My New Love...

Have you all heard about Pinterest?  I'm sure you have.... but if your haven't... Oh my... what can I say?  I'm hooked! If you have a few minutes (or several hours) you should check it out.  You can find anything from crafts to fashion... art to travel and food to nature. I even found some good ideas on apps for my iPhone.

Have you ever found a really cute project that you wanted to "duplicate"... but when you posted your version on your blog and wanted to give the person your "lifted" it from proper credit... you couldn't remember where you saw it?  With Pinterest... you don't have to worry about that ever again! I have a "Pin It" button located on my toolbar so all I have to do is click on the blog post (not on the home page of the blog... or it may take you a while to go back and find the one you are looking for) make my notes and select the "board" that I want it stored under... and... VIOLA!  Pinterest will give the blog that the item came from their proper credit on each and every pin... how cool is that!

You can "follow" people who have the same interests... so when they pin a cute card... it will pop up for you to see on your wall. If they have "boards" that you are not interested in... just un-follow that board... you can pick and choose... it's great and I'm so happy that I found it!


If you haven't checked it out... take a few minutes to check it out... and let me know what you think...

If you have checked it out... let me know so I can follow you! I think bloggers have the greatest ideas... and who doesn't want some great ideas these days?  If you'd like... you can follow me... just click on the Pinterest button on my side bar and it will take you right to me...

I'm off to watch the Cowboy game with my dad... I can't wait to start my new Dallas Cowboy projects this week... I'll be sharing soon...

 

Not Crafty... but Super Fun...

Me and Dana Williams of Diamond Rio...

 Dana Williams

 Jimmy Olander

 Marty Roe

Dan Truman

 From left to right... Gene Johnson ~ Brian Prout ~ Marty Roe

and Dana Williams

Diamond Rio is going to be performing at Freedom Fire at the USU Romney Stadium tonight...(it's after midnight that I am posting this).  Josh has been working all week getting the fireworks ready for the big show.  The boys were hungry and thirsty.. so I dropped off some pizza and pop.  Josh showed me the Diamond Rio bus next to where we were standing... then he gave me his "pass" into the stadium and told me to go enjoy.. so I did!  I watched the other performers along with the American Festival Chorus and orchestra in rehearsals.  I have to admit... I was in my heaven!  I got to take a picture with Dana Williams and stand about 10 feet away from the stage while Diamond Rio did their sound check for 60 minutes... so much fun... I can't wait for the big show from them tonight along with the awesome fireworks display put on by Fireworks West... 

Seeing Double... Double...

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Friday, June 10, 2011

What can I say... it's beautiful here in Cache Valley! If you want to read my "stories" about the rainbows... check out my personal blog The Green Eyed Girl Too!

 

A Tornado in Utah?...

 

How embarrassing is this to even show pictures of this mess...

My life has been so busy the past 3 months... I have been flying "solo" at work... a job that should be completed by 2 people... not one.  So when I get home I get home I night I don't feel like heading down to the studio... and with it looking like this... why would I?  What is so ironic about this room... it's nothing like any other room in my home or my desk at work... everything is pretty organized... not this room! I haven't felt like doing much of anything with my crafts... or to even start to put anything away for that matter.  We had out hair cut the first weekend of January... the Roberts sack is from that trip.  How sad is that! My hope is with Josh shooting the fireworks show in Jackson tomorrow night I can start to make some progress with the mess and the crafts! Wish me luck... I'm going to need it!

An iPad For Me...

 The iPad box...

 Almost out...

Yea... my new toy!

