Good Friday

First off I wanted to say that I hope everyone has a blessed Easter. Jesus loves you!


Here's a layout I did today. I must say I'm really proud of it.

Flowers: Kimberly Giarrusso
Barcode: Holly McCaig
Grungy Overlay: AmyJo Smith
Alphas and Photo Corner: Shabby Princess
Fonts: Artistamp Medium; Notepad

Dude, where's my vacation???

So, I need a vacation in a BAD way. Easter Break is next week, but I'm talking about a vacation by MYSELF!!! KIDLESS! HUSBANDLESS! Luckily, I get to have one. I'm going up to Traverse City, MI at the beginning of May. Not totally by myself, but with my MIL and SIL. It'll be a nice break! We're gonna have fun. I just need a few days without the kids yappin' in my ear. Countin' the days!

It was a glorious day today. Sunny and warm! A bit wet, but otherwise, gorgeous. Went to the bow club for a bit of practice. While I was there, a grandfather and his grandsons come in and started shooting. It was blaringly obvious that none of them had the slightest inkling how to shoot properly. The grandfather seemed interested in my suggestions for better shooting, but once I started trying to give the boys pointers, they got the glassy-eyed,"you don't know how to shoot" look. I gave up. Whatever...if you like missing the target every time, you knock yourself out. Grrr...

Anyway...a couple layouts I got done today...


Fee Jardine's Cool Denim Baby Kit found at Scrapboxx. WAY awesome kit!!! Lots of WONDERFUL stuff to play with.



Andrea Victoria's Make A Wish found at Sweet Shoppe Designs. Beautiful, soft kit!

Excellent Joke!

It has long been contended that there are male jokes, there are female jokes and there are unisex jokes. Here is a joke I consider a true female joke. I offer it to you in the hopes that women will love it and men will pass it along to a woman who will love it.

A woman was sitting at a bar enjoying an after work cocktail with her girlfriends when an exceptionally tall, handsome, extremely sexy, middle-aged man entered. He was so striking that the woman could not take her eyes off him. The young-at-heart man noticed her overly attentive stare and walked directly toward her. (As all men will.)

Before she could offer her apologies for so rudely staring, he leaned over and whispered to her, "I'll do anything, absolutely anything, that you want me to do, no matter how kinky, for $20.00......on one condition." (There are always conditions)


Flabbergasted, the woman asked what the condition was. The man replied, "You have to tell me what you want me to do in just three words." (Controlling, Huh?)

The woman considered his proposition for a moment, and then slowly removed a $20 bill from her purse, which she pressed into the man's hand along with her address. She looked deeply into his eyes, and slowly and meaningfully said....




"Clean my house."

Vanilla Ice...

Need I say more????? :)

Woo hoo!!!

It was WARM today! I was WAY geeked! I went up the bow club and practiced shooting outside at longer distances. It's going to be HARD to get out to like 80 meters. Might not make it to that distance though. The league starts in a couple weeks, so I gotta get my stuff together. I had a good day though...my archery mojo was totally there!

For some reason (maybe it was the tylenol PMs I took last night) I just could NOT get out of bed this morning. That alarm went off at 7:15 AM and I was NOT gettin' up. Luckily Andrew got the girls up and off to school. It just wasn't gonna happen today. I slept until 10:30. It sure felt good to sleep though.

Sketch

Just a quick sketch for anyone who could use a jumpstart today.



What else? Sunday was pretty busy. Both girls sang at different services at church. I taught Sunday School, then went to 11 O Clock service. Then came home and got ready for the egg hunt at church. After the egg hunt we went to the bow club for a club meeting. It was the first one I had been to, and it was very...umm...entertaining. I thought there would be a fight a few times! :) Good times. Did some shooting.

It's supposed to be at least 60 degrees today. If it actually reaches it, I think I might faint. I'm SOOOO ready for warmer weather. Tomororow is supposed to be in the 70s. Swoon! Supposed to rain on Easter. Of course.

Welp, not much going on in Spangler Land today, so I'll close this out. Toodles! :0

Cora's Turn... :)

Thursday

What a beautiful day in the neighborhood. It was sunny, warm and purty. I went for a walk in the woods and got a few shots. Still a bit dreary and brown, but I did see signs of Spring fighting its way through the cold!

^%*(*^&! Weather!!!!

Ummm...it's APRIL!!!! Spring, anyone? Not around here. We've had snow flurries all stinking day. Sigh.

