A little late, but here are my 12 on 12 photos for April

The day started off painting toenails. I painted Addie's toenails then she wanted to paint mine. But she also painted my toes too!!!



We were using the nail polish from this little make up kit I bought her.



We had to put on lip gloss and eye shadow too. Here she is about to put lip gloss on my lips.


Addie took this picture of Bill and me. She is getting better at her picture taking skills!



I told Bill I would cut his hair. He got the clippers out. Addie needed something so I left the room. He made a comment that he would try to cut his hair himself. This is how he looked when I returned a few minutes later. I did finish the job.

I had Addie try on bathing suits because she was going swimming later. But she had no idea about the swimming because I knew she would bug us about it. I just told her I needed to see what bathing suit fit her. She was calling them "baby suits." I had a couple on her dresser that I pulled out. She kept saying there is my "baby suit" and I teased her that I didn't see any baby clothes on the dresser!

Here is Addie trying to play keep away from the camera. But I got her!

Addie ready to go with her cousins, Gram and Pop to go swimming at Pop's fitness club. There is an indoor pool and on the weekends kids are allowed to come swimming at certain times. I heard she was the center of attention at the pool. She had a blast. She swam and jumped all over the pool. Addie spent the night with Gram and Pop too! Gram said she left Addie watching tv in the living room when she went to take her shower before bed. When she was done and went to check on Addie, she found all the lights and tv off. Addie was fast asleep in the bed with Pop. Poor lil one was tired. She had a big day and no nap!!!

My friend, Joy, hosted a scrapbooking crop at her house. Mom was suppose to go but she wasn't feeling well. I drove over to Tina's house and rode to Joy's with her. We got there about 4 oclock and didn't leave until shortly before midnight. I completed 4 pages that I will share later with you and started working on my ATC's for Amy swap.

Joy, Jean and Vicki at the scrapping tables.

Joy searching through her chipboard.

Tina working on her layout!

My scrapping junk all packed and ready to go home......I was tired but had tons of fun.

12 on 12--March

This time change is awful. It has been hard to get up in the mornings and get moving. But I managed to get Addie and me ready and out the door. I made it to work at 7:47 am this morning. I need to clean my car out..the radio is dusty!

My friend Tina. She is the best. She called me to tell me she had found a deal on Biolage 1 liter shampoo and conditioner at Regis. She bought me a bottle of conditioner and then brought it to me at work. What service that is!

Joy, Barbara and I went to Quiznos for lunch. Here is a lovely picture of me.


Here is a pretty picture of my cup.

Don't hate me Joy but I posted your picture here. Smile for the camera. We joked at lunch that we needed to call in sick since it was a beautiful day--can you believe a week ago we had snow..now it is sunny and almost 80 degrees.

Self timers are great. Here is a picture of me at my desk. I really should have taken a picture of all the empty cubbies behind me, beside me..etc. There are only a few of us left on our side of the floor but we are moving to the other side of the floor on the 20th. I will have a new seat for a whole week before my last day. In the 5 years and 4 months I have been here, I have always sat on this side of the floor. I hope that I remember which door to go to..otherwise I will be walking some extra steps.

After work I stopped by the LSS. Guess what they were having a sale. I behaved myself for the most part but they had pretty patterned paper 5 for a dollar. I couldn't resist picking out a few sheets. I really stopped in to see if it would inspire my creative side.

After I left the LSS, I went to visit my grandmother at the hospital. I was planning to see her today since my sister gets Addie on Wednesday. Unfortunately I had to visit her in the hospital. Please say some prayers for her. The doctor thinks she had a mini stroke last Saturday followed by a heart attack on Monday night. Her heart rate is irregular. They are going to do an anagram or Arterialgram (I can't remember which one they told me) tomorrow at 10:00. Gramma is 80 years old. She has Parkinson's.

These are the flowers in front of the hospital.

And this is the fountain in front of the hospital. I would have taken a picture of Gramma but I don't think she would want everyone to see her at her worse so I took pictures of pretty things I know she likes.


Addie and Winston goofing around.

Addie and I were watching the results show for American Idol. Addie got out her keyboard and guitar. We had to sing.."Rock n Roll..yeah baby" over and over again.

My little rocker!!!


The bottom 3 for American Idol. I had picked that Kristy Lee Cook would go home. Christie at work thought David Hernandez would be in the bottom 3. I thought it would be all girls.

Well, I guess Christie was right. David went home..but it should have been Kristy Lee Cook. She ruined 8 Days a Week last night.

time for bed now..goodnight!

Feb 12th

The day started off a very wet and loud one. Around 3:30 am the thunder woke me up then Winston barking. Everytime it went boom he would bark. It took me forever to get him to settle down with this thunderstorm. Finally went back to sleep for a bit before the alarm went off at 5:30. Of course I had to hit the snooze button a couple times before I got up to get ready for work.

Addie is not a morning person. We had trouble finding one of her favorite pair of crocs. She ended up having to wear her MaryJane red crocs. It is very wear that she doesn't put her crocs on to wear. I make sure she has thick socks on so her feet don't get cold.
This is her on the way to preschool. She looks so excited!!! NOT



This is Addie's preschool class where she spends her days. In the mornings all the kids are in one room when I drop her off..this picture looks like she is the only one there. I have started taking her in through Ms. Deb's room so she can have some space. My niece, SB, is in her class too. SB gets there before we do and she is so excited to see Addie everyday and Addie needs her personal space first thing in the morning!!!



