All That Scrap For Me

With just a little under 4 hours left in 2008, thought I'd take just a little bit of time to post the final blog of the year. I haven't had the time to devote to daily blogging and won't even begin to promise that in 2009. I'm hopeful for what 2009 has to offer and look forward to the possibilities. These are some of my New Years resolutions: - Develop a healthy lifestyle (will not say the same old "lose weight" or "follow a diet") - Decrease my "hobby" spending. With potential baby plans (depending on how the first resolution goes), we will need to have fundage for daycare. - Turn over the proverbial "new leaf" at work - better attitude, new organization, delegate and lose the "do it myself" attitude. I'm sure there will be more to come as I think about it. Not sure how I'm going to accomplish the above but I'm sure I'll figure it out somehow. Hope you all have a very Happy New Year!!

Totally stole this from another blog (he also stole from another blog LOL). Thought this was neat and wanted to do it too. A: Attached or Single ... Attached B: Best Friend ... Amy Witherspoon / Tracey Haynes / Jodi Bryson / Carol Gilbert (one never really only has ONE best friend but these are the few that I know would love me no matter what!) C: Cake or Pie ... Cake! D. Day of Choice ... Saturday E. Essential Item ... For everyday life, Chapstick (Blistex is the best for me!) F: Favorite Color ... Single color - Blue / Color combos - Brown/Pink, Brown/Teal G: Gummy bears or worms ... Worms - more bang for the buck :) H: Home town ... Simpsonville, S.C. I: Favorite Indulgence ... Scrapbooking Supplies J: Jan. or July ... Jan - I HATE SUMMER! K: Kids ... One day! L: Lemon in your tea ... Nope M: Marriage Date ... 11/17/01 N: Number or siblings ... 1 O: Oranges or Apples ... Oranges - love clementines! P: Phobias ... BIG TIME - Spiders! (as well as ALL OTHER crawly things) Q: Quotes ......

Howdy! I know it's been a long time since I've posted but at least I'm back for today. Work is keeping me super busy as I'm short staffed. Anyhoo, I thought it would be nice to post some of my recent crafty projects. I'm a member of the Greenville Scrappers and Stampers Sisterhood and have recently started an "Inchie" swap. We've had a lot of trouble getting folks to participate in anything which is very unfortunate since there are some wonderfully talented people in this group of almost 90 folks. Here are some inchie examples that I created. These are very basic but at least gave the group some ideas. I can't wait to see what everyone else creates! The other thing that I've completed lately is a cardholder for my mother in law. We celebrated a special occasion in her life recently and this was my little gift to her. I scrap-lifted this idea from Split Coast Stampers and made my own version. It was quite a little challenge but my MIL loved it...

Whew! What a crazy whirlwind the last week has been. My first stresser was finding out that one of my fav scrapbook stores (Scrapnesia) is in danger of shutting their doors. This economy is killing them and one of their partners has decided to sell her half of the store. They are having trouble finding a buyer with the way things are in the world. My second stresser has been work - I've had one of the gals that works for me turn in her notice (her last day is 11/21) and I've had some difficulty with some of my other staff that I'm not sure how it's going to iron out just yet. I am looking to hire an Accounting Assistant and get the pleasure of sorting through the ton of resumes I've started to receive. The worst part is, I'm going out of town on business tomorrow and won't be back until Friday evening so I won't get to start the resume sorting until Monday and then interviewing starting soon thereafter. Argh!! My third stresser is losing weight. Those of...

For those of you that know me, know that I would NEVER actually choose to go camping on purpose. However, I know my husband really enjoys it and thought I would step out of my comfort zone and make an attempt to learn about one of his passions. So, on the morning of November 1, I set out for my first camping trip (1 night only!). We went with some of our friends, Nick and Kristin. The deal is that I would go if Kristin went and we've been trying to find the perfect weekend for a year now (hmmm, intentional ya think? LOL). We were supposed to be up in Charlotte (going to Lake Wylie at the State Park) at 12:30 but had to go to the grocery store and buy food and get the truck packed up. Nick and Kristin were getting firewood ready and were also running behind. We ended up getting at the campsite at around 5:30 (this meant that I would actually only be "in nature" for roughly 18 hours LOL). After unloading everything at our two campsites, the first order of business was setti...

