tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39643226383615612572024-03-19T04:34:42.929-07:00Laugh, Paper, ScissorsCrystal McCamleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438567706932947431noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964322638361561257.post-91537521317148759442012-04-12T13:04:00.000-07:002012-04-12T13:04:59.917-07:00sick as sick can be.If you take nothing from this post, take only this.<br />
When a Dr gives you 10 days worth of antibiotics to take, take the whole 10 days!<br />
Don't get mixed up in life and forget.<br />
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It's been a bit. I know that.<br />
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So the move was sucsessful. Apart from my office which will move over in pieces I assume, everything got moved and set up fairly quickly. The kids got their rooms painted and all set up. Even our garage has shelving and GASP! I can park in it!<br />
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After spring break the kids went back to school.<br />
By wednesday. WHAM! HOw the heck did I get strep throat??<br />
By friday, I was pretty sure it was going to kill me! (this is when i start the antibiotics)<br />
Hubby follows suit shortly after, then ethan...<br />
Wait. What?<br />
Ethan dosen't have strep... he has ANOTHER ear infection.... sigh. but since he's going on antibiotics, we figure it will cut the strep off at the pass and we'll be spared one whiny soul.<br />
As for ani... nothing, nadda, ziltch.<br />
Perfectly healthy. (happy dance)<br />
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Forward to wednesday...<br />
Scratch. <br />
Scratch scratch scratch... what the heck?<br />
WHY THE HELL AM I SPOTTED?!?!<br />
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Scarlet fever!<br />
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Oh yes, you read that right.<br />
Turns out scarlet fever is the same bacteria as strep throat (group A strep) and turns up in approximately 10% of all cases. Who knew.<br />
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I don't know what's worse... the itch or the fact that being sick again is triggering my anxiety up again.<br />
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Sigh.<br />
Been a long few weeks.Crystal McCamleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438567706932947431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964322638361561257.post-56515605038411682472012-02-15T10:24:00.000-08:002012-02-15T10:24:57.669-08:00Life Lessons in movingI moved as a kid.<br />
Let me rephrase that... I moved ALOT as a kid.<br />
well over 10 moves, i'm thinking closer to 15?<br />
Not the point of this post, it's just background info.<br />
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When moving, you learn little tidbits.<br />
Things you never thought of... so I figured, as I encounter them.<br />
I'll share them with you!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The Open Me First Box</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Pack a small box that will be the first box </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">opened </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">at your new home</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It contains</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div>Crystal McCamleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438567706932947431noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964322638361561257.post-40504793055120372742012-02-13T09:07:00.000-08:002012-02-13T09:07:40.236-08:00We're moving!Yep. you heard right.<br />
We're moving. It's a brand new (former show home) not far from where we are now.<br />
It's a 4 bedroom great room plan with an unfinished basement.<br />
It will be an interesting transition.<br />
The kids are excited to move, but it makes me wonder a bit.<br />
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Even though it's not far i make frequent trips over to it.<br />
I need to ensure i'm comfortable with it's location (10 min from here!)<br />
I'm sure i'll be fine.<br />
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So excited!Crystal McCamleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438567706932947431noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964322638361561257.post-241799446543861572012-01-28T10:23:00.000-08:002012-01-28T10:28:29.267-08:00Wow... Just wow!That was one of my facebook updates yesterday. It's pretty funny when you post simple things like that.<br />
<div>Your typical responses... ???.... what??... are you pregnant?</div><div>for the record... no, i'm not.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Long story short...We (the hubby and I) have re-evaluated our future. We talked... thought... and did calculations, and equations and ...</div><div><br />
</div><div>We're buying a house. </div><div><br />
</div><div>We've found one we like, and we're going for it. </div><div>We had a few things we were looking for... </div><div>decent size kitchen. </div><div>room for my office</div><div>and a back yard bigger then 6 feet deep.</div><div><br />
</div><div>so we found one.</div><div>we're put an offer on it.</div><div>we'll have to see...</div><div><br />
</div><div>The down side... we'll have to switch to the new school. </div><div>The upside... we'll be walking to school... and it will take about 6 min... maybe.</div><div><br />
</div><div>sweet.</div><div><br />
</div><div>And in other news...</div><div>I'm doing well on weight watchers...down another 4 lbs this week...</div><div><br />
</div><div>And my anxiety is very slowly getting better. I can get back down to walmart.</div><div><br />
That's my update.<br />
