Hello again

So life has been busy and my blog was hacked so I haven't blogged in awhile. I have been on facebook but not even that as much since school started back up. If I should start blogging again leave a comment and let me know what I should blog, teacher stuff, scrapbooking, family stuff, all of it.

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February Round Up

Better late then never :) For more info on Round Ups visit Katie the Scrapbook Lady. I'm just doing the questions since my tasks will be tied to Library Of Memories for a while but Katie has wonderful monthly tasks to do as well.

Here are the questions:

1. What books and/or magazines did I read this month?
2. What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month?
3. What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends?
4. What gifts did I give and/or receive?
5. What special or unusual purchases did I make?
6. What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
7. What were my accomplishments this month?
8. What were my disappointments this month?
9. How did I do on my goals for the month? (Or any current short or long term goals)
10. Anything else noteworthy to include?

Here are my answers:

1. What books and/or magazines did I read this month?

And I'm still trying to be better about staying current with Watchtowers and Awakes which is easier with mp3's on http://www.jw.org/

2. What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month?

DVR: Greys, Private Practice, White Collar, Burn Notice, Castle, House, Pawn Stars, The Forgotten, The Good Wife, The Mentalist, Survivor

3. What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends?

Started to play outside with Elisa and the boys on the few days it wasn't raining

4. What gifts did I give and/or receive?

Got some chocolates from students

5. What special or unusual purchases did I make?

ACDSee Pro 3 and Lightroom 2

6. What illnesses or health concerns did I have?

Lots of cold and flu and Daniel got a ruptured ear drum

7. What were my accomplishments this month?

Started organizing my pictures with bigpicturescrapbooking.com's Library Of Memories class

8. What were my disappointments this month?

Haven't been able to keep up blogging like I wanted

9. How did I do on my goals for the month? (Or any current short or long term goals)

Doing well with my scrapbooking goals but I'm starting over with weight loss

10. Anything else noteworthy to include? Not that I can think of

Twingles Thursday

So I am a mom of twingles, twins and a single child so I thought Thursdays could be about them. I am sorting photos for LOM 2010 and these photos caught me. Elisa is almost 6 and the boys will soon be 2. I know soon they will all be in high school, then married and kids of their own but here they are small and so needy.

Wordless Wednesday

Tackle It Tuesday

Tackled our taxes and reorganizing my digital photos this week.

This week I hope to work on getting home from work by 3pm and drink more water.

Saturday Special now Saturday 9

So I want to be better about blogging and start doing some memes again. I use doing Saturday Special but it has ended. I found a similar one though Saturday 9. So here is todays:

1. Tell us a joke that you think is funny. If you don't tell jokes tell us why.

My favorite joke is an American Sign Language joke you have to see to get. But here is one:

How can a teacher double his money?

By folding it in half!

2. Where do you buy most of your clothes?

Garage sales, Good Will, Fashion Bug and Lands End

3. Which famous person would you like to meet? Why?

Christian Slater because he is one of my favorite actors since high school

4. What is your ultimate ambition?

To like in Paradise with my family

5. Do you like to live in the area of your country or would you prefer something a little different?

I have lived in other areas and I am a California girl :)

6. Has a newspaper or television reporter ever interviewed you? If so, what were the circumstances and what did you think when you read or saw what you said?

Yes for 4-H, for some town events and for a teacher houseing project that I was hoping would be built in town. I likes what I read each time

7. What was the last CD/mp3 album that you purchased? How did you like it?

I just listen to songs on my Rhapsody account or Pandora

8. Write down 5 songs you often listen to or that mean a lot to you.

Hero by enrique iglesias

Bushel and a Peck from Guys and Dolls

Don Juan DeMarco sound track

Imagine by John Lennon

My Name Is

9. not doing 9 today

January 2010 Round Up

So I am going to be better about doing monthly round ups this year. If you are not sure what a Round Up is visit Katie the Scrapbook Lady for info. I'm just going to make sure I do the questions this month since my tasks with be tied to Library Of Memories for a while.

Here are the questions:

1. What books and/or magazines did I read this month?
2. What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month?
3. What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends?
4. What gifts did I give and/or receive?
5. What special or unusual purchases did I make?
6. What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
7. What were my accomplishments this month?
8. What were my disappointments this month?
9. How did I do on my goals for the month? (Or any current short or long term goals)
10. Anything else noteworthy to include?

