tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353620852012-01-29T15:03:23.021-05:00My take on life with a family, DIY home items, food,product reviews and giveawaysHippofatamushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07615189167174224932noreply@blogger.comBlogger971100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35362085.post-15612796451350181722011-09-08T12:25:00.002-04:002011-09-08T13:46:27.580-04:00

I am very blessed to have such an amazing circle of people that I connect, engage and interact with on Twitter. In fact it's not one circle it's many interconnecting circles. I have a circle of local people I know, people I've met at "tweet-ups", people I follow strictly for entrainment, a handful or celebs I follow, the PPD Army (women who have or survived Post-Partum depression, my cancer

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I want to introduce you to someone I follow on Twitter @BalanceMyLife and the woman I was tweeting with was Kenda, but the trio of ladies (Kenda, Kelly & Kerry) have got a pretty cool thing going on over at Balance My Life. Two main things I love about the site are; 1, they are Canadian! Yay! and 2, they are not just telling you how to balance your life, they are right there with you doing their

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Now that some chilly weather has hit us I am really feeling like the heart warming kind of meals that everyone craves when it's cold outside. Yesterday was a "Hearty Chili" that is perfect as a vegetarian chili, but we add a pound of lean ground beef to it. Today it was a flattened chicken rubbed with herbs, and roasted on a rack in a pan with baby carrots and baby red potatoes. Roo was home

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Dang, it's c-c-c-cold outside! And with the sudden drop in temperature I am feeling like jumping full swing into hearty comfort food. One of the things I love most about Autumn are the dinners I make! This is what's for dinner in my house. Or course I took a small sample for lunch! Hearty Vegetarian Chili 1 1/4 cups coarsely chopped onions 1 cup chopped sweet red pepper 1 cup chopped

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Today I have spent some time cleaning up the look of my blog. The design I had prior was all about eye candy, bright colours and whimsy. Have a look in case you don't remember (You had seen it right?) I wanted to tone it down a bit without loosing beauty. I have selected a few designs I really like and decided to start with this one. I'd really like your feedback, and feel free to be honest

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I have huge news! I am so excited I can hardly contain myself. Let me just get it over with: "She's Connected" is an exclusive conference with Canada's 200 top digitally connected women, and brands who want to connect with them. Some of you may have heard of it and other are probably thinking "huh?". This conference is a really big deal to me. I have so much to learn from the amazing section

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So in the last while we've had some changes. Aussie has graduated from middle school. He'll be moving to high school in September. I closed my eyes for what seems like a short moment and somewhere along the way he grew up on me. Did I mention he started his first summer job? He loves it! Finally feels a sense of freedom and responsibility to people other than family. The soon to be grad!

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Well I hit up a fairly new second hand shop in town. It's called Toys n' Style and believe me when I say the clothing is top notch. I didn't find much that was out of style. Most of the clothes seemed to be in great condition and very reasonably priced. I hope that doesn't change. Anyway, my fashionista was VERY happy with our finds, and more than willing to do a fashion show! She

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I love shopping but I don't love spending! So when I find a pricey look that I love, I try to recreate it from second hand shops or clearance bargains! This is the look I saw online and wanted to recreate for Roo. With the turtleneck, the cardi, the dress and tights the outfit was a buget busting $178: Only since Roo is only 3 I wanted to go for a slightly more fun and sassy version, and lose

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After dealing with having cancer for nearly 2 years, and losing my zest for life I am finally starting to see that I'm on my way back! I have interest again! Not necessarily in anything specific just in being alive in general. During my illness (which you can read about here: It's NOT the Good Kind), I had a complete loss of interest in everything. I know how this sounds, but yes, I even lost

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Yup sorry! YOU have just been Rick Roll'dhehehehehe

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Today hubs and Aussie went to the Auto Show and that left Miss Roo and I to our own girlie devices! Yay! So we started out at Cora's for a yummy breakfast! Thanks to Laurel of Opti-Mom fame, for the suggestion!It was PERFECT! Then we hit up !ndigo so Roo could indulge in some retail therapy! She got a gift card from our friends for her birthday and was excited that it meant a trip to the book

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. (albeit, a day late) Remember this post about having a big secret? Here is my big secret... I DID NOT FINISH SCHOOL. So who cares right!? Lots of people didn't finish college or university right! I am like a lot of people!!!! Ok well let me start again: I DID NOT FINISH HIGH SCHOOL. Yeah that got ya by surprise didn't it. You're horrified and shocked, right? Well I have told only a small

