2-27-09

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2-26-09

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Natalie at the Oscars!

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Check out this picture of Heidi Klum at the Oscars. If you look to the left of her you'll see my friend Natalie smiling at the camera. Don't you think it was rude of Heidi to ruin Natalie's picture like that? LOL!



No phone call from George. BOO HOO! Natalie did run into Angelina Jolie in the bathroom and I asked why she didn't just give my phone number to her so she could pass it on to George. Natalie spoke to Angelina and apologized for taking up so much counter space but Angelina didn't say anything in response. RUDE! LOL!

I wanted to share another layout I made using April's Lucky Leprechaun Kit. Remember that the kit is on sell for only $3.00!



Today's the day you get to pick up the alphabet to go with Shel's White Chocolate Kit.

I'm not sure why you weren't able to leave comments yesterday, but I want to thank everyone that took the time to send me a "thank you" email. That was so nice of of you all! Hopefully, blogger has fixed the problem and you can leave comments today.

Coral Castle

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Have you ever heard of Coral Castle? It's in Homestead which is south of here and where I was born. It was built completely out of coral by one man using only hand tools that he made himself. This man was said to be only 5 feet tall and weighing in at about 100 pounds. He did most of his work at night and no one ever saw him doing any of it. There have been stories through the years about "aliens" building the castle and/or Ed having "supernatural powers". LOL!

The man who built the castle was 26 when his 16 year old girlfriend broke off their engagment. He left his home country of Lativia and eventually settled down in south Florida. He built the Coral Castle in hopes of winning her back, but it didn't work. She never saw the castle and he never married.

Do you remember the Billy Idol's song "Sweet Sixteen"? This story is the inspiration behind that song.

I used Shel's White Chocolate Kit to scrap some of my pictures from Coral Castle.



Ed didn't have a job, but he would give tours of the castle for 10 cents. The door says to ring the bell and there is also a sign there that says to "ring twice". It's said that if you only rang the bell once or if you rang it more than twice he would not open the door for you.



The Feast of Love table is a perfect heart shape and the plant that grows in the center is the original that Ed planted.

He built the twin beds for himself and his "Sweet Sixteen". There are also smaller beds for the children he hoped they would have.

Ed lived in the top part of the tower and kept his tools on the bottom level. For a man that owned ten acres of land he sure gave himself a very tiny living space. LOL!

Make sure you go by Shel's Blog to pick up the rest of the elements from this kit.

It's Monday again.

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Oh yuck, I hate Mondays! This should be a fun week though. On Friday we're having our 2nd annual Kinder Olpmpics. LOL! We decided to try this last year in honor of the real Olympics and the leap year. It was so much fun that we're doing it again.

By the way, last year I won the teacher sack race. After the race was over I noticed that my class wasn't cheering for me. One little girl looked at me and said, "You didn't fall down or anything." LOL!

I watched as much of the Oscars and the pre-show as I could hoping to see Natalie, but the cold medicine kicked in and I fell asleep. With my luck there was a great shot of her on the red carpet and I slept through it. LOL! SSSHHHH! If we don't tell her she'll never know! I just hope she's having fun.

Last week we were learning the letter "Z" so on Friday we made Zebra Shakes. It's just a vanilla shake with white and chocolate chips but it's good. I used Shel's White Chocolate Kit to scrap one of the pictures.



Make sure you visit Shel's Blog to pick up the first part of the elements for this kit.

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I'm just checking in quickly to post a request that I received from Toby. I felt bad about not getting this done earlier and wanted to post it for her now that it's done.

It's been a sad day

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I've been sad today. The grandmother of one of my students passed away early Saturday morning. They are a very close an amazing family. I had the big brother in my class a couple of years ago and now I have the little brother. I've gotten pretty close to this family and I am so sad for them.

Today I heard the story of how grandmom and pop-pop met. He was 10 and she was 5. He was best friends with her brother and played at their house alot. The boys would hold her hands and walk her to dance class for their mother. When they were teenagers he asked her out on a date and the rest is history. Pop-pop is really feeling lost without the woman that he has looked out for and loved since he was ten years old.

On a brighter note, Shel is giving away the papers for her new kit called White Chocolate on her blog. It's an adorable kit that that can be used for so many different photos. Here's the preview for you to see...



Here's a layout I made using the kit...



Oh and here's more sad news...STILL no call from George Clooney. LOL!