<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:09:19 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>life's little details...</title><description></description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>196</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-3899443336970921824</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-12-30T12:17:17.418-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>word of the year</category><title>2010 word...</title><description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;I love the fact that &lt;a href="http://www.aliedwards.typepad.com/"&gt;Ali Edwards&lt;/a&gt; has inspired so many people to pick a word to live by for a year.  I also love joining in and picking a word that will mean something to me in the 12 months to follow.  I have been giving a lot of thought to what my word for 2010 should be.  My word for 2009 was &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;LIVE&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and it served well to remind me to stop and live in the moment...to stop and enjoy the little things and not rush through life in a whirl.  I look back on 2009 and realized it made quite the difference in how I did things, even those mudane daily things...I feel as though I did&lt;strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;live&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; 2009 and am looking foward to 2010.  Lots of things happened in 2009, some good, some bad and some very sad, but through it all I kept my word close to my heart and remembered. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I have narrowed the search down to a few words for 2010...one being BREATHE.  Sometimes I still feel like I am going through life holding my breath so to speak...I need to relax and remember to breathe it in.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Another word that might work is EMBRACE...I like the way it kind of goes along with live, reminding me to embrace not only the fun things that come along but the everyday...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;And my last choice was BRAVE...life sometimes gets difficult and I would like to keep in my heart that I am brave and I can get through anything that life throws at me.  All things happen for a reason (even when we can't wrap our minds around whatever it might be) and I need to work on facing things head on.  Not letting things or situations get the best of me.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;After much thought and deliberation I have decided the word for me this coming year will be &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;BREATHE&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;...I feel like this word wraps all three of my choices into one word.  I am committed to making 2010 the best, most amazing year yet, I will breathe it all in, the good, the bad, all of it.   I will stop and breathe and enjoy.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Have you picked your word yet???  Let me know if you have and what your word is!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-3899443336970921824?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/12/2010-word.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-2576056565072790112</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-12-24T10:38:21.202-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>random stuff</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>reading</category><title>more shares...</title><description>I wanted to share two blogs that I read every day or at least check to see if they have updated. &lt;br /&gt;These are two of the most amazing women.  I absolutely adore their blogs and the stories or inspiration they share.  First, &lt;a href="http://www.melodyross.typepad.com/"&gt;Melody Ross&lt;/a&gt;.  I think she is absolutely an angel walking this earth.  The things she writes on her blog are such a gift to whoever is reading it and it definitely will make you stop and think...I have such a better outlook about things partly because of reading her stories.  It truly is a blessing to be able to look at things from a positive point of view especially when some of the things happening seem to be negatives.  You must read her blog if you haven't yet.  She is doing a miracle a day right now and reading it has made me laugh, cry and grab my family and tell them how much I love them.  So go now....&lt;br /&gt;Second, I came across &lt;a href="http://www.lindsaydawnesthoughts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Linsay's&lt;/a&gt; blog purely by accident.  One of those days when I was just clicking from one blog to the next seeing where it took me.  (this was during my summer of unemployment)  I came across &lt;a href="http://www.lindsaydawnesthoughts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lindsay's &lt;/a&gt;blog and just instantly knew that finding her was the blessing of the day.  She is an amazing photographer, but also finds such soulful inspiration and shares the wisdom. &lt;br /&gt;I just love the way technology lets us find and meet people we might never had had the chance to cross paths with.  I find it truly is a blessing and these women inspire me to be a better person and live life happily and grateful.  So today this is my miracle, having these two blogs to read and be inspired by. &lt;br /&gt;I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas Eve and the happiest Christmas ever.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-2576056565072790112?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/12/more-shares.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-3230376179686425209</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-12-17T15:33:37.736-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>She scrapbooks</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>scrapbooking</category><title>on my list...</title><description>I wanted to share some things I have found or refound lately and have on my list of must haves!