(above is my latest scrapbooking creation)

I wanted to share my latest scrapbooking creation, its called a LETTER ALBUM, made from durable cardstock and spells any word, like Taylor. Each page folds back and as the letters go in the album from T to R -the pages get bigger allowing you space to journalling and/or add photos, small ones of course. I made 2 so far (Daisies & Taylor)

I plan to make more when I get more time, they are time consuming creating but once they are done, they are easy to cut and tie together with a ribbon (which is my favorite part of scrapbooking this past year, I love ribbons).....how cute!

Long Weekend

Its been a long weekend, paper route totally takes over this weekend, its just now 1:30 or so (afternoon time) and I'm crawling out of bed, yikes!

We went to see a local band play last night from 9:00pm -midnight and we should have left 2 hrs prior to that, after getting home and not to bed til almost 1a.m. --- we were delivering our toughest day on 2 hrs sleep --was tough. We don't do that often and trust me, it'll be a bit of time til we do that again. We are seriously thinking of giving this paper route up by March 1st or at least dropping a few routes.......soon Steve will be back to work, he has jobs lined up already but the weather is so bitterly cold -you cannot do a thing.

well, I have alot to do today; laundry, cleaning, and putting some orders together. Have a good week!

Nothing New

I wanted to blog everyday this year and simply I'm running out of things to blog about. Today was nothing special, still cold outside -like in the 30's -and I hate it. I'm so ready for spring, not summer but spring weather and temp's.......where is it?

Been busy with selling some items and the paper route of course keeps us busy everyday --looking for someone right now to help us out on weekends and maybe take on a job as a substitute, we did have one interest but no definite takers just yet. Would be so nice to have 1 day off over the weekend come spring/summer months ---so we don't have to get up at 3:00am. every weekend all summer long.

Well, its late, ready for bed.....have a good week!

Up Early

I have tons to do this morning before we head out in the dreaded COLD FREEZING 20 degree weather they are calling for. Plus don't forget the snow fall this afternoon but not much maybe 1" if that, light dusty they say.

I cannot believe I'm out of bed and its already 9:00a.m. -meaning up, dressed and shoes on ready to head to the stores after getting to bed at 1:00a.m. in the morning -yikes! I was up late watching JOHN & KATE + 8.......I just love that show and knowing they live not too far from us here in PA, makes it exciting to watch. New episodes are now starting and I was up at midnight watching last week's show.......I'm always a week behind watching their show cause its on Mondays at 8:00pm. and I'm never watching it then. Its exciting to watch how someone raises 8 children and both being multiples , set of 6 and a set of twins, yikes! GOD BLESS THEM.

WELL its time to venture out......burrrrhhhh! Where is spring????????????????

Its Cold outside

I heard tonight and tomorrow is to bring only the high 20's in temps. burrrh! Long john material for paper route this morning, just sitting here dreading it. Well, its 9:30p.m. and I only have 5 1/2 hrs til we get up --- beddy time for me, good night! and stay warm!!!

More Snow than expected

Ok, we got more snow than I thought but alot of it melted today. Yesterdays paper route was horrifying, the snow was just coming down in flakes, laying on the roads and people just freaked, cars stuck everywhere. We saw a mini-van down in a ditch on Camp Betty Washington Rd. on our last leg of the route, cars stuck on hills on major roads, thank goodness we made it --- took us about 1 hour longer than usual, and that was just simply because we couldn't drive our normal speed....all else was fine. Oh, I did almost take a mailbox out, but lucky I missed it and instead of them getting their paper in their mailbox tube, we tossed it in the driveway cause I skidded right past, geez! that was a heart stopper moment.

Oh and by the way, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DAD!

Snow

Well, they are calling for snow/sleet today, only about a dusting but do we actually believe that? I'm still expecting more, its suppose to start now in fact, 10:00a.m. -but I see nothing (yet). Probably will start upon our adventure out to deliver papers, joy! for us.

New Adventure in Scrapbooking

This is my latest adventure, creating title words for your scrapbooks, and offering them on ebay and my website, I've been very busy the past 3 days creating as many designs as I can, if you want a design let me know, I can make any word with shape attached. They are very reasonable each and are selling quite well for me. I can cut them in most colors or black as shown above and again, any words you want. $1.00Customization is great on this end. I am enjoying this time to create and offer this hard to find title words. They make a great accent to your scrapbook!!!

Tax Time

Well, I filed my taxes already -its nice to not have to wait on tax forms to arrive and you can simply file your business taxes, and get it rolling. Of course, the wonderful EARNED INCOME CREDIT TAX helps me alot being a single mom and I usually get alot back from the gov't, although this year I had to pay in taxes, and had nothing to back me up, I still came out good in the end but TURBOTAX.COM is a wonderful site. I normally don't file my state and local taxes til April, those are my downfall. Happy filing!

Extremely Warm

It has been extremely WARM here in the northeast the past 2 days, its like spring..........we hit record high temp's yesterday -they said 74 degrees, I believe it....and today the same. It was so nice and almost spoiling us. Tomorrow rain moves in with it still in the high 50's they say and springlike, but the cold weather is on the rebound for next week, yuck! I just love this weather, specially doing a paper route and being able to wear short sleeves and the windows down all during the route......normally I'm up and down and up and down with the windows all day long. Today was just BEAUTIFUL!!!!

the Navy Scrapbook

I've been trying to blog for a few days with photos and it wouldn't let me know, so hopefully today I will have more luck.

This was the only photo I took at our christmas get together this past holiday, photos are becoming far and very few now adays, nobody wants a photo taken. :-( I got my dad this scrapbook for christmas -NAVY SCRAPBOOK of his reunion and past years.......he loved it, so glad. I had fun putting/creating this scrapbook for him.
Enjoy!

Happy New Year 2008!!!!

Just wanting to wish everyone a happy new year 2008, and hope your new year starts off with a bang!!!!

My day consisted of not getting to bed til about 12:30 due to the fireworks that were in city York, not even near us, but I could still hear them at midnight for about 20 mins.......woke me up and I couldn't fall to sleep til about 12:30 or so.....than getting up at 3:15 a.m. to deliver papers, the route went well, came home about 7:00a.m. and went directly to bed, not getting up til 12noon. Normally on a morning route I'm up by 11:00a.m. but guess my 3 hour sleep last night took a toll on me hard. Been trying to clean now, get dishes done, my kitchen is horrendous (spelling?), meaning needing cleaned big time, the holidays just made me lazy after christmas day, and I haven't cleaned much........my kitchen floor needs a good ammonia mop and hand washing, meaning down on the knees touch scrubbing. Anyways, we are not eating our pork/sauerkraut til later tonight, just got back from Wal-Mart shopping for some goodies. Got a pumpkin pie and whip cream, yum! Steve will be happy to see that. We missed it at Thanksgiving so I got it for him now. Always just got back from Fashion Bug, bought 2 tops with a gift card, the selection was crappy --nothing much left or nothing I liked, I wanted to buy some pants but I wasn't paying 25.00 a pair for athletic pants, which they had a pair I loved, but I just think that's silly, jeans yes! but athletic pants no. So, I got 2 tops ---one of them I plan to wear to watch the REDSKINS 1ST PLAYOFF game this Saturday night........its Redskins color, but its a color I like, I have 2 other tops in this color too.

Well, I'm going to relax a bit and get some stuff ready to get our New Years Day meaL started and get Steve on the roll here for some cooking.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 2008