Valentines Day this year was just like any other day.  Josh had taken Kendra to Salt Lake for the day shopping... so I came home and grabbed some dinner and headed to the studio to catch up on my blogs and Facebook.  One of my friends had posted that KUTV was going to be giving away an iPad on the 10 o'clock news... so I thought... what the heck... so I signed up.  About 10:10 I headed upstairs to catch up on some recorded TV shows when my cell phone rang.  It was a good friend calling to wish me Happy Valentines Day!  We were talking when my home phone rang... I told him I would have to call him back... my Aunt Peggy was calling and there must be something wrong.  I answered the phone and my aunt said... "did you register to win an iPad on Channel 2."  I said yes and she said... you just won... they just announced your name on the TV.  Vicki from Logan.  Wow... that's all I could say.  I couldn't believe it!  I had my iTouch sitting on the end table so I checked my e-mail... I was getting all kinds of posts to my Facebook wall. It was true... it was ME! Josh got home about 15 minutes later... (I'm still in shock mind you)... he walked in the door and said he had a surprise for me... I told him I had a surprise for him too.  He came into the living room and I showed him my Facebook page... his comment was "Shut Up... no way... you won?".  Immediately he called Kendra and I called my mom and dad.  The next day KUTV called and asked when I could pick it up.  I told them I wouldn't be able to get to Salt Lake for 3 weeks (still crazy busy at work and I can't take any time off now).  She called me back a little while later and said they were going to UPS it to me.  It was so nice of them to go that extra mile for me.  Josh was home when the delivery came.  He opened up the shipping box ... but was sweet enough to wait for me to get home so we could open it together. The next day Josh had all of my music and games downloaded ... I even have a NASCAR app.  What a fun "toy"... I love it!

88... It's My Favorite!

Did I ever told you that my favorite number is 

88

It used to be 3 or 8 (even before my love of NASCAR started and my "crush" on Dale Jr...he still single... hummm just kidding mom... I would love to take a spin in his ride though!) Sorry... I got of the subject there...  I just wanted to give a big shout out to all of my bloggy followers...

You Rock!

It's been a long 6 weeks (no time to craft... or I'm just plain exhausted when I get home from work... so nothings been done! So I was pretty stoked tonight when I looked at my blog and guess what... I have 88 followers... my new friend, Jenn, at All Dahled Up gave me that magic number... Thanks for a wonderful Friday surprise! I'm getting back on track... slowly but surely!

My name is Vicki... I'm OCD...

Every once in a while Josh will call me... "OCD"... I in turn tell him its... CDO since I believe that the letters should be alphabetized!

An anxiety disorder in which a person suffers from obsessive thoughts and compulsive actions, such as cleaning, checking, counting, or hoarding. The person becomes trapped in a pattern of repetitive thoughts and behaviors that are senseless and distressing but very hard to stop. 

By definition I know in some things I am OCD... and other things... not so much.  I'm okay with dust bunnies and not running the vacuum on a daily basis...okay sometimes not even on a weekly basis... since it's just Josh and I it doesn't have to be done every day...at least that's how I rationalize it to myself!  

When it comes to my blog... I am defiantly OCD.  I have been working lots of extra hours at the office the past few weeks and thought I would "treat" myself to a blog makeover.  I have always envied those eye catching blogs and wanted mine to be one of "those" too. I have played with the html codes and figured out some of the "tricks" before ... but I really wanted a cute header and a blinkie or two... I figured I would rather spend my time crafting then trying to figure it out.  I did a backup of my blog (as was suggested to do) however... not one of the sidebar blogs I had been following for years showed up when the makeover was completed... and if you have been a visitor to my blog before... you know I have over 200 of them... I know other people visit those blogs I have on my sidebar too.  Imagine my devastation when they were all missing. I looked at the backup... and it keeps all of the settings... and it stores all of your posts... but not any of the side bar items. This is where the OCD fits in... I want my blog perfect... I know it can't and won't be... but that is what I want... Perfection. From the sweet comments some of you have written... I know it's happened to you too!  So please... let's spread the word and save  our fellow bloggers from making the same mistake I did.  Once I get everything back to "normal" again... I'll be a "Happy Camper"... or maybe I'll just eat some more chocolate... that usually cures what ails you!

So here is a word to the wise... if you are looking at getting a blog makeover... make sure you are a "Follower" to each and every one of your favorite blogs.. or make sure that you have saved each one of them as a "bookmark" on your computer. Then be prepared to spend countless hours putting them all back on your blog!

A Little About Vicki...

Hi there! Since the Idea Room is have a link party on "getting to know you"... I thought I would jump in too!  As many of you know, my name is Vicki... but my dad wanted to name me Ninamay... since I was born on May 9th... that way he would never forget my birthday! I'm pretty sure he was teasing about that... but you never know! I'm an only child... not that my parents didn't want more kids... but medical challenges prevented them from having more.  I always teased that once they had me... they broke the mold... for good or bad!

