Five cool things:
ONE – Once again, Facebook has blessed me.  Or, I should say, God used the people using Facebook to bless me!  See, I teach Bible as part of a release time program at my son’s public school.  It’s a pretty cool gig.  I pick the kids up right after lunch, escort them off campus, teach them some Bible, then take them back to class and pick up the next class.  Our organization has “chapels” right next door to all of the public schools in town!  Anyway, the high …

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, so I thought I would make everyone’s life a lot easier by updating one of my popular papercraft templates, the Mini Mailbox Template, by including cutting files for your digital die cut machine!  AND, if you’ve been following me on Facebook, then you know that I have a new Silhouette Cameo, which means that I am now including .studio files that can be opened in your Silhouette Studio software.  For the record, you can also open up my DXF files, so if you …

Today I’m feeling like a mother of three.  
I’m picturing in my head the day we dressed Grant in a t-shirt that I made for him that said “Big Brother” and we took Mitch’s parents out to lunch.  We pulled Grant’s sweatshirt off of him to reveal our big news.  It was fun and cute and exciting.

I’m remembering Mother’s Day 2005, just weeks after our announcement.  Both of our families were at our house celebrating and pampering the moms and sitting around talking.  The subject of our new baby came …

Here we go with another Friday Five!  Of course, this is the Saturday edition because I was super tired of the computer on Friday.  Hee, hee!
1.  I must say that I am so incredibly thankful for OhLife.  Remember I told you about it last week?  Well, I just typed “1.” and sat here for a good 3 minutes trying to think of something to start my list off with.  WHAT did I do this week?  Am I really that boring?  Then, I remembered that I could go back to OhLife …

I do realize it has been almost two months since I last posted here. If you follow me on Facebook, then you know that I HAVE been around and busy and enjoying my family!!  I hope to get back to blogging regularly . . . starting today!
Yesterday, I was thinking about 2011, otherwise known as the year that flew by, and decided I’d do a super-quick recap just to record that SOMETHING(S) happened, even though I don’t have many digital layouts to show for it.  It’s sad when I go …

As you know, I have a great little Etsy store where I peddle my handmade cash envelopes for your cash budgeting system.  I create custom labels for my customers, and it is really fun to see all of the different budgeting categories people use.  It is VERY common for a customer to purchase a set of envelopes and then wonder what they should have for their categories. Well, now, that’s an interesting blog topic, isn’t it?
Cash budgeting is catching on all over the country, but it can sometimes be uncomfortable …

My Friday Five (read all the way to the bottom to see a Family Room update!):
1 – My husband’s high school class held their 20 year reunion on Friday (bowling) and Saturday (BBQ).  We had SUCH a good time!  Although we did go to the 10 year reunion, there were many people there whom I hadn’t met, yet.  Here’s the thing, though:  I get SUPER shy/nervous in situations like that.  I get all sick to my stomach. I’m actually quite the introvert, but I force myself to be social.  It’s …

Back when I first started creating cutting files to go along with my papercraft template sets, I realized that I would need to offer a free template so that my potential customers could test out their digital die cutting machine to make sure my cut files would work for them.  I had been playing with creating my own paper flowers for a while, so I decided to make it easier on myself by putting together a set of cutting files that could be opened all at once and cut all …