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 164px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 250px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416305000044900034" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SyqUs2LZLsI/AAAAAAAAA1I/i8crCnbOjcU/s400/ImagesCA2KC6WC.jpg" /&gt;First I want to share the most happy find. We were all sad when the Kokoyo adhesive went off the market, and I was so worried I would never find another adhesive I loved as much that I stocked up and am hoarding it at home, lol. Well I can lay my kokoyo to rest as I have found a new adhesive to love...and it is just as good if not better. It is made by Scotch and is called the dot roller. You have to try it if you were a kokoyo girl. I think it will be love for you too, lol. &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;By the way we do carry it at the &lt;a href="http://www.she-scrapbooks.blogspot.com/"&gt;store&lt;/a&gt; and should be back in stock next week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 280px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416304756616213698" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SyqUerVeNMI/AAAAAAAAA04/__qWz-p5W2I/s400/81nd3iLfFEL__SL500_AA280_.jpg" /&gt;Next, I was watching &lt;a href="http://www.teresacollins.typepad.com/"&gt;Teresa Collins&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.heidiswapp.typepad.com/"&gt;Heidi Swapp&lt;/a&gt; do their first live web broadcast last night and was reminded about decorative packing tape. Teresa had used some black and clear damask packing tape on her project and it just made it so cute. This is not going to be forgotten again and I have now penciled it in on my to get list. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-3230376179686425209?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/12/on-my-list.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SyqUs2LZLsI/AAAAAAAAA1I/i8crCnbOjcU/s72-c/ImagesCA2KC6WC.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-2087452506081036390</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-12-09T22:03:51.244-05:00</atom:updated><title>December???</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I cannot believe it's December, this year just flew by.  I guess what they say is true the older you get the faster time seems to pass.  I have a few projects that I am working on right now along with the normal holiday stuff and working and being a wife and a mom, I think we all know that is why time seems to be passing at a faster pace, because we actually have less of it then we did without all of those responsibilities, lol.  I wouldn't trade it for the world though because all in all I feel very blessed.   There will always be mountains to climb and hurdles to jump, but I am here and have decided to embrace it all and do the best I can.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;One of the projects I am starting to think about is my 2010 word.  I have really liked having a word to focus on and remember when I need that little nudge.  I haven't picked one yet but have narrowed it down to about ten.  Who else is doing this for 2010, have you already figured out your word???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I am also working on finishing up Christmas projects, I have decided that this year most of the gifts are going to be handmade.  With the economy the way it is, I just felt like this would be a great way to accomplish the Christmas gift lists.  Let's hope that the people receiving them will appreciate the sentiment.&lt;br /&gt;We have also put our house up for sale, we are hoping to be able to move closer to work and Bre's school.  Which by the way she is absolutely loving, lol.  I am very relieved that it went that way with her instead of the other. The Villages High School is amazing and offers so many opportunities for her and it makes life so much easier that she actually likes going to school!&lt;br /&gt;I guess maybe you can understand why blogging has taken a back seat as of late, hopefully 2010 will reveal itself to be a bit of a calmer year...we will see!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-2087452506081036390?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/12/december.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-1260143469221882878</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-28T09:34:07.168-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>family stuff</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>holiday stuff</category><title>Thankful...</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SxB8Dc1e-zI/AAAAAAAAA0s/W6jXMgLJakY/s1600/thanksgiving+2009+007-a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SxB8Dc1e-zI/AAAAAAAAA0s/W6jXMgLJakY/s400/thanksgiving+2009+007-a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408959551193938738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;So thankful for these kiddos!  We spent Thanksgiving day with Kenny's side of the family and I was lucky enough to shoot this picture of Bre and her cousins.  I think this is one of my favorite of them ever!  I love these kids so much and am so thankful  for each one of them.  They are all good kids and I am very proud of them.&lt;br /&gt;From Kenny's parents house we went to my sister and brother in laws to share the rest of Thanksgiving with my side of the family.   Had a great time there as well...love that we got to spend time with both sides of the family...something to be very thankful for.&lt;br /&gt;Highlights from the Holiday weekend.&lt;br /&gt;1.  Great time with family.&lt;br /&gt;2.  Yummy food that we only get to eat once or twice a year.&lt;br /&gt;3.  My mom and I decided to brave black Friday and see what deals we could find.&lt;br /&gt;4. Found one very important deal for some one's Christmas...woo hoo.&lt;br /&gt;5. Took Bob's Porsche for a spin...first time ever driving a Porsche and it was a lot more fun than I thought it would be!&lt;br /&gt;6. Got to spend time with my Mom and sister.&lt;br /&gt;7. Didn't have to work today for the first time in 12 years!!!&lt;br /&gt;8.  Looking forward to a nice lazy day at home tomorrow.&lt;br /&gt;9.  Christmas tree goes up this weekend.&lt;br /&gt;10.  Started my Christmas shopping.  I had plans on trying to be done by December 1, however that is not going to happen.  I am happy with what I have accomplished though and should be done at least two weeks prior to the day, so all in all, pretty happy with that.  I hope to get my Christmas cards mailed out by the weekend...lets just say I have great intentions but making it to the post office seems to be a near impossible feat for me, wish me luck!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope all of my blog friends enjoyed their Thanksgiving and found lots to be thankful for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-1260143469221882878?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/11/thankful.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SxB8Dc1e-zI/AAAAAAAAA0s/W6jXMgLJakY/s72-c/thanksgiving+2009+007-a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-7140514297493111352</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-16T21:31:19.757-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>friends</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>scrapbooking</category><title>A wow weekend...</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SwIKvUxwaOI/AAAAAAAAA0k/Yi6g6G0I1Os/s1600/Heidi+Swapp+weekend+006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SwIKvUxwaOI/AAAAAAAAA0k/Yi6g6G0I1Os/s400/Heidi+Swapp+weekend+006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404894310945548514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SwIKuxVJsrI/AAAAAAAAA0c/Blk_eC-MBfA/s1600/Heidi+Swapp+weekend+041.