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So as you saw from this post I was in full on party prep mode. It's my secret, errr not so secret obsession. I loose all control and plan (what I think are) fantastic events. This year I said I would not go so crazy as I did last year. People will agree I was OVER THE TOP last year. Making EVERYTHING myself even the party hats were printed on cardstock, cut out, assembled and had ribbons added to

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Tomorrow Miss Roo turns three, and her party is a Reptile theme! While I can't show you ALL of the amazing stuff that will be going on I can show you a few things I've been working on. Here are a few photos! Don't forget to come back after the party is over to see the whole event in photos! Some of the items for the self serve candy bar Gummy kabobs that I made! Items for the DIY grab

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Lots of people have skeletons in their closets. I am no different. Mine's been hiding for almost 1.5 decades. People who were paying attention back in the day might know about it, but almost guaranteed they've forgotten by now. My family knows, though they're kind enough to at least pretend to forget to save my feelings. If I've met you in the last decade, chances aer you don't know this

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This is my girl, I'll add more photos to the bottom. I sit back and I think about the past 3 years regularly. Forget the terrible year struggling with severe PPD, my heart problems and forget that cancer ever came into my life. All that aside it's been a wonderful few years. The baby we longed for came into our lives on Feb 11th 2008. She came in a very rushed and scary way. Opting to get a

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Ok, so yesterday was THE BIG DAY!! Ok well not the actual big day, but the big day for me because I planned, prepared and hosted this shower. I was so excited to throw my sis a tea party themed wedding shower.  Rather than babble on about it I'll show you in pictures: Chai Tea Cupcakes from Dyana at I'm A Little Cupcake Lemon curd tartlets Devonshire Cream Fresh scones with

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My sister is getting married and I have been working on throwing her the most lovely shower I can manage on my budget. I have spent tonnes of time searching for trinkets and treasures to use for months. I am really happy with how it's all come together. Here are some photos of the decor:

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Miss Roo is two! Saturday was the big day. Her much anticipated par-tay! I worked really hard on this party. Mostly to keep the cost down, but also so it would be exactly as I wanted it for her. All that matters to her is spending time with her friends and our family. So that was the focus. I wish I had someone else to take pictures because then I would have had lots more. But I was so very busy

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Here are a few more photos of the things in the works for Roo's big party! This is a game I made out of a huge box. I painted a ladybug on it leaving spot for holes. Basically it will be like beanbag toss. I picked up a bunch of mens socks from the Dollar store and balled them up and the kids will toss them through the holes. (Though the hole had not yet been cut out in the pic). This is the

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The whole family has been sick for the past 3 weeks. It all started with Roo coming home with a coldthat got quite bad. Lot's of sleepless nights due to her cough. The next week she had just gotten back to school and she came home on the Friday with pink eye! Yuck... This wound up being spread to both Aussie and Hubby. Niiiiiice.... Week 3 brought us the joy of gastro intestinal issues. Ruari

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Next week miss Roo turns 2. I don't know where the time went but I need to start thinking about making her yearly slideshow. I made one last year to put in her keepsake box, photos of her first year put to song. I love it, but it makes me cry. She not a baby anymore she a little girl, and compared to her friends she looks so much older. I am not ready for her to grow up. Next week I'll post more

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Many of my readers know that I disapeared for a wile and whil I have eluded to the fact I have had some health issues I have up to now, chosen not to elaborate. However since I have had a few long term reader ask what's going on I thought I would just share this other side of my life. I have had a private blog going from the begining of my issues and have just made it public. If you want to know

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Normally I don't blog much about movies I've seen, but this one warranted it. I saw The Lovely Bones based on Alice Sebold's beautiful novel. The novel was one of my favorite books. It invoked many feelings in me and I found myself in the book sharing the feelings of Susie's family. I felt hatred, sadness, anger, outrage, pain, longing and so many other feelings as the family, along with susie,

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I have to admit that when I first decided to do everything myself (in terms of decor etc) I had no idea how much work would be involved. That being said I have really loved working on Ruari party. It's filled a lot of spare time, and occupied a brain that needs distraction. Having had a blow of bad news in my life recently it's nice to havethe party to look forward to and the planning to keep me

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Just thought I would share some of the goodies we've had recently. Both treats for the holidays and some simple dinners. I must say the cakes pop are my favorite, they are hard to eat because they are so beautiful!

