tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137469392024-03-23T14:17:21.640-04:00A Day in my LifeBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680174673288007269noreply@blogger.comBlogger862125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13746939.post-92190751718071361712016-10-20T21:32:00.000-04:002016-10-21T08:07:15.639-04:00Scrapbook Nerd DT Reveal - with Paige <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana";">This week, I've enjoyed using some Autumn products, and doing layouts about subjects other than my kids.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana";">Project One: Fall For You!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana";">I used a free cut file from Scrapbook and Cards Today and the papers from Cedar Lane document my gratitude for my husband at Thanksgiving.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana";">Project Two: Bloom and Grow</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana";">I still have a lot of papers and embellishments from Crate Paper's Bloom collection and this was perfect for telling the story of my new house plants and my hope that I can develop even a little bit of a green thumb to care for them.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana";">Project Three: Papa's Tree</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana";">I wanted to tell the story of the tree we planted in honour of my Dad after he passed away. I kept the design simple, layering papers from the Cedar Lane collection and bits of Maggie Holmes ephemera. I wanted the focus to be on the photo and the journaling.</span></div>
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The Scrapbook Nerd Blog is still down, so I will be hosting the blog posts on my blog this week.<br />
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Today is Tutorial Tuesday and Design Team Member, Paige, is showing us how to combin 12x12 layouts with pocket pages.<br />
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"I am primarily a 12x12 scrapbooker. I have chosen not to do project life as I didn't feel I could make the commitment to doing weekly, or even monthly spreads. That said I have enjoyed using pocket pages on certain projects such as December Daily, and Week in the Life.<br />
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More recently, I began combining 12x12 layouts with pocket pages. I find this model particularly helpful in vacation albums, or with holiday or events, where I have more than the usual number of photos that I want to include in an album.<br />
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Here are a few tips I have learned from this hybrid approach:<br />
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1.Establish some sort of pattern to give your album structure. For example, in my album documenting our trip down east, I used a 12x12 spread to mark the beginning of each new city on our road trip. For my Disney album I am using the front 12x12 to mark the start of each new day and different park.<br />
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2. This method of combining takes some planning. When you insert a 12x12 you have to plan to do two of these layouts, the front and back side. Similarly the pocket page requires both sides to be filled. To help guide me as I lay out the photos and cards, I created an outline of the most common formats of 12x12 pocket pages and use that to arrange my photos and cards before finalizing the spread.<br />
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3. When there is a 12x12 layout beside a pocket page, I do my best to ensure that they flow together Sometimes that means the two pages are telling a similar story and I am pulling out the best photos for the larger layout. Other times I try to match up colours or patterns across the two pages so that they are pleasing to the eye.<br />
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<br />Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680174673288007269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13746939.post-32924709974752499732016-10-08T10:14:00.003-04:002016-10-08T10:14:37.171-04:00My Scrapbook Nerd Design Team RevealHi there everyone. <br />
This week I've been playing along with Shimelle's Go Now Go collection. I have a lot of travel photos and I've been buying tons of different travel collections as I'm working on a big trip album. I have to say that the Go Now Go collection has been a refreshing change to work with. I love the brighter colours, and the inclusion of some of the primary colours. It really makes it more versatile for a variety of pictures, and seasons.<br />
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Project One: Off the Beaten Track<br />
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For this project I stuck with the more primary colours of the collection. Most of my travel photos are not of sunny Caribbean-type colours, so I'm loving the versatility of Go Now Go. Even though it's travel, it is also great for other types of projects as well.<br />
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Project Two : Mackinac Island</div>
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This project was used in the tutorial for this week on how to make twine flowers as an embellishment.</div>
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Today, I'm sharing a quick little tutorial on making some twine flowers as an embellishment for your page.<br />
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Punch, or cut out small circles in the desired size of the flower. Keep in mind when deciding on size that these circles are the centre part of the flower.<br />
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Apply some adhesive to one side of the circle. The first time I did this, I tried it with glue dots, but my glue dots were too small to keep the twine in place, so I used my ATG adhesive and covered the entire surface.<br />
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Start Attach one end of the twine to the adhesive side of your circle. Create a loop going outwards and attach the other end of the loop to the adhesive side of your circle. Don't cut the twine.<br />
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Continue making loops, attaching them to the circle as you go, making the loops different sizes, until your circle is filled and your "pedals" surround your circle.<br />
