Mango Island

Found: New sketch blog I love

I stumbled upon Sketchy Thursdays from one of my fellow Unscripted Sketches DT who was trying out for the guest DT spot. I love this blog because it gears towards sketches of LOs rather than cards, which is really outside my comfort zone.

So I tried my hand at this week's sketch with a LO I did for another one of my dear friends of her cute kids.

Supplies:

Background paper, paper used as mask for dot splatter and paper strip: Our Story, Kelley Mickus Designs, The Digi Chick

Scribble border: Life 365 Hodge Podge #3, Weeds and Wildflowers Designs

Photo frame: Beautiful life, Thao Cosgrove, Scrap Girls

Word strip: A breath of fresh air, Gina Marie Huff, Weeds and Wildflowers Design

Paint splatter: So happy together, E.M. Designs, We R Storytellers

Stitching: Embrace life, Sandy Krieger, Two Peas in a Bucket

Butterfly and button: Butterfly fancy, Audacious Designs, We R Storytellers

Flowers: Lovey dovey, Audacious Designs, We R Storytellers

Heart chipboard: Little love bits, Sugarplum Paperie, The Digi Chick

Font: CK Ali's Hand

I can't wait to start on the next sketch. This was a lot of fun!

Peace.

Is Sunday over already? That means it's time for Weekly Rewind

The weekend flew by! I can't believe it's Sunday already, which means it's almost time to go back to work tomorrow. *sigh*

I'll make the most of whatever is left of this weekend, but first I want to post the Weekly Rewind.

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The week was pretty uneventful. Work has been busy, with lots of time spent on doing research for this compensation program. This makes for one boring day due to lots of reading, some of which, is legal reading. Ugh. That's the problem with working in the Human Resources field- you have to stay up to date with laws and read a whole bunch of boring legal terms. But I love what I do, so I won't complain too much. :)

It rained unexpectedly on Friday for about a day. Joey loves the rain, for the obvious reasons, like splashing in the water, but it also means that he gets to play with the umbrella.

Today, Joey and I decided to make gingerbread cookies. It was the first time he got to make cookies like this. He had a blast! Perhaps next week we'll make more cookies. I've been in a baking mood, for some reason. Must be me getting in the holiday spirit.

Saturday was Digital Scrapbooking Day so I spent the day downloading massive freebies and even doing a LO!

 

Supplies:

Template: Juli Fish, The Digi Chick
Paper: Harvest, Three Paper Peonies
Green leaf, ribbon, alpha, ribbon: Calico Harvest, Sugarplum Paperie, The Digi Chick
Orange leaf: Masking challenge, Katie Pertiet, Designer Digitals
Journaling tab, flower: High of 75 degrees, Sugarplum Paperie, The Digi Chick
String: Some like it hot, Zoe Pearn, Sweet Shoppe DesignsWord art: Title it vol. 2, Kathryn Wilson Designs, We R Storytellers

No, this is not my cute daughter, but a friend of the family's daughter. I told her I MUST do a LO of her because she is the cutest little thing around. She is going to be a heartbreaker, for sure. It's a nice change from doing LOs of Joey. I'm going to be working on another LO for another friend of her kids, which I'll start on after I finish this blog post.

Oh, yesterday I also picked up Log Your Memory, as featured on Ali Edward's blog. I downloaded the eBook, but will get it printed at work tomorrow. I plan on doing a review on it sometime this week once I've had a chance to really look at it. I'm super excited about this purchase!

Well folks, I guess that about sums it up for this week. Hope you had a fabulous week and hopefully you have been playing along with me. If you do, post a link to your Weekly Rewind.

Peace.

I'm loving this week's Unscripted Sketches

It's Saturday! Actually I'm typing this up on Friday night hoping that I'll get to sleep in tomorrow morning. With me being so tired lately the hubby thinks I need to sleep in tomorrow. How nice of him!

I was very excited to do this sketch. I think I'll use it to make a few more cards this weekend. I was even more excited on how my card turned out. The color scheme on this is amazing.

Supplies:

Patterned paper: Imagination Project

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics

Squirrel: (digital element) Martha, Andrea Victoria, Designer Digitals

Thank you word art: Found on internet

I'm going to make this post short as I need to get to bed. Hopefully I'll be able to post some projects that I worked on for Digital Scrapbooking Day, which is Saturday. It all depends on whether I'll be kid free tomorrow.

