tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44988863566271528182024-03-23T11:14:10.644-07:00Million Dollar BabiesHillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-73757468927634902272008-10-09T15:36:00.000-07:002008-10-09T15:39:26.618-07:00Live Your Dream!!!Could you use a little extra money each month?<br /><br />Do you desire finacial freedom?<br /><br />email shmarvier@comcast.net to learn how you can LIVE YOUR DREAM!!!!!!!Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-47527913874483874042008-09-08T10:46:00.000-07:002008-09-08T11:04:26.494-07:00It's a sickness!!!!I am truly convinced volunteerism is a sickness!! I can't seem to stop volunteering for crap!!! OK, in the last month here is what I have volunteered for:<br /><br />Room Parent for Amelia's kindy class--this requires me coordinating all the room parties and correspondences with PTA.<br />Room Parent for Ty & Livs 1st grade class--same duties as above.<br />Room workshop volunteer in Amelias class on Tuesday mornings<br />Room Workshop volunteer in Ty & Livs class on Friday afternoons.<br />Classroom photographer for Amelia's class.<br />Co-Leader for Amelias Daisy Girl Scout troop.<br />Cookie Sales coordinator for Liv's Brownie troop.<br /><br />These added to the things I had previously volunteered for....<br />Making 150 wedding invitations for my cousin getting married Jan 30th , 2009.<br />Live/Silent Auction Chair person for a local non-profit organization raising money for breast cancer research--Auction being held Nov 8, 2008.<br />Building a website for my brother's custom autobody shop.<br /><br />All of this voluntewer stuff ON TOP of my already busy schedule.......<br />Emily ballet Friday mornings.<br />Tyler soccer practice Monday & Wednesdays with games every Saturday morning.<br />Tyler football practice every Tues & Thurs with a game every Saturday afternoon.<br />Amelia Daisy troop meeting every-other Friday afternoon.<br />Olivia Brownie meeting every-other Wednesday (opposite weeks of Amelia Daisy meetings.)<br />Doing the books for Steve's business.<br />Getting my own direct sales homebased business off the ground with business meetings every Tueday night.<br /><br /><br />And let's not forget the things that the kids want to add.........<br />Tyler wants to join Cub Scouts.<br />Olivia wants to play tennis.<br />Amelia wants to take cooking classes.<br />Emily wants to take Tap Dance classes.<br /><br />Oh, and don't let me forget I want to somehow find more time to devote to my scrapbooking and photography!!!!<br /><br />Seriously, I'm sick!!!!!!!Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-65734177152392832872008-09-03T14:46:00.001-07:002008-09-03T15:06:27.453-07:00The decisions we make.......This past weekend Steve and I headed to a family wedding 5 hours away, yep 5 hours of pure madness in the car with 4 kids. We had the typical "She's touching me!" and "She's being too loud!" and "How much longer?" and "Are we there yet?" conversations. Not to mention the "I'm hungry!" and "I'm thirsty!" and "I'm bored!" statements. Now I must admit I got EXTREMELY frustrated with the last three statements considering I packed each child a snack bag with various different snacks and each child had their own water bottle within their reach and to top it off I put together activity bags for EACH child with coloring books, crayons, books, white boards and white board pens, spiral notebooks and pens, sticker books with stickers PLUS we purchased brand new never before seen DVDs for the ride AND STILL I got the "I'm bored!" uuggghhhh, GOD BLESS AMERICA, I can't win with them!<br /><br />So moving onto the wedding......Thankfully my children were VERY well behaved and enjoyed themselves until we reached an hour past bedtime and Em began to meltdown which was our cue to leave.<br /><br />Before we could leave however DH's cousin (the groom) asked us to wait a few minutes because he had an annoucement to make. So we waited..............Cousin began by telling his assembled guest how he and his new wife met, how much they had in comin..blah, blah, blah...then he went on to talk about how we make decisions in life that at the time seem the correct one, but after further evaluation you discover that it really wasn't the best decision you could have made. He followed this statement with announcing that he and his new wife actually got married in January 2006!!! Needless to say this was met with utter silence for a minute or two, followed by the grooms mother making a comment about "wondering" why the bride had changed her name over a year ago. Then someone....I don't know who...said "We love you anyway." and clapping began.<br /><br />Now, in my opinion, I think this was something that should have been told to the bride and grooms parents privately either before or after the wedding and that it really didn't need to be mentioned to their entire assembly of guest. Again JUST MY OPINION!!Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-62165643377067187762008-08-22T12:42:00.001-07:002008-08-22T13:54:11.254-07:00Back to school, back to school.........Did you say that like Adam Sandler in Billy Madison???? I love that movie!!!<br /><br />We went <em></em>"back to school,back to school<em></em> on wednesday and everyone had a GREAT day!!!<br /><br />Amelia got the same kindergarten teacher Tyler and Liv had last year and Tyler and Livie got a teacher who taught kindy last year and who moved up to teach 1st this year. They are all very happy!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeF7CW08P80DZjGO1sgFDhf0K8ZCpflCsPLh5niGDnWu0bdiq8hK7Px-ynp2Auc182mBEemA6xt0VCkhQZ6Ec04TtwJs6LHy_XFeEq5UXNjP3FTFkDm_b99ze3wUOdJtjAQhk6bFgCA1U/s1600-h/IMG_0479.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeF7CW08P80DZjGO1sgFDhf0K8ZCpflCsPLh5niGDnWu0bdiq8hK7Px-ynp2Auc182mBEemA6xt0VCkhQZ6Ec04TtwJs6LHy_XFeEq5UXNjP3FTFkDm_b99ze3wUOdJtjAQhk6bFgCA1U/s400/IMG_0479.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237434352567084258" /></a><br />Big Kindergartner with her new bac-pac.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyvuKU_iviK6GoCZ1svmFWtHIYIH7_3hybZuCsAk0GV-DuaLy0uXjVWYtghLv6YKS4xwNlDHGEzKOFFuwSsBW030v8a-WTba8wXQ75c3kn6rTyy_pKaZdI18dYfpEQNHcpK4tjEJ5Izk/s1600-h/IMG_0483.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyvuKU_iviK6GoCZ1svmFWtHIYIH7_3hybZuCsAk0GV-DuaLy0uXjVWYtghLv6YKS4xwNlDHGEzKOFFuwSsBW030v8a-WTba8wXQ75c3kn6rTyy_pKaZdI18dYfpEQNHcpK4tjEJ5Izk/s400/IMG_0483.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237435172971672626" /></a><br />Does she look like a first grader!!!??<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRDX_5HajmaOd0McuUTRTygWntEYZfzlG7_HF4Dew642HPk5GHB8Z32qxU44Q74BMeMK2sSshG8HVNu-OLV42R3WJrrc2JGbGYTgYl54V6pkkDukgdO37f8fRk1aSYx3KzG5KCol8wRA/s1600-h/IMG_0489.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRDX_5HajmaOd0McuUTRTygWntEYZfzlG7_HF4Dew642HPk5GHB8Z32qxU44Q74BMeMK2sSshG8HVNu-OLV42R3WJrrc2JGbGYTgYl54V6pkkDukgdO37f8fRk1aSYx3KzG5KCol8wRA/s400/IMG_0489.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237435767927394066" /></a><br />OMG! Another first grader!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr880F4M1XrlQ-HAVORUyR_R5fCncCHz1kXDBs52Fs2A2S7ElSvX59ImuZf_AmMvI6HpaTspM5RCa42V9bRCq6Ca7-Ex8dlPKaCvY4TJ9PfXd1fcA-kWrKU69EKaokYbvK5iBSajS3sb8/s1600-h/IMG_0495.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr880F4M1XrlQ-HAVORUyR_R5fCncCHz1kXDBs52Fs2A2S7ElSvX59ImuZf_AmMvI6HpaTspM5RCa42V9bRCq6Ca7-Ex8dlPKaCvY4TJ9PfXd1fcA-kWrKU69EKaokYbvK5iBSajS3sb8/s400/IMG_0495.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237437880328713954" /></a><br />Heading into kindy class.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCLJJxsAbG7mfTdZQi5wWysUJc7JbmgrEDlOfr2eUKwC35WogkrrGx33-wLthzHCWaVCcEPAgVlWdLOp7WUYy8CUoR3ocByC7ohUAJiuye_aIOydy53LRMolEZHnWx19TreMdwSqVE-c/s1600-h/IMG_0497.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCLJJxsAbG7mfTdZQi5wWysUJc7JbmgrEDlOfr2eUKwC35WogkrrGx33-wLthzHCWaVCcEPAgVlWdLOp7WUYy8CUoR3ocByC7ohUAJiuye_aIOydy53LRMolEZHnWx19TreMdwSqVE-c/s400/IMG_0497.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237438604003208322" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2pcyqBp34hJXbZH37_8_J03bCFGt5mky_r4Mhf32jrZhpH8owvHk2dgrsJpHngojYscDTPucm3TNnua3YvhGjI5IzLHimz_rCn6ZBRjyUYs8-9gs5CrijHjPaH_LgqlliNCEqMVMptcY/s1600-h/IMG_0498.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2pcyqBp34hJXbZH37_8_J03bCFGt5mky_r4Mhf32jrZhpH8owvHk2dgrsJpHngojYscDTPucm3TNnua3YvhGjI5IzLHimz_rCn6ZBRjyUYs8-9gs5CrijHjPaH_LgqlliNCEqMVMptcY/s400/IMG_0498.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237442229363825842" /></a><br />Lined up for class.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqObrCB0MjT67DhvRShJkoft4xvuOWenAZFsfr1km4SnU516YWIJTWOdpNvV5rdU8he2DPcwaxMubsgzX8Wd2EnUpbCdnf4dKRNY7Mm77iM_oIUDlx6MTCJ9iwlIwr-pGUo8EFv06hQEA/s1600-h/IMG_0502.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqObrCB0MjT67DhvRShJkoft4xvuOWenAZFsfr1km4SnU516YWIJTWOdpNvV5rdU8he2DPcwaxMubsgzX8Wd2EnUpbCdnf4dKRNY7Mm77iM_oIUDlx6MTCJ9iwlIwr-pGUo8EFv06hQEA/s400/IMG_0502.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237443592079878146" /></a><br />End of the day.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVzMeBbh4awNjvHEmlkkfYI9UCWvMhiGRe2UGNpfvjZfhb1hoSFiOgF03NEZQy8aNqmFofO8pMycyjgSyQDDdvNudYMxViHhre0R5O2M0DEvYRNNdT9O5RgvFi8stCE8bJYaCM0IWDOkU/s1600-h/IMG_0504.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVzMeBbh4awNjvHEmlkkfYI9UCWvMhiGRe2UGNpfvjZfhb1hoSFiOgF03NEZQy8aNqmFofO8pMycyjgSyQDDdvNudYMxViHhre0R5O2M0DEvYRNNdT9O5RgvFi8stCE8bJYaCM0IWDOkU/s400/IMG_0504.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237446609343599634" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxdfgwUUIiTlDJAUq3OD5etrivpE8abOb5o_VnzgDKBDTUG8imNHPRE47M3QasFIGiFDaDxL5ikkjO6_gCw03h2nWlK8YPr2Dn0s_0Y9nRQv3eRYxHzzrrfSNc2F7Ipxq80BdZAoYVdw/s1600-h/IMG_0505.