Me - May 31

OK - I must confess... once again, I missed the deadline by a few days..... I just went into my basement and snapped this shot (it's 6/3!) BUT.... I was scrapping on May 31st; so I think it still counts! I did put a reminder into Outlook in ALL CAPS to come up on the last day of the month from here on out. You'd think after messing this up for several months now, I would have already done that. Nope. But it's done now... so hopefully we'll have no more late pics!!

You can see the layout I did Saturday (sort of - the lamp blocks it a bit) posted on my magnetic board - it's the lower layout. I'll be posting a better shot of it in about a week. Hoping to use to as an inspiration for a challenge over on the GLMM Community!

I got A's Ice Show album all caught up - now I'm working on E's. I really want to do the current challenge on the GLMM Board - but I can't think of what to do - I've racked my brain and reviewed my photos - and NOTHING is jumping out at me!!

Toodles... here's to a great month of June. E starts driver's ed... now THAT'S scary.

With friends like these....

...who needs enemies? LOL

We went out for ice cream with N and his family - his mom was at work earlier today, and so we went out for a celebratory cone.... while we were gone, our houses were ATTACKED!
All in good fun, and we let the kids clean up....

I don't have a good shot of what we saw as we drove up the street - but we had been forewarned, because N's family beat us home... but here is what we discovered when we reached the front door!

And our front porch...

and the big tree out front....

Oops - they left the bag behind!

Even lil' sis got into the act helping clean up (cuz mom and dad weren't!)

And, when they were almost done... the culprits turned themselves in.... a giggling, giddy bunch!

Lots to report from this weekend.... but here's another "proud mama" moment!

Pictured are Mr. Garvey, the Band Director, and the two new DRUM MAJORS!! E and her buddy N!!! We are SOOOOOOOO proud of both of them. The field of candidates was very strong, and E is so honored to have been selected.

Sorry that they are already out of uniform... but marching in the parade today in wool uniforms was HOT!!!

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As it turns out - because E & N play the same instrument - they marched side by side today and I DO have a pic of them in uniform.... looking all stern and drum major-like.

The whole year builds to this...

Takes us a year - but then GLMM weekend arrives and is here and gone in a heartbeat. If you blink - you miss it! If you catch the "plague" from your daughters, and are sick, you save a lot of money, because you have no energy to shop.

Sorry to all the booths I missed because I was too miserable to shop! I did buy my first acrylic album. I can't wait to play with it (but I have to tie up all my loose GLMM ends first!)

I uploaded some awesome pics we took this weekend - first is a shot of my awesome team. I'm missing two members - Margie - who had already left, and Rachel, who unfortunately spent the weekend in the hospital, instead of at the GLMM. WE MISSED YOU! We're glad to hear you are on the mend!!

The next picture is Tara on her new "toy". This made the trips back and forth from one end of the building to the other much more bearable, and I'm sure saved T's tootsies! We all enjoyed the occasional spin - but HOLD ON - because when T hit's the gas - you are OUTTA HERE!!

The next photo is my attempt at an artistic rendering of the brownies I baked for Stacy Julian's birthday. Here's the story.... 45 minutes before I'm set to leave my house for the GLMM - the car is nearly packed, I have a few loose ends to pack up, etc. - I decide to check my computer one last time. I use this thing called "Google Reader" to keep up on the blogs I follow - and it shows me that Stacy has posted! Since she's on her way to DTW that night - I decide to take a quick peek and see if she mentions us and OMG - her post is all about it being her birthday! We had NO IDEA she was flying out to see us on her BIRTHDAY! So, I quick, call Cara and say "we need to get cupcakes or something" and Cara says "NO.... we need BROWNIES! They are her favorite" (and later we find out that she made a whole "Brownie Tracker" scrapbook documenting every brownie she ate in 2007 (darn, we won't be in that album!) Long story short - I have Ghiradelli Brownie Mix in the house -and I whip up a batch of brownies and toss it in the oven - pull out the still warm brownies and make my way to Novi! The brownies were yummy - Stacy was surprised - but best of all - we made Stacy's blog! How fun!!

The final picture is of Me and Tara and Cara finally digging into the Cookie Bouquet that Cara had made for us, depicting our "Scraplympics" girls from the GLMM! I'm eating Rolling Tote Racer, Tara's eating Photographer, and Cara's eating "Runner with Scissors". Those were some yummy cookies - and we enjoyed looking at them all weekend, and then dug in to eat them at the start of tear down. As usual - I was exhausted when the weekend finally came to a close - I wish I didn't have to work so hard and could spend more time just BEING with all my friends that come from all over (Arizona, Wisconsin, Ohio) to work for me for the weekend!

I read John Grisham's "The Appeal" on Monday - I'd been saving it! I also caught up on all my TiVoed shows! I hope to get back to regualar scrapping and blogging now that the GLMM is over for another year! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to all of my family and friends who read this blog, who also come and work the GLMM... I truly appreciate your support for the weekend- It's amazing to me that you all love to come back year after year! I love you guys!!

Me, April.... and a new car!

Here it is, finally! My new car! I actually took these photos a few days ago, but this is the first chance I've had to post them. It's funny to watch people's faces when you tell them you bought an orange car! But see, it's a pretty orange - not construction barrel orange!!

Admire the pretty brick sidewalk, leading up to our house - that was J's idea - we had it done last summer - and I really like it! Good idea J!


So, the day I ran outside dragging E with my camera to take these photo's was May 1. Remember that project to take a photo of ME on the last day of every month? Well, I missed it by one day again. But here's ME - and it COULD have been taken April 30 - because I did have the new car by then! I need to put a recurring appointment in my calendar so I remember to take my pic for this ME album!!

Have I mentioned I love my sunroof? Even with all this rain - I have found moments of dryness to open up and enjoy the sunroof!!!

This last photo is a zoom in from the previous photo, just to show you how my airbag injury is healing. It looks even better now than it did that day! Thank goodness for seatbelts and airbags that allowed E and I to walk away from an accident severe enough to total the van! I find that I'm driving completely differently - no longer taking for granted that the driver's around me will follow the rules of the road.

GLMM preparations continue around here - we stuff goody bags later today. This will probably be my last post until after the GLMM - unless I have another morning of insomnia and catch a few minutes like today!