Home Sweet Home

This sweet and simple card is for my niece who is a homeowner for the first time... as of yesterday. How exciting! She has a townhouse. Her house is attached to another house on one side, but this card for her just features her little house.
My daughter looked at it and said and I quote," That's not your best." Sigh... I can't be perfect everyday... I get no respect around here...
The stamps are Paper Trey and the paper is Basic Grey. Colored with Prismacolor pencils of course.

On a personal note:
Tonight is the release party for Breaking Dawn the fourth and final book in the Twilight series. I'm as excited as the girls are. Maybe I'll take my camera and get pictures of all the crazy people like me/us. Maybe I'll do a couple of interviews too. (OK, I'm cracking myself up at this point). I'll probably be reading tomorrow, but I'll still post a card( and pictures). BUT, I promise no more complaining for a while. I hope I got it all out of my system yesterday. (smile)


One more thing before I go. Just to show you how disrespected I am around here. This was the conversation we had in the car on the way to the Open house last night.

Conversations:
Me: This is my last year in Elementary School, Yeah!! I'm finally growing up!
Mitch: You're happy about that? Usually people like you aren't happy about that because people call them old.
Me: I like my age. I don't feel old, I feel wiser!
Mitch: I didn't say anything about you feeling old, I said people will say you're old.
Me: (speechless)

Cricut, Cricut!!!

I didn't mean to keep you in suspense, but I want to have something to show when I talked about that box of rocks I got for Christmas! My husband bought me a Cricut (exactly as a bugged him to). And on his own, he also got me an extra cartridge, the spatula, extra mats, and extra blades. I was really impressed. He told me he watched the infomercial and liked it too.

ETA: My husband and oldest son added a few more gifts after that initial post. But we eventually moved the presents from under the tree to a closet. It was too much for my youngest son. His name was on one the packages and he kept getting it and shaking it and trying to figure it out.

They told me that the night he bought it and I was at work, the oldest boy (aka Basketball Jones) asked to wrap it. This same boy was given permission to use whatever he wanted in my Card Castle--after all it was for me... He used a really nice textured card stock with my Martha Stewart ribbon for the gift tag-- all purple!

Before I get into my first project, let me tell you about my initial struggle with this contraption. I couldn't find any instruction on how to put install the blade. I knew that I needed to install the blade, but not how. For everything else, there was help. I finally figured it out with the brilliant nine year old by my side. Who, I might add, had very wise words to say to me as I struggled with the first cut.

Gameboy: Mom, I don't understand why you wouldn't try to cut something simple to start?

Mom: Huh?

Gameboy: Why didn't you just try to cut a letter or something?

Mom: Huh?

Here is what I cut (smile).

and then I made this big mess.

I'm working on a card for my sister who had a birthday the other day. Remember one of my resolutions is to send cards on time to my family. At some point this year, I will accomplish that! I'll be back with that card later today.

Conversations

You have to love how this child makes me think so early in the morning!

The Force
Mom turning on the lights at 6:30 am : Son, you have to get up, NOW!
Gameboy still half asleep he says : Mom can I tell you something?
Mom: Sure.
Gameboy still in bed: I learned in school yesterday that an object in motion tends to stay in motion unless a force is applied to stop it.
Mom yanking off the covers: So you must have had a physics lesson?
Gameboy still in the bed : Actually it was called "Newton in a Nutshell" So, Mom, similar to that, an object at rest tends to stay at rest unless a force is applied to move it.
Mom: So I must be your force. GET UP!

"Gameboy" is the nine year old.

We are still recovering from a wonderful Christmas. I'll see you back in a day or so. I wanted to mention that I updated the prayer list with a new request. Christmas blessings!

Conversations

Son: Mom, why do they call them apartments when they are connected?
Mom: Huh?? Wha?? Oh, I have no idea???

It's been that kind of day for me--parenting issues... Nothing creative today... I'm weary. I'm going to bed. Actually I think I'm going to read my Bible. I haven't been doing enough of that.

Conversations

daughter: I wonder how long it would take you to use all your paper if you didn't buy anymore?
mom: my lifetime
daughter: (bewildered)Then stop buying paper!!

She obviously doesn't get it!

Conversations

(cell phone rings)
daughter: MOM, are you watching Oprah!!?
mom: uh noooo? why? what's Oprah doing now?
daughter: The Osmonds are reuniting on Oprah. They're singing together!!
mom: why would I want to see that?
daughter: I don't know, 'cause you're old?
mom: BYE!
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ETA:
I used to love the Donnie and Marie Show. I didn't know a whole lot about the Osmonds. I was surprised that she called me with such excitement because I didn't think she knew I liked them at all.