Simple pleasures....

It's the LITTLE THINGS that make me happy on this first day of March:

*sunshine

*going to the movie

*Starbucks non-fat, decaf, iced latte

*a "good hair" day

*"quality" time with Jim during tax-season

*playing with my grandchildren

*sister-time (movies, shopping, lunch, chatting, etc.)

*good friends

*finishing my work-out at the gym

*a new season of "The Amazing Race"

*a clean car

*girlfriends

*a good book to read at bedtime

*tulips and daffodils

*the EXCITING news that my grandbaby-to-be is a precious baby boy!!!!

Having fun...

Spending some time in the sunny southwest visiting Jean and soaking up the sun!! This is our favorite place to go every morning, enjoy a latte and solve the problems of the world! :0)

"Princess-in-training"...

"K" (in the blue dress) had a wonderful time meeting all the Disney Princesses last week at Disneyland with some of her cousins.

Feeling creative...

I'm finding that this "little" condo takes just minutes to clean (yea!!) and that leaves lots more time for scrapbooking!! I had fun the past couple days with two new paper lines from "My Mind's Eye." The boy-themed papers are from the "Lil' Robots" group, and the girly papers are from the "Mary Mary, Sweetie Pie" group.

"K" and "L" make the perfect subjects for such cute papers---cute kids!! :0)

Good News...Bad News...

Getting these layouts posted to the Design Team blog has really been a "good news, bad news" adventure!!! The good news is that these "Hippity Hoppity" Easter papers are ADORABLE!!! These are "my" kind of papers and it was so much fun getting to create with them.

The bad news is that I got a brand new computer for Christmas (actually, that part is GOOD), but the Windows 7 operating system isn't compatible with my scanner or USB Wireless connector, so getting these scanned and posting them on-line has been impossible---thus, making me crazy!!! Finally, I have given up scanning for now (please excuse my off-kilter photos, thus making them look a little strange when I cropped them) and I just took pictures!!

But...forget my computer woes and just take a look at these Easter papers from We Are Memory Keepers---you are going to want some for yourself!!!
And, in my totally unbiased opinion, I think these two little guys in the layouts are pretty adorable too!! :0)

There's nothing like...

...chocolate ice cream!!!


"K" and "L" enjoying a treat when there were here last month!

Oh my goodness....

...it's been a CRAZY week!!!!



When you have a big house, you fill up every nook and cranny and it makes moving VERY stressful! Remind me not to ever do that again!!! :0)

We are enjoying our "little" temporary home and are so excited to get started building our new house! My project for today---find someplace to stash all the stuff we thought we couldn't live without for the next 6-9 months!!

Winner of the Blog Hop!

And we have a winner!

Lacretia Taylor said...
I would love to try my hand at an "all about me" page to start a new scrapbook! Thanks for hosting this blog hop!

Lacretia, please send me your mailing address by e-mailing me at jpilcher4247@gmail.com by Friday, January 29 at 8 pm PST. If I don't hear from you by that time we'll draw another winner.

Thanks for stopping by and taking part in our blog hop! If you entered to win at other blogs, you can find a list of all the winners later today at the Paper Pals blog.Thanks again!

A Blog Hop...

It's a Blog Hop for you full of giveaways! The gals and I on Design Team at our LSS (Local Scrapbook Store) Paper Pals in Pullman have joined up to host this hop starting today and ending on Monday, January 25th at 8 pm.

So, how can you win these great prizes? Make sure you leave a comment on this and all the blogs listed by 8 pm PST on Monday, January 25. Every stop has a different prize, so visit any or all locations and leave a comment to win! (One entry per person per blog. Winners will be selected at random.)

This is the prize you could win if you leave a comment on my blog:

It's two "All About Me" page kits from a class I taught at Paper Pals.


After you comment here, visit all of the following:

Paper Pals Design Team
Angela's "Mom-e-Memoirs"
Kristy's "Kaydub"
Anita's "The Cory Connection"
Leah's "Confessions of a Scraplifter"
Suzy's "Life at the Big Red Barn"

AND... if you post a link to our blog hop on your blog, Facebook, Twitter or web site, you get a chance to win another prize! Let us know by leaving a comment at the Paper Pals store blog with a link to where you "advertised" us. You'll then get the chance to win a Cropper Hopper Photo Case!

Comments qualifying to enter for prizes are open until Monday, January 25th at 8 pm PST. All winners will be posted on the Paper Pals Blog by Tuesday the 26th at noon. Giveaways available to persons at addresses within the continental United States.

Comment here and then hop on over to the other blogs! Have fun.

Perfect Love...

WOW, I have been MIA in the blogosphere...too much going on. But, I did take some time to scrapbook today with this adorable new paper from Little Yellow Bicycle's valentine line. The papers are so fun!! This is one of my very favorite pictures of Jim and I with our grandchildren. Amber Anderson took the picture...I love it!