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Oh so inspired…

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Check. this. out.


http://www.aliedwards.com/week_in_the_life_/

I am so inspired by this project. I check out Ali’s blog regularly but haven’t been on the computer much lately. A couple of weeks ago however, I noticed Leigh Penner following suit and just absolutely love love love the idea. I think it may be partially because I’m also so pumped about the We R Memory Keepers Multi Packs. And please, if anyone can tell me where I can find these in stock, wow would I love you. They’re hard to get!

So the decision has been made. Starting first thing Monday morning, I am going to document everything. Should be interesting to see what really is involved in a week in my life!

Disclaimer: I don’t know about posting it on here everyday, like Leigh and Ali did… that just feels like setting myself up for failure. Have you seen when I last blogged???

Soooooo, life has been a little crazy lately. We are officially putting our house in Morris up for sale and moving back to Winnipeg… I am SO stoked about this! We move quite a bit for Johnny’s job, which I am always happy to do. Honest! We always refer to it as a new adventure in our life… I am one of those types that wants to see and do everything and I love all the spontaneity. The only part about it that I don’t care for is all the money it costs us to be obtaining new digs every few years. Yeah yeah, why don’t we just rent, right? Well, what a waste, don’t you think? And maybe we would have if we had lost… but so far we haven’t lost. We also haven’t gained, really… but the real estate market is hopping enough to keep us afloat.

Anyway the “for sale” sign is going up tonight and please pray, meditate, cross your fingers – whatever it is that you do, that we have a quick sale. Right now Johnny is commuting an hour and a half each way to work and back until we move. Not cool.

Here’s a few scrappy things! The Christmas layout using the Pink Paislee Misteltoe line is one I did around 2 months ago while enjoying a lazy Saturday in the Craft Room…


These two were done at the MSS Super Scrap Day in Winkler with Kim and Tracy! It worked out really nice. I went to work with Johnny, Kim and Trac picked me up and off we went. Had a great lunch (as usual) at Twisters, got some shopping in and back to work. Lots of laughs and meeting great new people that day!



And finally… to update you on my Cake Class progress…. check out my Level 3 final cake project! Also known as my little niece Kali’s birthday cake! Thankfully I have a very flexible teacher who doesn’t make us follow the lesson plan exactly… she let us do whatever cake we wanted, as long as she approved it! Thanks Les!


I had SO much fun with it!

Who wants to join me in my “week in the life” challenge next week?

Have a great day everyone!

xoxo…t

Hola! Cerveza por favor?

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WOW it has been a long time! You know, I had every intention of blogging before Kim and I left for Mexico, but with all the hustle and bustle, it just wasn’t happening! I had so much going on in February and believe me, my packing suffered because of it. You wouldn’t believe the stuff I forgot. Not quite as much as the time I got all the way to Grand Forks for a shopping weekend to realize I had left all my luggage at home, but not my most stellar performance, either. Who forgets their hairbrush when they have as much hair as I do???

First I will catch you up on the month of February… I started taking the Wilton Cake Decorating classes. It is something I have always been interested in, but the time was never right. Well I guess I can’t say that about February either, but I was waiting no more! Also taking the class are my BFF and Mama #2 – talk about bonus girl time together! It’s been great meeting up once a week for dinner and class! So, there are 4 levels and 4 classes to each level. Level 1 saw me learn how to make a Rainbow Cake using the star tip, edible icing clowns, alllll sorts of flowers and of course, the Wilton Rose! I learned soooo much in those 4 classes. Level 2 started March 2nd and for this level, there isn’t any cakes (in other words, I’m getting alot of sad faces at work and at home on Wednesday mornings, hee hee!)… Just alot more learning different flowers and of course, Royal Icing! I am most excited for Levels 3 & 4 – FONDANT & GUM PASTE. Yippeeeee! So pretty much, I will be the Cake Boss.