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SwIKuxVJsrI/AAAAAAAAA0c/Blk_eC-MBfA/s400/Heidi+Swapp+weekend+041.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404894301430330034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SwIKug50igI/AAAAAAAAA0U/FxqzoUnfn8A/s1600/Heidi+Swapp+weekend+075.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SwIKug50igI/AAAAAAAAA0U/FxqzoUnfn8A/s400/Heidi+Swapp+weekend+075.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404894297020729858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where do I start?  Inspiration filled not just creatively but emotionally...not only does Heidi teach some fabulous classes but the messages she shares just blew me away.  Such food for the soul...the energy journal was the second class I got to sit in on and it was just what I needed to hear.  I am going to use this little journal daily and keep it close to my heart so I do not forget what I learned.  The House of 3 Heart Shadow box was so fun, I love that I can hang it in my home and look at it daily.  It involved alcohol ink, distress ink, distress stickles, distress embossing powder...total heaven!  I cannot wait for Heidi to come back and spend some more time!  I still am processing the weekend and loving what this gave to not only me but everyone that came and experienced what a truly amazing teacher and person Heidi is.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-7140514297493111352?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/11/wow-weekend.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SwIKvUxwaOI/AAAAAAAAA0k/Yi6g6G0I1Os/s72-c/Heidi+Swapp+weekend+006.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-7470338117985024905</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-09T10:05:04.059-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>twilight</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>She scrapbooks</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>family stuff</category><title>Excited...</title><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SvgvWgO3vEI/AAAAAAAAA0M/BK87XL4LHhY/s1600-h/energy+journal.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 292px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402119816686844994" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SvgvWgO3vEI/AAAAAAAAA0M/BK87XL4LHhY/s400/energy+journal.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SvgvWdk4bxI/AAAAAAAAA0E/ZJ3Qt_kP4kE/s1600-h/house+of+3+heart+box.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402119815973859090" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SvgvWdk4bxI/AAAAAAAAA0E/ZJ3Qt_kP4kE/s400/house+of+3+heart+box.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Four days and counting...Heidi Swapp will be at She Scrapbooks for a fun-filled weekend of classes!!! Can't wait!!! I think I am even going to get to take a couple of her classes myself!!! Lovin that...I don't know which one I am more excited over the House of 3 heart box or the Energy Journal. I am thrilled about both. I have been wanting to do the Energy Journal since the first time I read about it online, I have high hopes of it helping me harness my personal energy and focus better, from the reviews I have heard just taking the class has made a difference in the way you look at things. Then there is that adorable heat shadow box. I think I will get a couple extra and some family members will be getting these little beauties as Christmas gifts this year. And if all this is not enough excitement there is next week...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;NEW MOON is coming out...we have been counting down the days since seeing Twilight and it is finally almost here. We have plans to go at least three times over the weekend!!! Friday the 20th and then on to Saturday and Sunday! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;She Scrapbooks is doing great...love going to work! Bre is doing fantastic at The Villages High School! We have the house up for sale so we can move a little closer to work and school. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So all in all we are pretty good. I will be posting pictures from the coming weekends asap. Hopefully I will be posting a little more frequently...can't believe Thanksgiving is right around the corner! Hope you all have a great week!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-7470338117985024905?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/11/excited.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SvgvWgO3vEI/AAAAAAAAA0M/BK87XL4LHhY/s72-c/energy+journal.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-7990494944784701922</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-30T20:49:48.023-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>holiday stuff</category><title>Happy Halloween...</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SuuIzDrR7BI/AAAAAAAAAz8/10wLzUkbBhM/s1600-h/watermark.php.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SuuIzDrR7BI/AAAAAAAAAz8/10wLzUkbBhM/s400/watermark.php.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398558989075213330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In honor of Halloween what could be better then a little vampire/werewolf love...Getting so excited about New Moon...only 21 more days...can't wait!!!&lt;br /&gt;Hope everyone has a safe Halloween!!!  Me I will be spending my afternoon at She Scrapbooks doing tool demos, taking Bre and her friend Rebecca to spend Halloween with some of their friends from school and staying out too late.  I am sure we will have fun though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-7990494944784701922?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-halloween.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SuuIzDrR7BI/AAAAAAAAAz8/10wLzUkbBhM/s72-c/watermark.php.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-4801086149876001100</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-12T19:55:36.975-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>She scrapbooks</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Bre</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>random stuff</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>holiday stuff</category><title>busy...</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;                No excuse for the blog slacking, just lots going on...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;She Scrapbooks is opened and doing really well...we are so excited that we have finally made it to this point...I keep pinching myself because it is hard to believe "SHE" is open...&lt;br /&gt;We had our grand opening on Saturday and it was a huge success...saw so many people in the last week I haven't seen in years and some I say at our soft opening, wink...really nice to reconnect with them!