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Blog Candy!

| Published 6.04.2010

The drawing has closed. Our winner is....

Margaret!!!

I'll be in touch shortly (but in case you see this before I can contact you - please send me you address via my email address (in the side bar)). Thanks for playing everyone!!!!

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Howdy friends!
I've got two reasons to celebrate - my birthday is right around the corner and my first year blogiversary was June 1st! I can't believe it's been a year already - I guess time flies when you're having fun :)

To celebrate and to show a little appreciation to all my blogging friends, I'm offering up some BlOg CaNdY!!!

The blog candy includes;

Papertrey Ink Background Basics: Tin Types (one of my fav background sets)
Papertrey Ink 2010 Anniversary Stamp Set
Papertrey Ink Ripe Avacado Saddle Stitch ribbon
Papertrey Ink Spring vintage button mix

All you have to do to qualify for the blog candy is leave a comment here on this post on or before Thursday, June 10, 2010. I'll randomly select one winner on Friday. Only one comment per person please :)

Here at home, we've got a long awaited deck remodel happening. I CANNOT wait! Here's what our deck looks like now..

It's nice but this picture was taken in the evening when there's a little shade. Most of the day, it gets direct sunlight which means it gets HOT!!! My Canadian blood can't handle it :) So our new deck will have a screened-portion and a smaller, unscreened area for grilling, etc. I can't wait to be able to sit outside more! Even nicer still, the trees you see in the picture will be unharmed. Some of the bushes to the right of the existing deck may need to be moved, but it will be minimal. Sweet!
Here's day 1 - deconstruction....

Here's day 3 - getting framed...

I'm so darn excited :)

We also got our garden up and running (a couple of weeks ago now) - our first attempt at gardening :) Our next door neighbour is a landscaper and all-around-awesome plant guy and is sharing the garden with us in exchange for his knowledge and green thumb :) Here's Tracy getting the tomato plants all set up...

I LOVE homegrown tomatoes and am SO looking forward to tomato-y goodness :) We've also got green peppers, zucchini, squash, and cucumber - if they all continue to grow ok :) We got a bit of a late start and sadly didn't get lettuce in the ground in time.

Sorry for the long post - LOL! Just thought I'd share! Thanks so much for stopping by and be sure to leave a comment for the blog candy (if you haven't forgotten about the blog candy by the time you got to the end of my loooooong post :))!

TTFN,

Posted in blog candy, personal, pictures |

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

| Published 12.06.2009

It's really starting to seem Christmas-y - snow, music on the radio, decorations..... bring it on!

We just returned from a weekend in VA with family - it was so nice. Relaxing, great food, family and friends - what more can you ask for? On Saturday, there was a beautiful snowfall; actually about 6 inches of snow accumulation.

And, of course, we had to play a bit in the snow.... (picture shows Spencer, Freya and Dallas - he's proudly owned by my in laws)

Since the snow was a tad wet, this is what happens to pups with longer hair! The fun was worth the de-snowballing :)

This morning was even more incredible - the sun was out and all that snow was just pristine. How wonderful :) Days like this are completely life-affirming....

Since we don't get snow like this in East TN, we had to take the pups out to play some more. Being originally from Canada (Spencer) and the northern US (Freya), I think they miss the snow sometimes so I like to indulge them a bit on occasions such as this.

Dallas (above) seemed to really enjoy his first encounter with snow (he's only 11 months old and from TN). Ah, the simple joys :)

After arriving home, I decided to make a little card for the most recent Just Us Girls Challenge. It's a sketch challenge this week and, oh my goodness, please check out the DT's inspiration pieces if you haven't already - GORGEOUS!

*** Addendum - I was excited to realize that this card also qualifies for the Pile it On challenge this week which is to add glitter to a project :)

I cut the Christmas light bulbs with my cricut (Christmas cheer cart). I covered the surface with glue and added Martha Stewart glitter. I also added a touch of gold pen to the cardstock under the ribbon and above and below the sentiment. Very little stamping on this one.

I just love Christmas lights - my Dad always put up those large, mutlicolor bulbs on the exterior of the house. I still remember the glow coming through the window at night, gently illuminating the bedroom. There is still something just so comforting about that memory :) Love this time of year!

That's all for today. Hope you all had a great weekend! Thanks so much for stopping by!

TTFN,

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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated):
Stamps: Stocking prints (sentiment)

Ink: New leaf

Paper: Pure poppy, stamper's select white, plum pudding, DCWAV patterned paper and gold metallic paper
Other: cricut, Christmas cheer cartridge, new leaf ribbon, gold paint pen, rectangle nesties, glitter

Posted in Cards, dogs, JUGS challenge, pictures |

What a week!

| Published 11.06.2009

Wow - never, ever expected this to happen to us (of course, you rarely expect bad things to happen to you). I came home yesterday after work and found my back doors wide open. Took me a few seconds to realize we'd been the victims of burglary. My first thought was for the animals - one cat and dog were immediately visible; one dog and cat were "missing". I ran through the house calling for my wayward pets - the cat appeared. The dog, Spencer, did not. As I was heading outside to begin searching, through a window I saw him running across our yard - thank goodness. He was pretty happy, seemed fine (aside from being covered in cow poop :)) - hopefully he just had a good run for himself :) We lost a few items (portable electronics and my wedding/engagement rings) as well as my peace of mind - needless to say we've got a security company coming out for an estimate today. Sad thing is, we've talked about getting an alarm system for months - ahhhh, you live, you learn. All in all, the stuff is just stuff.... replaceable. Thanks goodness the animals are ok. The cats are strictly indoor cats and I'm so surprised they didn't make a run for it :)

So while I await the arrival of the security people, I've got a few pics to share. I was playing with my camera outside and snapped a few shots of the furry babes.

Sleepy Spencer...he loves his stuffed toys. How cute is that?