Have a great weekend! Oh, and BTW, it's Steph's birthday today, Saturday. Happy birthday girlfriend! Hope you have an awesome day girly!!

Peace.

Get ready to laugh your pants off- Hammer pants that is

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I'm sorry, I just could not help it. When I saw this on Awkward Family Photos I knew it was perfect for the Friday Funny. Bwahahaha. Sorry. I'll keep the hysteria and the commentary to myself. 

I've been quiet this week. Work has been busy and I've still be tired when I get home; sometimes even falling asleep before 10! 

I've got a busy weekend ahead of me with Digital Scrapbooking Day on Saturday. I'm hoping to drop off Joey for a few hours while I play. Then I'm hoping to catch up on some blogs over the weekend and maybe do some furniture rearranging in our bedroom. 

Have a great Friday and see you tomorrow for Unscripted Sketches!

Peace.

October Monthly Roundup

It's time for another Monthly Roundup!

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?

I finished reading The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. It was probably my favorite book of his. I learned a few things about symbols that I wasn't aware of before. After I finished that I started 2012, The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchback. This is a non-ficiton book, but didn't hold my interest for too long, though it's on a good subject that definitely interests me. I'm sure I'll come back to it someday. And of course I am now re-reading Twilight for the 4th time. Actually on New Moon, which i am seeing in like 15 days! Can't wait!!

What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month?

I am now caught up on all 5 seasons of Weeds. The season finale on season 5 was amazing and very unexpected. We still continue to watch Flash Forward, which I'm loving, but finding that it's definitely not as good as Lost. Other shows I watch are The Office (the Pam and Jim wedding was great!) and Mad Men, which I watch at work on my lunch break.

Since we are huge Netflix fans and now have Direct TV, we watched the following movies in October:

• Transformers- 3 stars- meh
• Talk to Me- 4 stars- based on a true story
• The Soloist- 5 stars- tear jerker
• Journey to the end of the night- I honestly don't remember watching this film
• God grew tired of us- 5 stars- documentary about the Sudanese Lost Boys
• Land of the Lost- 4 stars- Will Ferrell is Funny!!
• Away we go (this one was with Jim from The Office- I gave this one 5 stars!)
• Slumdog Millionaire- 5 stars- been telling the hubby to get this in the queue forever!
• Friday after next- 3 stars- for some reason the hubby likes this movie
• Year one- 3 stars- I expected more from Jack Black
• The brothers bloom- 3.5 stars- If you like conning...
• Next day air- 3 stars- meh
• The science of sleep- 4 stars- pretty psychedelic film

What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends?

Joey went to a school Halloween festival this year. He had so much fun! He also went trick or treating for the first time too. Check My Weekly Rewind post from last week for more on this! Otherwise we didn't do anything out of the ordinary. 

What were my accomplishments this month?

I made more cards than LOs, but still haven't nearly made enough to replenish my stock yet though. Seems like I'm working one card at a time, when I need it. I'm not worried about it though.   

Other accomplishment is work related. I presented a comprehensive compensation plan to my boss, who is also the CFO. He was pretty impressed with the plan, which I'll be working on in phases for the next 5 quarters.

What were my disappointments this month?

I can't say I have any really. Well actually I do have one. I've been so tired the last 2 months or so to the point that I can't even stay up late without being exhausted. I now associate this with eating meat on a pretty regular basis. I remember when I stopped eating meat years ago that I immediately lost weight and felt more energized. Well, today is the last day I'll be eating meat. Going back to my veggie ways.

Creative work this month:

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 Don't forget to do your Monthly Roundup. Head over to Katie the Scrapbook Lady to see how it works.
Peace.

I haven't forgotten about today's Weekly Rewind

What a pretty eventful week we've had, some good, some bad.

A cable snapped off the Bay Bridge earlier this week so instead of taking the bus into San Francisco, where I work, I've been having to take the subway train, BART, into the city. I despise taking BART for various reasons- it's dirty, everyone is sick, you hardly ever get a seat. The bridge has been closed for several days and it looks like it'll be closed tomorrow too. Ugh. 