Once my circle was filled, I places another cardstock circle, the same size, on top to help keep the twine in place.<br />
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Cover your second circle with adhesive.<br />
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Place the end of the twine in the center of the circle, and start wrapping around and around until you get to the outer edge. <br />
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Once you get to the outer edge of the circle, cut the twine and tuck in the end piece where it won't be seen. Now they are ready for a project. Enjoy!<br />
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I used my twine flowers on one of my Design Team projects. I love the look of them, and how quickly they come together!<br />
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I've had these photo collages sitting on my desk for a long time now. I decided it was time to get them scrapped. I love photo collages when I have a lot of photos for an event.<br />
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I was pretty busy busy with a big event we were at with the store. We were the onsite vendor. So, I pulled out a Jillibean Card Kit and put some cards together for the next few days.<br />
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This picture totally doesn't give this layout any justice. It's a really bad photo in bad lighting. The background is white cardstock with a Heidi Swapp Screen Print on the background. If I have some free time I will try and get a proper photo of it.<br />
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I worked on a layout kit for Scrapbook Nerd.<br />
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This was yet another layout kit for the store. Can you tell we were getting ready for some crops?<br />
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On Day 8 I was so happy to get out my own pictures again, and actually do something for myself. I dug into some old photos for this. The photos are of the first big trip that Spencer took without us. He went on a big band trip to Calgary. <br />
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So, what did I do? I went and signed up for this:<br />
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So, we are supposed to choose our own project, and create a unique hashtag for it (for instagram) so I'm focusing on paper crafts - layouts mostly, but there may be some cards and planner pages in there as well. So, if you want to follow along with my progress, follow me on instagram - @scrapnerdbarb and the hashtag #100daysofgettingitonpaper.</div>
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I did this layout of Cameron and I on the Rhino Riders in St. Martin a couple of years ago. I love going through all my older stash and just pulling together different products. I've gotten out of the habit of doing that since opening the store - I've been using a lot of collections in the last three years.<br />
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I dug through my old pictures for this one. I have more fun working with older pictures than current ones. Again, I pulled together different papers and embellishments.<br />
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Have you joined The 100 Day Project? If so, I'd love to know where I can see your creative projects.<br />
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Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680174673288007269noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13746939.post-91647628453143860092016-03-13T15:32:00.000-04:002016-03-13T15:32:00.035-04:00It's time to dust this thing off!!My poor blog. It has been so neglected over the last three years. It seems like I barely have time to do all the things that I love doing ... this blog being one of them. I always have good intentions, but then I never seem to follow through. I know, I know ... if you look back over the past few posts, you will see the same excuse every time.<br />
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I don't know why I don't take the time, truth be told. I always loved doing it. So ... here I am again, making the same bold statement that this time it's going to be different and I'm going to make it a priority. I really do want to make it a priority.<br />
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Now that my boys have all grown up and are young men now, I guess I don't have as much fun stuff to blog about. That's OK. My focus will have to change. I still would like to continue this blog as a catch-all ... a place to blog about trips, as well as my creative endeavors and family things. I know my readership has died off, too, and that's also OK because in the end, this blog is a journal of my life of sorts. I love to look back and see how things have changed. In the end, the blog is mostly for me. <br />
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In the next few posts I will update on life, and family, as well as share some of my scrapbook layouts. I think spreading it out a little will help keep the posts shorter and make it easier to get back into the swing of things.<br />
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Last weekend we hosted an online crop at Scrapbook Nerd. There were challenges and games, and some prizes.<br />
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One of our new DT members, Cathy, challenged us to create a project with a title that used symbols or letters in place of words. This is what I came up with:<br />
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These pictures always make me laugh ... and I always find new ones just like them on my phone. Cameron loves to grab my phone when I leave it laying around, and leave me a little surprise next time I look at the camera roll! What better way to get back at him then sharing the photos online!<br />
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I used mostly Crate Paper Boys Rule for this layout and added a few things from my stash.<br />
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<br />Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680174673288007269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13746939.post-91429436943487848352015-06-05T16:57:00.000-04:002015-06-05T16:57:17.916-04:00Day 6 - AthensIf you're wondering what happened to Day 4 and 5 - you didn't miss anything. I haven't included them because the first two days on the cruise were both sea days and we didn't do much except lay by the pool, eat, and catch up on much-need sleep.<br />
