at work....no really!

You probably know that my husband quit his job at Merrill Lynch in November and opened his own investment firm (Lokken Investment Group). I expected that somewhere along the line he would need me to help out in some way or another at least until things got up and running and he could hire another employee besides his assitant Carrie.

Didn't take him long...I working already. His purchased this huge marketing program/system called Bill Good Marketing and made me his "computer operator". It falls to me to learn the system and how to operate it and get the first few (at least) marketing campaigns up and running. And then I'll be in charge of maintaining the database etc. etc.

Anyway. I'm at the office today. Still leaning the system and currently waiting for a call from software support. Apparently some macro isn't running properly and my test campaign failed. There isn't much else for me to do until I can get back in the practice system and so just that...practice.

And so I blog.

Course now I've run out of things to blog about. So I'll end it here while you're still somewhat awake. Enjoy your day...until next time....

(by the way, no layouts or photos on this computer at the office so nothing pretty to post)

It snowed!

We never get snow. There's about 4 inches out there I guess and it's still coming down. Blowing like a banshee though so there won't be any playing today.

The kids are home. There was no doubt about that...last time it snowed we got a WHOLE HALF INCH and they closed so I knew when they said 3-8 that as soon as the first few flakes fell they'd call it off. And sure enough, at 10 pm the phone rang and it was the announcement.

We just don't have the equipment in Delaware to deal with this kind of weather.

Makes my life easier anyway. Now Jonathan doesn't have to drop me off at the surgery center (my colonoscopy is today), drive to Georgetown to pick up Claire then come back to get me. She can just stay home with Jess.

Tonight I feast! Amazingly, considering that I haven't eaten in 36 hours and counting, I'm not that hungry. Gives me a little perspective for those afternoons when I'm starving 2 hours after I've had lunch. I'm not cooking though...we've got fabulous left-overs calling my name!

Just a few more 2008 pages to post and then I can scan and share the pages I've made this year so far. I love how this one turned out using some of my favorite papers ever...Dill Blossom by SEI.



Thanks for looking and have a great day. Later!

Lazy Sunday

We don't have too much on the schedule today so I'm enjoying a relaxing day at home. Claire is supposed to have a riding lesson later but it's a "wintery mix" out there so I'm thinking it will be canceled. We've already done the grocery shopping and I'm caught up with all the peamails concerning my Huge Purge sale on the For Sale or Trade board at TwoPeas. I think I'll try to finish the page I started yesterday and work on some page kits for the crop at Ally Scraps next month.

Anything to distract me from the fact that I'm starving to death. Well, not really. But it sure feels that way. I'm having a colonoscopy tomorrow and on clear liquids today. Fun stuff.

Today's page is a quick and easy one I did with all the cousins from the Lokken side of the family. Love this picture!



Couple more emails just popped into my in box. Better go check it out. Until next time...

I need new albums!

Hard to believe that I actually scrap enough to fill up entire albums but it seems that's the case. I was just showing Hannah the pages I got done at Dana's a couple weeks ago and when I tried to put them back in their spot they wouldn't fit.

So I thought...I'm just going to do it. Sort them by kid, put them in date order and PUT THEM AWAY!

Easier said than done. Oiy.

I started with Hannah. Her pages were all in a post bound album still so I got out a new American Crafts album and started over. I wasn't going to open those new AC albums because I want to switch to the We R Memory Keepers leather D-rings, but I had no choice. I haven't scrapped as many pics of Hannah (for lots of reasons none of which are because I love her any less) so her pages all fit nicely into the album.

Then I tried to work on Claire and Jessica's pages but didn't get very far. I didn't feel like taking apart the old post bounds to put in older pages (when eventually I'll trade them) and don't have any new albums for the newer pages.

What I need is to buy about 16 brand new WRMK albums and start completely over. But at 30ish dollars a pop that isn't going to happen anytime soon.

I knew I should have gotten them before Jonathan quit his job.

So I put them all back in the 12x12 box, shoved them on the shelf and tried to put it out of my mind. And I suppose that will work until my next crop with Dana when I add another dozen or so pages to the mix.

Here's another of the pages I scrapped in 2008 and never got posted anywhere. This is Jess at one of her many band concerts. It was only 2 years ago but she looks so young to me here!



Back to scrapping for me. Until next time!

TGI Monday!

Most people really look forward to Fridays as it means the end of the work week and some relaxing time at home. And as much as I love the weekends, ours tend to be so jam packed that it always feels so good when it's Monday and I can get things back to normal and organized.

Today was no different.

I did have a few unusual things on my plate today. It's Quiz Rally time again so there's lots of (not so) fun Pony Club things to do. And Belinda switched me from Tuesday to Monday this week so it was a scramble this morning to get things ready for her.

And I had to send out that email request for donations for the Polar Bear Plunge for Claire!

Mr. John but a team together at The Jefferson School and Claire decided to wants to plunge. It's this Sunday and she's really excited. I'm not sure she realizes just how cold it's going to be! I do think that the water temperature is just a bit higher than the air temp will be so it may not seem that frigid. I am really proud of her desire to help other people though. That's one of the amazing things she's learned at The Jefferson School.

Here's a link to her page at First Giving in case anyone is interested in donating to Special Olympics. We have to get that page updated as her real goal is $250!

It's time to cook dinner now. My family has requested Sloppy Joes and tater tots. How exciting. I'm not really a tot fan myself...unless they're from Sonic. But they eat 'em up!

Until later...

Planning to be Productive

I tend to start most days thinking "I wont sit on my butt all day. I'll actually earn my keep and get a few things done today." It doesn't always work out that way.

In my defense, I'm not a total slacker. The house is 95% clean, 95% of the time. the laundry is usually pretty well caught up. Bill are paid, there's food in the house and life run pretty smoothly.

But there's always more that could be done. Always. Lots more.

So as soon as i finish this game of Monopoly at Pogo (a bit part of my problem this past month), I'm going to get up and get moving.

And on today's list is:

laundry. i'm on a Monday/Thursday schedule these days
plan dinner
load jonathan's digi frame
put away the christmas paper
edit and order pictures
go to dry cleaners

Not a bad list. But all things that need to be done today. I should probably do a little Wii Fit exercising too.

And so I'm off. But first...another of those unposted layouts I have from last year. This one is a scraplift (but I can't remember of whom). Photos are from our cruise a few years ago.



Thanks for looking and until later....

it's that time of year again!

time for CHA!

i get so excited seeing all the new product sneaks. always gets my creative juices flowing. not that i ever do much with it. ;)

Queen & Co. has some information about their new release on their blog and i'm liking what i see so far. less packaging and cute new products...can't go wrong on either count. check it out!

and hopefully, this chance to win a prize on their blog, makes me get back to blogging again. i'm not sure why i can't make this a habit...i do enjoy posting!

have a great day! until next time...