&lt;br /&gt;Now we are working on our Heidi Swapp event...we are almost full...haven't even been taking sign- ups for a week...lots of excited women!!!&lt;br /&gt;Working on some more surprises for "She"...stay tuned...more announcements you won't want to miss!!!&lt;br /&gt;Bre is doing really good in high school...I am so proud of her and the young woman that she is...I feel totally blessed to be her mom and get to share her life...she is the best!!!&lt;br /&gt;My mom, step-dad, sister and brother in law all came over this week and surprised me by walking into the store with no notice.  I almost couldn't believe my eyes, because that just doesn't happen...So nice to see them and we even got to sneak out and have a little treat at Urban Flats:)...Thanks for coming over family, it meant the world to me!!!&lt;br /&gt;Mother-in-law and father-in-law came over and spent the weekend at the Waterfront in...nice to spend some time with them too...Went to RJ Gators for dinner (dh's favorite) and Nan and Bre got to spend some quality time together shopping around Sumter Landing.&lt;br /&gt;Roxie turned four and the tenth...can't believe she has been with us that long...seems like just yesterday she was so tiny I could hold her in the palm of my hand...but also feels like she has been with us forever.&lt;br /&gt;I have to BFF's who are having Birthday's this month...Happy Birthday to Kristy and Stephanie...I know it is little early...but I wanted to get it out here.&lt;br /&gt;Can't believe it is the middle of October...Bre is going to another Homecoming dance on Halloween...she is excited to see her friends from her old school.&lt;br /&gt;Thanksgiving is right around the corner...and I fear Christmas...not quite ready to have the holidays upon us...whether I like it or not here it comes...I think I need to start some shopping...I would like to be done by December 1...maybe then I can relax and enjoy the month of December!&lt;br /&gt;Think I babbled enough now...off to eat dinner with the family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-4801086149876001100?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/10/busy.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-7913668587915942004</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-28T19:27:27.962-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>She scrapbooks</category><title>Exciting news...</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SsFGVqerpSI/AAAAAAAAAzs/oBVS6Q7CRWg/s1600-h/6a00d83452191d69e201156fc49699970c-450wi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 230px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SsFGVqerpSI/AAAAAAAAAzs/oBVS6Q7CRWg/s400/6a00d83452191d69e201156fc49699970c-450wi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386663967305999650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Have you been to the &lt;a href="http://www.she-scrapbooks.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;SHE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; blog???  We have quite a few pictures up of the remodeling as well as a few sneak peeks of what has been going on the shelves!!!  We also have finally been able to announce that &lt;a href="http://www.heidiswapp.typepad.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Heidi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; will  be coming to the store in about a month and a half!!! Go on over and take a peek, pretty exciting stuff going on at &lt;a href="http://www.she-scrapbooks.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;She Scrapbooks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-7913668587915942004?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/09/exciting-news.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SsFGVqerpSI/AAAAAAAAAzs/oBVS6Q7CRWg/s72-c/6a00d83452191d69e201156fc49699970c-450wi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-6676448491504339184</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-27T21:51:46.009-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Bre</category><title>Homecoming...</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SsAV6umvYpI/AAAAAAAAAzk/YGX0wWbHZkE/s1600-h/homecoming+a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SsAV6umvYpI/AAAAAAAAAzk/YGX0wWbHZkE/s400/homecoming+a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386329253022229138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I didn't share any pictures of Breanna's first homecoming dance so I wanted to at least get one on the blog.  I still cannot believe she is in high school, but as much as I try not to admit it she is growing up.  Here she is with Andrea and Rachel.  They looked beautiful and said they had a great time and danced all night.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-6676448491504339184?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/09/homecoming.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SsAV6umvYpI/AAAAAAAAAzk/YGX0wWbHZkE/s72-c/homecoming+a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-1809971180790150918</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-15T20:15:03.763-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>She scrapbooks</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Bre</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>random stuff</category><title>two posts-one day...</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Just wanted to give a quick update on She Scrapbooks...&lt;br /&gt;We are moving right along, all the construction issues will be wrapped up tomorrow.  &lt;br /&gt;Product has started to arrive. &lt;br /&gt;Checking in and pricing said product. &lt;br /&gt;Painting some more fixtures this weekend.&lt;br /&gt;Getting the store ready to set next week.&lt;br /&gt;Opening still set for first week on October.&lt;br /&gt;Can't wait, we are so excited and ready for &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;She&lt;/span&gt; to make her debut!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bre is moving right along with her first year of High School.&lt;br /&gt;It is Homecoming this week and she is very excited about this, can't wait to go the dance,  and loves her new dress.&lt;br /&gt;Progress reports come home Friday (hard to believe).&lt;br /&gt;She is starting her community service this week or next with a reading program to help out the elementary kids who need a little extra attention.  So proud of her for choosing this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other than that, life seems to be ticking by pretty fast right now.  I can't believe we are getting into the holiday months.  Halloween, Thanksgiving and ugh, Christmas are right around the corner.  I am so hoping that I will be able to find a little Christmas love this year.  Working in retail for the last 12 years has just sucked it out of me.  We will see.  