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Our first cruise stop was in Athens, Greece. We were all very excited about this stop.<br />
We didn't have an excursion booked as we had read that we could just grab a taxi into Athens and then walk to everything that we wanted to see.<br />
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We found a taxi as soon as we got off the ship, and all 5 of us crammed into 4 seats - something we would never dream of doing normally!!<br />
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Our driver was great and told us where to go and what we needed to see. He acted as tour-guide on the drive to the Acropolis. He dropped us off at the Acropolis where we spent two or three hours wandering around in awe. It was great having a walking encyclopedia along with us! Matt was able to feed us lots of information about the acropolis along the way. He was totally in his element. He was immersed in everything he saw ... so much so that we had to keep finding him.<br />
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Once we finished there, we started weaving our way through the streets to find more of the ancient ruins (which were everywhere, by the way!). We stopped at a Greek family restaurant along the way. We paid a lump sum and then they brought about 20 different dished to the table and we were able to choose 12 of them. We had the best time trying different foods, sitting next to the street, and watching Greek Life pass us by. It was very relaxing. The food was great and we left feeling very full.<br />
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From there we made our way to the Ancient Agora. This place was very cool. We wandered around the Stoa of Attalos, which has been rebuilt and houses a lot of artifacts. Once again, we lost sight of Matt as he was soaking it all in. <br />
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In the Agora, there was also a well-preserved temple which was amazing to see.<br />
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As a side-note - it seems that Spencer would easily pass as a Roman. We were always seeing him in statue form every time we turned around!<br />
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Our last stop for the day was the Temple of Olympian Zeus. Again, it was amazing to see, but we were all tired by that point and, after seeing so many ruins, we didn't really appreciate it as fully as we should have.<br />
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Our taxi driver picked us up there and we all crammed back into the car and he took us back to the port where we limped, still in awe of what we had seen, back onto the ship. Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680174673288007269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13746939.post-64413234955584797432015-06-01T14:34:00.000-04:002015-06-01T14:34:22.100-04:00The HostelHave you ever stayed in a hostel before? I hadn't! I had lots of pre-conceived notions about what a hostel would be like - filled with young people sleeping in dorm style rooms, shared bathrooms, and no real community spaces. When we were looking for a place to stay in Venice, we left it rather late (three weeks before our trip) and so we had little choices. We could either stay outside of Venice, or pay $1000 and up a night to stay right in Venice. Neither of these were a great option for us. <br />
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During my searches, the Generator Hostel kept coming up. Out of desperation, I started looking at it. I saw that they had a family room that would accommodate all of us - and for a very reasonable rate. Since the location was great, we decided to book it.<br />
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Well, both John and I were very pleasantly surprised by the Generator when we got there! There were a lot of younger people, but there were also some who were a little older (although I'm pretty sure we were the old people!)<br />
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The hostel has a very young, and hip vibe to it. Here's an excerpt from their website:<br />
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Gen Venice is a beautiful converted grain house sitting on the waterfront of the Giudecca. The property exudes true Venetian charm and a twist of modernity; with pristine Fantini mosaic flooring, elegant Rubelli textile curtains, a Murano glass clown chandelier hanging gallantly from the ceiling and a homey stone fireplace reminiscent of 16<sup>th</sup> century Palladio craftsmanship. You’re just 5 minutes away from Piazza San Marco- bask in a hub of ancient history at the drawing room of Europe. Go rustic with a stylish attic room or go for a shared room with views of the sea.</blockquote>
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The location, for us, was perfect! It sits right across the river from San Marco. The water bus stop was a 30 second walk from the front door, and 5 minutes later we were right in Venice. It was so easy to just pop back to our room to change clothes or to drop things off.<br />
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I didn't get great pics of the inside of the communal areas, so I've grabbed some pics from the Generator Website.<br />
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Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680174673288007269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13746939.post-33753360723024514022015-05-25T13:01:00.001-04:002015-05-25T13:01:53.560-04:00Day 2 and 3 - VeniceOne thing that I really wanted to do, while I was in Venice, was to go over to Murano, and check out all the glass. Our plan for that day was to just wander Venice for a while and then hop on the water bus and go over and see what if we could find a glass factory. When we got off the water bus in Venice, we started to talk to a guy who offered us a free taxi ride over to Murano. The catch was that we would have to go to a certain glass factory and see what they had. That was great for us, since that's what we wanted to do anyway. We jumped at the offer.<br />
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One of the bonuses of this was that we got to ride through some of the canals that the water busses don't go. It was beautiful!<br />
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We had a private tour of the glass factory and were able to watch the artists at work.
