I Won

I can't believe I won some "blog candy" form Coupon Cravings blog!! Thanks so much for a great gift!!! I love to share blog candy but I've never received any so I'm thrilled!! I get tons of great Frugal help from her site so make sure you check it out. And for those frugal ladies visiting from her site you will want to check out all my frugal links on the side bar. I've also posted a few freebies farther down in this blog!

Scrapbook Class

Here are a few of the classes I've been teaching at the Local Scrapbook Store....below is the acrylic stocking album....pictures don't really show the detail very well.
This pic is showing that you CAN stamp on acrylic using the stazon in -- we then inked the edges and used stickles to add sparkle.

This is the class I just taught last evening.....it was an autumn layout. Now, I thank the Lord for the cricut machine and all the things I was able to cut out with that. This class has alot of details to it and took awhile to put together. But, I like it!

I used a felt paper for the Ground and the tree, bucket and fence I used a textured paper along with a lot of pop dots...so lots of dimensional things here.

(Amy)

Sneak Peak

Shalene will be turning 13 on Thanksgiving Day this year. SO............We decided to have her 13th party this Saturday! Decided on doing a 50's theme -- you know - hulahoop contest, fries and hotdogs, poodle skirt, slicked back hair, leather jackets -- you get the point. Above is a pic of her invitation we sent out and some of the "records" I made to decorate with. We also have a poodle skirt in the making!!! SO there you have it folks, a sneek peek at Shalene's party that we are having this weekend. Will post pics later of the party and sleepover!!

"Animal Laughs"

Have you smiled today?

Below: "I told you to be quiet!"

Below: "Hey, give me my ball back!"

The following pictures are what animals do when they are home alone!

Want to move to NY?

Anyone want to move to NY? Have I got the place for you! Back veiw/deck

Kitchen with Laundry

Front veiw


This house, located near the intersection of Ave T and Van Sicklen is Brooklyn 's smallest house.
Occupying what used to be a driveway, it's a one bedroom, one bathroom home that sits on a parcel of land 7.25 feet wide and 113.67 feet long. It's interior is under 300 square feet
Here's the living room, looking towards the front of the house...
Here's the living room again, looking towards the back

Here are the home's 'Listed Features':

* Completely redone top-to-bottom, front-to-back!

* Tumbled stone entrance walk

* Renovated Bath*

Renovated Kitchen with new stove, new cabinets and new stacked washer/dryer

* Bedroom with Murphy Bed + 'Built-ins' ... (doubles as a den)!

* Walkout to fenced patio

* 100 Amp service

* 2 Satellite Dishes and Receiver

* Window Air Conditioner

AvailableTHE PRICE ? ? ? You get all this for... . . .
.ONLY $479,900.00! Only in New York !

just.. a pic :)

Check this out

Here is a link of a cute blog and she has some really cute ideas along with an adorable "blog candy" offer.

Almond Accents sample Head and Shoulders sample

Free tic tac chill sample Do any of you enjoy these sample links? Let me know

Black Friday!

For those of you who go shopping on Black Friday here is a link that will let you see many of the shoppers so you can plan your early morning strategy!! They don't have the ads out yet but hopefully soon!

I don't know about any of you but Black Friday EARLY morning shopping has become a tradition for this family. After the Thanksgiving meal we ALL sit down and dig through the shoppers and plan were we need to be and at what time. We usually are there for the Door opening at one store or another. Stay shopping till after lunch, come home for a nap and oft times go out again in the evening. This especially occurs when my parents are here for the holidays, which is the case this year!

Now, I will admit that we have witnessed many "odd" things by going shopping in the morning. And usually when the day is over we have some stories to tell. So, I guess we will see what this year holds. We do usually get some really great deals and have fun at the same time. However, this getting up at 2 a.m. is well...............whatever, its fun.

Long Awaited Garage Doors!

Clayton sitting in the garage doing his homework......he didn't want to miss out on the construction and seeing what all was getting accomplished. But mean mom -- making sure ALL homework was finished!

Finally, the garage doors have arrived. Steve and his brother Wes unloaded the doors Friday night and had planned to work on em Saturday. BUT, since Steve was thrilled to have the doors here they ended up putting one of the doors in that evening.

It has taken us awhile to get the money to finish the garage, but the floor is now poured and doors on. Steve plans to do some stuff inside but it is now officially closed in. Now, I'm ready for him to put the rooms in the back half -- the laundry room and scrapbook room!!! YAHOO

(Amy)

In the News

Article of interest
concerning our new political situation
and another



And another article here -- I am really proud of the great spirit and attitude I've seen!

Lots of Hair?

Okay - for those of you who have lots of hair -- you can print this 2.00 coupon
then go to Walmart or Target and buy a pack of ouchless hairbands for around 24 cents!!! (oops plus tax, giggle)

Proud

Read this post
Tim kindda says exactly how many of us are feeling today! May God bless.

Working on Christmas!

I've started working on some projects for Christams.....seems like once November comes things can get pretty hectic towards the end of the months....so I'm trying to get a head start.

Here is a countdown to Christmas.

Used a regular office clipboard, My Minds Eye Paper and a few embellishments.

This is the back--So we will always have the extra numbers in one place.

Amy

I Voted, Did You?

Some More Deals

Free doggie bone

Free Razor

Snow Today!!!! UGH

Can you believe it.....we actually had some snow flurries and hail today!! UGH!! (The pic below is not from here, our snow didn't add up to anything but its still depressing when you have snow in Oct.) Now we do live at the foot of the mountain here in Pa, so not everyone in Union County got snow. We must be the lucky ones?????

Early Trick-or-Treating :)

My little cuz, Cayden, came down to our house the other night trick-or-treating. He had his army outfit on, flashlight, canvas bag, pants tuckd into his boots an all, looked pretty real too haha. ^^this is him with his Uncle Justin (who is wearing his real army uniform lol)