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When I returned to blogging I decided it was high time for a fresh look. I changed it up completely. Out with the old blah black and blue layout I designed last year and in with something new and funky. I don't really have it in me to sit down to Photoshop and recreate another design (at least not right now) so in the mean time I am gonna have to go "shopping" for a premade theme. In the coming

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With Ruari's 2nd birthday quickly approaching, I am well into the chaotic party planning. I've made lists (and sub lists) and know exactly what needs to be done before the big day. Now I am throwing myself into the actual act of getting things done. First on the list has been to come up with the PERFECT invitation. Now granted I have seen a few cute ones on the Internet I was hell bent on making

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I have some time on my hands and it's been a really long year. Out with the old (2009) and in with the new (2010)I have some exciting things coming up in the next little while, one of which is the celebration of the birth of my kids. My youngest will be 2 in Feb, followed by my son who will enter his teen years in March (yikes!). Where has the time gone? I have spent the better part of this year

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I have spent alot of time with you all. Talking about my life and what's going on. Sometimes it's more like I am observing my life rather than living it. So until something really major happens I am taking a break. Just some time to breathe. Focus on my newly expanded family and just dive into life. I plan on getting much more social in my new community.Thanks to all my readers for being so

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Lol.. that probably sounds bad given I am far from old and neither is the person I am talking about. I have begun to realize that while I am married with kids now, my high school days should not be a thing of the past. No.. I am not going to try to act like a teen again, I am however making it a point to get together with old friends from back in those days. It started a few weeks ago with a

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Here is something I will be doing every Friday. Have you seen this before? I hope many of you will join me in this as I do it. If you decide to follow suit leave me your link so I can read YOUR fill-ins. Go here each Friday for the new fill-ins!1. Some relationships are meant to LAST FOREVER.2. NEIL YOUNG is the last concert I saw; it was TERRIBLE, EVEN THOUGH I LOVE HIM.3. Spring should be HERE

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So I have been the mother to a boy for 11 years. It has been truly wonderful. Made me adapt to the unique ways that boys behave. My son dresses for comfort. Sure, he went through a phase where he was dressing to impress the girls but that faded away very quickly. Though I am sure it will return at some point. He is very much a jeans and t-shirt kinda kid. A bit of a cross between skater and

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So today was Austin's 11th birthday. I can hardly believe it! 11 Years ago I was giving birth to him and now all these years later he finally has a sibling to share the fun with. Granted the age gap means they won't really grow up together, but her sure loves her already. She "gave" him his card. He wanted so badly for her to have some cake. I told him next year she can! 11

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Ruari: The name is pronounced like Rory, but is the Gaelic version of the name. It is also traditionally a boys name. However it was one that went with family heritage and was something both Chris and I loved. Now that we have that over with I will proceed with "The Story of Ruari": Ruari Alexis Thompson is 1 month and 5 days old as of today. The time has flown by so quickly. SO many people

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It's been a long time since I have scrap booked. I must say children make for excellent motivation. After perusing the net for some nice word art I found this site called Elegant Word Art. Bethany makes wonderful word art that can be used for so many projects. If you have a moment you really should go have a look. I know you'll love her hard work as much as I do.Here are a few of my most recent

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As many of you know one of my last posts was way back at the beginning of my much prayed for pregnancy. My family and I endured some VERY difficult times. I will not drag you all down by posting what went on but I will say that, our move out west was short lived. It was a very difficult time for us and we decided to come back to our roots and be near family at a time when we needed them most.

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Need I say more?

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I went in thinking they would be doing an ultrasound. I was so excited! It was a bit disappointing to find out that I have to wait until I am 20 weeks to have an ultrasound done. She doesn't see any sense in "burdening" the health care system with ultrasounds that are just to see a blob. Whatever. (I was crushed). Then she did an internal, Apparently I look pretty good inside (ewww) but then the

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This is one of those stories that has you laughing for years to come. It happened when I was about 13. My family had gone to pick apples and the next day my dad decided he would play Martha Stewart and bake some apple pies when my mom was at work. He peeled, sliced etc for hours prepping 4 pies. Just before he added the crust he decided to sprinkle some brown sugar all over the tops. This was at

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Austin had a HUGE breakdown last night. Cried all night and said he wanted to run away. He doesn't want to be here anymore and if we don't take him home he will'' find his own way" to get there himself basically threatening to run away. He has NEVER done anything like this at all. I sat up most of the night with a blanket so he couldn't get by me.. We reminded him that we're planning to go home