Carry on.</div><div><br />
</div>Crystal McCamleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438567706932947431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964322638361561257.post-90774701059413290822012-01-10T11:09:00.000-08:002012-01-10T11:09:22.934-08:00It's a new dayToday i'm not talking about my "issues". (how about we just call it that for now)<br />
see... already talked about it too much.<br />
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So, i'm back on weight watchers. I have to be.<br />
I haven't been to a meeting yet. I was going to go with my sister last Saturday but nephew was sick, and it just didn't happen.<br />
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I haven't been great at tracking. I never have been.<br />
Something about writing down everything you eat makes you accountable for it. But that's the point isent' it? I have so far found that i've been a little more conscious of what i'm eating. today i started tracking again. Looked up a few recipes to try this week. (not like i can go anywhere) (see.... them issues sneak in everywhere)<br />
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tonight ~ balsamic chicken with mushrooms and brown rice (brown rice is a power food = more fibre = more filling)<br />
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tomorrow i'm eyeing a cabbage casserole<br />
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this should be fun.<br />
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off to the elliptical for the next 5 min.<br />
yep. 5 min is about all i can do.<br />
but look at it's this way<br />
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it's 5 more min then i did this time last week.<br />
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carry on.Crystal McCamleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438567706932947431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964322638361561257.post-34696071362933789942012-01-09T13:57:00.000-08:002012-01-09T13:57:20.089-08:00Ding Ding Ding<div style="color: #4f402a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">Welcome to the biggest battle of the year!</div><div style="color: #4f402a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">Good vs. Evil</div><div style="color: #4f402a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">The preverbal David vs. Goliath! A battle years in the making.</div><div style="color: #4f402a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #4f402a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">In the other corner…</div><div style="color: #4f402a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">the underdog that refuses to give up.</div><div style="color: #4f402a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">the one that keeps coming back for more.</div><div style="color: #4f402a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">the ray of sunshine behind the clouds....</div><div style="color: #4f402a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">crystal!!!! ( i hope your making that haaaaaaa fanfare noise)</div><div style="color: #4f402a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;"><br />
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</div>Crystal McCamleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438567706932947431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964322638361561257.post-32421804859083903172012-01-06T19:36:00.000-08:002012-01-06T19:36:45.945-08:00ResolutionsYep. i'm doing it again. How far will I go this time? I can't answer that.<br />
But... I can at least try. That's all that life is right? A succession of achievements and failures?<br />
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so... here's the list for the year.<br />
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1) Work on my anxiety. This is already proving to be a tricky one.<br />
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2) Work on a healthy me. I would like to lose 30 lbs this year.<br />
At 3 lbs a month... this should be obtainable.<br />
Also lay off the pepsi & coffee's ... not as obtainable<br />
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3) Complete 4 schooling courses.<br />
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4) Learn to sew... dunno why.<br />
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5) Look into cost saving for our family (so i can pay for said 4 courses...)<br />
couponing... fun, cost saveing. What can go wrong?<br />
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Other projects for my year...<br />
Kayak the bedford channel 2x a week, from mayish to sept.<br />
learn archery. sounds neat.<br />
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I'll leave it at that for now. It seems I always have things going.<br />
But these are the ones i'm committing myself to.<br />
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At least for the next week.<br />
Maybe 2...Crystal McCamleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438567706932947431noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964322638361561257.post-11374076550613257712012-01-06T19:22:00.000-08:002012-01-06T19:22:15.206-08:00A whole year.....And sadly, it hasn't gotten any better.<br />
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My office is still a disaster<br />
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My anxiety is still there (and occasionally worse)<br />
