no... you go on ahead with what you were doing...

Where do I start with this?? This is a for sure "gripe" on one of my top fav stores. UGH... so last night Amy calls and she must go to MICHAELS for a few items and asks for me to join her and Collin (which is sleeping and sick). So she picks me up (by the way it is Collin's 1st birthday, yeah!) OK anyway, we get there. we pa ruse the scrapbooking aisles in pure disgust, why did Recollections close?? we ask each other.. the section is a dump. so weis done with looking, she has her must haves from her list and we shimmy on down to the check out line. Come on... it is a Wednesday night, who is really at MICHAELS?? Everyone apparently and ONE person working the register or should I say attempting to work the register, where is my Ms. Faye when we need her?? So Collin is laid up in the stroller just a snoozing and we strike up conversation with the lady behind us, we are chit chatting and then notice the line is not moving and the register girl is having a challenging time, where is the rest of the register people... did they run away, go to Old Navy for the sale??? So we begin to gripe about poor customer service at local stores, exchanging stories and this one is about to be entered on the infamous list. We now know so much about this lady, her son is engaged, blah blah... yadda yadda. I am not big on the conversation with strangers in line, for the record she started it. Ok now we are just one away from being checked out... WHOOHOO, oh did I mention Amy has like 5 things. The register girl is having yet another problem, OMG! We look back the the line has forked, there are people everywhere, I would say at least 20 customers. OK, so register girl calls for help, not back-up, where do these people come from?? So this register assistant comes up and does nothing really and actually offers to help the next in line, YES!! We stroll on over and so does the lady behind us; our new BFF. To start things off, register help abandons us for register girl AGAIN. Seriously lady over here... now the customer that was like 3 back in line is paying, ahhhhhhhhh (I want to scream) so the register help lady comes back only to call some other person to assist register girl, as help lady comes towards the front of the store, the register girl finally gets it and so register help lady shews her off and says "no... you go on ahead with what you were doing" WHAT??? asked all 20 of us? Everyone is in a shear uproar by now. Obviously she is of importance and can she not sniff out the importance of helping the customers in the store?? Whatever. So anyway Amy is about to be checked out only for the register help to drop, yes i said drop this kids lap desk onCollin and all of her other stuff, wooden frames and scrapbook paper, went crashing down. OMG, I check on Collin, Amy bends over to get her things and what does register help do?? NOTHING, you were right. OMG again! Someone in line asks if it hurt the baby or woke him up.. you know they cared. Register help was hardly remorseful. UGH. We finally leave, I am not too sure when we will be back... it would have to be a really really good sale and they actually have it in stock. UGH... I am so worn out by this experience. -pm :(

costco

I just logged on to my costco account and they are shutting down the website for 2 days to make improvements. This will take place at 11pm May 28th. If you use this website to print out your pics, you may want to plan accordingly. :) -pm

american idol

Yeah! David Cook won!! He was one of my favs the WHOLE time, my other fav was Michael Johns, someone booted too quickly off of the show (in my opinion) and yes I voted so I can say that!! Congrats to David, I am sure we will hear many great things from him... you rock!!

new kids on the block... yummy

ok, i admit i am a FAN!! they will be at AAC (american airlines center) on october 19th, tickets go on sale june 9th @ 10 am. we need to round up the posse and go! if you are interested, lets try to all get some tickets!! LOL!

New Kids On The Block

the best white pen EVER....

ok I just discovered the best white pen ever at scrapbook barn. i asked the girl working there if it "really" worked. she assured me that this is NOT a gimmick and it is truly her fav, she owns more than one. OK i say, add it to the basket. for $3.75 a pop, 2 toll booths and 30 miles away from home this little sucker better work!! forizzle! c'mon we have all been told that "this one is the best" and was a sucker and bought it, and the greatest pen ever only works like twice, just like super glue.for real though, this is my new favorite, even more than my precious souffle white pen. it is a gotta have girls! -pm

uniball signo white pigment broad um-153

HOPE

I was invited to a "pink party" back in November. This is a party for just girls!! The idea is that you wear pink. Cute! This year was to honor and help raise money for my friend Brenda's mom, Sandra Mora. Sandra is a breast cancer survivor and is an inspiration of hope and strength.

There was a huge spread of girly food and great selection of spirits, why wouldn't this be fun!? This event was hosted in the beautiful home of Laura Heyman, long time friend of Brenda.

I made a scrapbook page and wanted to show it off! I went almost total pepto bismol pink everywhere!! This was a great way to utilize the thousands of pink scraps that I just cannot seem to let go! -pm

obsessive? maybe...

So many of you know that I have been sick, on house arrest basically with a teenager disease. Yep you guessed right, Mono. I am not the type to stay home willingly... ALL of the time! Well with many thoughts running through my mind all day I have vowed to resolve some issues with my scrapbooks. I am notorious for leaving pages "un-done" or without journaling... I will just come back to it. Famous last words right?! I went through all of my books (there are about 25) and filled in where needed, got the picture from someone, made filler pages, etc. I went a HUGE step further. What do you do in case of a major disaster? Leave your books behind? I think NOT. As manly and strong as my husband may be, he cannot carry all of the books in one swoop. Nor will he justify my hard work as much as I do in case of an emergency. SO... yes I went over the edge. I took a picture of each scrapbook page. I organized it from start to finish of the album and named it accordingly. What if there is a computer disaster?! I uploaded the pictures of each of my books to Costco, for safe keeping. Let's not stop there, Costco could have problems too. I am also going to burn them to cd's and place in our (cross your fingers) a fire/waterproof safe. Now this is preserving your memories. Is this obsessive or just a good idea?


Also, I am often asked for examples/help and I start off by saying, there was this one layout...now all I have to do is share via email or Costco! Now, I am just doing a good deed for a friend in need. This is also a great way to "share" with family/friends that do not live near and want to see your great scrapbook accomplishments, oh I mean your family pictures!! :) -pm

I am here!!

It is official, I am a blogger. It seems that everyone is doing this, I gotta keep up! With this blog I plan to post new layouts or projects I have either done recently or bring out an oldie but goodie. I have friends ask all the time for a picture of something I have done, I also ask for the same. We have to stick together, the industry changes way too often. I have several great links provided here for ideas and some of my friends; I hope to keep adding more! I will also post a "Tell me what you think" section for ideas and encouragment for challenges I face with sparking my creativity. -pm