Not much going on today. Got the carpets shampooed. Woo hoo! :0

Sarah let me get some Easter shots of her today. This kid just bubbles with personality. I love my kidlet!

LOOONNNGGGG Weekend

Phew! Man this weekend was a long one! I volunteered to be the cook at the Benefit Shoot at the Bow Club Saturday. I got there around 9, and shot in the 10 AM line time. After that I ran the kitchen for the next two line times at 2 and 6. I left around 8 DEAD TIRED! I was in bed by 9. I got first place in my division, so I was excited, and I even beat the club President's score. He was razzed pretty hard for that! :) A good amount of money was raised and everyone had a great time.

This morning I taught Sunday School, then we went BACK to the bow club for the Winter League Banquet in which Andrew took first place. He was pretty happy about that. After the lunch Andrew and I had a bit of friendly competition as we shot 15 ends (rounds). When we were done, I ended up with a 373/450 (my personal best). Andrew got a 396/450. He was pretty worried that I was going to beat him for a while. Luckily he squeaked it out though! I'm getting there! Then he and I went outside so I could sight in my bow for further distances. That was a BLAST! I've never shot outside before, and unfortunately it was a bit cold. I had to wear my big coat and that threw off my anchor point a tad.

Anyway...enough archery geek talk. Cora's had the yuckies this weekend. She was feeling fine last night and this morning, but at the bow club she got a headache and her fever's back now. Poor kid. She might stay home from school tomorrow.

Ok...off I go to enjoy some couch time. I'm beat!

Way cool Auction for a Great Cause!

This auction is for a mission trip to Bangladesh. Valerie's (Valgal from The Digi Chick) church is trying to raise money for their mission trip.


Here's the link to the auction!

Two Front Teeth


Let's help this church get to Bangladesh!

Thanks...

Back to your regularly scheduled blogging!

Beautiful Day!

Today is gorgeous! It's 55 right now, and the sun is shining and it's just gorgeous. I just cleaned out the "deer-molished" car. We're finally going to get it fixed, so I had to clean it out so we can get it towed.

I had a migraine all day yesterday, and it's still trying to hang around today. I've been hopped up on Ibuprofen for the past two days and that seems to keep it at bay.

Last night was the last week of our archery league for the winter. They gave out trophies and I got Most Improved! I was pretty geeked. I started out on the first week with a 163/450. I'm now at 347/450. Still a long way to go, but I'm excited. It'll be nice to get outside and shoot on the outdoor courses soon. Think the snow is gone for good???

PawPaw

I did this layout today. I'm pleased with it.

Kit is Mary Fran's YesteryearBook Kit from her NitWit Collection found at www.scrapbokgraphics.com.

Monday...

Welp, I have a lot of stuff planned for today. I have to clean my entire house, since it looks like a tornado passed through every room and did the hokey pokey. Sigh.

Tonight Cora and I are going to Mother/Daughter Game night at school. We'll eat dinner there and play games for a while. Should be fun!

My niece Miranda got top 10 in the Pageant she was in on Friday night! Go Miranda!!! Cant' wait to see the photos.

Digi Chick Blog Prompt: Talk about first signs of spring.

Don't see much yet. The temp is rising a bit, but we won't see buds or flowers for a while yet. It could easily still snow! Last year we had a huge snow storm on the 23rd of April!

Ho Hum...

Not much going on today. I have a test I should be studying for, but I'm sitting here dinking around on the puter. I got my kitchen and living room clean, so that's my wifely accomplishment for today.

I turned in the papework to get Sarah enrolled for Kindergarten. Oh man...I dread the first day of school this fall. I'm going to be a complete blubbering mess. Both my girls in school...sigh...

Not much planned for the weekend. I'm sure we'll spend some time at the bow club, and I have to teach Sunday School this week. Other than that, I plan on doing a lot of being lazy.

Just a Little Giftie

I wanted some notebook paper, so I made some...here it is if ya can use it!


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Uncommon Valor

We watched this movie last night on AMC. I had never heard of it before, but it had Gene Hackman and Patrick Swayze in it. Gene Hackman had a son who was MIA in Vietnam and got all his old Army buddies together to go in and get him out. Took 10 years to do it, but he finally went in. Won't spoil the ending in case anyone ever wants to see it. Pretty good movie. I want to rent it and watch it commercial-free. I love Gene Hackman.

