Cheerios for dinner...

...what a fabulous idea. Not ordinary Cheerios, mind you, but amazingly good, slightly sweetened, still totally crunchy, cinnamon Cheerios. So yummy. They might just be a nightly thing.

It's been slightly crazy this week. I worked 40 hours in 4 days. Wow. Good money, no sleep, but yay for that! Tomorrow I'm starting up again at Pulsar helping them out and then heading straight to TRH.

I'm also very excited that tomorrow is February...that means that it's the start of LOAD 212. I'm so overly NOT prepared for the month, but I'm excited. I remember how it went last year and how much I got done, how much I learned and how much I surprised myself. I can't wait for that feeling again this year! I also hope to update daily like I did last year. *Keeping fingers crossed*

This past week I also got back into the swing of things with throwing darts. I'm not as bad as I remember and although my arm is a little sore, it's so fun to get back into it. I'm gonna be in a league on Thursday nights at Lino's and I can't wait for that too. It's the little things in life.

Just a quick little update on life things...and more soon.

:)

So many things going on...

...so many, many things.

The concert that we went this past weekend was a.maz.ing. Hunter Hayes, Sara Evans and Rascal Flatts at Nationwide Arena.

Hunter Hayes is just absolutely phenomenal for only being 20 years old. He plays so many instruments and he dances and he does just a little bit of everything, so seeing him again was awesome.

Sara Evans is incredible live. I don't know that I've ever seen her live before and I was really impressed. She played a bunch of songs that I love...incredible.

Rascal Flatts was ... interesting. Ordinarily I love seeing them perform but this time they did more talking than singing and it was a little weird. They were still good, don't get me wrong, but they were just...I don't know. We still heard all our favorite songs and overall we enjoyed the show.

I'm sending the pictures to walgreens.com to get printed this week. I can't believe that February LOAD starts next week! I'm pretty excited and yet still somewhat nervous about not having enough pictures and topics to scrap. Lain never fails me in terms of inspiration. :)

I've uploaded some of the cards that I've made to my Flickr account for a couple different challenges [Doodlebug, Hero Arts, ScrapHappy] and it's always refreshing to get positive feedback.

There's a bunch of sites that I still need to get back to, especially Young Crafters Unite, Ali Edwards, Jennifer McGuire, Pinterest...so many. I love that CHA starts super soon and I can see all the cool things that are being released. So many, many ideas.

I'm done promising to post pictures tomorrow because apparently I am no good at that promise. And...my camera cord was/is mia for a few and my internet does have some severe issues. It took me about a gazillion tries to upload my cards to Flickr and I don't have fabulous patience. But...soon, soon I will try to get them all uploaded, or at least linked up.

Today's my only day off for a week or so...I'm working doubles all weekend [one of which I volunteered for] and then we have our employee party on Monday. I also am in contact with Deb from Pulsar so I wanna make sure that I have plenty of time to work on the crafty things. It's date night though...Grey's, Jersey Shore & my dude. Yay!

More updates...soon.

:)

Concert Numero Uno!

In one of my last posts of 2011 I mentioned that everyday I think of things that I want to mention in that day's blogpost and then life gets in the way and I forget and sometimes even forget to post.

So it has been this past week. I still have the pictures that need to be loaded [because apparently my internet hates me and likes to be difficult] of the fabulous cupcakes I made for Jon's birthday [although I think they are in a back post that just hasn't actually posted, I'll check on that later], I've got the new cupcakes I made for a friend this past week and then I've got some cards and pages for various challenges that I've got going on.

I can't wait to post them! But I will. I'm getting ready to head to Columbus for the first concert of the year with my favorite. Yay! You can bet that I'll have pictures and uploads tomorrow.

[Insert pinky promise here]

:)

Updates

One update that's not really "new" is that I'm officially sick. Red icky eyes, raging cough, and burning in the ears. So I voluntarily gave up my shift at work and spent the day watching movies, scouring Pinterest, planning art ideas and lounging on the couch. Hopefully I get better quick...cause I can't take any more of this crap.