On my way to work---it is a yucky raining morning...good morning to stay in bed. I drive back roads to work instead of the interstate..I have about a 25 mile commute. Takes the same amount time and is much more peaceful drive. I get to see cows, horse, llamas, goats and always on the look out for any deer that my want to cross the road.



This is my cubicle. I spend 8 hours of my day in this little space. Our department is in the middle of being transferred to a different location and we are all being phased out. Most of my co-workers were laid off on 12/31/07. A few more left on 1/31/08 then some more will leave at the end of this month. I have been asked to stay until 3/31/08. It is really weird on my floor. At the moment we are down to 9 people compared to 40 people on our side of the floor. Almost 400 people are affected by this change and layoff. Corporate America.



This is a scary picture of me driving home from work---it really isn't that dark outside.



Hehehe..my friend, Christie, from work gave me a couple of rib bones to give to Winston. Here I am enticing him with one. He was funny later because he kept going into to the kitchen where the other one was on the counter.



Look what I got!!! A new hairdryer. My friend, Joy, got one for her birthday and I asked Tina, the person, that gave it to her where she got it. She said she had bought two and would give me the other one. Joy brought it to work. Can't wait to use it on my natural curly hair. Bill saw it and asked me where did the fan come from??? fan??? It is a hair dryer silly!!! (and I needed a new hair dryer)




We are on a kick of being lazy when we get home and not wanting to cook dinner..okay that is me every night after work. Stopped and got us some BBQ. I did open up a can of corn and heated it up..so technically I did cook! LOL

If you have been reading my blog this week, but you can't guess what Addie and I watched eating dinner...the first two guesses don't count. Yes, it was Underdog! But at 7:00 the tv was switched American Idol. American Idol is one of two reality shows I watch--don't really care for most of the others (the other reality show I watch is Rock of Love with Brett Michaels on VH-1..and that is just watching a train wreck..it is my guilty pleasure--it cracks me up)

This was Hollywood week tonight. Looks like there is some really awesome singers this year. Can't wait to see who will be in the final 24.


While I was watching American Idol, Addie was drawing on the floor in front of me. She can go through some paper now. Then she had me draw things like a flower, snowman, snake, house, etc.

Here is Winston snuggled up to me while we watch American Idol. I didn't get a picture of Bill today. He was late coming home. Maybe next time.......

These are my two favorite drawings that Addie did tonight! My sweet little artist!!!

12 on Jan 12th

I saw this idea in Simple Scrapbook where on the 12th day of every month you document what happened by taking photos..then you can select 12 photos to highlight the day's event and journal what happened.

So yesterday was my first attempt:

The day started off early. I work up about 5:00 and couldn't go back to sleep. I got up and surf the net for a little bit. Then I went back to bed for just a bit because by then Addie was getting up. This about 7:30. I turned cartoons on for her in my room.

I did some things around the house--straightened, laundry, and such. Boring Saturday morning chores.

Addie is the queen of I want a popsicle. Every day I hear "I want a popsicle" multiple times.

Here is Addie enjoying her popsicle.

I was participating in an online crop at http://www.fiskateers.com/. I completed a layout for a challenge to use at least 6 pictures and handjournaling. It is the layout that I used for the 30 minute or less too because it took about 15 minutes to complete.

One of Bill's friends came by to visit. Addie went outside with her daddy to play while he visited with his friend. She was playing in the dirt and the flower pots on the front porch. She also made her own plants by pulling weeds and placing them in the flower pots.

My sister called to see if Addie and I wanted to meet her and my niece at the park to play for awhile. I told her we would. After I got dressed, I loaded at Addie and we went to the park for some playtime.

My sister said she needed a new photo for her desktop on her computer at work so I snapped the girls up on a big climbing rock at the park.

After we left the park, we came back home. Addie and I went to visit Jodi to give her some letters I printed off for her. When we returned it was time for Addie to take a nap. Bill was downstairs on his computer playing games the whole time. While Addie napped I got in some computer time. I saw this idea on a web blog to put a piece of cardstock or a back drop behind a flower or other nature scene for a more dramatic effect. So I tried it out with my Christmas cactus that is blooming. I think I need to experiment a little more.

I received a new edition of Kraft foods magazine in the mail. Bill is checking out the recipes. He loves to cook and try new recipes.

After naptime, I caught Addie, Bill and Winston on the couch. Bill was playing the harmonica that Addie got for Christmas. Winston doesn't like the high pitch.

All day long Winston would go to the window to look out it. He would do this little dance. Bill and I cracked up by it.

Since I am rarely in any photos, I snapped this shot of myself so I could prove I was here.

We had Pizza Hut for dinner. Bill and Addie went to pick it up. It was yummy--one pepperoni and mushroom and the other was beef and onion..thin crust. I prefer a thicker crust but Bill likes the thin crust and he ordered it!

It was a pretty dull evening. I surfed the net. I went to Walgreens to pick up pictures that were not ready unit. Addie watched tv. Bill played his computer games. Addie and I went to bed around 10:00 pm. One day I will get her out of my bed. On a happy note, I won a prize from my online crop. Not sure what it is ...so I guess I will have to wait for it to come in.

addie in pjs about to fall asleep watching tv.