OK - I owe you 90 things now.

So I tried on Friday to start working on Saturday's list, but I only got to 15. I am making a list of my favorite music lyrics - and just didn't get far enough to post it on Saturday. Friday night we were without power for about three hours and the rest of the weekend was spent with company and doing Jason's homework. So I just didn't get to it - but I'll catch up. Today's list will be 30 things I did this weekend - like you haven't seen that before. And I promise I'll post 30 more later today - probably pertaining to 30 things about the CMT awards which comes on tonight - with Kenny!! WOO HOO - the lyrics will show up when they are completed!!

so this weekend:

1. Drove through a hail storm.
2. Spent about 30 minutes having a little photo session with Cole while the power was out.
3. Hung my super cute kitchen decor (retro popcorn, hotdog and milk shake tin signs)
4. Ate a sandwich at Schlotzsky's.
5. Hung out at the bookstore and met a couple that lives near us.
6. Went to Krispy Kreme (it's a weekend ritual for us lately).
7. Met my bro and sis in law and nephew there too!!
8. Got hugs from everyone but the nephew - he's too cool for that!! :)
9. Called my house repeatedly waiting for the machine to pick up so we'd know we had power.
10. Stayed up too late Friday night.
11. Got up too late Saturday morning.
12. Rode to Tuscaloosa for the A DAY GAME!!
13. Bought pom poms.
14. Thought about a million other things I wanted to buy - all Alabama gear!!
15. Showed my cousin which shirt I liked
16. Took about 200 pictures during the A Day Game.
17. Watched Alabama win the A Day Game - there was really no losing it!! :)
18. Ate a delish meal at the Cajun Steamer.
19. Oh - did I mention that I froze at the A Day Game. I decided, against my husbands better judgement, to wear short sleeves and it was very WINDY!! {Sorry Honey - you were right, I was wrong}
20. Got a little sun/wind burn on my forehead and one strange spot on my chest in the shape of an upside down triangle.
21. Watched No Reservations with my sis in law.
22. Got up to early on Sunday.
23. Ate a yummy breakfast.
24. Tried to get the computer to run a game for my nephew - I failed!!
25. Ate a yummy lunch at Johnny Rockets.
26. Hugged everyone bye - even my nephew!! :)
27. Bought a small amount of groceries for our short week at home.
28. Helped Jason with a ridiculous amount of homework. (I should at least get some credit for these classes, I'm thinking)
29. Ironed clothes for today - winter clothes - what's up with the temperature, by the way.
30. Fell asleep holding a book.

well that was the small details of our weekend. there was much more than that - but it's not 150 things for 30 days - it's just 30!!

I'm hoping I can blog from Nashville, but I'm not sure it'll happen. We'll be so very busy with event stuff, we probably won't have time to blink, or pee, or eat - but there will be FUN had by ALL. I can't wait!!!! Last year I was a bit nervous about the event. I didn't 'know' anyone at all - just had chatted with a few people online on the message board. We arrived in B'ham really late - the van broke down, we rented a car - it just started out horribly. I didn't go to all the extra stuff they had because I didn't know anyone really and was missing Jason and Cole too. This time - it's just me (no Jason and Cole along for the trip) and all the girls. I'll be behind the scenes, doing some registration, helping with classes - just fun stuff. I really can't wait. We're leaving Wednesday around lunch time I think and I'll have a car load. I feel like I'll have a great chance to get to know these girlies even better!! I can't remember the last time I had a girlie weekend. Well, I can - September of 2006 I guess and it was scrap related but I was sort of sick the whole weekend - not enough sleep or food just not a great weekend sadly. Then before that it was probably May of 2004 - a bridal party weekend for my SIL and that was not anything like this weekend will be. It was a long drive, a small hotel room, too many people in the room and giant gecko-like iguanas in the trees - I mean - really???? YUCK on the gecko-like iguanas!! ew!

So, I'll do more 30 things later tonight and I'll keep going as long as I can from the event and if I miss it - I'll owe you!!

Lisa
30 down, 60 to go!!

hmmm where do i go now with this 30 things list

so i've done 30 things about me, cole and jason. 30 things i want. 30 things about the event. 30 things i like to snack on. hmmmm, that list about kenny and the lottery. maybe i should have started with a list of 30 things i could make lists of!!!



How about 30 things I need to get done before next Wednesday. So this is less for entertainment purposes and more for my own benefit I guess. (so i typed this yesterday and got some things done last night - so i'm highlighting what's been checked off today woo hoo)


1. Put out my little knick knacks in the guest room (it's rather bare in there).

2. Attach the mirror to my vanity in the guest room (so I'll stop stubbing my toes on it).

3. Put away ALL the laundry folded on the guest room bed. (can you see the problem with the guest room???)

4. Do more laundry but DO NOT PILE it on the guest room bed (this is a biggie).

5. Move the boxes in the hall downstairs to a closet where they can be tucked away and not visible (but not the guestroom closet - it's full).

