Have quiz? WIll take!

I'm such a sucker for all these online quiz games! I was browsing through Katie's blog thinking that I really need to do a monthly round up like she suggests and I found some...gasp....quizzes!!!! :)

So of course I had to find out what kind of cookie I would be...

You Are a Black and White Cookie

You're often conflicted in life, and you feel pulled in two opposite directions.When you're good, you're sweet as sugar. And when you're bad, you're wicked!

What Kind of Cookie Are You?

And of course I had to find out what kind of pie I am....

You Are Apple Pie

You're the perfect combo of comforting and traditional Those who like you crave security

What Kind of Pie Are You?

So I'm a conflicted cookie, but a very comforting pie....try to analyze that!

We (Abigale and I) went for a train ride today! :) It is a minature train that runs from a station down to Trinity Park in Fort Worth, and back again. It was lots of fun *except* the rain cut it a little short :( I'm sure we'll go again. After waiting the rain out we went over to the zoo for a while. It was nice, I think the rain scared the regular zoo crowd away - so it was pretty easy to see the animals. Abigale and I shared a strawberry icecream cone - yummy!

That being said - I'm EXHAUSTED! so I'm heading to bed!

Get you June MOM now!!!

Just got the news from the Scrapbook Lady herself! :) June's Month of Memories AND Quote pack are up and on SALE! You can bet them at 50% off until June 1st. The June MOM is only $2.50 and the Quote pack is only $1.75 - what a deal!!! Check out all the info here!!!

What is the fabulous MOM you ask?? Katie researches each month and passes on info on all the fun celebrations, discoveries, holidays, and monthly themes to inspire your scrapbooking! She includes links, scrapbooking promts, plus the Quote Pack coordinates. I have found that they help me to discover our everyday lives a little more, plus she always has ideas for fun and unique ways to spend time with your family - never a dull moment!

Trust me, you won't be disappointed! :)

Delete, Delete, Save!

I've been spending the last few days going through all the files on my hard drive. It was brought to my attention ;) that I have used 97 out of the 100 gigs on my hard drive....oops! :)

It's just that all these digital scrapbooking files multiply like bunnies! I spent time here and there going through folders, looking at all the downloads, and making myself decide if I will actually use it. I'm such a freebie hog - I LOVE a good freebie - but do I always use them?? hmmmmm another story. I will say that one of the best freebies is the White Chipboard Alpha I got from one of Dani Mogstad's Newsletters - I have used that puppy over and over and over! lol :) Anyway, so I painfully gave up some of the files I have been hoarding - because some I just know I won't use. It's funny how my style - and that of designers - has changed over the past year plus that I've been scrapping this way.

Now I'm on to all those psd files from layouts. I did really well organizing files for mini albums - but all those regular files are all over the place! I didn't think ahead as to organizing them by 2004, 2005, 2006 or Abigale's 1st year, etc. So now I have a folder full of files that I need to open and determine what to do with them. I have a ton that need to be printed at that!! I'm thinking I may remove the psd from my hard drive and back them up on a dvd and also our external hard drive....but I don't know about that. I know it will save some space - but I'm terrified what will happen if the dvd goes bad - or I lose it! :)

So I'm doing some thinking and will need to do something soon - otherwise my computer will give up on me - and I can't have that!!!!

Today is the judging for week 4 of the Ultimate Digiscrapper. Yikes! I've looked and looked, read and stared, and no scores on paper yet! This is definately a hard week and only the top 7 will go on!!! Wish me luck!!!

Otherwise, Abigale and I are just hanging around the house. I hate that Robbie works on Saturday, makes us just bum around - I think it's all in my head. So far I have worked on father's day albums, I'm using the super cute Shabby Princess Father's Day Album. I purchased some board books a while back - and I'm using Shabby's tip from the mother's day album and painting them so they are not so WHITE. lol :) So I painted 2 of the 3 books while Abigale did some Crayola Wonder Finger Painting. :) She's now drawing with markers, also Crayola Wonder, so we've had a pretty crafty day.

Enjoy your weekend!

Just one of those days!

So it's been one of those days....

Abigale woke up at 8:30 - which is a reasonable hour, but if you know me you know I like to sleep as loooong as possible and an extra hour would have made me very very happy. Oh well :) We got up and she enjoyed a cereal bar while watching the "Doodle Bops" They are a little odd - but overall very happy - and it makes Abigale happy - so I'm happy.

Haven't heard of the Doodle Bops? Check them out here.

We started the "Beasts" class in Little Gym today! Wow what an appropriate name! The class is from 19 months to 2 1/2 years. Right now the class is really small with only 5 or 6 kids and they are all 19-20 months. They are all SO INDEPENDENT! Abigale was all over the place, usually more content to do the warm up and hang with Mama at least a little, but NO, not today! :) She wanted to explore and test her limits. Rachel, one of the leaders, said to let her be and she'd come back - sure enough she did! :) I'm really hoping the class stays small - it was nice, they all had lots of attention and there was more than enough equipment without several children already on it. Everyone over at the Little Gym is just wonderful, it's been a great experience and I highly recomend it!

We got home and I hoped she'd take a quick nap before we went to the ped. dentist. Nope, didn't happen. I'll just leave it at that.

We went to the dentist and Abigale did really well. She let the dentist look at her teeth without even a fuss. But, as in the nature of my day, there is some bad news. :( I had noticed on a few of Abigale's teeth a little bit of yellow down on the bottom moving up almost half way. It's not on her front two on the top or bottom, but all the others to the right and left. I had hoped it was just a calcium deposit, or maybe even some plaque - just tell me it's my fault and I'll fix it. But nope, she has "defective enamel". Basically the top white coat of enamel just isn't there, it didn't form. We don't know if it's hereditary or maybe a bad side effect from antibiotics she's taken from basically birth. There isn't much we can do about it other than a flouride treatement to help keep them stong - and to brush and watch for cavitities. Poor kid, she just can't seem to catch a break! I'm praying that her adult teeth come in unaffected.