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxdfgwUUIiTlDJAUq3OD5etrivpE8abOb5o_VnzgDKBDTUG8imNHPRE47M3QasFIGiFDaDxL5ikkjO6_gCw03h2nWlK8YPr2Dn0s_0Y9nRQv3eRYxHzzrrfSNc2F7Ipxq80BdZAoYVdw/s400/IMG_0505.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237447060763177058" /></a><br />It's so strange for me taking pictures of my kids in front of the same school sign my mom took pictures of me in front of. Amelia is even in the same kindergarten classroom I was in 20+yrs ago!!! Don't even get me started on my 5th grade teacher now being the receptionist in the office and RECOGNIZING me when I came to turn in paperwork for the kids......CRAZY!!!!!!Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-56193877692528497142008-08-14T11:41:00.000-07:002008-08-14T14:15:38.521-07:00Summer Time FunAs our summer rolls to an end I reflect on the summer fun we've had.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixeizDSHLS7_vubxI9g1HCqa3woCPlkdpWtWFqkChKiKwFFXgXXS22E4Nrt012JRD1mwnT21V5IK0_Gq43Of6_g2jKGRWgSdvpABE2GNdAswXZEy6v65eQA1FLqbtuzAW3GWhyphenhypheneretnTo/s1600-h/IMG_9507.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixeizDSHLS7_vubxI9g1HCqa3woCPlkdpWtWFqkChKiKwFFXgXXS22E4Nrt012JRD1mwnT21V5IK0_Gq43Of6_g2jKGRWgSdvpABE2GNdAswXZEy6v65eQA1FLqbtuzAW3GWhyphenhypheneretnTo/s400/IMG_9507.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234446285981275890" /></a><br />We planted a garden with Daddy. Even though we planted late our garden has produced some very yummy tomatoes and snap peas, not to mention the GIGANTIC cucumbers currently growing!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5FX2na04Dj7IN7Ti51hq1JzH2vOn95g2oocu3o2czwDMu1Lr7TQpkZrMqHb8Ct8vhhTNpLg8HAMl88GvwfBObZpmCWRdNHMstaZJZV1JXA77UfYUpXmM5d5kvLDzYsjx11Y39unBMoo/s1600-h/IMG_9545.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5FX2na04Dj7IN7Ti51hq1JzH2vOn95g2oocu3o2czwDMu1Lr7TQpkZrMqHb8Ct8vhhTNpLg8HAMl88GvwfBObZpmCWRdNHMstaZJZV1JXA77UfYUpXmM5d5kvLDzYsjx11Y39unBMoo/s400/IMG_9545.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234447400674411634" /></a><br />We enjoyed the new rope swing Daddy made and hung from the tree in our front yard.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYrZ655FSht4mT3lfM2hwMKfoiLvNJ8xqtLz-sZTTuw-9W-oB03pN0hyphenhyphenRoVvJed-KdOO3dcM0EKO7R-cAe6aOEtcDFqfGu1Zc4gJ9HswbAy_HSTjxKFCOKSngoVkEyZvqcVhB3ZHohKU/s1600-h/IMG_9660.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYrZ655FSht4mT3lfM2hwMKfoiLvNJ8xqtLz-sZTTuw-9W-oB03pN0hyphenhyphenRoVvJed-KdOO3dcM0EKO7R-cAe6aOEtcDFqfGu1Zc4gJ9HswbAy_HSTjxKFCOKSngoVkEyZvqcVhB3ZHohKU/s400/IMG_9660.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234448304869324514" /></a><br />We helped Daddy wash the cars and had great fun getting Daddy wet in the process!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmEp6yFgYf1-kMto_YMoTt_FEku_ydSPVcqMK0ALml21FawWlNybXOaZLsNb1AwKBA2Hl_Hjvtf2Ipic0SkfWm-eFqCbCXm5TWbJMwJA4PxpSf7CHyuOEzjgqwVvXY-lA5RGW-d9BhKU/s1600-h/IMG_9582.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmEp6yFgYf1-kMto_YMoTt_FEku_ydSPVcqMK0ALml21FawWlNybXOaZLsNb1AwKBA2Hl_Hjvtf2Ipic0SkfWm-eFqCbCXm5TWbJMwJA4PxpSf7CHyuOEzjgqwVvXY-lA5RGW-d9BhKU/s400/IMG_9582.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234449123614597522" /></a><br />On somedays we just hung out.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgdrmuyffEtR3vtoDAdUyNW_8Y8bQF3XEUH7GLia8k-REUKgUmIspskTfiWn2N4UcEhjJsnl7uS_10ALEYHM4qRjQZzLSwW6dpqQiHIn-B3lpPcainxHwOOsPzRC0I0sljCZoyHXIA8E/s1600-h/IMG_9724.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgdrmuyffEtR3vtoDAdUyNW_8Y8bQF3XEUH7GLia8k-REUKgUmIspskTfiWn2N4UcEhjJsnl7uS_10ALEYHM4qRjQZzLSwW6dpqQiHIn-B3lpPcainxHwOOsPzRC0I0sljCZoyHXIA8E/s400/IMG_9724.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234449979994937042" /></a><br />We took swim lessons, now we have 4 little fish!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Crv5e_b_CmGXLJvAnMXaAtymux9r7izUGIaMsOrmp6y492Z7DDbk-Oec4InuCzIR7BkJPu39f4QoPdfZ_9S9CuN5Mg7cQ4nLEZ2VfCp_ePooV1_40XL8brl2DERpaqYf-IkjRkt5cOY/s1600-h/IMG_9768.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Crv5e_b_CmGXLJvAnMXaAtymux9r7izUGIaMsOrmp6y492Z7DDbk-Oec4InuCzIR7BkJPu39f4QoPdfZ_9S9CuN5Mg7cQ4nLEZ2VfCp_ePooV1_40XL8brl2DERpaqYf-IkjRkt5cOY/s400/IMG_9768.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234479818362916834" /></a><br />We went to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom EVERY week with our cousins.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3AJhOmD55CvusWDYvUlcM90Z_oPNhnSxmS68nHG1-mzRcPhH0Avk6aH38SyaeeeYLKBIr_heO4BkaiG_2aNEDxafGRqg9O9I2JhZew0sx0fJX1-BDUbjnlCz2l_qIStyiGSvv4iRD-I/s1600-h/IMG_0352.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3AJhOmD55CvusWDYvUlcM90Z_oPNhnSxmS68nHG1-mzRcPhH0Avk6aH38SyaeeeYLKBIr_heO4BkaiG_2aNEDxafGRqg9O9I2JhZew0sx0fJX1-BDUbjnlCz2l_qIStyiGSvv4iRD-I/s400/IMG_0352.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234480997386531426" /></a><br />We played dress-up and acted goofy.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7r8pRkZTdB-a2dFDokXaAJxYr88YhbNJ4nnYp2PPryMhQhs5aof2j7T3Wx25WKxFISzqjdP8GSqqBPGfKNyBhf36CO9f5OY3kxPR_bMOqBUGStGlLTfISCf7VDaYpUpbe0v7xdJ8GNY/s1600-h/IMG_0361.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7r8pRkZTdB-a2dFDokXaAJxYr88YhbNJ4nnYp2PPryMhQhs5aof2j7T3Wx25WKxFISzqjdP8GSqqBPGfKNyBhf36CO9f5OY3kxPR_bMOqBUGStGlLTfISCf7VDaYpUpbe0v7xdJ8GNY/s400/IMG_0361.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234481886860326706" /></a><br />We went for hikes.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjA4669cWUmNrwkwIO_M7k8R6-koWIs-TlrcSsDRIGYT0Te5IYT68Xq5kTu43TtlSgOtt-CjtSpU25XuJTJndCMrPjhabBzCCWPsYXDMFWWUdafmbKmXeHCGK2xPboIFgiGPMiK8d-eQ/s1600-h/IMG_9237.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjA4669cWUmNrwkwIO_M7k8R6-koWIs-TlrcSsDRIGYT0Te5IYT68Xq5kTu43TtlSgOtt-CjtSpU25XuJTJndCMrPjhabBzCCWPsYXDMFWWUdafmbKmXeHCGK2xPboIFgiGPMiK8d-eQ/s400/IMG_9237.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234482939982778706" /></a><br />We ran through the sprinkler.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfnsNFnti16NN_51kA7GOhK1oTouKzmIMkZg85wPPNVnCxHDf6L8g3mRjNQ1aetn9flVqOL_b7L1hp8PPE1bUL1wJ4aQ1QKyNvKlyBR-gDwNDjDFKen6ZNzr6wSepgtZoj7ReJEUMHFY/s1600-h/IMG_9240.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfnsNFnti16NN_51kA7GOhK1oTouKzmIMkZg85wPPNVnCxHDf6L8g3mRjNQ1aetn9flVqOL_b7L1hp8PPE1bUL1wJ4aQ1QKyNvKlyBR-gDwNDjDFKen6ZNzr6wSepgtZoj7ReJEUMHFY/s400/IMG_9240.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234483493158819010" /></a><br />We danced with umbrellas.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKERUeFYsx_KQWf5dZ8Y_rhwV6wtCJlZ_V4UzYJj3lmoeLqu1ADpl9jZKNlm3LcAPfckLsqeXxc2fac2xFzVlJODoTkJtd8F-NXtzXChWKH41632bbP8sqItpmoggJGX5Pz53hlCUr8-w/s1600-h/IMG_9267.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKERUeFYsx_KQWf5dZ8Y_rhwV6wtCJlZ_V4UzYJj3lmoeLqu1ADpl9jZKNlm3LcAPfckLsqeXxc2fac2xFzVlJODoTkJtd8F-NXtzXChWKH41632bbP8sqItpmoggJGX5Pz53hlCUr8-w/s400/IMG_9267.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234484149481559474" /></a><br />We drank from the sprinkler.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJRLoKJ7KmTDWQCjdstb5vzd3Qng05QvgHnCcJDES5sd_FbX9EgbYbKugsL2noEZiY6aTB9QzqAl__eZIueHfkiiSTxCziEmGpzxfH4hOzg8-0hqg1xy6M9CRK3cKtoWFdnX6j8bj2Og/s1600-h/IMG_0424.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJRLoKJ7KmTDWQCjdstb5vzd3Qng05QvgHnCcJDES5sd_FbX9EgbYbKugsL2noEZiY6aTB9QzqAl__eZIueHfkiiSTxCziEmGpzxfH4hOzg8-0hqg1xy6M9CRK3cKtoWFdnX6j8bj2Og/s400/IMG_0424.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234484809419568066" /></a><br />We got a new puppy.<br /><br /><br />Overall I think we had a really great summer.Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-10770289674401607162008-08-11T10:20:00.000-07:002008-08-11T11:08:15.690-07:00Mama Monday -- Daily Schedule/RoutineOne of my daily blog visits is to ">this blog. Every monday she does a post called "mama Monday". Today I decided to link to my blog because I LOVED the subject. For those that know me well know I'm all about schedules and routines!!!<br /><br />I am a SAHM to 4 kids and the bookeeper/office manager for my husbands homebased landscape construction co. my kids are twins almost 7, a daughter almost 6 and a daughter almost 4. Tyler & Olivia are in 1st grade fromn 8:25-2:45, Amelia is in kindergarten from 8:15-11:40 and Emily goes to preschool Tues & Thurs from 8:30-12:30.<br /><br />On Tues & Thurs while Emily is in preschool I aide in the other kids classrooms (Tues in Amelia's, Thurs in Tyler & Livs) On Fridays Emily spends the morning and early afternoon with grandma & grandpa...this is her special day. On Mondays grandma & grandpa pick-up Amelia from school and she spends the afternoon with them..this is her special day. On wednesday grandma & grandpa pick up the twins and they stay with them until after dinner...this is their special day.<br /><br />With those activities being said here is how are regular routine/schedule goes.....<br />times vary daily, but we ALWAYS do the same things in the same order.<br /><br />7:00-8:00am Wake-up, eat breakfast, shower, get dressed, make beds<br />8:00am head out to school<br />8:30am-10:00am Errands....Mondays are grocery day, Wednesday is random errand day and on Fridays I return back home and do the business books for the week.<br />10:00am-11:00am snack time & free play for Emily. If Em is playing well independantly, I check email, read blogs ect. Otherwise she and I play games, read ect.<br />11:00am-11:15 15 minute clean-up (I set the timer for 15 minutes and we pick-up until it buzzes, when the bell rings we are done even if things aren't completely cleaned up.)<br />11:15 we walk to pick up Amelia at school.<br />11:30-12:30 Our lunch hour. This includes the girls helping to prepare lunch and cleaning up after lunch..if we are home I ALWAYS make a hot lunch.<br />12:30- 1:00 TV time...they can watch one show.