6. Take out the trash and take it to the road (well that needed to be done last night actually).

7. Sew the curtains for my kitchen (this needs to be done, like yesterday)

8. Hang a few things on the kitchen walls (can't do this until I see my mom though).

9. Finish my ATC's for the swap at the Scrap Etc. Event (well start them actually).

10. Finish putting the charm bracelets together for the instuctors at the same event (this is started woo hoo).

11. Get my Alabama Princess sticker on my van before Satruday!! (Roll Tide Baby)

12. Buy Tylenol PM or I won't be sleeping any after tonight (it's on the walmart list for today).

13. Get my van washed and maybe clean out the inside a bit. (ok, not maybe - i have to)

14. Carry that pile of junk in the sitting room downstairs where it belongs (to my studio).

15. Straighten up the playroom downstairs as much as humanly possible (this may be a challenge as I saw a GIANT spider down there yesterday and freaked a bit).

16. Move all boxes is the playroom to one area - preferrably out of the way (out of the way of the spiders)!!

17. Vacuum the entire house. FUN TIMES - I'll be hunting spiders. I did this upstairs!!

18. Swiffer the kitchen floor (if I can find my Swiffer refills).

19. Dust (yuck).

20. Pick up in Cole's room (he's a wee bit messy).

21. Pick up in our room (wonder where Cole gets it?).

22. Clean me and Cole's bathroom (it's not that messy - thank gosh).

23. Do something in the downstairs bathroom (not sure what's going to happen here actually). {now that i know who is actually coming this weekend - i decided to skip this. it's use-able but has a stack of boxes in it - that's ok with me!!}

24. Water the tree in the sitting room (i'm under a huge amount of pressure to keep this tree alive).

25. Lose ten more pounds (hee hee - that won't really happen).

26. Take some amazing pictures during the A Day game on Saturday (now that my battery charger has been located).

27. Try really hard to get at least one good picture of me, Jason and Cole Saturday (this probably won't happen - someONE doesn't like HIS picture to be taken EVER).

28. Take some good pictures of Cole and Michael (his cousin) this weekend (if I can catch them still enough).

29. Get myself organized for the event (all the swap stuff together where I can find it).

30. Breathe - at some point, between all these things, hopefully I'll remember to breathe.



and call in a refill at the St. Jude pharmacy!!

ok - so i didn't get as much done as i had hoped!!

Lisa

30 favorite snacks

Totally random list of my 30 favorite snacks (again, in no particular order)



1. Cheezits

2. BIG Cheezits

3. Buffalo Ranch Doritos

4. Buffalo and Blue Cheese Doritos (two chips in one bag)

5. Soft Batch Peanut Butter Cookies

6. chocolate chip peanut butter cookies

7. mrs. field's white chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies

8. tagalong cookies (girl scout cookie time only)

9. vanilla wafers

10. chicken in a biscuit crackers

11. white cheddar Cheezits

12. Cream Horns (oh my - especially if they are cold)

13. ice cream with sprinkles

14. ice cream with diet dr pepper poured over it

15. plain ice cream

16. cream cheese and olives on crackers (or potato chips like my granny made me)

17. uncrustables peanut butter and jelly sandwich

18. marshmallows

19. fudge stripes

20. anything in the reece cup family

21. sour cream and onion dip style chips with onion dip

22. spinach dip

23. sausage balls (i realize this isn't really a snack - but well, whatever)

24. my mom's cheese ball

25. my mom's chocolate delight pie which is SO delightful

26. beer cheese crackers (a sam's choice cracker that i can't find often enough)

27. dill oyster crackers - dill, dry ranch dressing mix, veggie oil and oyster crackers done in the oven

28. whatchamacallit

29. nutty bars

30. chips and cheese dip



All the bold face items are the things I've actually had THIS YEAR!

All the RED items are things I haven't had in a while but now want after making this list!

All the BOLD face items that are BLUE are things I only get on special occasions.



