Project Life - Week 22 (May 28 - June 3)

Welcome back to another installment of my Project Life. This week:

- Chris sent the tractor up to Hocke's to get a few repairs.
- I got to wear a very nice kitten scarf.
- Up at Hocke's looking over a show tractor.
- Mmmm... Love me some Strongbow.
- Weekly Recap
- The ladies of the family had a (much needed) garage sale at Gary and Monica's.
- Run in with a deer in the grove.
- Mmmm... Panera on a run to Mankato & my fave panini

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look once again.

Project Life - Week 21 (May 21 - 27)

Hello all! Welcome back once again for another Project Life Page.

- We started to clean out stables. One of the first up, the room with all the tires. Never ending tires.
- Chris getting ready to drive the tractor home from the farm.
- Weekly recap
- My new purse from the coach factory outlet came!
- Roxy likes to play gargoyle perched on the corner of the sink every morning.
- We have 5 very scared (of us) black kittens living in the snowmobile shed.
- Planting a new hibiscus, 3 new peonies, and adding a makeshift fence to keep the dogs out of the flower pit.
- Planting some impatients... although my husband tells me I have the thumb of death.

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Project Life - Week 20 (May 14th - May 20)

Hello again! I followed suit to last week and did this week almost entirely in Studio Calico HeyDay.

- A new shelf under my desk I got on clearance for storage & My messy scrap desk.
- The dogs very excited about going to the lake.
- Colored corn in the old planter.
- Weekly recap
- Roxy looking outside.
- Work. Lots of drug bottles.
- Learning to fence. Using Chris's modified trailer to string fence.
- Mother's Day Celebration a week late.

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Project Life - Week 19 (May 7th - 13th)

Welcome to Week 19th of my Project Life. Making Progress. :) This week I did almost exclusively with Amy Tangerine for American Crafts. Love the way it turned out.
- In a strange turn of events, I was able to go to an Incubus concert last minute with Lindsey. It was so amazing and I'm so happy I was able to go! In this picture, Lindsey and I are at the concert. We had an amazing view of the stage and had an awesome time.
- My ticket & wristband
- Our view of the stage
- The accounting of what happened leading up to and the day of the concert
- The finally got Instagram up and running for Android while I was in Africa! Whohoo! So exciting! More fencing... putting up insulators.
- Weekly recap using Amy Tangerine's awesome frame paper
- Receipe for Pepperoni Cheese Ravioli. Yum!
- Chris and Kevin mowed the CRP out at the farm this week.

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Project Life - Week 18 (April 30th - May 6th)

Spring is in full swing during Week 18 in Southwestern Minnesota. And we are busy busy busy around here.

- Chris's classmate, Amber, and her family are down for the weekend for a Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser (her niece has the horrible disease). We were able to meet with them at PJ's on Friday night for some good food and conversation.
- Sneakin' a peak at how I scrapbook
- Jake is a sock dog. He will dig them out of our dirty laundry piles just to carry them around oh so daintily everywhere.
- Butterflies in Monica's garden
- Made a pit stop at Ferguson's in Spirit Lake to look at plants. Just scoping out my options for our flower garden out front.
- Weekly recap
- Saturday night was a Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser at the Country Club. There was an Ugly Hat party I participated in gladly. It was a fun night!
- Took the bike out to Zumba. It feels so good after working up a sweat. So glad I learned how to ride a few years back and got my license.

Once again, thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Project Life - Week 17 (April 23rd - 29th)

Week 17. Back into the swing of things at home. The weather has turned nice here, so it's time to be working outside on projects. Thus, all our the inside-the-house projects will be suspended until next fall from here on out.

- We bit the bullet and went to Runnings to buy the rest of the materials we need for fencing.

- Chris and Gary invested in a new (to them) used 4 row planter. They are planning on planting corn at Grandma's farm outside of town.

- One of my new earrings from Kenya - elephants!

- Weekly Recap

- Burritos from the Taco House in Milford :)

- Receipt for tabs for my motorcycle. It's that time of year again!

- Chris's trailer rigged up for stringing fence behind the 4 wheeler

- Got the motorcycles out for the year. It's been so nice out!

