Harden, Harden!

Mr Rich Harden - the Cubs one shining star at the moment! Yes, they had some offense last night (finally!) but Harden again, pitched like a surgeon. Just this time, he had the offense to back him up.

Way to go, Rich!!!!

Dear Chicago Cubs,

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING??????!!!!!!!!!!!

You have looked TERRIBLE for the past month. I am about ready to come get my uniform and show you how it is done. Good grief!!!! I don't stay up late to watch west coast games to watch you LOSE!

PLEASE find whatever is wrong, fix it so we can carry on with a winning season!!!!!

Sincerely,
A VERY disappointed fan

Please explain (a rambling my Jen)

the OBSESSION with Facebook and Twitter. I don't get it!

I have a blog and that's all people really need to know, right? Is it too much that I think sharing every move of your day is too much information?

Sorry - I don't understand the obsession. If someone/anyone can explain it - I'd LOVE to hear it! :)

Tuesday

MOrning!

I hope you all had a good weekend. It was a good one here - too short, as always....

I got some reading done, a little scrapping and we went for one very wet bike ride. :) This coming weekend is our town's festival and the college students come back (I'll refrain from commenting on that right now).

Other than that, not much else going on. I'll try to catch up with some of my scrappings later.

Scrappings from last weekend

Sorry the lighting was crap for the rest of these shots....

I know....

I know - there are still no pictures of my scrapping from last weekend. I will do it - I SWEAR!!!!

Anyway, TGIF~
I hope you've had a good week and are looking forward to the weekend. Not much planned here - it sounds like it's going to be warm, so maybe a little craftiness. :)

Have a SUPER day and weekend!
Thanks for stopping by.

PS: Scrapping friends - there will be a new challenge up on Saturday at my scrapping blog -------> (challenge u 2) if you would like to "play" along.

What the hell happened????

I turned 35 - that's what happened!

I can't eat and not exercise the way I used to be able to. My metabolism is fighting back, as is my out of shape body. Pitiful.... I'd heard it happened but didn't really believe it. I believe it now! Now I'm being told, wait until 40. WHAT???!?!!?!?!?! Good god - what happens then?????

Random ramblings

Welcome to another episode of random ramblings....

*Race to Witch Mountain - not a stellar movie but it was ok. Duane Johnson - come on, he's "The Rock", always will be to me anyway.
17 Again - pretty funny and a little lesson in there about being careful what you do and reject while you are growing up.
*Anyone else find it ironic that David Hasselhoff is juding America's Got Talent? Eh, eh??? :D
*The Cubs....1st place after the All Star break to losing 4 in a row. Come on, guys!!!!!
*I got 6, yes 6 layouts done over the weekend. (photos to come)
*I added about 10 rows to the afghan I started over the weekend too.
*To my scrappy friends, if you are interested/willing to have a layout or card scraplifted, please let me know - I am running scraplift challenges on my other blog. ;) Thank you! ------>
*It's Wednesday - the week is 1/2 over - YAHOO!!!!

Have a super day! Thanks for stopping by!

Long time, no review

So here's a few books I've read since May that I enjoyed.

Must Love Dogs

by Claire Cook

I have read a couple of her other books and LOVE her characters. This is another good one! Sarah is looking for love through the personal ads. Her family is quirky and shows up at the most inopportune times - and her father's girlfriend....HILARIOUS! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Time of my Life

by Allison Winn Scotch

What if you could "re-do" your life? What if you had done thing differently in the past? Jillian is about to find out. Interesting concept and wonderful characters. Far fetched? A little but a fun summer read.

Coming Unglued

by Rebecca Seitz

The Sisters Ink girls are back for their second book. It's a scrapbooking filled story. I love these 4 and their lives together in small town Tennessee. I can't wait to read the next 2!

Paper Scissors Death

by Joanna Campbell Slan

A mystery with MANY scrapbooking and St. Louis references. I truly enjoyed it! Kiki is a great "girl power" character - bumbling at times but that's what makes her a little more real. Book 2 of Kiki's awaits....

