Departure Fail

Here's a pic I took of the departure screen at the New Orleans airport on Friday. Even airports aren't immune to Windows errors! (Sorry it's blurry, took it w/ my iPhone and it was a couple feet higher than eye level lol).
Jenn

Sunshine Challenge

Rob and I went to the Sunshine Challenge this weekend in Orlando. The SC is a homebrew beer & mead competition. Rob plans to enter next year (he's brewed for years and usually turns out some yummy stuff!), but for now, we just went to the weekend-long event to enjoy what others made.

We met a bunch of great people and had a lot of fun. Tried some new beers and got a TON of prizes and freebies.
Friday night was a dinner and beer fest. Sort of. "Dinner" consisted of appetizers (of the bar food variety) and were in short supply. Many people didn't get anything to eat at all, and others got only a little. We missed most of the first round and were lucky enough to get food the second time around.

Saturday was a pub crawl - much more fun than the field trips we went on in school lol! We went to BJ's and tried their sampler, along with the food they provided us (wasn't too fond of their pizza, but I've eaten at other locations and enjoyed the other menu offerings). Next was House of Beer which had a great selection on tap, including a couple of IPAs we hadn't tried. We both liked Rob's better but he was kind and let me have it all. Finally, we hit Bar Louie, which had a large draft selection too, although not as many good ones. I got free sweet tea there so I was happy lol :)
After the pub crawl was a nice sit-down dinner (it was really good after all that bar food!) and awards for the best beers. Hopefully next year Rob will be up there! At dinner, someone had this cute little guy - he moves!
Jenn

PS: Funny iPhone story - there's an app called Bump that I have but hadn't used yet. You put your contact info in it, and then literally bump hands with someone else who has the app (you both need to have the app open) to exchange your contact info. I "Bumped" for the first time with our new friends (they all downloaded the app as soon as I mentioned it). I thanked the guy for "bumping" with me, so that was the running joke all day lol.

Can you say CLUELESS?

You all know my poor doggie, Malley, had surgery to repair a torn ligament. Well, her sister Madigan is CLUELESS. I had to take them to the kennel this weekend, so got Madigan in the back seat and then put Malley in the front since that would be easier on her leg not to climb in the back (I have a two-door).

Madigan decided she wanted to be in the front too, first getting into my seat, which obviously wouldn't work. So once I got in, she moved over to the passenger seat and sat ON Malley. She finally must decided there wasn't enough room for both of them in the seat (you think?!?) and moved to the back.

Love those dogs!


"UGG," Malley says, "GET OFF ME YOU TWERP!"

Jenn

Card Class at Violette's

Jill and I took a card class at our lss, Violette's, last night. We tag-teamed our cards - she did the Cuttlebug cutting and embossing, and I glued everything together. Stamping was already done for us, and we each colored our own. They turned out great! Jenn

iPhone App - DoodleBuddy

I have had an iPod Touch since last fall, but finally succumbed to the pressure, joining the millions who have an iPhone. I got the 3GS a month ago and {heart} it.

I'll be posting about some of my favorite apps and features periodically. If you have either the Touch or iPhone, I'd suggest taking a look at the online guide at Apple - it's full of great tips. Also, Apple stores offer free classes on how to use your new toy. I took one today and wish I had taken it when I first got the phone!

An App I just got that's a lot of fun for all ages is Doodle Buddy. It's free in the App Store. Here's what I made with it within just a few minutes of downloading. Sorry the first two are sideways!





Happy Doodling!
Jenn

I downloaded this App for free (normal cost), and did not receive any compensation. Opinions are my own.

My Doggie is Nekkid!

Malley, my almost-11-year-old Princess, had surgery on Tuesday to fix her torn ligament and minascus in her knee. Almost $2000 later, she's home and doing really well. Here are some pics of how they shaved her - the best way to describe it is that her rear quarter panel is nekkid lol :)

"Mama, why won't Malley play with me?". The little dog is cute but oh-so-CLUELESS.
Malley doesn't seem to be in any pain and is moving around more than she should. Have to leash-walk her for EIGHT WEEKS. She's doing good with that, but I don't see her cooperating for that long!
Jenn

Monthly Stamp Club Cards

At Stamp Club at Violette's, my lss, we made two Christmas cards. I love the little single tree stamp!
TFL,
Jenn

Simply Inspired Event - Classes and Goodies

I just showed you the project from Jenni Bowlin's class, now here are some more.

