Tag... I'm IT!!

Hey girls!! I'm back from my Crop Weekend and it was so fun!! My friend Katie tagged me to answer some questions, so here they are:)

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? I think I recall my mom telling me that she had a teacher who's daughter was named Noelle and she really liked the name. My birthday is also Dec. 22nd; so it goes with the holiday season too!
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Probably last weekend; Brian made me really mad!
   
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? I do, but I write in half-print and half-cursive so that drives people nuts when they try to read what I have wrote!
   
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? I do like Salami, but Turkey sandwiches are right up there!
   
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? YES! I have 2 boys- Gavin who is 7 1/2 and Gage who is 21 months old. Oh, and I have a 30 year old son!! (lol- j/k he's my fiance but I feel more like a mother to him sometimes!!) We also have 2 kitty's- Maddie and Maxie.
   
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIEND WITH YOU? Of course, cause I am AWESOME!!!!! lol
   
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM? No! Are you kidding me? I am the most serious person out there! Do you sense the sarcasm in that?? GOOD, cause I am VERY SARCASTIC!!!
   
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? HECK NO!!! I was just watching a roller coaster show with Gavin and I had to walk away cause it was making me sick!! I am petrified of falling, from way up there!
   
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? I looooove Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Captain Crunch... heck, I just love cereal!
    
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? No and most of my shoes are slip on. (SAME answer as Katie!)
    
12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? All time fave is PEPPERMINT!! But I do like many other flavors!
    
13. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Hmmmmm? Probably their clothes or hair.
    
14. RED OR PINK? Pink to wear but I love red in a home.
    
15. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? My BELLY!!! It wiggles and jiggles and the stretchmarks, ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!
    
16. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My Nanny (my grandma)!! She passed away 3 years ago from cancer and I miss her every single day! She was a mom/grandma/best friend to me!
    
17. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST? Yes, because its fun to learn new things about people!!
    
18. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Black yoga pants and white fuzzy slippers!
    
19. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Me typing and the tv.
    
20. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON WHICH COLOR WOULD YOU BE? I loooove the color aquamarine; its so pretty and serene!
    
21. FAVORITE SMELLS? Brian's cologne, my boys fresh-y from their baths, coconut, fresh mowed grass, roses, lemon, peppermint and anything berry!!
    
22. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Brian, on my way home from the crop weekend!!
    
23. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS NOTE? Yes, she is a doll!! I'm so glad to have came into contact with Katie:)
    
24. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? In person, baseball or football. I don't like to watch sports on tv.
    
25. HAIR COLOR? Right now, reddish-brown. I just colored it again ♥
    
26. EYE COLOR? Brown
27. DO YOU WERE CONTACTS? No
    
28. FAVORITE FOOD? All time- PIZZA!
    
29. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy endings, but I do occasionally like a good scare!
    
30. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Footloose at the crop yesterday!! Ahh, the 80's!!
    
31. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Brown hoodie.
    
32. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer!!
    
33. HUGS OR KISSES? I'll take either!
34. FAVORITE DESSERT? Anything sweet!!
    
35. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Hmmmm, Mom or Holly??
    
36. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Unsure
    
37. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? Still trying to finish the Jon and Kate Plus 8 book- Multiple Blessings!
    
38. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR MOUSE PAD? Many colors- its of a photo of Gavin sleeping!
    
39. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT? No time for tv- I was scrappin' away!
    
40. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Babies/kids laughing, Gage saying "Noooooo", hearing "I love you" from any of my guys ♥ Music, water running...
    
41. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Stones baby!
    
42. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME? Dallas, TX
    
43. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I've been told that I am a great kisser!! lol
    
44. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? South Bend, IN
    
45. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? Anyone's.
    
46. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER? We met in high school and dated when we were 15 but I thought he was too nice so I dumped him!! We got together a few years later ♥!!

I am going to tag:

Priscilia- cause she says really funny stuff!
Lori (my mom) - cause I'm curious if I learn something new about her!
Holly- but only if you want to do it, I know you've done a ton of these things lately!

Well, I will be back later tonite to do a quick post about the B&B I stayed at this weekend; they had TONS of cool antiques in there!!

Later,
♥Noelle ♥

Pretty NEW Purses!!

Hey girls!! I got the new Spring '09 Vera Bradley catalog in the mail today!!! Such cute new bright colors for Spring and 2 new styles! I can't wait:) Well, actually I have to wait cause I don't have the money to spoil myself with one yet!

