Hmmm, I hate to say this but I think that I might have found a flaw in the new Harry Potter book *gasp* I know but I re-read that section over again and I believe it is one. It was somewhere around chapter 23 when Ron, Harry and Hermione are all talking about the "Hallows". They are all saying Voldemorts name several times, I am there thinking why are you saying that name it will send the death eaters?? Then I thought ok, well I will read on to see if they show up in the next couple of lines...but no death eaters...so I read on to the next couple of chapters, when Harry finally says it again and sure enough some "Snatchers" appear. But I am still confused as to why nothing happened the first time or for that matter why the death eaters didn't come out the second time...and instead of the death eaters we got the "Snatchers"??
Lol, I guess I will read on and perhaps it will answer my own question...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
A Flaw??? Or not a Flaw??
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Question regarding Windows writer Live
I am wondering if any of you have been successful at downloading/ installing Windows Writer Live program?? If so what site did you get it from?? Thanks :D!
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Stampanna blog candy
Please, hurry on over to StampAnna's blog because she has some blog candy up for grabs. Great blog, with great looking cards :)!
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Monday, July 30, 2007
Pool party continued...
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Annual Pool Party at Aunt Nancy's
Okay, here is a good picture taken of my fil (father in law)...lol, everytime I see it I just laugh...here he is with a frog floaty and enjoying the pool with all his relatives. Sorry, dad, had to put you on here (tee hee)!
Here is my 5 year old swimming with his Uncle D. , my children just love their Aunts, Uncles, cousins and grandparents. I am so glad that we live so close to them all :)!
Here is my dh, my dd and my dh's cousins girlfriend Erin sitting around the pool talking. Okay, my dd isn't talking she is making funny noises with her mouth...which is her way of talking to her daddy.
The above picture is of my Dh's Aunt and Uncle, who are waiting for their food and thought that they would pose for this great shot. I love this picture of them :)! I will post other pictures later that I took at this pool party....didn't want to make this post a novel!
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My 7 mos old DD
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What do you think??
Most of Saturday was spent with my Dh, and my dd looking for a new to us vehicle...so frustrating..but while we were out (over by Kims place) having lunch at DQ the car died *the battery did*. So we called a friend of ours but he was in Hubbards, so he wasn't any help...didn't have Kim's number either with me (going to have to carry that from now on)! My hubby goes over to a Honda CRV that has a Volunteer Firefighter plate on it, so he thought that would be it and no more worries. He goes up to the window, asks the lady for a jump for our car...she said "don't have cables" and to that he said that we did. She looked at him and said "mmmm, don't want to help!" Lol, nice eh...You'll save me from a burning building but you won't help give me a jump?? What happened to helpful nova scotains?? Anywho, I was a little hot and upset at this point...so, I volunteered to go out...my dh said good take dd with you and see if some guy will help you out. I set out across the parking lot, sure enough a guy in a car offered to help :D...they were quite helpful and polite about it. Off we went to do more car hunting, still no luck in the end!
Had to tell you that story though :)!
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Run Quick...One Crazy Blog owner
Over at Ashwin’s blog, you will find one crazy blog owner!! You can win $2500!! To enter just copy this text and paste it in your blog!! But hurry, this competition will not last long! So get posting!
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Friday, July 27, 2007
My First Bella's
First, I have to say that I HATE how hot it is here...I am sure there are those of you who read my blog who are used to this insanely hot humid muggy weather. We aren't here in Nova Scotia...today on my thermometer it hit 40 degrees...with humidex it said 48 on the radio. Ugh! Okay back to the reason I was posting hurray, I got my first Bella's the other day :D! I know, I know it is about time I jumped on the Bella wagon...so here I did it and I am excited. I ordered mine from Mindy through my stamping friend Kim, and a bonus when I opened up my envelope there was an extra Bella in there from Kim. Thank you Kim I LOVE the one you picked out, and thanks again for helping me order them :)!
Okay, I did have pictures of my beautiful bellas...but my computer has decided to be stubborn and not let me have my picture. I got the Tinkerbella, the javabellas, thejammybella, and the surprise one was the giftabella...
Oh and go check out this website for some yummy blog candy and besides it is a great blog : http://kristinaalewis.blogspot.com/.
Enjoy!
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
Before and After
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Disappointed
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My CCE card for someone
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Moms
I got this from a friend, it is a great read...or at least I think so!
>>We are sitting at lunch one day when my daughter casually mentions that
>>she and her husband are thinking of "starting a family." "We're taking a
>>survey," she says half-joking.. "Do you think I should have a baby?""
>> >
>> >It will change your life," I say, carefully keeping my tone neutral. "I
>> >know," she says, "no more sleeping in on weekends, no more
>>spontaneous vacations.
>> >
>> >"But that is not what I meant at all. I look at my daughter, trying to
>> >decide what to tell her.
>> >
>> >I want her to know what she will never learn in child birth
>>classes. I
>> >want to tell her that the physical wounds of child bearing will heal,
>> >but
>> >becoming a mother will leave her with an emotional wound so raw that she
>>will forever be vulnerable. I consider warning her that she will never
>>again read a newspaper without asking, "What if that had been MY child?"
