Happy February

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February is here and love is in the air. There are so many cool kits out now or coming out soon that it's going to be hard not to craft this month!

My friend April the Scrapaholic is giving away an adorable set called Roses Are Red on her blog. I've already snagged up two quickpages and some beautiful roses. Go check it out. You won't be sorry!

I also used April's Valentine Wedding Kit to make a quickpage for you. Here's what it looks like...

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Deanna of Flower Scraps is part of another blog train that starts today. This is a yummy Chocolate Cherry Blog Train. I've been playing with Deanna's kit and I'll have QP for you later this week. Here's a layout I made using Deanna's part of the kit...


Make sure you go by Deanna's Blog to jump on the train!

Shel of Shel Belle Scraps is releasing a kit called 100 Days of School on her blog starting today. It's an awesome kit and she released it just in time for my 100th day of school! Today, she is giving away the papers but here is a preview of the whole kit...

There are so many things that can be done with this kit! I'll be using it a lot this week and I'll even have a QP for you later. Here's one layout I made with the kit. That's my principal dressed up for 50's day...


I hope you're enjoying your weekend. I wish I could tell you about what I did today, but I didn't do much. LOL! It's cold and I seem to have picked up that yucky cough that just won't Maybe I'll be a little more active tomorrow, but I doubt it. LOL!

I'm going to sleep now. Enjoy your day!

Almost February

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Is anyone else as shocked as I am that January is already coming to an end? This month flew by so quickly.

We had such beautiful days this week but now that the weekend is here it's getting cold and yucky again. That just isn't fair! Why can't we have the pretty days when we aren't stuck at work so that we can enjoy them more?

Today we received beautiful postcards from the Poconos, Utah and the Grand Canyon. The kids have all agreed that they would love to see real mountains someday.

It's been a really long day so I'm going to bed now. Enjoy your day!

Fast post

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I am really sleepy tonight so I'm just making a fast post to give you today's wordart. I know it's kind of mean, but that's the mood I'm in tonight. It's also kind of funny and I'm sort of in that kind of mood too. LOL!

Time for bed. Enjoy your day!

Everyone's fighting!

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My friend got a phone call from her daughter today saying that her high school was on lockdown, but other than the rumors that were flying around she didn't know what was going on. During lunch, we turned on the 12 o'clock news to see if they would report anything. Sure enough, the opening story was about the fight that started in their cafeteria between two students and grew in number and size. By the time it was all over, the fight had spilled out of the building and 18 students were arrested. Luckily, Chrissy wasn't anywhere near the cafeteria when the fight started. She was locked safely away in the auditorium where she was playing Peter Pan in the school play.

I got home from work today and went to visit with my neighbors only to learn that they were fighting. Want to know what they're fighting about? Too bad, I'm going to tell you anyway---they are actually fighting about---Hershey Kisses! Apparently, she bought a bag with almonds and he only likes the regular kisses. She jokingly told him that she bought it on purpose so that she could have them all to herself and it went downhill from there. Apparently, he was having a really bad day! I told them that they had to stop the madness because I couldn't stand it when mommy and daddy fight. LOL! Luckily, the Hershey Kisses were on sell - buy one, get one - and she was able to calm him down when he saw that he had his very own bag of plain Hershey Kisses.

We hooked up with some of our other friends and the talk turned to Sunday's Superbowl. I'm not a fan of either team in the Superbowl so I'm more interested in the party we'll be having then the game. LOL! The guys disagreed on the best way to grill ribs. Man, do these guys take their rib grilling seriously! The discussion got so loud that we had people who were sitting near us giving us their grilling tips. Luckily, one of those people sitting near us sent over shots for the guys and that made them forget about the grilling.

I would like to think that I can get through tomorrow without anyone fighting, but that probably won't happen. You see, I took a certain someone's shoes and left a ransom note in their place. If he ever wants to see those orange crocs again, he'll pay up! LOL!

