tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70969036121031012372024-03-13T20:22:08.227-07:00Keep Hoping, Make Wishes, and Dare to DreamLanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02997588338295590590noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096903612103101237.post-69732658039138170962012-08-24T10:16:00.000-07:002012-08-24T10:16:03.498-07:00Potty Training<div style="text-align: center;">
I have tried just about everything with my three year old as far as potty training goes... I've been working with him since he was 18 months old! I'm once again trying the chart method... we'll see how it goes this time! Here's the chart that he was most excited to use!</div>
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The only thing he seems to have a problem with is peeing in the potty... so I'm giving him a sticker every time he pees in the potty and keeps his underwear dry. Hopefully this will help with having less accidents because the amount of laundry I've been doing just for this kid has gotten ridiculous!!!!</div>
Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02997588338295590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096903612103101237.post-8011500340989316612012-05-04T10:31:00.001-07:002012-05-04T10:32:36.547-07:00Chargers Onsies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm getting more and more excited for our third little boy to be joining our family... today I finished putting some appliques onto onsies for him. Go Chargers!!!</div>Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02997588338295590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096903612103101237.post-91855221299340983492012-04-23T16:41:00.001-07:002012-04-23T16:41:35.595-07:00Baby Shower Quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This is the baby quilt that I made for one of my sister-in-laws that is due about the same time as I am. I had each guest at the baby shower iron on an applique onto a quilt square, then I assembled the quilt.</div>
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This is the back material that I found, perfect for her Mickey Mouse theme!</div>
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I also like how it turned out using the fabric scraps for the binding.</div>
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And of coarse I had a square where those who helped with the quilt signed, kind of a fun memory for mom-to-be!</div>
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I saw some printables for Value Life Savers with the Young Women Values, however, the only one I could find had the theme before it was revised and was before they added "Virtue" to the list of values. So, I took it and adjusted it! I think these would be fun to give to the Young Women at Girl's Camp this year!</div>
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With this we are having them assemble their own BINGO cards with different topics to listen for. First three to get BINGO I have some glow in the dark star wands that will be their prize. And every girl will be given a bag of M&M's with a note about Making the Most of General Conference. I had seen this idea some where else, but wasn't able to download what they had, so I made my own.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u_vwVtq55JM/T3DsIP5_8uI/AAAAAAAAFSY/4sz5ILTwvDo/s1600/M%2526MConference.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u_vwVtq55JM/T3DsIP5_8uI/AAAAAAAAFSY/4sz5ILTwvDo/s400/M%2526MConference.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Along with this we will be serving the girls pancakes and waffles. Hopefully it'll encourage some to pay attention to conference and not just feel that Conference weekend is a "vacation" weekend from church. I feel that Conference is just SO spiritually uplifting and I hope the girl's will get a glimpse of that too!</div>Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02997588338295590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096903612103101237.post-59474910783248881582012-03-23T09:56:00.000-07:002012-03-23T09:56:11.691-07:00Easter Handout<div style="text-align: center;">So, this Easter I just found out that I not only get to talk to all the Young Women, but I ALSO get to talk in Sacrament Meeting! I kind of rearranged our teaching schedule in Young Women's so I'd be able to talk about Repentance on Easter. I also have read the Jelly Bean Prayer, so I'll give each Young Woman a bag of Jelly Beans with the prayer attached!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z5gdsI1STZM/T2yq4Tuks-I/AAAAAAAAFSQ/wDJqO9wZMBY/s1600/Easter-Jelly+bean+prayer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z5gdsI1STZM/T2yq4Tuks-I/AAAAAAAAFSQ/wDJqO9wZMBY/s400/Easter-Jelly+bean+prayer.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I plan on making sure that in the lesson the Young Women see a connection between repentance and Easter (specifically the Atonement).</div>Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02997588338295590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096903612103101237.post-70883617201477328002012-01-04T11:00:00.000-08:002012-01-04T10:34:03.328-08:00"Shine" Pendants<div style="text-align: center;">For 2012 the mutual theme for the youth of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is "Arise and Shine forth that thy light may be a standard for the nations" (D&C 115:5). So for New Beginnings I decided we would have a theme of Fireworks, based off of what I saw at the <a href="http://goforwardwithfaith.blogspot.com/2011/04/fireworks.html">Sisters in Zion</a> blog, our focus will be on being or becoming the "spark" of light that can share the light of Christ with others!