getting ready for Valentines Day

you either love it or you hate it. for the longest time i hated it. all those ppl running around with flowers and candy and me sitting at home watching tv and stuffing my face full of chocolates..that i bought for myself lol.

so i've decided this year to make the most of my alone time (even though i have someone....far far away...*miss you x*) and also to share some secrets with the rest of you.

for all those going solo this year....spread the love to your fellow singletons by sharing a smile. smilebox offers a free service that you can download and create ecards and slide shows that you can post on your own blog or even send to friends and family in an email.
the best part about this is that you can add your own photos to these ecards. so get creative! show how much you love or hate v day and then share it with others.


ok so now its the big night and you just want to get out of the house. whether you are married or single with little ones or pets that need looking after....the truth of the matter is...your gonna need a sitter. but its v day...so the kid down the street is busy tonight too! well my suggestion is to visit . they have babysitters, nannies, petsitters, housesitters, eldercare, and now tutors as well. so if you are a proud parent or 3 or the proud parent of fuzzykins, they have a service for you.

Super Bowl XLII

sports fans raise your hands please! super bowl XLII is in less than 4 days now and there are millions of excited fans all over the country just waiting to stuff there faces with chips and dip and scream at every fumble. now if you're like me....you go only for the chips and the commercials...mostly the chips! just kidding.

SOOO! in honor of the super bowl this year, i have decided to post super bowl commercials for those of you that missed them. of course you will have to wait until they air...don't be getting too greedy on me!

Now if there are some of you that are still looking for super bowl XLII tickets, make sure you visit stubhub. they always have last minute tickets and people who are selling their tickets as well. You can find them at the link below.



ok ok...so you want a little sneak peak do ya? check out the danica patrick go daddy commerical before any one else sees it!


so maybe you are wondering who else will be advertising for the super bowl XLII. Here is a list of just a few:

• Busch
• Audi
• Bridgestone
• Dell
• Fedex
• General motors
• Kraft foods
• Pepsi
• Toyota
• Unilever

ok ok...one more sneak peek. this pepsi super bowl commercial was created to raise awareness for an organization for the inclusion of people with different abilities.

have a look by clicking here. (you dont need to turn up your volume...you wont hear a sound....hehe enjoy!)

Mildred the Bike

Heres my new bike! and yes there is mud on the tires!....she has been used...and more than once. dont give me that look!

GOALS!

ok here they are....please try and follow along!

a) lose 20 lbs! and be skinny!

b) post here for you fine people at least once a week...feel free to post comments! help me reach my goals!

c) churn out one book every two weeks (if you dont know what this mean dont worry..you will soon!)

d) create one niche site a month...thats right! you'll get to see the work im doing too..i'll post them all here for ya!

and e) (bc...5 is a nice round number) ride my new bike (yay!) for 30 minutes a day ....5 days a week...rain or shine!

can't sleep!

ok so im supposed to be asleep right now bc i have to be up at 5 am to work. i even went to bed early just so i could get extra sleep b4 tomorrow morning...but i just cant sleep. my mind wont shut up about everything....mostly about how pathetic i have been in january. i havent done a single thing...TONS of planning....but nothing concrete. disgraceful!

SO!...i'v decided that enough is enough....seriously. my stomach is killing me tonight....another reason i cant sleep...but again my fault. ate too late and too much and i didnt go out and exercise as much as i needed to this week in order to feel better. so yea...i've had it...no more lazyness!

i really need to make some goals and hit them hard....now let me have a good think and i'll get back to you on those....

Fun and easy christmas tags

now we all know that christmas is fast approaching and we're all really concerned more about the gifts than the wrapping....but once you get all your holiday shopping done why now take a few extra minutes (5 to be exact) to spruce things up a bit? this is a great example that literally took me 5 minutes to do and cost me next to nothing to make. i started with some scrapbooking supplies that i already had laying around my craft box.

3 inches of twine
1 luggage tag
an old dictionary (falling apart)
stickers
elmers glue stick
and a black pen
..oh and my creativity!

so basically i looked through the dictionary for a word or phrase that would be appropriate for the gift i was giving. this one will be used for a ladies white elephant christmas party (these ladies meet regularly for a bible study every week)... so i chose the term good-fellowship.

i cut out the definition and and simply glued it to the luggage tag with the glue stick. this one in particular is great because it starts out dark blue and then dries clear. so if you've made any mistakes or put too much glue you can clean it up easily. then i just took some stickers that i had stashed away...these look like buttons. i used them just as a small embellishment to add some texture to the tag.

once everything was dry i wrote happy holidays on the tag and just embellished that a bit as well. this is where you get to be most creative. if your not artsy fartsy in the drawing department, you can simply use rub-on transfers...or even your computer!

last but not least i attached the twine to the luggage tag and then tied it onto the ribbon of my package.

remember this is just a very simple way to embellish your gifts and make it look like you put a lot of time and effort into your gifts ....even though you only spent 5 minutes! don't worry...i wont tell!

Can you pass me the tape?

ok so i came to write about my new idea for the shape of this blog and got distracted by another blog lol.....i'm like Hansel and Gretel following the links all over the internet. anyway...its been a bit difficult to really have a direction for this blog. when i started i wanted this to be about anything and everything. but.....random = good, boring = bad. ALAS! i have decided to showcase a few things here. mostly some things i have been working on. hobby/creative stuff....and i'd like to showcase some others as well.

when i have the time i'm a very crafty person (no not sneaky....think gluey and glittery!) its getting close to christmas too and its about to become craft central here. so i thought....what a great way/time to showcase some of the artsy stuff i do. basically sharing my creativity with the world! (dont you feel special?!)