Studio Friday

Found this great group and decided to switch my Friday theme.

This week's topic for Friday April 6th: Sin #2: GREED!
This is an ugly one as well....uuuuh! What is it you are greedy about or feel greedy about? Is it material or is it a behavior? Are you greedy for emotions? Do you hoard? How do you want to change for the better? It can be small steps or do you rather take a big step to change?

I am greedy for time, never seem to have enough. On the material side we have little "fun" money but do love to eat out. Have to work on a layout for this and post it.

Thursday Thirteen Issue #2

Thirteen Favorite Tech Toys Light laptops, remember when they were other 10 lbs? Treo phone. I have everything on it, even the Bible, music and photos Wireless Internet. Can't beat email in bed : ) External hard drives. These are getting so small and hold so much. Just remember to back them up too : ) Digital SLR Camera. I haven't been able to buy many lenses but love that I can put lenses on my HP digital camera. Also love the digital flash, so cool Craft Robo. Man I love this thing! Get more info here HP printers. Love my all in one photo printer and hope to get a large format one day DVD/CD burners and players. Music and movies burned and played at home, love this. TiVo. Watch too much TV now but man I love pausing and being able to fast forward commercials Color TV. I don't need a big, HD or flat screen, just a normal size color TV Microwave. Technology at it's best, popcorn in 2 minutes : ) Washer and Dryer. Stories of my grandma scrubbing clothes on a washboard make me love my washer and dryer every load : ) Refrigerator. We forget about this wonder of technology but it is still an amazing, maybe the best technology Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (Write your own Thursday Thirteen and leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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What's Your Happiness Wedsday #2

Crazy week befor Spring Break but a good week of happiness'

• Elisa went potty by herself many times this week
• Short work week of 4 days
• Co worker gave be a bunch of beautiful iris plants. They are cuttings from her grandparents, over 100 years old! So cool
• New episode of Jack's Big Music Show . Always makes us happy
• Got taxes done and we are getting a nice refund, so happy : )
• Biggest blessing of the week was celebrating the greatest gift, the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for us all. We celebrate based on the Jewish calendar so services were on Monday this year. We had a wonderful talk and went out to Olive Garden with a large group after. If you would like to find out more about my faith you can click here.

May you all have a blessed and happy week.

March Roundup

Going strong with my Katie the Scrapbook Lady's Roundup , 3 months in a row!


What books and/or magazines did I read this month?
Still working on the Rita Mae and Sneaky Pie Brown's Miss Murphy books.


What movies and/or T.V. shows did I watch this month?
So much TV that I will have to just list by category
With Elisa:
Live T.V. - Noggin is on all the time at our house with Sprout being the nighttime T.V. fav
TiVo - Cut this down a little this month
Blue's Clues is still the favorite followed by Jack's Big Music Show; Backyardigans; The Wiggles
New favorite music video is Dan Zane and Friends

With Efrain:

TiVo - Grey's Anatomy; Ugly Betty; Prison Break
Online-Not too much online this month

No movies this month

What special days did I celebrate and how?
Elisa turned 3 so Mom was able to give her those Only for 3 and up toys : )

Had our 2 day Circuit Assembly in Fairfield Elisa did pretty good this year listening.

Pittsburg Kingdom Hall Dedication was a great weekend this month with 3 wonderful talks from a Brooklyn brother. Elisa was featured in the slide show of the Kingdom Hall build.

What gifts did I give and/or receive?
Gave 4 baby scrapbook kits for co workers
Mom gave me some Princess House to match what I got last month.

What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
Still dealing with headaches and every one's sleep schedules are off with the time change.

What fun things did I do with my friends and/or family?
Besides Assembly and the Hall dedication we got sand for Elisa's turtle sand box and have been playing outside.


What new foods, recipes or restaurants did I try this month?
Went out to eat at Chevy's after Assembly and we hadn't been there in years

What special or unusual purchases did I make?
Ordered my Runway 2 Samplers from TLC
Paid for my website for the year

What were this month's disappointments?
Lots of computer problems at work but we do have a new server so things will be better for April.

What were my accomplishments this month?
Happy to be a tiny part of raising over $40,000 for Autism Speaks though donating and sharing about Ali Edward's Six Degrees badge
Getting on schedule with this blog

Anything else noteworthy to record?
Have to get taxes done still, this is the latest we have ever filed.

Photo Friday

Fridays will be a photo post. Had to work on taxes and other things that made me think about how long I have been married. Here are 2 of my favorites from that day.