</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, I've decided to use this image:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="338" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F0vvPHoatro/TmOqTHZYhQI/AAAAAAAAABg/3IGaOBfF5bg/s400/Fireworks+with+stars.jpg" width="400" xaa="true" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and combine that with a tutorial I saw on pinterest.com through this link <a href="http://sabbyinsuburbia.blogspot.com/2011/01/homemade-christmas-pendant-necklaces.html">here</a> and would make shine pendants for each of the Young Women in our group. So, I took the "shine" image above and printed it as shown below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sVOGAB6In2o/TvJNMqnuQTI/AAAAAAAAFMs/nW6JAISSqg0/s1600/Shine+Pendant+Back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sVOGAB6In2o/TvJNMqnuQTI/AAAAAAAAFMs/nW6JAISSqg0/s400/Shine+Pendant+Back.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I found some glass pebbles at the dollar tree that were all flat on the bottom, all were different shapes and had some other "flaws" that one could see in them which I thought was perfect for the pendants to give to the Young Women to remind them that each of us are different and we can see different flaws, but we are all just as precious to our Heavenly Father! The other supplies I used we an exacto knife, paper glaze (also called Diamond Glaze), E-6000 glue, decoupage, and bails.<br />
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So, here is what the pendants look like. I'm still trying to figure out what to hang them from... but I was just thinking of something simple, we'll see what I come up with!<br />
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They're about 1'', but each one is shaped a little different... I did learn that the best way to make these was by putting a layer of decoupage on the side of the paper that I was going to attach to the glass pebble and let that dry before attaching the design. It seemed to keep the ink from spreading a little.</div>Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02997588338295590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096903612103101237.post-43777544329349483412011-12-22T17:42:00.000-08:002011-12-22T17:43:15.980-08:00A Daughter of God<div style="text-align: center;">Manual 1: Lesson 1</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am teaching this lesson and I LOVE to have a cute handout to give to the Young Women along with lessons. The manual says to give the Young Women a handout with 2 specific quotes on it, I decided to add to those quotes and this is what I came up with:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BDRbb2Pon8o/TvJRJHPnIGI/AAAAAAAAFM8/gC8bYsyLcpo/s1600/DaughterOfGod.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BDRbb2Pon8o/TvJRJHPnIGI/AAAAAAAAFM8/gC8bYsyLcpo/s400/DaughterOfGod.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Along with this handout I will give each of the girl's a warm fuzzy to help them remember that Heavenly Father gives us the little blessings to let us know that He cares about us individually and as His daughters! Each of the warm fuzzies I made are unique, just like each child of God. Here is the template I made for the feet of the warm fuzzies.<br />
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1. Visit all 50 states<br />
2. Take my kids to Disney World<br />
3. Run a Marathon<br />
4. Go to New Zealand<br />
5. Meet Paula Dean or Rachael Ray<br />
6. Serve a mission with my husband for the Church of Jesus of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<br />
7. Become a millionaire<br />
8. Own a home in Southern California<br />
9. Become part of a greater cause - I'd love to do family photos on a regular basis for those who can't afford them<br />
10. Participate in a Mud Race (i.e., Dirty Dash)<br />
11. Write a cookbook<br />
12. Have a successful garden!<br />
13. Get all our family pictures put into photo books<br />
14. Become debt-free<br />
15. Go in a hot air balloonLanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02997588338295590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096903612103101237.post-2428758434740061332011-03-07T20:14:00.000-08:002011-03-07T20:14:00.345-08:00Some People...I don't want this to sound like a rant, but every now and then sometimes it just has to come out. I think it's SO sad that there are some people out there who can't just be happy for other people who are trying to do something with their life and live their life as best they can. No there are those people who for some reason just seem to find pleasure from trying to be as mean as they possibly can to others. Well, to anyone out there who is just being MEAN, just for the sake of being mean... to you all I have to say is please STOP being such a bully... REALLY!!! Once out of High School can't you mature just a little beyond that and just either ignore people and stay OUT of their lives or just learn to at least bite your tongue. And to those who see or hear those "Bullies" making rude remarks about other people... PLEASE be brave enough to tell them to stop. One person standing up and making a good choice does in deed make a difference!Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02997588338295590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096903612103101237.post-60539263246817028362011-02-16T21:34:00.000-08:002011-02-16T21:34:27.905-08:00The Perfect Relationship<div style="text-align: center;">Romance is nice. But it is biological in origin. That dizzy head-over-heels feeling is a species of losing your mind, and most of the time it lasts only as long as the chase. What we keep forgetting is that in marriage, as opposed to romances, you aren't marrying the thrilling wonderful perfect Someone you're looking at right now. You're marrying the man who decides not to have the dazzling career with the high salary, refusing promotions and transfers so the kids don't have to change schools. You're marrying the woman whose body doesn't bounce back after the third baby, so she's no longer slim and attractive by the standards of the magazines. You're marrying the migraines and the hemorrhoids and the heart attack and the cancer; you're marrying the irritable, forgetful, lazy, thoughtless, sarcastic, distracted, too-busy days as well as the Kodak-happy ones.