<br />1:00-1:30-2:00 Outside free play. During this time the girls can only play outside..inside is off-limits. We may go for a nature walk, go to the park or the girls just play in the yard.<br />1:30-2:30 art/craft time. I usually do some scrapbooking or we do a craft project together...some time these are on going projects that we work on everyday until we have a finished project.<br />2:30-2:45 15 minute cleasn-up time<br />2:45 we leave to pick up the twins at school.<br />3:00-3:30 snack time and TV time. One show only.<br />3:30-4:30 Free play. The kids can play inside or outside..the choice is theirs. During this time I'm making dinner preperations, returning phone calls, booking appointments for DH, doing some house cleaning...laundry, sweeping ect.<br />4:30-5:30 Homework time. The older kids work on their work from school and Emily works in activity books I have for her. If the older kids don't have homework sent from school I do some homeschooling fun activites with them that coincide with what they are learning in school and we do some reading.<br />5:30-6:00 DH usually gets home around this time. I start making dinner...usually with the girls helping me. They set the table, help with mixing ect. Unless they choose to play with Daddy. Tyler usually has free play with Daddy or he can watch TV.<br />6:00-6:15 15 minute clean-up time.<br />6:15-7:00 Dinner. We use dinner time to reconnect as a family and talk about our day.<br />7:00-7:30 We do dinner clean-up..everyone has to help.<br />7:30-8:00 Bedtime prep...bath, shower, brush teeth, get into jammies ect.<br />8:00-8:30 Into bed, story time, off to sleep.<br />8:30-11:00 Steve and I have our chat time, we watch TV or we work on the computer.<br />11:00 Bedtime for Steve and I. We always go to bed at the same time unless he is staying up late to work on a landscape plan or do a landcape quote.Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-70654461860877928242008-07-27T22:37:00.000-07:002008-07-27T22:42:45.558-07:00His name is Rio...........and he's the cutest puppy to grace our land!!! LOL!!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjp5jGW1EeuPqw6VAHHTNwDGHWpHQ3So-2IsXhSJ8xedhtVrK8gMwda6L8EH3MDM73ZNFBaj9doGeH9oJljPUNxhbuqfUcfbyYqcXdgz2DNq2Zg_qA_99G7oNcXWrYD4sgnIqQrStTlA/s1600-h/IMG_0430.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjp5jGW1EeuPqw6VAHHTNwDGHWpHQ3So-2IsXhSJ8xedhtVrK8gMwda6L8EH3MDM73ZNFBaj9doGeH9oJljPUNxhbuqfUcfbyYqcXdgz2DNq2Zg_qA_99G7oNcXWrYD4sgnIqQrStTlA/s400/IMG_0430.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227936103344100178" /></a><br />Yep, that's right, we bit the bullet and got a puppy! Ty and Liv are in heaven...Amelia and Em, not so much! Amelia will only come near him if he's being held by Steve or I and Emily hasn't gotten off the couch since he arrived home on Saturday. Poor kids...we must be horrible parents to bring in a puppy when 2 of our children are untterly TERRIFIED of dogs!!! Anyway....Isn't he just too darn cute!!!!!Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-58010891290686734852008-07-23T14:09:00.000-07:002008-07-23T14:17:24.067-07:00I'm so excited!!!!I recently became an Independant Representative for an awesome direct sales co. With this compnay I have the opportunity to offer a multitude of products and services...all without having to do "home parties"!!! I couldn't ask for a better business!!!<br /><br />Through my website <a href="www.fhtmus.com/hmarvier"></a> I can offer customers competetative rates on their cell phone service, their long distance carrier, their travel plans, home security, magazine subscriptions and many more. I offer True Essential Vitamins, Lamas Beauty products and discounts at online stores like Target.com, Staples.com, Lowes, Home Depot just to name a few!!!!<br /><br />Please take a moment to stop by my site and see what I have to offer YOU!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />www.fhtmus.com/hmarvierHillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-67080657699181768642008-07-07T16:41:00.000-07:002008-07-07T17:11:56.471-07:00Our 4th of July Celebrations<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSR_281Z_MxUF_VgaYDXaBmMDsokq3eQ-H53iBFYsBOaFHu975ZaJe5SjtPrP4cyAU80tyOn7uiTpH9Tq-fuF6Cd2lJCJ3Y1VCmt2ZJOtGIn304fJDBhMd6Mr8qa9LA-FCxvZP5UD8JJc/s1600-h/IMG_9774.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSR_281Z_MxUF_VgaYDXaBmMDsokq3eQ-H53iBFYsBOaFHu975ZaJe5SjtPrP4cyAU80tyOn7uiTpH9Tq-fuF6Cd2lJCJ3Y1VCmt2ZJOtGIn304fJDBhMd6Mr8qa9LA-FCxvZP5UD8JJc/s400/IMG_9774.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220427165998858978" /></a><br />This year the kids got to ride in our towns annual Fourth of July Parade with their cousins. My brother called us the night before to tell us he would be driving an old custom painted pick-up truck in the parade and he wanted all the kids to ride in the back.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWJjNu__PgYhLRAZk1C2WAnbV-6D__W1apE_wbXCgEGj37CEbng3kI7YIo8wn-rjOFJmTkX05KgprEdzJux-YkmI6QQc8cJQoFDZKb5P6yGOT6M7M5kUqiPHY71AyfHS0QP9IKV4tRZg/s1600-h/IMG_9775.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWJjNu__PgYhLRAZk1C2WAnbV-6D__W1apE_wbXCgEGj37CEbng3kI7YIo8wn-rjOFJmTkX05KgprEdzJux-YkmI6QQc8cJQoFDZKb5P6yGOT6M7M5kUqiPHY71AyfHS0QP9IKV4tRZg/s400/IMG_9775.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220427659177912594" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Y1iDXgJkNv_kJfKp2JGGsbYpKOF_HW6qqbCvLxNsM2Vgm5OYxTmz0lYoAX_YEZr7tWM_kyvUICu2NuXFr_H0ktGBxEi3O_X5Osr2-8aRDu5fSa-9b13eNd8tVDtPgyp0TgjWE_rEBqo/s1600-h/IMG_9777.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Y1iDXgJkNv_kJfKp2JGGsbYpKOF_HW6qqbCvLxNsM2Vgm5OYxTmz0lYoAX_YEZr7tWM_kyvUICu2NuXFr_H0ktGBxEi3O_X5Osr2-8aRDu5fSa-9b13eNd8tVDtPgyp0TgjWE_rEBqo/s400/IMG_9777.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220428168244056418" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqe0iE055YnlsREKRPqPJmU6cBBqcPXwvOIHTRjf59kHbqmQ-IQ8HNjVukyyAH_e2dcd0seQH9aHWOw3hbdU5L5kS6NADjsFtRo386Q4Mr89sIlWt76i6aswwkUuivhr67vyI1uof2aIc/s1600-h/IMG_9778.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqe0iE055YnlsREKRPqPJmU6cBBqcPXwvOIHTRjf59kHbqmQ-IQ8HNjVukyyAH_e2dcd0seQH9aHWOw3hbdU5L5kS6NADjsFtRo386Q4Mr89sIlWt76i6aswwkUuivhr67vyI1uof2aIc/s400/IMG_9778.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220428562185668626" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72mPiW3Bwg4wVZ7f8smDQQoXmFA9ifWVt_28RUGctcsOp3gxCAoym3FSOpOzYuuzmpDOapVdeE1oSpbMUQem315dEFAyPnBQWBKUl3NOTzKJdhRxccQAvunPXTgxFvo0PNbEr7NTSSkY/s1600-h/IMG_9780.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72mPiW3Bwg4wVZ7f8smDQQoXmFA9ifWVt_28RUGctcsOp3gxCAoym3FSOpOzYuuzmpDOapVdeE1oSpbMUQem315dEFAyPnBQWBKUl3NOTzKJdhRxccQAvunPXTgxFvo0PNbEr7NTSSkY/s400/IMG_9780.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220429174836862370" /></a><br />When we met Uncle Ted at the parade he told us an adult had to ride in the back with the kids, so I had to climb in and ride along. I have to admit it's a little unnerving to ride along having 100's of people stare and wave at you, but the kids LOVED it.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pUWaczuvyi9KzJhgwZdu275JdiUWRlIzW7mSAhNsTXRYbnhZCEFzk9m08uFocpdh3F4D_BX-lFw5diwhvHiEL75orMXEsM4zwdnBhH4OFsACgx3JXqDE1D5Y-dHmebp3wHcXFvrMSOo/s1600-h/IMG_9807.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pUWaczuvyi9KzJhgwZdu275JdiUWRlIzW7mSAhNsTXRYbnhZCEFzk9m08uFocpdh3F4D_BX-lFw5diwhvHiEL75orMXEsM4zwdnBhH4OFsACgx3JXqDE1D5Y-dHmebp3wHcXFvrMSOo/s400/IMG_9807.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220426442263792002" /></a><br /><br />After the parade we had just enough time to head home so I could make 24 cupcakes, a chocolate cake and two batches of brownies to bring to the BBQ at Auntie Traci's.<br /><br />At the BBQ we had a great time and starting at dusk we started doing fireworks. The kids had a TON of fun.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEP0GJ3wlOcice9J8beA3qTeJqTNlfAsYZpG4fJyGsYjv4vq6Yjyq6iJrLsTA8h7bPaVJfWACjZ9-Hf2dOiDI1gkjeSbbypZA6DViADBM4KCkIuXFCfKLbbiePWOOB1jZJ8QSCP4vHAko/s1600-h/IMG_9813.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEP0GJ3wlOcice9J8beA3qTeJqTNlfAsYZpG4fJyGsYjv4vq6Yjyq6iJrLsTA8h7bPaVJfWACjZ9-Hf2dOiDI1gkjeSbbypZA6DViADBM4KCkIuXFCfKLbbiePWOOB1jZJ8QSCP4vHAko/s400/IMG_9813.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220426003068281410" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgDkuywVN3yFOnsXkvY1V9JoLkyAWHyPZ8PexTGrYfi5FYoFnyoCmDaMpLCtQUYqZMKOsQUeR54XsQ2LGbItphyphenhyphen25jRi0Uc_kIjJFoFQQQuo1Ni7dV2Hq_9j5uSnnd_GYU5nOPpxgBAY/s1600-h/IMG_9816.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgDkuywVN3yFOnsXkvY1V9JoLkyAWHyPZ8PexTGrYfi5FYoFnyoCmDaMpLCtQUYqZMKOsQUeR54XsQ2LGbItphyphenhyphen25jRi0Uc_kIjJFoFQQQuo1Ni7dV2Hq_9j5uSnnd_GYU5nOPpxgBAY/s400/IMG_9816.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220425431342130258" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-fF5UFGwW4Gx5KRtO1W2dPasPeIcPZX_f6-UTv-42l-I7j8Xp9B97K_QqpAER9GKCQMGA5gEz-CEQCtnPk69j_dLbq2lg_JRwBuo-ep1UnONumh-HIZMELn04YmWTxliHzOgSv8RZxE/s1600-h/IMG_9838.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-fF5UFGwW4Gx5KRtO1W2dPasPeIcPZX_f6-UTv-42l-I7j8Xp9B97K_QqpAER9GKCQMGA5gEz-CEQCtnPk69j_dLbq2lg_JRwBuo-ep1UnONumh-HIZMELn04YmWTxliHzOgSv8RZxE/s400/IMG_9838.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220424817412314162" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNZ9kEQdAToHqI03OezxUvC9oKYjz84_AhI5BG5Ei9SC3J_cX-H0V7eh7rJhftF_U7qaRjR0Y80gFjltsGxn4I8ecI9q4wVKduABfYuWD2OiR7tA9YYnQFeRQ1l13wf8_eSb9-3ZjV_8/s1600-h/IMG_9840.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNZ9kEQdAToHqI03OezxUvC9oKYjz84_AhI5BG5Ei9SC3J_cX-H0V7eh7rJhftF_U7qaRjR0Y80gFjltsGxn4I8ecI9q4wVKduABfYuWD2OiR7tA9YYnQFeRQ1l13wf8_eSb9-3ZjV_8/s400/IMG_9840.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220424280181864306" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNB9yJEPO_gjoj7LUbaFfQt0U6XUJFyqxdZGzD5FBH5SIsOs0oik-3zAp5799leKgLtEBupO0ZWzYx0ze7sH_lHXzGRxm8jLR75ZJPINEztwdfUQvaiQ_OjHnodbIsSHut6TKgyhfYKY/s1600-h/IMG_9842.