Let It Snow!

Finally, finally, finally...we have snow here in NW Ohio. It's been a long wait. I love snow! My friend Jeanmarie (hiya sis!!) tells me EVERYTIME we talk on the phone about how lovely the weather is out there in southern CA. So now it's my turn to brag...eat your heart out J!!!

Scraplifted from Sara Kratz's "Gorgeous Gabriella" at http://scrapbooklayouts.blogspot.com/
Audra Little's Baby It's Cold Outside, available at Digi Scrap Shak
Font: Michelle Marker, Leaf Queen Script

As you can see we took advantage of the weather and went sledding. This cute little sledding hill is right around the corner from our house. I used to go there as a kid so it was fun to see everything come full circle and go there with our kids. I realized that I need to just have more fun with the girls. So much of my days are filled with chores, errands, discipline, etc. that I forget how to just let loose and act like a kid again. Sigh. Seems so simple, yet it's so hard...

I'm feeling amazing uninspired to blog right now, so I'll end it here. Later chicas!

Jeanmarie!!

Hey girl...can you please email me at mish . gasser @ gmail dot com? My laptop is still down and I keep trying to email you, but I can't remember your address! Thanks!!

Shoe Shoppin'!

I must give a disclaimer here: I am not a shopper. I don't spend money on clothes, shoes, makeup, nails, jewelry...any of that stuff. But let me tell you...today I DID and it was so much fun!

Over the weekend Rob and I got away to Chicago to visit some dear friends. Ted is a pastor, and he was being installed at his new church (they just moved up there from Texas). In the Lutheran church Missouri Synod, being installed is a big deal. Pastors from all over the area, and personal pastor friends come for the occasion. All the church's musical groups played, and during the service all of the pastors gather around the pastor being installed and give their blessings, laying their hands on his head, one at a time. It's really something. We were so blessed to be a part of it.

I hadn't seen their family in about 5 years. We got to know them when Ted and Jacquie lived here, and he was a pastor at our church. It was the first time that I realized pastors are just people!! We have missed them so much, and it's so great they are now only about 4.5 hours away from us, rather than 24 hours!

Anyway, my friend Jacquie is one of those people who is just so classy...in her looks, her actions, her words...everything. Jacquie's friend Laura was there too, and she's just the same way. After being around the two of them, who always look so put together and nice, I knew it was time to do a little updating. Laura is a buyer for JC Penney, and she suggested that I shop there. I never think to shop there, as it's across town from me.

So here's what I found...

Worthington "Marie" boot - orig. $80.00, marked down to $23.99!

















Shucks...I can't find pictures of the other two pairs! They are both brown: one pair is casual...good with nice slacks, and the other pair is like a funky brown tennis shoe.

I'm going to have to learn to walk in heels again...those boots are not the most comfortable things in the world, but I don't care!! LOL

Now I better put my feet up and relax for a while...

New gallery: Rectangle Scrappin' layouts

I just created a new blog to function as a gallery for cool rectangle layouts that I see. I like Tenika's multi-photo gallery very much and I visit it often, but she very rarely has rectangle layouts. So...we need a place for inspiration too, right?

Check it out here!

We had a fantastic weekend! I'll be back later to share.

Princess purses

I just bought the most stinkin' cute purse ever! Wanna see?

The cute side:


The quirky side:



Want one? Go to www.paperprincess.com

We made it to church today and to breakfast afterward. It was there that I made a complete fool of myself. We've been going to this little place almost weekly for about 5-6 years now. We got to know the owners, who are just the nicest couple. They have two grown children, a daughter who lives in town and a son in the military. Mrs. Owner talks about them all the time and I feel like I know them.

Anyway, today she tells me that her daughter got a ring for Christmas. I was excited for her and Mrs. Owner says, "Well, she's over there finishing breakfast...I'll send her over when she's done". I say, "Oh, good. I don't think I've ever met her.". Mrs. Owner gives me a strange look and so does Rob. I insist that I haven't met her.

A gal walks up to the table and starts chatting. She's a waitress at the restaurant so I think nothing of it. As she is talking, I notice an engagement ring. It dawns on me. The waitress IS the daughter!!! So I say, "You are so and so?" and she's like "uh...yeah....". I felt like SUCH an idiot! After all these years, I never put two and two together. Ah well...at least I'm consistent. I saw this same girls while out shopping yesterday and didn't know where I knew her from. Sheesh!

Please tell me this has happened to you too! At least 10 or 12 times??? Please??

Hybrid Scrapping: The Next Generation

Ever heard of it? I'm so excited having just finished this layout...that I simply must show it!

Credits here

Isn't that cool? Yes, it took some work and I normally wouldn't spend this much time on a page, but my Christmas album is special so I put some extra effort into it.

I tried to give myself some more energy today. After dropping the girls off at school, I headed to the park to walk 1.5 miles through the woods. It was a lovely sunny day, about 45 degrees and just brisk enough to make you walk a little faster to keep warm. I didn't take my iPod or anything. I needed some quiet time with God to just pray and then to just...listen. It was a wonderful mind-clearing experience.

Tomorrow the girls go to gymnastics, so I'm planning to walk on the treadmill during their class. Wish me luck!

My get up and go...got up and left!

At least that's how it feels this week! I just can't seem to get back in the groove! I was all ready for school for the girls on Tuesday, so we get up and dressed, breakfasted and out the door, only to realize upon arriving that school didn't start until WEDNESDAY!!

Now, Rob kept telling me that school started Wednesday. I mean, he TEACHES at the darn place! But I kept telling him he was wrong. I managed to convince him too. Oh well! He was ready for his classes a day early and we all got a practice run for tomorrow. Oh, how I crave routine!!

Our Christmas extravaganza went very well. We actuall had four Christmasses (as Heidi will be glad to tell anyone who will listen!)...#1 on Christmas Eve at my parent's house, #2 at our house Christmas morning, #3 at BIL's house on Christmas day afternoon, and #4 with the fam damily at the "Christmas House" on Catawba Island (about 1 hour east of here). Hmmm...is it any wonder that I'm a little out of sorts?

Christmas #1: This pretty much sums up how each girl was feeling...

Christmas #2: Aren't the girls cute in their new PJs?


Christmas #3: Oma's getting a big hug from Heidi!


Christmas #4: The girls with cousin Rebecca watching some very interesting out on the playground! Thanks goodness for that playground!!! 24 hours in one house with 18 people (12 adults, 6 kids ages 9 months to 5) can get a little crazy!


I finished a couple of layouts too, but I better not push it...Blogger has at attitude, you know...