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Hey! That's ME!

I was doing a little surfing tonight, looking for resources for TDD, when I came to a link to Creating Keepsakes.  As I was looking through the resources listed I noticed the name of a font that was familiar...heehee.  Hey!  That's ME!!!  Check it out about 2/3 of the way down listed under Fonts! :)

The more exciting part of it is that because my font is listed there means that Jessica or someone used that font on a layout in her new book! :) Now, I will have to run to Borders tomorrow and look through that book that I saw the other day! :) ;)  Silly, huh!?

Soundtrack 48

When I was in high school, my musical productions class performed "The Music Man".  It was a lot of fun and I have a lot of good memories from it, but that is not what THIS Soundtrack Sunday is about...haha.

Growing up in a house with 4 other females beside myself, I was pretty much gauranteed to hear some complaining about other people at some point, right?  Well, when my mom would overhear us complaining about someone, she would often start singing this song (from "The Music Man").  It typically had the desired effect and we would change the subject.  We probably all need to have this soundtrack on autoplay in our head when we start to be critical of those around us.  "Pick-a-little talk-a-little, pick-a-little talk-a-little cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap....."

New Stuff

I was so lucky to be able to do a collab with Ellie Lash!  She did the artwork and I turned it into a font :) It's on sale right now too! :)

I also have a new free font at Fontologie.com! :)

We have had wonderful weather here the last few days and it's been very warm!!  I wish it was going to last, but it looks like a storm is on it's way :( The public school kids have been off this week, but my kids have not....not officially anyway.  I have a hard time doing school when I know other kids are out.  But, we did get some projects and cleaning done around the house, love that! :)

I had to make a trip to the Urgent Care on Sunday because I couldn't breathe, hate that!  I had been sick and I just couldn't get my asthma under control.  They gave me a breathing treatment and some other meds along with an antibiotic.  I was shocked how much better I felt on Monday after that Z-pack had kicked in.  :)

We had to make another trip to the dr. yesterday because baby girl dropped two of my cake pans on her big toe :( they thought it was broken.  She was limping and crying a lot because it hurt.  After waiting for an hour to get an x-ray (we had gone to our primary doc., but they don't have x-ray facilities there) we found out that it was not broken, YAY! She is doing better but still cries once in a while that it hurts :(

Okay...that's it in a nut-shell..haha! :)
Have a good weekend!

Soundtrack Sunday 47

I promise, this is not as sappy as it starts...well, maybe a little, just stick with me.

When islanddad and I were dating, this song quickly became one of "our songs".  I remember the day he proposed to me, it was February 12th...15 years ago (I know, I can hardly believe it either).  I was attending Utah State at the time and had gone home for the weekend, as I had done every weekend since we started dating.  I knew the proposal was coming and figured since he had a date planned and I was supposed to dress up, it was going to be that weekend. 

We started our date with a matinee performance of the ballet Cinderella.  After the ballet we went to eat (more on that later).  While we were at the restaurant, he asked me what my favorite part of the ballet was and when I was finished telling him, he said, "Well, my favorite part was when she turned into a princess and then, he pulled out a tiny glass slipper with a ring tied with a ribbon inside (I still have the glass slipper) and asked me if I would be his princess forever.  It was better than I had spent my whole life imagining it would be!! 

But, here's the "rest of the story" as they say.  As we were driving to the restaurant, I asked him where we were going and he said he didn't know.  I thought he was joking and when I realized he wasn't, I thought, "Well, he must NOT be proposing to me tonight then, because SURELY he would have made a reservation and had this planned out!" I was just a little miffed as he handed me an "Entertainment" book and said to pick a restaurant.  After we decided where we were going, this song came on the radio and it managed to settle me down, which is good since he DID indeed propose.

Fast-forward 15 years and he still likes to "fly by the seat of his pants", but it is something I have grown to appreciate.  He has realized over the years that sometimes planning pays off and I have learned that sometimes things can just happen better than you could have ever planned.  Last night, for Valentine's Day, we headed out for dinner, again without reservations or even a restaurant in mind.  As we drove, he told me to choose where I wanted to go, so I chose one of our favorite locally owned spots.  When we got inside, it was clear that they had decorated for the day with red and white tulips (my favorite) on the tables.  They asked us if we had a reservation and we said no, we had figured we were early enough we would be okay and indeed, they were able to seat us right away.  We ate dinner and visited and as we were getting ready to pay, the owner came in and announced that they had a quartet there to sing for our enjoyment.  The quartet sang two songs in our area of the restaurant and it was WONDERFUL!!!  When we got in the car and headed back home, this song came on the radio...no, I am not kidding!  The night was perfect and better than we could have ever planned, really.  Last night, this song came full-circle with us!

hunkered down...