Keeping fingers crossed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life is exciting right now and I absolutely love it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-1809971180790150918?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/09/two-posts-one-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-7705920266490995641</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-15T20:01:13.483-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>random stuff</category><title>words...</title><description>I found this on &lt;a href="http://lindsaydawnesthoughts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lindsay's&lt;/a&gt; blog (love her blog by the way) and had to share it with you.  I think these are some very powerful words and definitely gives something to think about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~Marianne Williamson&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-7705920266490995641?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/09/words.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-4279425696615119934</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-07T15:53:15.181-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>She scrapbooks</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Bre</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>random stuff</category><title>busy, busy...</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Time seems to be flying by at an &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;accelerated&lt;/span&gt; rate...&lt;br /&gt;-we going into our fourth week of school, hard to believe a month has already gone by.&lt;br /&gt;-homecoming is in 2 weeks, and Bre is going with some of her friends.&lt;br /&gt;-walls torn down in store, wall repaired in store, walls being primed and painted, floor being painted this week.&lt;br /&gt;-deliveries already coming in to the store&lt;br /&gt;-scheduling move in dates of fixtures&lt;br /&gt;-read three books&lt;br /&gt;-haven't taken nearly enough pictures&lt;br /&gt;-shopping with Stephanie to get odds and ends we need for the store&lt;br /&gt;-lunch everyday with Stephanie this last week, discussing ideas and things to accomplish for the store.&lt;br /&gt;-continuing with plans for the big surprise in November.  Almost ready to spill the beans.&lt;br /&gt;-planning our grand opening.&lt;br /&gt;-not to mention just the everyday stuff that life brings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will try to do better about blogging, been pretty bad about it lately. &lt;br /&gt;Will have pictures to share this week of the store's before and after.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-4279425696615119934?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/09/busy-busy.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-869420977638699683</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-30T11:16:48.337-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>creative escape</category><title>Amazing...</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SpqXsn8EHfI/AAAAAAAAAzU/tlmJCneuT1Q/s1600-h/26575448-343902e946f5d51347841e3dd067da66.4a9a94ad-full.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SpqXsn8EHfI/AAAAAAAAAzU/tlmJCneuT1Q/s400/26575448-343902e946f5d51347841e3dd067da66.4a9a94ad-full.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375775898111057394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amazing...that is the first word that came to me as I read about what happened last night at Creative Escape!!!  Teachers from past Creative Escapes were given a $15.oo lamp to alter for an auction that would benefit the Leukemia Society.  100% going to the charity.  Tim Holtz and Heidi each decorated one and theirs was auctioned off live last night at their closing dinner.  Heidi's went for an amazing $8200 and Tim's went for...sit down...$29,000!!!  Yes you read that right twenty-nine thousand dollars!!! Still gives me goose-bumps just thinking about it.  I read that this totally overwhelmed Tim with emotion, I can only imagine.  This was the woman who won the bid.  It looks like Heidi was very touched as well!!!  I found this picture online to share!&lt;br /&gt;I loved my experience at CE last year and only hope that I get to attend next year.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-869420977638699683?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/08/amazing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SpqXsn8EHfI/AAAAAAAAAzU/tlmJCneuT1Q/s72-c/26575448-343902e946f5d51347841e3dd067da66.4a9a94ad-full.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-3500493929602040895</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-29T16:04:05.897-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>She scrapbooks</category><title>WOW...</title><description>It's almost here...I am so excited...I still can't believe it...a dream come true...I am having a hard time waiting...but the wait is almost over...pictures to come this week!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-3500493929602040895?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/08/wow.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-5448891207178556653</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-17T19:55:49.796-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>friends</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>family stuff</category><title>Monday...</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Another new week brought some changes to our house...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;First, Bre started high school today.  I am happy to report that after a little bit of a bumpy start she has decided that it was not as bad as she was thinking it was going to be. &lt;br /&gt;I think her favorite part is the fact that she has more freedom then she ever imagined.  She called me at lunch from her cell phone, happy and visiting with a new found friend.&lt;br /&gt;I am still in shock that my baby girl is actually in high school.  It seems like just yesterday I was walking her to her kindergarten class and she didn't want to let go of me.  Yes there were tears on both of our parts.  Today wasn't much different except she hopped out of the car so quick I couldn't remember if I got to say I love you.  I know she is going to be just fine.  She is organizing her book bag as I am writing this.  This is one of her nightly rituals, she likes to be prepared and organized. &lt;br /&gt;We also now have to get up at 6:00am.  I know for some of you this is normal, but not for us.  Last year she didn't have to be at school until 9:30 which was also the same time I had to be at work.  So we usually got up around 8:00 and took our time getting ready.  Now we have to be out the door by 6:45 to get to school on time.   (I will be glad when I get to go back to work and get myself back in a routine as well)  Hope everyone is having a good week and if you still have this last week of summer vacation...enjoy. &lt;br /&gt;Nita, if you can sleep in, don't make yourself get up, that will come soon enough next week.  I will talk to Syd and Bo soon to tell them good luck with the new school year.  Love those girlies.&lt;br /&gt;I would also like to thank Stephanie and Melle for being such great friends and helping Bre and I find our way in this new high school adventure.&lt;br /&gt;Oh and Kristy, please tell Mason I hope he loves Kindergarten and makes lots of new friends. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-5448891207178556653?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/08/monday.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-8205882848749482878</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-09T15:08:43.713-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>scrapbooking</category><title>new layouts...</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/Sn8eomPnIQI/AAAAAAAAAzM/vDLD3-nJXkE/s1600-h/thoughts.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 386px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/Sn8eomPnIQI/AAAAAAAAAzM/vDLD3-nJXkE/s400/thoughts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368042963658547458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/Sn8eoaIhlII/AAAAAAAAAzE/IffzWuGvXCc/s1600-h/roxie+girl.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 396px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/Sn8eoaIhlII/AAAAAAAAAzE/IffzWuGvXCc/s400/roxie+girl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368042960407598210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/Sn8en-4LV0I/AAAAAAAAAy8/BtjO_aOwzjI/s1600-h/twilight.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/Sn8en-4LV0I/AAAAAAAAAy8/BtjO_aOwzjI/s400/twilight.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368042953091274562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, new scrapbooking layouts.  During the retreat I was actually able to get three done, totally happy about this.  I haven't had the time to scrapbook lately and it felt nice to get back into the swing of things.  I think the inspiration came from attending CHA and having a few new sheets of Bo Bunny to work with.  I absolutely love this new line.  Can't wait to get the store opened and get this product in.  I think I will be getting at least two sheets of all of it.  Love it.   I was also able to scrapbook pictures of Bre visiting the Hot Topic store while we where on spring break,  WE love getting to go to this store as we do not have one in Ocala.  So much Twilight goodness, ahh. Anyway hope you enjoy.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-8205882848749482878?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-layouts.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/Sn8eomPnIQI/AAAAAAAAAzM/vDLD3-nJXkE/s72-c/thoughts.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-212593552902918585</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-05T18:28:46.709-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>retreat</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>random stuff</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>CHA</category><title>whirl wind...</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SnnKZGMbeAI/AAAAAAAAAy0/FI8wwVVXloM/s1600-h/CHA+Summer_0272.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SnnKZGMbeAI/AAAAAAAAAy0/FI8wwVVXloM/s400/CHA+Summer_0272.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366542963496941570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wow, last week was busy, busy!!!  I started off the week driving Bre to my sister's house so she could visit with her Aunt and Grammy while I was at CHA.  Bre said she had a fabulous time, I think the funnest part for her was when she got to drive all around Aunt Mindy's three acres of property.  Now she is on a daily countdown until she will be able to get her permit.  I am so not ready for that.  But I did want to send a huge THANK YOU to my sister and mom for taking such good care of Bre and Roxie.  Just wish I could have spent more time with y'all.&lt;br /&gt;I left my sisters Monday morning and headed to Orlando for the CHA summer show.  &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.makinmemories33.blogspot.com"&gt;Stephanie&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.thecolorofred.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nita&lt;/a&gt; drove from Ocala and we got there about the same time.  Checked into our hotel and headed to the convention center to get our badges.  Then we went to Bubba Gumps for dinner (yummy), next stop was the Prime Outlet mall.  Love that place and will definitely be going back.&lt;br /&gt;CHA started bright and early Tuesday morning, as we are walking in to head to the first stop we walked by &lt;a href="http://www.makingmemories.typepad.com/"&gt;Making Memories&lt;/a&gt; and I guess I let out some kind of squeal, because they were releasing the first glimpses of the &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;PINK&lt;/span&gt; slice.  Well, I already had the blue/greenish one, but now it is &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;PINK&lt;/span&gt;,  we were given &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;PINK&lt;/span&gt; slice aprons to where and hopefully be spotted and our picture taken so we MIGHT have  a chance to win one of the new &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;PINK&lt;/span&gt; slices!!!!  Later that day, guess what happened, after much more squealing and hugging the poor kid who spotted us, &lt;a href="http://www.makinmemories33.blogspot.com/"&gt;Steph&lt;/a&gt; and I got our pictures taken and added to the NON winner wall.  So we went about our business where we were much involved in ordering when Nita calls my cell phone, I wouldn't shut up long enough for her to tell me my picture had been added to the winner wall, not sure what this meant so we headed to &lt;a href="http://www.makingmemories.typepad.com/"&gt;Making Memories&lt;/a&gt; where, yes in deed, I find out &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;I WON A PINK SLICE!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And yes, there was much more squealing and hugging!!!!&lt;br /&gt;That is not the end of the story,  &lt;a href="http://www.thecolorofred.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nita&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://junkdrawerk.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kristy&lt;/a&gt; were also spotted wearing their aprons and they also ended up on THE winner wall.  Stephanie did not win a pink slice,but she did win a fabulous prize basket from Cruise and Crop.  Hopefully there will be some more talk about this in the future of&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;S&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;" href="http://www.she-scrapbooks.blogspot.com/"&gt;HE SCRAPBOOKS&lt;/a&gt;.  