Charm bracelet and Necklace using Tim Holtz products and Graphic 45 papers, taught by Teri Davis who is on the DT of the store who sponsored the event, Simply Scrappin'.

Debby Schuh taught us some cool things using a composition book - I had never thought about cutting the front cover to use it as a frame! The second pic is the flap we made for the back cover. The subject of the class was "What's in Your Bucket", and the idea is to keep a journal about things you are good at - i.e. things you have in your bucket. I most likely won't use it for that, but haven't determined what I'll use it for yet.

Here's everything that was passed out over the weekend to everyone.

These are almost all my prizes - Jill and I each gave up one since we kept winning! The Halloween stuff is a project that was selling for $25, although there are only a few sheets of paper, a pack of stickers, and some ribbon. (Glad I didn't pay for it!)

These next two are from one of Margie Romney-Aslet's classes, "Flower Frenzy". Totally not my style! The first I pretty much followed, the second is a hybrid of both the other two layouts and still isn't my style, but at least I might have a chance of using it ;)

The next two are the left and right pages of Layle Koncar's layout class. Love this!

Here are some of the make-and-takes from the Sample Frenzy night - love them all! The first was supposed to be on polka-dotted paper, but I couldn't do it. Might move it over to a solid since this background is so busy.
This one will have a pic of me and Jill - notice the title says "Whoo let them loose?" lol.
Ornament with chandelier crystal and tag inside, and a plastic ring with a crown paper glued inside!
Cards.

Here are all the teachers except Teri: Jenni Bowlin, Rebecca Cross (owner of Pink Paislee), Margie Romney-Aslet, Debby Schuh, Layle Koncar, and Elizabeth Achvin who put on the event.

Still have 3 more class projects to show - gotta finish them first :)
Jenn

Simply Inspired Event - Jenni Bowlin's Class

Jenni Bowlin's class at the Simply Inspired Event was a 2009 Year-in-Review journal. I finished the base of the project in class, and did the rest at home last week. I of course don't have pics for Nov/Dec yet, but other than those, I'm done. I'm happy with how it turned out! I followed directions for part, but went my own way with decorating.

Cover

The front of each page is half a calendar month, and I wrote the highlight on the top. I will journal at the end of the year on the blank page you see; that's the back of the cover.

Jan/Feb/Mar. Each page is misted using various items as masks.

Apr/May/June

July/Aug/Sept

Oct/Nov/Dec

Thanks for looking!
Jenn

Road Trip

A couple weeks ago, Jill and I went on a road trip to Lafayette, LA, for a scrapping event called Simply Inspired. We took our sweet time getting there, only making it from Tampa to Pensacola the first day lol. That turned out good, because we got to stay at the cutest little hotel called Sole Inn and Suites, try the beers at McGuire's, and walk on the beach for a bit.
McGuire's brewpub/restaurant in Pensacola

Jill and me at Pensacola Beach

We ate some great food along the way, and stopped at numerous McDonald's locations and Hobby Lobbys.
We collected all six Build-a-Bear Workshop Happy Meal toys. We are now complete.

We went to Avery Island, LA, where Tabasco is made, and took the tour.
The Tabasco factory.

Bottling area.

Gift shop.

At the event itself, we took 8 classes, and then an additional class at another lss (more later).
Jenn

Concert

Rob and I went to the Night Ranger/REO Speedwagon/Styx concert on Friday night. We had gotten $15 reserved seats w/ no service charges, which made the concert even better :)

I didn't recognize too many of Night Ranger's songs, but Rob did. And he sang them to me. Badly.

REO Speedwagon was good. LOVE the singer's voice. Rob's voice? Not so much.

During their set this guy got up and started dancing in the aisles. Not really sure what he was supposed to be or WHY.

I recognized a lot more Styx songs than I thought I did - just didn't realize it was them! My throat hurt from singing along (badly lol). Rob continued to sing. Badly. He was quite the annoying individual all night lol. He stopped when I threatened him with having to spend the whole day with me on Saturday if he didn't quit ;)

To end the concert, both REO and Styx came out and sang a song together.

Great concert and good weather, so it was a nice evening!
Jenn

Vote for my Fail

I was at Michael's today and they had Christmas candy displayed right by the registers - with a sign stating "Halloween Candy" in orange and black. I submitted to Fail Blog, so go vote for it (rate it) and maybe it'll appear on the front page. I don't win anything for getting there except bragging rights lol. Plus it'll make me feel better about the poor customer service the manager has :)

Here's the pic:

And here's the link to vote.
Jenn