Thursday Thirteen

Found this fun idea at http://thursdaythirteen.com/, see info at the bottom of this post.
So here is my first:

Thirteen Things about Melissa O. That You May or May Not Know I am 26 I teach computers to elementary kids Grades 1 through 5 I have been married since Aug 2002 I have a 3 year old daughter I live and work in Pittsburg, California I have been one of Jehovah's Witness' for 3 years I have been an independent consultant with Top Line Creations for over 2 years I am also a rep for: Stuff A Friend, Discovery Toys, Jerky Direct, and Tupperware I failed the California drivers test 3 times before passing the summer I turned 19 I went to 5 elementary schools, 6 if you count being home schooled half a year I repeated second grade and skipped 8th grade I have worn glasses or contacts since jr high I graduated college in 3 years and got my teaching credential in 1 year Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (Write your own Thursday Thirteen and leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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Post themes start with What's Your Happiness Wednesdays

So today I will start posting based on some monthly, weekly and day's of the week themes. Hopefully starting mid week, before the start of the month will help get me going : )

First up: Wednesdays are What's Your Happiness Day

Often by the middle of the week I, like a lot of people, am dreaming of the weekend and not the most pleasant person. Ali Edwards use to have a section of her blog just for posting daily happiness' so I thought that would be a great focus for this hard day of the week. Each Wednesday I will share my happiness', things that have made me happy, that day or week. Why not join me?

March 28th Happiness'

• Elisa's giggle- we had the best tickle fight yesterday and laughed for almost an hour
• Chi tea- Hubby bought me some chi tea at Starbucks last month (see my RoundUp) and found some tea bags at Costco. Yummy flavor to drink as we cuddle after work
• Sunshine- Though windy we have had some beautiful sunny days this week
• Sand- Elisa is having a blast now that it is getting warm enough to play in her sand box
• New Kingdom Hall- the Pittsburg Kingdom Hall was dedicated on Saturday with a wonderful talk by a Bethal brother. Here is an outside photo

• The Moon- Another happiness from Elisa. If we are out at night she has started saying, "Here Moony, Moony, Moony! Where are you?" until she finds the moon and says hello
• New laptop and external hard drive - Got a new laptop for work and hubby bought me an external hard drive with his Staple's Cash. I love that I can organize and back up all my photos and digi kits now.
• Many more but those are the highlights. I feel happier already : )

I was SPAM blocked!

So I have a good excuss for not bloging more this month, Blogger blocked my blog as SPAM! Took a little while to get it unblocked but I am back and looking to keep up with this blog and other things better. I have some ideas of monthly and weekly themes of what I want to blog so stay tune.

February Roundup

Well I am going to try to get on a schedule with this blog. I want to try to post my Katie the Scrapbook Lady's Roundup by the first week of each month. Going to just make it if you count a week as 7 days and today is the 6th : )

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?
Still working on the Rita Mae and Sneaky Pie Brown's Miss Murphy books.
Class materials for LOM class

What movies and/or tv shows did I watch this month?
So much TV that I will have to just list by category
With Elisa:
Live tv - Noggin is on all the time at our house with Sprout being the nighttime tv fav
TiVo - Cut this down a little this month
Blue's Clues (transfered a bunch to tape so down to 20 episodes); Jack's Big Music Show; Backyardigans; The Wiggles

With Efrain:
Not much live tv but we are an ABC household
TiVo - Desperate Housewives; Men in Trees; Grey's Anatomy; Ugly Betty; Heros; Prison Break now that we caught up online
Online-Day Break They finally posted the final episope so I have seen the whole thing; Brothers & Sisters, Knights of Prosperity

Movies
Watch Broken Trail on AMC and it is a must see

What special days did I celebrate and how?
Nothing big

What gifts did I give and/or receive?
Getting ready for some baby and bridel showers thing month but haven't given yet

What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
Having headacks again due to stress at work.
A few colds came through

What fun things did I do with my friends and/or family?
Had my Princess House/Open House for TLC at mom's


What new foods, recipes or restaurants did I try this month?
Nothing new this month

What special or unusual purchases did I make?
Got my Runway Sampliers from TLC. LOVE them

What were this month's disappointments?
Lots of computer problems at work

What were my accomplishments this month?
Decided to go for Katie the Scrapbook Lady's guest design team member and made it for March! Very excited

Anything else noteworthy to record?
Still having a lot of fun with my LOM class. Elisa is getting more into art so I am looking forward to painting and chalk outside as the weather gets better.

Help Raise Funds for Autism

Ali Edwards just posted this and while I know I have very few, if any, people that read this blog I want to help if I can. Ali's badge is posted in the side bar. Here is her post from her blog:
Many of you have sent me emails and left comments wondering how you can help in getting the word out about autism and fundraising. This morning I received an email from Stephaine (thank you) who let me know about a new social network set up by Kevin Bacon (yep, the Kevin Bacon) called http://www.sixdegrees.org/ in partnership with Network for Good.
Here's the basics:
www.SixDegrees.org is social networking with a social conscience. Through this web site, you can learn about and support the charities of celebrities and your friends, as well as fundraise for the causes close to your heart.
By creating a Six Degrees Charity Badge you have an opportunity to raise even more money for your favorite cause! Your charity(ies) could receive a matching grant of up to $10,000. The six badges that have the most number of donations between January 18th and March 31st at 11:59pm ET will get a matching grant from Kevin Bacon. Multiple donations from a single individual to the same Six Degrees Charity Badge will only be counted once.
The process is easy; all you have to do is created a Six Degrees Charity Badge and you will automatically be eligible to receive the matching grant. Once you have created your badge, post it online or send a link to it (sample) via email to your family and friends so that they can help to support your effort.
Over on the right side of my blog you will see my badge to raise money for Autism Speaks. I really think that we could get enough donations to receive a matching grant. Here is your chance to make a difference.
And, thank you.

