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I have a feeling I'm going to be learning a lot more about iChat since Chelsea was telling me if I had a iMac we could iChat when she's gone at college and it got me to thinking?  Really... a way for us to chat and see each other whenever we wanted, well at least for the most part anyway?
I then began checking to see just how much an iMac would run us?  The prices weren't too bad?    Then she...

Over the weekend I had a chance to get some scrapping done Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  On Friday I worked on quite a few cards and when Saturday came I needed a jump start to get going.
I pulled out some old issues of Creating Keepsakes and Scrapbooks Etc and between all the layouts and the sketches in the magazine, I really got on a  roll!  It was nice to just scrap some random pictures to...

I can't believe it's almost here?
Three days...
that's all we have until Chelsea leaves for college!  She starts band camp on Friday and her days are going to be busy.  I keep imagining how quiet and lonely our house is going to be?  I told her today "who am I going to watch Project Runway with and The biggest Loser?"
Its going to be an adjustment for us all, that's for sure!  It's like I'm...

 
We had such a great weekend, except of course for Chelsea having to get her wisdom teeth out.  But at least its over with and although her mouth seems to be hurting more today than it was before... finally her stomach is feeling better!
This weekend was so much fun from Friday to Sunday!  To begin with the guys went out camping.  It was one of those use it or lose it camp plans.  So we...

And I made the cover!  I haven't said anything about it since Pam Baird contacted me back in June via my blog.  But they wanted my Christmas ATC.  I was so excited, my first time being published and I hadn't even submitted!!!
Then a few weeks later she emailed me that I made the cover!  Both Joel and Chelsea were there when I read the email and we were all so excited!
Today I get this email...

after getting her wisdom teeth out.  Chelsea is doing a little bit better.  She is still quite swollen and continues to take the pain medication.  The doctor called to check on her last night, which I thought was nice.  The poor thing was sick after the procedure and sick all yesterday evening.  I did take a picture at the doctors office, but so far no after pictures have been allowed?
We have...

with many changes coming our way!
Awesome new Stampin up catalog (in my hands!!!) - thank you Rose Chelsea getting her wisdom teeth out Friday - poor thing Going away party for all the college bound kids Zachary getting braces - before school begins Stamp class starting up again Chelsea leaving for college - its just over a week away :( new season of Project Runway... make it work! LOVING the Karen...

Yesterday the kids and I went to the zoo, the Columbus Zoo that is.  Since last year when my nephew was in football camp at Ohio State University and we stayed in Columbus for 3 days.  We visited a lot of Columbus - checking out where we would be heading in a few weeks for our Karen Russell classes and  a trip to the zoo...
Zach and I found it to be our favorite zoo, even though we'd only been...

We were going to start moving Zach's room but Joel preferred to wait so he can get all the cables moved first and I guess I agreed, especially when he said I would be without a computer upstairs until he got it done.  Okay, we'll wait?
So after cleaning up around the house and doing some laundry I got some scrapping time in. I completed a layout, a mini for senior pictures and this vacation mini...

Okay... so I went back again?  But I had good reason to.  A bunch of family was going up and two of our employees and my brother in law Tony all had cars in the demolition derby.  So basically I HAD to go...
We had picked up tickets earlier in the day so we could all sit together.  We filled the two first rows and were ready to watch the demo...
Once we arrived at the fairgrounds I heard that...