color blind?

Sweet, I've always wanted to be a master of something. Click the pic to try it yourself!

SAS-y Halloween party!

Stone Accent Studios will be having a blog party, which means lots of freebies for digi-scrapping! :) Be sure to mark you calendar.


Only 6 (well, really 5 by the time I post this) days 'til Halloween, which means I need to figure something out for P-chan and me. Krillin will be going as Draco Malfoy (he thinks it's "so cool!") and Kenshin will be Thomas the Tank Engine. Next year, the boys will be dice, P-chan will be a pencil, and I will be an RPG character sheet. (the link is to someone else's, not mine) I will of course need to create a character sheet; I'll probably base it on my ZAngband character.

bionic woman

So far, I really like the new NBC show, Bionic Woman. They had a fun little quiz on the website, so I took it. I totally bombed the last test, but if I had figured out sooner that I had the directions backwards, I would have done better.

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Toy Recall

My sister emailed me this. Thank goodness for her thoughtfulness, as I had no idea my kids could get injured on this!

loud

We have lived in our house for 9 months now. yay! Before here, we lived in an apartment on the air force base in Florida. We lived on the ground floor of a 2-level building, which had 7 units; 1 was a duplex-style, and the rest were single-level. There was an apartment above us, and the duplex was next to us. For the last 8 months we lived there, the apartment above us was empty. And Mellanie, my next-door neighbor, told me that she never heard any noise from our apartment. Considering the yelling from one end of our apartment to the other (yes, in a 800-square foot apartment we felt the need to yell ) and the TV and the boys, I was constantly asking her if we were too loud, but she insisted she never heard anything. So it's been almost 2 years since we really had to worry about our noise level. BUT even now, I find myself thinking that the subwoofer should be turned down, or that we shouldn't sing so loud, or that the boys are yelling too loud, and that the neighbors will hear us.
Did that happen to any of you when you moved to your house?

Kip

I saw this on Victoria's blog, and had to jump in with some sweet skills of my own:

Which Napoleon Dynamite character are you?

You are Kip Dynamite and you love technology.
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and here is my DH:

Which Napoleon Dynamite character are you?

You are Tater Tots. Go get your own!!
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I thought this was particularly funny, as he cooked some tots for himself just this evening!

c'mon, click on the link. you know you want to.

:::Yeah, I'm a nerd/geek/whatever:::
I have been playing Angband (while DH plays Zangband) on the computers for the past week. Yesterday, I told him we needed to switch computers, since I had some major catching up to do on the emails and such. Also, I need to scrapbook.
So imagine my dismay when my Angband won't work on the Vista computer. It simply freezes when I try to do anything except run around. It's impossible to do anything if you can't do anything!! The forum I found has been less than forthcoming with how to fix it, some have even said "I dunno what the problem is, it works fine on MY vista." Gee, that helped, thanks! So I have tried Zangband (this version has quests and a much grander "town" world), but it's scary!!! I'm used to being a higher level character, so starting off with just a dagger and a wooden torch was :doodoodoodooo: weird!!!

Well, I'm off to hack and slash more monsters and townfolk.

in the game.

sheesh!

Birthday Chat for Deco-Pages

Come join in the fun!

See you there! Click here for more info....including previews for more purdy stuff.

If you can't make it tonight, then get the goods and have some fun on Wednesday (tomorrow) Sept 19th at NOON EST.