All the photos that I took of my marvelous cupcakes are on my phone and my charger is downstairs and to be honest, I'm too lazy to go get it to upload them. Plus, I'm interested in finding a cool way to alter and edit the pictures. There are so many cool apps for the iPhone...which I don't have...and so I want to find something fun. I know there are some cool features through Flickr, but I haven't played with any of them. So long story short...I'll post them tomorrow.

In my January 1 post, I mentioned wanting to do the 11-11 project. The concept was take 11 photos on the 11th day of the month and then scrapbook them. This morning I got to thinking about this project and what I might photograph. Then I spent the majority of the day of the couch. Jon had proposed earlier in the month when I talked about this idea the idea of doing the same project, only on the 12th day of the month since it's 2012. I dismissed it because I kinda have a thing against even numbers because of the symmetry issue, but now I'm kinda digging his idea. So...tomorrow will be the first day of 12-12-12. [Thanks Jon!]

One thing that I re-discovered today is how many cool art ideas are "out there" and how I will never have enough time to see-try-play-do them all. There are so many things...ahhh I love it. I love the crafting and creative communities that I'm a part of.

On that note...I joined in a little swap from the ScrapHappy community for Valentine's Day cards. Each person participating is making three cards and then we are sending them to the people we are assigned. I'm looking forward to using up some of my Valentine's Day stash...plus rediscovering some of the stuff that I have in said stash.

Perhaps the most exciting news of the past two days is what I got for Jon for his birthday...[probably just as exciting for me as for him] are tickets to see Rascal Flatts, Sara Evans and Hunter Hayes in a little over a week in Columbus. It's the first show of the year...and I'm so pumped! We're gonna try and see if we can manage to see a country show every month this year. So far we've got January, February, March, July and August lined up. We're just waiting for the MegaTicket to be announced. Stay tuned.

For now...I think I'll watch some more pointless television/movies and lay low. Tomorrow = pictures, I swear.

:)

Happy Birthday to my favorite!

Happy Birthday to my favorite...I hope 32 is a great year for you Jon! Love you babe!

More details, photos and excitement to come after we celebrate!

:)

alaaaBAMA!

Let me just say that for the record, I love that Alabama is winning the BCS Title game against LSU right now. :)

Let me also say that I'd really like my voice to come back because I'd really like to be able to go back to work and make some money since once again tonight, they sent me home.

I was able to use my time [off] wisely and I made the cupcakes for Jon's birthday [tomorrow] and they look fantabulous. I haven't tried one yet, but I plan to post the recipe and photos tomorrow.

For now, I'm off to catch the second half of the game...and [silently] cheer!

:)

Squeaker

So Friday night I didn't work and I slept most of the evening which led me to feel a lot better yesterday. I did a double, made a ton of cash and felt close to decent.

I woke up today and you might think I'm a squeak toy for dogs. I have NO voice. None. Gone. I showed up to work and my kitchen boss called me "Squeaker" and they sent me home. Another day where I can't make any money. The sad thing is that I was really in the mood to work. The good news is that while I was at work I managed to pick up three shifts for next week so hopefully that'll help makeup for Friday night and missing today.

So since I've been home all afternoon I've watched some FRIENDS on dvd, I made a card and I took a nap. I don't feel much better and I still have no voice, even though I haven't talked to anyone. Hopefully it comes back before work tomorrow...keeping my fingers crossed.

I also took down my Christmas decorations today...[since I'm so already ready for Valentine's Day!] and that was surprisingly hard for me. I did realize that this is the last year that Matt and I will decorate together. While I'm ready [on so many levels] to move on, it's still hard. We divided up a lot of the mutual decorations and that was just one more step in making it "real" and while it sucks...I'm still grateful for the fact that we are still such good friends. It's hit or miss I think. Stay tuned for more details on my emotional status.

Fun news for the day is that I got mail in the form of Lawn Fawn stamps! So fun! I can't wait to create some new artistic masterpieces. Stay tuned for those too.

For now...I'm back to being a bum and trying to get over the squeaking.

:)