Monthly Archives: July 2007

Overindulged

(sp?) I’m a little embarrassed to post my weekend recap. Mainly because, well, I’m well into my 30s (32!) and should really know better.

Let’s start with the good stuff. On Saturday morning I got up bright and early and cleaned the upstairs portion of our house – as soon as I woke up! Nothing like getting it over and done with before it got too hot and before I lost the motivation.

Next, Thomas and I headed to the park for the monthly catch up with the mums and kids from my baby and me group. Small turnout this weekend due to vacation, but nevertheless it is fun seeing these now nearly two-year-olds who have known each other practically since birth. I am so glad we have maintained these get togethers since the kids outgrew the official group. And congrats to one friend who is now expecting baby number two. I think there must be something in the water.

After the park I returned home and finished cleaning the house in preparation for game night with some friends. 5 couples with three of them expecting babies (I told you there was something in the water).

Well it seems that I was trying to make up for the fact that three of the ladies could not drink because I drank enough for everyone! I seriously don’t know how it happened. I think a lack of food, not enough water during the day and hosting duties blurred my ability to judge how much I was drinking. I managed to hold it together until everyone left – Kei said I didn’t start acting drunk until then (lucky him!). Shortly after I went to bed I had to get up again and… I’ll spare you the details. Needless to say I spent all day Sunday feeling under the weather which was much harder than it was in college when I didn’t have a child demanding my attention. Luckily Thomas seemed content with crawling all over me as I lay on the grass outside, unwilling to move very much for fear of awakening the creature that was pounding the inside of my skull.

Note to self: hangovers are even less fun in your 30s. A hard learned lesson, that’s for sure.
So, not much scrapping for me this weekend. I did submit one fun project for MDM which I can’t show yet. And I am working on a LO for Jen Wilson’s new challenge which is shaping up nicely.

This week is supposed to be a hot one! Two days over 100 degrees (that’s almost 40 for those who subscribe to the Metric system). So look for many whining posts about the heat and how I can’t use my laptop for fear of drowning in perspiration.

I will finish with a couple of quick photos that I took on July 4th. Not that you can tell that it’s July 4th from the pictures. Who says boys and flowers don’t go together? I think they work together beautifully. 🙂

Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
Nicole

Decisions, Decisions

If you’ve ever been through a major renovation project then you will surely relate to my morning adventure. We are about to embark on a renovation project that involves changing our 4 bedroom 1 bath house into a 5 bedroom 2 bath house – mostly by ripping off our top floor (almost – we’re putting in a dormer right across the back of the house). And when I read through that I realize the house sounds much bigger than it is – It’s really not, which is why we need to renovate.

Anyway, my point? Oh yes. I had to choose bathroom tile this morning. What a difficult process. I mean this is a major decision. If I don’t like the end product then there’s really no turning back right? But I did settle on a couple of key things – basically the bathroom will be white and I will add color with paint and accessories. I know it sounds boring but as my Mum always said – better to be safe than sorry. I also chose subway tile which may prove to be beyond our budget and will require some negotiation, but may as well reach for the stars right?

I also chose carpet, but that was somewhat easier. Plush, soft and neutral – can’t go wrong right? The hardwood floors will be another story and I am very much in denial about that right now. So that was my morning in a nutshell. Jealous? 🙂

So if you’re still awake, I have a couple of layouts to share. These are both for challenges – The first is for the Multi Photo Challenge at My Digital Muse. Tiff provides a template for this challenge and it contains a couple of little felt goodies.

Credits

The next is for the Focus on Photos Challenge on the Little Dreamer Designs blog. Now THAT’s a challenge that I can definitely do. 🙂 Sometimes you just need a bog photo on a page.

Credits

And quickly before I go. I totally stole this from Christine Smith’s blog. It just so much fun to play with http://www.wildcard.jp.org/. 🙂 Enjoy!

Until next time

Nicole

4th of July Bargains

Just have to share…

It’s $2 Wednesday at MDM and Tara is selling THIS for $2. Crazy! (Papers included but not shown)

You should also know about this.

And don’t forget the Bargain bin at Dani’s store. Everything will be gone at the end of the month.

Happy Independence Day to my American friends.
Thanks for stopping by

Nicole

A Jen Wilson Toot!

I have the layout of the week over at Jen Wilson Designs! 🙂 I was nervous about uploading the page actually because it’s so far from what I usually create – very messy and random. I should do more of these types of layouts though. I mean, really, it’s just replicating what is in my head. 🙂

So… Here it is.

Credits here

Thanks for stopping by

Nicole

Happy Holiday Week Monday

It’s Monday morning and for the first time in a long time I feel like a really had a weekend. I feel like I actually achieved some things this weekend – and, wait for it – I exercised!! Some exercise was planned (bike riding) and some was as bi-product of working around the house. But that counts too! So here are the things I checked off on my list this weekend. I know you will be impressed. 🙂

  1. Saturday morning: OR Zoo. Highlights were the elephants (aren’t they always?) and the goats in the petting zoo. Exercise: Walking. The OR zoo has many hills.
  2. Saturday afternoon: Gardening – that’s if you count weeding as actual gardening. Exercise: 2 hours of bending and pulling things from the ground.
  3. Saturday night – dinner at a neighbor’s house. Exercise: Pulling the kids off each other and walking up her stairs to take a look around the house (OK that was a stretch)
  4. Sunday Morning: Bike ride to a local park and then down to the river. Exercise: 1 hour of bike riding – hills involved and often short of breath.
  5. Sunday early afternoon: Walk to the grocery store for the weekly shopping. Exercise: 4 miles of walking (albeit at a slow pace), including 2 miles of pushing a very heavy stroller filled with groceries and one toddler.
  6. Sunday late afternoon: Cleaned a VERY dirty BBQ. Exercise: 1 hour of rapid arm movements and squats to reach the difficult spots under the grill.

So there you have it – A very productive weekend balanced with lots of fun family time and PLENTY of exercise. Now if I could just stop eating chocolate…

Unfortunately it didn’t leave a lot of time for scrapping but I do have some Digi news to share. My Digital Muse is having a CT call for Digi and Hybrid artists. Details are in the July Muse – right at the very end so make sure you scroll down. And if you’re reading this blog then it is a given that you are very intelligent and creative so we would love to have you join the team. J

In other MDM news, there are a couple of great sales right now – you can find all the details in the July Muse. Make sure you don’t miss this crazy deal. Tara is selling her store for just $25. I hear a couple of other stores are up for grabs too so don’t miss out. Click on the image to go directly to her store.

And finally, my photo of the day – an ode to Oral Hygeine and Father/Son bonding.


Have a great Monday.
Nicole