Fun Fact Friday

Hi everyone, here are some facts about me you may or may not be aware of:

1. I'm getting married on August 18, 2007!!!! This is my newest fact. I only got engaged on April 8th. Here is the link to my engagement story.

2. I love the color pink.

3. I really want a miniature dachsund, yes a weiner dog, and I want to name her Chili (as in Chili Dog!!). My sister has one named Frankie, and she is the cutest little thing in the world.

4. I'm not really the neatest person in the world. My scrapbook room is always a mess, and I will attest to the fact that Bevan does the majority of the cleaning around the house (and a damn fine job he does, too!!) I love him for it though!!

5. I'm a procrasinator!!! I was always like this in school, too, and I thought that once I finished university I'd be sooo much better. Guess what, I'm not!!!

6. I teach a card class every Friday morning at my local scrapbook store (and I usually only get my stuff ready for the class the night before, that's the procrastinator in me!!!).

7. I'm addicted to buying magazines. I always buy up every scrapbooking or cardmaking magazine that I don't subscribe to. And now with this wedding coming up, I'm addicted to wedding magazines!!

8. Even though I'm not the tidy type, I'm pretty organized. I like to know where everything is at. I have a little planner that I would be lost without. In my scrapbook room, everything has a particular place I like it to be and when it's not there, I can't find it!!

9. I have a pet Hedgehog named Herbie. We've had him for almost 2 years now.

10. My new favorite CD is Michael Buble.

Happy Easter Weekend

Hi everyone. Just a quick post. I'm home in Pictou for easter weekend. We left Summerside right after work on Thursday. It's nice to be home, but I didn't realize how much I did NOT miss the smell of Scott Paper, or whatever it's called now, I think it's Neenah paper or something like that. After living here for 25 years I guess I got used to it, but now that I've been away for a while and only here once in a while, the smell is hitting me like a ton of bricks. And I'm not getting used to it at all, my super sensitive nose is once again my worst enemy. Anyways, I probably won't post any pictures while I'm home, but I'll update when I get back to Summerside. Happy Easter!

Some More Stuff About Me!!

chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate, without a doubt.
sandals or barefoot? Both. I just hate wearing shoes and socks. I usually break out the flip flops shortly after the snow is gone
basic grey or scenic route? Basic Grey, but only because it is more readily available where I live.
primas or HS flowers? Both, but for different reasons. I love primas on my cards, plus they come in really cute bottles sometimes. But I love HS flowers on my Layouts, especially the really big ones.
computer journaling or handwritten? Handwritten, it's just more personal.
Madonna or Gwen Stefani? I used to like Madonna when I was younger, but now I prefer Gwen Stefani. I loved No Doubt.
Leno or Conan? Probably Conan
Koolaid or Crystal Lite? Koolaid, but only when Bevan makes it, I can never get the proportions right, and it never tastes as good.
American Idol or Amazing Race? Amazing Race for sure. and I love it even more now that it's on earlier and on Wednesday nights.
catlover or doglover? Neither really, but I do love my sister's dog Frankie, she's a miniature weiner dog, and now I really want one for myself!!

I'm Engaged!!

Sorry, long time since I posted again, but this time I have wonderful, exciting news to share - I'm Engaged!! It all happened on Saturday, April 8th. I was going to a card class at the scrapbook store, and was going to be there for 9:00. Bevan drove me over so that he could keep the car. He helped me carry my stuff inside, then he was going to come upstairs with me to help me pick out paper for something I was going to make for him. Carolyn told me she had been working on a couple of new layouts and they were on her desk up there. So I headed up the stairs to see them with Bevan right behind me. The first layout that caught my eye was the one she had been working on the day before. Then I looked at the next one:
I was soooooo shocked. I had nooooo idea. I remember repeating "Oh My God" a number of times, and Bevan tells me that at one point I said something with the word no in it, which he was nervous might be my answer to his question. I was soooo nervous to turn around to see him. When I did finally turn around he was down on one knee on the floor behind me with the ring box open in his hand!! I get butterflies every single time I think about it!!! I remember him asking me, and I can't remember if I answered right away, I think I may have been in shock!!, but I eventually said "yes". He put the ring on my finger. Carolyn and Michelle were there with cameras. They knew the night before, because Bevan had to drop the layout off at the shop. They had gotten us a beautiful flower arrangement and an engagement card and a few bridal magazines. It was such a great day. I will never, ever forget it. That night we went to Charlottetown to go out for dinner. We went to the Selkirk at the Delta and had their pasta buffet (yummy). I've pretty much been on Cloud 9 ever since, and I just can't stop looking at my ring!! It is a tiny bit too big, so it will have to be sized, and I'm dreading going without it for any length of time!!

