tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206265512011-08-14T06:31:37.124-05:00My random and sometimes senseless thoughts!!Melliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06556333474737969065noreply@blogger.comBlogger361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20626551.post-32466028864652682292007-08-06T08:19:00.001-05:002007-08-06T08:42:24.349-05:00

It has been a very busy week for me between working and baking "the Wedding Cake" for Kenny and Brandi's wedding. It got done and looked fantastic with thanks to Kathy who helped me nead and roll fondant and who is the piping queen!Anyhow a few pounds of butter and a whole load of man hours later here is the cake!It was sitting on a floating stand with rings of flowers in between the tiers. I

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Okay so I have been tagged by Carla so here goes:Two Names You Go By:Mellie MamaTwo Things You Are Wearing Right Now :Black CaprisBlack t shirtTwo Things You Want in a Relationship: LoveFriendshipTwo of Your Favorite Things to do: Scrapbook bakeTwo Things You Want Very Badly At The Moment: enough money to feel caught up!good healthTwo pets (aka children) you had/have: MerlinTwo people who will

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I am now the proud new owner of a brand spanking new white kitchen aid mixer. I have only coveted this for the last 10 years longer since I stopped working in a Pastry shop in Toronto. Once I got married and had a child etc I could never justify spending that much money on myself they are over $300.00 but The Bay had them on sale this week for $100 off. Too good a deal to miss and I got to cash

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My friend Rebecca has tagged me as a Rockin' Girl blogger. Thanks girlie you made my day (:! Rebecca is a wonderful and very talented online chum. She has had a bit of a rough go lately but everything is coming together for her. You can see her wonderful work here :http://itsthelittlethings-rcb.blogspot.com/ If you have not heard about this then you can read about where it started from here :

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I guess that's all I am going to say on that matter apart from the fact that it completely sucks right now. Whatever just moving right along. Nothing I can do about it. A very quick but fun layout I put together Tuesday evening I really like the colour combo. Screams SUMMER to me.Anyhow this scan is awful because of all the lumps and bumps on this layout but in real life it is nice and vibrant

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Lots of things have happened since then. It has just been CRAZY literally. First off after having to go in for a routine procedure ( for me anyway) for a chronic condition I have I got incredibly ill from it and went into major flare up zone. It was actually very frightening how ill I got and how fast I went down hill. So now I am on a steadily decreasing doze of prednezone which is a steroid

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I just love this time of year. hot gorgeous weather without it being stifling. fabulous colour in the garden everything fresh in bloom and full of the promise of more to come. I love love love sitting out on my covered patio drinking my organic fresh brewed Starbucks and watching the birds come for their morning feed. There is something about a well loved garden that inspires the soul well this

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You ever have one of those days where you really do not want to so what is planned. Had one of those today however I followed through on my commitment to go to a crop at the fabulous www.scraptherapy.com and actually managed to get three layouts completed along with a card for a baby shower that I am going to tomorrow!So rather worn out as my health has been acting up a bit the last few weeks

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This month has just flown by I cannot believe that it is June in just 4 days! Wow!I seem to have so much going on these days and have very little time for all the fun things I love to do. so yesterday I forced myself to put down the mop leave the kitchen alone and go scrap a layout. I had been thinking of this one all day so finally put it to paper. I wish I had not rushed it so much as I am not

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I am really bad at this blogging thing! Almost two weeks since my last entry. We have all been busy. I had to work a lot the last two and 1/2 weeks which is a good thing but takes a lot away from all of the other things that need to get done. After Paige's first communion she came down on the Sunday with severe ( according to the doc) tonsillitis and spent the week off of school which meant I had

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Today was Paige's first communion. She was so excited and was up at 6:30 am on a Saturday!! GRRR! Finally it was time to go and get her hair done and this is the end result. She was so excited and when she finally got to see herself she just grinned from ear to ear. She knew she looked pretty! It was funny seeing her walk from the hairdressers to the car she practically floated! I have to admit