We finished up the show Thursday afternoon, and headed home.  Friday morning I headed out to the Homewood Suites for the &lt;a href="http://www.scrapbookreteat.blogspot.com/"&gt;Scrapbook Retreat&lt;/a&gt;.  I had 32 women coming and had to have it set up by 3:00 pm.  Thanks to Steph and Bre we got it done with about an hour to kill and started a three day long event filled with giggling, visiting, eating, three projects and and lots of fun.  Thank you to all attended and have made doing retreats such a fabulous experience for me.  I look forward to doing many more and can't wait for the next one.&lt;br /&gt;Now we are on to the next week and I have realized we only have three weeks before school starts, four weeks before we take possession of the building for &lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;" href="http://www.she-scrapbooks.blogspot.com/"&gt;SHE SCRAPBOOKS&lt;/a&gt;, and about two months before we have our grand opening.   If you would like to see some pictures from CHA and see some of the companies we have ordered stop by the &lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;" href="http://www.she-scrapbooks.blogspot.com/"&gt;SHE&lt;/a&gt; blog.  We have the first CHA post up.&lt;br /&gt;Life is good, Life is busy, Life is sometimes crazy but I wouldn't change where I am today for anything in the world.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-212593552902918585?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/08/whirl-wind.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SnnKZGMbeAI/AAAAAAAAAy0/FI8wwVVXloM/s72-c/CHA+Summer_0272.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-8196480306139470702</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-25T21:05:07.605-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>friends</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>family stuff</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>scrapbooking</category><title>getting ready...</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/Smuruj9Gr2I/AAAAAAAAAys/_KtWwzq7ixY/s1600-h/cha-show.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 360px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/Smuruj9Gr2I/AAAAAAAAAys/_KtWwzq7ixY/s400/cha-show.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362568597728571234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monday is CHA-summer and we are attending the show for the first time as &lt;a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.she-scrapbooks.blogspot.com/"&gt;She Scrapbooks&lt;/a&gt;!!!  I have been attending these trade shows for ten years now and I have to say I am almost as excited as I was for the first one I attended.  This will be were we place our first orders for &lt;a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.she-scrapbooks.blogspot.com/"&gt;She&lt;/a&gt; and we have a lot on our list to look at!!!  So stay tuned to the &lt;a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.she-scrapbooks.blogspot.com/"&gt;She blog&lt;/a&gt; as I am going to try and post some videos from the show!!!&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow Bre and I are heading to the east coast so that she can stay with her Aunt Mindy while &lt;a href="http://www.makinmemories33.blogspot.com/"&gt;Stephanie&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.thecolorofred.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nita&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.junkdrawerk.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kristy&lt;/a&gt; and I have some CHA fun.  Thanks Mindy for taking care of my girl so I can focus on the business at hand.  I am sure Bre will have lots of fun with her extended family.  She has been looking forward to this for quite some time.&lt;br /&gt;We return from CHA on Thursday and Friday morning I will be headed back out for my scrapbooking retreat.  Thanks to my girl, all the kits have been kitted and everything is packed and ready to go.  I think the girls are going to love the projects this time, I am really excited to reveal them Friday night.&lt;br /&gt;So looks like a very busy week ahead, but the really good kind of busy.  Hope everyone else has a great week and &lt;a href="http://www.melleteach.blogspot.com/"&gt;Melle&lt;/a&gt; can't wait to see your &lt;a href="http://www.timholtz.typepad.com/"&gt;Tim Holtz&lt;/a&gt; class pictures.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-8196480306139470702?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/07/getting-ready.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/Smuruj9Gr2I/AAAAAAAAAys/_KtWwzq7ixY/s72-c/cha-show.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-2757417023157526483</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-21T11:24:19.997-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>family stuff</category><title>Late Birthday...</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SmUXwTSeuHI/AAAAAAAAAyc/cPWFLpEVO2Y/s1600-h/bre%27s+birthday+collage_edited-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SmUXwTSeuHI/AAAAAAAAAyc/cPWFLpEVO2Y/s400/bre%27s+birthday+collage_edited-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360717050033387634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Yesterday was my girls 14th Birthday.  I cannot believe how the time seems to be slipping away one year at a time.  It seems to be speeding up now and the years are getting shorter.  But here we are.  We had a quite little day at home with one of her friends along with  Nita and the kids.  Kenny grilled wings (ahh), they through a little football,  we had cake and ice cream, then she finished off the day attending her youth group meeting.   It was such a nice day and I am so very proud of the young woman she is growing into.  August 8 we will have her "friend" party.  We just couldn't squeeze that in to all the activities this week.  I wanted to share a few pictures from the day and the new story board, which I learned how to do in &lt;a href="http://www.jessicasprague.com/"&gt;Jessica's&lt;/a&gt; class last week.  The story board template came from the &lt;a href="http://www.houseof3.com/"&gt;House of 3&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-2757417023157526483?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/07/late-birthday.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SmUXwTSeuHI/AAAAAAAAAyc/cPWFLpEVO2Y/s72-c/bre%27s+birthday+collage_edited-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-6114266240153703768</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-17T15:44:05.812-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>scrapbooking</category><title>learning...</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SmDT0UkHStI/AAAAAAAAAyE/3GmZHTz1zAo/s1600-h/spring+break+026.