Time for me to get some sleep, Enjoy your day!

Driving, mail & email

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Well, I was very proud of myself this morning. I remembered to go south to go north. Of course, that was after I couldn't remember where I parked the car. LOL! They're working on opening up express lanes on the south end of the interstate now. When that opens up I'll have to decide if I want to pay to come back home after work. The northbound lanes have spoiled me so I'll probably pay. LOL! Sadly, because of the higher traffic in the afternoons it will probably cost more than a quarter.

The Marks family sent us some more great postcards from England and
Alexandra sent a card with beautiful pictures of the Sussex area of England. Oh goodness, you guys in the UK are taking such good care of us! You're spoiling us rotten and we love it! Please, let us know if we can ever return the favor and send things from Miami.

Are you ready to work on Valentine things yet? April the Scrapaholic had got a beautiful set called Sweet Valentine at Scrap it Sassy. It's such a cool set. Here's a preview for you to see...



You can buy the whole kit or just the parts you think you'll use the most.

I have really got to start checking my junk mail folder more often. I've had some really cool emails land there instead of the main inbox. One of them contained this super cool tag that Dianna made for me. I just love it! She makes the best tags!



It's past my bedtime, so I must get some sleep. Enjoy your day!

Monday morning traffic

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They've made more changes on the interstate. Now, I can't get into the express lanes from my usual path to work. If I take the Macarthur Causeway to the interstate I can get into the express lanes. This is the road they always show in the movies and TV shows when they're having car chases. LOL! I actually live closer to this causeway than the one I usually take, but it's just always felt strange to go south so that I can go north.

This morning, I wasn't thinking and took my usual route to work. You know, the one where I go north. LOL! I was stuck in lanes with slow moving cars and people hitting their brakes for no reason. I looked over and saw the almost empty express lanes and wanted to cry. It is so worth paying the 25 cents to ride in those lanes! From now on, if I can remember, I will be doing a Christopher Columbus imitation and heading south to go north! LOL!

Today, we got a fantastic little package from Christine in England. She sent us some beautiful postcards and brochures. The funny part was that my friends and I were having so much fun looking at the brochures and planning to visit as many of the places during our trip to London as we can that we didn't hear the morning bell ring. Someone had to come into the office and ask if we were going to teach today. LOL! The kids were just as excited when they saw everything. They are loving the pictures of the English cottages!

Have you gone to Shel Belle Scraps to pick up today's portion of For the Boys? You'll get the second part of the elements today. I made another layout using the kit. Here's what it looks like...



I just love this kit and I'm having fun catching up on all of my school layouts.

Next week Shel is releasing a kit called 100 Days of School. I've been lucky enough to see it and have already started playing with it. Not only am I doing layouts, but I'm using the kit to make candy bar wrappers and water bottle labels for our celebration next week.

I need to get some sleep. Enjoy your day!

Such a fun day!

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I've been going through something very unpleasant but it's made me appreciate everyone in my life more. Life is just too short to spend it with people that want nothing but drama!

Tonight my friends and I went out to a local bar that was having a spelling bee. If you spelled your word wrong, you have to do a Jager shot. It was so funny to watch! I'm a horrible speller, so I knew better than to even think about participating. Besides, I have to work in the morning. LOL! Too bad my buddy, Orange Croc Guy didn't sit it out!

April the Scrapaholic has released a new Valentine Wedding Kit. It's an add on to her Seashore Wedding Kit and the colors are great. I used it to make one layout so far, but I'm sure I'll be using it for lots more. Here's what I did this afternoon...



April is also giving away some cute Valentine wordart on her blog.

I also wanted to share another layout I make using the For the Boys Kit from Shel Belle Scraps.



I love this kit and I'm so glad that I'm catching up with my school layouts. Every year it seems like I spend the week before the end of school trying to get them all done. Trust me, that's not a lot of fun!

OK, it's late and I need to get some sleep. Enjoy your day!