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Ok so I now completely understand the whole morning sickness thing. When I was pregnant with Austin I had it for 5 days and thought it was rough. I have now been sick for a few weeks non stop. I can't keep anything down and we can barely cook with out me getting ill. It has made from some really bland meals. I take pitty on my family who are suffering right along with me. We made a big decision

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It sure is strange being pregnant again. Unlike many moms, my kids will NOT be close in age. Fertilly issue have forced us to have a very large gap. Austin was born OVER A DECADE AGO! (Pick your jaw back up, that look is not becoming!) I know it's shocking but it's a fact. So being that Austin is 10 we've already been having "The Talks" for quite a while and he has sex ed in school. When we told

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I had to share the news with my family first but now that that's done I can spill my guts to you all too! The best way is to show you!Yes I am almost 9 weeks Pregnant! Those of you who have been reading my blog know that we have had fertility issues and have been trying for #2 for years. Finally we are expecting!!!! We're still working on letting it sink it. It's pretty surreal.Love,

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I am about to have some info confirmed or denied that with possibly change our lives.While I have to remain tight lipped about it for now. Say a little prayer or jsut send happy thoughts my way.... At any rate I will post about this info soon.Here are some things that have been on my mind...1.) Stay here or go home...2.) Continue with a mediocre career or go back to school...3.) Plan a trip home

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Wow, it has been a really really long time. 3 months since I stopped blogging. First as you all know we were given a decision to make about relocating on the other side of the country. It was a scary decision but one we knew our family was strong enough to withstand. Once we arrived here we had a spell of very bad luck. We were in a hotel for ages and just on June 1st did we finally move into

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Hi everyone, First of all I REALLY have to apologize for leaving things the way I did. Clearly not in a good frame of mind and then not posting at all for nearly a month.My official appology can be found HERE, you must go and take a look.I had decided I would take a week to just avoid all commitments and focus on myself. I was doing such a good job for almost the whole week. Then one day out of

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Sorry for not blogging. Not exactly sure what's up with me. I can't get motivated at all. I feel a bit "down", just a sense of "blah". We were all sick last week and I am not quite better yet. Probably hard for you to understand what I mean but normally I am always pretty upbeat and get a lot accomplished in a day. That has not been the case at all for the past 5 days or so. I literally had to

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I managed to accomplish everything I wanted. But I could not for the life of me find the tag that relates to the "Snipits Of Me" located at the top in pink. I want it gone but cant find the right code in html for it to remove it. I have no trouble over on Coleen Slims Down- where I did a total overhaul.Let me know what you think... the good the bad and the ugly.Love,ColeenXOXOXO

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I have managed to get my banner up there. Still have a few things to work out. I also fixed my title that appears in the very top of the browser bar.It now says: Snipits Of Me {Coleen Thompson}There is so much more I want to do, but I am taking baby steps...I have to head out for a bit. Something kind of exciting and new for me (I hope). I'll post more about that when I return.In the mean time

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It is 10:00 EST and I have begun playing with my template, so if you show up at this time. My appologies. Be patient with me all will be fnished soon. (I HOPE...)Love,ColeenXOXOXO

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I am desperate to redo my layout and give it a more "custom" feel. I have created my first EVER banner for the Title but I have no clue how to get it up there. Ladies with fancy shmancy blogs: can you help a fluffy gal out?Here's what I have.. It may be a bit "rustic" as it is my first attempt. Better yet, if any of you would like to toss your own creations into the ring perhaps you can be the

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How about some nice fluffy fun for Friday. I am going to try to start posting something silly or fun on Fridays. Something that is quick to do and gives your brain a break from thinking.Ok, now on to it....I urge you to go try this it takes just a minute or two. It's super fun and best of all it's neat to see who you look like. Go do it now and add it to your blog. Then come back and let me know

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Hey everyone! Okay, you have all seen what my scrap space looks like. For those of you who forget or didn't see it. Take a peak at my scrap space. It looks nice and every thing but the drawers are a different story everything is just kind of in there. Things are hard to find, you know what I mean right? Well, here's my question for you all. Right now I have some of my stuff in an old CM tote,

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I have lost my first 5 pounds! If interested see details here.Love,ColeenXOXOXO

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Recently a serious subject has been on my mind. The deployment of more US troops and how it effects our families at home.I have no friends or family oversees or even in the military at this time but I have a wonderful blog buddy named Jolene whose son is in the military. She is the reason I have been giving this so much thought. I love her to bits and she is truly a remarkable woman. Just like