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNB9yJEPO_gjoj7LUbaFfQt0U6XUJFyqxdZGzD5FBH5SIsOs0oik-3zAp5799leKgLtEBupO0ZWzYx0ze7sH_lHXzGRxm8jLR75ZJPINEztwdfUQvaiQ_OjHnodbIsSHut6TKgyhfYKY/s400/IMG_9842.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220423751086337234" /></a><br />We didn't get home until after 11pm!!Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-20882653958318621642008-05-28T14:03:00.000-07:002008-05-28T14:33:40.566-07:00One year later..........A year ago I was sitting outside a Dell Webb hospital ICU with my family waiting for the doctors to sign-off on the removal of my Grandpa's life support. It had been a gruelling 5 days of ups and downs for our family and the decision to have him removed from his respirator was not an easy one....as if it ever would be!! You see, just one month prior my Grandpa was a strong, active fun loving 85yr old man who was looking forward to the upcoming marriage of one granddaughter and the expected delivery of great-grandchild #12. He went to the doctor for a routine physical and came away being diagnosed with lung cancer! Our entire family was in SHOCK!! He was given his treatment options.......do nothing, go through 6 months of chemo or have surgery to remove the spot. He opted for surgery, feeling it was the fastest way to be rid of the cancer so he could get bak to living his life. <br /><br />On May 15 he went in for the surgery and came out 100% cancer free. As a family we were ecstatic!! Then on May 19 he had a massive heart attack and was put on a respirator. My family flew to AZ on May 21 and over the next 5 days we slowly watched his life slip away.<br /><br />On May 26 I added another event to my list of "Most Meaningful Events" in my life. I watched my Grandpa take his last breath on earth. Yes, it was absolutely heart renching, but it was also extremely special. My Grandfather was surrounded by his wife of 63yrs, his 6 children and 8 of his 19 grandchildren. I was am extremely greatful that I was there for his last moments and I had the chance to tell him I loved him and to say "I'll be seeing you!!"........I refuse to say "Goodbye!!"<br /><br />One year ago I stood in a chapel in front of family, friends and my Grandfathers friends to deliver his euligy. I spoke of my love for him, his smile, his love of a good joke and most of all his love of his family and the dynasty an only child from a broken home built. <br /><br />My Grandfather was the patriarch of a family who adored him without question and who miss him everyday. So today, one year later, I'd like to share my Grandpa with you!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0b5HmIGzBeKYKTGNov3_NFoN-twfiNF2T2Mr245DoE9JHqL5KFV-ShKQHSrvvEmLzhhMtMoJzneyk2DVD55fVuG1pzGy3rzu9B1INWsUzwI5gzOBQ3iV1jxdzpO4a_gNfA8g1b600qLQ/s1600-h/pam+%26+grandpa.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0b5HmIGzBeKYKTGNov3_NFoN-twfiNF2T2Mr245DoE9JHqL5KFV-ShKQHSrvvEmLzhhMtMoJzneyk2DVD55fVuG1pzGy3rzu9B1INWsUzwI5gzOBQ3iV1jxdzpO4a_gNfA8g1b600qLQ/s400/pam+%26+grandpa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205544046635936066" /></a><br />Bart Bestor<br />August 15, 1921-May 26, 2007Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-18664637375801948732008-05-17T11:23:00.000-07:002008-05-17T11:38:56.359-07:00Father and DaughterA few weeks ago Steve and Amelia attended a Father-Daughter, Uncle-Niece, Granddaughter-Grandfather Dance at her preschool. They had dinner, dancing and cupcakes along with a boat load of fun!! Amelia was excited just to have her Daddy all to her self!!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheX9zABqwURVN_4hObwJF1ZVN150v6XGddarSr9cpRJGdhM3hgMVZAvA7rNw13osqIejuvnjqMTNVtHa44bqOEhx4Qmu1RQ1dhObCsWreD1Sr8RISk6eBeWlbs3ASf5aHMvvaRLAchJ9M/s1600-h/IMG_8756.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheX9zABqwURVN_4hObwJF1ZVN150v6XGddarSr9cpRJGdhM3hgMVZAvA7rNw13osqIejuvnjqMTNVtHa44bqOEhx4Qmu1RQ1dhObCsWreD1Sr8RISk6eBeWlbs3ASf5aHMvvaRLAchJ9M/s400/IMG_8756.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201416329667771698" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRUG_PIK4ELkcZwGKBUZ01cFgVL_DQ16wT7k3TDzKJS8oNviJJw_AOAyQfyXpj3p629vQwS1B6ecgwLOemf1U8BaiUgUV76a7l4AinIt6QRodQPx0n57l8pATUGSC4rGSuG3IEjwxVjQA/s1600-h/IMG_8753.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRUG_PIK4ELkcZwGKBUZ01cFgVL_DQ16wT7k3TDzKJS8oNviJJw_AOAyQfyXpj3p629vQwS1B6ecgwLOemf1U8BaiUgUV76a7l4AinIt6QRodQPx0n57l8pATUGSC4rGSuG3IEjwxVjQA/s400/IMG_8753.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201415603818298658" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzox-n0xYbV0kcyIv_M2NqjaW8fN9i_bJmADYg84WbRjTb94uhHSM3emnorV1y83UrjR-sslghbg8VaZpLqxzDYjW5ev577gl-X7yxzkvk6PlMPBxFRTMkRHSmyQ8M6HH7zRA37dfdFg/s1600-h/IMG_8760.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzox-n0xYbV0kcyIv_M2NqjaW8fN9i_bJmADYg84WbRjTb94uhHSM3emnorV1y83UrjR-sslghbg8VaZpLqxzDYjW5ev577gl-X7yxzkvk6PlMPBxFRTMkRHSmyQ8M6HH7zRA37dfdFg/s400/IMG_8760.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201415041177582866" /></a>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-5901903230385965172008-05-09T14:31:00.000-07:002008-05-09T14:53:33.025-07:00SF Giants vs. Cin. Reds<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvl95tBEkcC4Eiqt5T-IY9teupQzXOGZ6UTI_gjebfrgjgeLQc4PYl7-DUi0l4eFNYrTVH-xvr4q8Vjx3WfmWVXR7FFLUP2T1kaFqOwlWXxwc8Dve5EIPCb6QBO4OG5XVGzknLWDfBrWI/s1600-h/IMG_8890.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvl95tBEkcC4Eiqt5T-IY9teupQzXOGZ6UTI_gjebfrgjgeLQc4PYl7-DUi0l4eFNYrTVH-xvr4q8Vjx3WfmWVXR7FFLUP2T1kaFqOwlWXxwc8Dve5EIPCb6QBO4OG5XVGzknLWDfBrWI/s400/IMG_8890.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198499322968429010" /></a><br />A few weekends ago it was Little League Day at AT&T Park in San Francisco. 3 of our 4 kiddies play T-Ball and together with their Daddy and fellow team matres got to walk the feild and spend the day at the ball park. Everyone had a blast, even Em.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJfwHyRIleGeqRbfU7Y33-99fsYm56WXZS1sy4s1AM8tABIzbS6NyMW90gHB35xIF2M0GsYtNjKo4ts-gxDxtEGpjuiR_21Q_XlXZSxOd-CP_puiDFsThRZ1nXWu1EckF4kcztt7z6YA/s1600-h/IMG_8777.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJfwHyRIleGeqRbfU7Y33-99fsYm56WXZS1sy4s1AM8tABIzbS6NyMW90gHB35xIF2M0GsYtNjKo4ts-gxDxtEGpjuiR_21Q_XlXZSxOd-CP_puiDFsThRZ1nXWu1EckF4kcztt7z6YA/s400/IMG_8777.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198495551987143058" /></a><br />Team Owlz walking the field prior to game time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj95iQBA97q9neC75KW2-6iORQESZjvJFDqK2CtgdOidlEXhXo6OSIy4UgKq8HaLjrITZQ7t5G9h4mAbY_hx9-Nmjt9VIUrwN97OQkYjBKF_AsG1__uZQVFaePOes2rZO8er_euZAyQb8/s1600-h/IMG_8839.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj95iQBA97q9neC75KW2-6iORQESZjvJFDqK2CtgdOidlEXhXo6OSIy4UgKq8HaLjrITZQ7t5G9h4mAbY_hx9-Nmjt9VIUrwN97OQkYjBKF_AsG1__uZQVFaePOes2rZO8er_euZAyQb8/s400/IMG_8839.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198496329376223650" /></a><br />The Toothless Tilly Twins<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioSgII16LaHxnr5pKbhwmwxMF9BpjZ59-psfxCAnVa2AFPTUPDbFfS5YybLPB0kcZnU6W975A9ERn-w3fo2PAa1793vPrOfiPFwChkkwAsXbaIDIto3bnZT4WcBtX6TAkF7zgZLqPBJd4/s1600-h/IMG_8882.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioSgII16LaHxnr5pKbhwmwxMF9BpjZ59-psfxCAnVa2AFPTUPDbFfS5YybLPB0kcZnU6W975A9ERn-w3fo2PAa1793vPrOfiPFwChkkwAsXbaIDIto3bnZT4WcBtX6TAkF7zgZLqPBJd4/s400/IMG_8882.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198497338693538226" /></a><br />Our Kiddies.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuS3Lk9Cxsh_yftbOHpRj8LuJIS2kw_bHEmkNmo8PrJXSfAKrEo1OgzFpa37k1dFoo5uUEFoHyJuS24CBdLcOhRaib5EbmzlGM6NUZnt58KY3Z4f4Q4hdG5iw9EykQ2D9qX2A_b5gPulQ/s1600-h/IMG_8887.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuS3Lk9Cxsh_yftbOHpRj8LuJIS2kw_bHEmkNmo8PrJXSfAKrEo1OgzFpa37k1dFoo5uUEFoHyJuS24CBdLcOhRaib5EbmzlGM6NUZnt58KY3Z4f4Q4hdG5iw9EykQ2D9qX2A_b5gPulQ/s400/IMG_8887.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198498167622226370" /></a><br />Our Little Family. Amelia was pouting....why? We were never quite sure! LOL!!Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-13648331181925173122008-04-01T16:30:00.001-07:002008-04-01T16:34:21.428-07:00Here she is in action<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAemMK8r8R8mhnt6mnPP3toY8SCQRk9JYr5mF3bF9QxkeLDxy05UHKFBJAXFuZXA_ZypfNjTiqKKPoeNW0zY_4hLouwyz1X_qgTOk1Nvecin-BiNUbVZBu7j0fHdSDAwZWI4wr5KRDXGM/s1600-h/IMG_8329.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAemMK8r8R8mhnt6mnPP3toY8SCQRk9JYr5mF3bF9QxkeLDxy05UHKFBJAXFuZXA_ZypfNjTiqKKPoeNW0zY_4hLouwyz1X_qgTOk1Nvecin-BiNUbVZBu7j0fHdSDAwZWI4wr5KRDXGM/s400/IMG_8329.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184423974697904930" /></a><br /><br />I'm thinking this is a hobby she will pursue for many years....or even choose it as a career. Either that or Fashion Stylist/Designer. I post those pics another day!!Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-48790327568256732422008-03-25T10:05:00.000-07:002008-03-25T10:37:17.627-07:00Furture Photographer????<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi86jmzjLj5X8F1fQk4ERvAUzpQ46AUMuJ8phFLDUuewPZ6lQjWdEtstHGbmYU4AaNPuBKPixM6CdCYSOCg3Gn2f6R4VvXVfMBV_vSsmu-RUa210N89LuBgxyuciXc2j_-ZoDWMGSedfp4/s1600-h/IMG_2977.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi86jmzjLj5X8F1fQk4ERvAUzpQ46AUMuJ8phFLDUuewPZ6lQjWdEtstHGbmYU4AaNPuBKPixM6CdCYSOCg3Gn2f6R4VvXVfMBV_vSsmu-RUa210N89LuBgxyuciXc2j_-ZoDWMGSedfp4/s400/IMG_2977.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181733959371008786" /></a>The Photographer!