tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336060472011-07-30T14:27:22.792-05:00Corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16056042929050221118noreply@blogger.comBlogger331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33606047.post-22481628447384225392011-02-27T19:52:00.000-05:002011-02-27T19:52:04.777-05:00

Oscar Picks Who I think WILL win:Best Actor: Colin FirthBest Supporting Actor: Geoffrey RushBest Actress: Annette BeningBest Supporting Actress:  Hailee SteinfeldDirector: Tom HooperBest Picture: The King's SpeechBest Animated: Toy Story 3Art Direction:  InceptionCinematographer:  True GritCostume: The King's SpeechEditing: Black SwanMakeup:Music (Score):  Social NetworkMusic (Song): "If I

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If I were a celebrity and tall and skinny and ready to take a fashion risk, this is what I would wear to the Oscars: Reem Acra Spring 2011 Collection I was going to wear this, but Halle Berry did to an event last week: Elie Saab - Spring 2011 Couture Collection Hopefully Tom and Lorenzo would approve!

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This was our fourth year attending AMC's Best Picture Showcase.    Like last year, the 10 nominees were split up between 2 Saturdays.   (Some cities do a 24 hour marathon, but Columbus is not one of them.)   This year, instead of unlimited popcorn they gave us $10 AMC gift cards to buy whatever snacks/drinks we wanted.   Great improvement because who can eat that much popcorn anyway... Thanks

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Don't have a heart attack people.  I'm back!   For at least a moment anyway... So, for about a year now, I've been entering the Pioneer Woman's photography assignments/competitions.  Along with about 40,000 other people.   Seriously. As of yet, I haven't been featured on her blog.  And while I don't ever expect to be featured, I will still enter my photographs because it's a fun challenge (

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We went to the Ohio State Fair on Sunday, August 1st.   We met my brother and his family there. Here are the highlights:Eva saw Smokey the Bear.   Smokey was taking a nap, so he didn't get to say hi to her.  Maybe next year.  We walked through the poultry area, where we saw a truck FULL of ducks.   And a crate FULL of chickens.   Piled on top of each other.   One of them may have been dead. Dan

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This entry on Passive Aggressive Notes yesterday had me cracking up: You Burned My FeelingsI have a feeling that this is what I was like as a kid. I would not be surprised to find out that my parents have a few letters like this from me stashed away somewhere. I hope Eva turns out a whole lot sweeter than I was!!! :)

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I'm so excited! I've won a giveaway on one of my very favorite blogs, a room somewhere. The giveaway was for a swimsuit from Lime Ricki. They make super cute, yet modest, swimwear. Our friends Matt & Lori got us a season pass to our local waterpark, Zoombezi Bay, for Christmas. I've been looking forward to spending a lot of time there this summer, but I was not looking forward to walking

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Check out my mom's blog, Life Is Good, for a special 100th Blog Post Giveaway. You can enter to win your choice of one of the paintings in my Etsy shop, CDEdesigns. Good luck!

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As you may have read in this blog post, I have recently learned how to sew.For my second project, I really wanted to jump in to clothing. I'd like to start "jazzing up" Eva's wardrobe and making her clothes last longer. I hope to eventually be able to make clothes for her. Or at least clothes for her baby dolls!(By the way, does saying "jazzing up" make me sound like an old lady? I'm thinking it

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I've been a crazy-obsessed Oscar watcher for years and years now. My mom and I used to get all dressed up, make a bunch of hors d'oerves and plop down in front of the TV to watch the Barbara Walter's Special, followed by the red carpet, followed by the main event. Usually, by the time Best Supporting Actress was presented (the first award of the night), we were ready to put on our jammies and

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Dan and I always try to see all of the Oscar-nominated films before the Oscar telecast. Imagine our delight when AMC started offering a Best Picture Showcase package a few years ago! We were able to see all 5 Best Picture Nominees in one day for a reduced price, plus unlimited popcorn. It was perfect for us! This year, however, a wrench was thrown into our plans. They decided to nominated

Corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16056042929050221118noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33606047.post-84429636454076525192010-03-04T09:54:00.004-05:002010-03-04T10:53:53.660-05:00

If you are a blogger and aren't utilizing Google Analytics, you are really missing out. Especially if you are a nerd like me and love charts, graphs and spreadsheets.If you aren't familiar with Google Analytics, I'll tell you a little bit about it. It is a free service offered by Google (duh) and it analyzes all of the traffic on your site and presents it to you in an easy to read and understand