We have definitely felt the change in the weather around here. It's actually fall weather! In the bay we usually have a late summer, but this year summer seemed pretty short. I'm not complaining of the lack of really hot days. The weather was perfect this year! Our garden is still producing some lovely flowers, especially our roses!

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Joey is getting to be such a big boy now. He brushes his own teeth (and just learned how to gargle) and just learned how to put on his own clothes. I can't believe how fast he's growing up.

To prepare for Halloween on Saturday the hubby and Joey carved the pumpkins. This is the first year we carved pumpkins. Joey didn't know what to think about the squishy feeling of the inside of the pumpkin.

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Since we couldn't find a Wall-E costume this year Joey decided he just wanted to paint his face. Of course that didn't turn out so well so the hubby came up with a good idea- just put on the Anakin Skywalker costume we bought last year and pretend we're just changing into some every day clothes. It was genius!

Although we only had plans to pass out candy at my FIL's house once Joey saw other kids trick or treating at our house he was into it! He was ecstatic, going up to the houses and saying, "Trick or Treat. Can I have some candy?". Bwahaha.

Joey was loving his candy that he collected. He put it in a clear jug that he's been carrying around, even buckling it in the car today. Granted he has never eaten candy in his life so you can imagine why it was so sacred to him. You gotta love this kid!

Other than that I spent no time doing anything crafty this weekend except do some digi shopping and downloading a boat load of freebies. Instead I spent the weekend watching movies with the hubby and finishing Season 5 of Weeds. I did pick up a few things at Michaels for an upcoming project.

Well, I hope you had a fabulous week! I'll be back tomorrow to post my Monthly Roundup.

Peace.

It's time for another Unscripted Sketches

Happy Halloween folks!

Image by riptheskull via Flickr

I can't believe it's already Halloween already, and you know what happens after Halloween is over- it'll be Thanksgiving in like a week and then boom- it's Yule. Sheesh. I've already started putting together my Yule list and really want to get it done early this year. How about you? Are you starting to prepare for Yule yet?

For this week's Unscripted Sketches I decided to dust off the brand new stamps I've had for years that I've never used. I have boxes of these stamps that I'm dying to use so I will try to use a new stamp each week.

The red paper is DCWV The Green Stack that I just picked up and LOVE! The elephant stamp is Stampin' Up! and the word stamp is Heidi Swapp. As far as the other stuff, I'm not sure who it's by. Sorry folks. I'm a digi girl, remember?

Joey is excited to go trick or treating tonight so I'm sure I'll have tons of pictures for tomorrow's Weekly Rewind. Well, I've got to tidy up the kitchen before Joey and I run our weekend morning errands. Have a great Halloween!

Peace.

In the spirit of Halloween and it being Friday and all

It's Friday Funnys Halloween style. Enjoy and see you tomorrow for Unscripted Sketches.

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Q. What do goblins and ghosts drink when they're hot and thirsty on Halloween? A. Ghoul-aid!!!