The purse shown above is the style "Gabby" and the pattern is called "Hope Garden". I think I want this style, being that its hand-held as opposed to one with a shoulder strap. I have small shoulders and my purse straps always slide off and it drives me nuts!!

This bag below is the pattern "Cupcake Green" and the style is the "Villager"; its nice and big!!

This is the "Cupcake Pink" pattern that I think my mom will love and the style is the "Large Tic Tac Toe Tote". CUTE!!!

Here is the pattern that I am in LOVE with!! The pattern is called "Purple Punch" and this is a new style called "Lisa B"; its has 2 slanted zipper pockets in the front, which is new to Vera Bradley.

I'm late to post today because I volunteered at Gavin's Book Fair at school this morning! Then I met him in the cafeteria for lunch; those cooks can make a mean grilled cheese-yum!! So tomorrow I will take off to my Scrapbooking Get-Away; yippee!! I need to pack up all my tools, supplies and albums tonite; hopefully I'll have enough to work on for oh, say 12 hours of cropping!! I need to make some tag and card samples for a crop and a show that I have next week. I am also working on a album for Gavin and one for Gage; I also started an Engagement Album for us with all the pics we had taken back in the Fall.

I tend to majorly over-pack anyway, so it will be interesting to see how much stuff I end up dragging with me:) I have been having a nasty cough now for the past 24 hrs and my chest hurts so bad!! The dr. gave me some meds that I hope will start working soon.

I hope you all have a great weekend with your families; and are able to find sometime for yourself to do some crafting, scrappin' or Goodwill shopping!!

Hugs to you all,

Noelle x0x0x0

I got an AWARD!!

Yay! Another award from my new friend Kari, The Giveaway Addicted Mommy!!
I never really win anything, nor have I gotten many awards so this is so exciting for me!!! Thanks Kari, you are a doll!!

So the rules for this award are:
1) Choose a minimum of 7 blogs that you find brilliant in content or design
2) Show the 7 winners names and links on your blog, and leave a comment informing them that they were prized with "Honest Scrap." Well, there's no prize, but they can keep the nifty icon
3) List at least 10 honest things about yourself

Well, here it goes!
10 HONEST things about me:

(1) I absolutely HAVE to eat at least ONE sweet thing everyday! This is probably why I am overweight!
(2) I want to roll down the window and YELL loudly at the people who drive with their turn signals on for miles and miles, especially on highways!! UGH! (But I just yell inside my vehicle about them! lol)
(3) This one is really bad... When I don't want to be bothered, or have people talk to me, I act very snobbish, so people avoid me! I know, I know... that's terrible!
(4) The sight of snakeskin (shed) and the honeycomb from a bee hive makes me want to throw up so bad!! I can't even look at it!!
(5) Sometimes I change the amounts of what I REALLY spent in my checkbook, so I don't get in as much trouble!!
(6) I have a secret crush on Captain Feather Sword from The Wiggles!!! (Hey, he's one HOT pirate!!)
(7) I stuffed my bra a couple times with tissues when I was in like 6th or 7th grade!!!
(8) I am a bit Obsessive-Compulsive about my morning routine of getting ready; I have a showering routine of washing face first, then ears, then shampoo my hair, shave, then condition my hair, then wash body parts. I never do it out of that order!! Weird huh?
(9) I used to have my belly-button pierced in my waaay early 20's before children; I also have 2 tattoos and regret only one of them!!
(10) I hate fish because of their scales and their eye-balls; they creep me out how they stare at you!!!!

Ok, now that you all know what a WEIRD-O I am!!! I get to pick 7 more people to give this award to, to find out how HONEST you are!!

So I pick...

PEA at Pea's Corner
LORI at Pink Faded Roses
PRISCILA at Casa Bella Chic
HOLLY at Girls at Heart
AMY at Bunny Rose Cottage
KATIE at Katie's Nesting Spot
JUDY at Prim2Pink

CONGRATS on your awards girls! It was tough to choose just 7; there are many, many creative and talented bloggers out there!!

~Noelle~

2 more days till my GET-AWAY!

I am so lucky to be able to "get-away" this weekend to a cozy little bed 'n breakfast in Amish Country for a little scrapbooking "retreat"!! My friend Angie that sells Creative Memories is hosting a Crop weekend at the Olde Buffalo Bed and Breakfast. Its actually Friday and Saturday this weekend but I opted to only go for one night- Saturday.

Its going to be so much fun and nice to relax after being home all week with the boys, by myself. Brian has been working about 4 hours away in Michigan since Monday. He'll be home tonite then leaves again on Monday to work up there for another 4 days. The boys have been pretty good for me this week, but its been tough as sick as I have been feeling.