So that's what's going on around here. I haven't seen baby bird - but I haven't gone looking either. I have reason to believe the parents may have moved it over into our bushes - I'm really hoping that's the case. The parents have been hanging out in the front of our house a little more than normal - I only know it's them because they were making those go away noises...lol :)

There has also been a lot of negativity written about the contest lately. Complaints about the judging, the way we judge, who goes on, etc. Unfortunately no matter what we do, I think there will always be a complaint or hard feelings. There is no perfect way to run a contest and it always hurts not to go on. I don't like being accused of holding a popularity contest. Maybe that's because I don't consider myself popular - in fact I'm so far from it that I'm not even sure who the so called popular people are. When I judge I look at the challenge criteria and how the layout best fits it. Creativity and out of the box thinking are always a big plus - but that's no surprise, it's on the challenge info. The bottom line is you can't please everyone - that can be said for the contestants creating layouts or for the judging results or even the management of the contest. We're all just doing the best we can. :) The contest was meant to challenge you as a scrapper - push you to do your best - and if you won, well all the better for you! These are just my feelings - I'm really trying not to read the blogs or other forums and just stick to the Digiscrappin forums, but even so it's hard to ignore what I'm hearing. Good luck to those who have made it this far in the contest, remember to scrap for YOU and treasure your creations!!!

So my poor child who has fought a nap all day has finally given up, right here by my feet. Poor thing!

Until next time!

To the Rescue!!!

So around o'dark thirty Monday morning we hear Jack barking up a storm in the backyard. This isn't highly unusual - it happens from time to time, so we ignored it and TRIED to sleep.

Robbie got up later that morning and decided to figure out why the dog had been barking for hours. Sadly three baby birds had fallen out of their nest just outside of our fence to the side nearest to the street. At the time one of the birds had been run over and two were hanging out around our fence.

I guess Robbie didn't think to do anything about them, and he casually told me about them about an hour later. So of course I rush out to the aide of the little birds (I don't even like birds) and find another one splattered on the road. One little bird was left up against the fence, scared out of his little birdy mind. The nest hangs right out over the edge of our street. The "parents" were still hanging around - making sad noises - I'm sure they were very upset.

I send Robbie in the house for a shoebox and we scoop up the bird. I wasn't sure what I was going to do, but I didn't want another splattered bird on my concious. We lock up the cats, put the shoebox high enough that Abigale can't reach it, and I called our local vet. I get in touch with someone from a rescue group who suggesting making a new nest out of a cool whip bowl and putting it in a safer spot. Baby bird goes in, parents feed, life is good.
Pics: Abigale taking a peek at the bird and the baby bird in it's new home.









Enter today at o'dark thirty - Jack is again barking. So guess what, baby bird is again out of the nest up next to the fence. I checked on it a couple of time today - but it was actually running up and down the fence line and a parent bird swooped at me. So I'm just hoping for the best. Since Robbie was at work, I didn't have much choice, I can't put Abigale that close to the road and I don't want to leave her unoccupied in the house for very long either.

Here he is...back against the fence...he looks very angry with me:








So I'm refusing to go outside. I don't like the thought of the bird being run over - so I'd rather not know if it happens. Robbie did look as he came in and the coast is clear so far.

We're back!!!

Wow, so much has happened since I last posted! We just got back from Quintana Beach and Houston - so I guess it's time to do a little updating!

We had a fun week with my parents and Abigale was SPOILED beyond all that is reasonable. She would NOT let Pappaw go, followed him everywhere, and CRIED if he went somewhere without her. She was a Pappaw's Girl ALL WEEK! :)

We went to the free Aquarium in Freeport and Abigale giggled and pointed at the fish. She also spotted aquariums at several restaurants we went to.

Last year we had such a fun time on the beach. She crawled and laughed and splashed - had a GREAT time! Now, this time, it was a whole other story. She set foot on the sand and hysterically began crying and literally crawled up me. It wasn't even that the sand was hot - I think the texture and the fact that it moved was jut a little too much for her. She wasn't too sure about the water either - but after some gentle encouragement she warmed up to it. So much so that on our last visit to the beach she ran in fully clothed without hesitation!

Here she is clinging to Pappaw for dear life...and a little later on her own :) I think she is such a cutie in that swim suit - definately a toddler not a baby!












I'm just so glad to see her up and running and happy again. Back it up a a couple of weeks ago and we had one very sick baby. She woke up May 5th with a horrible stomach bug. We couldn't get her to stop throwing up and had to go to the emergancy room. Scary stuff! She was on IV's for several hours and it took her a full week to get back to a normal energy level and eat again.

Then there has been the contest. Yikes! :) It's been amazing to see all of the work that has been submitted. Seriously I am inspired left and right. Judging is so hard though! I love how excitied everyone gets when they move on, but it also breaks my heart if they don't. I know that not everyone can move on - I think I'm just too much of a softy!

So that all being said - that's what's been going on in our little world! I'm hoping to get some scrapping done this week and play with the pics I took this last week!! :) Hopefully I'll have some fun stuff to share later this week (if I'm not a bad blogger!)

I'll leave you with a little personality quiz I did recently! I'm such a sucker for these kinda things! I found the link for this one on Katie's blog :)

Your #1 Match: INFJ

The Protector You live your life with integrity, originality, vision, and creativity.Independent and stubborn, you rarely stray from your vision - no matter what it is.You are an excellent listener, with almost infinite patience.You have complex, deep feelings, and you take great care to express them. You would make a great photographer, alternative medicine guru, or teacher.

What's" Your Personality Type?