Another great scrapbooking weekend.

Well, 2 weekends in a row, we stayed here in Summerside, didn't have to go anywhere, had nothing we had to do, it's been great!! I got to scrapbook as much as I wanted. I've come to a realization. I really have a preference for pages with just one picture. For example, here is the first page I did this weekend.

It has one picture. I like one picture. I must admit, this is a very different page for me. I'm not sure I'm crazy about it, but I do like it. So, next I decided to work on scrapbooking some pictures from our trip to CKU and NYC and some pictures I had of Frankie and Abby playing when we were home a couple of weeks ago. I went into my book of scraps at Two Peas to get inspiration for a page with 3 or 4 pictures, and there were none there!! All of the pages that I've saved because I like them were 1 picture layouts. So I went looking in a some magazines, and came up with this:

I'm really happy with it, but this picture doesn't really do it justice. I really have to learn to scan and stitch my layouts. I'm having a great time with the scrapbooking, and I'm not done yet, it's only 1 pm on Sunday, I still have hours. This time change is really messing me up though!!

Bevan and I went to see "Inside Man" last night. It was a pretty good movie, but not excellent. Jodie Foster's character bothered me, she kind of just added more confusion to the movie. Denzel Washington was pretty much the same as he is in every movie. Clive Owen was great. I've really liked him ever since I saw him in "Derailed." Bevan's review of Inside Man really sums it up well, check it out.

In other news, the weather has been really great lately, with the exception of last night and today, when it rained. It's been around 10 degrees. We broke out the BBQ for the first time this year on Wednesday. We had BBQ'd pork chops with rice and I had some veggies. Here are some pictures of our first bbq this year:

Thanks to my bbq genius (yes, that's you Bevan), it was a fantastic meal. I'm hoping for a repeat performance with today's supper of chicken and ribs - I'll let you know how it went. Now that the bbq has been used once, we'll be using it quite a bit hopefully. I'm just remembering how my parents had bought us that bbq when we first moved to PEI. They brought it over in the moving truck without us knowing, and set it up and surprised us - it was great. Gotta love surprises!!!

A New Toy

Well, I broke down today and bought myself this wonderful photo printer. I never had one in the past, because I thought with all the cheap digital photo developing out there at stores, who needs one?? Well, today I decided I did. I'm justifying my purchase as a scrapbooking need. I hate it when I get home with my pictures and wish I would have gotten one developed as a 5 x 7 instead of a 4 x 6, or I with I'd done that one in color rather than black and white or vice versa. I bout the Canon PIXMA ip 4200. Nothing too fancy, just the basics. I liked this one because it can print 4 x 6, 5 x 7, or 8 x 10. I've tried it out, and so far, I LOVE it. So much fun to be able to scrapbook any picture, at any time, even if it's only 5 minutes after I take the picture. Anyways, enough blabbing on about it.
Not much else is new. Clocks "spring ahead" tonight. That's kind of crappy, because that means it will be darker in the morning now, and I've been thoroughally enjoying the light coming in my window at 6:15 when I get out of bed. Hopefully it won't take long for it to be that way again.
I've made a couple of new cards and a new scrapbook page so far this weekend, I'll post them later on, I promise.

Medical Update and New Pages

Well, it's been over a week again, oops!! Oh well, I'll say I've been busy, which isn't really a lie. I went to the dermatologist about these silly hives on Wednesday (yes, I STILL have them!!). Turns out I have chronic urticaria (ie hives that have lasted for more than 6 weeks) and the doctor is pretty sure it is because of the kidney stones remaining in my kidneys. From what I can understand, until they are gone, I will probably have hives. I'm learning to live with the itching, the antihistimines are keeping it pretty much under control.

