... above that is a tunnel (made from larger trucks.... for some reason... and all the little vehicles are lined up to go through)... and to the right of that is another tunnel made with pillows.

Have a great weekend everyone. Look for the June newsletter and kits this coming week.

(And happy birthday to my sweetheart!)

Click! Take a pic!

... yes... my kid's love Diego!

My goal for today was to work on my photos. I'm soo behind.

So I've gone through editing them. I still have to organize "April" and burn it to a disc, but it feels better now.

I want to upload them to Flickr as well... but I'm not sure... should I upload ALL my photos... just the edited ones? I want to use it for a storage solution... you know... along with having them on CD's.

And, since I was soo behind... here's a couple of my favs.

(Jack wanted me to JUST take a picture of his new General Lee... we're all about "the Dukes" lately... but I HAD to get him in there too).

And... some lilacs Jack brought me to put in my studio... including a lovely plastic container and some rocks!

I think there's still a couple of spots left in next Tuesday's class.
And, here's a peek of June's class (June 12th).

I was kinda wondering how it'd turn out, but I totally LOVE it. I'll post details on the MSS site shortly.

... and it's still raining (all day so far!) so I've got to pick up the kids.

Happy Tuesday everyone.

Sunday Bits

Good day. Got a TON of cleaning done. Big stuff... under the stairs... moving furniture... the basement... and now a truck-load of garbage. I can see my dining room table now too! Feels good! Feels freeing!

Molly still reading like crazy.

Jack saving up for his bike. He's totally a saver by nature. Good kid.

We All Scream for Ice Cream

We ended up in Grand Forks this weekend for our anniversary/Mother's Day. Only one day... but it was perfect!
Did some shopping, ate some ice cream (thanks for the tip Jenn), and swam. Lots of fun. The kids love just hanging out and I love that! Just being together and being us. Not planning a big event... just a quite Mother's Day with the people I love more than anything in the world. Just what we needed.

A little holiday always makes me feel ready for work.

Speaking of work....
- new Heidi Swapp ribbon
- new Daisy D's paper
- new Rhonna Farrer French Twist paper and rub-ons
- new KI Celebration papers and embellishments
- restocked Maya Road chipboard albums
... more on the way.

10 come and gone

10 years ago (yesterday) I married my one and only... and I couldn't be happier!
Happy anniversary hon. I love you madly.

P.S. I'd post a picture, but I'd be banished and forced to live in exile for the rest of my days.

Let's Make a Deal

One last post before "crazy mode".

Garage Sale
Thursday, May 10
10am - 7pm
150 Oak Bay

Kids clothes (Girls 0-7, Boys 0-3). (Some picked over from last year)
Adult clothes
Queen Bed (wood)
Twin Bed
Scrapbooking stuff (the sale table from the shoppe)
Movies
etc.

And... I have the garage sale items from SSD here... there is little to pick up... most everything sold. I'll tally up the money and pass it on to the sellers early next week.

New in the Shoppe:
- new K&Co. Classic and Amy Butler. I'm sooo in love!!!!!!!! I really don't know how long before I sell out!

It's the start of something...

Saw this on Ali's blog. Totally excited about the idea of having "everything" in one place!!

Way more than normal

This past Saturday was National Scrapbook Day. MSS hosted an online crop that day and I'm SOOO impressed with how much I accomplished!! Here's some...

And this one... and this one... and this one... and this one... and this one... (okay... 3 of those were from SSD... but still).

And for all you scrapper's out there, the challenges are going to remain posted till Saturday, May 12th. We'll draw for prizes after that. Just post your layouts in the gallery and link to them in the forum.

MSS newsletters will now be archived in blogger. You will not be receiving them via email. They'll be going out once a month (on the 1st) and will be full of new stuff!!!! Check them out here.

And it appears that, in fact, I have too much STUFF. Who would've thunk? So I'll be attempting a garage sale this week. Thursday 10am-7pm. Email me if you want details. Mostly clothes. Girls stuff newborn-7, boys newborn -3. Old Navy, GAP... that kinda stuff, a queen headboard and footboard (wood), movies, etc.

New Shoppe Talk Newsletter

May newsletter now up.
Lots of good stuff.

Click here.

What do you think? It won't come to your inbox anymore, but they will be archived now.
Do you like the new content? (Still some tweeking to do there)

Puppy love

A little guy desperately trying to avoid going to bed tonight...

"Mom... I don't love you when I'm sleeping. I love you when I'm walking."


And a little peek of our new puppy, Libby.


She's doing really well. Few "accidents", still whiny at night. The kids love her... and, so does Derek!! He gave her a bath and everything! We're going to enjoy her.

Shoppe Stuff:


New May kits are up. Spring Fever. You can find them here. Totally LOVED this kit... and especially this layout.

So much fun... so spring-y!

Thinking about doing the newsletter a little differently. Stay tuned for that.

Looking at setting the garage sale items from Super Scrap Day up at the Shoppe for National Scrapbook Day (this Saturday). Information on this will be in the newsletter.

New kits should be in the mail for subscribers this week.

New monthly project will be up this week too... offered as a kit, or as a class.