This one's for Jessi :)

Jessi reminded me that my blog is lacking some update (shame on me LOL), so here it goes:

It's been busy to say the least! I was working a lot of hours in February - totally loving it tho - and made enough money to pay the mortgage and more - YAY me!! Made me feel so good I can't even tell ya. So, I decided to work 2 full days a week -and the rest half days. Fun stuff. I am soo lucky to have the work I have, I get treated very nicely, love the work I am doing and the people too. Now we also have full benefits - which just rocks. Got another little raise - BONUS! I am very thankful and blessed :)

My house is suffering tho - it ain't pretty :( Where are those little fairies that come at night and do the cleaning?

I asked Rob for a cleaning lady for christmas and because he figured we can't afford it, he made me a little coupon book with chores in it that he will do for me. And I am pulling them out now! I am using coupons for cleaning kitchen cupboards, living room windows, floors and fridge, so the whole front of the house is good looking and clean again :) LOVE coupon books.

Went to a local school fundraiser crop yesterday and had a lot of fun. Gotta love scrappin' and socializing for 12 hours straight. I accomplished 2 layouts and 3 cards.

Oh, and there was this CM lady there and I bought the circle cutter sytems thingi. I had asked for it for christmas, but didn't get it, because the lady hubby called was on vacation. So, I told the lady that yesterday and she said - that was me LOL. Apparently she called Rob back in the middle of January and he told her that she was too late now - WHAT??? So, I showed him and bought it myself LOL. Put it right on the VISA :) Oh yeah!

Anhow, here are the 2 layouts that I did yesterday.

If you have these Cosmo Cricket papers - use them - they rock. And the Daisy rub ons - LOVE them!! They rub on like butter and are so very pretty and versatile.

This one was so much fun :) The pics are of Margo and I on our way home from Hope last year and we posed like Elsie does. So, I thought I should do a freestyle kinda layout with it. Well, I still need some practise with the freestyle thang - but like I said, it was so much fun and I kinda like the way it turned out.

So, this got me thinking -how about a little ELSIE CONTEST????

Make an Elsie inspired freestyle layout, Email it to me and I will upload to my blog here. By the end of next week I will draw a name - I have some nice new ribbon and some other goodies to send out :)

Hope you are up for it and I can't wait to see whatcha got :)

Okay, we have layout #1 by Margo :) Thanks for giving it a try Margo - I think it looks fantastic - considering you are a 'ruler' kinda gal ;)

I got this from Jessi's blog and thought it was cool and very interesting; all the ones in green are the ones I have done:

1. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
2. Swam with dolphins
3. Climbed a mountain
4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
6. Held a tarantula
7. Taken a candle lit bath with someone
8. Said "I love you" and meant it
9. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa -almost LOL, we got there and it was closed for restoration.
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day - my gf and I used to do that when we were teens - it was hilarious LOL
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was shit faced - not sure what that means???? Okay, update - I did now that Margo told me what it means LOL.
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke - at home tho LOL
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Posed nude in front of strangers
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie7
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an expert
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Eaten fugu (pufferfish)
89. Had a one-night stand
90. Gone to Thailand
91. Bought a house
92. Been in a combat zone
93. Buried one/both of your parents
94. Been on a cruise ship
95. Spoken more than one language fluently
96. Performed in Rocky Horror Picture Show
97. Raised children (raising still)
98. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds (45.5 kilograms)
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Petted a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart
111. Ridden a bike
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol... does a pellet gun count??
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Petted a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
135. Selected one important author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone's life

So, if you like it, copy and put it on your blog :)

And, tomorrow is Show Time at Pick of the Patch - the March kit is the Making Memories Kraft paper and it RAWKS!!!! We, the DT are uploading our layouts tomorrow and I am looking forward of seeing what the other gals did with it.

So, that's it from me now, I am gonna go and do some more scrappin' and then I definitely will have to do some laundry and tidying. BLEH.

Have a good one :)