I bought Dreamer yesterday for the girls. We haven't watched it yet since the girls haven't finished cleaning up the tornado that is their room. Hopefully tonight though.

Winter depresses me. I HATE being cold and not being able to get outside. I want to go for walks, but it's just too darn cold.

*The Blog Challenge over at The Digi Chick is to post your favorite recent layout and explain how the page came about.

Here's mine:
2 Peas In a Pod
Picture of my husband and his sister Theresa. Andrew's about 9 and Tweet's 7. I love the picture because they're happy. Truly happy. Gotta love that.
The kit I used is Valerie Fowler's A Tiny Seed found at The Digi Chick. It's a charity kit from which all money goes to a mission trip her church is planning.

The Dentist

The girls and I went to the dentist this morning for our cleanings and exams. What fun! The girls' teeth are healthy and they have no cavities. Cora had some Xrays done and we found out that she's missing the same permanent teeh that I am, so we're praying those baby teeth old out for a LONG time!

Sarah was a bit freaked out, but she got her teeth cleaned. The part she hates is the sucker (which sucks the water out of your mouth after you rinse). I told the lady she doesn't like it, but she tried to use it anyway. No Go. Told ya so. Eventually she just let Sarah spit into a cup. Gotta always try to do it the hard way. She's FOUR; give her a break!

I shot a 347/450 last night!!!! I was WAY excited! Next week is the last week. I've had so much fun! If I can keep improving every time I shoot, I'm happy.

Here's another sketch if anyone is needin' inspiration.

Sketch Challenge

Here's a quick sketch I came up with today for the fun of it. I'd love to see what you come up with!!

First Day Of Spring???

Not around here! We're currently at 32 degrees. Yeah, I'm sick of it.

We went to Walmart and got Sarah a new bike. The one she has is too small, and is technically not supposed to be ridden without the training wheels. She needed a real bike since she doesn't need training wheels any more. I wanted to go for a walk while she rode, but it's just too darn cold.

Digi chick Blog challenge: Write about why you scrap.

I scrap because I want to have our life documented for the girls and their children. I want them to be able to know the stories of their lives and their family's lives. I wish I had more information about my dad's family. Now I'll never know a lot of it. I want my girls to have records of things after I'm gone.

Another reason I do it is because it's just so darn fun! I REALLY love the creative process of designing a page. I've learned to do things MY way and if people like my work, GREAT. If not, oh well. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE getting comments on my pages, and I love to make pages that other people can be inspired by. But I don't design my pages to fit what magazines are looking for (except Becky's sketch! :) ). They seem to be a lot more receptive to my pages now then they did when I was a paper scrapper and trying way too hard to impress people.

Anyway...

Holy Dirty House, Batman!

My house is a total disaster. Anyone wanna come on over and clean it for me? I've been really lazy the past few days. Gotta get it cleaned tomorrow.

Andrew and I went to an Irish Pub on Friday night. Bad idea. We actually had to wait in line to get in. We only went because Andrew's mom called and told him that some of his grade school classmates were there. We ended up staying about an hour. It was too smoky and CROWDED. Couple of fuddy duddies we are.

Tonight we're going to watch "Big" on AMC. I love this movie, and anything with Tom Hanks in it is ok by me. He's one of my fave actors.

Has anyone tried the Black Cherry Vanilla Diet Coke? I have been drinking it lately. I usually don't like Diet Coke at all, but I have been trying to cut down on my sugar intake. The BCV is actually tolerable. Who knows? Maybe in 20 year they'll come out and say that the artificial sweeteners are more harmful than the sugar. Sigh. Wouldn't surprise me a bit. I'm still gonna use real sugar in my tea, though. Can't give that up.

I've gotten a couple pages done this weekend. I have GOT to stay off the Photoshop this next week and write an essay and study for a test. Photoshop and Digi Scrappin' is the DEBIL!



*Twill Flowers are by Kim Christensen; Stems by Shawna Clingerman


*Papers from Manda Bean's Solids Collection on her Bean Bag CD. Frame made by me.

It's Friday!

Ahhh...sleeping late tomorrow! It's funny how that can be something to look forward to.