Now you can see why I needed to lose 45 pounds!! Actually I need to lose ten more to reach MY goal weight and probably 15-20 more to be at what the world probably would find acceptable.



lisa

30 things I have enjoyed/learned/loved while being on the Scrap Etc. Event Team (before the event)

Ok - this is a fun list!! And again these are in no particular order!! And I'll try to do an 'after the event' list too because I'm sure there will be more interesting things occuring next week!!! :)

1. Getting to see all of the behind the scenes stuff is so much fun. It's amazing to hear Monique talk about what she wants to do - because as she's telling you, she has a way of describing it where you can actually see it yourself!
2. Getting to know the other team members.
3. Packing kits - it's been hard work but it's been fun - again it's the whole process that amazes me - how someone comes up with an idea for an album, a layouts, etc - and to see the pieces fall into place is fun!
4. Hearing all about Church of the Highlands from Monique and Jer at one of our earlier meeting.
5. Going to Church of the Highlands because of hearing about it from Monique and Jer.
6. Continuing to go to Church of the Highlands and really loving it - and Cole and Jason love it too!
7. Tracy's carmel corn.
8. Carol's Godiva.
9. Making Buttons - Ok that wasn't really something I enjoyed - it's hard on your arm, but it's something I learned how to do.
10. Knowing things that others don't know - hee hee - that's always fun.
11. Spending time working with other girls - and getting in quality girl chit chat. Even if it's just about reality tv. I'm so outnumbered at home.
12. Seeing Cole play with other kids outside of school. He has many new girlfriends now!!
13. Giving while expecting nothing in return.
14. Being behind the scenes of something I've enjoyed attending has given me a different view of the event. I had no clue how all these things came together in the past - how much time and thought and hard work went in it - it's amazing. And now I can say from both sides (the attendee and the team member) it's worth it!!!
15. Hanging out with people who love Disney as much as me and who know as much (OK WAY more) than me about it.
16. Cole got a new audience to entertain. (He can tell you all about the Rocking Roller Coaster starring Areosmith)
17. I feel like I've made an effort to get to know new people. (Something I wasn't very good at in Mobile - I'm a little shy)
18. Hanging out with the Design Team has been fun - but sadly none of their fabulousness has rubbed off on me yet.
19. There's no better place to hang out during a tornado warning than at the Monique's moms.
20. I learned that when you use the restroom at someone else's house - and the bathrooms are rather large - you need to check to see if there is more than one door to the bathroom - and close it!!
21. I also learned that my van, when parked on a hill, with a little more than a quarter of a tank of gas won't crank.
22. I learned to always stop for gas before going to Monique's house (see number 21).
23. Other people's kids really are as entertaining as mine. I really thought only Cole could be that fabulous!! :)
24. My husband will NOT ever understand this 'scrapbooking thing' I love.
25. I learned that you can only put so many sheets of paper through the Accu Cut at a time.
26. I learned that ziplock bags really need to be about a 1/4 of an inch wider than they are.
27. I learned that if you spend an evening with girls, doing things like kit packing, you're in a much better mood when you get home than you would have been after spending the day with second grade.
28. I learned that before I make a list of 30 things about something I should probably make sure I have thirty things to say about IT.
29. I learned that once you reach 29, you still have one more to go.
30. I learned that planning a major scrapbooking event can consume your life. Every minute of your day (almost) has to be devoted to the event - everything from answering emails (as quickly as you possibly can when you have 400000000 other things going on) to making sure you have enough snacks, tshirts, cardstock, rooms, cardboard - etc.

I really admire everyone of the girls that are the creative mind behind this event. Not just Monique - although she has the idea and knows what she wants it to be about - but everyone else that knows how to take her idea and make it real. She does so much of it on her own - but gosh - the people that help her inspire me!!! I mean, I'm helping in a simple way - these girls are making the dream come true - all of them together. AMAZING!!!

lisa

A regular blog post

Ok - I know I've committed to the 30 things for 30 days - but this is a bonus post.

Pictures of MY STUDIO - WOO HOO!!!

here it is:

This is my cool paper rack and the storage containers with drawers are the first EVER scrapbook storage items I bought. And the wall the cross is hanging on was bright blue - sort of a neon shade - before we painted:

And below is a picture of two bookcases that came with the house.

Oh - and the wall behind these shelves was HOT HOT pink before we painted them.

the other shelf:
and this is my work space - two table and lots of junk!! The wall the windows are on was flourescent green!!
And this is another shot of the BLUE wall. This huge wall unit was too heavy for the guys to move upstairs and we really didn't have a spot for it up there, so I got it. Lots of shelves and spaces to stick stuff in. The opening in the very middle is my version of the Clip It Up. It's a tension rod with bags hanging on it that have handles that will hook on the rod. You can barely see the bags hanging, but they're there - behind a roll of paper!!

So there you have it!

There is also a closet directly opposite from this wall unit, but that area was still a mess! So of course, I didn't photograph it!

Thanks for all the tips and hints from everyone that gave me advice on storage, etc. I really appeciate it!!

lisa