Around 1 p.m. today, Jaime and I went out to uncover my car. We don't have shovels, we live in an apartment complex where we usually have a plow. Well, new Management so plow this year!!!!! ERRRRRR! We used our ice scrappers and our half sized broom. 2.5 hours later we are now inside eating chicken garlic pizza trying to un-thaw our frozen hair.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Sweat+15 Degrees=Frozen Hair!
Around 1 p.m. today, Jaime and I went out to uncover my car. We don't have shovels, we live in an apartment complex where we usually have a plow. Well, new Management so plow this year!!!!! ERRRRRR! We used our ice scrappers and our half sized broom. 2.5 hours later we are now inside eating chicken garlic pizza trying to un-thaw our frozen hair.
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Monday, December 15, 2008
Another Year Older
I just realized that I have had my blog for a year (on Dec. 6th officially)! Happy Blog Birthday to me! I can't believe I've had this thing for a year already. I took a long blog vcay and have come back in full force for the past couple of months.
I have even started another blog, opened an etsy.com store, made my own blinkie and banner, learned some tricks on photoshop, made 16 digi layouts, two digi-Christmas cards and all in the past couple of months. I feel more comfortable with the tech world now that I know the basics and can hold my own on more advanced projects. I feel like I have unlocked a whole new world of creative possibilities for myself! Time management is something I have been focusing on these days as I sometimes find myself on the computer all day. I guess a blog just isn't a blog. It's a tool that can be used to help you organize, create, pursue passions and reach people on a whole different level. What a gift a blog can be?!
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
Sunday Spotlight
I just wanted to let you know that two of my digi layouts can be seen on the Ellie Lash CT blog (found here: Ellie's Angels CT Blog) as part of their Fan Fare Sunday Spotlight. Although I didn't win, I really enjoyed seeing my layouts "spotlighted" for the first time. So follow the link above and head on over to check it out. Thanks:)
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My Mosaic
First, you answer the following 12 questions about yourself (my answers are in parentheses after each question):
1. What is your first name? (Heather)
2. What is your favorite food? (Italian)
3. What high school did you attend? (Central Valley High School, Spokane WA)
4. What is your favorite color? (Yellow)
5. Who is your celebrity crush? (Josh Duhamel)
6. Favorite drink? (Lemon Drop Martini)
7. Dream vacation? (Italy!)
8. Favorite dessert? (Mud Pie)
9. What do you want to be when you grow up? (Recognized)
10. What do you love most in life? (life itself)
11. One word to describe you? (Creative)
12. Your Flickr name? (I just used the last part -ated)
After you've answered your questions, type your answer to each question into Flickr's search. Using only the images that appear on the first page, choose your favorite, and then copy and paste each of the URL’s into the Mosaic Maker (3 columns, 4 rows). I had to cheat on the last one and used only part of my flickr name, since absolutely nothing came up when I searched for my entire flickr name. Enjoy, have fun, & be inspired!
Photo Credits:
1. Peanut Butter Cup Heart, 2. Arriving at the Italian Riviera, 3. Centerville Schoolhouse (relocated), NE, 4. Girasoles para los amigos / Sunflowers for the friends, 5. Josh Duhamel with his opposite, 6. Lemon Drop Martini, 7. Roma Colosseo - Rome, 8. Happy Birthday, nal from miami!!!, 9. Real Recognizes Real, 10. Best things in life are free, 11. Color Addict, 12. twohundredandeight
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Friday, December 12, 2008
Here Comes The STORM!!!!
Also, please remember to "shop local" and by handmade products when considering gifts for friends & family this year. We are all trying to do our part in this world and there are many local artisans who are selling fabulous products online. You can check them out HERE.
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Sunday, December 7, 2008
David Foster on PBS!
I LOVE watching PBS when they have music specials. Tonight is the "Hitman-David Foster and Friends. What an amazing man and talented person. He truly can inspire anyone to bring out the best in them. Tune in!
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Saturday, December 6, 2008
My Heavenly Treats
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A Long Night/Morning
Well, I didn't win anything at the South Pines Elementary school auction last night. Bummer:( I still had a TON of fun upping bids and trying to out bid people (insert the WHAAAHHAAA here)! We went over to my sister's house for a night cap, invented a new drink the Watermelon Jolly Rancher Martini, cried a few tears (long story) and am just now getting around to my "computer work."