<br />This last weekend my sister and I took the kids for a hike on Mt.Burdell. Olivia took PamPay's camera and went to town taking pictures. She had a HUGE smile on her face and kept saying "Mommy I really like taking pictures, this is fun!!" All of the pictures below were taken by Olivia (age 6)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLUHpfynyiQ9IISOi5fqH3fnxsdfbiuvd0L1lkIYxtEwDberK6Bio0lLx6q9EEjIPu1IDt2HhkGb1NqX5DqOYkXEqWcahqw7MKO-ujRbfbJf7qeJq6sQZvbIA33jV2rH13uxUj6LVNWw/s1600-h/IMG_3073.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLUHpfynyiQ9IISOi5fqH3fnxsdfbiuvd0L1lkIYxtEwDberK6Bio0lLx6q9EEjIPu1IDt2HhkGb1NqX5DqOYkXEqWcahqw7MKO-ujRbfbJf7qeJq6sQZvbIA33jV2rH13uxUj6LVNWw/s400/IMG_3073.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181731927851477762" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXIHqwYk9U3zpuNdQZJLDecjewwa7mXsTqeHZNBd6g-TWe09qnmGU0hC8zRto3v6_AXFj3O-YRdAopBOgLxCV9kjyO_dFqYIeKTpSlyeZkiv4ZZ3FqA5duoXHxDJbWtK5jmwRv5u2QZCQ/s1600-h/IMG_3064.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXIHqwYk9U3zpuNdQZJLDecjewwa7mXsTqeHZNBd6g-TWe09qnmGU0hC8zRto3v6_AXFj3O-YRdAopBOgLxCV9kjyO_dFqYIeKTpSlyeZkiv4ZZ3FqA5duoXHxDJbWtK5jmwRv5u2QZCQ/s400/IMG_3064.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181730059540703986" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUjen7mbeCKs1HDV2NdXpHSb5R8hsaU5rG_tmaXkm0GSLU1WXKJl2896tzYCrbImbIb5vKUiBqrJsw6zMmBlYz9xOlAYm1gsVj5IfsLIWiCZLtnjhgmp32QyiCDikwBfCgH3f1NcQqOQ/s1600-h/IMG_3056.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUjen7mbeCKs1HDV2NdXpHSb5R8hsaU5rG_tmaXkm0GSLU1WXKJl2896tzYCrbImbIb5vKUiBqrJsw6zMmBlYz9xOlAYm1gsVj5IfsLIWiCZLtnjhgmp32QyiCDikwBfCgH3f1NcQqOQ/s400/IMG_3056.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181728693741103842" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAnckqfJN_TNCc89M4JFWE3pz086V27uXftIvpHnfVDAkeSVY90YmTmy2_EJyf5BhW0shiVSZK-8XT6WRaCUlNPZBmVF7SPS7Ppi4yFiuomlcgRGiouTJ7s-KtOGUlBf-pC9_Z1Lr8sk/s1600-h/IMG_3045.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAnckqfJN_TNCc89M4JFWE3pz086V27uXftIvpHnfVDAkeSVY90YmTmy2_EJyf5BhW0shiVSZK-8XT6WRaCUlNPZBmVF7SPS7Ppi4yFiuomlcgRGiouTJ7s-KtOGUlBf-pC9_Z1Lr8sk/s400/IMG_3045.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181727693013723858" /></a>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-45484373187056248012008-03-24T12:57:00.000-07:002008-03-24T13:55:08.250-07:00Organization: FlowersI love flowers!!! I have to say, flowers were by far the most frustrating item to organize. As I've mentioned before I need my supplies to be portable. This system I came up with works really well, and leaves me room to "grow!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDp7-suUaaIc5F1kquZDP6fNXMZqDj0VXque1Xe_5rdAfGuRaR29bjOJaK7SZDB5rxTEEhPzf369xSwoitTb70aOTawwKbVBbwE1MtkWTHA-5MyyTYPoOGG3vXi6o6EvHld-RrdySe6bA/s1600-h/IMG_7919.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDp7-suUaaIc5F1kquZDP6fNXMZqDj0VXque1Xe_5rdAfGuRaR29bjOJaK7SZDB5rxTEEhPzf369xSwoitTb70aOTawwKbVBbwE1MtkWTHA-5MyyTYPoOGG3vXi6o6EvHld-RrdySe6bA/s400/IMG_7919.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181402027118504626" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisRu1DtOCnSRD0he9l1lGK5FQYsCTpfxXvUMkVv5_T9OIiIhy1HxiKl1JCAoupyAONnjEwp-HZb0ZLJG138yiwNsPOolEwU8ZeFx97EqchdwDSXvPGmLXmQ9wA3d-KzNaFqKPDoui9Sl8/s1600-h/IMG_7920.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisRu1DtOCnSRD0he9l1lGK5FQYsCTpfxXvUMkVv5_T9OIiIhy1HxiKl1JCAoupyAONnjEwp-HZb0ZLJG138yiwNsPOolEwU8ZeFx97EqchdwDSXvPGmLXmQ9wA3d-KzNaFqKPDoui9Sl8/s400/IMG_7920.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181401185304914594" /></a>First, I sorted my flowers by color, then I put like flowers together in small ziploc snack bags. In some cases I had a large amount of the flowers so I used sandwich bags.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrkW8NwL4SYgoWRONm_KoWMnlg9X52XAW33NmABu4CQLNGNuEWe3XmIkKC6kkepvIHAv5UbJnYDU3x4kOtt4zS7PGo0rgYKH36963_kjuiAYdU565cMoOUvoNUBosXamfOmkmMqH1mzU/s1600-h/IMG_7922.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrkW8NwL4SYgoWRONm_KoWMnlg9X52XAW33NmABu4CQLNGNuEWe3XmIkKC6kkepvIHAv5UbJnYDU3x4kOtt4zS7PGo0rgYKH36963_kjuiAYdU565cMoOUvoNUBosXamfOmkmMqH1mzU/s400/IMG_7922.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181411944197991106" /></a>Then I put all the smaller bags inside a 1gallon ziploc bag (with a zipper slide) marked with the color.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-dUv4kpnVxwbvlW3k4F-FlgOAlnd_Tu6pGcx5gqqoVCdFYlN-udaFRL1Mxe1KydliTXjmxDLyMX5_l845Ti7sTL_2rVV1dPy20HuxuU-fukXZX99ERFWS7AwhSz1wM4VlhY5WT3jVr8/s1600-h/IMG_7917.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-dUv4kpnVxwbvlW3k4F-FlgOAlnd_Tu6pGcx5gqqoVCdFYlN-udaFRL1Mxe1KydliTXjmxDLyMX5_l845Ti7sTL_2rVV1dPy20HuxuU-fukXZX99ERFWS7AwhSz1wM4VlhY5WT3jVr8/s400/IMG_7917.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181400510995049106" /></a>After I had all my flowers bags sorted, I folded the bottom of the 1 gallon bag over 1" at the bottom and secured with tape. Once all were taped I punched holes in the double fold and put them in a 5" Heavy Duty binder.<br /><br />Now when I pack for a crop all I need to grab is the binder, which fits easily in my Cropper Hopper XXL tote.Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-65216605830375183752008-03-21T19:46:00.000-07:002008-03-21T19:50:57.669-07:00Bodega Bay Scrappery RetreatHad a great weekend out at Bodega Bay for the Scrappery Retreat!! The house was great, the views were gorgeous and the company was a blast!! I loved every minute! I even got 24 pages done!!!<br /><br />I'll post pics soon!!!Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-25851036838229352382008-03-21T18:57:00.001-07:002008-03-21T19:57:58.373-07:00Bodega Bay Scrapbook Retreat<div></div> Scroll to very bottom of my blog to see a slide show of retreat pictures!Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-38251298725715001242008-03-10T14:37:00.001-07:002008-03-12T16:19:03.458-07:00Organization: RibbonIsn't ribbon sooo pretty!!! It looks so nice all crammed in a jar, huh?? Well I think so, but alas it just isn't functional for me. As I've said previously, I attend many crops a month and need my supplies portable. Here's my solution for all my ribbon.<br /><br /><div align="center">The first thing I did was sort my ribbon by color.</div><div align="center"><em>red,pink,orange,yellow,green, blue, purple, brown, gold, black, white, silver, multi</em></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghs7hNR-qyNdgW4lSE8yYOBmEMgWF5mo4zoF7ukv1RPdbESuYFbVZUR7CF64szibkVTel0IdCGEtt6BS3YreHUq34uCiiNgnw3EIj3IWRtd6Oe-ngpgu-IE1nbnjzjiJB1rOBzc9htKgw/s1600-h/IMG_7913.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176995294127412706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghs7hNR-qyNdgW4lSE8yYOBmEMgWF5mo4zoF7ukv1RPdbESuYFbVZUR7CF64szibkVTel0IdCGEtt6BS3YreHUq34uCiiNgnw3EIj3IWRtd6Oe-ngpgu-IE1nbnjzjiJB1rOBzc9htKgw/s400/IMG_7913.JPG" border="0" /></a> I cut foam core into 4x6 pieces</div><div align="center"><em>Foam core is available at any craft or office supply store. I happened to purchase mine at a local drug store.</em></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuUHGRr511gh3tDAPe2ZPSYLBqTrVsXUFK4vsAYC4Ncmc7iycFNQR0rzjlkTp25SnWCnvd2aua25PMTWr1zFzV8sjkj_5LEcDWPa03cEhU9Z6KFgxeZT-Y7qt-OuUpQsoWlJTqGxFBnI/s1600-h/IMG_7912.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176994791616239058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuUHGRr511gh3tDAPe2ZPSYLBqTrVsXUFK4vsAYC4Ncmc7iycFNQR0rzjlkTp25SnWCnvd2aua25PMTWr1zFzV8sjkj_5LEcDWPa03cEhU9Z6KFgxeZT-Y7qt-OuUpQsoWlJTqGxFBnI/s400/IMG_7912.JPG" border="0" /></a> I wrap each ribbon around the foam core, securing with tape.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKfOOOydib3ceF81wegu9DgfMc-Di10mHT92awl-gVWIWptDKHQq2OFz5r5oHzjB4hMl5QpKF8vByxvJWwuzZSvrZFH_jE-BRpzQgCEFUrmdk0WuxTNprROIxnwBFq7f83UnAodWK22VA/s1600-h/IMG_7911.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176992837406119346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKfOOOydib3ceF81wegu9DgfMc-Di10mHT92awl-gVWIWptDKHQq2OFz5r5oHzjB4hMl5QpKF8vByxvJWwuzZSvrZFH_jE-BRpzQgCEFUrmdk0WuxTNprROIxnwBFq7f83UnAodWK22VA/s400/IMG_7911.JPG" border="0" /></a> Then I put each foam core piece into a <a href="http://www.cropperhopper.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=407">Cropper Hopper Photo case</a>.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176232688324269410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAzJw3zyXVmTqZ0SMUu8RL-NaqJ9XRlo9R-QD5Of4L-IUBAbA3D2grKBCzQQUYw8u55L_dlF6CTrGQeLiqI3rRRhTzXuM2-3bCTD0Iuaik_WUKYylIW3r1coZU85esYOIPb_IhtVD2FrY/s400/IMG_7915.JPG" border="0" />For my smaller ribbon I roll it and place it in a small Cropper Hopper embellishment box with a small amount sticking out. The piece hanging out makes it easy to draw only what I need out.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ07xi2yPm-C4SV-RW22PEUR0hfQSE3UBK8cathFda9nLSmQp7NpEHPKDG2FcjxCYu_rpj49YIk48BPwz4bWd5hor2ujNYAANTSF-cIGaeBW0bBdZ3qSQMWrV9_pFHcVcrU0Uzq73MkC8/s1600-h/IMG_7914.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176234573814912370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ07xi2yPm-C4SV-RW22PEUR0hfQSE3UBK8cathFda9nLSmQp7NpEHPKDG2FcjxCYu_rpj49YIk48BPwz4bWd5hor2ujNYAANTSF-cIGaeBW0bBdZ3qSQMWrV9_pFHcVcrU0Uzq73MkC8/s400/IMG_7914.JPG" border="0" /></a>Then I place all the small embellishment boxes in a <a href="http://www.cropperhopper.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=413">Cropper Hopper Embellishment Case<br /></a><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DdxDNf51N7JubFYOefIzz7ekiFfgisHxuLxEJrTTa3WUU5e5-WB4WP0THjjwVxl6KdAp8n_Mt83_W9G0Ss4wTuhUNWpMMGmp3riLvUz_uzsmyMo3Osh37Tw3eY73isxwL8gLsi4oP8g/s1600-h/IMG_7916.