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My kids still run my life.Crystal McCamleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438567706932947431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964322638361561257.post-64824735093239591892011-01-23T17:34:00.000-08:002011-01-23T17:34:04.258-08:00Headway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXOk-AmaxDGDmhgcvtfnp_fCjiQxDksF2CL9-RaKBlE9bYBi-enMsK20oLq4xzVewyFnhJGUKpA8BZXzJA7UYujMY0gRlsU-eDq7P9_W5mK1zE8dI21WtqdJiU1PsPxWYnTrRjQjrLEmG/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+5.17.57+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXOk-AmaxDGDmhgcvtfnp_fCjiQxDksF2CL9-RaKBlE9bYBi-enMsK20oLq4xzVewyFnhJGUKpA8BZXzJA7UYujMY0gRlsU-eDq7P9_W5mK1zE8dI21WtqdJiU1PsPxWYnTrRjQjrLEmG/s320/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+5.17.57+PM.png" width="252" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Ahhh.... Organization can be a beautiful thing. Even in small doses it does a world of good. A small peace to chaos.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Today, Sunday. Nothing to do but hold down chairs and chill out. Not me!!! I went for it. Opening packs of random papers. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kits. Sets. Stacks. It was all out in the open and holy crap was there ever a lot of it. So after sorting threw everything I ended up with 3 very organized bins filled with tabbed hanging 12x12 file folders. One holds solids, mostly Bazzill and Making memories paper, although some Stamping up made it's way in. One holds Patterned paper, sorted by most dominant colour. Lastly, the "Theme" paper bin. Halloween, Christmas, boy, girl, kid, floral and vintage. Yes, i have a separate folder for vintage style paper. Eventually i Plan on woking on a family tree/book of me project. Having this </div><div style="text-align: justify;">pre-sorted I think, Will Make that a bit easter. Thank and i like to look at it. Reminiscent of the past. Damasks, some florals, things that i would envision on the walls of my great grandmothers' parlour room.</div> I don't know if she did.... But that's a different matter.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglWqbD8XHsNb7prRY8BETypxJGD4pbiPhN8Fv3yHdIP4DoqK2t2PeZ-yHVeb5y5wT_HYW1Z5-h6ChMi82R9Ks6Bw_f_joRrLfg9ZQ0RrXG3KS3HgSwonzX2rHCix90v48aMQMC_SKHex2/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+5.19.38+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglWqbD8XHsNb7prRY8BETypxJGD4pbiPhN8Fv3yHdIP4DoqK2t2PeZ-yHVeb5y5wT_HYW1Z5-h6ChMi82R9Ks6Bw_f_joRrLfg9ZQ0RrXG3KS3HgSwonzX2rHCix90v48aMQMC_SKHex2/s320/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+5.19.38+PM.png" width="289" /></a></div><br />
Here's a closer look at just the solid paper bin.<br />
Yes, most of them have silly little pictures.<br />
All are written in coloured sharpie markers.<br />
I love sharpie markers. I find them to be the be all end all of markers, the fact that i have about 20 different colours of them.... likely makes me insane.<br />
As long as they are kept out of the hands of princess and bubby it's all good.Crystal McCamleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438567706932947431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964322638361561257.post-47715080564531023582011-01-23T17:15:00.000-08:002011-01-23T17:15:23.292-08:00Seriously??<h3 class="storytitle" id="post-69" style="color: #4f402a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">*copied from a previous blog*</h3><h3 class="storytitle" id="post-69" style="color: #4f402a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://littlethingsphoto.wordpress.com/2011/01/15/seriously/" rel="bookmark" style="color: #97c000; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bolder; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;">Seriously?…..</a> <span class="date" style="color: #74c0fa; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">January 15, 2011</span></h3><div class="storycontent" style="color: #4f402a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">So it sits… my office… in a fairly close state to where it was. Now, i’ve gotten down there a few times. But the more I try the more i realize it’s a futile effort. between sprownie stuff and the kids it’s a disaster on a good day.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">I read somewhere “Cleaning the house while your kids are still growing is like shovelling the walk before it stops snowing.”</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">So true.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">i think i should get rid of the toys… or the kids <img alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif?m=1216490383g" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;" /></div></div>Crystal McCamleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438567706932947431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964322638361561257.post-72138056077429201142011-01-23T17:14:00.000-08:002011-01-23T17:14:06.429-08:00Operation Organization<h3 class="storytitle" id="post-62" style="color: #4f402a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">*copied from previous blog*</h3><h3 class="storytitle" id="post-62" style="color: #4f402a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://littlethingsphoto.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/operation-organization/" rel="bookmark" style="color: #97c000; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bolder; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;">Operation Organization</a> <span class="date" style="color: #74c0fa; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">January 4, 2011</span></h3><div class="storycontent" style="color: #4f402a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;"><a href="http://littlethingsphoto.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/screen-shot-2011-01-04-at-9-33-47-pm1.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2ebe1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #675437; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-full wp-image-65" height="632" src="http://littlethingsphoto.