Here are my answers:

1. What books and/or magazines did I read this month?

And I'm trying to be better about staying current with Watchtowers and Awakes which is easier with mp3's on http://www.jw.org/

2. What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month?

On DVD: Lost Season 1,2,3,4,and 5

Online: Veronica Mars Season 1 and 2, Quantum Leap

DVR: White Collar, Burn Notice, Castle, Fringe, Happily Ever After, House, Leverage, Men of a Certain Age, Pawn Stars, Shark Tank, The Forgotten, The Good Wife, The Mentalist, Chief Academy,

3. What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends?

Play Farmville and chat on Facebook. Watched a hail storm with Elisa. Weather and sickness kept us inside, hence all the tv :)

4. What gifts did I give and/or receive?

Snowman Soup from my boss

Clothes from my mom

5. What special or unusual purchases did I make?

Alum pass to Library Of Memories 2010 on BigPictureScrapbooking.com

6. What illnesses or health concerns did I have?

Elijah got MRSA and was in the hospital 5 days

Daniel's ear drum ruptured and he was put on antibiotics

Everyone has had cold/flu, thankfully it is mainly nose and throat

7. What were my accomplishments this month?

Been working hard teaching first grade. Got some of the house organized. Started blogging again

8. What were my disappointments this month?

Elijah is the hospital was scary as was Daniel's ear leaking gross stuff. Bad weather, especially rainy day recess for over a week

9. How did I do on my goals for the month? (Or any current short or long term goals)

Didn't get far with my weight loss goals so I'll try again to get on track. Did alright taking photos but didn't make a photo a day. I'm going to switch at least a photo a week I think.

10. Anything else noteworthy to include?

The kids are all so into music and do the funniest dances. I really have to video them and scrapbook the photos I took this month

LOM Lesson 1

Finished making highlight folders for 2009 with ACDSee and am off to finish looking at my completed layouts to see what I have been scrapbooking about most and least. Stop by soon for my layout with what is Least Common in my current layouts.

That time of year

So it is the beginning of a new year, time to declutter, lose weight, make promises to do all those things you always promise each new year. Well instead of resolutions I'm thinking goals or new habits would be good. I found this new site from a favorite blog of mine, http://zenhabits.net, http://6changes.com/. What do you think?

MMS on Facebook

Speaking of Facebook join me as a fan of MMS on Facebook. They have a bunch of tips and a weekly layout contest :)

MMS Facebook page

Facebook has taken over my computer!

So I finally joined Facebook and it has taken over my computer! The games are such mindless fun after a long day and it is so easy to comment on what your friends are doing. How about you? Do you Facebook or Twitter, sorry Tweet? I joined twitter too this summer but I am never on that, just not as fun. If you tweet or facebook do you still blog? I am interested to see if anyone still reads my blog and will comment :)

Coolest use for a WII

Ok so I'm a techie and have wanted things like an interactive whiteboard for my classroom and a touchscreen laptop. I think I found a cheap way to use things I already have to make both. Check it out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ

The guy's site is http://johnnylee.net/projects/wii/

 

Melissa Ortuno: wife, mother,teacher and more :)

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New free class on Big Picture Scrapbooking

Sorry I haven't been posting, not that I think that many people read my blog :) I have been busy with family, home and of course getting ready for school to start back up in a couple more weeks. I took a break to sign up for the annual August free class on Big Picture Scrapbooking. There are a ton of great, pretty cheap ideas.

Here is what Stacy J had on here blog about the class

The BPS August Promotion is HERE. Our theme this year is Busy Women Out of Time, On a Budget and Still Inspired. You can READ additional thoughts on the BPS blog.


Anyone relate? Grab your timer, set it for 15 minutes and come check it out. Then come back often throughout August. There are so many wonderful ideas to soak in and try. We have AMAZING teachers who are dedicated to your scrapbooking success and they've generously donated their time and talents this month, so you can get to know them better.

Here is the first project I want to try. The handout for it is under Elizabeth Dillow

Fun Quiz

Just took this test

http://www.helloquizzy.com/tests/the-commonly-confused-words-test

and I'm pretty happy to say I got:

Your result for The Commonly Confused Words Test ...

English Genius
You scored 93% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 87% Advanced, and 80% Expert!

You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go!
Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it!

For the complete Answer Key, visit my blog: http://shortredhead78.blogspot.com/.