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SmDT0UkHStI/AAAAAAAAAyE/3GmZHTz1zAo/s320/spring+break+026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359516452397730514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SmDT0GSWb3I/AAAAAAAAAx8/wxBnPQ6uizM/s1600-h/edit+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SmDT0GSWb3I/AAAAAAAAAx8/wxBnPQ6uizM/s320/edit+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359516448565129074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the before and the after, I love how I was able to make a vintage wash look.   I am absolutely loving the photoshop class I am taking over at &lt;a href="http://www.jessicasprague.com/"&gt;Jessica Sprague's&lt;/a&gt;.  I have definitely reinforced and gained some knowledge.  I learned how to adjust the color a new way and absolutely love how easy it it and the effect that I can get.  I am hoping to find a class to take me to the next level, love the online classes as I can arrange it around my schedule instead of the other way around.  It also helps to have videos that I can go back to and refresh my mind with the new techniques.  Who else has taken the class?  I will be signing up for more from &lt;a href="http://www.jessicasprague.com/"&gt;Jessica&lt;/a&gt;, I think she is a fabulous teacher.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-6114266240153703768?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/07/learning.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SmDT0UkHStI/AAAAAAAAAyE/3GmZHTz1zAo/s72-c/spring+break+026.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-1475856460548841947</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-13T11:27:08.667-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>scrapbooking</category><title>more blog fun...</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 95px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SltR6JI2IlI/AAAAAAAAAxc/b38C87_Afus/s320/big-copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357966241014620754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How would you like to win some &lt;a href="http://heroarts.com/"&gt;Hero Arts &lt;/a&gt;goodness?  All you have to do is go to their blog and leave a comment.  If you post a little &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;snippet&lt;/span&gt; about it on your blog you double your chances.  I love &lt;a href="http://heroarts.com/"&gt;Hero Arts&lt;/a&gt;, they are probably my favorite stamp company and I love how many ideas and the new techniques that they share on a regular basis.  They are full of fun on their website as well as their &lt;a href="http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;.  So go &lt;a href="http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/2009/07/13/our-big-week-giveaways-challenges-double-prizes-and-more/?cp=28#comment-77159"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and leave a comment and join in their fun. NOTE: picture was taken off Hero's Blog.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-1475856460548841947?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/07/more-blog-fun.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SltR6JI2IlI/AAAAAAAAAxc/b38C87_Afus/s72-c/big-copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-8285058266006034572</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-08T15:01:39.504-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>scrapbooking</category><title>New tool love...</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imaginiscescrapbooking.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SlTslG6nhlI/AAAAAAAAAxU/AKqsxV1Fz5w/s320/i-top.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356165979106149970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Ok, I so want this tool!  I love brads and use them all the time, I want this little baby and think it would be perfect for some home decor projects I have spinning around in my mind.  If you go the the website and leave a comment you might just win one.  Wouldn't that be fun.  So click on the picture and give it a shot.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-8285058266006034572?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-tool-love.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SlTslG6nhlI/AAAAAAAAAxU/AKqsxV1Fz5w/s72-c/i-top.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871105813385434569.post-1021533573419207828</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-06T18:00:45.427-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>random stuff</category><title>randomness...</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SlJzkteu6hI/AAAAAAAAAxE/DJ-KfxQLj9Q/s1600-h/easter+08+%26+scraproom+024+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SlJzkteu6hI/AAAAAAAAAxE/DJ-KfxQLj9Q/s400/easter+08+%26+scraproom+024+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355469981417925138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Today is my sweet hubbies 49th!!!  Happy Birthday baby!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Had a fun 4th at Nita's, very low key just watching the girls have a good time together.  Thanks Nita, it was nice to just enjoy a little time and not have to run around everywhere or fight traffic.&lt;br /&gt;Hope everyone had a great and safe 4th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephanie, Nita, Bre and I yudu'd are little hearts out Friday and Saturday.  We got our CHA shirts ready to go and a few other little things.  Loving the yudu, totally inspiring and fun!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still been cleaning and purging and getting the house organized.  Tomorrows project, the Florida room.  Then a yard sale this weekend.   Whatever doesn't sell will be going to Goodwill or the Salvation Army, I wonder if they will come pick it up???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Getting the last minute details of the retreat taken care of.  Projects designed, instructions done,&lt;br /&gt;supply list posted, tentative schedule announced, working on kitting this week and next.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Getting very excited about CHA, can't wait to go and start ordering for &lt;a href="http://www.she-scrapbooks.blogspot.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;She Scrapbooks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Basically loving life and really feeling grateful for all my blessings!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6871105813385434569-1021533573419207828?l=yblair.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://yblair.blogspot.com/2009/07/randomness.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Yvonne)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WxGTbIV51fE/SlJzkteu6hI/AAAAAAAAAxE/DJ-KfxQLj9Q/s72-c/easter+08+%26+scraproom+024+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item></channel></rss>