More useless fun and diversion!

You've Changed 28% in 10 Years

Ah, the past! You may not remember it well - because you're still living in it. While you've changed some, you may want to update your wardrobe, music collection and circle of friends.

How Much Have You Changed in 10 Years?

Video proof....

...That my cat is not a TOTAL psycho.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ujbfCBsexA

LOVE how the random characters they named her video have the word "sex" in it... sheesh..... Trust me, it is TOTALLY SAFE FAMILY VIEWING.... LOL!

A few photos from yesterday.....

The kids are getting veggies now. They really like their carrots! Abigail's hair just gets longer and keeps going straight up!


YUM!


Aren't their matching outfits CUTE?????


Have I mentioned what a HAM Gregory is turning out to be???


My favorite photo from yesterday... I call it "Three Generations". That's my Mom-In-Law, Sis-In-Law (Barb) and Abigail. TOO CUTE!!!!!


Can't leave they guys out.... Here is Russ and his father.

At Christmas, I'll be a little more organized and get true generation photos... I'll get Don & Gregory in with Russ & Dad and I'll get Patty in the "girls" photo.....

Mmmmm.... TURKEY.....

Yes, I have survived Thanksgiving. Fun and TASTY! I'll upload a couple photos of Abigail and Gregory later.

Also survived minimal Black Friday shopping, although I am headed out again in a few minutes. I went to BestBuy at around 7 this morning, went it, got the item I went for, they were out of the second thing I was looking for, got in the MIRACULOUSLY short line and left. 20 minutes, tops. Went to go to Fry's Electronics and the LINE OF CARS *TRYING* to get into the parking lot was backed up ONTO THE FREEWAY EXIT!!!! What the heck????? So I'll try there later. Now I'm off to Kohl's (excellent deals on bedding before 1PM!).

Tomorrow I'm doing a turkey for us since we all know one of the best parts of Thanksgiving is LEFTOVERS!!!!! YUM!

Every once in a while.....

Someone says something to me that is so OUT THERE, all I can do is laugh......

So Starbucks has all their Holiday stuff out, including these REALLY STINKIN CUTE holders for their gift cards (which I have several already purchased for gift giving this year, so I got to take a few).

Now, I know the folks at my Starbucks PRETTY WELL as I am in there just about every day and I sit and read my paper when I'm there, so I've had the chance to chat with most of them. The gal who rang me up says to me, "Aren't those mittens the CUTEST? You should take a set home and PUT THEM ON YOUR CAT! Wouldn't that be DARLING?". Uh..... yeah..... Darling. That's the word to best describe the BLOOD BATH that would ensue if I even THOUGHT about putting those on her.... They are cute tho.... wonder if I could get them on just the front feet???? They'd make a dashing accessory to the little jingle bell collar.... If I haven't blogged again by the 27th, you'll know that I tried it and you can read all about it in the news... just Google "Woman slashed by cat while attempting to put mittens on her".... he he he.....

Last night she was sitting on my lap and just started growling. I don't know if she was having a bad dream or what, but it was dang funny. She could have left at any time, but instead she sat there growling and if I pet her, she would scream and at one point she even hissed. Psycho..... I was even able to record it on my digital camera.... what a nutcase.... she truly has a kitty screw loose.....

I did some stamping this morning, but I can't share what I did as the person getting it reads my blog. Off to start another thrilling day of errands and housework.....

Taz is NOT amused.....

PetSmart has all their holiday stuff out. I couldn't resist this cute collar. Taz, however, CAN resist it. I will be trying for a better shot, but this was the best one of the 3 she "let" me take this afternoon. Can't you just SEE the LOVE in her eyes????

PetSmart had a little Santa sweater thing too, but I was afraid it would be the last thing I would attempt to do in this life to try and get it on her..... OH! And the little purple "jacket" with the fake fur trim that reverses to a pink plaid..... WAY CUTE! I would have to have blood donors lined up before I try to put something like that on her though.....

At least I didn't get the hat or the reindeer ears. Been there, tried that. Not gonna try THAT again! LOL! I am still trying to get a picture of her in the Minnie Mouse pink princess hat I bought her at Disney World 3 years ago.....

A quick upload

I stamped this tonight for Julee's Mojo Monday challenge this week. You can find it HERE. I had to flip the corner the circle went in since the position of the bottle did not allow for the sentiment panel to go on the left.



The base of the card is called Lightspeck Gold. Sorry, I have no idea who makes it, I've had it for YEARS! Same goes for the burgundy ribbon. The patterned paper is by BoBunny. It's iridescent and I think it's called Holiday Wishes. The gold is Stampin' Up!'s Brushed Gold. The brads and sentiment are also from Stampin' Up!. The wine stamp was acquired today and is by Inkadinkado. I stamped it on Beckett Iceberg cardstock in Chocolate Chip and colored it with my Dewernt Watercolor Pencils and used my Aqua painter to even up and highlight the colors. Thanks for the sketch, Julee!!!!!

When I'm BAD, I'm REALLY BAD!!!!

OK - so one of my errands today was to go to Target and get the cute little step stool that was on sale in their ad this weekend. It's for Taz to help her get up onto our bed; it matches my Pergo flooring and looks a whole lot better than the Sterlite storage bucket at the foot of the bed now. Well, while I was there, I thought I'd go check out the Christmas decorations.... BAD IDEA.....

Russ - stop reading NOW.......

Seriously.......


