OUr Cristms Countdown

Are you counting down the days before Christmas. We are. I plan on making a little album of our countdown. On Dec 1st the UPS guy came with 2 boxes and Jingle made him run back to the truck so funny. Well of course he was gone by the time I thought he should be the highlight of the Christmas countdown but luckily we saw a UPS truck at Stater Bros. that night and of course I had my camera with me. I also took a picture of Jingle at the front door. Yesterday I had a really good day with J. I picked him up from school, came home then he asked if his Puffy Cheetos were still on sale, I said that it was the last day and did he think we should get some more. So back in the car we went. At the store he thought it would be a good idea if he got 4 bags and then get another 4 bags of for his sister. I said sure then had handed him a gift card and had him get in a line while I got in a different one, hoping we'd get done at the same time. Nope he was done super quick. I used the gift card to buy the other chips and then back to the car. Well my little guy insisted of taking the cart to the right spot and to open the door for me. Driving home he explained how a cell works and the shapes and everything that has to do with them. I told him I was amazed he retained all that information. He later wrote a page on it and made a cell out of candy that's due Friday. My amazing guy will be day 2 for sure.

Vegas Dolphins

I played in my Scrapbook room yesterday instead of facing the stores. I did a whole 2 pages whoo hoo:)

I also bought myself a new camera and printer online at Best Buy. I picked it up today and so far LOVE IT I got to play a little with it today while celebrating my brother's and his son's birthdays. I would have taken a lot more pictures but the battery wasn't fully charged.

Rain Forest Cafe'

Had a little time today during laundry loads to do a LO. Here's my take on Creative Scrappers sketch #25
While digging for green cardstock I found scraps of the 2 patterns so I punched out circles and this is the end result. Jonathan helped with the placement of the journaling circle, he decided he liked it with the lines not matching up.

Need to Read

Okay before you go see the movie Twilight you need to read the book. I know it's a tween book but I loved it. It's very PG. My DS who's 10 is reading it now but DD who's 11 won't have anything to do with it. I think it's because I told her she could read it. She's very happy reading her Dear America books. So glad she's finally reading those. I tried to get her to read those 2 years ago, but she wouldn't touch them, then this year her English teacher tells her to read harder books and now every couple of weeks she's got a new Dear America to read. THANK YOU MRS. ALICE. Did you know that if you read for an hour a day at your reading level you can actually gain 2 reading levels in 1 year. crazy.

Have you ever???

Taken from Clare's blog

OK, the rules are simple. Copy and paste the list, putting the things you've done in bold.
Leave a comment to let me know if you played so I can take a gander at it!

1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Touched an iceberg
10. Sung a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught myself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice--I did in Vegas
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had my portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox Twice!!
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby Twice!--I don't know hao you can have a baby twice maybe it means having more than 1 baby, is so I've done it
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake--no but I saw it does that count
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone99. Been stung by a bee Many, many times
100. Had sex outside

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