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Of course, at the end of the tour, we were able to purchase some of the beautiful pieces. I know that was the whole purpose of getting us over there, but I was more than happy to oblige.<br />
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After the tour, we wandered around Murano for a bit. It was such a pretty place. We were serenaded by one of the locals.<br />
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We spent the rest of the day exploring Venice. We had to cross over this bridge several times during our time there, and each time it made me laugh - it was a Venician traffic jam!<br />
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Venice is a very cool place. I loved every second that we spent there. It's so amazing to see all the canals and waterways, and how everyone gets around by water. We had a waterbus pass and so we spent the time hoping on and off as needed. I look forward to going back one day and spending more time there.<br />
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Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680174673288007269noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13746939.post-5087343163732680672015-05-06T18:54:00.000-04:002015-05-06T18:54:16.615-04:00Day 1 - Arriving in VeniceMatthew and I left yesterday morning, to catch our flight to Venice.<br />
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We were meeting up with John, Spencer and Cameron who were already there. They got a head start on our vacation by leaving on Saturday. Matt and I couldn't leave until Monday as Matt had to work on the weekend, and I had a retreat that I needed to be at.<br />
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We had a flight out of Toronto at 11:40 a.m. which meant that Matt had barely enough time to get home from work, change, and organize a few things before we had to leave for the airport.<br />
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We had a connecting flight out of Philadelphia, which meant that we had a 5 hour layover. It was ok, for the most part, as it meant that we could get a good lunch and relax a bit before the second flight. By the time we had to board, though, Matt was exhausted! Poor guy!<br />
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Our second flight was straight to Venice. 8 hours in the air! Matt was able to get about three or four hours of sleep, but I was only able to nap here and there.<br />
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Once we got to Venice, it was fairly easy to get to out hotel. by bus and then water bus. The hotel is actually a hostel. It's a very cool place and is across the canal from St. Marks Square. The hostel has family rooms, which is where we are staying - so we have our own bathroom and shower right in the room. It's quite a hip spot, filled with a lot of younger people, and a handful of older ones. I love the whole atmosphere of this place.<br />
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After we dumped our bags, we jumped back on the water bus to go over to San Marco to do a little exploring. I immediately fell in love with Venice and all the canals!<br />
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We walked around for a little while. John, Cameron, and Spencer showed us a few places that they had already discovered. <br />
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Then we jumped back on the water bus to head up the canal to get some lunch. It was a huge mistake to stop for lunch, because once we did that, both Matt and I hit a wall of exhaustion. We were spent. We ate quickly and then he and I went back to the hostel to get some much needed sleep while the other boys stayed out to look around some more.<br />
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It was a very long day from start to finish!Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680174673288007269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13746939.post-25859505045151536062015-05-05T18:27:00.002-04:002015-05-05T18:32:37.697-04:00The Clayton Clan Family Vacation - aka Spencer's Grad TripIt's finally here! After months and months of planning, our big family trip has arrived. <br />
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So, at this moment, I think we are probably about 3/4 of the way through. Most of the unseen work (wiring and plumbing) has been done. The floors are done. The kitchen in the basement is pretty much done.<br />
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The kitchen cabinets arrived and the install began. We also took out the larger kitchen window, and added two smaller ones. At this point, all the cabinets are in, but these photos were taken last week.<br />
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My office is the only room on the main floor that is finished now. All that happened here was new floors. Once the floor was in, and before I moved the furniture back in, I painted the walls. Gray! It's becoming the common colour in the house.</div>
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While the floors were being done, it was very noisy and there were a lot of people in and out of the house all day long. Suki, who is quite skittish at the best of times, was not a happy camper. She has discovered the best hiding place ... inside the box spring of my bed!</div>
