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Post by huskermom98 on Nov 12, 2022 17:12:46 GMT
I would love to do this ornament notebook project since I've gotten an ornament for my boys every year, something that meant something for that year, but we'll see if it ever happens...
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Post by huskermom98 on Nov 7, 2022 20:36:35 GMT
I always do the green bean casserole for the gathering at my Dad's house--mostly because I know everyone will eat it and because it's easy to travel with since I can just assemble it in a disposable pan that day. I don't have a go-to for the meal at my mom's house so I'm not sure what I'll do for that day. We usually don't need to bring anything for the meal at the inlaws.
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 24, 2022 17:08:27 GMT
I did. I clicked the "shop now" link and found several dollar items that I wanted so I checked out. Then I realized it was more than just the one dollar items...grrrr. thankfully I didn't find much that I would have bought from the rest of the sale, but I'm irritated the link only sent me to part of the sale (my fault for not reading the entire email too...)
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 21, 2022 0:50:52 GMT
12x12 for my everyday LOs and trip albums, 6x8 for WITL, and then either 6x8 or 10x8 for DD.
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 18, 2022 20:56:49 GMT
I was outside in cold weather for a Friday night football game, a Saturday morning marching band competition and a Sunday afternoon baseball game--but I'm thankful none of those were as cold as today and yesterday! But since this coming weekend is supposed to be in the 70s I won't even complain about yesterday and today. At least we didn't have snow here.
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 18, 2022 20:53:45 GMT
I came here when the boards got shut down on at Studio Calico. I started there after hearing about them on the boards at scrapbook.com (which were feeling slow at the time).
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 17, 2022 2:41:58 GMT
I make as many pages as it takes to tell the story using the photos I have printed. For some of DS17's sports I make at least a one-page LO per game I take pictures at (and it's usually every game), but some games might take a couple of pages depending on what I got for photos. A trip to the apple orchard might take up to 8 pages (most of which are pocket pages).
If the photo(s) are of just one of my sons, the layouts go in that son's book. If the photos are of both, the layouts go in a family album. The only exceptions would be if I need to tell two completely different stories about a single event--generally the majority of the photos are used for the one son's album, but some are used for the other son's album to tell his story of the event (usually why he was dragged to it). The bulk of the photos for each of their birthdays go in their individual albums, but I always make a simple one-page LO for the family album using leftover pictures.
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 16, 2022 14:29:04 GMT
I wish I could turn swiping off on my phone because I prefer to tap and some days my keyboard is a little touchier than others. I could on previous phones, but when I have looked on this one I can't see an option to do so. I tried swiping recently but I just couldn't get the hang of it.
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 16, 2022 13:36:13 GMT
And your phone rings. Please step out of the room before having a full on conversation on speaker phone. I really don’t want to listen to your conversation with your teenagers. My big complaint is when people don't put their phones on vibrate or silence...especially when it's an obnoxious ring (at one crop some lady who got several phone calls had the Mission Impossible theme as her ring--that bell ringing opening still annoys me).
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 16, 2022 13:15:34 GMT
I use it to search for recipes, but I rarely just browse or look through my feed. It's the place I've had the best luck looking for something semi-specific when i want to make something new with specific ingredients.
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 12, 2022 19:41:43 GMT
This is the official DD PSA--check your box as soon as possible (drives me nuts when I hear people say they are going to wait to open it until December...)
My main kit was missing 4 items (possibly only 3 because the website lists "Story Cards" but they aren't in the picture. I'm definitely missing the vellum strips, the plastic words and the numbered die cut labels.
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 10, 2022 19:46:47 GMT
Yes, I go into their rooms, but not to snoop. If they are in their rooms I knock first. I will look through their piles of crap is I need to (whether or not they are home, and whether or not they know I am...usually because they have lost something) although I am hesitant to do that anymore in DS17's room because the last time I did I found a sealed bag with a loaf of french bread...and I only know it used to be french bread because that's what I saw on the label as I screamed and ran it out to the garbage can because it was gray and liquidy...
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 10, 2022 14:45:39 GMT
These are the types of roundabouts that I love--ones that keep me moving. I'm fine with slowing down for one because it means I don't have to stop at a light, or even worry about "will I or won't I have to stop?"
As long as the roundabout isn't too skinny or isn't an extremely busy intersection, I would much rather have a roundabouts than a light or stop sign...or worse, a 4-way stop sign!
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 7, 2022 22:41:19 GMT
So much better than anything the last two years. Let's hope it lasts...and if it doesn't that they just end the show.
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 7, 2022 16:52:30 GMT
Every week I look at the "one buck Wednesday" digital sale items at Snap Click Supply. There's usually a theme based on the season. Just recently the fall collections were on sale...every single collections from Carta Bella and echo park looked nearly identical. Not just the looks either, but the names. "Welcome Fall", "Welcome Autumn"... so yeah, new yet old just slightly different.
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 6, 2022 21:15:39 GMT
Nebraska plays at Rutgers tomorrow night...ugh, a Friday night game. The worst part is not that DS17 has a high school game at the same time, but that the team he's playing against has red in their school colors. If it was any other color I'd feel fine wearing high school sweatshirt and a Nebraska hat, but since it's going to be cold it would have to be my all-red Nebraska stocking hat. I just can't do that when DS is playing against a red team! ...but I can't not wear something Nebraska during a game either!