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Man I just adore this face. My sweet sweet Paige is now and eight year old! I took this photo outside the house on the way to school. I bought her this Fidel Castro hat with rhinestones on it to go with some new clothes. She had to wear it right away and I think she looks fabulous in it. It is also Merlin's Birthday too he is nine years old today and he would not stay in one place long enough for

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Today is my gorgeous nieces birthday. She is four! Time sure flies by so quickly!I am tired and cranky! Was up late last night at a crop then got home and had to get all the things done that hubby did not do to get Paige ready for Brownie day camp today. Well she made it and I hope I did not forget anything. Straight after camp she has to go to her friend Paige's birthday party. Yep two Paige's

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Well today was another day at home for Paige. She had her follow up appointment with the Doctor about her adenoids so at the same time I asked him to take a peek at her throat as it is really sore etc. He said first of that it looks like she will have to have her adenoids out as her voice is still really nasally and also that she should stay home for the WEEK from school because she has

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Woohoo!! Just got the email that means that the April kit is ready to ship. This paper is to die for so gorgeous in colour and mood. I cannot wait to get my hands on it and if the March kit is anything to go by I will not be disappointed!I already have a few things planned for it. This is my first kit sub ever and I am so happy that this is the one that I decided to go with. It is nothing at like

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Anyone want to buy some girl guide cookies?? Paige is out at the local Canadian Tire Store with the Brownies selling them. So you know where to find her and the cookies! I of course did not let this photo op pass me by and snapped these on her way out the door. She was supposed to go door to door selling with a bunch of other Brownies and Guides but she managed to give herself a nasty knee two

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Just another day around here. Not working today thankfully because it is a PD day for Paige AGAIN!!As soon as I got up this morning Paige tuned on the coffee that Dad had gotten ready and made me a piece of toast and raspberry jam. Let me just say it was the BEST piece of toast eaten by me EVER!! Bless her she was so happy to do this.I am looking after my friends kids this afternoon for a couple

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It is late and the Easter bunny has just finished hiding the eggs all around the house and eating his carrots! Normally the Easter Bunny does this outside but as it is SNOWING he opted for an indoor hunt this year!!I wonder if this is the last year for Paige to believe in him or if we will get another?? She is growing up so fast it seems and as I was pulling out all the Easter eggs to fill and

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So I am FAT not just a little overweight but probably about 30 ish pounds over my pre baby days many many moons ago. I eat well and yes I eat junk but the point is that I do not stuff my face all day I am just larger than I used to be. I came accross this video clip on my friend Angs blog and I just have to share it. It all makes perfect sense to me!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUTJQIBI1oA

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Can I just say that going from thinking you are having a root canal gone bad tooth extraction then instead having MAJOR oral surgery is not fun???!!!! Holy Cow the past couple of weeks have been exceptionally rough. I cannot wait to get back to normal! I have a very scary hole in my mouth now patched with some sort of membrane where the oral surgeon had to remove bone from the roof of my mouth

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There is no denying it! I am in love with all things "bling" when it comes to creating. I have always had pots and pots of glitter way before it was "in". Same thing with jewel type embellishments, they have always been in my scrap stash. BUT I love love love the newer bling letters and frames and stuff! Also AGAIN used my deco scissors but this time I used a smaller scallop in green for the

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Can you say Happy?Well I have to say that I am a very happy girl right now because of this!!SCRAP THERAPY! http://www.scraptherapy.ca/ FINALLY a new local scrap store! WOOHOO!Apart from Micheal's which is OK for the basics there is not much else out there. There was but they would not stay current with what people wanted so one by one they all closed down. This store ROCKS and she is more than

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It has been a strange sort of week. The good news is that after years of living in Windsor without being able to get a family Doctor we finally got one and a great one at that. The relief is unbelievable and this doc is not wasting any time. He has Waun and I scheduled for a gazillion things such as physicals, the lovely boob squish( mammogram), etc, etc. Oh Waht fun!!I am dancing up and down