January 2007 Roundup

One of my goals this year/with this blog is to do Katie the Scrapbook Lady's Roundup each month. I hope that it will help come journaling time with personality layouts and with just basically remembering life : )

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?
I finished reading my 5th Aunt Dimity book that I borrowed from Mom. They are cozy mysteries with a recipe at the end of each book.
Finished rereading one Rita Mae and Sneaky Pie Brown's Miss Murphy books and started a second one. Something about a female character and her pets solving murders is just so fun to read. I am excited that this month there will be a new Aunt Dimity and a new Mrs. Murphy book.

What movies and/or tv shows did I watch this month?
So much TV that I will have to just list by category
With Elisa:
Live tv - Noggin is on all the time at our house with Sprout being the nighttime tv fav
TiVo - Blue's Clues (over 50 episodes); Jack's Big Music Show; Upside Down Show; Backyardigans; The Wiggles; Higgly Town Heroes; Handy Mandy

With Efrain:
Not much live tv but we are an ABC household
TiVo - Desperate Housewives; Men in Trees; Grey's Anatomy; Ugly Betty; What About Brian
Online-Caught up on Session 2 of Prison Break after borrowing Session 1 from a friend; Day Break (just found out they are still showing these online)

Movies
Devil Wears Prada and Ice Princess are the only ones sticking in my mind

What special days did I celebrate and how?
First meeting at the new Kingdom Hall was great and even more special since it was Efrain's first time as reader of the WT.

What gifts did I give and/or receive?
Didn't give but set up my mom's Craft Robo from my dad
Chipped in on a Prisma Color pencil set for my cousin

Got some games from my cousin and aunt and the cutest doll for Elisa from my grandma
Mom got me a Prisma Color pen set that I have been wanting forever

What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
Everyone has had the flu that last forever but my headaches seem to be better with the new glasses from my parents. The eye dr was the first one to say that I my eyes are not balanced so one over strains. These glasses are also supper light.

What fun things did I do with my friends and/or family?
Got together with my grandma, aunt, cousin, parents and sister in Woodland.
Cropped(ok more chatted then cropped) before our TLC Elk Grove team meeting, though I was late
Princess House party at my mom's

What new foods, recipes or restaurants did I try this month?
Jamba Juice's Berry Lime Sublime
Tazo Chai Tea Latte from Starbucks

What special or unusual purchases did I make?
Treated myself to Stacy Julian's Library Of Memories (LOM) class on www.bigpicturescrapbooking.com
Target storage cubes to make new scrapbook desk legs and category organizers for my LOM class
Efrain had a Staples employee discount in January (they don't always) so we got: a new desk, HP Photosmart C5180 All in one printer, maxed out memory on our desktop and my laptop

What were this month's disappointments?
Has been very cold and the school district and union can't agree on the teacher contract for this year (benefits and COLA increase issues as always)

What were my accomplishments this month?
Looks like I finally made Director with TLC! So excited to start working my TLC business more so I can try to go part time teaching soon.
Elisa is talking so much and is sooo smart. She started identifying written letters and numbers this month!

Anything else noteworthy to record?
Going to get in a scrapbook grove with my LOM class and Ali Edward's word challenge. My word this year is clean. More on that soon : )

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Runway Unveiled!

Four fashionable kits with numerous accessories available to really dress up your layouts.
Memory Gems, custom coordinated Ribbon, white Chips, colored Rub-ons and Outerwear stickers add pizzazz to this fresh new line.



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What kind of super villain are you?

Your results:
You are Mr. Freeze

Mr. Freeze 56% Poison Ivy 53% Venom 48% The Joker 48% Mystique 48% Green Goblin 44% Apocalypse 43% Dark Phoenix 43% Lex Luthor 35% Dr. Doom 35% Kingpin 35% Magneto 34% Riddler 32% Juggernaut 20% Two-Face 20% Catwoman 18%

You are cold and you think everyone else should be also, literally.

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What kind of superhero are you?

Ever wonder what superhero is inside of you? I found this fun little quiz on the Kate The Scrapbook Lady's Blog and you can find the quiz here if you want to take it yourself.

I am mostly Superman and Spiderman. Pretty cool : )

Your results:
You are Superman

Superman 65% Spider-Man 65% Robin 55% Green Lantern 50% Catwoman 50% The Flash 45% Supergirl 40% Iron Man 35% Batman 30% Wonder Woman 30% Hulk 30%

You are mild-mannered, good, strong and you love to help others.

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Library of Memories

Today I started my first class with Big Picture Scrapbooking It is a 12 lesson course that will take 16 weeks. By the end I will have a new and improved organizational method for scrapbooking and at least 3 albums finished. I will post pictures soon and see what I can post from my lessons.