On the positive side of things, I've been having a great weekend scrapbooking. I've gotten 2 pages done so far, and I still have all day tomorrow!! Here's the progress I've made. It's great to have a good supply of stuff at home and it's great to be using up some supplies. I'm having a great time. Also found out that I'm able to go to the next crop weekend on May 5th and 6th. I was unsure for a while because of a work course, but things have changed and I couldn't be happier. The last crop weekend we had back in February was a lot of fun, there were 90 people there!! Hopefully this one will be even better.

Not much else new, we watched Chicken Little today - cute movie. Also, watched Just Friends through the week, it was pretty funny. There were lots of people in it from the show Corner Gas. Bevan and I started watching Corner Gas just this past year - it's a really funny show. It was great to see some of the actors in something else.

My Weekend So Far...

Great weekend so far. I worked at the scrapbook store on Friday. Had my regular Friday card class, this week we made two easter cards. Last night we watched Walk the Line. It was a great movie. So glad Reese Witherspoon won an Oscar for this movie.

Today I slept in until 8:15 - yes, that is sleeping in for me. Then when I got up I went to Walmart to get more bobbins to continue the organization of my ribbon that I actually started last night. Check this out, I'm pretty happy with it:

I used to keep my ribbon organized by color in jars. Now there are just over 200 different ribbons in these 2 containers, which take up way less space. I still have some ribbon on the original rolls on the back of my scrapbook room door, plus some that was too wide or too long to fit on the bobbins in these cases. I just love it when things are nice and organized. Also bought the latest issue of Stamp It at the store. I'm so addicted to scrapbooking and card making magazines it's not even funny. I actually saw this one there last night, but didn't buy it then because I couldn't remember if I already had it and had to check at home first!!

Other than that, the weekend has been pretty uneventful. I'm really itchy again tonight. I'm totally relapsing with my hives I think. I did miss a dose of medication this morning because I ran out, but I'll get back on track tonight. I don't know if that is making it worst or not. It's been soooo nice not to have anything major going on this weekend. It was a great day today too, really spring-like, barely any snow left again. It's hard to believe it's almost the middle of March!! Anyways, I'm going to go spend some time with Bevan. Saturday Night Live is a new episode tonight, although Bevan told me it was Natalie Portman and Fall Out Boy, but I just checked and am disappointed to find out he was wrong!!! I was really looking forward to Fall Out Boy, I love "Dance, Dance". If you've never seen the video for this song, it's great. I guess that while I'm on the topic of music and Bevan I should thank him for not letting me listen to the crappy stuff I would probably be listening to if I wasn't with him. He pretty much knows what I will and will not like, and he won't let me just listen to something once and judge it. He puts all kinds of new songs on CD's in the car and knows that by the time I hear them 3 or 4 times I'll be singing along just loving them, regardless of my first impression. Thanks, Bevan!!

10 things that are GUARANTEED to put me in a good mood!!!

1. A visit to a scrapbook store.
2. Seeing Frankie (my sister's puppy)
3. Going out to eat.
4. A clean house.
5. Being able to sleep in.
6. Getting good mail, ie - an issue of Paper Crafts or Creating Keepsakes, a card or letter from a friend, or any package at all!!
7. Going to a stationery or business supply store.
8. Coffee!!!
9. Clean bedsheets.
10. Movie Popcorn.

New Cards

Just wanted to post 3 new cards I made tonight. Still feel blah about work, plus I have to miss the upcoming Scrapbook Retreat Weekend - that makes me pretty cranky, too. Oh well, tomorrow will be better!!

I am a "Woo hoo itchy woman "

For those of you who are totally confused, those are the lyrics to a song by the Eagles, well, almost. It is supposed to be witchy woman, but this morning, when I woke up to a new batch of hives I changed the lyrics and started singing "Itchy Woman". That's right, I have more hives. I realize I never posted the pictures of my face from my first bout with hives. The first picture is what I looked like on Friday, February 17th, and the second picture is what I looked like on Saturday, February 18th. It all started in January before my kidney stone, and I've had hives ever since, much worse at some times than others. Today, my arms are covered in welts, as is my stomach and back. Still no idea what is causing it. Still taking 5 medications to try to keep them under control. I'm off to see a dermatologist in Moncton on the 22nd, hopefully I'll get to the bottom of all of this, but I somehow have my doubts.