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You're marrying the one who works with you to raise the crippled child, or stands with you at the graveside of the child who dies. You're marrying the one who can't find work after the company folds or he's laid off; you're marrying the early Alzheimer's, the diabetes, the obesity, the pain of conflict and the struggle of forgiveness. The foundation of that isn't some ideal of romantic love. It's a commitment based on the goals you share. And real love, married love, is not what you start with--it's what you create together along the way.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">--Orson Scott Card</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">A friend of mine posted this quote by Orson Scott Card I think it's one that everyone who is married, considering marriage, or in a committed relationship should read and think about. I am SO glad that I have found a man who I can share goals with and have created so much together already! I look forward to all that we will yet do and create together!</div>Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02997588338295590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096903612103101237.post-30475489423531297662011-02-15T12:04:00.000-08:002011-02-15T12:04:32.174-08:00Valentine's Gun Ad?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ucrNQ4KeiJ8/TVrbRCg-H-I/AAAAAAAAEmA/2f7HRnU68xQ/s1600/IMG_1723.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ucrNQ4KeiJ8/TVrbRCg-H-I/AAAAAAAAEmA/2f7HRnU68xQ/s320/IMG_1723.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I saw this ad in a newspaper on Valentine's Day and just thought it was HILARIOUS!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">In case you can't read it the three levels are:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Like her a little</b></div><br />
<ul><li style="text-align: left;">30 day range pass</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">1 flashlight</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">1 pepper spray</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">1 mace whiste</li>
</ul><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Like her more</b></div><div><ul><li style="text-align: left;">Taser</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">30 day range pass</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">1 flashlight</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">1 pepper spray</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">1 mace whistle</li>
</ul><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Love her a LOT</b></div></div><div><ul><li style="text-align: left;">Firearm</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">30 day range pass</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">1 flashlight</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">1 pepper spray</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">1 mace whistle</li>
</ul></div>Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02997588338295590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096903612103101237.post-46460263334577535322010-12-21T10:03:00.000-08:002010-12-21T10:03:48.860-08:00My Famous Baby!<div style="text-align: center;">Back when we first moved to Utah I was able to get my youngest a little modeling gig... pictures are now up! You can now check out my famous little guy here: <a href="http://www.sevenslings.com/">http://www.sevenslings.com</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TRDrFRBHo9I/AAAAAAAAEfM/SMfFn2d7Vjo/s1600/6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="167" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TRDrFRBHo9I/AAAAAAAAEfM/SMfFn2d7Vjo/s320/6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TRDrG-CXSZI/AAAAAAAAEfQ/7lJNBrBKfyk/s1600/Brian+Model.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="167" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TRDrG-CXSZI/AAAAAAAAEfQ/7lJNBrBKfyk/s320/Brian+Model.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02997588338295590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096903612103101237.post-52973401445696515742010-12-06T11:25:00.000-08:002010-12-06T11:25:30.828-08:00Wish List Meme<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">I figured why not just give this a try... it sure would be fun to win!</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4f3a27; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #95a456; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mama’s Holiday Wish List Meme</strong></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4f3a27; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #95a456; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://bit.ly/tmwishlist" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #f27b21; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TodaysMama</a></strong><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #95a456; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> (link to: </strong><a href="http://bit.ly/tmwishlist" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #f27b21; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://bit.ly/tmwishlist</a>) <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #95a456; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">and </strong><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #95a456; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://bit.ly/gamestop10" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #f27b21; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">GameStop</a></strong><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #95a456; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> (link to:</strong><a href="http://bit.ly/gamestop10" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #f27b21; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://bit.ly/gamestop10</a>) <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #95a456; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter I’m sharing this meme with you.