Movies, grad party, sneak peek, and some fun news

Ok, so I'm finally admitting that I am sick. I thought it was super bad allergies since my only symptoms were sneezing. Today I started coughing. I'm counting down the days to when the constant tea drinking ends.


I've been staying in and watching a lot of movies. Loved the movie Mad Money. I adore all of the actresses & actors in that movie. Its great entertainment. Saw Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. I love Kate Winslet & Jim Carrey but it was a little far out there for me. Finally watched a DVD of The Golden Compass that my mom bought a few months ago. It was pretty cool but insanely hard to follow. It seems like you really need to read the book to understand what's going on because they left so much out. I was really happy that I watched Stranger than Fiction. I adore Emma Thompson & Will Ferrell did an incredible job with this straight character. He can act! I really liked the art direction for the movie too.


I gave in and saw Transformers. I heard mixed reviews & knowing that Shia LeBouf was in it I didn't have great expectations for the movie. I thought the special FX were pretty cool and the story line was almost believable. I had fun talking to my friend in the air force afterwards. And, my most favorite, was The Fountain. Thanks to the guys at DR, my Netflix list is infinitely longer. OK, so these are movies that I've watched over a 3 week period and just forgot to mention. But go rent some of them!

Saturday was my cousin Christina's Graduation/18th Birthday party. She had a Hawaiian theme party. I loved her table decorations.


There were so many people there it was hard to navigate. This is just the friends of the family table!


It was a fun afternoon with some great food and desserts. Christina will be attending the University of Hawaii: West Oahu this coming fall, so her cake was in the shape of a pineapple. She's going to get a ton of visitors while she's there!


I was asked to take photos my dad with his three brothers. It had been two years since I took the last photo. From left to right (and youngest to oldest): Uncle Pat, Uncle Paul, Uncle Kevin, my dad Mike:


Jessica came over to my house after I got off work yesterday. Our neighbor Luis came over as well and we had lots of Pizza. We had fun catching up while I worked on page for the next Scrap Mojo challenge. Here is my sneak:


And finally, something that I have been keeping quiet for a little too long if you ask me...


My sister Jenna is going to study abroad in London for fall semester (Sept.-Dec.) and I'm planning to go with her. We've always talked about traveling through Europe together and I am going to do my best make it happen. I have a lot to work out since I'm not going through school. So if you live over there and want to get together, I'd love that!

Today I spent most of my time watching the travel channel and picking up some books I ordered from the library. Also found out that one of our cousins is a Consul General at the U.S. Embassy in Hamburg, Germany! All I have planned is to stay for the whole three months (or as long as my savings will allow) and to take as many photos as possible. So that's my exciting news!

Sumission sneaks

Some sneak peeks of what I've been up to. I'm hoping to be able to share everything around October 10th at the latest. How did every one's weekend go? Mine was full of fun scrapping! I am looking forward to my scrapbooking retreat so I'll be preparing for that today.


I've added something new to my Etsy shop! I think I'll probably have to make myself one soon. It measures 6x6 and I think it will be great for loads of things! And its cheaper than a the competing albums by 7gypsies and Rusty Pickle.

I got a really cools surprise just a few minutes ago. The mail was already delivered for the day and then our mail guy dropped this off. Dani rocks! She totally surprised me with the clear stamps and I love them. Thanks!
For my birthday, Leo gave me a wonderful present-a gift certificate to Beverly's! I had such a fun shopping spree. I can't believe I was able to wait so long before going. I got some amazing stuff today.
And in case you are wondering why i have a pair of shoes in there-I had some money left over so I bought them at Target. Too cute to pass up.

Another great mail week

I got my hand stamped journal tag swap back and it was so fun going through all of the unique styles everyone has. Love them and look forward to incorporating them into my own style. I also got my order from B&H which was a scallop blade for my paper trimmer, and two different kinds of photo paper (one for the darkroom and one for my new printer). And finally, I got my small order from scrapbookexpress. They had the Maya Road tabbed chipboard albums that I wanted from the Red Velvet Art Kit and a really cool film canister (for film movies) along with some Scenic Route pp that I've been admiring.

My friend Mike from the air force came to visit all the way from Florida. We had a quiet lunch and then did a little shopping since his bag got misplaced by the airport .


And, I have a little sneak peek of something I worked on recently. I'll be showing sneak peeks for the rest of the month since I can't share until then.


Last night was wonderful. I went with Dan to meet his mom Zena to go to a heritage dance practice. It was great seeing a lot of friendly people that we hadn't seen in a while. After we went to Baskin Robbins and I ate Lime Daiquiri Ice (love it)! Tonight we decided to take it easy and grab dinner at one of my favorite childhood places to eat-Fresh Choice. Dessert is still my favorite thing there!