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176231279574996290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DdxDNf51N7JubFYOefIzz7ekiFfgisHxuLxEJrTTa3WUU5e5-WB4WP0THjjwVxl6KdAp8n_Mt83_W9G0Ss4wTuhUNWpMMGmp3riLvUz_uzsmyMo3Osh37Tw3eY73isxwL8gLsi4oP8g/s400/IMG_7916.JPG" border="0" /></a>Now this is much more transportable then jars of ribbon dontcha think?? </div></div></div><br /></div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-18993120914507786422008-03-10T14:04:00.000-07:002008-03-10T14:34:03.151-07:00Organization: PaperI must admit....I'm a paper-aholic...I LOVE paper! I've been scrapping for nearly 11yrs, so you can only imagine what my paper supply looks like. Over the years I've sorted my paper a number of was, not always with much success, but I have FINALLY found a system that works for how I scrap!! <div><div><div> </div><div>First I sorted by theme. This work well for a while, but then my system of scrapping evolved and the themed catagories were no longer functional for me.</div><div> </div><div>Then I switched to sorting by manufacturer. This was a HUGE mistake for me. I found I could never find what I was looking for, or would go through 5-6 folders before finding it. Very frustrating!</div><br /><div align="center">Now I sort ALL my paper by prodominate color. What a time saver this has been for me!! When I scrap I always look at the colors in my photo before choosing my supplies. Now with my paper sorted by color finding a paper to go with my pictures is a breeze.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176227130636588338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-yuFMzrTa0YtfLGriMRA8X2a_fXOKncFyqpVhT6f8p6G-VbXszTcpLDQorfLc2QrkmgwZnA4zkfyyvLbAEaDhCoNNPtC_rZCb82Kwo4HdLQk7TxycoAYBDci4FX6XVQ2AmQ_Grmo7QU/s400/IMG_7907.JPG" border="0" /><em>Incase your wondering about the pink holders....I'll feature those in a furture post....stay tuned for details!!</em></div><div align="center"><br />I sort multi-colored papers, too busy to decide the prodominate color, together in a folder. Then I have the papers sorted in this order: red, pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, gold, black, white, silver. I have them stored in <a href="http://www.cropperhopper.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=361">Cropper Hopper verticle storage</a>, with patterned paper's first followed by cardstock.</div><br /><div>I store my paper scraps in <a href="http://www.cropperhopper.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=387">Cropper Hopper Sticker folders</a>. These are great little folders! They have 4 total pockets for sorting. 2 large 12x12 pockets and 2 smaller pockets. I sort py patterend paper and cardstock in the two bigger pockets and mixed and by size in the smaller pockets. These are stored in the CH verticle storage behind the cardstock.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176225515728885010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHybs7vvAQhaES43nAzkKsw-qX5F6yDTv8Pnj3MvJPMURa665FjhDytY2OkLnJUrXzsHPY6udKkxrbENoK3FXWshg_TwNqjM33SVX_vpa6JHcE37oe85UozqoAs-Htj_2I0p2bzK0Dgwk/s320/IMG_7909.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176226267348161826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCv2X2uz7nqsCa9pmlhZSx0g62ReDjTryPx0zRSLBSpvleJo3hVP2dpBj-xV8TwlTOj48oOkyM72cT6UOrRJuqJRd1sm9jc6VCt1GW5jIgP_7RLjCgmoJkhHiJ87p0znxDe0vUiFoLuc/s320/IMG_7908.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-2722990454861369662008-03-05T12:20:00.001-08:002008-03-05T13:31:38.514-08:00Organization: PhotosHeres how I organize my photos. I have found this method to work best for how I scrap. I scrap mostly by person. Each of my kids has a book for every year they are old. I also have specific vacation albums, sports albums, school albums and heritage albums. I DO NOT have "family" albums.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJt1GulLkdomvpYr8OzSSIK4MSKXYaoyMxmYMhUK2e9Kkzaw3PY_GeCnzaUbo759dPR5Xelvl6qDuTjR0N0EZ1-J5_HyVL4sZPNXvA02wgAxRuqmduY7HVXHsi-KA7Y6ZboQ0x-uiiris/s1600-h/IMG_7674.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174368546813371138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJt1GulLkdomvpYr8OzSSIK4MSKXYaoyMxmYMhUK2e9Kkzaw3PY_GeCnzaUbo759dPR5Xelvl6qDuTjR0N0EZ1-J5_HyVL4sZPNXvA02wgAxRuqmduY7HVXHsi-KA7Y6ZboQ0x-uiiris/s320/IMG_7674.JPG" border="0" /></a> Step One: I have ALL my photos developed at a local photo shop here in town. I have found their quality the best for me.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXc0Eu5YAbbWUr8qkVaKMS0NdUEanZBJDh9WiS1PTNUf2zT68ZpVl8tQdow_WqQrO0YoAC9ANbAFHcS1Sjh_fy6vAunHisT2yHUfHLxVbztY54izysDSN4vVL8suyqzwXzhoygrrsPLw/s1600-h/IMG_7681.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174368130201543410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXc0Eu5YAbbWUr8qkVaKMS0NdUEanZBJDh9WiS1PTNUf2zT68ZpVl8tQdow_WqQrO0YoAC9ANbAFHcS1Sjh_fy6vAunHisT2yHUfHLxVbztY54izysDSN4vVL8suyqzwXzhoygrrsPLw/s320/IMG_7681.JPG" border="0" /></a>Step Two: I sort the pictures by topic/subject <br /><em>Here I have the photos sorted by Our Ice Skating trip, Amelias 5th Birthday celebration, Amelia and Olivia Dancing and Amelia and Emily cuddling on the couch.</em><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4P2GsZpACOfai2feoPMyFi8KKXPAo_1x8kISsLlGTHju1p9i0aGbjmDjmaDDhfPMLdY1AWKvhNrKQhLzhaYIWeFyxcFYOk0G4wrcXOS0znnm_jGSn5Fys4mkVNqgYexnF6KHpU9_Nn0/s1600-h/IMG_7682.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174366717157302994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4P2GsZpACOfai2feoPMyFi8KKXPAo_1x8kISsLlGTHju1p9i0aGbjmDjmaDDhfPMLdY1AWKvhNrKQhLzhaYIWeFyxcFYOk0G4wrcXOS0znnm_jGSn5Fys4mkVNqgYexnF6KHpU9_Nn0/s320/IMG_7682.JPG" border="0" /></a>Step Three: I then sort each topic/subject by the person in the photo.<br /><em>Here I have sorted our Ice Skating pictures into three piles; one for Olivia, one for Amelia and one for Emily.</em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFVTokfRkqpRGpsNNMUld7O38NhjmQ8E9JO67HEsYX0MUuIrIAuymHdU9JW_J2S-JMuRK1bnuTyzmBQbj3schMW4FpjEAwijXQAVC4x3RNlo0z3TkWbvwlYUyy-zZx1dpfjwtfytMB_Q/s1600-h/IMG_7683.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174365836689007298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFVTokfRkqpRGpsNNMUld7O38NhjmQ8E9JO67HEsYX0MUuIrIAuymHdU9JW_J2S-JMuRK1bnuTyzmBQbj3schMW4FpjEAwijXQAVC4x3RNlo0z3TkWbvwlYUyy-zZx1dpfjwtfytMB_Q/s320/IMG_7683.JPG" border="0" /></a> Step Four: Once I have them sorted by person I do a rough draft of my journaling on a post-it note and stick it to the pictures.<br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZeoAZUM0hNhkOh0M773tz4TKJAXuvOXV_VZnFdX9hc2ZaDajVn6CFQjjjzgmHVD7kJ17zIC6KUxUpsaLLmPl8wfMpQLIF-0s9u6ON22xx0t6RzwF3y4XQrc_FHhYZ6wy4FEg6Z0m15ow/s1600-h/IMG_7684.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174365617645675186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZeoAZUM0hNhkOh0M773tz4TKJAXuvOXV_VZnFdX9hc2ZaDajVn6CFQjjjzgmHVD7kJ17zIC6KUxUpsaLLmPl8wfMpQLIF-0s9u6ON22xx0t6RzwF3y4XQrc_FHhYZ6wy4FEg6Z0m15ow/s320/IMG_7684.JPG" border="0" /></a> Step five: I label a tabbed index card with the month and year and the subject of the pictures.<em> I Use a small post-it note so I can reuse the index card</em>.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisCVs836PVh2-6Sz-2Flu4bEOFiSZKqVtjDy82vmFwtYiiOBgvpDfTZgs-5Jttio07LeWqnJMiQb0QadZp5yGLi45ELbHWLz1JxnSYWTDpqMARKLypw_v6syZyl8mqHMc8GnNkSHWP1rM/s1600-h/IMG_7678.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174364891796202146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisCVs836PVh2-6Sz-2Flu4bEOFiSZKqVtjDy82vmFwtYiiOBgvpDfTZgs-5Jttio07LeWqnJMiQb0QadZp5yGLi45ELbHWLz1JxnSYWTDpqMARKLypw_v6syZyl8mqHMc8GnNkSHWP1rM/s320/IMG_7678.JPG" border="0" /></a>Step Six: I put all the pictures in chronological order by month and year into Cropper Hopper Photo cases.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gWfaD0s_Zq_YOvYCdb9crd0xgjkNdzJuR9kYaJs5Re7g_5V6hgZXPLcZ1cEpxbfo-8GF5K4KuepjeFeCDNOpAvDiLYzmL-fLhwJpWff-mKJTQ70tZkJkq36isRGvEz4zJZ9alM6fRL4/s1600-h/IMG_7677.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174364543903851154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gWfaD0s_Zq_YOvYCdb9crd0xgjkNdzJuR9kYaJs5Re7g_5V6hgZXPLcZ1cEpxbfo-8GF5K4KuepjeFeCDNOpAvDiLYzmL-fLhwJpWff-mKJTQ70tZkJkq36isRGvEz4zJZ9alM6fRL4/s320/IMG_7677.JPG" border="0" /></a>Step Seven: I have a large Cropper Hopper Photo Storage case for each child. All there pictures are stored here.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXHGAQbHF5ksS19BXC6LQeT5M-FBU27v4LJyt1bT-O0pQlewPF1wckA_wWlA9_JFKJhsdyvi1QXiqjcE-L3zrUw2_zaghJM5Xl4xUesu6iNgRo79XdBV2i0WPBWrk0p2Kh9Vcts8LZ8Fw/s1600-h/IMG_7675.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174362267571184242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXHGAQbHF5ksS19BXC6LQeT5M-FBU27v4LJyt1bT-O0pQlewPF1wckA_wWlA9_JFKJhsdyvi1QXiqjcE-L3zrUw2_zaghJM5Xl4xUesu6iNgRo79XdBV2i0WPBWrk0p2Kh9Vcts8LZ8Fw/s320/IMG_7675.JPG" border="0" /></a> INDEX PRINTS: I used to keep these just tossed in a box, but found it was just a big mess. Now I have them in albums with photo sleeves.<br /></div><div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdnmeHSO0zx4_AzhbWSjEnlljLEasUJjJHLpyrtlWU7ei7whtDXFUSWFMb81vT2KIZgHA08CWLvDNUtAYpYUBf1OoA0TMvyOihSggeOP8vEhAouhH0-aUTapVDnm1ZhUvKAK9dSC9c6pI/s1600-h/IMG_7685.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174361576081449570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdnmeHSO0zx4_AzhbWSjEnlljLEasUJjJHLpyrtlWU7ei7whtDXFUSWFMb81vT2KIZgHA08CWLvDNUtAYpYUBf1OoA0TMvyOihSggeOP8vEhAouhH0-aUTapVDnm1ZhUvKAK9dSC9c6pI/s320/IMG_7685.JPG" border="0" /></a> I slip the index prints in the photo sleeve in chronological order.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3O15EkNuA7m2xNFr_GHCIywd8auokA788ihrazSXSBXeCggnzEfvKA6Dfn-Um_L1bAi7kmqVtlIXnyI5lD4AfO3QVR5gMjH8xN7wJHLrNRje9I3Sa2CZVmNxoCilAQjUBf1MyWTC6kVQ/s1600-h/IMG_7686.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174361180944458322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3O15EkNuA7m2xNFr_GHCIywd8auokA788ihrazSXSBXeCggnzEfvKA6Dfn-Um_L1bAi7kmqVtlIXnyI5lD4AfO3QVR5gMjH8xN7wJHLrNRje9I3Sa2CZVmNxoCilAQjUBf1MyWTC6kVQ/s320/IMG_7686.JPG" border="0" /></a> I purchased these albums at Micheals.