Football

Well, I just watched Miami lose to NC State. BOO! Sorry, NC people, but even when I lived there I didn't pull for NC State.

Have you been hitting the sells this weekend? I haven't. haha! Miami is crowded enough on a normal day, I have no desire to fight even bigger crowds at the mall. I usually do most of my shopping online anyway. It may not be as exciting as the Black Friday sells, but it's much easier!

When Miami hosted the Superbowl in 2007, the traffic was horrible. Everyone came for the game and wanted to stay on the beach. They all arrived by the Friday before the game and the traffic was horrible! It took me forever just to get home from work that day and I made sure I walked anywhere else I needed to go! I was happy that it rained on everyone during the game. LOL!

I said then that when the Superbowl came back to Miami I would be taking a vacation somewhere else that week. LOL! Looks like I've got until 2010 to plan that trip. LOL!

Anyway, today's word art is for all the shoppers out there. You can pick it up here

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

The morning after

Well, after too much food, too many bottles of wine, a sunset sail around the bay and a very late night I had painters outside my window at 8:30 this morning. As soon as they break for lunch I'm going back to bed. LOL!

I had a wonderful Thanksgiving surrounded by the best friends a person can have. There weren't even any major food disasters. The smoke alarm only went off once. LOL!

Years ago, when I still lived in North Carolina, one of my friends decided she was going to cook dinner for four of us. Since I am totally hopeless near kitchen appliances, I watched football with the guys while she worked in the kitchen. She was so proud of herself for planning a special meal and wanted so badly for everything to be perfect. She searched for the perfect recipes and set a beautiful table. Most of the recipes she found served 8 people and there were only four of us. So, she very cleverly cut all the ingredients in half and then proceeded to cook the meal at half the temperature for half the time. I'm not kidding! It was way worse than any thing I've ever tried to cook. We ended up ordering pizza.

I hope that your Thanksgiving was as wonderful as mine was and that you've added more special memories into your book of life. Have a great "day after" and make sure you pick up today's wordart here

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you are all having a wonderful day! It's a beautiful day here! I'm about to head out to spend the day with my wonderful rag-tag group of friends that serve as my extended family. It should be an interesting day! Fortunately, everyone knew better than to ask me to cook something!

I bet someone will have holiday pictures that match this wordart and I would love to see them! You can download the wordart here...

http://www.mediafire.com/?mctymgygfxn

The fun weather is back!

The cold days have gone and the beautiful warm weather has returned. The last two days we've had highs in the 70's. Tonight it was warm enough to walk to Oliver's an enjoy sitting at an outside table with my friends. We talked about everything and nothing at the same time. Those are always the best conversations!

It was while laughing about everyone's Christmas plans that I decided to share today's wordart. It's funny how "going home" can still bring out the child and our childhood insecurities in all of us.

Problems with the 4shared link so let's try getting it here....

http://www.mediafire.com/?undxy6m122m

We had our Thanksgiving lunch at school and it was a big hit. I took in the candy bars I made using the wrapper I shared with you and they were a big hit. If you didn't get the wrapper you can still download it here. Big thanks to April for the great Thanksgiving kit I used to make it!

Speaking of April...She's got a great sale on her graphics from now to the end of November. Her kits are all 35% off at Scrap It Sassy Head over there and check it out!

Today you get the fourth and final Thanksgiving Bragbook page. I hope you've enjoyed these and are able to use them for your pictures. I would love to see what you do with them and I know April would too. Grab the BB page here



Here's another page I made using April's Seashore Wedding Kit. Doesn't it make all of you that are having cold winter weather wish you were in Miami? LOL!



**SAMMY**
I'm really sorry you had trouble downloading yesterday's wordart. Try this link and let me know if it still doesn't work for you...

http://www.mediafire.com/?1xrzymtdyx9

OK, I have to go and I can't make any promises about what or when I'll post over the next couple of days so stay safe and enjoy your holiday!

Mondays -YUCK!

As if Mondays aren't bad enough---this was a Monday before a holiday. The kids were all excited because they know it's a short week and we aren't really sticking to schedule. On Wednesday, we're going out to the courtyard to dazzle the other grade levels and teachers with our beautiful singing. We've been practicing 5 Thanksgiving songs for a couple of weeks now and they know the songs, BUT when we actually walked out to the courtyard to practice they just stood there and forgot to sing. Then they all forgot their left from their right during the "Turkey Trot" song and put the wrong wing in. The "Turkey Trot" song is the hokey pokey with turkey parts. LOL!

Tomorrow we are having a special luncheon for the the teachers in my building and that should be fun. Afterward, we're having a tasting party for the kids in my class. I had one pie---the only pie that was donated in the frig and someone STOLE it. I shouldn't be too surprised, it's not the first time something like this has happened. It's still sad though.

My day was the inspiration for today's wordart and you can download it here...Crazy

It's also time for the third Happy Thanksgiving Kit free Bragbook page. Hope you like it!

Pick it up here...Thanksgiving BB part 3
Come by tomorrow for the last page.

Monday

This is a three day work week for me and I am so happy about that. My friend Susan called to say that she won't be at school tomorrow because she is in the hospital. She has an infection and it looks like they just want to keep her over night to make sure the medicines are working. So, today's wordart is being given in her honor. She is a BIG animal lover! The cat and dog version are in the same file and you can download them here...

Dog/Cat hug

It's also day two of the four day Thanksgiving bragbook download. Hope you're enjoying these pages! April's Thanksgiving graphics are so cute! I think this is my favorite page you can pick it up here...

Thanksgiving BB page 2


I thought you might also like to see another page I made using April's Seashore Wedding Kit. It's the walkway to the pool area where I live.



Have a great day!

Scary Times

My friend, Betty, got home from work the other day to find her husband waiting for her outside. He told her that their house had been broken into and they needed to wait there for the police. It turns out, that he had gotten a phone call from the alarm company letting him know that the alarm in their house was going off. He went home to check it out and found a bike on the carport that didn't belong to them and a window screen off the the window. Then he saw someone inside the house move past the window. He called the police.

The crook left the house and tried to get away on his bike. Leo followed him in his car while talking to the police on the phone. The guy didn't take much, but he started throwing away what he did have so that he wouldn't have it on him---a laptop, some watches and other jewelry. Apparently, he didn't know the neighborhood very well because he turned down a deadend street and the police were able to catch and arrest him.

Apparently, the guy took his time inside the house even though the alarm was going off because Betty said that he had gone through all of their drawers and cabinets. I'm so glad that things turned out the way they did and that Leo was smart enough not to go inside the house. The world can be a scary place sometimes!

Well, that's enough doom & gloom for now! Let's move on to better things. Today brings the first of four bragbook page downloads using graphics fromApril the Scrapaholic's Happy Thanksgiving Kit. Make sure you come back tomorrow for part 2! Here's the download link...


Thanksgiving BB part 1


You should also check out April's Seashore Wedding Kit. It's adorable! Here's a page I made using a photo I had of one of the lifeguard stands on the beach. I just love those colorful stands!



I've also got today's wordart. It's a request from from Dina who has three boys that are always up to something! LOL! You can pick it up here...

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