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Project Life - Week 16 (April 16th - 22nd)

I'm on a Project Life blogging spree! I'm scheduling to not post them all at once though. Luckily, I have a pretty good system down for completing Project Life when I do get time to do it. For the most part, I'm pretty good at journaling in Cozi on a regular basis and taking pictures with my android phone. That makes it pretty easy to sit down and do some mock up sketches to determine which pictures to use. Then, I print pictures off in batches, and viola! Ready to Project Life!

Unfortunently, for Week 16 I didn't take a whole lot of pictures. I think I was in vacation withdrawl being so used to having lots of new experiances to take in for the last few weeks and now, nothing. Oops, but I managed to salvage a few.

- Obviously, this is the 16th week :)

- My haul from Kenya. Souvenir's and gifts and what not I brought back.

- Weekly Recap

- Back to work and the never ending ringing of the phone

- We started fencing the back pasture this week. This meant pounding in stakes and making sure they were in straight rows. Kind of a learning curve for us.

- McDonald's (across the street from work) is in mid renovation now

- The dock got pushed in the lake at the cabin. This is a sure sign that spring is coming, right?

- Chris lit 2 big brush burn piles on Friday night. 2 huge flames!

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Project Life - Week 15 (April 9th - 15th)

Week 15 of Project Life wraps up the end of my Kenya trip. Chris isn't big on taking pictures, so the homefront has no pictures on what was going on this week.

Left Side:

- My collection of tickets for matatu rides for the week

- The sign for the entrance to Top Camp, where we stayed on Lake Naivasha. We had a cabin complete with a kitchen (including a fridge, which Ali doesn't have at home!) and an amazing view overlooking the lake.

- A story about a night at the bar/restuarnt at Lake Naivasha

- Amy with the head lamp on. We had to walk from where the restuarant was lakeside to the very top of the hill where our cabin was in the pitch dark.

- Getting groceries at a roadside stand.

- Amy enjoying some frozen yogurt in Nairobi. So good!

- We took a boat ride out on Lake Naivasha to see the hippos. It was so very much fun.

- The view halfway down the hill from our cabin to the lakeside.

Right Side:
- I really wanted to keep the receipt from our safari company, so I used 3 slots up for it. Love that I was able to keep it.
- Eating Thai with 2 more of Ali's amazing Peace Corps Volunteers - Alyssa and Ryan. The 5 girls pictured here are the 5 that went on Safari together.
- Skipping the next 2 slots filled with receipt
- Weekly recap
- Return airplane ticket stubs
- Visiting a Masai Village near our safari camp. We actually got to go inside tradional mud huts.
- The 5 of us in our safari van - so very much fun!

Thanks once again for stopping by!

Project Life - Week 14 (April 2nd - 8th)

It was been a very busy summer thusfar here. And we still have a lot planned for the remainder. How about for you?
Week 14 brings me to the first full week in Kenya. I took so many pictures this week and next, that it was really hard for me to narrow down what to use. Therefore, I choose once again to do a 2 page spread.

Left Side:
- Feeding giraffes at the Giraffe Centre just outside of Nairobi. So much fun!
- We got caught in a downpour at the Elephant Orphanage. We got absolutely soaked, but it was worth it.
- We had supper at an authentic Ethiopian resturant. Very different that what we are used to here, but still very good.
- Weekly Recap
- Spent a lot of time driving on this trip. For our first and longest journey, we took a 'coach' bus cross country. I got a lot of good reading in on this trip, including; The Hunger Games and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I included my bus ticket over these 2 pockets
- There are markets everywhere in Kenya. Here, we are at the food market in Malaba, just on the boarder to Uganda. The fruit in Kenya is amazing! Nothing like fresh fruit, especially the pineapple the ladies on the side of the road cut up and sold to us for something like 10 shillings (10 cents!)
- At the school where Ali teaches we were treated to more tradional Kenyan food. Maize and Beans the first day and Ugali, Sucuma Wiki, & Nyama the 2nd day. Interesting, but filling.

