Hey Guys!

I just recently became a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. If you've never heard of Stampin' Up!, they specialize in rubber stamping, card making, and scrapbooking. You can check out the company's website here: http://www.stampinup.com/

I have never tried any of these in-home sales businesses before but I really fell in love with the Stampin' Up! products and have reconnected with the creative side of myself that I had forgotten about. If you are ever interested in learning more about Stampin' Up! and it's products, or are interested in hosting a workshop (you can earn TONS of free stuff - and I'm not just saying that!) please feel free to contact me. I have 2 special websites and a new special email just for my Stampin' Up! business:

http://stampofapproval08.stampinup.net/
http://stampofapproval08.wordpress.com/
stampofapproval08@gmail.com

ALSO! I am running a special promotion this month to celebrate my new adventure. During the entire month of June, everyone who requests to be on my Stampin' Up! email list will be entered into a contest to win a special prize!* The prize is Stampin’ Up!’s June ESCAPE bundle that includes the Circle of Friendship stamp set, the Love Notes assortment, the Rose Red Classic Stampin’ Pad, and a roll of Very Vanilla 5/8″ grosgrain ribbon! That’s a $30 value! And you could get it for FREE! People on my email list will receive special promotional offers and information from me as well as the latest information on products and promotions at Stampin’ Up! If you would like to be on my email list shoot me an email at stampofapproval08@gmail.com . Please be sure to add stampofapproval08@gmail.com to your Contacts List so my emails don’t get sent to your Spam folder!


I hope this message finds you all well and I'm sorry I've been missing for so long! I guess I just needed a long break. :)

*Only requests received prior to 11:59pm on June 30th will be eligible for the drawing. Drawing will be held on July 1st. Need not be present to win.

holy moly

it's been quite a long time, folks, but here i am.

wow, we actually made the newspaper

here's an article about the Christmas program i was working on this past month. just thought i would share. :)

Christmas Toy Workshop

Weight Loss Wednesday #7

geez, can you believe this has been going on for 7 weeks now? and i still haven't gotten below my initial starting weight? the holidays suck. heh. anyway, here's the stats for this week:

current weight: 143
last week's weight: 142

i'm up a pound since last week. but i'm bloated and crampy and feeling all over yucky, so that's what i'm blaming the 1 pound gain on. it's certainly not the bowls of ice cream i've had the past 4 nights in a row. most certainly not.

that's about all i've got for today, kids. my brian is just wiped. the Christmas Toy Workshop program was finished this weekend and now i'm trying to get my own Christmas stuff in line. and all in 5 more days! oy vey.

Weight Loss Wednesday #6

Alright. So. this week went well, actually. mostly due to the fact that i was throwing up for 12 hours on sunday/monday. but i digress. here's the stats.

current weight: 142
starting weight: 142

i've finally made it back to where i started this whole adventure. that's good, right? i hope the weight keeps going down, but with the way the rest of this week is going to go, i somewhat doubt it. we're all crazy busy trying to get the Christmas Toy Workshop all ready to go for Friday. we were able to get a bunch of food donated, but it's mostly pizza. don't get me wrong, i love me some pizza, it's just not very good at helping you lose weight. oh well, that's ok. this week i am down another 2 pounds and that's all i'm going to focus on right now. :)

oh so cute!

i was just going through some old posts from my old blog and found some totally cute posts from when Dean and i first started dating. like this one:

oh! ok.. so i didn't blog about my birthday. i went to the gym for a while after work, then i went home to get ready. my bros gave me their presants (the Grand Theft Auto 2-pack for Xbox, the Max Payne game, and a 2nd controller). then i got all pretty-fied and Dean came to pick me up at 7:30pm. noone else was home, so he didn't have to go through the stress of meeting family members. anyway... Dean said i looked "amazing". after a quick tour of the house we set off to Bonefish Grill. Dean had my b-day card/gift sitting on the passenger seat in his car... he got me tickets to an Orioles game!! i am so totally excited... it's my first major league game ever! and with my most favoritest team! wheeee!!! can you tell i'm excited? hehe...

anyway... dinner was absolutely wonderful. excellent food. excellent company. =) after dinner i said that i wasn't ready to go home yet, so we found this little bar that was doing Karaoke and hung out there for a while. then, finally, at 12:30am we decided to leave and we headed back to my house. on the way there Dean asked me to be his girlfriend. hehehe!! he was so totally cute, too. these were his words, exactly: "i'm not sure what the proper protocol is for this, and it is going to sound very middle school-ish, but i would really love to be able to tell people you're my girlfriend." hee! i told him that i would like that very much. so... yeah... =D

hehehe! and now we're engaged. *sigh* my how time flies.

worst episode EVER

have any of you ever had food poisoning? my lord... i just had a bout of it sunday/monday. it was awful. one of dean's cousins had a family xmas party this past saturday, and apprently all but 4 people from the party got sick. mine started around 11pm sunday night; i thought i was hungry, so i had a little bowl of cereal. shortly after eating the cereal, the vomiting started. from there on out, i was vomiting approximately every 1.5 hours all throughout the night. and it didn't stop until 11am or so monday morning. then, of course, it started coming out the other end. lovely, isn't it?

all i've been able to eat so far is plain cheerios, toast, and plain oatmeal. i did try some chicken soup last night around 8pm, but i couldn't eat too much of it.

i tell you what... i wouldn't wish this on anyone. it sucks.

insanity

hey, you know what? yesterday was my 50th post! hooray for little milestones! heh.

you want to know something else? today, i have successully sustained myself on Doritos and Utz Party Mix. and 2 Chicken Fingers for lunch. also a few cookies. this is what i call the Christmas Toy Workshop diet. unfortunately it rarely leads to weight loss, so that sucks.