In more exciting news, Bevan and I bought "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" on DVD this evening. It's a great movie, based on an even better book. Love these books. Can't wait until the 7th (and last) book, but sad that it will be all over after that!!

I had a yucky work day today. I was on Two Peas before work today, and it really made me want to just stay home and scrapbook all day. I should have done just that. It would have been a much better day. Other peoples scrapbook pages really inspire me to scrapbook. It's soooo great. I really wish I could just scrapbook for a living. Maybe that can happen someday, but for now I'll just have to keep working as a dental hygienist.

Anyways, I am going to go scrapbook now, maybe it will make me feel better!!

Party Weekend

Well, we went to Sussex this past Saturday for my uncle Garfield's surprise 40th birthday party. His birthday is actually March 9th (the same day as my mom's 50th!!). So at around lunch time on Saturday we headed out for New Brunswick. We stopped at Payless here in Summerside first, where I bought some great sneakers. Then we were on the road. We stopped at the Champlain Mall in Moncton first. It was pretty busy there, or it seemed busy to us anyways, but I guess when you haven't been to a real mall in months, it's gonna seem busy regardless. That's one bad thing about living here on PEI, really crappy malls!! So, we only bought a few things in Moncton. I got some Olive Oil Body Butter at The Body Shop, I love that place!! We don't have one here on the island, so I really stock up when I get there!! We left the mall to head for Sussex. Well, we got slightly lost, had to stop to ask for directions at a Petro Canada, and took twice as long to get there as we should have, but we made it. We got to Garfield and Kathy's house and waited with everyone else for Garfield, Kathy and the kids to get back from the movies. We surprised him when they walked in, and the party began. It was lots of fun. Mom just got back on from a vacation in Mexico, and she brought Melanie and I some sombreros, which go modelled by many people throughout the evening. Frankie had a great time, but passed out before the night was over. I've posted some pictures of the festivities here. All in all it was a good weekend. Garfield got quite a shock when we all yelled "surprise", even though I think he was suspicious about the party. I think Bevan had a good time, too, although he did have an unfortunate run in with a cat named Slate. You can read about it here. Check it out, it's a pretty funny story.

Wow...2 days in a row!!

2 posts in 2 days, this has to be a record for me. Not much to say today, it's only early though. I did some scrapbooking last night. Bevan had a meeting in Charlottetown and didn't get home until 10:30, so I was free to scrapbook my heart out. I scrapbooked one page of Frankie (I love scrapbooking that cute puppy!!) and I made a card for one of the women from work. I also got my second card done for my class this morning. I'm off to the scrapbook store today for a day of class teaching, paper picking out, and hopefully, more scrapbooking!! That's it for now, off to shower and get ready for work.

About Me!!

Hi there, I saw this survey on another blog I was reading (ps. I'm addicted to blogs!!) and thought it would be a good post for my blog, so here goes:

1. Your name spelled backwards: notrub nwad assilem
2. Where were your parents born? my dad was born in Cape Breton, my mom, that's a really good question!!!
3. What is the last thing you downloaded onto your computer? Anna Nalick's "Breathe"
4. What's your favorite restaurant? Well, there are NO restaurants here in Summerside worth mentioning, so I'm gonna say Cafe Italia in New Glasgow, NS.
5. Last time you swam in a pool? I believe it was Carolyn's pool in July.
6. Have you ever been in a school play?I had silly parts in a couple of elementary plays, and in high school I was cast in a play, but we never ended up putting it on!!
7. How many kids do you want? Right now - zero, but 2 at some point
8. Type of music you dislike most? country
9. Are you registered to vote? yes
10. Do you have cable? just basic cable
11. Have you ever ridden on a moped? nope
12. Ever prank call anybody? nope
13. Ever get a parking ticket? nope, my goodness, my life's starting to sound pretty boring!!
14. Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving? probably neither, but if I had to do one, I would rather go bungee jumping.
15. Furthest place you ever traveled? Nashville - pretty funny for someone who hates country music, eh?
16. Do you have a garden? no, hopefully someday when I have my own house though, but I've not had much luck with house plants, so I'm unsure of my ability to maintain an entire garden.
17. What's your favorite comic strip? i don't think i have one
18. Do you really know all the words to your national anthem? i think so
19. Bath or Shower, morning or night? shower every morning or i feel gross all day long
20. Best movie you've seen in the past month? Just saw "Just Like Heaven" - cute. Haven't been to the movies in a long while though.
21. Favorite pizza topping? mushrooms
22. Chips or popcorn? Popcorn, especially at the movies!! If I'm not hungry enough for popcorn I don't even want to go to the movies because I feel like it's a wasted trip!!!
23. What color lipstick do you usually wear? none
24. Have you ever been in a beauty pageant? unfortunately, I can answer yes to this question, I was in 2, never won anything though.
25. Orange Juice or apple? Apple
26. Who was the last person you went out to dinner with and where did you dine? Went to lunch with Melanie and Michelle at The Lady Slipper Restaurant last Saturday during our scrapbooking weekend. Last dinner was probably with Bevan at the same restaurant for my birthday.
27. Favorite type chocolate bar? Very hard question - probably Hershey Milk Chocolate with Almonds
28. When was the last time you voted at the polls? January
29. Last time you ate a homegrown tomato? Not sure
30. Have you ever won a trophy? I can't remember
31. Are you a good cook? I think so, except for oatmeal, right Bevan?? But I hate cleaning up!!
32. Do you know how to pump your own gas? yep
33. Ever order an article from an infomercial? nope
34. Sprite or 7-up? sprite
35. Have you ever had to wear a uniform to work? I guess I wear uniforms now in my job as a dental hygienist, although scrubs are not really a formal uniform.
36. Last thing you bought at a pharmacy? medication, too much of it lately!! Thank goodnes for my heatlh plan!
37. Ever throw up in public? Well, once on the Pictou Waterfront, but it was after the bar, and Bevan was the only person there, so I don't know if that counts.
38. Would you prefer being a millionaire or find true love? true love
39. Do you believe in love at first sight? Don't think so
40. Ever call a 900 number? no
41. Can exs be friends? sure
42. Who was the last person you visited in a hospital? my grandmother, she broke her ankle and had to spend this Christmas in the Hospital
43. Did you have a lot of hair when you were a baby? an average amount I think
44. What message is on your answering machine? Hi, you've reached Melissa and Bevan, we can't come to the phone right now, so leave us a message and we'll get back to you!"
45. What's your all-time favorite Saturday Night Live Character? Will Farrell and Chery OTeri as the Cheerleaders.
46. What was the name of your first pet? Chopper, my pet Chihuahua.
47. What's in your purse? My wallet, probably a hair elastic, way too many receipts, and right now probably some medication.
48. Favorite thing to do before bedtime? watch tv
49. What is one thing you are grateful for today? heat, it's freaking cold outside!!

Happy LOVE Day

Just wanted to say Happy Valentine's Day to everyone, especially my sweetie, Bevan. We made cards for each other, and we're going out for dinner, too.

I'm a BAD BLOGGER

I know, I know, it's been FOREVER since I last updated my blog. But I have some really good excuses, I swear. Lets see, where shall I begin. I guess it all started on a Wednesday evening, when my left upper lip swelled up to the size of a peanut M&M (yes, peanut!!! those plain M&M's are pretty small!!). It swelled up really quickly, I took some Benadryl and went to bed, and in the morning the swelling was gone. Along with that, all week I hadn't been feeling the greatest, so I had made a doctor's appointment for Friday. So, Friday AM (Jan 27th) by the time I made it to the doctor, I was in really bad pain, I was throwing up, etc... The doctor sent me right over to the hospital, where they hooked me up to IV, gave me some drugs, took some blood, etc. I had an x-ray and a CT scan, and finally found out that the culprit was a kidney stone!!!! I've had 3 of these before, so I wasn't surprised but was very disappointed!! So, by supper time they sent me home to wait out the passing of the stone. On Saturday I woke up again to a huge swelling on the right hand side of my face. Still no passed stone. The swelling in my lip and cheek was gone down by Saturday evening. All in all, the next week was pretty uneventful. Finally on the next Saturday (Feb 4th), I passed my kidney stone. It was HUGE compared to any of my past ones. So, for now the kidney stone issues are over, but in the CT scan they found out there is another stone in each kidney, yuck!! In the meantime, on Friday evening (Feb 3rd) I started noticing hives all over my body. The hives continued, I went to the doctor again on Thursday, he gave me some antihistimines and told me to watch the hives. In the past week I have had my lip swell up twice more, my hands have swollen up, and I've had swellings on my feet that made it feel like I was walking on marbles and this morning I woke up with my eye swollen half shut!! I went to the doctor again today. He's putting me on prednisone for a week to clear up these hives, and then in a week I have to go back and see him to see if we can't get to the bottom of all this!! Anyways, sorry for all the complaining, but now you really can see that I have a good excuse for my non-blogging!!
Oh, and I forgot to mention that my birthday happened in there as well!! (on the 8th), and I got my hair done too!! (pics to follow, I promise).