Not much else going on today. I shot my bow for a few hours. I finally got my new sight so I had to get it sighted in. Lots O fun! :)

I'm trying to decide if I want to go to Blockbuster for a few movies. I know I want to watch The Passion of The Christ tonight. I like to watch it when I need reminding of stuff. Lent is a perfect time for that.
Dreamer comes out on DVD on Tuesday and Cora is VERY excited. If you haven't seen it, it's a great flick. Narnia's out on April 4th I believe.

Ok...I posted a blog challenge on The Digi Chick. What was your favorite childhood toy?

Harry. I don't really remember how I got him, but he's an old teddy bear. That bear has been with me since I was 6. I slept with him EVERY night. He was there through every move, school change, and any other upheaval our family went through, even a house fire. (He was the first thing I grabbed) I still have him, and he's known to "take away bad dreams". The girls get to sleep with him occasionally, whenever they feel a bad dream coming. I love Harry.

I SO need a back massage

I thought my back muscles were getting used to shooting my bow. NOPE. I shot in my league last night. There are 15 ends (rounds) where we shoot 3 arrows. By the 8th end, I was really struggling. I know all it takes is practice, so I'll just keep chugging along. I did shoot my personal best, which was 332/450. I was pretty excited. But today I need a massage...

C'mon over to The Digi Chick and participate in my Photo Challenge! We're doing COLOR this time. I want to see some color. I'm SO tired of drab winter! SHOW ME THE COLOR! :)

Andrew's going to Pennsylvania for the weekend. His sister is getting married in July, and her fiance's family is having a shower for her. She wanted some family with her, so Andrew and their brother Rick are going to hang out with her.

I posted that I wanted to have a chat at The Digi Chick Friday night to hang out because Andrew will be gone Friday night. Who wants to join me? 9:30 PM EST in TDC's Chat Room. Hope to see you there! You never know what will happen in a TDC chat! We had a BLAST last time!

A Challenge at 2Peas! List 10 things you recommend.

Hmmm....

1. Read The Cider House Rules Great book!
2. Thank a Vet
3. Talk to God
4. Have FUN!!!!
5. Scrap a layout today!
6. Have FUN!!!! :)
7. Watch all SIX Star Wars movies (Yes, even Episode I)
8. Believe in Magic
9. Hug your kiddies
10. Enjoy Life. It's WAY too short

Ok...those are my high and mighty recommendations! :)

Geesh...the weather is PSYCHO!

Ok, so yesterday was 63. It's in the 20s at the moment. I think I need to become a snowbird! This is definitely for the birds! The wind has been atrocious the past couple days. What goober moves to Michigan from Mississippi, where it's nice and warm? Me, I guess! :)

Andrew and I went to see Failure To Launch Saturday afternoon. We were disappointed. Terry Bradshaw and Kathy Bates were the best parts of the show, but unfortunately weren't in it enough to make it worthwhile. Bummer.

A little bit of excitement in the Spangler household last night. Cora lost her first tooth! It's been loose for a few months, and Andrew felt it last night and gave it a good tug. Cora was not pleased about that, but after that she started working it loose and eventually, with a little help from mom and dad, pulled it out herself. She was extremely proud. She even went to bed early so that tooth fairy would come sooner! The tooth fairy left her four quarters.

Spring????

Could Spring actually be on her way??? It was above freezing this morning, and it's supposed to get up to 52 today. Ahhh....52 degrees. That feels balmy when you've been subjected to frigid temps for 3 months. I can't tell you how much I'm ready for Spring and Summer. 99 degrees??? Bring it. I'll take sweat over frozen toes any day of the week, and twice on Sunday! :)

Not much going on today I guess. Just Sarah and me chillin'.. I should ge the clothes hung up. Yuck. Maybe the laundry fairy will come in and do it while I'm on the puter??? A gal can wish, can't she?

Sarah was sick Tuesday. She woke up around 1 AM Tuesday morning, and threw up every half hour until about 7. She laid like a lump all day Tuesday, and felt better by yesterday. I kept her home from preschool just to be sure. Luckily no one else has gotten it. Ugh.

I went up to the bow club Tuesday night for my league, but lo and behold, the power was out! So, a few of us just sat around in the dark club and shot the breeze. It was pretty fun to talk with some of the older members of the club. The electricity did finally come back on, and I stayed to practice for a while. I have to remember that I'm still very new to archery, and if I don't get the stinkin' X every time, it's OK! I'm so hard on myself. We made some changes to my bow last weekend so I'm still getting those kinks ironed out. Lots of fun, but LOTS of work! It's definitely not as easy as it may seem.