computered out

Last week was a series of mis-haps with the computer. It started with the router going bad, so that only one computer can be online at a time. Not a huge inconvenience right now, but it will be if we don't get it fixed (we are getting it fixed).
Then on Wednesday, the computer that I use for all things scrapping, simply stopped connecting to the internet. I was having troubles connecting with GDS (the first and sometimes only site I connect to--which was having their birthday celebration), but then figured out that I couldn't connect to any other site, so I called my ISP (I had to call my mom for the phone number ). After troubleshooting, they determined that my expired internet security program was the problem (DH was supposed to fix it; I thought it was fixed MONTHS ago. grrrrr!!). So I called Norton, and they told me how to uninstall it (because I wanted to install the new one). I called my ISP again, and they "pinged" my computer, and said the old firewall was still there, and to call Norton again to help me remove it from the registry. So I called Norton, and they walked me through the registry removal. I called my ISP again, and they said the ping still wasn't going as fast as it should; we tried safe mode and it worked okay, so they advised me to a system restore. I did it back to 9/1, since I know my internet worked then. It didn't fix it. So then I had to do a System Recovery. Before I did it, I backed up all my photos, documents, and games onto my EHD (didn't take that long, cuz I normally put them there anyway). Then I wrote down all the programs that I need (you know, PSE, ACDSee, etc ) and did the system recovery. It worked! joyous day.
The first thing I did was get online with IE (which I detest), and download FireFox. So I install it, and sign into my email, and that's when it hit me. I forgot to save my bookmarks. It was almost midnight, and I just sat there laughing hysterically, knowing that if I stopped laughing I would start crying.
But despite that, the story has a happy ending. I did save my bookmarks from when I switched computers, so my bookmarks are only 6 months old. *insert heavy sigh*
So I went to bed (it was almost 1am by them). The next day (Thursday) I had to re-download and install all my programs and FireFox extensions. I thought they were all done, except for MS Office, since I wanted to check out the festivities at GDS before I did that. During a chat at 1pm, I discovered that PhotoShop Elements was not opening, kept saying something was wrong with the library and then closed. After 3 calls to Customer Support, I finally learned that the download version of PSE doesn't play well (at all) with Vista, and I would need my install disc (which I lost ages ago and didn't think I would need again). They offered to send me a new install disc, since I knew my serial number (thanks to my meticulous notes previously), and I said sure, but hung up thinking I would have to drop out of the Supreme Team contest. 'cuz if you can't scrap, you can't show off kits, now can ya?
It was later that night, and I was chatting with one of my online friends, kattyzak, and she asked why I didn't just go over to my mom's house to scrap, and I explained that mom's in WA and I'm in Kentucky...and then as she typed her response, I realized what she was saying, and I slapped my forehead. Duh! My friend Jessica lives in town here, and she uses the same program I do (she bought it as soon as she found out how much I love it)...so I could borrow her disc, and use my serial number!!! yay!!! Kattzak saved me!!! So of course I called Jessica the next day (Friday) and she was able to bring it over on Saturday.
I was further upset to find out that ACDSee's info did not magically stay on my computer, so the 6 gigantic folders I had organized...I have to do all over again. sheesh!
Anyway, it all worked out. I was able to complete my page for GDS Supreme Team contest. Here it is:

credits here

The announcement was made on Tuesday night that I, along with 69 others, am in the next round. KattyZak is also on the list. wahoo! So I better get scrappin. Those are some really talented ladies!

Supreme Team contest at GDS

Come Join the Fun!

Free Products & Fun, Inspiring & Friendly Competition

Let the Search for the Next Supreme Team Begin!

Sign Up Here if you are Interested! *(Deadline for Sign-Up is September 4th, 2007)

The contest will begin on September 5, 2007 and will run for 4 weeks, ending on October 2, 2007 with the announcement of our GDS Supreme Team! The contest will have 4 rounds and will be judged by the GDS Designers. 12 Digiscrapper Supremes will be chosen!

Contestants will be provided with a different free kit to use for each round of the competition. The kits will be provided on the first day of each round and the contestants will have 5 days to complete their layout. There will be a chat to announce the successful contestants who will be going on to the next round on the 7th day of each round.

The GDS Designers are looking for creativity, uniqueness and the layouts that best showcase the kits!

No limit here to the amount of contestants so feel free to join in! You never know.. You just might be one of the next Supremes!!

Note: No Designers may participate in the Supreme Team Contest. Any CT members are welcome!

The Supreme Team Requirements are as follows:
As a Supreme Team Member you must commit to making 6 layouts (2 layouts per product) per month using the products you receive free as part of your membership. We also ask that the members be active on the site while serving their term as a member. That is the minimum requirement. You may end up with as many free products as you wish because for every layout you create beyond the minimum 6, you get another product for free! Supreme Team membership term is 4 months.

Sign Up Here if you are Interested! *(Deadline for Sign-Up is September 4th, 2007)

and since I like y'all so much, if you want a lookie-loo at the first kit (that you'll get for FREE) for the first round, click here.

Well, the results for the ADSR came in, and my team did not win. But I still had a fabulous time, and got lots of very nice prizes throughout, so I'm glad I did it!

done!