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With updating this blog AGAIN!!! I managed to scrap a bit finally last night and this morning. Scraplover's was having a cyber crop so I managed to get two layouts done so far for the challenges.Saturday was a very productive day for Paige. While her Tourette's seems to be settling down a bit we are still of course pursuing every alternative avenue that we see fit. It cannot hurt and it is worth

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Paige has requested this music for my blog as it is her new favourite song after we were playing around on the Scissors Sister web site. So apologies to those of you who hate this song but its for Paige! Will change it again in a few days back to something for "everyone"!!Well after much indecision and everything I own in scrap supplies in the colours of red, pink white and black I ended up going

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What the heck it is the month of LOVE so a bit of red writing seems apt!So its been about 10 days or so since my last post lots happening but nothing exciting really.I am busy right now working on a layout and a project for the March, April Guest Design Team spot at my favourite online store and site http://www.scraplovers.com/. I figured what the heck nothing ventured, nothing gained and I am

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is the face of Tourette's. My gorgeous daughter has now been diagnosed officially with having this syndrome. I spent the first couple of days in a sort of numb shell shocked way even though I knew this would probably be the diagnosis. No one wants to hear anything like that regarding their child. However as a couple of days have passed by and I have done some major researching acceptance has come

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I tried to get on here earlier but had a very furry reason for not updating sooner!Merlin decided that a very long cat nap after a very noisy and drawn out bath was what he needed on my computer chair. Of course I could just move the cat but really no I couldn't. He is too darned adorable and I love him so much. Basically he is SPOILED ROTTEN!I am a bunch of nerves. We have been having some

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Woohoo! We actually had a mini Blizzard of sorts last night at least a full month late but better than never right? There is supposed to be more tomorrow but my faith in the weather is pretty slim these days.Today is one of those days when Waun is not working Paige is home we have no important "have to do" plans. PERFECT!Well I have a few plans for Waun but he does not know that. It would be nice

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I can think of no better way than to spend some quality time with Paige. She is making up invites for Waun and myslef to meet her in the kitchen at 4:15 pm!Should be fun although I think she is serving hot chocolate and cookies. YUMMY!I finally finished the layout I have been labouring over of my niece Bryn. I am not 100% happy but it is done!Other than that its a normal lazy Sunday, Waun is

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First off I should say a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU WILLY! It has been one of those weeks major computer issues at work as in computer crashed in middle of accounting. Turns out need a new hard drive etc etc, spent all day yesterday dealing with all of that etc. NOT FUN!Well today is one of those have a million things to catch up on days and in one of those funks that come from feeling

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Phew!! # layouts in less than 24 hours! Holy cow! this will be the last one though as have to get scrap room cleaned up and get Paige bathed etc as its a work day tomorrow . Blech!Aw well the holidays are officially over once work starts back!This is my nephew Aidan at age 6 1/2. A totally non Mellie type layout no clean lines to be found anywhere! I had a blast doing it though so thats all that

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Thank God its a fresh new year, brand spanking new! The possibilities loom out in front a clean slate so to speak. Last year was not a bad one it was just a busy one. I was overwhelmed with "things to do". We bought a new house and moved within the space of 3 months, I started back at my OLD job after quitting back in August of 2005, our car died we bought a new one etc, etc, etc, plus trying to

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Well while Christmas is still sort of here........... still have the decorations up although the tree came down yesterday I thought that I would post some of my thoughts about how crazy this year was. We never really seemed to catch our breaths from about the middle of December and thats even though I had done a lot of my shopping early. It just seemed to be one mad dash after the next. So NEXT

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I was trying to remember the last time I scrapped and realized that it was before we moved to the new house back in the beginning of May sometime! That is unreal. I have turned out a few cards and made a few altered items as gifts etc but thats about it.I decided to christan my scrap book room today and join in and do some of the New Years challenges from my FAVOURITE scrapbooking site

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