</strong></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #95a456; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. What is your holiday wish for your family?</strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> That we can get out of debt.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #95a456; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. What is your Christmas morning / Hanukkah Nightly tradition? </strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">O</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">pen presents, youngest to oldest, eat cinnamon rolls and enjoy our time together! </span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #95a456; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. If you could ask Santa for one, completely decadent wish for yourself, what would it be? </strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A new home, big enough for 9 people. I would love to be able to make it so my in-laws could live with us, yet feel like they had their own space.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #95a456; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4. How do you make the holidays special without spending any money? </strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I make A LOT of gifts. I try to make sure that the gift I give shows that I put thought into what I got that person.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #95a456; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5. What games did you play with your family growing up? </strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Boggle, still one of my favorites, but it's sometimes hard to find people who will play me.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #95a456; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6. What holiday tradition have you carried on from your own childhood? </strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Opening presents youngest to oldest, and having a little advent calendar that I finally made this year!</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #95a456; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Where would you go for a Christmas/Hanukkah-away-from-home trip? </strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If we're taking the kids then I'd say Disney World, if it's just my husband and I... probably Hawaii!</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #95a456; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">8. Check out <a href="http://bit.ly/gamestop10" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #f27b21; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">GameStop</a></strong><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #95a456; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> (link to: </strong><a href="http://bit.ly/gamestop10" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #f27b21; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://bit.ly/gamestop10</a><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #95a456; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">) and tell us, what are the three top items on your GameStop Wish List this year?</strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> XBOX 3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">60, Xbox 360 Kinect Family Bundle, and Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout</span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">If you're interested in getting in on this giveaway check it out <a href="http://todaysmama.com/2010/11/mamas-holiday-wish-list-2010/">here</a>!</span></span></div>Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02997588338295590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096903612103101237.post-216424969390444572010-12-02T08:46:00.000-08:002010-12-02T08:46:04.694-08:00Potato Stamp<div style="text-align: center;">To help make part of Christmas gift I am working on I made my own stamps, out of POTATOES!!! I made both a batman and a superman stamp, I think they turned out great! Since I was stamping onto fabric I just put fabric paint right on the potato and then stamped away!</div><div style="text-align: center;">What a nice cheap way to get exactly what I wanted!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TPfNMlfCa6I/AAAAAAAAEe4/LZg8gpyNGtc/s1600/IMG_9939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TPfNMlfCa6I/AAAAAAAAEe4/LZg8gpyNGtc/s320/IMG_9939.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">After Christmas I'll post the whole project!</div>Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02997588338295590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096903612103101237.post-9321596543203522852010-11-20T09:59:00.000-08:002010-11-20T17:14:25.329-08:00Advent Calendar<div style="text-align: center;">I am just SO happy with how this turned out that I just HAVE to share! This is the advent calendar I made this year for our family.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOgGZh9xDOI/AAAAAAAAEcw/FNz47VY7QLw/s1600/IMG_9574.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOgGZh9xDOI/AAAAAAAAEcw/FNz47VY7QLw/s400/IMG_9574.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">(***WARNING*** This is a LONG post!!!!)</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Here are close ups of all the little ornaments (they are all quite small and took quite awhile to make, but I really didn't want to sew ornaments and I couldn't find any I liked to buy)!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOgHUOrnieI/AAAAAAAAEew/_fWPpL4MKho/s320/IMG_9575.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOgHUrJ2s3I/AAAAAAAAEe0/KKWFFZK58pc/s1600/IMG_9580.