Today has been a BORING day. I have read that once you get close to the end of pregnancy it seems to go by so slow. Each time I heard that I always thought “not me”. My pregnancy has sped by thus far, so I was convinced that I would be different from everyone else. That the rest of my pregnancy would continue to speed by. That the day I went into labor I would think ”wow, this day came up quick”. Not sure why I thought I was special from my pregnancy dragging on, but I thought I

last night i stayed up till the sun was shining & got so much done. it was fun. here are a few shares: a peek at a new comic-style painting. it's huge & i'm filling one little square a a time. see.... she should be ready in a couple weeks. i'm really enjoying working on some larger pieces right now. and speaking of painting... i've been doing so much of it and it's still my favorite! here are a few that have been mailed off already.... (for Laura)

firstly, I would like to thank everyone who sent their good wishes for myself and dear. our wedding anniversary was spent quietly amidst the non-stop rains up-south. but it’s nonetheless amazing when it dawned on us that we’ve been together a loooong time. woo-hoo. secondly, here are several layouts I would like to share with you guys! I haven’t been religiously posting new layouts every friday, as I have planned sorry abou that. sleep/siesta gets in the way … and yeah, taking care

The Scrapbook Update CHA-Summer 2009 Sneak Peek page is live. It is looking pretty bare at the moment, but soon it will be full of the links to sneak peeks of the latest scrapbook products! I’ll be keeping my eyes out in the coming weeks for the sneak peeks posted on blogs and company websites, to add those links to the Scrapbook Update sneak peek directory. But if you want to make sure your company’s sneak peek gets added, the best way is to email the link to scrapbookupdate@gmail.com or po

Once upon a time, before Internet (a.k.a. The Information Superhighway—remember that?), recipes were shared hand-to-hand—literally. If your friend served you some awesome cookies, you asked for the recipe, and she wrote it out for you. Usually on a scrap of paper. Or if she was into it, on a recipe card imprinted with “From the kitchen of NANCY”. Or whatever name you wanted to fill in.I still have (and use) scrapbooks filled with clipped, handwritten, and manually typed recipes. And while some o