my first attempt

At digital scrapbooking, that is. Actually this is my handout for my young women's lesson on Sunday. Well, it will be if it prints ok. It was fun creating it, but it would be a lot more fun if I could afford a faster internet connection.

What do you think?

Halloween

I love Halloween! These are some pictures of the few decorations I added to my collection this year:

I know those 2 pictures are of the same things, but each one has a glare, so to get the full effect you have to see both of them.

I love my witch! She is covered in glitter! She i may favorite Halloween decoration that I bought this year.

Oh.....by the way....in case anyone is wondering......there are only 96 days until Christmas!!

why is it?

Why is it that whenever I bake something for a specific reason, as opposed to baking something just because I feel like it, it turns out wrong? It drives me crazy! I baked turtle squares for YW tomorrow and I think I added too much caramel even though I added less than the recipe called for. Sigh. Now I'll have to figure out something else to take for the treats tomorrow night.


Oh...and by the way, Gaston read my blog and pointed out the sheet and comforter set we bought is blue and brown, not green and brown. I know we looked at some in both color schemes so I got a little forgetful in my old age. Oh, well. :)

Isn't my blog cute?

And no, I'm not just bragging about me getting it all cute. My sis did that for me. Isn't she great? I love it, Tam! Thanks! (Check out Tammy's blog at http://tammystimeflies.blogspot.com) I love green and brown! Gaston (that's for you, Anna!) and I bought green and brown bed linens that are really cute. And I have all kinds of green kitchen utensils. But my kitchen will be green and black and white. I love green!! But it has to be the right shade of green. The background paper is the perfect shade. I love it!!!

Monday Morning Poetry

Yep. I was bored at work Monday morning, too. But I'm just now getting around to posting it. Actually, I think that is a record for me to have another post so soon. I'm on a roll!

Poem #1

I reached a conclusion

Early this morning at 5

While I was trying

To keep myself alive.

The freezing cold

Was getting to me,

And it brought me to this epiphany:

I don't want to work anymore,

I don't want to quit -

That would be a bore.

And I'm not about to get fired,

But wouldn't it be nice

If I could just be retired!

Just think - It would be so great!

I could stay up

and sleep in late!

I could spend all day

Doing whatever I wanted,

I could even visit

A house most haunted!

I wish I could retire

While I am still young.

Then I wouldn't miss out

On all the fun!

Poem #2

I'm much too old,

To get up so early

And be out in the cold!

But at least I'm warm now,

So I guess I'll stop

Having a cow.

A winter girl, I am not!

But I must admit,

The weekend snow hit the spot.

My nephew and I had a blast,

At least until I got

Too cold to last!

Poem #3

Full of contradictions, that I am.

First I'm young, then I'm old.

And now my tale is all told.

For now. :)

Kind of dorky. But it kept me entertained for a bit. And that made the work day go by faster!

A Christmas Poem...by me!

I was bored at work one morning exactly 4 weeks before Christmas, so I wrote this:

'Twas 4 weeks before Christmas,
And all through my work,
The attorneys were all stirring,
One being quite a jerk!

The office has no decorations,
But they will come soon, I hear,
Poinsettias, and garlands,
And a tree, never fear!

The secretaries and staff
Were nestled all snug in their spaces,
While stacks of never-ending filing
Hid all their pretty faces.

When what to their wandering
Eyes should appear
An empty file cart
And nobody near!

More rapid than eagles,
They all flew to the cart,
Cursing and yelling
And tearing it apart!

I sat and watched them fight
With a shocked look on my face,
I couldn't believe what I was seeing...
What horror! What disgrace!

And I heard one exclaim,
As she tumbled out of sight,
"Oh, why didn't I stretch
Before I got into this fight!"


The last line needs a little work, but it made me laugh!

Wedding Dresses

Rent or buy?

That is the question!

Anyone out there have any thoughts on the matter?