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOgHUrJ2s3I/AAAAAAAAEe0/KKWFFZK58pc/s400/IMG_9580.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I am really happy with how our little advent calendar turned out! I hope our kids will enjoy it as they grow up... I know it was something I enjoyed doing as a kid!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Here is another one I made for my younger brother, Trevor, who really enjoys video games and is in his own apartment now. His birthday is at the beginning of December, so he'll get to enjoy it this year and hopefully for years to come!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">The Gamers Advent Calendar!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKnc28MEaI/AAAAAAAAEbE/ST5q_65zM14/s1600/IMG_9529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKnc28MEaI/AAAAAAAAEbE/ST5q_65zM14/s400/IMG_9529.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">This is Trevor's XBL Avatar character</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKooawAxmI/AAAAAAAAEbM/ijn_BC6cFnY/s1600/IMG_9472.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKooawAxmI/AAAAAAAAEbM/ijn_BC6cFnY/s320/IMG_9472.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">This is Trevor's Mii (Wii Character)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKpgZCflFI/AAAAAAAAEbQ/36tUIllvDJs/s1600/IMG_9475.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKpgZCflFI/AAAAAAAAEbQ/36tUIllvDJs/s320/IMG_9475.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Sonic the Hedge Hog</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKphRQrQ6I/AAAAAAAAEbY/SdtyWrlLfJs/s1600/IMG_9485.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKphRQrQ6I/AAAAAAAAEbY/SdtyWrlLfJs/s320/IMG_9485.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Wii Bowling</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKpkqPopMI/AAAAAAAAEbo/bPaUj0ZfI_I/s320/IMG_9493.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Mario and Luigi, a Star, and Mushrooms</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKplDMXVVI/AAAAAAAAEbs/wU1wLqVcWZw/s1600/IMG_9497.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKplDMXVVI/AAAAAAAAEbs/wU1wLqVcWZw/s320/IMG_9497.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKprEMnO1I/AAAAAAAAEcE/Hd3G3IqQPy0/s1600/IMG_9518.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKprEMnO1I/AAAAAAAAEcE/Hd3G3IqQPy0/s320/IMG_9518.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKpmC0OFmI/AAAAAAAAEb0/exKF_yDA7U4/s1600/IMG_9508.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKpmC0OFmI/AAAAAAAAEb0/exKF_yDA7U4/s320/IMG_9508.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Tetris Blocks</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKplq6LeaI/AAAAAAAAEbw/m-9DiCM-Idg/s1600/IMG_9503.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKplq6LeaI/AAAAAAAAEbw/m-9DiCM-Idg/s320/IMG_9503.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Pikachu </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKpm58mrCI/AAAAAAAAEb4/tWFhMV_3x5Q/s1600/IMG_9511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKpm58mrCI/AAAAAAAAEb4/tWFhMV_3x5Q/s320/IMG_9511.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Yoshi </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKpqB37VjI/AAAAAAAAEcA/cpdrNpcvmVA/s1600/IMG_9515.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Djx_Js-Plvw/TOKpqB37VjI/AAAAAAAAEcA/cpdrNpcvmVA/s320/IMG_9515.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> That's all 24 ornaments and the calendar! PHEW! I hope he likes it!!! I think it turned out pretty good. I just wish I had remembered to take a picture of it with all the ornaments on it... I'll have to ask him to do that for me!</div></div>Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02997588338295590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096903612103101237.post-6244461014103633442010-09-24T13:37:00.000-07:002010-09-24T13:37:11.944-07:00Photo Sharing<div style="text-align: center;">As a photographer I have been asked about sharing photos (among other questions). One thing that my brother-in-law recently shared with me is something called <a href="http://db.tt/GJ18SVL">Dropbox</a>. You get 2 GB of free storage space and they make it easy to share files! What a great way to back up your photos, who knows what will happen to your computers... it never hurts to have back ups.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think about all those people who get their homes destroyed by natural disasters and how devastated people are when they lose all those images and memories! Well, now you can have them all in one place that is easy to share with others (only those you want)!</div><div style="text-align: center;">So go check out <a href="http://db.tt/GJ18SVL">Dropbox</a>!</div>Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02997588338295590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096903612103101237.post-20544794919962092782010-07-22T16:13:00.000-07:002010-07-22T16:13:30.012-07:00Busy, busy, busy...<div style="text-align: center;">It seems like SO much has been happening... we moved, again, into our own apartment.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I actually have gotten a LOT of those things that were on my wishful Wednesday list, like the <a href="http://hopingwishesdream.blogspot.com/2010/04/wishful-wednesday.html">table</a> and the <a href="http://hopingwishesdream.blogspot.com/2009/11/wishful-wednesday_25.html">watch</a> that I was admiring!</div><div style="text-align: center;">We still don't have some things that I would like to get (hopefully soon) like a tv stand and bookcases... but we are SLOWLY getting there... too bad it all takes money!</div><div style="text-align: center;">PLUS on top of everything we are still hoping for my husband to become a full-time employee, not just in a contract position. Technically his contract was up at the end of May, and he will be starting the interview process for a full-time position. I just hope it all works out, especially since we have rent and other bills to pay.