weekend for 2

A wrap-up of how Trent & I spent the holiday weekend...


July 3rd * Mellow Mushroom pizza for dinner * Durham Bulls vs Charlotte Knights baseball game * Fireworks

July 4th * Went to the movies to see UP * Cookout for two - hot dogs, baked beans & chips

July 5th * Lunch with Rianna and Tommy at The Flying Biscuit Cafe

Supplies: Archiver's (blue) and Bazzill (white) cardstock; Scrapbooks Etc Quick Collage Template 114; Signo Uniball white pen; generic office supply number stencil; acrylic paint; Establo and Futura Bk fonts; Making Memories eyelets.

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Saturday with Family

My mom & brother are visiting my sister for the weekend. She lives about an hour & a half from us so Trent & I drove over to spend the day. While we girls went out shopping, the boys went to see Watchmen.

With Mom & Mary before going out to dinner:

Relaxing with Christopher & Trent last night:

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Cards & Buttons

I spoiled the boys a bit yesterday morning by letting them sleep in and baking blueberry muffins for breakfast. Then they went to the gym to workout while I waited for the phone to ring with updates on Mom. I won't go into detail, but she's still quite sick and getting much needed care. Since I tend to be a nervous person, I busied myself with thank you cards I needed to make to pass the time.


Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card; Chatterbox patterned paper; Fiskars threading water punch; Staz-On black stamp pad; Heidi Swapp thank you stamp.

In the afternoon, we went out for a bit to catch a movie. Christopher suggested The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I was intrigued by the online synopsis as the storyline is so original from anything else I've seen. All three of us agreed it was a very good movie.

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Mitch's Tavern

It's been a few years since I climbed those wooden stairs into Mitch's Tavern on Hillsborough Street. If you've never been to Raleigh, it still may look and sound familar - a bar scene for the movie Bull Durham was filmed there in the late '80s.

Trent & I dropped in last night for a surprise gathering for a friend's birthday. A fun night filled with good friends, a few drinks, lots of laughter and stories.

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Staying Cool

Ah yes, the joy of triple digit weather. We had tickets for Sunday evening to go to the Durham Bulls baseball game. Yup, sit there and swelter for 3 hours. Hmm...well, with my asthma acting up and Trent overcoming a cold - that just didn't sound very appealing.

Instead, we picked a cooler option and went to see You Don't Mess with the Zohan. Very funny movie. Adam Sandler is a riot as always.

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With the chores all done. Time for a bit of fun.

Today started off with a few chores. Including a couple loads of laundry which was almost enjoyable with the new washer & dryer. ;) We took a break this afternoon to go out for lunch and to see Horton Hears a Who. It was a fun movie. Very cute and humorous.

Afterwards, we headed home and I started on my apron for Jen's swap. I haven't sewn in quite some time (except for the occasional detail on a scrapbook page) so I'm taking it slow. I should be able to complete it tomorrow. Still need to sew on the waistband & ties. Here's a little sneak peek at the fun fabrics.

For now, it's off to bed. I'll need all the energy I can muster up in the morning to help keep an eye on the kids during their Sunday school Easter egg hunt.

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Keep Moving Forward

Trent picked up Meet the Robinsons from the RedBox yesterday. I wanted to see it after reading Gabrielle's review on her blog. A definite thumbs up from us as well. Very cute movie. And, I loved how they tied in this quote from Walt Disney:

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

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Happy New Year!

Our New Year's Eve in photos. As you can see, there are some real party animals around here. ;) LOL
We stayed in all evening (minus a quick trip to pick up the pizza). The cats napped through most of it. Shocking, I know. ;) I spent a couple of hours working on cards. Then we ended the night watching the movie My Super Ex-Girlfriend. It's not the best film I've ever seen, but I confess I did laugh out loud several times. But then, maybe that was the glass of wine....hmm. At any rate, we went to bed just before midnight. I suppose we should have stayed up those couple extra minutes because as I was trying to fall asleep, I kept being awaken by fireworks and emergency sirens. I guess someone nearby had a wilder night than us.