My first cake: The Rainbow Cake

My second cake: The Clown Cake

Aaand my final cake for Level 1: The Rose Cake!

Also in February was another amazing show with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra for their Pops Series. The show we participated in was a tribute to Queen! No, not THE QUEEN. Queen! Three shows over the weekend had us all belting out faves like, “We are the Champions”, “Bohemian Rhapsody” and my personal fave, “Somebody to Love”. What a great time we all had! Unfortunately, the Sunday afternoon show was poorly timed, being that it started at the same time as the Canada-USA Olympic Gold Medal Game, but I got to a TV with 2 minutes left in the 3rd Period… after USA tied up the game with .24 seconds left on the clock, we pulled it together in overtime and won the gold! And by we, I mean Sydney Crosby. HA!

And finally… off to sunny Mexico. Kim and I decided to stay at the 4 Points Sheraton at the Airport. With me living out of town and it being winter, you just never know. Plus it only added to the fun, so that’s what we did! Also, since I only wear flip flops to the airport when on the way to a sunny destination, it helped that they had a walkway to the airport and I didn’t have to walk through the snow in my sandals ;)

After leaving Winnipeg at 8:55am with a connection in Toronto, we arrived in Cancun at 5:05pm! Quite a bus ride to the resort but I gotta tell you… when we finally got there and dumped our stuff in our room, I got the craziest and most awesome surprise! BRAT was there! Yes, that’s right – the bee-otch herself, in the flesh! Her and her husband Robert (aka Poncho via) booked a trip at the same resort and everybody knew BUT ME! What a wonderful way to begin a vacation! It was so great having them there with us and we have so many memories and things to laugh about!!!

It would take HOURS to post every detail of the trip… we spent hours lazing beside (and in) the Caribbean Ocean on the powder white sand, visited Playa Del Carmen (my personal fave), Cozumel, lots of shopping, Xcaret, Tulum and another new amazing spot, Akumal! Akumal would be where Kim swam along side Sea Turtles! Talk about amazing. We all got awesome tans and I am now shedding skin worse than a snake ;) Here’s some of my fave pics of our adventure (out of order, as per usual ;) :

The amazing Akumal beach

The Jaguar hamming it up for us in Xcaret

I spent an entire walk down 5th in Playa devoted to finding a Sombrero to wear on the plane home that was under $10. After 10 shops and seriously 2 hours of this, I wheeled and dealed someone down to $8.50 and what do I see not 2 minutes later? HAHA! That’s what I get for being CHEAP!

Just a funny pic that Kim took of me.

The beach just outside our Villa at the Gran Bahia Principe Tulum

Brat, Kim and I at the a la carte Steakhouse

How perfect that this was floating around in the pool

Sigh…

Again, sigh…

Three words: SWIM UP BAR.

So sad to be leaving :(

What an amazing time… just the R&R we both needed! Thanks Kim for such a wonderful, relaxing and memorable time and remember – no more bus rides at 11pm in Playa Del Carmen! HA!

The weather has been fabulous ever since I got home and the other day, we actually spring cleaned. I’m serious, this actually happened. Aside from washing the floors (we ran out of Swiffer Juice) and the garage, we’re done! Perhaps we could organize the storage room a bit, but other than that? We’re good to go! Now, if it snows again, I will have a real head start on spring ;)

Have a great day all!

xoxo…t

Catch up!

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Okay OKAY, so it’s been awhile. SORRY! Last week was insanely busy… and it makes this week look just peachy! HAHA! I’ve given some thought to the art of blog posting and have decided that, particularly in this case where I have lots to say on multiple topics, that posting in point form is most appropriate. It’s more to the point, don’t you agree? Alright, so here goes.