 

We are hunkered down today.  It has been snowing all day but we only have about an inch of accumulation.  My poor tulips and daffodils that were coming up are probably wondering what is going on.  I don't know that we have ever gotten snow this late in the year the whole time I have lived here (going on 12 years).  It's all good though!

We have the sickies...again at our house.  I caught the baby's cold and spent most of today asleep...thanks to my older daughter that played with the youngest one so I could rest.  I also indulged in a white chocolate steamer :)

Now, I'm resting on the couch watching island babygirl sing and say, "Clap with me!  Clap, clap, clap!"  So cute!

I had to ground islandboy from the piano after he hit his goal of practicing for two hours today, because my head couldn't take it anymore...haha!  He wants to practice two hours everyday this week...and so far he is making it.  He loves it so much!

Last night, islandgirl auditioned to be in a children's choir for an opera.  I think it's a little like a musical review but for opera.  The children will be performing 3 different songs from 3 different operas.  I am proud of her for having more courage than I ever did with singing.

I have some fun things I am working on for Fontologie and The Daily Digi, so I will be back later in the week to share! :)

Soundtrack Sunday 46

Well, last week, I bragged on my older daughter, so this week, I will brag on my son.  He is a sweet and loving kid but can also be extremely negative.  Some people tell me it is a boy thing (I wouldn't know...remember, I have 3 sisters) and some tell me it is just his age.  Whatever it is, it's hard.  BUT, this year, we found something that he is really good at and LOVES!!!  What a gift!  He started taking piano lessons this past fall and is doing awesome!  I never have to ask him to practice, I actually have to tell him to stop practicing on most days.  While we were in Hawaii, he told me at least once a day how much he missed playing the piano and he really wished we could find one for him to play somewhere! 

He has a wonderful teacher that really understands boys and seems to "get" my son!!  She set some goals for him and once he met them, he earned the Star Wars piano song book!  He was on cloud 9 last week when he came out of his lesson with that book!!  He has been practicing the songs non-stop this week (literally).  My older daughter and I are so sick of this song we could scream!  First thing in the morning, any spare second during school, after school, while I'm on the phone, during dinner...you get the idea.  I am so happy for his passion and success, but I will be really glad when we graduate to some Chopin or Bach and hopefully, he will be as excited about those as he is The Imperial March!

note::: that is not my son playing, but the version of the Imperial March they had on Playlist didn't sound right, so I found this piano version instead that sounds very similar to what we have been listening to. :)

Sigh...

A big sigh of relief!  Big because I don't have to keep it a secret anymore (teehee) and sigh because I am done working on it!!!  Janet and I teamed up with an amazing artist from the world of paper to bring some of her artwork to our digital friends.  Go read the post and then download the goodies, there is also a pdf of all of the artwork for our paper scrapping friends (I know there are a few of you here ;) )...you can print, cut, and glue until your heart is content!! :)

Soundtrack 45

I have a friend that tells me all the time that my older daughter is "a mother's dream" and she's right.  This daughter gets good grades.  She does her schoolwork (and homework when she went to public school) without being asked.  She cleans my house more than I do.  She is always willing to help and is constantly asking what she can do to help.  She is obedient, mature, faithful, and an exceptional example to her younger siblings.  I used to tease her that she is just too perfect, but islanddad didn't like that.  He said it might make the other kids feel bad and put pressure on her to think she always needed to be perfect and he was right. 

When islanddad took her to NY for a little trip, they went and saw a couple of shows and one of them was Mary Poppins.  She loved this show and came home with a t-shirt that said "Practically Perfect".  I didn't know that there was a song in Mary Poppins the Musical called "Practically Perfect".  This is now her theme song and instead of telling her that she is PERFECT, I just tell her that she is PRACTICALLY PERFECT and I am so lucky to be her mom!