So I go wandering through Target Christmas Land and see THREE FULL AISLES of Halloween candy marked SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OFF!!!!!! That's 57¢ a bag.... Let's just say my super-secret-candy-stash is FULL. Bad Lisa.... bad, bad Lisa.....

So since I had a LOT of chocolate in the car, I skipped my second errand which was to look at microwave ovens at Best Buy.... didn't want my treasure to melt... it was 75 and sunny out! LOL!

So I guess I get to go back out this afternoon and look at the microwave. We have one over our stove that is starting to show some signs of not being long for this world. It was here when we bought the house and according to the label is about 9 years old. Also, the former residents took the probe with them when they moved, so I've never been able to use the sensor cook feature which I have missed on a few occasions. So I told Russ I want a new microwave for Christmas.

After checking Consumer Reports and then reading a bunch of actual consumers' reviews online I know which one I want (he's lucky I read all the consumer reviews... the one I wanted was $700 and well rated by the testing at CR, but real people rated it VERY BADLY) and the one that scored well with both CR and real people is only $300. YAY! So I just saved him $200 (Yes, I know it's a $400 difference, I have points at Sears that I was gonna cash in for $200 off the Kenmore $700 model, but they don't carry the one we will end up getting.... oh well, I get to keep accumulating my Sears points!). Ain't he lucky to have me???? LOL!

So now I'm off to Best Buy and Fry's (who also carries the microwave brand I'm looking for) to see what their install and delivery prices are.... Catch ya later, peeps!

They're turning into little PEOPLE!

Russ & I went to visit his sister, her DH and the babies yesterday. The babies will be 6 months old on the 15th. The last time I saw them, they had just turned 3 months old. WOW, WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!!!! Here are my two fave photos from yesterday:






Do you not LOVE Abigail's HAIR????? What a hoot! Gregory likes to "stand" when you hold him and will do this little "marching" thing. That kid is going to walk EARLY..... Abigail (being a girl) likes to "talk". She giggles easily. Gregory normally doesn't like being put in his car seat, apparently, but he didn't mind yesterday, did he? LOL!

Stressin, stressin, stressin......

OK. Don't get me wrong, I *LOVE* Christmas, but there is little in this world that can stress me out more than walking into WalMart on November 1st and seeing their HUGE FREAKIN COUNT DOWN TO CHRISTMAS SIGN UP!!!! (53 shopping days left, by the way) Anyone have a paper bag I can breathe into?????

Let's see.... I have ornaments to make, cards to make, presents to buy, decorating to do. And then there's the baking. And the travel scheduling. And the inevitable guilt trip coming from the north even though I TOLD her we aren't coming up there for Christmas EVER AGAIN after the travel fiasco last year.

What do I have done so far????? I have one card tentatively designed. I have no clue what I'm doing for ornaments. I have a couple Starbucks gift cards bought (those $5 ones you always seem to need to give someone at the last minute). I measured the new gutters to see how many feet of lights I need (now I need to get the lights out and see how many feet I *HAVE* and if I have gutter clips). We won't discuss shopping/gifts. I have an inkling of an idea of what I'm getting Russ and Justin's family. I have a mental budget of what I *plan* to spend. I have money set aside in savings. That's it. No clue where to even start for my Mom. As usual. Ugh.

I remember when I was younger, my shopping was DONE by Halloween (except for stockings and last minute things like edibles) and my cards were addressed and ready to mail the day after Thanksgiving. In recent years I have used the Thanksgiving weekend up at Sea Ranch to stamp my cards. Don't know what I'm doing this year. We still aren't sure when Russ will be done with Vegas, but I may go up to Sea Ranch by myself after Thanksgiving if I don't get some progress made SOON.

I had a couple sketches done last night for the "mailable" Christmas card, but wasn't really HAPPY with either of them. Sat down in there again this morning and made a couple tweaks and I *think* I like it. Unfortunately, I don't own one of the stamps I need for it yet, so it's on order. It will be 7-10 business days before I can see if I *really* like it. Haven't a clue what I'm doing on the "special" cards.... (Special cards go to the friends who get packages from me so they don't need to fly under the new postal regulations that keep me from using embellishments and layers to my heart's content!). I *do* have one batch of ornaments that I did about a month ago for my SCS "Spamily" that are about half done, but I have no clue what I'm doing for our family which is the big batch of ornaments I do every year. Sigh..... Lots of little fragments of ideas, but no real progress. The story of my life.... LOL!

Today is being spent on laundry and errands. Russ is working from home this morning and I helped him get his travel reservations all done for his trip to DC in April.

I decided not to go. I did negotiate him picking up the airfare for my trip to SLC next July for Convention. That ought to be a pretty big PAR-TAY.... it will be Stampin' Up!'s 20th anniversary and if THAT wasn't big ENOUGH, they are going back to a SINGLE SESSION for Convention next year which means probably over 5000 crazy, jazzed STAMPING WOMEN taking over downtown Salt Lake City for 4 days!!!! Should be interesting!

Later we have plans to make a run over to Costco. Russ' new glasses are ready to pick up and I need to hit Petco which is nearby for their HUGE 3 day sale on cat food. Grab a little lunch then come home and do more laundry! The weather is STUNNING, so I picked up some steaks last night to BBQ tonight. Tomorrow we are going down to San Jose (yes, Judy - where the earthquake was this week) to see Russ' family (including the little munchkins who turn 6 months in about 2 weeks). Then on Sunday the whole packing cycle begins again. At least I get an extra hour of sleep Saturday night.... don't forget to set your clocks back!