I don't do Flipping Anything.

"So I guess you could say...things are getting pretty serious. "
And yes, I do chat online with babes all day.


You are Kip Dynamite and you love technology.

Which Napoleon Dynamite character are you?
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A Scrapbook in Tip

This was handed to me this morning by a small lanky boy with a very sour expression. Apparently he was not too happy with me for rejecting his fabulous ideas (that he was shouting at me while I was otherwise occupied). I told him I wasn't going to do those things and he should do his own scrapbook page. He did. Once he had his idea fleshed out, I think he forgave me.
I was part amused, part annoyed and part ashamed. So really, I guess I felt like a mom. I mean, sure it's a great "scrapbook in tip" (read it really fast) but COME ON!!

We are all home sick today. Bill went in, but he probably should have stayed home. Ahhhh. 88 Degrees in November. Is that a recipe for illness or what? It's cooler today, thank You Lord!!!!

The busy-ness begins tommorrow. Hoping to use today to recover. I'm only giving it one day. Then, sick-be-gone! I am done with you! You can stay today, but tommorrow you are O-U-T!!!!!

ETA: Thank you, Mr. HarryTick for the editing of the paper so everyone could read it! :)

Hair today, gone tommorrow.

Do you have stringy, straight, fall-in-your-face-everyday hair?

Do you long for a cute hairdo?

Then you are OUT OF LUCK.

This ponytail can be achieved in 47 complicated steps only to be blown to smithereens the minute you step out the door.

Girl Power.

I am a member of a design team. I don't think I'll ever get tired of saying that. For those of you who may be hard of seeing, I'll repeat myself "I AM A MEMBER OF A DESIGN TEAM." Anybody still having a hard time???? No? Ok.

Anyhoo, as a member of Good to the Last Crop, I recieve a kit every month. Apparently there's been quite a bit of hub and bub over "kits" these days. Having experienced the splendor of one of these beauties first hand, I must say I'm impressed at the ease with which one is able to scrap when the supplies are pre-coordinated! It's a great thing for people who walk into a scrapbook store and suddenly feel they have ADD due to the overwhelming selection.

The owner of this site, is a generous, hard working woman, who has built quite a business in the last two months. Doing remarkably well, as a matter of fact. The entire purpose of this post is to say .......

Women in business ROCK. Women who dig in, and make a company from the ground up, do the work, and take the hits, without the protection of a solid ego, inspire me completely. I may sound just a teensy bit stereo-typical here, but really. We woman do take a beating in the self-esteem department.

It's funny. I can say something cutting to Bill, like, "Man. You really screwed that up, didn't you?" and he looks at me like I'm crazy, and says "You have no idea what is going on! I'm really making headway here!" Now if he were to say something like that to me- I would droop, secretly cry, and believe that I not only screwed "that" up, but am a complete and utter failure at every thing I do. That's what I mean about the ego as protection.

I'm not really meaning to get into a rant about this. I just think that Women in Business are Heros. Uh Heroines. Whatever. It makes me really happy to see us walk that path that so many women before us toiled and sweated to forge.

It's a good thing.
Yes, even her.

So here are my layouts for the November Large Kit. Unfortunately, they are sold out, but the December Kit is a delight!!!! You should really check it out!!!!!!

I propose a toast. To Shawn, and to all brave and fearless business women, and to all brave and fearless women who work, and who raise children, and who do so much in their daily lives. To all women!!!! And to my mother, who is just too beautiful for words. I raise my ozarka bottle high!

Goth Mom

This is the biggest alteration in my appearance I have ever made in my life. We're all a little shocked at present. It's supposed to fade out some. That's good. I was going for funky, and I think it went a little too Career. I'm actually ok with it. It's alright. Better safe than orange, I always say! Plus, I had tried to do it myself, and when I went in, I said "yeah, it's a little grey." and the hairdresser at the next station said "Gray she says! I call that green!" So this is obviously better.

I am posting this picture inspite of my expression. This must be how I really look most of the time! Sheesh! No wonder people are always telling me to smile!

Note Bill's charming bare feet up by his laptop in the background. Yes, folks. This is where we spend all our spare time. If you could look through your computer screen right now, this is exactly what you would see.


