Made in 1982

OK, you know I'm a good friend when I alter my blog for you. Cory, anonymous users can now post comments. If I get weird comments from perverts, I will assume they are from you.

Back to the real post. I couldn't think of a single thing to blog about so I asked Dan for inspiration...

Me: I can't think of a new post. We don't do anything exciting.
Dan: You got mugged by a freaking pregnant woman! What do you mean we don't do anything exciting?
Me: I already blogged about that. Besides *WE* didn't get mugged. *I* got mugged.
Dan: Yeah, but who did you call?
Me: ...Ghostbusters?
Dan: na na na na na na When there's something strange, in the neighborhood...
Me: Hey, I need a topic!
Dan: Can't think of one. Oh, by the way, I was reading that blog on your blog roll, All Things Cupcake today. I check it every once in awhile.
Me: *smirk*
Dan: What?
Me: Nothing, go on. You read the cupcake blog.
Dan: Right, I was reading it and it had a $900 cupcake chair and a link to the company that makes them. There was some really cool stuff! Like a Lite Brite table where you can move the pegs. And a Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robot table!
Me: Wow, you are a dork.
Dan: Go look at the website.
Me: *sigh* Fine.
...
Me: Holy crap they have gummi bear lights. I want them! And a button candy bench!?! Mine!

So, all you children of the 80's, go to this site. You will not be disappointed.

Wow, that was a long blog for just one link. Sorry, no refunds for the time spent reading this post.

Help Me Win!

I have been hunting for a blog designer for awhile. I finally found one that I fell in love with, Delicious Design Studio. Coincidentally enough, she also runs All Things Cupcake, which I have been a tad obsessed with lately. Yes, I've climbed aboard the cupcake wagon because they are oh-so-yummy and oh-so-cute!
Back to the point, Dan said I could purchase a blog design, but we have to wait awhile. We've been doing a lot of travelling, plus there are a ton of bdays/weddings/babies being born recently, so most of our funds are going towards gifts and such.
Out of habit, I went to check out the Delicious Design Studio blog, in search of more of her work that I can use for my inspiration towards my future blog design. Imagine my thrill when I saw she's having a contest!
Please click on this link and help me win a free blog design! Or the second place prize, which is a free blog header! She'll track the number of visitors to her site and whoever sends the most her way, wins!

Only Took Me 20 Minutes

This may come as a shock to some of you, (ok, none of you) but I stink at computer stuff. The minimal things I know how to do, I discovered by accident and they're probably not the correct way to do things. I just don't have the patience to read instruction manuals. This ironically bugs Husband, who reads every manual that he comes across. Seriously. Car manuals, video game guides, cook books, appliance manuals. Every. Single. One.
Suzy from Inky Rubber made this watermark for me. I think she took pity on my computer illiteracy. She claimed it would be a piece of cake to add it to my photos of cards and other scrapbooked items. Oh Suzy, how you underestimated my technological stupidity.
It took me 20 minutes to figure out. Fonts to me are like free porn to a teenage boy-I know how to get them and where to squirrel them away so I can play with them later. That part was super easy. The rest of it? Not so much.
I finally figured it out thanks to Photoshop's help log and multiple searches. (What do you mean "just work, darn it!" isn't a valid search?!) And it turned out to be way easier than I was making it out to be. Turns out, when she said "drag and drop," she meant "drag and drop." I thought there'd be a trick somewhere...
I decided to save up and not post any stamping projects until I had a site dedicated to just them. That means I have a lot of crafting and photographing to do. So until then, you get to see a watermarked photo of my pseudo-niece Sierah just because I think she's cute.
If you're interested in purchasing a custom designed watermark, contact Suzy at Inky Rubber! She is not only a Photoshop pro, but she has some adorable stamping projects on her blog! I've been stalking for a few months now and mustered up the courage to ask her to make me a watermark. I'm so glad I did! Thanks Suzy!! I love it!!

Gift Exchange

As I mentioned before, I signed up for a gift exchange. The girl I am partnered up with is an 18 year old from Australia. She seems incredibly talented, and is honestly making me nervous. I hope she likes my present.

Check out her blog here.

Introducing...

I recently posted a bulletin on MySpace about featuring various webpages, blogs, etc. I got a few responses from people wishing to be featured so hopefully I will make this a weekly thing.

This week, I'd like to introduce Miss Katie. She is known as SquirrelBait in the internet world, as well as to her family. Why SquirrelBait? What do you use to bait squirrels? "Nuts." Her nickname sums her up pretty well. ;) She likes Science. SCIENCE! See what I mean about her being nuts?

Katie and I were first roommates at NAU. We joined different sororities, so we only lived together for a semester. We still saw each other a lot, especially since I lived only one floor above her in the sorority dorm. I am also friends with her now hubby, who was practically a 2nd roommate. He will deny it, but Katie and I know the truth.

I stole the picture from her wedding website. I didn't get to go to their wedding because Josh's mom was getting married the same day. Since I was dating him at the time, my presense there was mandatory.

OK, back to the point. Here's her responses to my simple yet effective blog profile questionaire:

Your Name? Katie

Your Blog or Screen Name? squirrelbait

The Address for Your Site? squirrelbait.livejournal.com

How Do You Know Me? First college roommate

What Is Something Unique About Yourself and/or Your Site? It isn't really unique, but I am a grad student in Space and Planetary Sciences

How Would You Describe Your Blog/Site? Me blathering

What Kind of Present Can I Expect if I Feature You? SOOODDDDAAAA

The last answer is pretty darn funny, but only to the 3 people who were present in the room when the situation happened. I tried to explain the story to Dan and he almost uninvited them to the wedding reception. He thought they might be certifiably crazy.

So, there you have it! Go check out her livejournal. From there you'll have access to her website and then from there, access to her wedding website. And you can see more pictures of how much younger and thinner I looked. Katie and Sam didn't seem to age...completely unfair.