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Taggety tag

Moki tagged me!

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Yes -- Lainie Kazan (spelling?) a somewhat famous singer back in the day
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? I tried on the way home from the pool today with my rotten children but I couldn't get much going,
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING I'm getting there.
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE LUNCH MEAT? Pressed turkey or chicken.
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? Unfortunately.
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? The existential questions this idea raises are too much for my brain to handle right now. So let's just say "Yes."
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Yes.
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS Yes
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Yes, and I probably will someday with my son.
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE CEREAL? Kashi crunch
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? No laces on flippies.
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Emotionally, stronger than I tend to believe.
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE ICE CREAM? Oreogasmic gelato from closest  gelateria (that tells you a lot about our town that we have TWO gelaterias).

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? attitude and energy
15. RED OR PINK? Hot fuchsia pink, please, with a sprinkle of red.
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVOURITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? I expect a lot from others and am hurt when they don't live up to my expectations.
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Shannon
18. WHAT COLOUR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? brown shorts and brown sandals
20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Dried granny smith apple pieces from Trader Joe's (YUM!)
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? The a/c
22. IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOUR WOULD YOU BE? Salsa red, just like my new car. :)
23. FAVOURITE SMELLS? Starbucks, coconut oil, and the peach/apricot lotion at Sonoma Mission Inn.
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? my hubby
25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? OH yes, Moki always makes me smile!
26. FAVOURITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Baseball and basketball.
27. HAIR COLOUR? brown/black with a bleached stripe that I sometimes dye magenta where no one can see at the nape of my neck. :) Shhh!
28. EYE COLOUR? Brown
29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Yes, can't see w/o them.
30. FAVOURITE FOOD? Right this second... I'm lusting for an In 'n' Out burger and extra-crispy fries. But overall, chips and salsa.
31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy endings every time.
32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Started watching Art School Confidential this afternoon.
33. WHAT COLOUR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? White with a brown design.
34. SUMMER OR WINTER? SUMMER!!!
35. HUGS OR KISSES? Depends on who from.
37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Ummmm. Everyone!
38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND ALL my friends will respond!
39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? "Kabul Beauty School"
40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? No mouse pad.
41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT? No cable reception at our house.
42. FAVOURITE SOUND? ocean, my kids saying "I love you."
43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Rolling Stones. I hate to say it but I don't really like the Beatles.
44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Went to grad school in Syracuse, NY -- didn't know a soul when I moved there. I've been farther away than that, but that's the real "away from home" story.
45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Hmmmm. I'm really great at forging people's signatures.
46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? California -- same hospital as my oldest and youngest.
47. WHAT SUPERPOWER WOULD YOU LIKE? Stop time.

tagging (if you're up for it): The last five people who left me comments:

Maria

Jennifer M.

Ramona

Erin

Tonya

A whole lotta craftin' goin' on

This is what's happening around here today:

We've got knit socks (or should I say, sock), the latest issue of Simple, felt and embroidery... oh my! No wonder I feel like a Michael's store exploded in my brain.

Of course, I should be working on my article for Selling Power. Somehow, the pull of fuschia felt is stronger. And I'm waiting for people to call me back. So there.

What does your craft space look like today?

Someone in Germany loves me...

How cute is this:

My Freundin Ramona sent me this little care package -- a German picture book, a Mary Engelbreit card and box, and the cutest little Chroust car ever!!!

Thank you, Ramona. You rock, in any language.

I M L8

pls xcs my typg  n ths pst. m l8 4 vrthng 2day. U cn gt a sns of how i tak ntes whn intervwg n th phne.

m thnkg abt:

-new bags ordrd fr 2peas & ebay. cn u say amy btlr????? gss whch clr i gt?

-bsball. srry. i hld off s lng s i cld.

-gr8 new pdcst (NOT me!). Accdntl cr8iv. wndy smdly tld me abt it. so gr8 4 cre8iv typs. tlkg abt how u need 2 honor ur cre8iv yrngs. Wow.

-jnE crg. weigh-n tmrw. Ugh.

-need new clndr/plnr. wnt somethg flat & not 2 thick, pref. 8.5x11-ish.  ne1 got ne ideas?

thts L 4 now.

cultr!

Raising the bar

Just finished a LO that I spent several hours on (for me -- a very long time!). And I don't really like it all that much. It's funny -- my standards have changed over the years! It used to be enough to get the pics on the page and get some meaningful journaling down, but no longer. I want it to be stunning, a complete blow-you-out-of-the-water design! I want heart-wrenching (notice: NOT "heartfelt") journaling or words that are so funny it will make the reader run for the Depends aisle. I want great, Ansel Adams-worthy photography.

Oh well. Some days it's just not like that.

The tough thing for scrappers is that if you're involved in another hobby -- say, baking -- and a project doesn't turn out right, there are plenty more raw ingredients. I mean, flour comes by the bag for a reason, right?? But if you're scrapping, you have these precious photos you're working with. I don't want to trash them and start over. But maybe sometimes that's just what I need to do.

I will not show you this lame LO (a double-page spread in some bright colors with six photos). Instead, I will share this one:

Not a HOF entry, but still PDC (pretty darned cute). If I do say so myself.

What do you do with your "so-so" LOs? Do you put 'em in the album anyway, or toss them and start over?

Episode 11 is up

A Baseball-Free Zone! I won't even MENTION the B-word. :)

Instead, we talk about 101 Things to Do with Your Scrapbook Supplies

And the Foof-A-Life from Autumn Leaves!

...We also talk about whether online scrapbook message boards are our friends, or if they leave us feeling like the kids at the corner table in the cafeteria...

...Plus a Jenny Craig update and more!

Listen here or download at iTunes.

Overwhelm

How do YOU keep up with it all?
I have piles of laundry.
Dozens of blog posts to catch up on.
Stacks of magazines to read.
Hours of podcasts to listen to.
and stuffstuffSTUFF everywhere!

All this and I don't even watch TV so I don't have a TiVo full of shows to watch...

So what are your tips? How do you keep all the balls in the air?

Episode 10: Colorama!

Episode 10 is up here or at iTunes.

Here's the layout I mentioned:

Here's another LO where I focused on complementing, rather than COORDINATING, colors:

Take a listen and then comment! :)

Scrappin' Away...

A quick one -- trying to do more with multiphoto pages.

What's the most photos you've ever gotten on a page? I wanna see!

LOotD

Another layout of the day, inspired by my "In This Moment" post from a few days ago:

Did you do one? If so, let me see it!!!!