We had so much fun Halloween night handing out candy goodie bags to the neighborhood kids, trick or treating and hanging out with friends and family. Dan's parents, his brother (Dave) and his girlfriend (Amanda) and then the Haynes family were all able to come over this year for Halloween night. Tracy, Tracey, Mallory, Julia and me went trick or treating after dinner. Mallory looked so cute in her costume as Sharpay from the High School Musical (can't you tell she LOVES to have her picture taken?). Julia was adorable (as always) in her Alice in Wonderland costume and loves her daddy oh so much! I was so happy that they both got to come over and trick or treat - it was a close call for Mallory since she is so sick. Please keep her and her family in your prayers as they work to get her out of the hospital from being dehydrated so bad. She is such a wonderful little girl and has quite a bit of stress going on in her life right now. One day, if all things go well, she will have all...

For those of you that are dog owners, you'll appreciate this little story of mine. Before we went on vacation, our young Freckles was having to wear a doggie diaper. Well, it rubbed a little bitty spot on her hip a bit raw. We didn't think much of it as she would only be in the diaper a short time. Well, when she was finished with the torture of having to wear the diaper, we noticed that she started biting at the spot on her hip. Since it was the weekend, our vet wasn't open so I called them on Monday to schedule an appointment. The vet examined her and confirmed that it was a "hot spot" and gave her a shot of steroids and put her on a 10-day antibiotic. Well, because of the fact that she wouldn't leave the spot alone, the vet had to put a little cone on her head. Needless to say, she is not a happy camper as you can tell from these pictures. Am I terrible "Mommy" laughing at my poor puppy girl as she bonks her face on the back of the couch cushion ...

We all had so much fun carving our pumpkins for Halloween! Here's a picture of our handywork (it's a little blurry has my hubby was experimenting with the night feature of our camera but it's the best I got - ha ha). From left to right, Scarey Face - Brett's, Winking - Amy's, Headless Horseman - Angie's, Witch - Tracy, Bat on Pumpkin - Tracey's, Angry Face - Dan's. It was so nice to get to hang out with friends that we don't get to see on a regular basis.

So, I got out of my business meeting in Columbia today at 2:00 - a whole 2 hours early!! I was psyched as I really wanted to get back home. I've got so much stuff to do to get ready for tomorrow evening. We're having friends over to carve pumpkins ... I'm so excited!! So, when I got home, I cleaned the entire upstairs with the exception of the scrap room ... I even dusted which I HATE to do! So, I just finished the upstairs and start to head downstairs when Dan comes home. We went and got our pumpkins for tomorrow night and then went to Copper River Grill for dinner. However, they had a 60 minute wait and there was no way I waiting that long for that restaurant! So, we ended up going to the Peddler and waited for about 5 minutes - woo hoo! Anyway, once we got home, we both started working on getting the downstairs cleaned up. We're almost through but are taking a break to watch some stuff on Tivo so I decided to blog. One of the funniest shows on TV has got to be The Of...

Hello! I finally jumped on the blogging band wagon. I'll do my very best at blogging frequently but I'm not making any promises ;). I stay very busy working as the Chief Financial Officer for Greenville Heritage Federal Credit Union (GHFCU). In case you don't know what the difference between a Credit Union and a "BANK" (that's a four-letter word in my industry LOL) is, then where have you been?? ha ha ... In all seriousness, the three most important differences between the two are: 1) Credit Unions are member-owned meaning that you actually own a piece of the organization when you join - why does this matter? because you're likely to be seen as a person rather than as a "cost center"! 2) Credit Unions are not-for-profit - why is this important? allowing for better interest rates (both on the deposit AND loan areas), credit unions typically have fewer and smaller fees, and any profits that are made are distributed to the members in the form of div...