  • New Moon. I’ve have been WAITING and WAITING for this to come out. For those of you that might not know me that well…. I am pretty die hard about Twilight. I tried to fight it when it first came out… but I gave in and have never looked back. I’ve never really been into the Vampire scene… but these books aren’t really about Vampires per say (although it sure makes it interesting!). It’s really more about the love story. I think it all boils down to this… who wouldn’t want to be loved like Edward loves Bella? ANYway…. my fellow Twilight fans might find this a tad offensive… but I am really hoping they knock it out of the park with this one, and do a better job than they did with Twilight. I mean, everyone knows that the book is always better than the movie, right? But in this case, the book was SO much better than the movie. As in, a hundred times better. In the book, Edward and Bella were more like best friends. They spent more time together, they cuddled, just closer as a whole – there was so much chemistry! But when I saw the movie the first time, while the fan in me “liked” it, I was hoping for sooo much more. For starters, it felt documentary-ish. Edward and Bella seemed to have a weird chemistry onscreen, completely different to what I felt in the book. Even their faces… I mean I know they’re vampires, but are you telling me that if you were walking down the street and saw someone that blatantly pale, you wouldn’t think it was weird? So now they have a new director, and I’m hoping to feel sort of like I did when I read the book. I know it will still not be the same, but that’s okay. Which also leads me to knowing that New Moon is my least favorite book in the series – I was SHOCKED when Edward left, and then pissed the rest of the time as Bella fell into a depressed oblivion, and spent more and more time with Jacob. Bah! Needless to say I’ll be waiting for the scene in Italy where Bella finds Edward and makes all the madness stop! Very excited for the movie to come out!

Check out my Halloween Cupcake lab… I had volunteered to make festive cupcakes for Kim`s Scrappin’ Studio Hall Crop… so I figured while I was at it, I might as well make an extra batch and bring them into work! Took me two evenings, but well worth it!

Haley’s cupcakes!


These next few shots are of us at work! Can you believe five Halloween`s and I`ve never dressed up at work??? Well, we sure made up for that this year!


I think Chris might be enjoying this… ;)


Sheldon (Wall Street Banker) and Vern (CRA)

Group Shot!


Allison – a girl from the 60`s!


Crazy Dr. Hunter


Moi! I was a baby. I have a Diaper on, in case you can`t tell.


Thanks to Allison for the great shots of my cupcakes!


This is a truly amazing shot Allison! There were the infamous witch jokes (Yvonne, you shoulda dresed up ;) , but isn’t this make up job incredible? Wow! Best witch I’ve ever seen!

Okay, now we’re at the Hall Crop!


Meow!


Mark. Dressed as a woman. Need I say more?


Nyhof & Lisa dressed up as Bees. Hypnotizing ones, at that!


And Kimmy’s wonderful shots of my Hall Crop Cupcakes!


Grams! Her highness, the Snow Queen


Me and Cowgirl Kimmy!

Phew! Sorry for all the pics, I was a bit behind.

So all in all, we got 125 kids here in Mo-Town. How many kids did everyone else get??

- Tara :)

I love weekends…

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Well hello again!

This weekend was awesome, and cupcake filled! Friday night, Johnny and I had planned to have a date night – so I headed to Winkler after work, we did a little shopping and then went to BP’s for dinner in Morden. We were going to go to a movie but since “Inglorious Bastards” wasn’t playing, we opted to just head back to Morris and call it a night.

Saturday, it was Will’s birthday and Jennifer asked me to make cupcakes for the occasion. Since Will’s favorite snack is popcorn, I thought I would emulate that for dessert! Check it out!

Hee hee, it was alot of fun to make! I have a bit of a thing for cupcakes. If you don’t believe me, check out my collection of sprinkles, sugars and other cupcake toppings:


So Saturday after the pool party, we came home and relaxed a little and then Shyan and I did a couple hours worth of Scrapbooking in the Craft Room. I gave her a bit of a challenge and she did great!

Sunday morning, Johnny and Shyan off to hockey so Haley and I hopped back on the cupcake train. Guess what we came up with this time:


Corn on the Cob! Here’s Haley pretending to chomp on it…


What did you do this weekend?

- Tara :)