I'm FIRED!!!

Well - no great Eight Weeks of Fame for me I guess - I did not make it to a second interview on the Apprentice show. BUT -

It was an awesome fun experience and I am very glad I did it. My body is finally starting to thaw out from standing outside for four hours in the fricking arctic wind that whips through Chi-town, and I am SO proud of myself in my interview. They asked what we all thought about taking "under God" out of the pledge. Oh please do not even get me started again. Anyways - I was not fanatical, but I led the group discussion on the topic and eventually had seven other lemmings agreeing with every thing I said.
I am not quite sure what it was they were looking for - they seemed to be going back and forth in telling us, we want a tv personality, but we really want a good businessperson. Let me tell ya- they had some freaks crawling out of the woodwork for this one! I think they should hold a call in Vegas - now THAT would be some good entertainment right there.
So all in all - it was a blast - I am glad that i did it - and I am proud of myself for trying.
I gotta tell you - getting up that morning and seeing all the well wishes and good thoughts from all you friends who believe in me - I had tears in my eyes.
So thanks and hugs to all of you for your cyber support!

Now - on to this crazy week.

More flu hitting our house and this time we were nice enough to pass it on to our friends (aren't we nice?)
Getting ready for vacation, having the cramps/PMS from HELL week. I mean honestly I swear I am dilated to five with these suckers! Midol needs to create a NEW product - their advertising can include the fact that it is equal to half an epidural! (not that i have ever had an epidural, but if I HAD, I would imagine it would be somewhat akin to taking 35 tylenol/ibu's, which is about the point i am at right now.)
Am I actually talking about this on my blog?????

Anyways -

today is LAPTOP DAY!!!!!!!!
I have it narrowed down, the store supposedly has it in stock, and as soon as I pick up the kids from the daycare and go to ballet class - I am THERE baby. I am hoping this eases the work burden a little bit as I will not have to be tied to my desk all the live long day , but can actually enjoy time with my kids while trying to accomplish some of the more mundane work tasks.

So excited.

I am so scatter brained right now trying to think of all that I have to do this week before vacation - I can't even concentrate on what it is that I am trying to say!
So I will leave you with some layouts.

This first one is using the DSD April Mega Kit. It has way muted-er (nice word huh) of colors than i would normally pick - but i love the soft spring rainy feel to it. And it has a grungy edge overlay. I am a sucker for grungy inky borders. just ask my hard drive.

This was a scraplift from a magazine - it was actually a layout that was in an ad - so i have no idea how to give proper credit, besides the fact that I pretty much butchered it and whomever DID do the original design would probably be horrified to have her name attached to this eventual rendering of her artistic idea.


This next one uses Gina Miller's new Andy's Things Collection One, To Infinity kit. I LOVE these kits, and while I could MAYBE slap something together with my girlie pics, I wanted to do them true justice. So I begged my friend Jenn Vogel for pics of her two ADORABLE baby boys, and she was gracious enough to oblige! I mean look at the cheeks on this kid - don't you just want to SQUEEEEEEEEEEZE them???? I do.
Jenn - I do not know how you resist such a face!
This is also a scraplift of Janet - *a little eclectic* - one of the Guest DTM's for Gina this month. I have been on sort of a scraplift kick lately. Guess my own mojo is taking a brief hiatus.



And lastly for today - this scraplift of Aggie (the other Guest DTM for Gina Miller in April). Yes folks you are seeing it here first today! I JUST got done with this one - and something about it - probably the soft colors {Gina Miller's PErfectly Pastels Paper Collection, Sunday Suit edition} just soothes me and I like how it flows. I LOVED aggie's use of the circles. I scraplifted this from her two peas gallery where she states in the comments for the original of this scraplift - this is my second digi page. NICE. It is gorgeous, Aggie - you are a natural!!! I loved the circles.

So anyways folks. There you have it.

Layouts and the Apprentice scoopage.

Don't get much better than that.

I have to hold myself back from re-posting tonite with the laptop.!

oh heck who am I kidding? You all KNOW i will be back to flaunt the new technology!!!!!


Thanks for the luv, peeps.

Keep it real.


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