My dad loved all things sports... I grew up being a camper... fishergirl... wanna be pheasant finder and football enthusiast. There is where my love of  the game came from and anything my dad did... I was right behind.  I was never a girly girl... I was a tomboy!  When I was in grade school and my mom made me wear a dress... I always had to wear shorts underneath... I loved PE time and hanging from the jungle gym  or playing tetherball was my favorite!

 

As I got older my Grandma Johnson taught me to crochet and I took a cake decorating class.  Then a few years later it was painting ceramics, cross-stitching., scrapbooking and card making, wood painting and just about any other "craft" I can try...  I still love doing those crafts.. (okay... maybe not the cake decorating one... it's too much work... and I never was really good at it... but I really admire the ones who have that talent!)

I've been married twice... Once when I was 20.  Randy and I were married for 3.5 years... we had a beautiful son, Joshua, and I became a domestic violence survivor! I married again when I was 40. Val and I met and 4 months later we were married... fast forward 6 years later... divorced. I still believe in love and hope that one day I will find that one special man that wants to grow old together!

I'm now 46.5 (do we still use halves when you get to be a dinosaur?).  I worked as a loan officer at a finance company for 17 years... then my conscience got the best of me (my Grandpa Larsen used to call me a loan shark) quit there and started as a bookkeeper at  the local newspaper a few years later I became a Classified Ad-Visor and 2 years later the Classified Advertising Manager. I love my job (most days)!  I can't wait until I turn 50... I get new knees!

Josh is now 23.5 and is attending Utah State University... he wants to be a broadcaster journalist... that job will be perfect for him!  When he was 3 he was watching Sports Center instead of cartoons.  He is now working at his "dream" job... he works part-time for the sports department at The Herald Journal too!

Things I LOVE:

* Beef fajitas and Doritos or Cheetos... I love salt!

* Sports... the Dallas Cowboys - Utah Jazz and I know... I'm pretty redneck... but... I love NASCAR too. Dale Jr and Martin Truex are my favorite drivers!

* Crafting and learning new techniques

* Rainbows... why would anyone want the pot of gold... when they could have the rainbow?

* Purple... I'm a purple girl!

* Playing my guitar... country songs are all I know

* Country music... it Rocks! (is that an oxymoron?)

* Blogging!

Things I don't LOVE:

* Spiders... and all things creepy crawly

* Seafood

* Dogs - they scare me

* Cleaning... I would much rather be in my studio...creating!

* Shoveling snow... and I live in Utah... go figure

* Clothes shopping

Here is wishing all of my bloggy friends a very wonderful and prosperous 2011! 

Happy New Year everyone!

My Chistmas Cards 2010

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I am soooo loving the red and black... 

that must be because in our family pictures this year we are all

dressed in red - black and white...

our cards are going to look amazing!

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Gorgeous Blogger Award...

Wow... I have been given this sweet award from Connie at Shady Creek Lane

http://mylifeatmidlife.blogspot.com/

1. Accept and thank the person who sent it to you.
2. List 10 things about yourself.
3. List 5 additional things you don't like.
4. Pass the award on to 10 other bloggers.

10 Things About Me...

  1. I love being mom to Josh... he's 23 years old
  2. I love purple... it's my signature color
  3. I love to craft
  4. I love the Dallas Cowboys
  5. I love rainbows
  6. I cry... sometimes for no reason (I must need to clean my tear ducts out)
  7. I'm an only child (they broke the mold after me...lol)
  8. I play the guitar and sing... country songs are the best
  9. I love NASCAR
10. I love to decorate

5 Things I Don't Like...

  1. Spiders... snakes and anything with more than 2 legs
  2. Seafood and salads
  3. Clothes shopping
  4. Cleaning
  5. Paying bills

10 Awesome Blogs... there are so many... but here are a few of my favorites
http://lyndseyscraftspot.blogspot.com/
http://naptimejournal.blogspot.com/
http://theappleattic.blogspot.com/
http://naptimecrafting.blogspot.com/
http://itsallinmyheadstefsblog.blogspot.com/
http://itsagirlthing1.blogspot.com/
http://cinnaberry-suite.blogspot.com/
http://windhula.blogspot.com/
http://www.polkadotmom.com/
http://thewhimsicalprincess.blogspot.com/