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OK I haven't scrapped in ages. It is taking all my effort to not eat junk food. For more on that pop over to my Coleen Slims Down blog. The post there is very sincere and kind of lets you know how hard I am finding it. Anyway. The reason I set up the other blog is to keep all the diet stuff over there. I think there might be people who aren't interested in that so they can still come here with

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I used to weigh 130lbs but childbirth, marriage, take out, comfort food and laziness have brought me to this:I saw that I am precariously close to 250lbs. In fact I currently weigh 248lbs. I used to tell my husband to shoot me if I ever weighed 250lbs. What was I thinking. I don't want him to shoot me. I hope he really won't but to be on the safe side I have to drop way down to avoid it. I am

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This picture in no way represents how I felt the morning of January 2007. I swear I was good. Everyone makes and breaks their New Years resolutions so many people done even bother to make one. Well my friends (and family) I have one. It will be shocking and horrific. I will be baring all for my blogging "family" to see. It will be awful, scary and probably a nightmare. For those of you brave

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Well, I went home over New Years and it was wonderful. We actually managed to visit everyone we had planned on, and some even a couple of times. I even had a chance to cash in on my gift from my little sister, Shannon. She got me a pedicure! How sweet is that? Here's the proof. Sorry not the cutest feet but painted nails none the less.I got an amazing new digital camera from my dad which came as

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This is the most serious post I have written. It expresses a large dose of anger that almost borders on rage. If you read this you may feel that I am selfish, but please know that I just need a place to vent and this happens to be it.On our way out Boxing Day shopping around lunch time we saw a window blow out of an apartment and smoke start pouring out. Immediately my husband knew what to do, he

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Hello everyone.First I would like to say that I hope you all had a Merry Christmas, and lots of quality time with those you love. I have enjoyed this time more because of you all. Reading your blogs about your traditions and how you celebrate has given me so many ideas for next year.Second I would like to thank you all for your kind words regarding my sons crafts. His gifts to us were amazing and

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Hi everyone! Happy Christmas Eve! I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season and spending time with family and friend. Last night my best friend Julie and hubby John stopped by to exchange gifts and have a visit. We always have a nice time with them, and last night was no different. They gave me a a beautiful snowflake hairpin that matches perfectly with my snowflake drop necklace, an amazing

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Well, the big dinner is over at my house. It went off without a hitch! So golden brown and crispy on the outside. I hated to let Chris carve it! You're probably wondering why 2 days early... Well unfortunately in my line of work there is no closing, so we are open all the time. I work 3:00-11:00pm Christmas Eve, Christmas Day AND Boxing Day. Hmmm, not so nice but I have a huge chunk of time off

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Basic Grey's Magnetic Snaps:Have you seen these? Are they new? Am I not up with the trends?Why on earth can I not find them here in Canada?All of these questions need to be answered! But seriously these are so freaking amazing. I love them! I found out about these just yesterday and have been everywhere looking for them. Nope... no one here has them. I am going home to Toronto for New Year's so I

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Okay this has been a long week full of strange happenings. First of all thanks to every one who has been faithfully reading my blog for such a long time. I love that you all leave such wonderful comments. You all inspire me to come up with new projects. For all you lurkers (yup, I know you're out there) feel free to add your 2 cents every once in a while. In the new year I will be doing a great

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Not the greatest picture by any means but you get the idea. Everyone is posting tree pics so I figured I would follow the crowd and post mine too. Plus you can kind of see one of my projects on the shelf behind the tree.You can see them well when clicking on the picture and making them large but the jars were just plain ol' jars with a jelly type air freshener inside. Once they evaporated I

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Hi everyone. As promised I am posting a couple of pics of my latest project. An altered binder to contain Martha's 50 things everyone should know. I love the colour choice of the paper. Perfect for the intended recipient. The problem I have? It looks boring. Definitely something is missing. Maybe some doodling (I am so scared to try this). Anyone have a suggestion to give it that something

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So this weekend was really busy, we had Chris's X-mas party for work on Saturday night. It was at a lovely hotel, and the dinner was succulent. Here is the time line:1.) Cocktails: 5:00 2.) Plated 3 course dinner: 6:303.) Entertainment provided by the drunk people: immediately following dinner. 4.) I start to feel icky (have a bad chest cold) so I head up to our room for the night: 10:00pm.5.)