Yesterday was the final week of the Amazing Digi Scrapping Race. I am pleased to inform you that my team (my mom and I) completed every task, on time, following all the rules. That means we are in the drawing for the Grand Prize. I think that's now worth over $900 per team member. All the teams that completed all the challenges, on time, following the rules, will be put in the random drawing for the Grand Prize. I did not realize, until two days ago, that the only team winning a prize is the Grand Prize team. I had pretty much assumed that there would be 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and maybe a 5th prize. However, by doing all the challenges, I got over $60 in products. It was worth it just for that! But I will still be green with envy for the team that wins.
Here is the page for the 11th challenge, about my favorite movie and how it applies to my life.

And for the 12 challenge, we were to scraplift a page our partner did during the race, and tell about our favorite part of the Race. Here's mine:
I was surprised at how girly this page turned out, but honestly I love it. I just let the papers speak to me, and the elements called out for me (some of this is due to ACDSee, which I just bought and LOVE!!! there's still a few more days on the sale, scroll down for the link!) to use them...and it's lovely, eh?

So wish me luck or send some pheasants my way, or something...oh, I should totally scrap about the pheasants... But before that, I need to go through the 700+ emails that I've been ignoring until the Race was done. and guess what? yeah....

week6

This is the final week of the Amazing Digi Scrapping Race. I have had such a great time! I'll save some of my thought for challenge #12, but I just wanted to let you know that. LOL

I bought ACDSee. It is on sale through the end of August, so get it now! teehee I've been playing with that, re-discovering the thousands of kits (so far I've only organized about 100 of them) that I have. Once I have them all done, I can put all of the stuff from CDs into the program, then everything will be organized. :D
I gotta say, I sure wish I had the program, late Sunday night as I'm scrambling trying to find all the alphas. ugh! Thank goodness the pages don't have to uploaded until midnight Pacific time. ROFL

ttyl...

back from North Dakota

I am exhausted! I think I will go to bed soon (almost unheard of for me! LOL). I had a lovely trip. But the drive on the last day was so exhausting! And, I drank a lot of caffeine on the trip....I normally don't drink any, but driving is not my thing, so I capitulated. And now I think I'm either crashing from lack of caffeine, or from not enough water. Whatever the reason, my head aches and I just want to sleep.
We got back last night, and I've been non-stop since.

I just realized I never posted that I was leaving. ROFL
sorry!
I went to visit my friend in North Dakota (or "Northwest Dakota" as Krillin is now calling it; he's learning the N-E-S-W directions).
I want to continue typing, but my eyes are killing me. I must lay down.

posts about Harry Potter and my trip, coming soon. :D

voter girl -- and don't read this if you haven't finished Harry Potter #7

Today the voting polls opened in the second round of The Next Big Designer at Go Digital Scrapbooking. There are some AMAZING kits! And they're all FREE for a limited time, so head over, grab some free quality kits, and vote for your favorite! **You have to be registered and logged in to see the kits and links.** I had such a hard time deciding, but finally picked it this way: which one would I want to pay money for? This is completely subjective, and my choice isn't currently the top pick (you get to see the results after you vote), but it's not in the bottom 5, so I am sure she'll move on to the next round. I think she was also a top contender for Round 1, I just love her stuff. I just realized I voted for her the first round, too. haha!

Logicgrandma and I made it to the 2nd round of the Amazing Digi-Scrapping Race, which was this last week. Here is my page for challenge #3, titled 3 Wishes;

and for challenge #4, Goal of a Lifetime










I had a lot of fun with these challenges! And might I add, for a noob, my mom is doing really well!

This week will be challenge #5 and #6. 5 has already been spotted at ButternugSquash (such an interesting name...). I am not so good with long journaling, but I obviously have to do this if I want to continue, so I'll try.

I just realized I haven't blogged about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. *sigh* I don't have time right now, as I am leaving for vacation in the morning. The last 3 days have been a whirlwind, as I was planning for the end of August, and then my friend (whose house I'm going to) called and told me that their plans had changed, so why not come out sooner? Well, since the original plans included taking Krillin out of school for a week, I think sooner is better. SOOO....I've been a headless chicken, so to speak, for the last 3 days.

I will leave you with this....when Voldemort killed him, I couldn't finish the book.

I TOLD you I would have spoilers!!