P365 - Day 9 & 10

Hi, all!  Well, I'm sad to report that I still cannot get my Shuttercal account to work :(  So I think I'll likely be posting my P365 on here going forward.

9/365 = Dennis' bday dinner at Churrasco's

Dinner was really nice and it's always fun to celebrate a friend's bday :) 
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10/365 = bday gift from Huong...a new scrapbooking tool to add to my collection ;o)

Apparently this is Huongie's new favorite tool.  The Martha Stewart Screw Punch.  Allows you to EASILY punch 3 different sized holes ANYWHERE on the project you're working on.  The yellow card in the background is a sample that Huong made to show me (in the upper right side...that's supposed to be a banner design...the other random holes are from what I did when I first tried it out).  It's really easy to use so i'm going to have to find some fun things to make with this nifty new tool.  thanks, Huongie!

today was a pretty full day and i'm pooped now.  but i didn't want to all too behind in my blogging and P365 pics.  okay - hope you all have a wonderful Monday!

P365 - Day 8

8/365= mmm...cookies

These were cookies that were leftover from HC on Friday evening.  It was our first time having a JCS program for the kiddos and it went well.  :)

It's beautiful outside today...but it's very very chilly.  I think that may be my P365/Day 9 post.  That or the picture of Dennis' bday dinner later today.  Haven't decided just yet.

I've cleaned house a bit today, did some laundry, caught a couple of episodes of True Blook from Season 1.  Now I'm back on my scraproom and am going to attempt to get some scrapping done today.  hopefully a card or 2 or 10 :)

Shoe lusting lately...so I've been wanting a pair of tall black Ugg-like shoes.

I wanted the actually Uggs - but DH absolutely refuses to get those for me b/c he just can't justify $180 for some boots that I'll only wear occasionally (so he thinks). Of course these are boots that I wouldn't buy myself either.  But would've gladly accepted if they were given to me as a gift.  heeheehee...

 I guess my dreams of a pair of Manolo Blahnik black class pumps for $575 is out of the question too...

...unless we hit the lottery. LOL  :-P

Anyhoo - i'm really just in the market for some flat black cold weather boots.  i've have a pair of sand colored short Emu boots that I got at my girlfriend's annual Christmas exchange a few years ago  from Evonne (here's that pic from our 2004 Christmas exchange)

must be this crazy colder than usual weather that has me scouring the net for a decent deal on some black sheepskin boots.  oh well. enough of that.

okay folks - hope you are all having a lovely weekend!

P365 - Day 7

7/365 = my bday :)

so my shuttercal account is still not working :(  but here's my Day 7 pic above...me and DH at Chuy's where we had my bday dinner.

actually my whole day was just a fabulous day!  i am so blessed by the friends that i have...everyone really made my bday special.  from all the emails, text messages, voicemails, FB messages, coming to work and finding my cube decorated, fun and beautiful bday cards (some of which i had even made), so many sweet and thoughtful treats...such as my morning Starbucks from my friend Andra, to my after lunch Godiva chocolixir (pics below), red velvet cake in the breakroom at work complete with New Moon plates and napkins (heeheehee), then after all that I left work to meet DH and some friends at my fav Tex-Mex restaurant - Chuy's.  Where I proceeded to order my usual...Chuychanga with queso and my own side of creamy jalepeno dip (pic below).  I got to spend time with my dear friends and my DH and we had another red velvet cake for after dinner dessert.  i'm clearly an easy to please kind of gal.

so now i'm writing my thank you cards and watching one of my fav movies that i borrowed from my friend Vanessa (who i took a pic with whilst laying my head on her very preggers belly :oP )

And here (courtesy of Picasa) is a photo collage of today's festivities :D

Happy Bday to me! :)

P365 - Day 6

so for some reason i'm having technical difficulties logging into my shuttercal account...so i'm going to go ahead and post my POTD here...it's a pick of what I got in the mail today from my BFF Jane who lives over on the east coast...

so sweet, right?  and early :) thanks, Jane!

oh and after i my post from yesterday...i found a case for my iPod Classic...it was an old phone case that we had laying around.

my new iPod fits perfectly and there's an opening at the bottom that's perfect for when i need to plug it up to the USB cord :) 

why do i need a case for this fun new gadget of mine, you may be asking?  b/c when i throw it into my handbag...i don't want it to get all scratched up and stuff.  yeah.  i'm a dork like that.

on and CONGRATS to the cast of GLEE for winning the People's Choice Favorite New TV Comedy!!

photo source

there were some repeat episodes of Glee on earlier this evening and i so enjoyed watching them all over again!  i LOVE that show!!! 

okay - that's all for today...looking forward to a very chilly day tomorrow!!

