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Friday, June 25, 2010

I’m a dork

I took a few photos of this absolutely beautiful sky last night with my phone ~ emailed them to myself ~ then somehow deleted them from my downloads, deleted the message they came in, emptied my trash, and deleted them from my phone (thinking they were on my computer).    In other words, those gorgeous photos are no longer anywhere to be found.  Darn it!!  I’m such a dork.

Layouts 35-36 ~ American Girl Day, FL 2009

American Girl Day FL 2009

Click on pics for credits :)

Photo 167 June 18-20

6-18 New router 
Not a very exciting photo, I’m sure.  But this has occupied my time for the last couple of days _it’s now June 20th.  First it was our old router giving us grief, so I had to buy a new one.  Then the desktop took a dump and wouldn’t start up when I pushed the ON button.  What do we do ~ buy a new desktop!?  ARGGHHH!!!  But then I had an AHA moment ~ we had our desktop from Michigan up in the closet.  So I dragged that out, hooked it up, did some finagling to install the new router and printer ~ and it works!!  Hallelujah!!  Problem solved.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Layouts 31-34 ~ Learning to Walk, Waiting for Mitchell, Mitchell’s Class Project

More layouts for the June portfolio at Sweet Shoppe Designs.  No time to take photos!  Click on the pics for credits.
Learning to walk waiting for mitchell Class Project

Photo 166 June 17

6-17 New yard
Our new “yard.”    My hubby’s been working on a landscaping project ~ in this 90+ degree heat, no less.  He ripped out quite a few overgrown bushes, put some stepping stones over to the hose, added a few new plants and some mulch.  It definitely looks a lot better than it did!  Good job, honey  :)

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Photo 165 June 16

Girls Rock Frame
I decided to do a hybrid scrapbook project for one of the challenges in the June Portfolio at Sweet Shoppe.  I created a layout and glued it onto a wood 8x8 frame.  Different!

Layouts 28-30 – BFFs, Growing Up Together, Summer Reads

Growing Up Together
Summer Reads

Credits can be found in my gallery posts at Sweet Shoppe.

Photo 164 June 15

Look what we found wandering around the beach today!
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He was a busy little thing ~ picking up some lunch in the sand and scooting back into a hole he had made whenever anyone got close.  Really fun to watch.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Photo 163 June 14

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My first Silly Band ~ it’s a boat, can you tell?  I really want the giraffe :)

Photo 162 June 13

 

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Our bathroom lights ~ we really need to change them one of these days.  We have to unscrew half of them or else we’ll get heat stroke! 

Photo 161 June 12

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Stocking up on 5-hour Energy for our next road trip.  We can never have too many of these!

Photo 160 June 11

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This little stack of fabric is all set to make into little wallets ~ someday.  I just need to get my sewing mojo back.

Photo 159 June 10

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Love this little project!  I saw it in a Creating Keepsakes ad for Sizzix ~ think I’ll give it a try.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Photo 158 June 9

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My little wire angel ~ keeping me safe in my craft space.  In other words, so I don’t cut or stab myself, or run over my fingers with the sewing machine.

Photo 157 June 8

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My shell heart-wreath ~ posing for close-ups.

Photo 156 June 7

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See the little buds on my foster orchid plant? ~ I’m hoping that those will turn out to be new stems of blooms, but they’re probably just roots.  That, too, would be a good thing ~ it must mean that the plant is not going to die on me any time soon :)

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Layouts 26, 27 ~ Lovin' Summer, Bahamas Cruisin'

I’ve been crankin’ out the layouts for the last month trying to keep up with the monthly portfolio at Sweet Shoppe Designs.  So here’s a couple I did this week ~ you can see more here in my Sweet Shoppe gallery (credits included).
Lovin' Summer
Bahamas Cruisin

Photo 155 June 6

6-6 cookies
We went to Sweet Tomatoes again today and it was pretty slow, so when we got to the cashier she asked me if we’d like some cookies ~ apparently they weren’t going fast enough and they’d have to throw them away.  What was I going to say ~ NO?!  Like that will ever happen with chocolate chip cookies!  She gave us this bag of 13 ~  “Made from scratch daily” ~ Score!!

Photo 154 June 5

6-5 Clouds rollin' in It really looked like we were in for some rain today the way this cloud front rolled in ~ didn’t happen though.  We sure could use some!

Photo 153 June 4

6-4 Ibis 
I took a photo of this ibis on Bonita Beach, but we see them everywhere down here!

Photo 152 June 3

6-3 Shrimp Plant 
I found this strange little plant just outside Sweet Tomatoes in Naples ~ I guess it’s called a Shrimp Plant (Justicia brandegeana).

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Photo 151 June 2

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Our new door mat ~ love the colors!

Photo 150 June 1

IMG_2228_2636 My hubby planted a new plant in front of our entryway ~ I think it’s some kind of croton, but I’m not quite sure.  It’s kind of wild and pretty!