Awesome giveaway at MyPinkStamper.com Thanks Robyn!

Robyn over at MyPinkStamper.com is giving away a Cricut Exporession, donated by Custom Crops!! Head on over and grab this awesome blinkie:






Pop it in your blog or in your signature on a message board. Then let her know where it is.

Good luck!

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman

I have to share. One of my online friends book debuted yesterday and it is getting amazing reviews.

Please, please, read. Besides being an incredible author, she is an amazing women. She is just in awe over the success of her book and she couldn't be more excited.

Here is a link to her site (I am having trouble entering links - you may need to copy and paste):
a href="http://bethhoffman.net/the-book">


Synopsis (copied and pasted from her site)
Twelve-year-old CeeCee is in trouble. For years she’s been the caretaker of her psychotic mother, Camille— the crown-wearing, lipstick-smeared laughingstock of an entire town. Though it’s 1967 and they live in Ohio, Camille believes it’s 1951 and she’s just been crowned the Vidalia Onion Queen of Georgia.

The day CeeCee discovers Camille in the front yard wearing a tattered prom dress and tiara as she blows kisses to passing motorists, she knows her mother has completely flipped. When tragedy strikes, Tootie Caldwell, a previously unknown great-aunt comes to CeeCee’s rescue and whisks her away to Savannah. Within hours of her arrival, CeeCee is catapulted into a perfumed world of prosperity and Southern eccentricities—a world that appears to be run entirely by women.

While Tootie is busy saving Savannah’s endangered historic homes from the wrecking ball, CeeCee encounters a cast of unforgettable, eccentric characters. From the mysterious Thelma Rae Goodpepper, who bathes in an outdoor tub under the watchful eyes of a voyeuristic peacock, to Oletta Jones, the all-knowing household cook, to Violene Hobbs, the loud-mouthed widow who entertains a local police officer in her yellow see-through peignoir, the women of Gaston Street keep CeeCee entertained and enthralled for an entire summer.

But CeeCee’s view of the world is challenged in ways she could have never imagined: there are secrets to keep, injustices to face, and loyalties to uphold. Just as she begins to find her ballast and experiences a sense of belonging, her newfound joy collides with the long-held fear that her mother’s legacy has left her destined for destruction.

Laugh-out-loud funny, at times heartbreaking, and written in a pitch-perfect voice, Saving CeeCee Honeycutt is a spirited Southern tale that explores the intricate frailties and strengths of female relationships while illuminating the journey of a young girl who loses her mother but finds many others.

Scrap Corner

Pics of my corner! Still a lot of work to be done, but now it's functional.






Working now on organization. I need shelves and paper holders.

I'd rather be scrapping!

I'm here at work eating my Lean Cuisine Sesame chicken and all I am thinking about is the awesome craft corner DH put together for me last night.

My corner has been a work in progress for 2 years since we moved into the house. He set up a table for me to do crafts but when we moved into the house, his kids needed a place to hang out with friends and that was the basement. I didn't want to incringe on their space so I let me crafts be.

Now that the kids are no longer living with us, I can claim my space back. I still have to add storage for all of my supplies and will take pictures and post them when I get it all set up.

Only 3 1/2 more hours until I leave work and only 5 hours until DD is asleep and I can go into my corner.

I am addicted to cricut

I am in love with my cricut E.

My mom spoiled me rotten for Christmas and bought me an E!!! This is the most amazing cutter in the world.
If you don't know what a cricut is, go here...http://www.cricut.com/. It is a must have for any scrapbooker, cardmaker or craftster.

If you do have a cricut, you need to visit


She is so amazing and her tutorials are so easy to follow.

I can't wait to start scrapping! I will post pictures of my layouts and cards, especially those that I make using the Big E.

Starting out

Here I am, it's December 31th, 2009 and I am thinking about new beginnings for 2010.

As I look back at 2009, I truly just want to pretend the year did not happen..

January was spent looking at the year with rose colored glasses.
February we buried my Aunt and Uncle within 2 weeks of each other.
March, 4 weeks later, I said goodbye forever to my beloved grandmother at the age of 91. My heart still hearts 9 months later.
April my stepdaughters decided that the rules and responsibilities at our house were too much and they left our house and moved in with their mother. My YSD has not contacted us at all, my DH is devastated.
May was a happy month, my beautiful daughter turned one!
June OSD graduated HS without much fan fare.
July I turned 36. Only 4 years to 40.
August my MIL had a very severe diverticulitis attack and was in the hospital. The infection was so bad that she had emergency surgery and is now on a bag (reversal surgery is scheduled for January).
September went by too fast.
October I was told that my job was being moved to Denver. After 11 years, I am being kicked to the curb at the end of April, 2010.
November was quiet. DH and I decided that beginning in May, I will be a SAHM as long as we can afford it (we are on his benefits). We also decided to try to expand our family. I spend November charting with no results.
December comes Christmas and is spent preparing and shopping. DD is 19 months and the light of my life.

I am happy to see 2009 end.

I will post regularly, although i don't know about what yet. This will probably be only for me as I doubt anyone will care enough to read it.

I have some ideas for 2010 - I have a very small business card making and I want to expand that. I want another child, but I also want to loose 50 pounds. I will probably be babysitting once my job is over to bring in some extra money. There's a lot to think about for the new year.