Today I scrapped, and other random things.....

I actually scrapped today, haven't had much mojo for scrapping lately, but today I did the Monthly Mystery Kit from The Scrapping Turtle, and I am quite happy how it turned out.  It is based off of this sketch by the fabulous Marissa. 

Tomorrow I am going to work on some of the other sketches from the online crop.

X-Weighted - update

Well so far I have lost 4 pounds, but have been working out quite a bit and feel great.  I have been doing a variety of workouts varying from the Wii fit, and the Wii active, as well as some DVD's I have at home.  This week I made it to the gym though, and that has really made a difference in my energy level, I do a longer cardio workout when I am there, because they have treadmills, elliptical machines, bikes etc.  I have been eating better by slowly cutting out the junk food, I didn't quit cold turkey because that would be a disaster I would probably end up with a huge migraine.  I went to see my friend and Homeopath Heather Caruso,   2 weeks ago and she gave me some advice on how to better regulate my blood sugar and protein, because I was feeling sluggish in the afternoons.  This will also help to build lean muscle.  I will keep you updated on how I am doing.

New Doors for the House

I am so excited, I went into Home Depot last week and found doors for 1/2 price, they were clearing them out to make way for a new display, so I bought 4, and John got started installing them this past weekend.  Here are a few pictures so far of the progress.  The first one shows the crack with daylight showing through, and when it is snowy outside we would have little snowdrifts at the bottom.  The second one is the old back door.  The third one is John bashing out the inside brick frame. We have a double brick house, and the inside layer was 1/2 inch smaller, so the door wouldn't fit unless he bashed it out, and it was a huge dusty mess.  and the fourth picture is the new back door installed.

Bye for now,
Shelley

Who Made This Mess???

I was thinking I would get some scrapping done tonight for the "Pass the Turtle Shell" game over at The Scrapping Turtle forum, but look at my scrap room.  I think I can see a small area of counter, maybe that will work!!!  Well better get started tidying it up so I can get to work, I need to get it back to Heather by tomorrow sometime.

Change.....

That is my word for 2010.  Over at the Scrapping Turtle forum, one of the members starts the new year with a word that will reflect the upcoming year.  She has challenged everyone to do the same, so I chose "Change".  I don't mean change my husband (although some days I might consider it!!) or family, I mean changes in my lifestyle (meaning I don't need the latest and greatest in scrapbook supplies, or electronic gadgets etc., this will be a tough one).  I need to change my eating habits and better handle on my health, I turned 43 on Tuesday and I need to start taking better care of myself before I begin to have age related health problems (I can not believe I just wrote that!!).  My house (inside and out) needs a good purging and refreshing.  I could do with a new hair style, it has been pretty much the same since ...... well a long time, I believe I got it cut really short when Hannah was born, almost 11 years ago.

So here is where I am starting.  I started The X-Weighted Challenge on this past Saturday and it goes for 26 weeks.  I don't need to lose a lot of weight according to the web site, but I really, really need to get in better physical shape.

I think, so far I have had a pretty good start, I have put in 2 hours of exercise this week, and feel extremely exhausted today, so I am taking my rest day today.  My eating still needs working on, I need to be better prepared when I have errands to do, and stop hitting a drive thru for coffee, or lunch, that will be my downfall.  With my birthday being on Tuesday, my friend came over with these little goodies

And of course I had to eat 1 or 2.  Restraint, I need to really practice restraint!!  I will keep you up to date on my journey

And now I am off to do a layout for a game going on at the forum called "Pass the Turtle Shell".  It is where you take a little something from the previous persons layout and make it your own, then it gets passed to the next person and so on.  This is the third month we have been doing it and it is a lot of fun.  I will post the layout I make once they are all revealed.

Have a great day!!!
Shelley

Back to Normal?

The kids have gone back to school, and John back to work, but I can't seem to get the house back to normal.  The tree is still up, although I did bring up the boxes!! Christmas gifts still need to go to their proper homes, and the laundry, well what can I say about the laundry, will it ever be caught up?

I have been trying to fight off the sneezing and sniffeling, but I think it has officially turned into a cold, because my head hurts today and I feel stuffed up now.  I feel like making some home-made chicken soup, but that would require going to the grocery store and I am not up to that right now, so I will open a can!!

I am however going to get out the crock pot and throw some left over steak, peppers, onions, and some teriyaki sauce to slow cook, so we can have fajitas for dinner.  Yummy.


I also want to show you what I did on Monday.

This is the Monthly Mystery Kit from The Scrapping Turtle.  I purchased this mystery bag of goodies, made a layout with it's contents and posted it for everyone to vote on a winner, here are the other layouts.

Thanks for looking.
Shelley

Share the Flame

This past Monday (Dec. 28), the Olympic Flame came through our little village so we had to go check it out. Monique and Hannah had already been to see it in Georgetown 2 weeks earlier, so they knew where the hand-off points were and we promptly found one so I could get some good pictures. A few minutes later the Coke and RBC entourage went by, to pump up the crowd, then the bus with the torch bearers stopped and let out the next runner. Monique quickly ran over to him and shouted at me to take a picture with the flame, I wasn't sure we were allowed to hi-jack his torch, but he handed it over to Monique and waited for me to take a picture.




I do not know who that is beside Hannah, when she saw me taking pictures, she came over and got in the shot, maybe she thought I was from the paper!!!

And here is when they were passing the flame for the next leg of its journey.


What a moving experience, if you happen to get the chance to see it happen, go, don't miss it, because we don't know when it will be happening next.