Hello,

I have updated my blog. http://themadcatstamper.blogspot.com/ Go there, look around and send me an email naming all the new additions and you may win a prize. I will let the winner know on Thursday evening.

I hope you are ready for the new 09-10 Stamper's Ten Club. They will start next week. Both meetings will be held at Priceless Scrapbooks after closing.

This is what I spent my weekend doing. I started on Saturday:

This is/was my Utility room. It was just a junk room. The table made it very easy to just put things down and forget about them. I had already started removing items from the room before I took this picture. Here it is empty..... around 3:00. (I was tired already, but everything from that room is now in my living room, dinning room and kitchen). I painted the ceiling and then stopped to take two Aleve and fix dinner. (Fried pork chops, fresh black-eyed peas, and mashed potatoes and gravy). Once I cleaned up the dinner dishes, I painted all the trim. Around 10:00, I took my shower and collapsed on the sofa. The new walls are now Apple Cider. I got up Sunday and got right to work painting the walls. I painted the two two-drawer file cabinets off white and stacked them on top of each other. I think the red storage boxes will have to have a face lift. They are just "in your face" bright! I have so much room in there now.

Good morning! I made cupcakes for my classroom awards celebration last night. So, you know what that means. No stamping going on here. I did take a picture of a beautiful lily to share with you. The color in this lily is so dark it's almost brown. JP grew this in his fifth grade science class. It's odd that in 14 years, the plant blooms every year, but it doesn't really get any bigger. I just think that's odd. lol It is a beautiful flower. Sonny built the new steps that I have been asking for. We added one more step, it makes it a little easier to get up and down them.

I woke up at 3:30 last night and tossed and turned until 5:00. Then I gave up and went into my stamp room to make that last altered clipboard. This one has a sports theme. I hope everyone has the coolest day ever!

I'm back at work. My days are filled with meetings. We have to get all our ducks in a row before they open the doors for the kids on Monday. Lynnor came in Monday and unpacked lots and lots of boxes for me. Thanks Lynnor, your the best!

I haven't had time to stamp this week. I am pooped when I get home. It will take a day or two to get back into a routine. Here is the living room wall that I was working on. I still have some touch-ups on the dinning room section.

I started tapping the seams before I realized that I had not taken a picture. In the second picture the wall is textured but not painted. Here it is painted.

Another full weekend. Matthew, Candace and all three kid came up to spend the weekend camping on our property. J.P. and Tammy stopped by and decided to join them. So they went home and got their tent. It's almost 2:00 am and I just came in from the campfire. I will be sleeping in my nice soft bed. We have all had fun, but boy am I tired. I made one of my niece's bouquets for her wedding while they went for a boat ride this afternoon. This will be her throw-a-way bouquet. I love the glittered butterfly that I added. Madison wants one, now that I had her model with this one.

I also have finished remodeling my bathroom. I have some before and after pictures to share with you. Before:

Here are some after pictures:

I textured and painted the walls, put up a tile back splash around the sink, and painted the inside doors and trim. I bought a new shower curtain, rugs, trash can and towel bars. I couldn't find the towels bars that I wanted, so I bought them in a different color and painted them the color that I wanted. Then I created the clock, and pictures to match the shower curtain. Well, that was fun! Now, I'm off to attack the utility room. It's a good thing that summer is coming. I know in my heart that the utility room in going to spill into the kitchen. Yuk!