Bliss

I'm sooooo happy. I've just scrapbooked my first 11 x 8 1/2 page. It was sooo different from 12 x 12, but I'm thrilled with the outcome. Everything I used, except the ribbon, which is from Chatterbox, is from the new Neopolitan line from K & Co. I so love this line, I love the colors and the patterns, and these rub-ons are awesome. I'm off to do some cooking and laundry (yuck), then more scrapbooking. Stay tuned!

Favorite Movies

I was just over perusing Bevan's blog and he posted a list of his favorite movies of all times. It was an interesting list, but it confirmed that he and I have pretty different taste in movies. I must admit it, I LOVE the typical "chick flick". If I had to choose only 4, this is how it would go (in no particular order, of course):

1. Sweet Home Alabama. This is the typical girl movie. We all knew from the very beginning who the girl would end up with, but our eyes were glued to the screen anyways.


2. 13 Going on 30. I have to admit that before this movie I was not really a huge fan of Jennifer Garner, but this movie changed my opinion. You've just gotta love all the great 80's references, especially the scene where everyone at the party does the "Thriller" dance.


3. Napolean Dynamite. This one is not a chick flick, but you've gotta love a story about a geek who, against all odds, has something good happen to him. The first time I watched this movie, I thought it was the dumbest thing I'd ever seen, but as you all know, you have to watch it more than once, and the more you watch it, the funnier it gets. The catch phrases from this movie are now part of my daily conversations. Here is a great link to the Napoleon soundboard where you can hear the characters repeat their sayings over and over and over.


4. Zoolander. Not really sure how I stumbled upon this one, or why I love it soo much, but it makes me laugh everytime!! I could watch it over and over and over, and I have!!! Bevan and I love it so much that when we moved in together and merged our movie collections, we actually kept both of our copies, just knowing that we are eventually going to wear one out!!


I just feel like I'm leaving out soooo many all time greats. I'm also a huge fan of The Wizard of Oz, Return to Oz, Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, Adventures in Babysitting, etc., etc. My favorite thing to do is turn on any one of these movies in my scrapbook room and just sit and make a card or do a layout. Anyways, enough blogging, I'm off to the grocery store (super craving Lasagna lately), then back here to scrapbook!! Have a great day!!

Went to a Card Class today

I stopped by the scrapbook store today to visit. Michelle was having a card class and 3 people didn't show up so Carolyn and I sat down and made the cards. It was fun. Here are the finished products:

Not much else new. Mel has started posting her stuff on Two Peas. You can check it out here. After class today I'm inspired to create!! So, off I go. I'll post any progress I may make!

Why does that happen!?!?

Why is it that on the weekends, when I have absolutely nothing to do the next day and I don't have to be out of bed at any time in particular, I fall asleep at 10 pm????? I just can't keep my eyes open. And then, on the nights when I actually have to get up for work the next day I can't get myself to bed?? That vacation just did me in. I'm not used to this schedule thing anymore. It hasn't been an extremely productive weekend. I still have a massive pile of laundry that has to be done. I have some pictures that I just got developed that I'd really like to scrapbook. The house needs to be cleaned. But I did get my cards made for the Valentine's Day swap I'm hosting at the scrapbook store. Here is what my card looks like. I used the same design I used on a couple of Christmas cards I made this year. The papers are all Heidi Grace Pocket Scraps. This is really awesome paper. I've seen lots of people buying it at the shop, so there should be some really cool cards produced.
I think I'll get going now and try to get some stuff done. It's just sooo hard to clean when you could be scrapbooking.