Hmmm...what else? The Digi Chick Re-Opening Celebration was a HUGE success! There were so many people logged on that it was almost impossible to get on the site! How exciting!!!

A quick layout I did yesterday.


Papers and elements from Fee Jardine's Chocolate Cupcake Kit at The Digi Chick.

TGIF!!!!

Ahhh...the end of another week. Tonight is the Daddy Daughter Dance. Cora's pretty excited, but Andrew is afraid the same thing will happen this year: Cora will run off with her girl friends and leave him sitting all alone. Although the guys have planned on bringing Euchre cards tonight! They learned from last year. I had a talk with Cora about spending some of the time with her daddy, because daddies aren't around forever. She should take advantage of the time she has with him. Hopefully she understood. Andrew's sister Lara is coming over to do Cora's hair. Lara sometimes does her own hair for dances and stuff, and Cora's very excited for her to come do hers.

We had another snow day yesterday.I can't wait for Spring to finally get here. A few more weeks, and Spring will be official. Not sure the snow will get the memo, though.

Oh yeah!!! Huge day for The Digi Chick! They're kicking off their two-day Re-Opening Celebration today! Go on over and see what's going on! The site got a face lift, and everything is beautiful! Lots of prizes and contests to read about! GO!

Here's a couple layouts I did recently.

Long Weekend

Man I was tired! I spent all day Saturday at the bow club. There was a tournament there over the weekend, and I helped out in the kitchen. It was really fun to watch how a tournament is run. I learned a lot. I also participated in the tournament on Sunday morning. It was my first one! I've only had my bow for a week, so I didn't expect to do really well. It was a lot of fun to give it a shot though. After I was done, I stayed and helped in the kitchen again for a while. I'm really enjoying learning Archery.

It's Kindergarten Info Night! I can't believe Sarah's going to Kindergarten next year! After that I have to go and finish pictures for the theater group. There are only a few pictures left to take, and I'll be done for a while.

What a bummer!

For those of you who frequent Scrapbook Graphics, you might notice the site is gone. Apparently a tech made a HUGE error and deleted the ENTIRE server where the site was hosted. So, Maya's site is GONE. It's going to take a bit of time to get the site back up and running, but Maya is definitely working on it!

[Tuesday Morning]

School started back up today. We had a nice 4 day weekend because of the snow day. It was hard to get up this morning! Must...have...coffee!

I got some good practice in with my bow yesterday. We decided to take the clicker off because it was giving me more problems than helping me. It's suppose to ensure that I get to the same anchor point every time, but since I hadn't FOUND my anchor point yet, it was giving me fits. I'm shooting much better now that it's off. Once I find a steady anchor point that I reach every time, then we'll reinstall the stinkin' clicker. :) My back muscles are SO sore from shooting for 3 hours yesterday. This bow is considerably heavier than what I'm used to, so the muscles are hurting. I had fun though. Tonight I shoot in my ladies league. Hopefully I can shoot ok. I know I won't do really great, but that's ok. I know that it will take a LONG time for me to get used to this bow.

I've got to get my backdrop stand all in one place today. Thursday I'm doing the cast pictures for Fenton Village Players. Since I rarely use it, I think the pieces are scattered to and fro! I WILL need a background for these shots though, since I don't think brick walls are that attractive for these types of shots.

Yup. I'm OFFICIALLy ready for spring. I'm SO over winter. There's not much snow, but it's BUTT TICKLING cold!

Scrapbook Trends emailed me yesterday requesting a layout. That makes 5 layouts requested since I started digi scrapping in December. I'm really excited! Of course, I have MANY layouts that have not been requested, and that's ok. I REALLY love the layouts I've been creating lately, and that's all that matters. Scrappin' rocks! Can I get an amen????

Star Wars Movie Marathon!!!

My nephew has acquired all six Star Wars movies. He invited a couple of his friends over to watch the first three today. He also invited me. They're supposed to watch the next three tomorrow.

History of the movie marathon:

A couple years ago, James was sleeping over at our house. He and I decided to watch all the Star Wars movies (there were 5 at that time). We stayed in the house for two days and got through them all. Then in May of 2005, when Episode III came out, he wanted to see it with me. He and I went to the movies to see it. We've been co-geeks ever since. I was really flattered that he invited me to his marathon today. His friends weren't as enthused about it as we were, but that's ok. We still had a good time.