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 5, 2022 14:24:42 GMT
Has anyone seen any US boxes go postal yet? Nope
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 5, 2022 14:22:39 GMT
It's really bad when the one I dislike the least is the Valentine's collection...and I don't scrap Valentines. Admittedly the Graduation one is the only one I "need", but even that one I don't care for because of the tan/gold color. My oldest graduates this year, but his school colors are green and yellow so I can't see those working with that tan/gold. I could use more boyish birthday supplies, but that collection is way too young. I agree that they totally missed the mark on the First Responder line--change out the icons and phrases for birthday/school/etc. and I would still think it's too childish for anything I would need at this stage.
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 5, 2022 14:14:51 GMT
How's everyone doing on the Use your stash series? I've watched the stamping series, but after finally getting access to the stencil series I haven't had a chance to watch yet. Just last night I stamped a 3.5x12 border to use on a layout. I didn't do it as randomly as Shimelle did, but it turned out much better than previous attempts at stamping a background. I haven't finished the entire layout yet, but so far I like how it turned out.
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 4, 2022 20:09:46 GMT
Senior Night at our school is pretty low key yet very much about the student, not the parents. For the bigger sports (football/marching band/cheerleading, volleyball, basketball, soccer, baseball and softball) it's the seniors being announced, walking a short distance with parents (or not, sometimes it's a coach/friend because the parent couldn't be there) while the announcer has a short bio to read (any activities during HS, future plans, favorite memories, and maybe words of wisdom or advice.) I think the parents get a flower. In the last couple of years the seniors have also gotten a poster with their sport photo & name on it. Those hang up in a hallway for most of the year and can be taken home at the end of the year--they can't be hung outside for outdoor sports because they aren't vinyl. Just today I got included in an email reminding my son that he still needs to fill out his football and band form for senior night in a couple of weeks with an added note that "she will be very sad if you don't get this done..." The AD's secretary knows how involved I am as the leader of the football meals--I half-jokingly almost replied back asking if I should fill one out too after four years of involvement! Side Note--I do wish Senior Night was not always the last home game. In 2020 we knew it was likely that we'd only have one football game (because of a pissing match between the governor and the superintendent over online vs in person schooling...) so we had Senior Night during that first (and only) game. It was awesome having it in late August instead of late October, especially since in 2019 it was freakin' freezing cold on Senior Night.
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Radios
Oct 4, 2022 2:12:52 GMT
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 4, 2022 2:12:52 GMT
In the mornings I listen to a local radio talk show on AM radio, but the rest of the time I'm usually listening to music on Sirius XM. If I think of it I listen the Cubs games on AM radio either in the car or on a radio in our kitchen.
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Post by huskermom98 on Oct 2, 2022 0:26:51 GMT
I end up doing it occasionally, but only if it's not cutting anything important. My everyday layouts are still in going in postbound albums so the gap isn't too bad.
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Post by huskermom98 on Sept 25, 2022 19:07:42 GMT
I taught myself using a game on an Apple II. Top row numbers have always been hard for me, but I'm getting better (I'm much better on a keypad). I think my junior high had keyboarding classes, but they weren't required.
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Post by huskermom98 on Sept 22, 2022 0:31:31 GMT
I’m really going to miss This Is Us. 😭 Me too. But I’m going to rewatch it when life slows down. There’s so much to unpack and it will be interesting to see all the Easter eggs again! I recently started rewatching it on Hulu & it's been fun & weird knowing what eventually happens. The fire started in the last episode I watched... I didn't start anything new last year & that felt so weird. I'm going to look up a few of these to see if they look good to me.
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Post by huskermom98 on Sept 21, 2022 19:58:14 GMT
Still waiting.
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Post by huskermom98 on Sept 20, 2022 0:53:36 GMT
There are several people on the "sign up to use your Stencils next!" post in the Use Your Stamps forum that have signed up for the stencil class and don't have access. I doubt it's a case of an overwhelming number of people signing up, but something going on preventing her from getting people's registrations finished. She hasn't posted much of anything on IG in the past week. I know she was involved in scrapbook.com's big weekend event, but I couldn't follow along live so I don't know if she was involved live or just her pre-recorded video.
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Post by huskermom98 on Sept 18, 2022 11:44:32 GMT
I prefer 1 lever because I'm usually turning the water on with one hand while getting soap with the other. I have never liked a two lever or knob/ball set up (and don't like knobs in general).
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Post by huskermom98 on Sept 17, 2022 17:45:06 GMT
I signed up Monday and still don't have access but haven't tried to email about it yet.
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Post by huskermom98 on Sept 15, 2022 19:39:23 GMT
I got a bunch of labels, a few stamps, a couple of packs of the stamp envelopes (that I just paid full price for in my AE DD box two weeks ago...grrr...). Prices were too good to pass up.
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Post by huskermom98 on Sept 15, 2022 12:50:08 GMT
I hear ya! Feeling stressed over here too, but some of it is because I have a high school senior--its a fine line between wishing the stress away and knowing I need to savor this last year of him at home. But in the meantime there's so much to do and to decide on...all while dealing with the other stresses such as our younger son, work, health, money, etc.
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