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyways, I have also been busy with photography stuff and just trying my best to get us settled... all while also trying to plan a fun birthday party for my soon to be three year old! I know I had mentioned doing a fireman theme, but I talked to him and he really wanted Mickey Mouse... so I am doing all I can!</div>Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02997588338295590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096903612103101237.post-3457475099810225532010-05-21T05:19:00.000-07:002010-05-21T05:19:16.114-07:00FREE Rodney Atkins' Song Download<div style="text-align: center;">I absolutely LOVE my country music! So, when I can get it free, it's even better!</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can get Rodney Atkins' Song, Get Together, by clicking <a href="http://www.cmt.com/asm/atkins_rodney/">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You will have to enter your email address, zip code, and age range, but the song is cute and upbeat!</div>Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02997588338295590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096903612103101237.post-67648093737685502822010-05-12T07:42:00.000-07:002010-05-12T07:42:00.351-07:00Wishful Wednesday<div style="text-align: center;">I have found the PERFECT piece of furniture for organizing my sewing/craft area!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="400" src="http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/04/26/66/01/0004266601286_500X500.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Isn't it absolutely PERFECT?!?!?!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, I'm not sure about the color, I haven't decided on a color scheme for whatever area we designate for my crafts/sewing!</div><div style="text-align: center;">But, I love <a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sauder-Craft-Armoire-Harbor-View-Collection/2630039">this Amoire</a>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I love that the table folds in and out for you to be able to hide it all away when not in use and that 2 sewing machines fit! (Yes, some day I would love to own a Serger as well!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sauder-Craft-Armoire-Harbor-View-Collection/2630039"><img height="320" src="http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/04/26/66/01/0004266601286_AV1_500X500.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It even has a two outlet power strip, super cool!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sauder-Craft-Armoire-Harbor-View-Collection/2630039"><img height="320" src="http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/04/26/66/01/0004266601286_AV_500X500.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love the set up of this, I might need one more area for all my supplies like the fabric and stuff, but I really like this!</div>Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02997588338295590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096903612103101237.post-40898183989919247382010-05-07T20:55:00.000-07:002010-05-07T20:55:52.330-07:00Future Friday<div style="text-align: center;">Okay, I know I don't have a little girl... but some day I hope to!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love all the cute little girl clothes that you can make. And for me... a <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.3a0656639de62ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=fe5f088032e39110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default">pettiskirt</a> is definitely something I would like to make!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.islandchild.com/belleamepettiskirt-bluewhite.aspx"><img alt="" border="0" height="200" src="http://www.islandchild.com/ProductImages/whitebluepettiskirt.jpg" title="" width="133" /></a><a href="http://www.belleamepettiskirts.com/Special_Occasion_holiday_Pettiskirts.htm"><img alt="Black Sparkle Holiday / Special Occasion Pettiskirt ~ Oh my this one is a favorite! " border="0" height="200" src="http://www.belleamepettiskirts.com/0_BAholidayblk_01.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Are they not just totally precious!?!?</div><div style="text-align: center;">And here's <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.3a0656639de62ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=fe5f088032e39110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default">a link to Miss Martha's tutorial</a> on making them!</div>Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02997588338295590590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096903612103101237.post-7526861819000408482010-05-06T07:44:00.000-07:002010-05-06T07:44:30.071-07:00Free Nursing Cover<div style="text-align: center;">Well, almost free... you still have to pay for shipping (about $10), but still quite the deal! A $32 nursing cover for just $10, not bad! That's about the same price you would pay if you bought all the supplies and made it yourself.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you know anyone who is having a baby? I feel like I know a bazillion of them!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyways if you check out <a href="https://www.uddercovers.com/">Uddercovers.com</a> and use the promo code: onefree all you will have to pay is the shipping!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Free Nursing Cover" height="190" id="Image6_img" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IBTKv4gi5qA/S3l_8ELw3SI/AAAAAAAADbI/2Cb6Y-WsTPo/S240/uddercovers.jpg" width="190" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nursing covers are a WONDERFUL gift for the mother who will be nursing.</div>Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02997588338295590590noreply@blogger.com0