Laurie...Scrapbooking :)

Laurie, instead of answering you in the comments section, I thought you deserved your own post, LOL.

I haven't scrapped in ages and ages and I am so far behind it isn't even funny
any more.

Don't worry about getting far behind in scrapbooking. In my opinion, it's not about scrapping in any order, and you shouldn't stress if you are behind! In the "Big Picture Scrapbooking" book by Stacy Julian, she said something to the effect that it's ok to not scrap in order, it's ok to be behind, and it's ok to scrap the same picture more than once. That was very enlightening for me. I mean, all along, I knew that Scrapbooking really had no rules, but for someone to come out and actually say it, that was amazing to me! That book really inspired me.

Now some people might say that I sound all conceited and a know-it-all for this, and I'm not that way. I just wanted to share what I learned, and to hopefully inspire someone to not worry about the "rules." Especially since there are none!

Now Laurie, go scrap a page and forget about everything this else for a bit!

My Points

So I've been using mypoints for well over a year now and it's wonderful! Jason and I do a bit of online shopping, so you earn points that way, but mainly I just click through the e-mails that they send me. We have gotten a bunch of giftcards for free this eay! Since I opened the account, I've earned 15,060 points. We almost have another 4,000 ready to redeem! Just have to decide what we want to get this time around.

I *love* my points! We have earned giftcards to Olive Garden, Toys R Us, and I believe even Target. They really helped out with Christmas shopping one year, since money was tight.

If you want to learned more about MyPoints, let me know, and I can refer you and they will send you an informative e-mail. I earn points that way too, so let me know, LOL.

If you have questions, I will do my best to answer them :)

Boring Life

I live such a boring life. I feel like I don't have anything to say that people would like reading. I enjoy reading others blogs, as they share bits and pieces about their lives and cute kid stories. I don't have cute kids stories, and Jason and I aren't that exciting, lol.
Let's see what's happened since I last updated my blog.
-I got my S.H.E. book. Denise, that means I get to send Chele's copy on to you! Do you still want the Tupperware pitcher? If so, I will send them both at the same time. Let me know! I still haven't made up my SHE cards though, bad Amber.
-I worked at Scraps of Time (Local Scrapbook Store) during their used stamp sale. Got some awesome deals and earned money too, LOL. You wouldn't believe what some of the Stampin' Up set's were going for. CHEAP! I got a brand new, never been mounted set for $8. Can't go wrong there!
-This last weekend I went out to eat with some of the gals from SOT (Scraps of Time) and then went back to the store to crop. Was a lot of fun and we are all saying that we need to do it again soon. It was nice going out with just the gals for a while.

-Went up to IKEA 2 weekends in a row, LOL. I got my IKEA Expedit shelf for my scraproom. That means my scrap area is a *DISASTER* but is getting organized.

-Jason and I are going through purging a ton of stuff and trying to re-organize the house a bit. I must admit it's a great feeling!

-Valentine's Day was good! Jason spoiled me, as usual!

-Work is still work. I dream about being at home, working in my crafting area when I'm at work.
-Jason and I are looking into refinancing the house. We got 1 rate back, and I think that it should be lower. Will do a little more looking before we sign anything.

I like my lists, LOL. (Yes, I know I'm weird!)

Not much else, see I told you life is boring!