Right Side:
-Early Morning sunrise walk in Ali's town of Amagoro, Kenya. Surprisingly I was up... my clock was apparantly way off from where it would normally be here - lol, and we were rewarded with a beautiful sunrise. We also learned how much of a draw 3 white girls walking in the country can be. ;)
- The Impala Sanctuary in Kisumu was another amazing adventure. Here is where we pet the cheetahs! I included the admission ticket in this pocket as well.
- The hotel that we stayed in in Kisumu
- A tuk tuk ride with 2 of Ali's amazing fellow peace corps volunteer's out to a resort.
- A night out clubbing in downtown Kisumu - fun no matter what continent you are on!
- Celebrating Amy's birthday in Kenya! I brought little debbie cakes and candles from home for the celebration.
- We visited a resort with a pool called Kiboko (Hippo) Bay for an afternoon. It was nice just to sit poolside overlooking Lake Victoria.
- We also decided to visit a hooka bar on Sunday night for Amy's birthday. We had strawberry and mint flavors. It was a fun first experiance for me.

I used a past SC kit for the papers of this weeks Project Life.
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Project Life - Week 13 (March 26th - April 1st)

Welcome back to my Project Life. Sorry I've been a little MIA. I guess I've been busy with real life. It's summertime and thus the season to get things done in Minnesota. Winter doesn't really give us an opportunity to work outside here. We have been busy fencing so we can rent out some acres to some horses. This also means that soon we will be ripping off and replacing the roof on the stable building.

Week 13 marks my first week doing a 2 page spread for Project Life. This week:
Left side:
- Chris' Dr. appt
- My life insurance physical
- Sunny Girl
- Weekly recap
- My new fave yogurt
- Counting pills
- The rack shack with my bother
- & the rack shack with Amy & Kenny

Right side:
- Chris's new toolbox
- Flying
- Lottery ticket for the big jackpot - didn't win :(
- Chris cleaning up the pasture with the big toys
- Amy at the airport, ready to leave on our big adventure!
- Boarding pass
- On the plane
- Our first beer in Kenya. We made it!

Once again, thank you for looking.

Project Life - Week 12 (March 19 - 25th)

Week 12 of Project Life
- Started off the week well with the good news of a tax return!
- Our monthly Jimmy John's fix
- Morning routine; my most used make-up
- Filler card
- Weekly recap
- Chris painted a tractor hood
- He also got the Corvette out this weekend! Yay!
- Another filler card; found on the Silhouette website

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Project Life - Week 11 (March 12 - 18)

Still plugging along on Project Life. At least I'm still going!

- A great picture of Sunny girl
- Jennie & I participated in a  Zumba flash mob
- One of my favorite beers - Blue Moon
- Weekly recap
- Chris dragging the driveway
- Gas prices right now
- Celebrating St. Patty's Day
- On a walk with the dogs

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Project Life - Week 10 (March 5th - 11)

Welcome to my Week 10 of Project Life. Yes, I'm a little behind, but I'm still working on it and I love the results when I get the time to work on it. Being that it's nice out, we have been spending all our time and energy outside. That means scrapbooking gets pushed to the back burner a bit.

• I tried out  a recipe I found on Pinterest for a Chocolate Cookie made in a microwave in a cup. It was good, and waaayy to easy to make. Could end up being a bad thing because I could make it all. the. time. Sunny and Jake also loved the cookies, but it took them a lot of effort to lick every last bit out
• Weekly recap
• Roxy on a leash in a harness enjoying the outside. She's so funny and creeps around when she's outside
• Waiting to get my last Hep A shot before my trip
• Max's go to sleeping spot as of yet
• My big grocery stock up for the next week or so
• Tanning before my trip to Africa

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Project Life - Week 9 (Feb 27th - Mar 4th)

Back again with some more Project Life. Week 9.

- Sunny girl givng me cute :)

- Roxy helping me scrapbook. She likes to sleep in my iris containers full of Studio Calico kits.

- Got a free quart of paint from ACE. I went with a crazy color I would never normally buy to use as an accent in my scraproom. Painted a 'G'.

- Weekly recap.

- Our tax accountant business card.

- Paper cuts. A hazard of my job some days.

- A night out at Rivery City Eatery. Yum!

- A gas bill. Someday I will look back at this and think it is cheap!

Hopefully I can get back into the groove of doing Project Life now after my vacation.