Q. What is a Mummie's favorite type of music? A. Wrap!!!!!

Q. Why do demons and ghouls hang out together? A. Because demons are a ghouls best friend!

Q. What's a monster's favorite bean? A. A human bean.

Q. Why can't the boy ghost have babies? A. Because he has a Hallo-weenie.

Q. What do you call a witch who lives at the beach? A. A sand-witch.

Q. Where does a ghost go on Saturday night? A. Anywhere where he can boo-gie.

Q. What did the skeleton say to the vampire? A. You suck.

Q. What do ghosts say when something is really neat? A.Ghoul

Q. Why did the ghost go into the bar? A. For the Boos.

Q. Why was the girl afraid of the vampire? A. He was all bite and no bark.

Q. Why did the game warden arrest the ghost? A. He didn't have a haunting license.

Q. Why didn't the skeleton dance at the party? A. He had no body to dance with.

Q. Where does Count Dracula usually eat his lunch? A. At the casketeria.

Q. What happens when a ghost gets lost in the fog? A. He is mist.

Q. Where did the goblin throw the football? A. Over the ghoul line.

Q. Why doesn't Dracula mind the doctor looking at his throat. A. Because of the coffin.

Q. Why is a ghost such a messy eater? A. Because he is always a goblin.

Q. What do you call a goblin who gets too close to a bonfire? A. A toasty ghosty.

Q. Why did the Vampire read the Wall Street Journal? A. He heard it had great circulation.

Q. What tops off a ghost's ice cream sundae? A. Whipped scream.

Q. What do you give a skeleton for valentine's day? A. Bone-bones in a heart shaped box.

Q. What are ghosts' favorite kind of streets? A. Dead ends

Q. What is a vampires favorite holiday? A. Fangsgiving

Q. What kind of makeup do ghosts wear? A. Mas-scare-a.

Q. Why did the skeleton cross the road? A. To go to the body shop.

Q. What happens when two vampires meet? A. It was love at first bite!

Q. Who was the most famous ghost detective? A. Sherlock Moans.

Q. What do you call two spiders that just got married? A. Newlywebbed

Q. What is a ghosts favorite place on the web? A. www.halloween.com!

Q. Who was the most famous witch detective? A. Warlock Holmes

Q. What did the ghost say to the man at the coffee shop? A. Scream or sugar!

Q. Who was the most famous skeleton detective? A. Sherlock Bones.

Q. Who was the most famous French skeleton? A. Napoleon bone-apart

Q. Which building does Dracula visit in New York? A. The Vampire State Building.

Q. Where do most werewolves live? A. In howllywood, California

Q. Where do most goblins live? A. in North and South Scarolina.

Q. Where does a ghost refuel his porche? A. At a ghastly station.

Q. What do Italian's eat on Halloween? A. Fettucinni Afraid-o (Ha ha ha)

Q. Why did the skeleton go disco dancing? A. to see the boogy man.

Q. What do witches use in their hair? A. scare-spray

Q. What do you call a little monsters parents A. mummy and deady

Q. What do you get when you cross a black cat with a lemon. A. sour-puss

Q. How do you scare a mummy A. with a yummy dummy in a crash test crummy.

Q. What do you get when you cross a vampire with the internet? A. blood-thirsty hacker baby

5 things I would rather be doing right now

1. Sleeping. Oh how I miss sleep. Apparently my body has been screaming at me to get some.

2. Scrapbooking. I've got some things in the works I want to finish up but don't really have time, nor the energy (see #1). 

3. Watch some shows and movies on my DVR. DVR is the best invention since sliced bread.

4. Rearrange our bedroom. I like to rearrange furniture and our bedroom desperately needs attention.

5. Drinking real coffee in a coffee cup and not the Starbucks Frappuccino in a bottle kind. Just not the same and I actually think it definitely does not have any coffee in it. 

Name 5 things YOU would rather be doing right now.

Peace.

Weekly rewind (a day late thanks to good ole AT&T)

If you read my last post you'll remember that I was pretty much unconnected to the internet super highway this weekend thanks to AT&T. Still working out the issues with them.

• After many failed attempts of getting Direct TV installed we FINALLY got it installed last Monday. Can I say how much I love DVR and On Demand? You still get 500 channels of mostly garbage but the DVR and On Demand are so worth it! AND we now get HBO and Showtime. Yes!
• Work has been extremely busy with lots of recruiting to do and new BIG projects to work on for the next year. I'm actually recruiting for someone to do the recruiting for me. Let's just say that looking at resumes for 2 days makes for one irritating day!
• Every Halloween the elementary school across the street that Miss Akela went to has a Halloween festival complete with booths, games and lots of food. Since this is Joey's first real Halloween I knew he would enjoy the festival, and even make up for not being able to get to the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival last weekend.  He even got his face painted, which he told me today he wants to do again for Halloween. He had a blast!

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•  While we were putting stuff in the attic we took out Miss Akela's scooter so Joey could learn how to ride it. After a few tries he was getting the hang of it.

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•  I took Joey to get a trim just around the bangs so he could see. He loves the hair cutting place because they tailor to kids- you get to sit in a race car chair and you get to watch videos.

• I didn't get any crafting done this weekend. With the internet down and me being so tired lately I wasn't in the mood to stay up late like I usually do. But I'm sure I'll make up for it this week.

Well, that's it for now. We're watching Cake Boss. That show is so funny! It's like the Sopranos of cakes. LOL

Anyways, have a great week!

Peace.