Cherry Cobbler and Early Espresso!

I used two new SU colors called Cherry Cobbler and Early Espresso. Makes me want dessert just typing the names. Once again I used the new stamp set called Artistic Etchings. The base is Crumb Cake (again making me want dessert!) which was wheeled with Vintage Vogue. I added an outline around the Eiffel tower with a SU Blushing Bride (one of the new In-Colors) marker.



Every year I go with my kids and buy fireworks. Every year when I get home I hem and haw to my DH about how much I spent. Last year I think it was around $50. His response is always the same, "You spent how much????? On something you are just going to set on fire & burn up!!!" This year he went with us. . . He spent $90!!! I'm just sayin'. . . .

Happy Fourth of July!!!!!!

My computer had the flu (virus!)

I was so blue
My 'puter had the flu (virus)
Had to run her in safe mode
To find the infected code
After 24 hours of being scanned
Found the infection and now it is banned.
So now off to create
Before it gets too late!!!

(Yeah I know, cheesy and don't quit your day job.)

Big Shot Hero SU Contest Winner

Get ready to laugh! This "commercial" won the Stampin' Up! Make Your Own Commercial contest. It was put together by Matt and Linda Heller. Keep watching until the very end or you will miss Matt's part.

Happy First Day of Spring?

Sigh. . . . . . .and to top it off my coffee maker is broken and I am drinking instant. . .

Duck and Hallie

Meet Duck:





Meet Hallie. Sorry this is so dark but she is a moving target and this was the only shot I got that wasn't blurred from her moving!

Pets

We can't have dogs or cats at my house because my DS is allergic to cats and I am allergic to dogs. So we have a bunny named Snowy and a hamster named Hallie. Originally the bunny belonged to my DS and my DD but as time went on my DD has pretty much taken over the care (cleaning & feeding) so the bunny is hers. The hamster is hers also-purchased with her own money.


Last week my DD and I go to the pet store to purchase some chew toys for the hamster because Hallie won't chew and her teeth keep overgrowing; my DD falls in love with the parakeets. I like parakeets but I tell her to think about it for a few days. On the way home she tells me she has picked out a name for the bird, Duck. Yep, that's right a parakeet named Duck. At least the parakeet she eventually chose is yellow which somehow justifies the name. However, remember the name was chosen BEFORE my DD picked out the yellow bird so it could have been a blue parakeet named Duck.

Now you may ask what was the criteria for choosing this particular bird? Was it because she was yellow and her name was going to be Duck? No. She was the crazy one turning upside down and crawling through the plastic rings. And yes, she is just as crazy now as she was in the pet store.

I had to take the hamster to the vet (to have her teeth filed because remember she won't chew!) and I tell him of our recent addition to our family-what does he ask me? Does my DD want some turtles?