The big ice-fishing trip!

Ok, here's a slideshow of all the photos Mike took ice-fishing. It was Zachary's first time!! :) The kids had a blast... and area already talking of next year. Sophia can't go till she's 4 - that's the unwritten rule about it all. So one more season of just her and I home for the weekend... Enjoy!!

All that work, andI can't publish the slide show!! I will work on it more tomorrow :)

Smackin' Acetate

As I've been informed, not to be confused with "Smokin' Acetate" LOL! I have started a marker club, and our first get together was last night. Here are the two projects we did. The first is using the Polka Dots and Paisley set that is featured in the Spring Mini Catalogue. Right now if you purchase the Polka Dots and Paisly set, matching jumbo wheel, and co-ordinating patterned paper pack, you get 50% off one item in the Spring mini!! Anyway, here is the card featuring that set



The second card we did, features the Wild Rose stamp set, one of my personal favourites!



It was a great time!! :) If a marker club or a 'stamp' club are of interest to you, feel free to ask! The rewards are amazing!!

At my 5$ card night, we did a cool card featuring punches (oval, and 3/4 inch circle)



Our other card for the evening was a masculine birthday card featuring French Script, Linen, and Artifacts (my fav for the guys!).



And lastly... I rec'd this beautiful sample with Polka Dots and Paisley stamps in the mail from Karen Duke this week!! She's given me permission to post it here for you all to see :) Thanks Karen :)



I will be uploading more card samples, and some photos from the kids ice-fishing trip! I'm sooo glad to have them home. Now if we could all be healthy it would be wonderful!! Zachary had the barfs on the weekend, and now Mike, Sophia and I are stricken with this awful head/sinus cold nonsense.

It was a beautiful day outside today, so I took the kids out to ride their bikes. I wish I could have enjoyed it more by feeling better!! :) Still, it was nice to wear our spring coats and rubber boots!! SPRING IS COMING!!!

...and they're off!

I bet nobody is up reading this .... but who would be at 3:42am? Not me normally. But today Mike and the bigger kids are going north to go ice-fishing. They left about 15 minutes ago. I'm such a sucky baby... I hate it when they go away. I have to admit that I did SO much better this time than in years past. I used to be sad for days before departure. This year, I cried a bit last night at bedtime for the kids, and kept it in check till just JA and Mike were walking out the door.

JA is taking a journal from school that she will write in daily, so she can report back to her class on Monday! She is thrilled to be doing that special activity assigned by her teacher (I hope they let US keep it when she returns!).

Zachary was just sad to leave the cat. LOL It's his first trip. They have to be four to go. He made it by just over a week!

So, I'm home alone with Sophia (and the cat). I do have plans to help fill my time while they are gone. I am wall papering the girls bedroom, I'm going to the church ladies meeting tonite (if my Dad will babysit!), tomorrow, more wallpapering I suspect. Tomorrow evening I'm going to the USA with my mom and her 2 friends, and Sophia. Saturday... finish papering LOL (do you sense a theme?!)... Mom and I are going out for lunch with a long time friend. I'm also hosting an online crop/challenge weekend at a yahoogroup (I say that loosely, it's just something to help me get some of my own scrapping done LOL!)... Sunday is church and then they come home!!! It's only Thursday... but Sunday is a comin'!!

Zachary was funny yesterday... we were talking about them going up north, and he thought they were going to the North Pole! Sorry bud, not this time! LOL! It has been a week of "are we going ice-fishing today!?" Zachary wanted to know if they were going to go float out on the ice and fish. What a hoot. Sorry Zach-a-doo... there had better not be floating ice! :)

I made the kids each a card, just a simple white card with their names stamped on the front. I included a bunch of Tootsie pops for them to share with their cousins. I baked a huge amount of chocolate chip cookies for them to take with them too. Mike has the DVD player, I figured out how to hang the darned thing so that everyone can see! The kid have several books, their favourite blankets, sleeping buddies, and pillows. New long underwear was purchased just for this event! :)

Well, as per Mike's request, I should head back to bed. Sophia will be up before I know it... and there's no resting when she's up! I"m sure I'll have more to report as the day goes by :)

Zachary is FOUR today!

Happy Birthday Zachary!! Wow... hard to believe that my wee boy is four years old today. Altho if you ask HIM... he will insist that he is SIX! LOL! What a guy. We had a party for him at the bowling alley on Saturday afternoon. He had 5 of his friends from church and pre-school there, plus JA and Sophia. The kids bowled for an hour or so, then zipped to the party room for supper, presents, and Lightening McQueen and Mater cupcakes! They all had a blast, and so did I because I didn't have to clean up after the party! LOL! Sunday we took the last of the cupcakes to church, as Zachary was promoting to the next class. Mike's folks came over for cake in the evening, while his one brother and two kids came over in the afternoon for a birthday visit. Today I took ice-cream to the pre-school for their snack (I was duty parent), and they sang Happy Birthday to him. :) This evening my folks took us to dinner at Eastside Mario's and bonus, kids eat free on Monday's! Zachary got to spin the wheel that earned him a free Frizbee, and the staff sang to him. He was on top of the world in there!!

I can't believe that my wee boy is 4. Soon he'll be heading to JK... they grow so fast!

Coaster Boxes

My friend and I (hello April!) made these cool boxes out of chipboard coasters this week. They are fun and addictive! LOL! Here's what we made :)

We bought a desk!

We set out yesterday to buy a bed rail for Sophia's big girl bed, and a vinyl mattress protector. We came home without either of those things! The price wasn't what I was willing to pay!

So... we browsed the furniture department. I have been wanting a REAL computer desk for years... and this one was just what I was looking for, and bonus, it was on clearance, so saved us 30$! (plus taxes!). It's not going to be put together until tomorrow sometime, but I"m savouring it already!

Here's a photo -

It's by Sauder, and it's solid wood, which is excellent!! :D

Coaster Boxes

My friend and I (hello April!) made these cool boxes out of chipboard coasters this week. They are fun and addictive! LOL! Here's what we made :)

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