Paper

We've lived in this house for about 22 months now. We still have so much stuff we haven't unpacked. It's stuff we don't need on a daily or weekly basis. It's stuff from the past and who knows what else! But, I've been working on my stamping/scrapbooking room and have gotten some great shelving units and organizers. I've been sorting my scrapbook paper. Who knew I had about 2000 pieces of paper!? And, I just happen to know where a ton more is out in the garage. I've always been a paper lover. I've always loved to cut paper. As a child in the 70's I'd cut up the old Sears, Penny's and Montgomery Ward catalogs. I'd cut out a "dad" and a "mom" and lots of kids. I'd cut out furniture, clothes, the whole nine yards. Sometimes I'd glue these paper dolls and accessories in a scrapbook. Remember those old scrapbooks with construction paper-type pages? I still have mine, with all my fancy stuff glued in! lol
As a teenager, I cut tons of paper to make Friendship Books.
As a getting-closer-to-40 year old woman, I still cut paper! It's very therapeutic.
For me anyway. It drives my hubby nuts.;-)

Last Weekend

I tried out a new card "recipe" and had lots of fun making tons of Halloween and Thanksgiving cards while Fred....



...brought home a 2007 Chevy Silverado Crew Cab...just for the weekend. He had serious thoughts about leasing it, but decided against it in the end.

A few of my favorite things

Altered Box

Here's the front of a "Family Movie Night" box I made for a swapper friend. Her last name is Honkomp, so I spelled out her last name on the front of the box. The little white tag in the bottom left says Family Movie Night.

Here's one side of the box...a movie reel.

The top of the box says "What movie should we see??"

The white strip on the black paper says "Now Playing..." and the white strip of paper tucked inside says Admit One. There's an old movie camera and a film strip too.

Here's another side of the box.

I filled the inside of the box with Cracker Jack, popcorn and other movie favorites!

Day with a friend

A friend, Dawn, and I went to Indianapolis yesterday, just to get out of the house.
On the way down, we stopped at Michelle Young's house and we each bought a copy of the Brand New Stampin' Up! catalog!! YAY!! Their catalogs are going to come out twice a year now instead of once a year.
We ate at "On the Border" Mexican restaurant in Castleton and then hit our destination...Archiver's scrapbook store!!!! Woohoo!! You'd have thought we were at Disney World or something!!!
I'm not sure how many trips we made around the store, but we were in there for at least 2 hours!!
I came home with some new clear, single stamps...love it when you can buy those as singles/mini sets!! And $2 each!!
I got some yummy new Autumn papers, some fabulous vintage Christmas papers, stickers for pen pals, some plain chipboard coasters, etc.
I came home and got busy on some projects!! I made Thanksgiving coasters for a swap. I also finished up a "Movie Night" box for another swap. Fun!! I'll post pix soon!
Somedays, I just LoVe getting out of the house! =)

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Life

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.
--Diane Ackerman

Sept.19

I am one month & 2 days post-op and I went to the surgeon's office yesterday for a follow-up. He said I was a quick healer, doing great and didn't need to come back unless I had any future problems! YAY!
Last week, I got the results of my CAT scan of my sinuses. Turns out, I have to go see a surgeon about sinus surgery. Ugh! The surgeon I'll be seeing did my tonsillectomy when I was 26 and he's awesome, so I'll go and hear what he has to say, then decide about the surgery. I haven't heard very many good things about sinus surgery, so we'll see.
We had to turn on the furnace Sunday morning as it was in the low 40's but this week, it's near 90* everyday!! Fred hopes to finish sealing the driveway tomorrow.