A new found addiction...

Well, part of the reason I was selling all that stuff on Ebay was to finance a new computer purchase. The reason for this purchase was so I can move on to the world of digital scrapbooking. I was hoping to buy an IMac.

Isn't it normally that children become more knowledgeable than their parents about technology? Not in my family - my mom has paved the way becoming quite the pro with digital photography, making movies, perfecting photos with Photoshop Elements and now the world of digital scrapbooking. I remember when I bought my first digital camera. My Mom has always loved to take pictures and I thought to myself...Mom, will never own a digital camera. Never, ever, say, Never.

So this weekend I took the girls to visit Liz and Patrick. I knew that Patrick could teach me a thing or two about Adobe Photoshop Elements and I wanted to compare using this program with Pages that my mom uses on her iMac. Patrick taught me a lot and we created my first digital scrapbook page using the embellishments my mom had scanned and given to me on a disk. It was fun and Patrick survived my Rumbi Grill burps. :) Thanks, Patrick. I owe you!

So below you'll find a sample of my new addiction....digital scrapbooking. I so looooove it! In addition to my first page you can see some of my other pages - all created with FREE embellishments off of the internet.

Oh, and one more thing! Costco prints out 12 x 36 sheets of photo paper, so I get three pages for my album for $2.99! It's $5.00 in Utah, but this is a new Costco and they're not sure how much to charge, YET!

The first page.....

The second page....

third page...

fourth page...

Addicted to Ebay

I call my thoughts about Ebay an addition because I wake up in the morning and the first thing I want to do is go and check my auctions to see if some night owl bid on one of my items overnight. Literally, I wake up, use the bathroom, put on my workout clothes and then log-on to Ebay.

I was a Creative Memories consultant for 10 years. During the last few years I often bought things I didn't need. When new items came out I would buy at least one just to make sure that I had at least one of everything to show people. I sold quite a bit in the beginning, but it really tapered off once we moved to Brighton. In other words, I have a lot of supplies that I don't need. In my quest to declutter AND purchase a new IMac Computer I started listing some of my items on Ebay. Wow! They sold!! Out of everything I've listed (nearly 100 items) only two items didn't sell. Pretty good, huh?

Well, what was fun in the beginning is now an obsession. I list 10 items each day and go to the post office once a day. Today my earnings reached $600! Can you see now why I've become so obessed. Bid with confidence - I ship fast! lol

Check out my auctions:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZbekspartiesQQhtZ-1

72 inches and 69.5 inches

I promised myself that I wouldn't let a month go by without a post.....I just barely made it.

Yesterday I took Michael and Jacob to the Drs. for a "sports physical" so they could run track at Vikan. As they went back to the examining room I asked the nurse to please have them remove their shoes when she measured their height because I really wanted to know exactly how tall they are. After they went in with the Dr. she came back to tell me that Michael was 72 inches and Jacob was 69.5 - I did the math quickly. Yes, Michael was as tall as we thought, 6 feet and Jacob is nearly there at almost 5' 10". It's really amazing to me that they were about one inch different in height when they were born and for the past 13 years it has remained almost the same. The Dr. seems convinced that they aren't done growing and even more convinced that they should play basketball. He said they wouldn't need to do much - just stand under the basket and drop the ball in. The assistant principal at Vikan asked if the "Johnson Twin Towers" (his nickname) were going to play basketball just before the season started, but they declined.

Their love right now is soccer, especially because their indoor soccer team is undefeated and will win their division. It's fun to go their games and listen to the parents all around saying, "How OLD are these boys - look how tall they are!!" Whenever I can I mention that the two tallest boys on the team are my boys and yes, indeed, they are only 13 years old.

The weather was nice today so I took the kids to the park. Michael and Jacob practiced some juggling.





Jacob



Michael