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Back in December, my husband and I were looking for a toybox for Eva for a Christmas present. We both really wanted something in wood, with seating on top. Something like we both had as kids. The only ones like this that we were able to find were WAY too expensive for us. We're still looking for one. Hopefully we'll find one by next Christmas! In the meantime, I needed something to help control

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I've had this post almost-ready-to-go for a few weeks now. I'm just going to go ahead and publish it now and hopefully add my text to it later. And I rrreeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllyyyyyyyyy want to finish up my year in review, for my own sake (it was an interesting year and I don't want to forget it.) So I'll get back to it at some point. I just don't want it to keep me from posting current

Corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16056042929050221118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33606047.post-54863198741398002352010-02-12T11:25:00.006-05:002010-02-12T11:47:06.118-05:00

These are sneak peeks of items that will soon be available in my new Etsy store! http://www.etsy.com/shop/CDEdesignsI'll have paintings and jewelry to start with, and hope to add some other crafts and vintage items. I'll let you all know once the items are up on the Etsy site! Thanks for looking! :)

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OK - I've started this year in review thing, and I am determined to complete it. I need to get all of this written out before I forget it! :)So, June.In June, I restarted this blog and started posting some crafts I had made, starting with some Father's Day gifts.For Dan's first Father's Day, I wanted to do something special. But I needed pictures first. I took advantage of a cloudy day (great for

Corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16056042929050221118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33606047.post-9417001198955107822010-01-15T22:56:00.006-05:002010-01-16T15:36:01.059-05:00

May started out with Eva getting a highchair, in preperation for her introduction to baby food. Doesn't she look so tiny and lost in it? Don't worry, she grows into it.(disclaimer: that is not my kitchen in the background. Whoever took the picture of Eva in her new highchair did not take into consideration that our kitchen was a mess, so I used my newly acquired Photoshop [actually GIMP]

Corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16056042929050221118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33606047.post-90003411995618600852010-01-15T22:53:00.009-05:002010-01-16T15:20:32.391-05:00

On Friday, April 3rd, Mom and I drove from Cades to Myrtle Beach to stay overnight. While it was 75 degrees and sunny at the beach, there were major wind gusts blowing (gusting?) through. Eva was not enjoying that much wind in her face and couldn't seem to catch her breath. So we didn't stay on the beach for long.We went to Bovine's Steakhouse in Murrell's Inlet for dinner. I had shrimp and

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The first weekend in March, our friends Kate and Josh came down from Toledo to visit us. We took advantage of nice weather and went to the zoo. We had a great time! On March 13th, Eva turned 4 months old. Her funny little personality was really starting to develop. The week of March 29th, Eva and I (along with my mom and Shelly) took a trip to South Carolina. Eva was a great traveler, despite

Corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16056042929050221118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33606047.post-58260176915668221782010-01-11T12:29:00.012-05:002010-01-15T23:33:17.540-05:00

February's weather started out very mild, so we took a trip to the zoo. This was not Eva's first trip, but I think it was her first one in which she was awake and may have actually been able to see the animals. And there were a lot of animals out enjoying the weather. During this time, Eva was starting to move around her crib a lot during the night. We never knew what crazy position we would find

Corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16056042929050221118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33606047.post-38370105928242529992010-01-07T12:27:00.017-05:002010-01-15T23:04:32.549-05:00

JanuaryWe brought in 2009 at our friends house playing Rock Band. Eva was there with us, going in and out of sleep. It's so hard to remember those newborn days when she slept all the time.Here's a picture of Eva in a sleeper that is way too big for her. Gone are the days when she wore clothes that were too big. She's growing out of clothes so quickly now.On January 5th, Eva watched her first

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I am extremely happy that 2009 is over. It was really a lousy year for so many people, not just me.2010 is sure to be better and I am so looking forward to what's in store. :)It's not a resolution, but I am going to try to update my blog more often. I have completed a ton of projects lately that I would love to share. And I have so many projects in the pipeline.Happy 2010!!!!

Corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16056042929050221118noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33606047.post-69847396165388845982009-08-14T20:55:00.002-05:002009-08-14T20:57:17.868-05:00

I saw this today and it cracked me up! I had to share it with you.Oops! I Craft My Pants!http://oopsicraftmypants.blogspot.com/

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I'm excited to be participating in my first bloggie party! :)A while back, I found this U-G-L-Y bulletin board/clock for at Home Goods. Don't you just love Home Goods?Can you believe that the original price for this was $39.99??? Who would pay that much? Apparently no one, since they had about a dozen of these with different cities. They were all on clearance for $10, but for some reason this

Corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16056042929050221118noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33606047.post-40743838405227475882009-07-24T18:47:00.003-05:002009-07-24T18:50:15.748-05:00

A big thanks to my mom for her suggestion for the title of my blog. It is now "Change is Good." I like it!I hope to update this blog with a few posts this weekend. I have a lot of projects that have been completed that I am just itching to share with you. Whoever you are.

Corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16056042929050221118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33606047.post-22513764215421802442009-06-28T10:52:00.006-05:002009-06-28T11:30:53.146-05:00

When I went to that craft night back in April (the one where I made the "Stuff" board) most everyone else made "Look What I Did" boards. They are a place for kids to display their artwork, school projects, etc.After finding a scrap piece of wood in Shelly's trailer, I decided to make one for my nephew Corbin's first birthday. I searched forever for Circus themed paper since I know that is how

Corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16056042929050221118noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33606047.post-87772859650222273232009-06-26T15:35:00.012-05:002009-08-27T20:36:28.644-05:00

I can't believe I have completed another project!!! Well, I haven't hung it up anywhere, so I guess I'm not completely completed...I found a cute peg board at Goodwill for $1.29. Of course I didn't take a picture of it, but I did take a picture of the other one I bought. It was just like this, except a funky bad shade of pink (pepto-bismol) and had a butterfly on it instead of a whale.I don't

Corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16056042929050221118noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33606047.post-77531423794886300872009-06-24T18:10:00.004-05:002009-06-26T15:34:35.956-05:00

I start lots of projects and rarely finish them. Or I'll finish them and do nothing with them.Well, I made this board back in April at a Craft Night at my cousin's house. (click here to be directed to her blog post about it.) So, 2 months later, I have finally hung it up in my kitchen. Yay! Thanks to 3M Command strips, it was an easy job. I still need to make it level. Gotta find our level

Corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16056042929050221118noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33606047.post-385704352684265512009-06-24T18:01:00.003-05:002009-06-24T18:10:00.086-05:00

For my dad (Eva's Pawpaw) for Father's Day, I picked up a $1 frame from Michael's. I "modpodged" it with some of my $6.99 paper, and then added some chipboard letters I had from Flower Factory. And then I put in a picture of the two of them from the day she was born.Here is the result.And here is the card I made for my Dad out of the front of an old greeting card I had. The mid-century modern

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For Dan for Father's Day, I wanted to make him something special...I found a star shaped blank chipboard book for $1 in the dollar bins at Michael's. This would be my starting off point.And then I found a great stack of 12x12 scrapbook paper on clearance for only $6.99! I've been searching for a perfect stack of paper for a while - - one that included a variety of prints. If I was going to spend

Corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16056042929050221118noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33606047.post-69241169027266172992009-06-19T11:46:00.002-05:002009-06-19T12:01:02.952-05:00

I am re-starting my blog which reflects that I have been re-starting my life, so to speak.After my daughter Eva was born last November, it was hard enough figuring out how to be a mom. But then a couple of months after I returned to work I was laid off - that was harder. I also found out at around the same time that I am diabetic (Type 2) which is hard as well - and admittedly I am not doing

Corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16056042929050221118noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33606047.post-20551112148471320422007-02-01T08:30:00.000-05:002007-02-01T09:28:42.301-05:00

Well, it's been a while since I last blogged. I have been really busy at work and the last thing I want to do when I get home is spend more time on the computer. Things seem to be looking up, so maybe I will be more relaxed and feel like writing.I have to share with you what happened last weekend. It was a great weekend overall (it was my birthday) it was just a little chaotic.Let me backtrack to

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I've been thinking for a while now about what I want to write in this blog. I feel like I don't lead a very exciting life from day to day. Most of my entertaining stories come from work, and I don't feel comfortable writing publicly about work.So, I've decided to write a little about my trip to Paris last April and how to do Paris on a budget.The trip to Paris came about because my husband Dan

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