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We have decided to escape all the dust and noise at home. We are heading to Europe for a Mediterranean Cruise as a grad present for Spencer, who has just graduated from University. John, Spencer and Cameron left a couple of days ago, and Matt and I are heading out today. We are en route right now, actually. We are sitting in the Philly airport waiting for our connecting flight to Venice. It's going to be such a great time with all my guys! Hopefully, by the time we get back home, most of the work will be done and I can finally get my house clean and back in order!Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680174673288007269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13746939.post-91515367607858352892015-03-12T19:43:00.001-04:002015-03-12T19:43:54.957-04:00Renovation Diary - Entry 2The renovations have been going on for almost 4 weeks now. The guys have been working very hard, but up until this week, it was hard to see the progress because the work was on things like wiring, plumbing, and such. There has been quite a bit of demo work done, as well.<br />
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Basement Kitchen (the plan is to make a second kitchen in the basement using our current kitchen):<br />
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Before now, this room was the "work room". It housed all of John's tools, and also became the catch-all place for junk and old furniture. We've emptied the room. The wiring has all been run, along with a new panel. The water has been run, as well as the drains.</div>
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The problem with starting anything on the main floor is that we needed to do everything that we were wanting to do all at once. Our main floor is so open that once we started one thing, it would lead to the next thing. The kitchen really needed to be done, but that meant redoing the floors, which meant redoing the floors on the whole main level since it's open. By doing the main floors it meant stairs, and the fireplace, and the half wall (that I always hated). It meant building a second kitchen in the basement so that we could just put the current cabinets into the basement kitchen. You get the picture. LARGE SNOWBALL!!</div>
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Dare I set myself another blogging challenge? Blog once a day? Blog 5 times a week? Two times a week? I need someone to kick me in the butt!<br />
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My last post was when we first arrived in California for CHA. Then ... CHA started ... and the rest is all a blur!<br />
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It was a good time and I learned so much! I really enjoyed the classes, and it was very cool to see all the new products that were just about to hit the market. More than that was that we just had a great time together!Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680174673288007269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13746939.post-50219972286796624602015-01-08T01:00:00.000-05:002015-01-08T01:00:52.323-05:00The Happiest Place on EarthFor our first full day in California, we spent the day at the happiest place on Earth - Disneyland.<br />
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We had our very own Fairy Godmother tour guide (aka Sharon) along and so we had the best time while she showed us around everywhere ... plus gave us a lot of the behind-the-scenes information that we didn't know before today.<br />
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I have to say, that Disney really knows how to treat their customers. Every cast member that we encountered today was very pleasant and accommodating ... even when we "snuck" onto the Haunted House grounds when the ride was closed, to take some pictures. The crew came out and asked us if we wanted them to take pictures of us and even jumped into the photos themselves. It really was refreshing to experience such great service.Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680174673288007269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13746939.post-40896815407933682242015-01-06T22:50:00.000-05:002015-01-06T22:50:11.622-05:00California Here We Come ...I guess I fell off the blogging wagon. So much for my 28 day challenge!<br />
The Christmas Season quickly became very busy and overwhelming for me. While it was a great Christmas, it was one filled with company, activities, and obligations. <br />
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Today, we left the freezing cold of the Great White North, and headed towards sunny California. We are spending a couple of tourist days here before CHA (the biggest crafting trade show in the industry) starts this weekend.<br />
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We were up bright and early (4 a.m. EST) to get to the airport for our early morning flight. It felt like the whole day we did nothing but travel from one place to the next. We had a great time, though, and met some interesting people ... and some very fun guys ... flight crew for JetBlue who had us laughing while we were all crammed together on a shuttle to the car rental.<br />
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I spent the day, well, at least part of the day, with Matt. We went to the mall so he could do his Christmas shopping. Once we got there, he went one way, and my sister and I went the other. When we met up for lunch, he was sporting a new hat that he bought for himself. He couldn't resist! It's a World of Warcraft hat!<br />
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Some have come and gone, some drop in when work obligations allow, but we're all in each other's hearts always! <br />