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Ok, so I have never been tagged before (thanks Tammie) so here goes:A – Attatched or Available: Very very attatched to hubby ChrisB - Best Friend: Julie & ShannonC - Cake or Pie: both (Greman Chocolate & Apple Pie)D - Drink of choice: On a night out Vanilla Vodka and Cranberry Juice.E - Essential Item(s) you use everyday: Computer, car & Martha Stewart (ok, she’s not and item but she is one of

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Here is a mini album I was working on for my Mom. Just a few quick pics of it. In total I think there are around 16 pages. I had a ton of fun making this one. I kept it simple as far as the layouts of the pages and the colour scheme was pretty basic. best of all it is purse size so she can show of her cute grandson from anywhere! All in I I love the way it turned out. Notice on the

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*Edited original post to add picture now that Blogger is functioning again.* I found the sweetest tote ever! It is a buttery looking faux leather, and comes in green black and yes PINK! I totally love it. I was all excited about it (since I need a new tote.) but I knew I shouldn't get my hopes up. It is not sold in Canada. I first found it online at Costco. So of course I skipped right over to

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We had our family photos done a while back. Although I did receive a few e-mails asking how they turned out, I never did share them so here are a few. Let me know which one you like best and why. I am really stuck on deciding on which one is my absolute favorite. Click and make 'em big so you can see them really well.The day was freezing and rainy. We were all shivering, even the photographer-

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Well, yesterday I made a trip to Michael's for adhesive. Somehow I managed to run out. (Shameful I know....) This has never happened to me before, I always have a backup. OK so now that I made my confession, I'll tell you what I was up to yesterday. I made some little Christmas gifts. Every year my son does a bunch of little things for family and friends. This year we made cute little jars of

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OK, there are so many great ideas I have seen for Christmas this year, so I thought I would share a couple that I am doing. These ones are Martha's. (She is the queen, and despite everything that has happened to her still my idle.) Oh and for those of you who already have the 30 things everyone should know. Today they are adding 20 more things!!! I can't wait. It has to do with one of the gifts I

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Well, obviously I have not been here, blogging daily... Life caught up with me finally. I have had a very busy few weeks. With Austin and all his recent homework (His Arctic habitat diorama among all the rest of it.) I quit my job after a rough couple of weeks. (I blogged about how inconsiderate they were when I was extremely ill.) I wasn't able to deal with the people who had treated me so

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This has been such a busy week. I have no idea where the time went. First it was Saturday and when I woke up this morning the calendar says Wednesday. Sheesh, I am wiped! OK so first thing is first. My son decided months ago he wanted to be Jason for Halloween, you know big murderous guy with a machete. All was fine with that, then a few weeks ago he decides he want to be a "PUNK" we go shopping

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Due to Blogger having a ton of outages lately I was not able to post the winner yesterday. However I have randomly drawn a name out of a hat. I typed each persons "name" on a slip of paper and had my son pull one out. It was, of course, randomly selected from all of the people who offered suggestions.The winner is:COLLEEN E. I had to change the prize because it was to large to ship safely so I

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Ok, so I am a bad blogger. I haven't posted since Thursday. My weekend was great. Thursday night I spent the evening with my best friend Julie, hearing all about her recent trip to The Netherlands and France (OMG she went to Paris and didn't go to Louis Vuitton!) Saturday was again spent hangin out with Julie, on and off. We went out shopping for a bit then got together later in the evening to

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These are the cutes sets of boxes I have EVER seen, so funky! Dare I say they look a bit like CBX paper! Am I right? At the moment they are all empty. I didn't really have an urgent need for them, but I am an impulse shopper... eeek! I couldn't decide which I liked best so in the cart they all went! No problem I can buy more scrap goodies to put in them.. (How twisted is that logic? C'mon admit

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Okay, so I have been really sick lately. Went to doc's last night and found out I have the flu AND pnemonia (sp?). Can it be any worse? So I have been home for a few days now, work is not liking me now, that's okay though because I am not liking them all that much now either. Imagine telling them I am off because I have pnemonia and they say "oh so is there not any way you can make it in?" Uhmm,

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So my best friend Julie has been gone for a couple weeks. Her and her hubby John went on a fabulous vacation to the Netherlands, they also skipped over to France for a quick stay in Paris. They went to see the Eiffel Tower. Wow! Is it just me or have there been a lot of people in France lately. Many people from the scrap world were there recently too. So John & Julie have just returned and I

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So I am still feeling lousy. Bad cough and horrible congestion. Keeps me from sleeping. The good news is the snow melted away and with it went the "Christmas is coming stress".Speaking of Christmas. It is with great sadness that I announce the death of Santa. His spirit will live on in millions of other gullible children around the world. My child however no longer believes in him and grilled me

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I have been feeling very much under the weather the past couple days. Very sick indeed. It snowed here yesterday. Looked outside last night and saw all these HUGE beautiful snowflakes falling from the dark sky. It was so pretty. The flakes were all twinkley in the moonlight. Today it melted away. Thank Goodness!!! I know, the way I described it sounded just lovely, but to be honest snow makes me

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So in a previous post, I complained about not having enough space. I currently have this. Not a big space, infact not even room for all my paper. I store my paper elsewhere at the moment. This is just where I keep my supplies etc. I actually do scrap at the dining room table. Arrrggg. So here are some of the photos of my space. This is a photo ofthe sign I made for the area. I love it, it says

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A while ago I was reading one of my favorite blogs, and I saw this amazing idea: Altered Binders. You take a regular binder (you know the type with the plastic cover) and you strip it of the plastic and redo it using your own supplies/paper. So I thought I would give it a shot, I must admit Amy's steps were amazing and she included pictures for each step. I couldn't have done it without her

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Please click the photoThis is my first Thanksgiving away from my extended family. Of course I have Chris & Austin to celebrate with but it seems strange with out my Mom, Dad & Sister. Almost like it's not "REALLY" Thanksgiving. Of course as we get older and our lives change, so does the way we spend our holidays. We can't always be "home" for the holidays. This is something I have to get used to

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So I am in love with some of the scrap rooms I have seen in my online travels. I have no extra space for a room of my own.. That will be coming very shortly though. In the meantime I use my diningroom table... Not enjoyable. In fact I almost resent working on my albums because I detest having to pack it all back up again to put it away. We will be moving in the next few months (that is the plan)

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Click to see this image larger This is my newest layout. It has actually taken me quite some time to complete. it was teedius but the end result is a "quilt" page full of memories. I had a blast thinking about all the things in my life as a child again. I can say that after doing this all by hand I wouldn't do another one like it. Just too time consuming.Drope me a line & let me know what YOU

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Austin came home with ANOTHER A+ today. Only this time it was in math. He is doing S much better here at his new school. If you could imagine the look on his face.. OMG!! I need to get a picture! Okay he's ready for bed, but I can convince him to throw his clothes back on for one quick pic... (Can you tell I scrap?)...... Okay all done. So I added a pic of him with it. So now you can see the look

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Top 10 Signs of a Scrapbook Addict:You're the only one at a social gathering yelling, "Just one more photo, folks; I don't have enough for a two-page spread! Photo split backs can be found in unusual places--school lunch bags, briefcases, pants pockets, the dog's/cat's water bowl. A regular sandwich is no longer acceptable--it must be cropped or cut with decorative edges. You try to claim your

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Okay, so in a previous post, I mentioned that we (hubby-Chris, son- Austin and I) moved to this cute little town from Toronto. One BIG HUGE reason for moving was Austin's education. We were really unhappy with his grades for grade 2 & 3. He was coming home so upset, completely frustrated and emotionally drained, every day. We forced the issue to go before a committee of experts who decide based

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I packed up and relocated my family several months ago and was scared to death it would be a bad move. I knew we needed to work less, have more time together and live without fear of letting our son go out to play. Recently a bunch of amazing things have happened to remind me that moving from Toronto was a good decision. Here are a couple of the really great ones.I park at a meter everyday at

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I was right... I do regret staying up so late... I am really feeling it now. Mornings are rough for me... Where's the coffee?

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Here I am still in front of the computer after a few hours. I swore I would head to bed at 11:00. I lied to myself... I got so engrossed in some of the blogs I read and found a new one that I added to my list. I feel as if there are never enough hours in the day to get things done and take some time for myself. Normally the "stuff for me" gets put off because I run out of time. Tonight I heard

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Wow, it seems everyone has a blog these days. So I figured the bandwagon looked safe enough to jump on. I plan to use this as a bit of an outlet. A place to get things down. Weather it be just to get them off my chest or a place to post my scrapbook stuff. Right now I take over the dining room table when I want to scrap. I would REALLY love a scraproom like the one I found today. This lady is

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