<br /><br /><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lykUVE_1b62sdEKaXiiCazZWF9OOJc7HsI2GndWKzfYnCETmUSSB-f9phnyTQ7H7mo4njmXI8-QSuiFJEqu6mJ3AFyukSFXio_nvfCmQd8kLuRwYkAgxtUfoFt_XW1Jv2eBp3rIBBnw/s1600-h/IMG_7676.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174360081432830530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lykUVE_1b62sdEKaXiiCazZWF9OOJc7HsI2GndWKzfYnCETmUSSB-f9phnyTQ7H7mo4njmXI8-QSuiFJEqu6mJ3AFyukSFXio_nvfCmQd8kLuRwYkAgxtUfoFt_XW1Jv2eBp3rIBBnw/s320/IMG_7676.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_6Clmc1PjrTWpmCWLgP693E9KuS5SqGKaJ-pDxeFzPEW8-15tgM7PHIB8LBwg6csYboH9Dce2XRWEGo0BQFcZDw9zL4URxgvy4dpM10rdayKHZNjflmYJy10zRKYM2WyMp8sZ-8oUDvc/s1600-h/IMG_7689.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174358518064734770" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_6Clmc1PjrTWpmCWLgP693E9KuS5SqGKaJ-pDxeFzPEW8-15tgM7PHIB8LBwg6csYboH9Dce2XRWEGo0BQFcZDw9zL4URxgvy4dpM10rdayKHZNjflmYJy10zRKYM2WyMp8sZ-8oUDvc/s200/IMG_7689.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-p-btL-zDS0WpMHsnzoB0TDAm04ehdWl4NDLARdKCSbmi494Dc-vJB-qGJzMm4WcpP_NucWBR8i5_OUj_Rv-rOAkTWMOqoNVsZ998AUX1DTSRbsm0KRp5CJFQBux0tWdY-zVKCL5Ajqo/s1600-h/IMG_7688.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174357727790752274" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-p-btL-zDS0WpMHsnzoB0TDAm04ehdWl4NDLARdKCSbmi494Dc-vJB-qGJzMm4WcpP_NucWBR8i5_OUj_Rv-rOAkTWMOqoNVsZ998AUX1DTSRbsm0KRp5CJFQBux0tWdY-zVKCL5Ajqo/s200/IMG_7688.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7h7jTeVxgJUdHFQnz9Z7HpFJPH_hjkRksOHHopC3QfT2X_kk3r_H_qzsh8XwGOJFSQlXNF1DAl_AKUIBk522t0njSs4Wqaxs-DyrfV3OhAGjSm0_S4SnRFUSJ_vqbVT8K7S6-FFd6ax8/s1600-h/IMG_7687.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174358161582449186" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7h7jTeVxgJUdHFQnz9Z7HpFJPH_hjkRksOHHopC3QfT2X_kk3r_H_qzsh8XwGOJFSQlXNF1DAl_AKUIBk522t0njSs4Wqaxs-DyrfV3OhAGjSm0_S4SnRFUSJ_vqbVT8K7S6-FFd6ax8/s200/IMG_7687.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></p><div>With my photo CD's I store them in plastic sleeves (purchased at Staples) I keep them in chronological order in a CD box.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJoEhhJFEhDaREWTJrb05UQ2-fzuUNvySDbkzohW_F6dFgnnndG9RnsOoJpDK6w7U5hyOXFcgx8D6IHv76ZaoNqnbKsA3iGThcaqzb5OFHsLirAFOl_zV_wX5qw4qD5IJuYyjZfy_cYE/s1600-h/IMG_7691.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174356194487427586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJoEhhJFEhDaREWTJrb05UQ2-fzuUNvySDbkzohW_F6dFgnnndG9RnsOoJpDK6w7U5hyOXFcgx8D6IHv76ZaoNqnbKsA3iGThcaqzb5OFHsLirAFOl_zV_wX5qw4qD5IJuYyjZfy_cYE/s400/IMG_7691.JPG" border="0" /></a> With some photos, such as a specific vacation, I sort the pictures directly into the page protectors of the album I'll be using. Above and below is the album for our 2007 camping trip. I divide the pictures into subject, then drop them into the page protectors in the order I want them. This helps me to determine exactly how many pages I need in the album.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBWFB9ocTkDNQm9wmhxo5tXiBOml7rmvKuEBgr5PGvM1v3E7z06mhOV07ERd52jyY5OdUSdHxsheScUR0iAMHqRw047px5b-kcevwvxQcLQffy35HHzENKdj3uZgmnVnsPY6dOMntIVw/s1600-h/IMG_7692.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174355631846711794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBWFB9ocTkDNQm9wmhxo5tXiBOml7rmvKuEBgr5PGvM1v3E7z06mhOV07ERd52jyY5OdUSdHxsheScUR0iAMHqRw047px5b-kcevwvxQcLQffy35HHzENKdj3uZgmnVnsPY6dOMntIVw/s400/IMG_7692.JPG" border="0" /></a> Here is a theme album in-progress. Completed pages go right back in the same page protector as I had the photos slipped into. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">For photos I don't scrap, but still want to keep, I have photo boxes sorted by person. I also give extra pictures to my girls for them to do their own scrapbooking.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-3630957943961032042008-03-02T14:49:00.000-08:002008-03-02T15:42:29.813-08:00In My Neck of the Woods<div align="center"> Heres some pictures from our hike around Deer Island today.<br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173281487101733170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzb0tBSMf7VsWC2dSlNzc0KJZurMCjIy63HvO1zODQ6uvFV92qN0sr6Pl6wXGjuy_sp0rUxc-LcZJ-HoXPpYyCMgAr43K9_JRQpfwy6eqVTq9i5nRUAypZpinjKfrUQiLC3QNgxu8aIoU/s400/IMG_7670.JPG" border="0" />This house sites vacant at the trail head. This house is signifagant to my family histroy....It's where my Dad lived from the ages of 8 to 18 (1950-1960) This is where he was living when he and my Mom met.<br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173283389772245314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglECMjMMfJxIE08luWy-pN9uEQInZr5h18lJZ_C1RNdox04J2mLcoRJQYHMT5qoiFMtn4yrg7y6fWBdByNA_dXotFaZGDfD66KIRtwJFusNi_ayirA8M9M0FvYA_-8Px0O6hNKFUYBHSU/s400/IMG_7565.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">This was once a barn at the back of my Dads house.<br /></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173285356867266914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1tOFXD5KjIch80Um4Os2jAQAqGT48kBR3PDgMNNDvyJYTBK_Sg76R9KaAQT8uNGssq8ZrOcYmj_X8M9wKyMAyeyLOPE1gta4q15CuvuBT8hjjZBK3Vis6_O-PsV7fJ2b3N-qkLr88Fog/s400/IMG_7593.JPG" border="0" />Up the Hill...........<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173284300305312082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-LIQbL_wipoW4DwtI3bc38iLvzdnTx9GtR_F6GFnuGusdNS_DuVsejplgaSs_p8nr6diUB1xB3QY1mJyw2HDozN6NwjNXgeY_bCvq9ewqdxIHdX8AV63dvPhiypJmEZjeWP4Z27W2SDM/s400/IMG_7591.JPG" border="0" /> Down the hill........</p><p align="center"><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173286512213469554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsJwAlBSCdSiR7DYqSlX6TheawpDKDK7-pPlIuyLv9zwriSSiVpwIheYRhwTDVQgeFtOCNLwLbIdVgw3Tcsax0N9UZ3hI-O2j-EufA7dAReKPI-cvePN6fFnF_paYs9ay7MvAkwWlFL8/s400/IMG_7586.JPG" border="0" />The "king" and his court<br /></p><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173287530120718722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCwzLfn-15d_5d0uW_nS8rO-xPdz7u7F4dVi2iiNTlmuGdVZ8l3dc8rD_xXs3A1pxUuNK-ZT0Ou70YknpY681i7idYiH4L95_Gr9Td6Wl3SfYYU_DYUsUPe-GyWqZ2aU34Pp6hlyZv20/s400/IMG_7589.JPG" border="0" />Daddy and His Girls<br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173288728416594322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7T8Uj8r8qtgw3Bw8qEFfQIqwlx9s-PqzRpN84XjZP6gS3oG1rEq-voe2g5VNusaEfKXPezN_AxILHyUNCX-RyXtMY3vIRlOms-Cp01AsttndCpaV99TI8ucAD-oJVh3P18_eL4g4Zzo/s400/IMG_7633.JPG" border="0" />"Mommy, I picked these for you!"<br /></div><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173289836518156706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgURaE_8VKb1ajTWyk2_zv1anxMBvVjkj3vje_OyXNKfSogWAr4Pr9T57ORsN7JAJByo5QUF3qLupjzQQgL6ULNBk2LUk2rErWy7AkLa90ziRsp17LWqsrVIsQJ1toRFAs56wvVJ6IXRkA/s400/IMG_7621.JPG" border="0" />Take a little time to smell the flowers! </p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173293448585652690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBj1k15vN_dyoCW7NuL9czheOL27OHb7ZIGuwT8BFshhzntYNJPIdv57oofG-1XNHFRZU1XiAX4XoGdhZj0HaAz69C6AgQJWEen4osS6TkDReWZXLiBfKJUS3p2rkO1rxCxPNmHRAHFo/s400/IMG_7639.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Now that's a pile of rusty metal!!<br /></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173292211635071426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9QbwQXBMTQ8JZgKrMmCGzQRKSHFg1KHpLo1h9n-J3TM5BdMbSOKBznf2GS1Cu7qn1TPmRWsaq7biMXfKZy69BwklqnUwJ16hed1Hi3d1dABgOGq79zKFYxbJnAvwBrQOU_cQCi9kNkR4/s400/IMG_7668.JPG" border="0" />An abandoned barn along the trail.<br /></p><br /><p align="center"><br /></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-56445714842891926952008-02-26T19:06:00.000-08:002008-02-26T19:36:59.875-08:00Spider HairRecently it was Crazy Hair/Hat day at preschool. Amelia and Emily told me they wanted "Speder Hair." How do you think it turned out??<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JxjgiYG_F7uaAq9wDaYtRKsYx5NAWzxQNnMgmEizovGsMcEdQ7XdujRBZ5iv1_GImWFCClL30tCEBCiiWEUdJSbBwdwAJ6ekkH7xgrZ33rlblZOBQVVCKp-rB_i-6xgnLFeUkB4U4x0/s1600-h/IMG_7125.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171497152657753858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JxjgiYG_F7uaAq9wDaYtRKsYx5NAWzxQNnMgmEizovGsMcEdQ7XdujRBZ5iv1_GImWFCClL30tCEBCiiWEUdJSbBwdwAJ6ekkH7xgrZ33rlblZOBQVVCKp-rB_i-6xgnLFeUkB4U4x0/s400/IMG_7125.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc30QzoTbn7pwErjJB_JXwASEJdp4O5bHFPCL6GYCmklCwkEYogeF13tFL83nen_OEgNm1Wo05NDdATMHUe6eMSCoLcmjxGoAy5YIaTkJhRRRLDoGNVs0vkg5PoatwHDVcgVNAd5StvoY/s1600-h/IMG_7126.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171496761815729906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc30QzoTbn7pwErjJB_JXwASEJdp4O5bHFPCL6GYCmklCwkEYogeF13tFL83nen_OEgNm1Wo05NDdATMHUe6eMSCoLcmjxGoAy5YIaTkJhRRRLDoGNVs0vkg5PoatwHDVcgVNAd5StvoY/s400/IMG_7126.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTuRA0MuOdf3N8M9W8bcPMc6y1PTsYOAwHEC9PXrUvp5XTfgDO4UEMh7PJ7qTQjY-CjXx13pj4fJ-PjveAAv1e2U-J4GcFbeYELlS-TdiPcM-y7bIVDkYv7ldEdrvgVnpR3Mc-ERd4n4/s1600-h/IMG_7121.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171493579244963554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTuRA0MuOdf3N8M9W8bcPMc6y1PTsYOAwHEC9PXrUvp5XTfgDO4UEMh7PJ7qTQjY-CjXx13pj4fJ-PjveAAv1e2U-J4GcFbeYELlS-TdiPcM-y7bIVDkYv7ldEdrvgVnpR3Mc-ERd4n4/s400/IMG_7121.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-83754307969337264862008-02-23T14:05:00.000-08:002008-02-23T15:56:19.183-08:00OK, Seriously....where the heck have I been!!!???I admit I get the "Bad Blogger Award", how bad am I.....I start sharing my organization ideas, promise more give-aways, then promptly drop off the face of the earth.......well the net anyway!! LOL!!!<br /><br />I humbly ask for your forgiveness. I have no excuse other then, oh I don'tr know................life, husband, 4 kids, I'm easily sidetracked.............did I mention 4 kids........anyway..moving on!