Author: Christine

There is a new promo going on for September for Stampin’ Up! The “September Six” discount is for any customer – place an order of $25/US or ($40/CAN) and you qualify to purchase any of the September Six stamp sets for 25% off their regular price! Sets include: By Design, Little Layers II, Nice & Narrow, A Beautiful Season, Cheery Chat and Simple Sketches. Let me know if you need more details or a catalog!

Also, I just sent out an Evite for my debut Stampin’ Up Workshop. If you’re in Houston and you would like more details, let me know. I didn’t want to be too zealous in inviting everyone under the sun, but I don’t want to leave anyone out that would like to attend!

I just finally watched the “Average Joe: Adam Returns” series that has been sitting on the TiVo since March. I adored Adam in the first season of Average Joe. I cheered for Adam throughout his own special series. But in the end?

Adam sucks.

(Yeah, if that’s a spoiler for you, I’m sorry. It’s been like 5 months since the show aired, so it should be old news.)

What else have I been up to besides watching old stuff on the TiVo?

– Friday: Took Jason to my Mom’s and visited with her for a bit. Stopped at Office Max on the way home for stuff on sale. Prepped for BBQ we were hosting on Saturday for Doug & Chelsey. Marathon e-mail session with Kathy about Stampin’ Up, my upcoming “debut” party (11th of September! I’m psyched!) and co-hosted project days. Worked on Chelsey’s Knot bio.

– Saturday: Speed cleaning finale for the BBQ. Made my first two cards all on my own using Stampin’ Up! goodies. (I was so proud!) Attended Hanna’s bridal shower at Elaine’s house. Zoomed home for the BBQ at our place. Hosted a rather stellar party, fun was had by all. Food was fabulous as always. Kathy arrived and helped Chelsey & I make her gable boxes for the Out of Town guests, and they rocked! Sore arm from rolling stamp designs on 20 boxes (2 sided). Crashed. Hard.

– Sunday: Slept late. Jason came home, with his friend Patrick so they could go to Scout stuff together later in the afternoon. I left to visit Maison Pants, wearing my house pants, of course. Had an absolutely FABULOUS massage from Sarah. Chatted. Shared crafty tips. Inherited “Cooking Light” and “Real Simple” magazines, along with others. Came home, ate dinner, and crashed. Hard. Again.

– Monday: Fell asleep so early, I actually woke up at 4:30 am at first. Ugh. Slept some more. Got up at 6:00 to get Jason off to school. Came home and read. And read. And read. Read over 500 pages in my latest read, Outlander. Yes, it’s that good. Avoided all electronics – no TV, no Internet, nothing but a good book. Bliss.

– Tuesday: Read some more. And more. Only about 100 pages left in the book. (It’s a long book.) Watched “The Amazing Race” with Jason (from last week – we’re still a week behind). Watched the rest of “Average Joe: Adam Returns” (I really want to go and kick Adam in the shins.) Reviewed a lot of Stampin’ Up information, gathering tips and ideas.

And it’s not over yet. Still coming up? I have a project day in the Woodlands tomorrow, have a potential customer to meet with, need to get Chelsey’s unity candle, her wedding dress, my bridesmaid dress, take Jason to a doctor’s appointment, and do yard work. On top of all that, I really want to finish my book.

You know what disturbs me the most about the Olympics? It’s not Paul Hamm’s squeaky little girl voice. It’s not the fact that Michael Phelps needs to pull his swimsuit up because we’re all tired of seeing butt cleavage. It’s not even the “high speed super slow motion” thing, which now makes perfect sense after the comments left on my previous post. No, it’s the commercials.

Specifically, one commercial. There is a car commercial (I don’t remember what model), where this adorable little girl is standing outside the car, shouting magic phrases at it. “Abra cadabra!” Nothing happens, but she seems really intent on doing her magic trick.

Dad comes up and suggests she follows his lead and tries it like he does it. He demonstrates his “abra cadabra!” and then she does it with cute dramatic flourish. Viola! He clicks the auto-start feature on his car remote, and the engine starts to run! Voice over announces that this car now features an auto start to make your life better and all that.

Ok, really? Do we want little four year old kids across the country starting up cars? Is this a wise ad to run? I’ll admit, it’s a cute ad and all that – but seriously, something about it scares me. Why on earth is she trying to start up the car?

I cringe every time I see it. I know some kiddo is going to take the remote, start the car, it will be in drive and go plowing through the front of the house. I just know it will happen someday. Am I just being paranoid?