A Heidi Swapp wannabe that is! I loved the pants she (and her girls) wore at Memory Trends and thought I needed to make a pair for Madi… They aren’t as ‘cool’ as hers, but the work for Madi. I need more stamps! Ü
PS ~ The job interview went well! Keeping my fingers crossed! I’ll update when I know more!
Ali
SHARPIES!!!! In a rainbow of colors! It is so easy to please me! 
Ali
I could really use some. Nothing serious…. just a job interview on Wednesday morning. I love where I work. I love the people I work with. I just don’t love what I do. I’m not a numbers gal by any stretch of the imagination. So why am I in accounting? Ü Anyway, I have an interview for a job "in the industry" (scrapbooking) and I am super, super excited and nervous. I have passed up 2 opportunities in the past (Karen Foster Design & Making Memories)… I know, I know… what was I thinking?!?!?!?! I WILL NOT PASS THIS OPPORTUNITY UP! So…. any positive thoughts, vibes, prayers, etc. would be much apprecaited at this time! I’ll keep ya posted!!!! Thanks a million!
Ali
I don’t feel much like working today. Job sucks. SO, I’ve been messing around with digital scrapbooking a bit. I don’t have a cool program at work, so I’m limited to what I can do, but I’m having fun nontheless! Here is a VERY SIMPLE layout of my niece Erin. What a cutie!
Ali
I found this site Name Meanings through Katherine’s Blog. It’s pretty cool! Here is what our name’s mean:
ALLISON
Little Truthful One : Irish
You are both a visionary and a realist able to bring your dreams into a tangible form. Pioneering and ambitious you accept new challenges and the responsibilities which go with them willingly. Your sound judgment, resourcefulness and positive nature means that your progress in life is assured. Certainly your kindness and generosity to others and your inspirational manner attract success as well as many admirers.
CARL
Strong, manly : Teutonic
You are a charismatic individual with a dynamic and attractive personality. Probably not known for your caution or patience you are a risk taker who hates to be restricted in any way. Freedom is very important to you. Your thinking and intuition is strong and you have a talent for communication. You enjoy the sensual and material pleasures of life and with the application of care and wisdom you can achieve wonderful worldly success.
TYSON
Firebrand : French
You are charming, talented and have a very positive attitude to life so it is hardly surprising that you attract success and recognition. Focused and patient you understand that material rewards are a result of discipline. Being so creative and with a need for self-expression you may be drawn towards the arts, travel is also likely to be important. A loyal friend, you are a person who must be allowed freedom and independence.
MADISON
Versatile, intelligent and artistically talented, you love to enjoy yourself and tend to experience a happy domestic life and material success. You have a methodical and thorough mind and are able to organize large projects easily. Charming and likeable you tend to find yourself in the spotlight and much admired by others. Life is more fun with you around.
Some of them are right on, and some of them I’m not sure about. Fun nontheless!
Ali
Why does the weekend have to go so fast?
Football. The Judge Bulldogs lost to the Wasatch Wasps 31-28. We were tied @ 28 with 4.5 seconds left in the game. Wasatch was able to kick a field goal to win the game. Time ran out. Bummer. It was Senior Night as well. AND, the football field is being torn down at the end of the fall sports season. For those of you that don’t know anything about Judge Memorial Catholic High School, it opened in 1921 and is steeped in tradition. The football field overlooks the Salt Lake Valley and really is "one of a kind". So many tears were shed by the big, strong boys on the football team, as well as many of the parents. Sad to the loss on Senior Night, sad to see the home season closing and sad to see the last football game played in the old stadium.
Madi and Carl returned from Vegas late Sunday evening. They Utah Sting played well and Madi pitched awesome all weekend. She was hit by a few hits that went right back to her at pitcher, and she was involved in a "hot box" where the runner lowered her helmet and rammed Madi in the stomach. Poor girl. She is a very tough cookie and rarely sheds tears. Carl said it was so sad to see her go back to the dug out trying to hold back the tears. Finally she just let them come.
The luncheon at church was a lot of fun, but I’m sure glad it is over. The setting up and cleaning up is so tiring! Ü
And so another week begins. 1 softball game, 2 soccer games and 2 football games will take us through Saturday. Fun times. Wouldn’t trade them for the world!
(Madi is right smack dab in the middle)
Ali
Finally, it’s Friday! Woo Hoo! What a LONG, LONG week. Work has been crazy, busy and just plain unbearable. yuck. Every single night was occupied with one of the kids activities…. either practice or a game. Last night Tyson had a game in Heber City against Wasatch. Last year Wasatch beat us badly. It wasn’t even a game. We only saw the 1st half as we spent the 2nd half at the Heber City Hospital getting Tyson’s finger x-rayed. He shattered it. UGH. Painful. But, in true Tyson fashion, he didn’t let it stop him from playing. He continued on with the season just like nothing happened. Anyway, back to yesterday. We won. It was a good game. Not even a competition really. It was nice. After the 45 min. drive back down the canyon, I spent the next 6 hours (til 1:00 am) setting up for our annual fall luncheon at church. I’m beat today. BUT… it is Friday! And Friday means varsity football. Our last home game of the season. And it is senior night. We have some of the most awesome seniors this year. One in particular. Chad Meske. He took Tyson under his wing the summer before last. When T was just an incoming freshman playing baseball with the big boys. He has always looked out for Tyson. Great kid. Chad even drives T to school every morning. We’ll definitely miss him next year. He is just awesome.
Carl and Madi headed off to Las Vegas this morning. Madi’s softball team UTAH STING is playing in a tournament down there. Because of the luncheon tomorrow for me, and the football game tonight for T, we both had to stay home. Which is totally fine. I get to do the St. George trip in November with Madi. Girls weekend. Boys get to stay home.
Hmmmmm….. I may get to do some scrapping this weekend. After the luncheon tomorrow, my weekend is wide open. Yea! Carl and Madi won’t get home until late Sunday night. Maybe Tyson will actually go to a movie with his Mom. It’s a possibility.
I hope everyone has an AWESOME weekend! This should be the last semi-warm weekend for us. I think we are supposed to cool down next week. Fall is here!
Ali
Last year we repainted Tyson’s room with the colors of Judge Memorial Catholic High School. Crimson red and Las Vegas Gold. I told him that I would paint some quotes on the wall and also the Judge Mascot or Logo. Well, it has been a year and I finally got around to it! I used a tracer/projector to get the images on the wall, traced them with a pencil and then used paint/paint markers to fill it in. Very easy, but time consuming. These two walls took me about 6 hours. Sorry for the bad photo/scans…..
Ali
This book was recommended to me by several people in the last few weeks. I picked it up last Friday and the minute I opened it up, I couldn’t put it down. It is not a ‘pretty’ book by any means. It is a very real book that documents the six weeks the author spends in rehab. I loved it. I admit parts of the book were very hard to read, and a few tears were shed, but it was worth it. Pick it up and let me know what you think!
Ali
HAPPY THURSDAY!
Ali
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