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I was able to get the paper down in the family room!  It seems Joel felt bad for how long I had been working on this by myself and came to help me.  It flew by once he started helping and we got it all done in a couple hours!
I also got all the stuff off the walls and the room vacuumed and ready for the next step. 
I think I'm also ready with all this cleaning up to say goodbye to the snowmen...

cleaning and more taking down of the wallpaper - but it is getting a bit easier since Laura reminded me to score the paper first!
Remember the other day when I stopped at Hollo's and bought the 4 X 8 chipboard?  Well I put a little project together with them using the Work in Progress project kit.  It was fun, quick and easy to do and I'm really happy with how it turned out.
Here's a couple pictures...

Letter K

A section of my kitchen

I could not believe what the temperature was yesterday. At 10am - the sun was shinning and from inside my house it looked beautiful!  But from inside my car was another story...

In other news... I ordered another lens for my camera.  I have been contemplating getting the 28-75 lens and I really think I would get a lot of use out of it for Florida, so I thought I should order it now.  I'm proud...

Letter J

Joel, my dear husband who will drive half way to Columbus to bring me pictures for a Karen Russell class because I forgot them :)

Today the sunrise was just beautiful as I was driving Zach to school.  A lot of times by the time I drop him at school and drive back to a spot where I can snap a picture I miss the shot.
Today I went down a side street at got this picture

But it was when I turned around and was leaving and glanced in my mirrow that I seen the shot I wanted.

I just love it!

Though I knew she was doing it, since I sent her the pictures and answered the questions, I was excited and surprised to see my scraproom pictures up at the Work in Progress Blog.
Now I need to insert a disclaimer to the size of my room and amount of stuff I have "acquired" via this obsession. {smile}
My room has grown over the years thanks to many people.  My girlfriend Lisa gave me the metal...

We had college orientation tonight for Chelsea.  It was an informative meeting for the kids and parents to understand the things they need to have ready before classes start. 
They got a student handbook, planner and course catalog.  A tour of where there classes will be and all the information they need to access their grades and info for the school.
She will need to get her books, student...

Letter I

The way we listen to music...

 
Means 24 days until we go to Disney, Universal and Cape Canaveral!   
We haven't gone to Disney since 2000 and haven't taken a long family vacation since we started the business and now I can't believe its almost here. We began planning this over the summer!  We have two dinners booked (The Polynesian and Mickey's Fantasmic), rented a mansion of a house and are going with my sister and...