TGIF. I'm off to scrap if I can summon up some creativity.

Circle Journal

Ok. Here it is in all it's splendiforous Glory.
The Wacked Out Circle Journal of Sarah.

Topic: If you could pick one person in History to interview, who would it be?

Me and cj's. Man, somehow they just manage to get me all psycho in the scrapbooking department. I go up and down the scale.

Exhibit #1:

Here we have the cover of the book. This is a nice 7 Gypsies journal covered in some lovely 7 Gypsies paper- nothing too out of the ordinary, acutally quite conservative. Looking at this, you think, "Hmmm, traditional, brown...she'll probably want to interview Jackie O. or George Washington, you know, that sort of person."

Exhibit #2:

Now you're thinking: "Well, lookie here. She's moved into some Foofala and Heidi Swapp. Gettin' a little funky there, eh, Sarah? Step back with the masking tape and staples! There is such a thing as excess, dear. Hmm, a splash of red to brighten up this neutral page. She'll probably interview someone practical with a bit of color like Ben Franklin or one of the Ceasars- Julius or Claudius, perhaps Livia! "

Exhibit #3:

You think: "Holy CRAP!!! Sarah ate her scrap stash and threw it up all over this page!!! What the heck is going on here???? She'll be interviewing Salvidor Dali or the Marquis De Sade! What a mess! Did she leave her sense of proportion in the car that day? Holy Toledo! Rip it out and start over before I have a seizure!"

Exhibit #4:

"Well, phew! She hasn't taken total leave of her senses. I'm not sure about the turquoise with the Captured Elements paper, but maybe if I were to see it IRL, it would look alot better! (;)) I do like the embossed Bazzill Circle with "well" stamped in it. It does look rather well-ish. The Samaritan Woman, eh? Rather odd choice, Sarah."

Well, reader dear, it is an odd choice, but one very dear to my heart. I am so curious about this woman. If you look at her story, there are missing elements and unsaid questions and answers I just ACHE to know. Who was she?

But.. I sorta know. She is every woman. Every thirsty woman with a past they'd rather not discuss, and a bleak future. And then in He walks and turns everything around, knowing full well who she is and what she's done. And not caring at all about any of that, just went out of His way to give her a drink, should she ask for one.

So that's it. Now I've let the crazy cat out of the bag. Please leave a comment to tell me if I really should do that sign-in page over. I probably won't cause I'm pretty lazy- just awfully curious. I used a highlighter, for crying out loud!

Obligatory

Surely, I cannot take my children trick or treating, and not post pictures of the event, can I? I cannot.



This one above is them trick or treating at Mom and Dad's house. Ah yes- the things that one will do for one's grandchildren that one will not do for one's children ;)
I do love that red door.

Bo was his usual chatty self at EVERY SINGLE HOUSE. At each house he told the same LONG story. "Trick or treat! Hey! You may think I'm a burgular, but I'm really a spy, I just look like a burgular, and this is my sister Emma-everybody says she is just adorable. She is a pink puppy princess, and this is my friend Aiden, he's a red ninja, and this is Colin, he's spiderman." He would usually tack on something about being a spy, or "nice jack-o-lantern. I bet that took a long time to carve. We carved one, and it took a long time, and we named him Strong Surprise, you know like Strong Bad or Strong Sad...it took a long time to carve, but I'll bet that took longer, you are really good at it!"

On, and on, and on that kid can talk! Whoo-eee. It's amazing we got to as many houses as we did!
Yes, our costumes were very handmade (felt crown pinned to Emma's Puppy {really bear} ears, and a "spy detector" made out of chipboard, black cardstock and silver paper. Bill's belt slung around his shoulder.)They couldn't have been happier if I had bought them the Costumes Extraordinaire. I could tell Bo thought he was every bit as awesome as Junie in Spy Kids, and Emma felt/acted like a princess. They invented what they wanted to be. I think that's cool. There were no other spys or pink puppy princesses out there, and for me originality wins a prize anyday!
So that's alot of yammering on about the kids.

HEY! I had a bottle of PUMPKIN ALE last night! That stuff totally rocks! Thanks for the tip, Klala!!!