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/screen-shot-2011-01-04-at-9-33-47-pm1.png?w=467&h=632" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" title="Screen shot 2011-01-04 at 9.33.47 PM" width="467" /></a>So… Challenge number 1….</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">Isen’t it obvious? I mean, where the hell is the desk top? So while I have a SHORT time between new years and when sprownies (code word for my spark and brownie groups that run back to back) starts, I’m going to try to clean up my office. I love the small square where my laptop can sit.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">There’s a window there, that’s covered in wondrous piles of random crap.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">There’s the fancy new printer copier fax in the corner that you can’t see because it has a binder on it.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">What you don’t see in this picture is the 2 shelves and pantry unit just to the right of the picture that i’m pretty sure has not even 1 square inch of free space. Things randomly stacked, shoved and smooshed in to what tiny space I can get it in.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">So I guess here is where I start. Organize my office before i organize my life. I find when my office is a mess my brain gets cluttered for sprownies. When that happens, it steam rolls.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">SO… I challange you to do the same. Take a picture of your office/craft room and post a link in the comments section.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">Be sure to tune in next week for operation organize…. the sequel.</div><div><br />
</div></div>Crystal McCamleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438567706932947431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964322638361561257.post-81870671934989679502011-01-23T17:12:00.000-08:002011-01-23T17:12:48.039-08:00New Year, New Project<h3 class="storytitle" id="post-58" style="color: #4f402a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">*copied from previous blog*</h3><h3 class="storytitle" id="post-58" style="color: #4f402a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://littlethingsphoto.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/new-year-new-project/" rel="bookmark" style="color: #97c000; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bolder; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;">New Year, New Project</a> <span class="date" style="color: #74c0fa; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">January 2, 2011</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c2c2c2; font-size: 10px;"> </span></h3><div class="storycontent" style="color: #4f402a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">Ya, like i needed another project right?</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">Originally this blog started as a way to showcase some sneak peaks of some of my photography clients. But, since I never remember to get them up…this year my blog is taking on a whole new meaning.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;"><br />
</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">While reading the Province newspaper this afternoon I found myself reading my “yearly” horoscope. Now, I have never really relied much on what my horoscope tells me. Like most things i read, it is taken with a grain of salt. However one thing stood out to me in such a way that I felt the need to act on it.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">“I am happiest using my powers to benefit others.”</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">Now, First things first. About me…</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">I am a wife, a daughter, a sister and a mother.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">I take my daughter to dance, and soon, my son to hockey.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">I am a spark leader, a brownie leader and a district commisioner with the Girl guides of Canada.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">I am a PAC mom, and help there when I can, both in the elementary school and in the preschool.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">I train my dog pepper, in agility with hopes that we will be ready to trial late next year.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">I love to cook, scrapbook, make cards and photograph people.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">I live a battle each and every day with an anxiety disorder that has left me housebound and praying for an end.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">Every day I get one step closer to freedom.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-transform: none;">I am me.</div></div><div class="reset" style="clear: both; color: #4f402a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; height: 1px;"> </div><div class="feedback" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://s1.wp.com/wp-content/themes/pub/rounded/img/feedback.png); background-origin: initial; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; clear: both; color: #cccccc; float: right; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-right: 20px; padding-left: 15px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://littlethingsphoto.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/new-year-new-project/#respond" style="color: #97c000; text-decoration: none;" title="Comment on New year, new project">Leave a Comment</a></div><div><br />
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