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Hello boxes and bags ... it's about time I start my wrapping. It's going to take a while!<br />
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Hello warm mitts and scarf ... I'm going to need you tonight.<br />
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Hello to-do list ... why is it that you keep getting longer and not shorter?<br />
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Hello green grass and puddles ... where did all the snow go?<br />
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Hello sleeping boy ... we have missed you around here!<br />
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Hello Christmas lights ... we're friends now that you're all working. Let's hope it stays that way.<br />
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Hello flat shoes ... you're going to be on my feet a lot this week.<br />
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Hello happy son ... I'm glad you got your computer working.Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680174673288007269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13746939.post-45903401911579468132014-12-14T20:50:00.001-05:002014-12-14T20:50:33.006-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li>This week was all about Christmas shopping for me. I was out 3 1/2 days ... and I'm still not done!</li>
<li>Had my usual Tuesday Lunch Bunch group - the ladies who get together every Tuesday to hang out and scrapbook</li>
<li>I had my mother and sister here for two days. We spent two days out shopping together.</li>
<li>We met up with our other sister and went out for dinner</li>
<li>Attended Ricky's Christmas open house</li>
<li>Cameron wrote his last exam on Friday and then I picked him up. He's now home, relaxing. for two weeks. It's good to have him home.</li>
<li>We had John's family Christmas get-together yesterday. It's always good to spend time with family.</li>
<li>Had some shocking news yesterday - a friend of mine had a heart attack. Fortunately she received medical attention right away and is now recuperating in the hospital</li>
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<li>a Christmas lunch with the girls on Tuesday</li>
<li>More Christmas shopping</li>
<li>I will be manning one of the Salvation Army Christmas kettles a few times this week. If you walk past one this week, make sure you drop some money into the kettle. There are a lot of people who are needing assistance!</li>
<li>Spending a day with my other sister this week to do some more shopping. I'm hoping that I will be finished off before then, so that I can just have a relaxing day with her</li>
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I hope you all have a great week!<br />
Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680174673288007269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13746939.post-33502190324824394782014-12-13T13:06:00.001-05:002014-12-13T13:06:15.841-05:00Shopping, Shopping, and more Shopping<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;">No, I didn't really miss posting yesterday. I composed this post on my iPad last night but for some reason the blog press app won't publish so I've just downloaded a new app. Hopefully this one will post. </p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;">I have spent the last three days with my Mother and two sisters doing a lot of shopping, eating, and just enjoying each other's company. I put a good dent in my Christmas shopping but I still have a way to go yet.</p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWf57Am0t0rhztrCHrgERGlLc9V1HmckEHiDgkb483aLNR765pGKvROFNC6Zynz58HYO3XZ9C3eYiIl8IOzXZdbrCptqHLuZ7qoqO-Q5Mb0rs59PJn5OZwhILtKbkPzu0nZmj/s640/blogger-image-399895363.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWf57Am0t0rhztrCHrgERGlLc9V1HmckEHiDgkb483aLNR765pGKvROFNC6Zynz58HYO3XZ9C3eYiIl8IOzXZdbrCptqHLuZ7qoqO-Q5Mb0rs59PJn5OZwhILtKbkPzu0nZmj/s640/blogger-image-399895363.jpg"></a></div><br><p></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 15px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;">
</p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;">Yesterday, it was a very snowy day and the roads were very slippery and traffic was very heavy because of it. I wasn't looking forward to getting back into the car at the end of our shopping day, but as we came out of the mall the sky was so beautiful as the sun was setting.</p><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie29qXjBHPS7z7qhIPIRnOC7HUmHzMRO3kS5rWqOcWlGupFOBpf5YOTwyA1HPFQW4LH3xLr4LW3B10Pf-FMAnNMaHd8MlZONM5Cmmabal75CT299EjyHbJuWw0fSDu1uDGu5eG/s640/blogger-image--2140991092.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie29qXjBHPS7z7qhIPIRnOC7HUmHzMRO3kS5rWqOcWlGupFOBpf5YOTwyA1HPFQW4LH3xLr4LW3B10Pf-FMAnNMaHd8MlZONM5Cmmabal75CT299EjyHbJuWw0fSDu1uDGu5eG/s640/blogger-image--2140991092.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;">It really was breathtaking. </p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;"><br></p></div>Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680174673288007269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13746939.post-52088957621128393312014-12-11T21:36:00.001-05:002014-12-11T21:36:40.231-05:00Throwback ThursdayI love this picture of Cameron when he was three. He was soooo cute!!<br />
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By the way - yes, I know I missed yesterday's blog post. I was out all day, and all night with my sisters and mom. By the time I got home, I crashed in bed.</div>
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