Just for fun...

You Are Medium Maintenance

Like everyone else, you have some things you are particular about. You're not too annoying about it, and you're able to go with the flow most of the time. You've learned to stand your ground on what matters but also make compromises from time to time. You have good taste. Too bad not everyone shares it.

Are You High Maintenance?

My green thumb...

Lou and I have been working in the back yard all summer to get the grass growing, clean some areas up, and have pretty flowers. We didn't know a ton about gardening when we started, but it's been fun watching all of our hard work pay off!

Here are some pictures of the raised flower bed around the big tree and my homemade topsy turvies with tomato and pepper plants...

Just something to make you smile!

HUGE news...

At the beginning of this month the announcement was made that there would be an opening on the design team at Scrapfreak. I bit the bullet and decided that I needed to apply since I love the site and all of the people so much! Well, I got great news! I was selected to be part of Team Freak!!!!!!! I am so excited to join the team. I love all the girls and can't wait to work with them.

Sun poisoning

Lou and I took Amy's girls to the Potter Park zoo yesterday. It was really cool. We bought a membership to the John Ball Park zoo this year and Potter Park is one of the recipricoal zoos we get to go to with our membership.
We mainly went because they have a Rhino exhibit, but when we got there we found out that they are redoing the exhibit, so there are no Rhinos right now!
While we were there the skies opened and there was a heavy downpur for about 10 minutes. We did find cover inside the feline exhibit, but not before we were all soaking wet. The bonus was that it really cooled us off! The girls were so well-behaved. I thought being soaking wet would ruin their fun, but they didn't seem to mind.
I want to go back in the fall when it cools off a bit! Oh and when the Rhino exhibit is open again.

Well, after all the fun we had I got in the car and felt weird bumps on my cheeks. By the time we got home, it had spread down my neck. Now it is on my face, neck, and arms. And, it's most likely sun poisoning. It doesn't hurt or itch just more annoying and I feel like I look weird!

New Get Meaningful Lesson

There is a new lesson today on the Get Meaningful blog. Lesson 14 is about beliefs. This was a hard one for me at first because my beliefs are sort of off the wall. I am a Christian, but I don't believe that going to church and telling the world you are a Christian is all there is to it. So, in a lot of ways, I don't agree with a lot of peoples lifestyles. Oh well, to each their own. As long as I live my life in a way that I feel is right and I'm happy, that's what matters!

So after that tangent, here is the mini I made for this lesson:

A nice Father's Day

Mother's Day and Father's Day have always been a big deal to me. I am very fortunate to have GREAT parents. When my brother and I were trying to figure out what to get my Dad for Father's Day, we had a hard time. My Dad has everything! So we decided since he like golf so much, the guys would take him golfing. I sent Lou in my place, because I don't golf! The guys enjoyed their time together, but neither Lou or Jason had a very good game. After golf we went to my brother's new place for dinner. It was nice sitting around with the family.

I made my Dad a 6x12 LO card instead of just a regular card. It was inspired by the Freaky Friday challenge at scrapfreak.com. You can find the challenge here. And here is my LO: