BABIES!!!!

So being the absent blogger as of late, I never told you that Scooter, one of my guinea pigs was pregnant. Let's not mention that I thought she was a he....

So about a month ago, when holding her I noticed how plump she was getting, did a bit of research and deduced that she was preggers. Then this morning I awoke to her and her four beautiful babies. Wow! I'm sad I missed it, but these babies are so cute I wanna breed her and fuzzy again...yeah, maybe not! Not sure what I'll do with all these babies that I have now.

Here is Scooter, the Mommy:

Here is Fuzzy, the Daddy:

Here are the cuties:

this little critter is the only one that is all black and white

There REALLY is a Correcting Fairy

And here he is. Nice, huh?! Yeah, I have THE BEST HUBS IN THE WORLD. After a little much whining and complaining on the part of the princess (that would be me), Mr. Tall corrected ALL of my papers.

Yippee!!!

AND...he made coffee for me too....

More Birhday Thanks

Ok, so I have more birthday thanks to spread.

These are two friends from my book club. Kristin and Shari. Shari brought this mug to book club on Monday night and had everyone sign it. Way too thoughtful! Thanks girly! I LOVE my new mug!

Card from my Mom and she also tucked in a gift card for JC Penny's. I can't wait to go shop!!!

Card from my friend Jen. LOVE IT!

This is the card from Mr. Tall...the card that Mike ruined with beer. :(

This is from my twinny....the one that also sent a 35 balloon bouquet...she also tucked a Starbuck's gift card inside. She spoils me so!!!

This is a card from good friend Sharon. What a sweetie!! She never forgets a birthday or anniversary. She's the best!

The flowers from Mr. Tall. Very thoughtful!

The last ice cream cupcake. I ate it. I had every right to. We got a mixed pack of 6. OMG...soooooo yummy!!!!

I'm sad that my birthday fun is about over. We'll be celebrating it at Sunday Cafe, which will be a wonderful time. I also want to get my nose pierced to celebrate joining "Club 35". We'll see.

So...thanks everyone for making me feel so special!

Birthday Dinner Goodness

Ok, so here is a shot of my chocolate chip banana pancakes and coffee. All compliments of my dear hubs. Thanks baby!

After breakfast Artist McShort made me another birthday picture. This is a turtle with long hair. It's a girl turtle...duh!

So then I headed to the Portland Expo Center to help my fabulous friend Liane with her booth at a stamping craft show. Upon arrival she presented me with a flashing "birthday princess" button and a pink fluffy tiara. Thanks friend. And evidently the pictures of me in it are ALL on Liane's camera. Oops....

After the show we headed to BJ's for dinner with our hubbies.

Both Mike and Mr. Tall had a seven glass sampler....cool, huh? Yeah yeah I know there are only 6, but he'd already drank one by the time I took a pic....

Here is my yummy drink and Liane with her porter in the background. Cute, huh?

Awwww, aren't they sweet? They just had their 20th anniversary. Happy anniversary!

Liane's dinner.

This is Liane's husband, Mike. He's a great big cheeseball. Can you tell? This is his dinner. He also tipped his empty sampler glasses upside down like they were some kind of shot glass...yeah...he ruined my birthday card :(
Mr. Tall's dinner. And did I mention he brought me flowers?

My dinner. Possibly the BEST DINNAH EVAH! Seriously people...it was killer! And, I have half of it for tomorrow.

My birthday pazookie! Mmmmmm.....I couldn't wait to eat it before taking a picture.

And then I stopped at Target and got some serious bargains. SERIOUS. Came home to some more birthday cards too. What a nice birthday.

Happy Birthday To ME!!! (and my twin)

So today is my birthday. Happy birthday to me! I've already celebrated with my hubs and shorty person (last night) over pizza and ice cream cupcakes. I've received goodies in the mail too. I thought I'd share them with my readers reader.Although I am NOT the queen....my fiend Sue gets to have that title...I'd rather be a princess anyway...

Speaking of Sue...she's so sweet...here is what she sent to me:
And then there are the cards that I've received in the mail:

This is the front of the card that Artist McShort made me...she said I thought there would be balloons for your birthday (and she was right).

Here is the inside, a picture of me. She said she drew this because I'm so beautiful and I have long hair because I'm a girl.
And the 35-balloon salute from my twin...oh that is the cat. Whenever I get on the floor to take a picture she gets in the way. Silly cat.

Here are the balloons. Thankfully my good friend Jen had an empty car so she could bring 'em home for me. My car was full of shorty mc short and the guinea pigs. And then there is this......
my early birthday present from hubs, which I LOVE LOVE LOVE and am glad he didn't make me wait for today to have it :) Love ya!!!

And I wish I could say I'm going to the spa today for pampering, but I'm not. I'm headed to a stamping craft show to work my good friend Liane's booth. If she knows what is good for her, she'll show up with a mocha for me and not work me too hard today.

I also need to send out birthday wishes to my womb mate. Yes, as many of you know I have a twin. Not an identical arch enemy, but a lesser evil fraternal version twin. She is a silly girl who lives all the way out in Savanna, Georgia. I am sending her something on Monday to where she works. No 35 balloon salute, but something sweet, nonetheless. I don't think she actually reads my blog, but I'm not gonna chance her finding out what I'm sending by telling what it is. So, happy birthday to me and my twinny!!!

this is a pic of us a couple years ago with shorty mc short

And now I must run, Mr. Tall Man is up and offering to make me breakfast. He's already put the coffee on. See why I married him?!

Project 365 (or better known as my goal for 2009)

Happy New Year's People.
I used to make resolutions, but not anymore. I never follow them anyhow. So....I will make a goal...

A few of my CTMH friends and I are going to try this Project 365, inspired by Becky Higgins and Creating Keepsakes Magazine. The concept is that you are going to take a picture every day in 2009 and put it in an album and do a little journaling about the picture. Don't freak out thinking that you have 365 MORE pictures to scrapbook, you're not going to do that. Click here to see a sample layout.

Here's a link to Becky Higgin's Blog, a post where she explains the concept of Project 365. Here she explains the concept a bit more. Creating Keepsakes has a kit you can buy. Originally I was not going to purchase the kit, but use stuff I had. I'm thinking I'm gonna purchase this kit. It's under $40 so I can "justify it" I think. (plus it'll still be cheaper than me purchasing an album and page protectors, i'm just saying)

AND...I got myself this little gifty to make this project even easier! Yup, it's a photo printer. I soooooo spoil myself, don't I? And onto the next goal for the year....get back to living on a budget. Yes. We need to do this. Who knows how long Mr. Tall will have a job.
So, if all goes well. I'll post updates here on my Project 365 and what we'll call, "Operation: Budget 2009".

NO MORE SNOW!!!!

Ok, so if I haven't said it yet....I'M SO SICK OF ICE AND SNOW! I'm not going out today if I can help it. Yeah, that means I'm NOT going out to give blood (I'll just have to reschedule) and I'm NOT going to get a pedicure (waaaaaaaahhhhhhh). Pfffft.....

There, I said it. Now weather gods, please hear me and make a change! I promise not to complain on the next hot day. You know, like the heat wave we had this summer? Yeah, when I tried to pop popcorn in my car? Yeah. No. More. Complaining. Serious.

So now that we're done with all that...we got more snow yesterday and then today it was snowing when I woke up and looked like it had snowed a lot through the night. Everything has a covering of ice and snow this morning. It's still 22 degrees and I'm sick of it. Here are some pictures I took yesterday.

more peaceful fucking snow falling

see the ice?

ice covered wisteria

icicles

crunching through the ice covered snow

ice covered blueberry bushes

ice covered hedges

No more ice. No more snow. Please.