Have you ever stayed at a Bed and Breakfast? I have stayed at 2 different ones. Its so much more comfy feeling and cleaner, don't you agree? I'll take a home cooked breakfast there anyday over a hotel's continental (boring) breakfast!!! Can you tell that I am a breakfast lover??

Here is the front of the b&b; their gardens are beautiful!! I'm sure they won't look this good now with all the snow:(

One of the rooms; I forget the name of this one though. There will be 14 of us and I am "rooming" with my friend Angie. So... we will have to share a bed!! lol She said "Don't worry, we can snuggle!!" lol I told her "No offense, but I'll pass!" She's a NUT!!

This is their "attic" room; be nice if Angie and I got this one, then we wouldn't have to "snuggle"!!!! :)-

This room is called the Amanda, and I think is my favorite one! Its so light and airey looking- very relaxing and pretty!!

Here are a few more shots of the garden area...

Well, I am off to the dr. here in a bit. I missed my first class today for the appt. then I have my first Math quiz at 1 pm; wish me luck!!!

~Noelle

Good finds, projects and more!

Hello girls! I'm back but still stuffed up and miserable:( Yesterday I had some extra time in between classes so I ran over to Target where I snagged this robe for Gage! It was $3.74 on clearance:) He loves anything red and still calls it "Ho, Ho, Ho!"; lol! Anything red reminds him of Santa; he's so cute! So this robe caught my eye because it has gingerbread houses on the inside of it, which you know are my absolute fave thing!! It also has little sock monkeys too. I know this isn't the nicest pic of him- but see if you can see the gingerbread houses!!

He looks so PLUMP in this robe and LOVES to wear it!

On Sunday, I made a quick trip to Good will where I found this Yankee Candle tart warmer for $2.00! The original price on the back from the store said $13.99! Its so pretty- cream colored with pink roses; it goes nicely in my living room:) I got some other things too but can't show them at this time; they are "projects/gifts" for someone!

These beachy prints are cute but I mainly wanted the frames; the paint needs to be touched up. I plan to use these with some pretty scrapbook paper that I bought from Hobby Lobby, to put in the living room as well.

I may have mentioned before that I am a Creative Memories consultant? This is the consultant magazine that we get each month; I absolutely LOOOOOVE the project idea on the cover! It reminded me of an idea that Priscilia gave us for the Vintage Valentine Swap that I am in. You can take an old valentine candy box and recover it in pretty paper. The one shown here is using one of CM's 12x12 Page Additions set that sells for $9.00; it comes with paper and stickers for Valentine's Day. They also used their different Heart Punches to create the sweet hearts around the edges!! TOO CUTE! Don't ya think???

Close-Up of the box...

They added some ribbon and a Tag, using the Tag Maker that we have in our product line.

Add some yummy chocolates and you have a lovely gift to give your sweetie!

Below are a few "SNEAK PEEKS" of some things I have been busy working on for my Vintage Valentine Swap partner...

Like what you see? Oh, I had soooo much fun making these things and I hope Michele loves them!!

Have a great day girls!!

~Noelle

And the WINNER is...

Wonder who it will be?? Here is the box of names...


The winner is: Suzee .

CONGRATS GIRL!!!

Here are the SWEET Valentine goodies that you won!!

Thanks so much to all the girls who entered my 100th post give-away!! I'm sorry that I couldn't pick all of you:( I always get sad when I don't win a give-away!! Its a rare occasion when I do win something though!

I'm off to class now, still feeling pretty crappy too!
I will be doing another post later today with some more SWEET Valentine ideas and a SNEAK PEEK of some things I have been working on!

Have a blessed day girls!! YOU are the BEST!

~Noelle

Give-Away Ends Tomorrow!

Hey girls! I have been a bit out of commission with a nasty head cold this past weekend:( I can't stop sneezing and its making me miserable!! I have been able to muster up some energy to work on the Vintage Valentine Swap that I am in and a gift for a sweet friend!

Don't forget that today is the last day to leave a comment to be entered in my 100th Post Valentine Give-Away:) I will be drawing the winner tomorrow morning and posting around 8:30/9 am (hopefully). I am thrilled with the new faces that have stopped over to enter; I am trying to get over to all of your blogs to get to know you as well!

That's all for now! I have some housework to do (my hubby to be is out of town for work till Thursday night, so I am flying solo with our two boys!! WHEW!).

~Noelle