Here are the cards I finished. Two more Valentine's cards:

Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card; Deja Views patterned paper; Making Memories chipboard and rub-ons.. Inspired by Jan 26/27 of dw2008.

Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card; Sweetwater patterned paper; Making Memories chipboard heart, fabric tape and metal heart. Inspired by Jan 1 of dw2008.

And 4 Thank You notes (only 3 are pictured):

Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card; KI Memories patterned paper; Making Memories metal rimmed tag and eyelet; Li'L Davis chipboard letter; Studio G stamp. Inspired by Jan 23 of dw2008.

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Bee Movie

After Trent came home from work tonight, we went to see Bee Movie - very cute and very funny. Some of it was corny humor, but I was laughing nonetheless.

Afterwards we just about finished up our Christmas shopping between Pier1 and Michael's. And we made a brief visit to PetSmart for more food for the cats & fish. Gotta feed the critters. ;)

I've been playing in my scrap area since we came home. Had fun creating tonight's card with my ticket stub from the movie. Do you see my "hidden" title? ;)
Supplies: KI Memories patterned paper; Martha Stewart Crafts flower sticker; Making Memories button & TinyAlpha letter; QuicKutz stem & leaf from the Sunshine gift set; Uniball Signo white pen. Inspired by Dec 13 of dw2007 to "design a creative title."

2ps blog challenge:
Are there any family heirlooms in your possession? Tell about them and how you came to acquire them. Have you done a layout about it.
Maureen's prompt tonight really got me thinking. We do have a few items I would consider heirlooms. Most are pieces of furniture - for example, the dresser in our guest bedroom belonged to his grandparents. That particular item we came to own after they decided to sell their house and move into a retirement community. They wanted to pass down items to family members and I specifically asked if we could have the dresser. It's beautiful solid wood. Worn from time & use, but to us, that makes it more special.

I realized after reading the prompt that I have not scrapped about our various heirlooms. Reason to do so is sitting in my bedroom - our bed came from my great-grandparents home in southwestern Virginia. No one has lived in the house for years, but it is still family owned and mainly stores extra furniture, dishes, etc. I asked my grandfather for it in 1999 when I moved to my first apartment. Beyond the fact that it was in that house, no one can seem to recall who it belonged to. I want to scrap the known history of our special items so future generations will realize why these items carried such personal value to us.

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Changing of Holidays

I had not intended on letting several days go by without blogging. Thursday, of course, was filled with time with family and celebrating. Trent and I started our day at his parents' house for lunch. Later we drove a little further west and visited with my dad's family. Finally returning home after midnight! It was a blessing to see so many of our family members in one day especially those we don't have an opportunity to see quite as often. And we met our new niece for the first time. :)

Yesterday is still a blur due to a migraine so I'm trying to make up for it a bit today. Following the NCSU football game (which I think I'd rather be a blur as well!), we bought our Christmas tree. It's officially standing in its spot in the living room. We'll wait until at least tomorrow before beginning to decorate as the limbs need to drop a bit. But I did switch the wreaths on the front door - placing the fall wreath in storage and hanging the Christmas one. Our home is beginning to look and smell (love that fresh evergreen!) a bit like Christmas.

I couldn't get motivated, however, to do any Christmas scrapbook layouts today. I switched the slide show in the left hand column to feature some Christmas & winter layouts I've done in the past. Maybe they'll inspire me. But I was able to find motivation to complete another Disney layout. Here's my take on the Monsters Inc Laugh Floor:
Supplies: Misc purple cardstock; Uniball signo white pen; Micron black pen; EK Success striped PP and Mike Wazowski sticker; Making Memories brads; stamp ink pad; Times New Roman and Gilligans Island fonts.

2ps Blog Challenge:
What's the latest movie you have seen?

Trent and I watched Transformers last night. He had borrowed the DVD from a co-worker. While I didn't dislike it, in my opinion, it dragged on a bit (seriously could they have spent anymore time having the kid search his room for the glasses???). Parts of it seemed a bit predictable, but the end didn't quite come together as I expected which isn't a bad thing.

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