As I have posted to the right side of your screen, my Picasa album here is a direct link Picasa Web Albums - Heather - My Digital Scrapbook Pages. Part of my "work" is checking up on all the blog post I missed out on during the day. Low and behold I found my name being dropped by a friend of mine on her blog!!!!!! Thanks Misty, waaaaay cool of you to do that. You can find her blog @Ian & Aidan. I just wanted to say Congrats to her for landing her first creative team position and thanks again!
I work up yesterday morning and made a quick page about my "Santa experience" last year! That was a fun party......if I remember right. It was called the Fifthmas party. Everyone brought a wrapped Fifth of liquor, put it under the tree and proceeded to follow the "white elephant gift exchange" rules (HOWTO: White Elephant Gift Exchange Party Rules Guide [decheung.com])It was a hoot!
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
Lots of Luck....
Hey everyone out there. If you happen to stop by my page, I was just hoping you could wish me a little luck or LOTS of luck! You see, I am trying out for a few Creative Teams (CT) to help cultivate my digi-scrapping abilities. I have put up a slide show of my first few pages. They aren't as perfect as I would like them to be:) but they are a start. I hope you enjoy the new addition to my page.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Thanksgiving Sweet Potatoes
Thanksgiving was great this year (as I blogged already:)! We had the best food with the least amount of stress. I decided to cook sweet potatoes. I was a little nervous because I have NEVER cooked them before. We has a couple of finicky eaters in our family and I don't mean just the kids! LMBO! I found a great recipe in the Good Housekeeping (GH) Nov. 2008 issue. Maple-Cranberry Sweet Potatoes. I combined a recipe I saw Emeril a few days before that looked much like a cranberry salsa without the kick. What resulted was a not too sweet best food of our Thanksgiving! Even the little kids liked it.
Here is the recipe as found in GH (my added ingredients are in red):
4lbs. of sweet potatoes, peeled
salt
1 c. (I used 1 1/2 c.) pure maple syrup (I didn't have this so I substituted reg. pancake syrup)
1 1/2 c. cranberries (1/2 of a 12 oz. bag)
Salsa mixture: 2 diced apples, 2 diced pears, 1 diced orange with skin on, juice of one lemon
3 Tbsp. butter (no subs. but I didn't use butter at all:)
1 1/2 jars of Jet Puffed Marshmallow cream topping is optional
2. Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, heat maple syrup to boiling on high. Reduce heat to medium, and boil gently 10 to 15 minutes or until reduced to 1/2 cup. Add 2 diced apples, 2 diced pears, 1 orange diced with skin on, juice of one lemon cook for 10 mins. Stir in cranberries, butter(I didn't use butter), and 1/2 teaspoon salt, and cook just until cranberries pop, about 5 minutes longer.
3. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut cooled sweet potatoes crosswise into 1-inch-thick slices and arrange in shallow 3-quart ceramic or glass baking dish, overlapping slices if necessary. Spoon maple-cranberry syrup evenly over potatoes. Bake, uncovered, 20 minutes or until hot.
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Monday, December 1, 2008
December First
I am thankful for my digital diet this weekend. I sooooo needed to stay away from my computer and focus on family time, friendships and the never ending eternal searching. Thanksgiving was calm, very somber from years past, and the food was AMAZING! Our family received an extra blessing this year..... our Dad has been blessed with more time here on Earth. He loved being in the kitchen preparing the fixings for everyone. Maybe it was the young ones being just a year older, maybe it was the light snow fall that we had, maybe it was knowing it was a four day weekend but whatever the reason this year seemed different to me. I did realize in all the calmness of the day that I long for the day when I have a family of my own to cook for, care for and simply enjoy the long winters day with.
The day after Thanksgiving we received our first official snow fall to mark the beginning of the Christmas countdown. With Thanksgiving so late this year, Christmas seems to be barreling toward me. I am okay with that! I LOVE Christmas. I love the smell of fresh cut trees, the awesome smells coming from the kitchen, preparing gifts for friends and family, sending/receiving actual Christmas cards in the mail and spending time with family. Since this was such a long weekend and I took a digital diet, I went back to creating jewelery, a new project that I can't talk about just yet (TOP SECRET of course:) and re-decorating our apartment. BTW, I love my apartment again! It has a much improved floor plan and an overall functionality to it that wasn't there before.
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