Mom's Cake Book

This is the cake book I made for Mom for her birthday. It turned out so cute! I used the "Two Scoops" papers by Basic Grey. Those papers were just made for this project! I've had the pattern for this book for ages, but just never got around to making it. I'm glad I waited, because it was the perfect thing to give Mom. Today I finished adding the pics I took at her party. All I have left to do is a bit of embellishing. Mostly buttons, I think. I think I may make a few more of these! :)



Today was the day my Direct TV was installed. What an ordeal! I had ordered this Feb. 12 and today was the earliest day they could come out! Everyone in this area was pissed at New Wave cable at the way they handled everything after the ice storm. Kind of like Bush and Katrina. Know what I mean???! I was patient for 2 weeks. After that, my patience wore off. And it was mostly due to customer service. I had my internet with them, and changed it to AT&T. Very happy, I must say. So today I got my Direct TV and tomorrow I go to New Wave and cancel my cable and take back my box! Good luck to any of you that are still dealing with them!

What Do You Think???

Kind of busy, isn't it?! lol I've had the other one for ages, and decided it was time for a change. I ran into Zenita today, and she told me the name of the site she used to revamp hers. There are tons of layouts to choose from! It was fun! No sure how long I'll leave this one up. It makes me kind of dizzy! lol So check back often. You don't what this blog will look like next! :)

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Mom and Dakota have the same birthday, March 8th. But we decided to celebrate Mom's birthday the weekend after. Worked out perfectly! Dakota had her own little party, and Mom had hers. So they each had a special day. And....my sister flew in from Denver to be with us! I hadn't seen her in so long, and really missed her. She missed me, too! I don't ever want to go 4 years without seeing her again. We talk on the phone and email, so we stay in touch, but time just has a way of slipping by. Then before you know it, it's been 4 years. We're going to work on that! :)


Thanks goodness she was here to help me with Mom's birthday! We were able to spend 2days together and plot and plan! I just told Mom she wasn't invited! How could she be, if we were going to have a few surprises? I had figured out the food and cake--which was all fabulous, by the way! A strawberry cake and ribs. Awsome! But I was falling short on the details. Nicki had some great ideas, tho! It's amazing how things can come together, when 2 demented people get together! lol Mom had been wanting a lighted, magnifying make up mirror. So as a gag, Nicki brought a little purse mirror with a handle, a small magifying glass, and a little reading light and we duck-taped them together and gave that to her! We attached a chain for glassed to it so she could wear it around her neck! LOL Nicki did give her money for the real thing, tho! lol Then we decorated a cane and put a bicycle bell, and bicycle horn on it! It had streamers,too! lol I found a little crown of Dakota's for her to wear and we made her a wand and she was all set! I made her a book shaped like a birthday cake so I could put the pics we took that day in it. On Tues, Nicki and took her to Red Lobster--her favorite place. She had the surf and turf. She had a great birthday. After all...you only turn 75 once!


Happy Birthday, Mom! I love you!

Happy Birthday, Baby Girl!

Happy Birthday, Dakota! She turned 3 today. It's hard to believe. I told Denny the other day, that she's not a baby anymore. He said she's still our baby. How true! She's everybody's baby. She's one of those kids that everybody just loves--young and old alike. Libby's kids make over her as much as the rest of us do! Poor, baby, tho. She has a cold and her little nose was running like crazy. In every picture that I took of her, her nose was running. So, sorry about that, but that's just the way it goes! lol



Dakota was born on my Mom's birthday. But this year, we're going to celebrate Mom's birthday a little late. My sister is flying in from Denver later this week, and we'll have Mom's party next weekend. That way, she and Dakota can each have their own special day. And it will make it easier on the rest of us, too. It's kind of hard to pull off 2 separate birthdays in one day. Lots of people do it, I'm sure. But I don't have it in me to organize something like that anymore. Mom's fine with having her birthday next week, so all is good. I've already ordered her cake. There's a little bakery down in Kennett--about 30 miles south of us. They make the most awsomely delicious strawberry cake you've ever had! I could have gotten a sheet cake, but I wanted a layer cake for her. Since the layer cake is only about 7 inches, I ordered 2! You shouldn't have to ration out birthday cake! lol This way there may be a bit left over. We'll see!



So Happy Birthday Mom and Dakota! I love you both very much!:)

Ice Storm

This is what it what things looked like on Jan. 28, 2009, after the storm. It started on Monday, the 26th. It was raining. Just a drizzle. But it lasted all day and into the night and started freezing. We were lucky and had power til 8 pm Tues. evening. Then everything went black. We lost power. The whole town lost power. I got the candles out and lit them. It was erie sitting in the living room and listening to limbs and branches fall all over the neighborhood. I just kept hoping the huge tree in the front wouldn't come crashing down on the house! Look how humungous that tree is! (click on the pic and you can really see!) We were lucky, tho. But there were 2 branches that laid down on the roof right above my scrap studio! I took the computer out and a bunch of stuff that I didn't think I could live without. I thought if the roof caved in, it wasn't going to ruin all my stuff! The sign of a true scrapper! lol Thanks goodness nothing happened. All was safe. But I wasn't taking any chances.

It got so cold in the house, we could see our breath. We decided the best thing to do was go back to the bedroom and shut ourselves in and light the candles. That actually kept us warm. Candles and a few extra blankets. We had a weather radio, and we were able to get the TV station on it, so at least we could keep updated with what was going on.

We were lucky. We were without power and heat for only 2 days. Mom was without for about the same. She did a little better than we did, thank goodness. She has a gas stove, so she boiled water and the steam from that helped warm her apt. And she's a candle nut, so she was stocked up. Libby did pretty good, too. She was without power for 5 days, but she had a propane heater, and a gas water heater, so they stayed warm and could shower. She lit candles, too, and played lots of Monopoly! lol Ryan stayed with his in laws and they were able to stay warm. So they were only out for about 2 days, too. So we were all very lucky we didn't have to go with out power and heat for a long time. I hear there are still people down here that are just getting turned back on. That would be hard to take. When I hear that, it makes my computer problems (previous post) seem so petty. But....I was still ready for my life to get back to normal. I had the necessities, so now I want my luxuries. And after 3 weeks, I finally have them. Which is why I can now update ...I hope to never go through any of this again. But having gone through it, it makes me very thankful for the conveniences I have.