P365 - day 5

how am i ever going to keep up with my blog if i'm constantly on the message boards at twopeasinabucket.com?!  that an i'm loving P365 on Shuttercal (i tried to link it to this blog..but i'm technically challenged so we'll see how long that works). 

anyhoo - my POTD was of my storage case I use for my old 1st generation iPod shuffle. 

i came up with this idea about 5 years ago and it's been a great case for my little shuffle.  fits just perfectly.  now if i could only find something to use as my case for my new iPod Classic.  any ideas out there?

early birthday dinner

today after church and lunch at KoMart with friends, DH and I headed over to my parental-in-laws and had an early birthday dinner for me :)  MIL made LOTS of Korean food...dduk mandoo gook (dumpling and rice cake soup), pork short ribs, chap chae (stir fried glassy noodles with vegetables - aka my favorite korean dish), korean seafood pancake...I'm stuffed now.   I would've take more pictures of the food...but I was so busy eating after the first dish came out...that I didn't get any other food pics.  Here's the soup dish that we started with though :)

so yummy and warm on a very cold evening down here

and for dessert my most wonderful SIL and her hubby brought cupcakes from Crave...

They got the red velvet cupcake for me and it was YUMMY ;)

The in-laws also got a yummy cake that was very light and perfect.  A great balance to the very rich cupcake.

and here I am blowing out my birthday candle - kudos to DH for not getting too blurry of a photo :)

this was also my P365 POTD for Day 3

After dinner I took a pic of our new niece with her grandpa and grandma - so sweet!

and finally a pic with Baby M and her uncle

then we came home and i undecorated the tree and packed everything away.  now i'm just hoping the DH manages to get the tree outside for the tree pick up before it's too late.  did i mention our tree was BROWN by the time we got it out of the house last year.  sheesh...it must've been february before we took out tree down last year. lol.

back to work on Monday and I'm kind of looking forward to it.  i miss my co-worker buddies :)  hopefully i will manage to come home from at at decent hour tomorrow and then make it to the gym for a quick workout.  crazy as it sounds, i actually dropped a few pounds during my vacation time off.  i think it's more b/c i wasn't eating out for lunch every day with my co-worker buddies. :oP

anyhoo - hope you all had a lovely weekend!  ttfn!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Well, hello there 2010!  It's a beautiful cool and sunny day down here in my neck of the woods.  DH and I slept in pretty late today (close to NOON) - and it was great :)  then we got up and headed to our HEB to get groceries for HC tonight.  we watched Zoolander while putting away the groceries and had lunch.

DH is making the entire meal including a cake (for me and Ryan's bday) and he's been gracious enough to let me hole up in my happy scrappy place :o)

So today is the first day of the year and that means the first day of my Project 365 - taking a picture every day of this year.  I've posted my P365 pics on my shuttercal and i'll likely post it here to if there's every more than 1 pic i want to capture for the day.

So what was today's pic?  My refillable water bottle that I got at Wal-Mart a few months ago.

My goal this year is definitely to get into better shape, eat better, exercise more and hopefully lose about 30 lbs.  What are some other things I want to do?

spiritually
-read through the entire bible this year
-pray for my HC members 5 times a week
-complete the Transforming Life Bible Study that starts at our church on 1/11...and have perfect attendence.  13 weeks - I can do it, right!

physically
-get up earlier and have a good breakfast daily
-exercise 4-5 times a week
-eat smaller lunches and have a snack 2x a day
-lose 30 lbs
-"to not look like a 'before' pic everday" - The Creative Junkie

creatively
-P365
-52 Layouts
-12 mini albums
-365 cards
-blog 3x a week

well...those are a few of the things i'm going to try to do this year.  ahhh.  New Year's Day...when all seems possible :o)

anyhoo - here are some cards I made today.  this was from Barbara's challenge.  Here is my card using a scrap piece of ribbon lying around in:

Here's the challenge to use a yellow and purple color combo:

Looks like a cut out too big of a ribbon slot - oops :oP

Okay - time for me to tidy up a bit before our HC peeps get here.  Hope you all have a lovely 2010!!