<br /><br />Foremost, Kelly Marie I have not forgotten you are my winner of the last give away and your Sarabinder (plus some extras to make up for me dropping the ball) IS ON IT'S WAY TO YOU!!!!<br /><br />So, what have I been doing since December 22??? I read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Other-Boleyn-Girl-Philippa-Gregory/dp/0743227441/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203809581&sr=8-2">The Other Boleyn Girl </a>by <a href="http://philippagregory.com/">Phillppa Gregory</a> in anticipation of <a href="http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/theotherboleyngirl/">the movie </a>coming out on February 29th. I can't wait. I love historical movies. I also watched all of season 1 of <a href="http://www.sho.com/site/tudors/home.do">The Tudors</a> on showtime On Demand. Can't wait for season 2 to start next month!!<br /><br />With hunting season over, I've been able to get back to <a href="http://thescrappery.com/">The Scrappery</a> for more crop nights. YEAH!! I missed last night due to me currently being sick with a horrible cold. Uh, I hate being sick. This is the first time since having kids that Steve and I are both sick AT THE SAME TIME!!!! It SUCKS!!!!!!<br /><br />Here's some recent pages I finished: Sorry for the wonky colors, don't know whats up with that!!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170326585091032770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMyLkktyOboPssBt_-f8MPJXw1y7OSq9hNwgDFPIBzDu3SwKYW7VLahLqnUEg_Il2fqWLt1JH7cUQSaWy3-T_YS2dVj4Acyg-ZK4AtC7Ps5_l6NeIuufQbu0oe7LIw0PCcZ6p_gRqAA8/s400/IMG_7440.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170327246515996370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitoxAge3GWgJKo18jh6oKDvTIAg7Pb3Ota-CtEREtsGOZ_JjUwBVVJW9IJ96wR5LBt4afZsHEUqUAk-DPbGSNbHsUgblz6DRbbktudXLCpI_lYYghTiKASEHOwf2T92JB9m75JtolwZmE/s400/IMG_7437.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><br /> </p>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-58712068017933001702007-12-22T14:57:00.000-08:002007-12-22T16:40:33.872-08:00Getting Organized.If you will recall the thing that triggered my "Give-Away" game was that I was organizing and RE-organizing my scrap supplies and finding lots I don't want any longer. <div><div><div><div><div><div> </div><div>I thought I would share some of my organization with you, because if your anything like me you always want to know....how do other's organize their supplies!!!????? Don't worry, plenty more give-aways are coming....</div><div><div><div><br /><div>My scrap area is part of my laundry room (approximately 5 1/2ft wide and 8ft long) plus I have a large cabinet in my garage that houses many supplies. I had to take into consideration the size of my space when I was organizing my supplies. Plus, I attend crops so I wanted my supplies to be easily transported, but still easily accessible while scrapping at home. </div><br /><div>I'll start with MAGAZINES..............I have subscriptions to CK, Scrapbooks Ect., Memory Makers and Simple Scrapbooks, not to mention the numerous others I purchase from time to time. I had a hard time throwing them out and my stacks and piles were getting OUT OF CONTROL!!!! Here is a break down of what I do with them now.....</div><br /><div>1. After I have read through each mag that arrives I go through again and tear out the pages I like. I tear out LO's, sketches, techniques, color combo's that catch my eye and page topic ideas. When I'm done I THROW IT OUT!!!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-80Pref-2UwUpItW4ftT0KWMCgGE6filyb9_BLKojsm85KaTFQtzPiSGJcgz-Mrl8kW4IC_8EqShRTK-1CBDEW9ZaKk6wNz6kcoGbxoLzh5hvK4rIIjvOrFxU0uFDTGJM-XedNH7EzoU/s1600-h/IMG_6830.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146957772984932690" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-80Pref-2UwUpItW4ftT0KWMCgGE6filyb9_BLKojsm85KaTFQtzPiSGJcgz-Mrl8kW4IC_8EqShRTK-1CBDEW9ZaKk6wNz6kcoGbxoLzh5hvK4rIIjvOrFxU0uFDTGJM-XedNH7EzoU/s200/IMG_6830.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLDvRkXOFthSxyMjncAXXEMuaGKtFmsIoZQACfe2NFatfdit7ZQNfvens1_9IBEBHG_3wu3N6iIR_5YSAzZyDCVpGUT0ONHqMblr6jzRpmTqj6Ce0dUnW-IVKAl-H88tB92hbrlSyIPzc/s1600-h/IMG_6837.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146960096562239890" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLDvRkXOFthSxyMjncAXXEMuaGKtFmsIoZQACfe2NFatfdit7ZQNfvens1_9IBEBHG_3wu3N6iIR_5YSAzZyDCVpGUT0ONHqMblr6jzRpmTqj6Ce0dUnW-IVKAl-H88tB92hbrlSyIPzc/s200/IMG_6837.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>2. In a 2" binder I have sheet protectors with the following headings:</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fqigtKizUg19kjkdN7b69rCn9aI7JRrOQnT1_OxMxwFl9hdAXmp_O6-o5iU41G67BomOVtObcJZDfCqxk3JGe6knDW70JQP2Q7Q7Bh5nnylIbQoBSFOlP11YgshgXO6uuzus9IQYvhU/s1600-h/IMG_6832.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146958034977937762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fqigtKizUg19kjkdN7b69rCn9aI7JRrOQnT1_OxMxwFl9hdAXmp_O6-o5iU41G67BomOVtObcJZDfCqxk3JGe6knDW70JQP2Q7Q7Bh5nnylIbQoBSFOlP11YgshgXO6uuzus9IQYvhU/s200/IMG_6832.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgs1u6mXXv_PV7v0nAIMc1KzI9el7rEWGwit36zP6sk5gWfNf1FeI2IUHBrsejdH_Yk64jMhyiXVA431nVimGokUCArZPOD8au0PdOvtOeB5DEKuTt65xbS3aSrghl_0NHvEo2KwJyFA/s1600-h/IMG_6833.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146958760827410802" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgs1u6mXXv_PV7v0nAIMc1KzI9el7rEWGwit36zP6sk5gWfNf1FeI2IUHBrsejdH_Yk64jMhyiXVA431nVimGokUCArZPOD8au0PdOvtOeB5DEKuTt65xbS3aSrghl_0NHvEo2KwJyFA/s200/IMG_6833.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXDBmoFrL-vtdi1mLfrcBtDDf_qbDwHUsn5HH82oE1eMIxiF46PbvVbZTrEY79A2yc2MNwdIKenH625mPDyt0AX969cl4-f6Rh6LdiWSS36uqN4Dki1YGpCTxZC-mIbhdLAGM0pRv8MA/s1600-h/IMG_6834.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146959443727210882" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXDBmoFrL-vtdi1mLfrcBtDDf_qbDwHUsn5HH82oE1eMIxiF46PbvVbZTrEY79A2yc2MNwdIKenH625mPDyt0AX969cl4-f6Rh6LdiWSS36uqN4Dki1YGpCTxZC-mIbhdLAGM0pRv8MA/s200/IMG_6834.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>*number of photos on the page (1-15+photos; each has it's own sheet protectors)</div><div>*Page Ideas</div><div>*Techniques</div><div>*Color Combos</div><div>*Sketches</div><div>I sort the pages into their appropriate sheet protector.</div><br /><div>3. In the evenings I pull out the binder and start cutting the pages up. I'll cut out around the lo's, simply getting rid of all the excess. After I cut it out it goes back in the binder in it's appropriate sheet protector.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRXBp3yqO_5notifGZu2o0Bb693bqL9shfvXrfGZ0YvTjidkkis48H2MpznqaphgOqUg1MzNfWYvQ1fvIZFeL-4q6bw6_jaVKa_RwdGp7IBFjUGtFFD2WE9uDY9vzedQOL-uMMRDx0pM/s1600-h/IMG_6839.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146960839591582114" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRXBp3yqO_5notifGZu2o0Bb693bqL9shfvXrfGZ0YvTjidkkis48H2MpznqaphgOqUg1MzNfWYvQ1fvIZFeL-4q6bw6_jaVKa_RwdGp7IBFjUGtFFD2WE9uDY9vzedQOL-uMMRDx0pM/s200/IMG_6839.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>4. Once I have all the items I want cut out, I start glueing them into my "Idea Book". This book is a digital post-bound photo album that I removed the post from and reessembled it with O-rings. It has the exact same catagories as the binder.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrX1fpaV6_qrtVzmEgDtV5CiDS4fGfE4-4CrJ2L_6zyX_jEQXzGBGZJ-mR37CAYyaIysckdL6rjY03WFVRiVZFSW1Q3nMk86lxkeO9Ua1ppL1KtKQzr3ajwlW-SQ0ZTOwGwHVTTzCK10Q/s1600-h/IMG_5043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146946485810878738" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrX1fpaV6_qrtVzmEgDtV5CiDS4fGfE4-4CrJ2L_6zyX_jEQXzGBGZJ-mR37CAYyaIysckdL6rjY03WFVRiVZFSW1Q3nMk86lxkeO9Ua1ppL1KtKQzr3ajwlW-SQ0ZTOwGwHVTTzCK10Q/s200/IMG_5043.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Qdh2zYC0_T255OdQ4fnYZLA6XlekZpIH1sIjxWC5zABDiMDfhaobXlBYslRS8bVcsRZzVgw9JteaVr9H1ZGo4SAyCOPkrwAi54YZeOAoPexRvkHBvKHgbPCSMnMVzbay_gi5By8GVUw/s1600-h/IMG_5044.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146948298287077666" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Qdh2zYC0_T255OdQ4fnYZLA6XlekZpIH1sIjxWC5zABDiMDfhaobXlBYslRS8bVcsRZzVgw9JteaVr9H1ZGo4SAyCOPkrwAi54YZeOAoPexRvkHBvKHgbPCSMnMVzbay_gi5By8GVUw/s200/IMG_5044.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1yDP6dVtgAswbjHMrvGjhrtScjx0dI8tv9__BJ05OvUF6A8Fn6YwpyKZC47bCux7kFdTZM_TCFiK0rJ19koviSoTywjuRswroSKAdTUguDIX6vXCiW_iCHcwfkCaxEyk8orOpLFewdEA/s1600-h/IMG_5046.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146948981186877746" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1yDP6dVtgAswbjHMrvGjhrtScjx0dI8tv9__BJ05OvUF6A8Fn6YwpyKZC47bCux7kFdTZM_TCFiK0rJ19koviSoTywjuRswroSKAdTUguDIX6vXCiW_iCHcwfkCaxEyk8orOpLFewdEA/s200/IMG_5046.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnxT6PrqkXLOMwLFlRTRrbILfTR_3hlRo49q2QTa9_3cXmb6F6wGpxMiLwgJmlvZOh7Ux7DsUm9wSNTXbRBwGLgTPzpLKy5tfEM7RonyZnoZSfnn-Qpw1Ck90cQjZEADKfzMp0dAC3EE/s1600-h/IMG_5045.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146949758575958338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnxT6PrqkXLOMwLFlRTRrbILfTR_3hlRo49q2QTa9_3cXmb6F6wGpxMiLwgJmlvZOh7Ux7DsUm9wSNTXbRBwGLgTPzpLKy5tfEM7RonyZnoZSfnn-Qpw1Ck90cQjZEADKfzMp0dAC3EE/s200/IMG_5045.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>I'll share more of my organization over the next few weeks......</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498886356627152818.post-59335497941559994602007-12-20T09:58:00.000-08:002007-12-20T09:59:15.446-08:00Winner of Game #4 is...............Kelli Marie!! Congratulations!!!!<br /><br />You should have already received an email from me!!!Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715198966634485859noreply@blogger.com2