We are packing up this week and gettin' ready for the big move! I am trying to find the good things about it like a fresh start to rearrange and decorate differently. I am hoping I can spluge some after our moving sale this week on some items I have my eye on at Target - like those cute 50's inspired dish towels and kitchen decorations.

I came across this while packing. It cracked me up because originally my son Tyler got one self to store his "treasures". This little guy is a collector and one shelf has grown to one whole side. It made me laugh because I hadn't realized over time how much his collection of shark's teeth, shells, rocks, coins etc has grown. We will have to find a new spot for his treasures at our new place because we are putting this heavy bookcase in storage for now!

We are moving and it is not by choice. Let's just say this last year has been a rough one but details can be saved for private emails. Anyway back to moving. I got back into Flylady at the beginning of the year and one of her deals is decluttering. I can't believe how much STUFF we have accumulated in the last 8 years at this house. It is crazy! So as I am packing I think I am putting just as much stuff in the "to sell" pile. I don't want to move all this stuff and really do I need it all?

My husband does estate sales as part of his income and I think it is always sad to see all that someone has accumulated in their lifetime dispersed among strangers. Really family members keep very few items. So it has made me not really want to hold onto things but I still have boxes of stuff to pack!

On the creative side - I found time to do this layouts for my Feb assignments at Picture Me Perfect!

My new class is up at Picture Me Perfect! Here is just a sample of the pages!

Valentine Crafts!

I'll be posting some of the Valentine crafts I have been doing recently. I did a Valentine Make n Take at Picture Me Perfect last night and it went great. People really enjoyed playng around with the different supplies to make some adorable pins (scroll down on my blog to see pin pictures)!

Here are some Hersey roses I decided to make last week. I actually tied my busines card to them and handed them out at my Lead's meeting this week. It was a hit and people even wanted to order some so I have to get busy! These make great favors too for weddings, showers etc.

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Just had to post this link here from my Philly online friend Stephanie! She's great! She got all acdameic with her scrapbooking and it is worth a look!

A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That

Well it has been a while since my post. So here goes:

New year's res - since I have been working out of my home now means I am home more and so are the boys which equals an endless amount of house work. So I signed up again for fly lady reminders (http://www.flylady.net/). I had done this several years ago but I hated getting all these emails so I stopped. I still retained some of the habits though (like timing yourself, shining your sink etc) but I needed some more help. If you sign up make sure you set the Yahoo emails to daily digest so you don't get tons of single emails. I pick and choose which ones to read. I do like how I can use a timer and quickly clean parts of the whole house and then focus on "zones" each week. I am hoping it sticks this time!

New shows we are into - I know it is old and off the air but we are hooked on Veronica Mars! It's a pretty clever show and it has some actors we like in it. Plus we like guessing the outcomes of the mysteries she has solves.

This is old to but we started watching The Office reruns over the holiday. Actually I started and then Matt heard me laughing in the next room so he checked it out too. I am not a sitcom person but these are cracking me up right now! Timmy's favorite character is Dwight - now that is a SCARY thought!

As far as on the craft scene I made these:

and these:

It has been stormy here and our power was out for 6 hours. We didn't realize how unprepared we are for emergencies until yesterday when we could only find one flashlight and the candles we had were all scented and not very bright! Thankfully we already had dinner plans at my friend Marion's who fixed a great meal and then we all talked for hours - mostly laughing at her and her husband's funny stories.

My neice Hannah was over for 3 days and that was a lot of fun. We cropped at Suzy's and it got me motivated to finish my 2007 Christmas layouts. Then when I put them in my album I realized I had not done 2006!! I also learned that texting is it when it comes to "talking" to your friends. She would whip out her cell and be punching away randomly throughout the day. So I am trying to sharpen my texting skills! :-P