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  • -what a day around here. I had a very upset toddler who was not telling me why she was upset. This is rare, I usually get a lot of signing on her wants/needs. 

    -Finally in the evening we had the double combo of grandma coming over and getting her to eat (exactly what I had been trying to feed her, but better because grandma was doing it, of course) and some major poops. Have I mentioned we use these and love them? This is our out and about option (she can go with out it, but is more comfortable when the opening on a toilet is smaller).

    -Tuesday has slept through the night a few times in a row now, but I can not seem to get used to it. Has this happened to anyone else? 

    -I can't wait to show you what I did with this and this. Hello heat gun, I've missed you. 

    -Of course that all depends on getting a certain toddler to let me take a picture. I had to pack my orders today with her on my back. I can't remember the last time I did that. The Ergo is still working great (Tuesday is probably a little over 20 pounds). 

    -I got a big order of summer time prints from Shutterfly. And I scrapped one of the contact sheets that comes with your order. I love it.

    -I tried to use a Michael's coupon to get this, but I'm pretty sure it's impossible to get anything there I want with a coupon EVER (they either don't have it or it's on sale for a tiny bit—boo!).

    -My mom closed up her pool today. Maybe the earliest ever, and she opened it late because of the nasty weather. So a very short season to swim. Tuesday was just getting comfortable.

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    -I want to build on that so I signed her and I up for swim lessons.

    -Which meant I had to go buy a sport type one piece. Which I haven't done since I taught swimming… and was tan and very fit. At least swimsuits were all on sale everywhere.

    -I finished watching The Gilmore Girls. My lovely neighbor had all seven seasons on DVD. Bj has heard this about a million times but, I wanted a montage at the end, damn it. 

    -Then I watched The Young Victoria which was waiting for months for me to watch it while I powered through Gilmore Girls. I'm sorry I made you wait Victoria, you were brilliant! 

    -Now I'm not sure what to watch while I scrap and clean, or fold laundry, or… (I tend to watch things in snippets on my computer here and there). I've even started up watching the news again. It's depressing. Anyone have a better idea? 

    -I actually took the garbage out and sorted the recycling/composting before getting on the computer… kitchen duties, you will not be so lucky.

    -Time to eat more freshly made salsa.

    Amber out.

     

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  • We had a great weekend. Saturday we picked up Sarah and headed to the coast.
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    Tuesday spots the big water (her sign for water is a finger by her mouth… she can’t quite make the “w” sign).
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    For some reason the water was quite nasty, lots of foam, so she wasn’t able to play in it. But she sure had a blast in the warm sand.
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    She was covered in sand, but since it was dry it was pretty easy to clean up.
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    A great weekend.

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  • Just a few more layouts to share. My sewing machine has been getting a little tune up and will be coming home tomorrow, so maybe I’ll switch it up and sew this weekend. But for now…
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    An 8 1/2 by 11 landscape, totally mixing it up. Actually I stamped on a 12×12 piece of paper when I was going through my ink and the top was all messed up so I decided to salvage it this way.
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    I am loving the white on white (or color on color) layouts that I’ve seen around, and I thought it was perfect for the quiet ton of this picture.
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    Like I’ve said before, I love brads! I also love my Quickutz, I’ve had most of my fonts for years and years (I use the old Squeeze tool) and I always find it so handy to have a fond in any color I want whenever I want. I think I’ve shared this tip before, but when I have long piece of scrap cardstock I cut it into just under 1.5 inches (so it will fit through my xyron) and keep it in a pencil case. That way I have strips to choose from without having to cut into a new piece of cardstock. I go back and forth on digital die cutters (slice, cricut, silhouette). Anyone one have one? Do you like it? Do you still use a manual die cutter?

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