>> >That every plane crash, every house fire will haunt her. That when she
>>sees pictures of starving children, she will wonder if anything could be
>>worse than watching your child die.
>> >
>> >I look at her carefully manicured nails and stylish suit and think that
>>no matter how sophisticated she is, becoming a mother will reduce her to
>>the primitive level of a bear protecting her cub. That an urgent call of
>>"Mom!" will cause her to drop a soufflé or her best crystal without a
>>moments hesitation. I
>>feel that I should warn her that no matter how many years she has invested
>>in her career, she will be professionally derailed by motherhood. She
>>might arrange for childcare, but one day she will be going into an
>>important business meeting and she will think of her baby's sweet smell.
>>She will have to use every ounce discipline to keep from running home,
>>just to make sure her baby is all right.
>> >
>> >I want my daughter to know that every day decisions will no longer be
>>routine. That a five year old boy's desire to go to the men's room rather
>>than the women's at McDonald's will become a major dilemma. That right
>>there, in the midst of clattering trays and screaming children, issues of
>>independence and gender identity will be weighed against the prospect that
>>a child molester may be lurking in that
>>restroom. However decisive she may be at the office, she will second-guess
>>herself constantly as a mother.
>> >
>> >Looking at my attractive daughter, I want to assure her that eventually
>>she will shed the pounds of pregnancy, but she will never feel the same
>>about herself. That her life, now so important, will be of less value to
>>her once she has a child. That she would give herself up in a moment to
>>save her offspring, but will also begin to hope for more years, not to
>>accomplish her own dreams, but to watch her child accomplish theirs. I
>>want her to know that a cesarean scar or shiny stretch marks will become
>>badges of honour.
>> >
>> >My daughter's relationship with her husband will change, and not in the
>>way she thinks. I wish she could understand how much
>>more you can love a man who is careful to powder the baby or who never
>>hesitates to play with his child. I think she should know that she will
>>fall in love with him again for reasons she would now find very
>>unromantic. I wish my daughter could sense the bond she will feel with
>>women throughout history who have tried to stop war, prejudice and drunk
>>driving. I want to describe to my daughter the exhilaration of seeing your
>>child learn to ride a bike.
>> >
>> >I want to capture for her the belly laugh of a baby who is touching the
>>soft fur of a dog or cat for the first time. I want her to taste the joy
>>that is so real it actually hurts. My daughter's quizzical look makes me
>>realize that tears have formed in my eyes.
>> >
>> >"You'll never regret it," I finally say. Then I
>>reached across the table, squeezed my daughter's hand and offered a silent
>>prayer for her, and for me, and for all the mere mortal women who stumble
>>their way into this most wonderful of callings.
>> >
>> >Please share this with a Mom that you know or all of your girlfriends
>> >who
>>may someday be Moms. May you always have in your arms the one who is in
>>your heart.
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Group pic
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Imagination...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Got a good tip
All you Harry Potter fans out there who haven't gotten the newest book yet, here is a hint...ready?? Run to you local Costco, run as fast as you can, and hope that you have that membership to it or know someone who does...because a little birdy who works there told me you can get it for $25.00 and not pay whatever the other stores are asking.
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Our day with Aunt Diane
Wow, what a day we had...I actually might have to make a few posts out of the pictures I took yesterday!! We first went to the library, whithatfunny incident happened, and we came away with a lot of books...I am sure the librarians and people around us thought we were crazy with all the books we had. But see the thing is I have 3 different age levels in my home that I would like to accomodate in terms of getting books for, okay perhaps we did get a little carried away with the books ( we had 3-4 bags *the reusable kind from Superstore or Sobeys*). But it was worth it, because the joy that my older children had on their faces was very apparent and they chose books on different topics. My older son chose trucks, trains, and also books on space as well as some other books he just walked along and picked out himself. My middle child he chose a Caillou movie, books on Helicopters, and my Aunt picked out one's she felt as a librarian that we should be getting. I chose some board books with babies in it, because my dd LOVES babies in books or magazines.
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my lil sleepy head
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Monday, July 23, 2007
What are the chances????
So check out this weird story, and yes it is true...it happened to me this morning at the local library (over by my dh's Aunt's house). I decided that we haven't seen my hubbies Aunt in a long time, we usually went to her house to visit a lot last summer...so we made a playdate/ library trip out of our day today. My dh Aunt and my 3 year old went to check out movies, while myself, my dd, and my 5 year old stayed in the play area with the other parents and children. I was standing there watching my 5 year old play with the trucks on the floor, and I was pushing my dd's stroller back and forth in hopes to get her to have a nap (yeah right, not when there is all that excitement going on around her). This guy and his child walk by us, he says hey sweetie aren't you adoreable to my dd...he looks up at me and says "Hi Cathy" This is what I was called when I was a child, not anymore...I go by Catherine now. I look at him as if to say "who the heck are you??" ( I had no idea who he was or his child, and I am pretty good with remembering faces) , I think he picked up on that because he said right after that "I'm Jim we shook hands here at the library last week. I said well that is funny because i wasn't at this library last week, but my name is Cathy...he just looked at me weirdly...introduced himself again and wished me a good day. I heard him say to his child or someone who was with him "Let's go get a lotto ticket!" I then thought may be he heard my Aunt say my name...but he wasn't there when she said my name...and she wasn't saying it loud enough for him to hear where he was standing. Too creepy!!!