Project Life - Week 8 (Feb 20th - 26th)

Still going strong with Project Life!
Week 8 brought us on our yearly snowmobile trip to the Black Hills of South Dakota. 90% of the pictures this week are from the trip. The one lonely picture that isn't, is a view from our front window, looking at a half suburban that was Chris & Gary's new project for the week (that is still on going).
- At Latchstring resturant
- In the salt mines making hotdogs for lunch
- View out our front window
- Trent buried in snow (stamp from SC)
- Jack on the snowmobile trail
- We hauled 7 snowmobiles out with us
- Me, on the trail, looking behind me at the sleds following me
- At Lewie's and watching movies in the big cabin

Close up of the awesome stamp

Project Life - Week 7 (Feb 13th - 19th)

Project Life - Week 7
- The dogs had a vet visit
- New cell phones for me and Chris - yay!
- Chris found a rag in my snowmobile gas tank - the reason for all my problems over the past few years
- Weekly recap
- A new kitty showed up this week at our house - we named him Squirt
- Filler card (found on the internet at www.misstina.com)
- A night out at the Dundee Steakhouse
- Some random Dove valentine candy sayings

Project Life - Week 6 (Feb 6th - 12th)

Project Life - Week 6
My Kenyan Visa showed up this week along with my passport.
My delish flatbread from River City Eatery. Yum!!! If you are from the area, you should certainly try it out.
This is how Max cuddles with me at night.
Compounding at work.
Weekly recap.
Zumba! and my punch card.
My mist storage.

Close up details.

I have to say I love that rainbow hearts card. I found it here: http://www.sugarhillco.com/shop/misstiina And I added the gray heart diecut from the SIL store. I'm pretty positive it's Amy Tangerine.

Project Life - Week 5 (Jan 30th - Feb 6th)

Project Life - Week 5
A busy week once again.
A night with my girls reminiscing the old day.
My new camera bag/purse showed up. It's an epiphanie and it is so cool. I can't wait to bring it to Africa with me. You can see that it fits a lot of camera gear.
Weekly recap.
Roxy helping me scrapbook.
An epiphanie card/packaging.
Current gas prices @ Casey's here in town.
Michelle's Birthday. A lime green cake. Superbowl Sunday.
Work at Lewis. A view of the backroom. Doris' last day celebrated with a cake.


And some close ups.

Project Life - Weeks 2, 3, & 4

I haven't updated Project Life for awhile, so here's weeks 2, 3, and 4.

Week 2: A close up of Max. A tenative itinerary for my upcoming trip to Africa (getting so excited!). Week in Review. Purchasing of my new camera lens from amazon.com. An experiment with my shutter speed with an almost full moon. My new passport came! (After the US post office loosing my old one.) My birthday - cakes at work and at Gary & Monica's. You can also see my first attempt at a digital overlay.

Week 3: Very cold out this week (well, probably normal for a winter, but not this winter). Season premiere's of 3 shows we like to watch. Mmmmm... Panera. Weekly review. Shopping for new workout/zumba clothes at Old Navy. (I love their compression active wear). A trip to mankato to mail off my passport to apply for my Kenyan Visa. (I sure wasn't going to use the USPS again!) Chris making a cat house to keep the outside cats warm.

Week 4: An awesome article this week in the paper about Ali living in Africa (the one I'm going to see in April!) My new camera lens came this week as well as my new camera strap from PhatStraps. Chris got my a cute new pin cushion. The weekly review. I ran my car directly into the ditch on accident on Monday. Doing my nursing home consulting duties. Mmmmm... love me some Jimmy John's (I pick it up monthly). A new picture of Jake running around the pasture with my new camera lens.

Project Life - Title Page & Week 1

This year, I joined the frenzy and decided to give Project Life a try. I decided to do a loose version of it though and have given myself the option of doing 1 or 2 pages at a time. Project Life was created by Becky Higgens. You can read more about it here: http://www.beckyhiggins.com/products/ . Basically, you devote a 2 page spread (in my case most of the time 1) to each week. You record the little things in a Project Life album, instead of more of the big items, like in my regular scrapbooking. Here is my title page:

I made these cute little silhouettes of our family on (ironically) my Silhouette Cameo.

A close up of my map - where we live!



Love my typewriter :)

Week 1 - Starting with New Year's Eve. Some Chinese Fortunes. Changes at work. Starting Project Life & getting Studio Calico happy mail.

I have decided to try to incorporate a weekly review of some kind into each page. It will include the other bits and pieces of the week that aren't covered yet in journaling or pictures for the week.