Finding Balance...

Up for Bid:

So, I checked myself into a rehab for Scrapbook Hoarders today....not really, but I did allow myself 1/2 a Diet Pepsi because I am 'removing' tons of scrapbooking products from my house today. They may be thrown away, gave away, donated or in this case...up for bid:

I decided to sell these specific items instead of donate them because I could use some spending money for an upcoming vacation and the following items are by-far the most expensive items I am ready to PART WITH. 

I did not price them, but instead will accept any reasonable bid for these products. I can honestly say I do not have a wish-price in my head, just want to get something for them (to justify the AMOUNT I spent on them at the time they were SO COOL).

They are all in like-new condition. I'm sorry to say - used VERY little, but LOVED VERY much!

So, without further ado:

This is a set of popular shaped punches. There are 7 total. 6 are Marvy brand and 1 is from Imagination.

2 sizes circles

2 sizes square scallop

2 sizes square

1 flower

The second group I have is a HUGE group of Sizzix Die Cutting products.

The following are included in this HUGE set:

1 Sizzix Machine

1 Sizzix Converter (to use with the little dies)

5 Storage Containers

 

3 Original Sizzix Alphabets/Numbers/Punctuation:

*Fun Serif Uppercase

*Fun Serif Lowercase

*Fun Serif Punctuation

*Fun Serif Numbers

*Lollipop Uppercase

*ShadowBox Uppercase

*Shadow Box Punctuation

*Shadow Box Numbers

11 Sizzlets Alphabets

*Round Table

*Funky Brush

*Classic

*Round A Bout

*Bounce

*Girls R Weird

*Script

*Graffiti

*Wet Paint

*Rat a Tat

*Playground

1 Bar Alphabet:

24 Misc. Sizzlets Dies:

28 BIG Sizzlix Dies:

10 Medium Sizzix Dies:

22 Small Sizzix Dies:

As you can see - this is a HUGE amount of fun, cute, adorable shapes for you to use a million different ways. It is truly hard for me to get rid of them....but....as Steven Longhurst says (in a Spanish accent) "It's Time, Robyn" . . . shoot me a number guys - I want to get them out of my house soon!

 

Condie's Candy

A few years ago, one of the fertilizer companies we do business with shared a delicious Pecan Log with us at Christmas. I truly hadn't tasted anything so good and will admit to eating 99% of it by myself. It was so.dang.good.

Since then, we have made it an annual tradition to stop in at this cute, little basement-ran candy store.

This time the lady took us downstairs to see them dipping chocolates. It was super fun and they chocolates are all handmade and hand-dipped.

Our very favorites are the Pecan Logs, but we usually come home with a few other things, too.

Christmas 2011

I realized a couple of days ago that I didn't document some specific happenings during the Christmas-season of 2011.

Here goes one of those:

Our annual tradition of the TREK to the HOLY LAND (a.k.a Salt Lake City to see the lights of Temple Square).

(Some pictures taken with my camera phone and some with my big-daddy camera - I'm sure you can tell the difference)

We love this weekend/overnight trip each December.

We grab a room at the Little America, swim, watch a movie, order room service, sleep in, take baths, swim, see the lights, do a wee-bit of shopping (in this case...3 carts full of Christmas Tree decor), eat at the LA Breakfast Buffet, swim, laugh, create inside family jokes, buy lots of Pecan Logs at Condie's Candies, hang out at the Family History Center for a LONG time, admire the cool, old architecture on Temple Square, enjoy each other, argue over which stop on the tram to get off of, laugh about THAT later, stop at Maddox to eat dinner on the way home, miss our pets, be so glad we have our faith, and enjoy the Christmas Season as a family.

2 Left...

From my post on Monday about the sleeve of lids:

I have 2 sleeves left at $3.00 - let me know if you are interested.

 

Audra, Tiffany, Stephanie, Lori (I have all yours set a side).

Anyone else - let me know. So nice to not have 450 lids sitting in my storage room.

Whew!

Any takers?

Eye Candy

Ran across this blog this morning and thought I'd share. Lots of EYE CANDY and fun decorating ideas. I so appreciate people sharing their talents.

http://downtoearthstyle.blogspot.com/p/tour-my-house.html

 

Obsession

Ok, so I have a little obsession right now - gumballs and cups. Yup, that's right!

I saw this idea last year somewhere and wanted an excuse to use it. The Young Women in our church congregation were the perfect reason!

I made up a cute birthday tag in Photoshop and punched it out with a circle punch. Then I punched a scallop tag out of some scrap patterned paper to mount the circle on. I added some ribbon and twine and I think they turned out so cute.

Thought I would share what exactly I bought for these - I think the options on them are endless! I thought a gift for teachers would be fun "Thanks for making school a ball!"  Also, a friend mentioned doughnut holes inside - really you could put about anything. I'm a nerd about packaging!