To make it funnier, my dh's Aunt is a librarian at a elementary school and she see's her students everywhere. Well, she met one while she was off looking at the movies and told him to come find me...to say "Hi Cathy" and then walk away. He did come over to me, did ask me but I had already gone back over to my Aunt so I could see her face when he did come up to me. She thought it would be funny to have a second person I wouldn't know come up to me and say hi...
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Lol, too funny.
Try this out, it is fun and funny :)! Goto Google and type in your name and needs, like for me it would be Catherine needs....when it is done searching it will show a list of things you need.
So here is what the list says I need:
~ A sloshpile Condo
~ A Tinfoil hat
~of growth
~ Access to the basement
~ My Mom
~a sanctuary, periodic retreat from the world
~ another yacht (the funny thing is I don't have one yacht!)
~to collect secretary materials
~a man with brains
tee hee...
Here is what my hubby needs:
~Me
~ a drive home
~ my help
~A home with no children (well he is out of luck on that one...since he has 3)
~Money for art supplies (ok, can't argue with this one...who doesn't need money for crafty supplies??)
~rest
~more ska and less finance
~needs a friend
~ no wake up call
Okay, now it is your turn folks...what do you need???
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Saturday, July 21, 2007
Cased again!
I found this over at Joanne B's blog, and just had to case it because it was a very beautiful card that I just HAD to share with you :)! You should check out her blog it is a pretty great place to get ideas, and I just love all her card creations she does too :)!
MATCHBOOK CARD
She took a piece of cardstock 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 and scored it at 3/4 inches and 1 1/2 inches and again at 5 1/2 inches. She folded over the bottom two scores and added a strip of designer paper to the front bottom piece. Tehn she secured it with two brads that went all the way through to create the matchbook closure. The just folded at the 5 1/2" line like a standard card. The top piece tucks right inside the lip of the matchbook bottom.
This one is a card that I am going to have to try out when I get my hand out of my cast,lol, at the rate I am going I am going to be one busy gal crafting cards when this cast comes off.
Have a great weekend :D! Oh, and ty for all your comments on the hairstyles...you'll have to wait and see what I do :D!
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Friday, July 20, 2007
Possibilities
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In Search of a New Blog Header
I need something new, something more fitting for my blog title, something with flourishes...but I don't know where to start. Any ideas, any sites for me to visit...anything? Well, okay not anything...don't need the teleban to be posting on here again...lol, right Julie??
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Cased from Amy over at Inkognito
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Thursday, July 19, 2007
Update on my hand
I went for my follow up doctor appointment to get my thumb checked out, and it still hurts when she was examining it. She took off the gauze part of my cast/splint back on with the Tensor wrap bandage, she told me to keep it on all the time but I can take it off when I shower. The key is when it is off I am not allowed to move it, sounds easy right? Lol, plus she is referring me to either orthopedics or Plastics to have them do the follow follow up...she is concerned about the circulation.
In the afternoon I got a sharp pain in my arm, so I took off the splint cast to see if something in it was causing the pain. When I took it off my thumb became tingly like pins and needles, then that feeling spread to the rest of my hand...kinda scarey...once the feeling came back I put the cast splint back on. I took it off again last night because my mom wrapped the Tensor wrong, and again my thumb and hand went numb/ pins and needles like. I really hope it isn't a circulation problem, that wouldn't be good!! Keep you posted :)!
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
How to get it off
wall paper, and doesn't seem to want to come off. We want to paint the bedroom but don't want the sticker to be there under the paint. Any suggestions would be great :)!
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Lost another tooth
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Ty, to Jean Faris
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Monday, July 16, 2007
What Is This Flower
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Friday, July 13, 2007
Tracy's Sketch Challenge
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Thursday, July 12, 2007
Cute arm eh??
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Kim's SU Night
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Cards to go with my brother's Anniversary gift
The second card is made with the Cuttlebug embossing folder called "Stylized Flowers", ribbon from Michael's $1.50 bin, used my 1 3/8" circle punch from SU and also used the sentiment from the clear Acryllic stamps from Michael's. I really like this Cuttlebug folder, can be used for so many occasions :)! I also used the Barely Banana cardstock for the base of this card, lol, sort of forgotten to say that.
My third card is made is made from Certainly Celery cardstock for the base, some Barely Banana for the strip under the stamped image. I used the stamp from the "Blooming With Happiness" another SU set, but this one is a hostess set ( one of many hostess sets) you can get if you host a party at your home.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
I got my title thingy back :D
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007
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Monday, July 9, 2007
Want to learn how to make these?? This post is going to be a tutorial on how to make coasters :D, sounds fun right? What a perfect wedding, house warming, bday gift you could give :)!
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