Happy reading!

Artwork from amazon.com

What a week!

for our DS

He turned 16 on Monday. He's still getting his driving hours in with us and has about 8 more weeks of having his permit before he can get his licence. So by mid-October, he should be good to go! I'm still trying to figure out how this kid.....

became....this kid!

Thursday night, he received/earned his adult black belt in karate. However, DH & I did not know he would be getting it so we could be there for presentation, so - that's right - no pictures of that. I will try to get him to cooperate this weekend and get some of him with it on. We are VERY proud of him!

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On another note - to my cheerleaders - I did finish a layout last night and started another.....

Sigh....

Motivation!
That's what I need!!!!!!!!!!

I want to scrapbook.
I want to start my quilt.
Have I?
NO!
Why?

You know the answer....
No motivation!!!!!

My goal this weekend is to get 2 scrapbook pages done (at least). Unreasonable? I think not!

I am hoping to have a "craftier" (is that a word?) August.

I need some cheerleaders.... :)

A little music....

Because I'm technology challenged this morning - here's a link to Rodney Atkins' "America". I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLqbV-lj-6k
Have a super weekend!

July recap - photos

4th of July weekend Sara Evans
An afternoon at Arlington

St. Louis

1st pitch of All Star Game

I wasn't angry, it's just a bad picture!

The kids "playing"

I'll post more game pictures soon.

Kudos!!!

While I do not like the Chicago White Sox - I would like to say "Congrats" to Mark Buehrle for pitching a perfect game yesterday - only the 18th pitcher to do so in Major League history. That is an amazing accomplishment and one that I hope he will be very proud of for the rest of his life.

Congrats and well done!

July stuff

Sorry - no pictures yet but I can recap anyway...

We had a nice 4th of July weekend. I was actually off for 3 WHOLE DAYS!!!!!! We went to Ribfest - had some of the most delicious ribs we've EVER had. We saw Sara Evans in concert - terrific show! We went to the fireworks in our town on the 4th after waiting out the rain during the day and having to find jackets to wear that night. I can't remember the last time we had to wear jeans and coats to watch the fireworks.

The following weekend was my work's summer conference. We had a nice time and I am grateful again for the company I work for!!!! We spent an afternoon at the horse races - probably after going once, I can safely say that that is enough. We relaxed most of the day on Saturday then we had an evening of food, spirits and dancing. It was nice to catch up with co-workers in other offices and visit outside of work. Thanks, mom & dad for watching the kids!

The four of us trekked to St. Louis last week for the All Star Game. Ok - I went to the game and DH & the kiddos played in St. L. They went to the zoo (FABULOUS!) and found a cool (also HUGE) pizza place that had gokarts, mini golf and bowling. They were there for almost 4 hours and had a ball! The game was in a word - AMAZING! I am sure it is a once in a lifetime experience and I loved it. The NL lost - again - but it was so cool to be there. (I will detail that in another post)

This past weekend was a birthday party for our friends' children. It was a gorgeous day and we did a lot of visiting again. Wow - we have been quite social lately....

The weather has been unseasonably cool - not that I'm complaining!!!! It's just unlike July in the Midwest.

Other than work drama (don't get me started...) - things have been good and (hopefully) will slow down a little until school gets closer. Hope all is well with all of you!

Thanks for stopping by - watch for recap photos soon.

Hop to it!

This adorable little guy was busy hopping and running around while I was shooting my brother's engagement pics on Friday evening.

WHOA!

I haven't truly updated this thing in a while.

I will try to get our July events (thus far) posted here this weekend - hopefully with some pictures.

Stay tuned...

GO CUBS!

Batter Up!

Batter Up!
Originally uploaded by scrapperjen1

Pre-game at a Tennessee Smokies game

Eerie!

Eerie!
Originally uploaded by scrapperjen1

A fog covered Clingman's Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains. Needless to say, we didn't see much from up there....

Happy 4th!