The gumballs are purchased at Sam's Club for about $20 a box. I was able to fill 19 - 16oz. cups with one box.

These are paper straws. Purchased at our local Zurchers. 144 for $10.

These are the cups I chose. They are from Sam's Club. You can purchase smaller sizes that will still fit the lids. I think these were around $10 for 100.

And here are the dome lids, also purchased at Sam's Club. Around $20 for 500 of them.

Because I had to purchase so many lids, I would like to sell a few sleeves of them if anyone is interested. They are packaged 50 to a sleeve. I'd like to sell them for $3 a sleeve. You will still have to get your cups and straws.

When I figured these out, they cost about $1.50 a piece - filled up and decorated.

I think that is totally affordable for such a cute gift!

Let me know if you want a sleeve of lids.

Thanks and peace out!

Logan is 8!

Ok, so it was Logan's 8th birthday on the 19th. He was more excited about this birthday than I remember in past years.

We let him open a present the night before his actual birthday.

Steven (although not too supportive) and Saydee knew what the gift was and helped make it exciting for Logan.

I had a friend, Tiffany Bingham sew Logan and his 'dolls' matching PJs.

He was so excited - truly happy and super cute.

We will have a discussion about my 'promoting' his current love of these doll babies on another occasion. Until then, just go with it with me, ok?

He tucked in his babies and they all three fell asleep - for a little while.

Logan woke us up at 2:30 wanting to open the other presents he had for his birthday - of course he was 'kindly' told to get back to bed (NOW)! He did so until 5:30 a.m. - and in he came to our room with the 20 balloons his WONDERFUL PINTEREST-ADDICTED MOTHER had put in his room while he was sleeping.

We woke up Saydee and Logan excitedly opened up a couple more gifts.

Saydee, Logan and I all have a tiny obsession with collecting these little, stuffed animals. Saydee found a few more for our collection and made some birthday party hats (again, thank you Pinterest for the idea) for a few of the animals.

I had another friend make Logan a matching tractor blanket like the one we gave Steven for his birthday (I almost forgot about this - it was in the back of my closet since last fall).

Logan helped me make some treat bags for his class.

Logan put 8 round gum balls in each bag to give his classmates. It was fun to see him pass them out and the class sing Happy Birthday to him.

This is the high school girl who helps in Logan's class. He really likes Emily.

We dropped Saydee off at dance and took Logan to get fitted for his very first suit. Steven Longhurst really enjoyed this part and we are excited for Logan to wear his suit tomorrow to church.

We grabbed some Little Caesar's Pizza and cupcakes and raced back home to pick up Saydee.

Grandma and Grandpa Reynolds drove down to our house to give Logan a gift and hugs and kisses. We appreciated them staying out past their normal 'bedtime/TV time'.....hee hee!

Grandma sewed Logan some blankets, pillows and sleeping bags for Logan's babies. Grandpa and Grandma also gave Logan some much-wanted money for a few items he is saving for.

Logan did not want to go to sleep that night. He told me that he knew when he fell asleep that his birthday would be over and he didn't want it to end. I thought that was so cute! He's easy to spoil and love.

So glad he had a great 8th Birthday!

8 Years ago.

8 Years ago, we were patiently (and IMPATIENTLY) waiting the arrival of our 2nd kid . . . Mr. Steven Logan Longhurst.
Mercy how we loved this chubby baby boy! I'm sure there was some sort of record set on how many kisses he got in his first year!

Logan is BY FAR the most complicated of our two kids. He is SOOOO wild-boy and SOOOOOO sweet-boy - polar opposites often in a couple of seconds.

He is so, super loud and extremely soft-hearted (gets this from his dad). He is funny and quick witted (gets this from his mom). He loves animals and his sister and trains.

He woke us up in the middle of the night because he wanted to open his presents - NOT!

He's excited for his birthday and we've already celebrated a lot this morning. Pictures to come....some.....day.....soon!

We love Logan - really love the PIZAZZ he adds to our little family and farm life!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOGAN!

Grandma's Birthday!

Today is my grandma's 88th birthday!

We took her to lunch yesterday.

Steven & my grandma have always got along so well. They love to hammer politics and tease each other.

We ate at a yummy hometown place in Pocatello (Butterburrs).

It was fun to be with Grams! Happy Happy Birthday Grandma!

 

Saturday Share

So, another week has flown by with no time for blogging. Reality this first week back into school, work, life, laundry, MOUSE IN THE HOUSE (yes, you read that correctly!).....it's all been kinda crazy.

I did make some time this week to bake up a new recipe of Snickerdoodles. I saw it on Pinterest and pinned it a few months ago. I tried it Thursday night and I think this might be my new favorite version of Snickerdoodles. They are soft and chewy and easy and YUMMY (especially for breakfast).

Anyway, here's the recipe if you want to try a new, yummy treat this weekend.

And HERE'S where they originally came from.  Enjoy!