HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

It's 2009...
...and I wish all of you a GREAT New Year.

My resolutions have been made, and I am not one to make those. But I resolve this year to get more organized. And boy do I need it. I'm on track now because I spent most of Wednesday evening cleaning and organizing my craft room. But it doesn't stop there. I need organization throughout my whole life; my bedroom, bathroom, car, kitchen, basement, work cubicle. I can go on and on. But I know all resolutions start out well. You're so good in the beginning, but by March it's all down hill.

My second resolution is to lose weight. Now I know that is probably what 90% of women in the world are looking to do. Well I hope this is definitely something I can keep up. I refuse to have a big butt on my husband's new Harley. I just refuse. Never mind that you should lose weight to get healthy, I am losing weight to look cute for the Harley!!! Now that's an incentive. LOL Maybe it will work this time.

Christmas Present

Well I have to admit, on this blog only, that my husband actually does listen to me. Now that's are little secret. Don't you dare tell him I said that or I'll deny it. But I was pleasantly shocked when I opened one of my presents and found this...

It's a Singer Craft Sewing Machine. So now I can do those neat stitches that you see on all the cards now. It allows you to do 8 or 9 different types of stitching. I've tried it out a cuple of times on scrap paper and it looks so cute. Except for the crookedness. I have to get use to it. Of course I will post my first project.

Oh...and another one of my great gifts was a Kodak Easyshare digital camera. I have a lot to learn, I'm sure my pictures should be coming out a little clearer.

Jazzy Inspirations Challenge

Well I finished my card for the Jazzy Inspirations Challenge. Or should I say I finished 2 cards. When I first received the picture, by email, of the album cover I saw orange and black. So I went for it. Well can you imagine my confusion when I realized that everyone else's card was red and black? Am I color-blind or do I need to re-adjust some settng on my laptop? Probably both. So I did do another card for the challenge using black and red, of course. Here is a picture of both side-by-side.

Jazzy Inspirations

I thought my earlier post would have been the last one for the week but...

Guess what? I received an email telling me that I am the "Jazzy Cat of the Week". You'll remember from an earlier post that the Jazzy Inspirations Challenge was started by Tenia Nelson. Each challenge is inspired by a jazz album cover. How neat is that.

So check out the Jazzy Inspirations this Saturday for my first featured challenge. Doesn't that sound cool?

Happy Christmas Eve Everyone...

...Or better yet,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to me! Yes it's my birthday. And yes I'm at work. This is the first time in about 8 years that I have worked on my birthday. I guess I shouldn't complain, it's not busy, my bosses are not here, and I'm surfing the web. LOL


I'll be heading over to my girlfriend's house later on this evening. She has a tradition where she invites her family over for lasagna and pre-Christmas fun. So since my family is not geting together this year on Christmas Eve like we normally do, I'll visit with her family. I'm sure my kids will love it, especially since our kids are the best of buddies. And our husbands are real good friends also so they'll have plenty to talk about.


Well a MERY CHRISTMAS to you all!!!