Did I see "New Moon"!?!?!

Well the short answer to that is NO!  Why, when I had tickets for the second showing of opening day for oh what, a month!  Because my drain between upstairs and downstairs decided to rear its ugly head, and when I say ugly I mean ugly, and make its leaking problem apparent!  So what I've been doing since Tuesday, now thankfully under control, is having teams of people in to destroy my house, fix my house, and Monday start repairing my house.  What a nightmare from hell!  The up side of it, there was nothing but water damage and the mold had just started to form so no worries of illnesses for Krissy, me, or the animules.

 

What we started with, Kristen stepped in a wet spot by the wall where my rocker sits.  The indentation is from the rocker. Then the little hole the plumber started as when he cut it away he found the water damage and had to stop until the restoration company could come in and tear it all out and get it dried out some.

 

 Dining room wall torn out and industrial strength dehumidifier and air purifier on duty, all night and still are.

   

 Downstairs bathroom torn out, can now see through dining room wall into downstairs bathroom. Ceiling of downstairs bathroom that had to be taken out as well in image below.

 

   

The plumber piecing together the drain pieces to show me where the issues were.  See that big, huge, ginormous crack down the pipe.  That was up in the walls from the upstairs bathroom to down to the basement.  Couldn't see it until they pulled the entire thing out.

New drain pipe in.  All the equipment will be running all weekend to dehumidify and purify for the reconstruction to begin on Monday.

If you are in the Mid Michigan area and need totally and completely professional teams to help with a water/plumbing disaster then you need to call Remer and HELP Restoration.  I can't say enough about these guys.  I am amazed that they have kept the house so clean while they are working and before they leave for the day.  And their work is great!

Then and Now!

Prompt 13, past to present, encourages us to look where we were a year ago as compared to today.  So I went back to posts on my then infant blog (about 6 months old) to see what was going on a year ago.  First here is what my blog looked like then and what it looks like now.  WOO HOO!  I've come a long way with the blog me thinks.  I love the free background designs from Aqua Poppy Designs and *Cute n Cool* Blog Stuff.

A year ago I was only contemplating scrapbooking whether it be traditional paper style or digital.  It was a craft that was just twinkling in my eye.  I went from no scrapbooking to embracing digital scrapbooking and now create stuff like this.  Love it.

I definitely still have a long way to go with my digi scrapping but thanks to classes like Shimelle has, I'll keep going with it!

Then there is my desire to have the holiday season again.  Since my Dad passed in Feb of 2007 I haven't been a very "holiday" type, this was his favorite time of year and having it without him just wasn't the same.  But that is changing this year.  Last November we celebrated my best friends 50th birthday and then the little silver tree was all I put up.  This year, my bud will be home for Christmas and I want to get back to my pretty purple tree again!

Blog Around the World Blog Train!

Join us Saturday, November 21, starting at 4 p.m. EST for a trip around the world - Blogger style!  There are 40 of us from Shimelle's Blogging for Scrapbookers class on this train.  Each of us will post an image of what we see outside our window at this time of year, first thing in the morning.  Some will also share what their studio/workrooms are like as well!

Be sure to check back on Saturday to see where our travels will take you and see what other areas of the world look like at the same point and time!  Mark your calendars, don't forget.

A Great Tutorial!

Prompt 12, as time allows!  This is a great lesson on categorizing your blog for potential scrapbook material whether digital or paper!  So I've started a Tutorials category.  And my first one to add to it is this one by Shimelle on Digital Photo Masking.

Fat Sunday for 3 Girlies!

My main questions is,,,,,how do 3 girls who weigh in at a buck 298 each eat an entire Sunday dinner all by themselves! LOL  What the other two said "when it is so good you just eat and before you know it it is gone, gone, gone!"  Of course, it ended up like Turkey Day dinner,,,,the three of us passed out on the chair and a halves within 30 minutes of dishes being done! LOL
So the menu included:

Italian Mini Meatloafs

Roasted Potatoes

and green beans and corn!  YUMMO!

Blog Hopping Weekend!

Prompt 10, making connections!  I spent a good portion of my wide awake during the night hours blog hopping and thanks to Google Reader, it is so much easier to keep track of everyone and find all the kewl stuff I love.  Here are a few that I totally covet!

 

and that is just the tip of the iceberg.  I highly encourage you to use a reader whether it is Google Reader (my preference) or Bloglines, they are worth their weight in gold!

Thankful