12/28/2005

So the holidays are over for the most part. I am so enjoying my week off. The kids are having a blast with thier GameBoys and other toys Santa brought them. I love my new PJs and my AWESOME set of Zig Dual point markers. YEEPIE. Can't wait to get doodling.

We are going to VT for the weekend to spend New Years with friends. Four hour ride, so lots of doodling to be done.

We had a super Christmas. The boys got a table hockey game from my mother and it was so much fun watching them play with Uncle Danny and Daddy on Christmas night. My dad even got into the action, which was fun. Dad was not here for Christmas last year. He was in the hospital recoving from cancer surgery. The kids loved having Grandpa around, and so did the rest of us.

I do love the time we spend together. My brother Danny is so much fun. I always feel so relaxed and enjoy the time we spend together. I know it makes my mom so happy when we are all together. That is what the holidays are for. Many more in store for us. And I look forward to every one of them.

Happy Holiday and Merry Merry Christmas to all my SBO Sistas. Enjoy your family and friends this holiday season. Thank you for making 2005 so wonderful for Gregg and our family. You are all the best.

OMG...We are #60 on the Top 50 SB Sites

The TOP 50 Scrapbook Ranking site has changed the way they do thier rankings and it now goes by unique visits per day. Guess what...we jumped 35 spaces today.

Now we have to work at staying there or moving up even further. I am so excited. Scrapbooker Online is movin and shakin. WAAHOOOO!!!

Enjoy your night everyone. Off to check out the message boards. Our SBO newsletter went out tonight so happy reading everyone.

BTW, the layout above I did for my friend Ann. She is one of the SBO sistas in my CJ group. Her theme is What I wish I knew...

December 14, 2005

Baby it is cold outside. When I got in my car this morning it was 1 degree. Holy Moly. All I wanted to do was turn around, go back home, and get under the covers. Flannel sheets and a big hand made quilt would do it for me. I would be off in lala land in no time.

Gail just got new flannel sheets for her bed and I have slept in her room already this week. I couldn't resists. So soft and cuddly. OH, that is comfort and warmth to me.

Stay warm everyone, have a super day.

December 12, 2005

Happy Birthday to my baby girl...GAIL

8 years ago today at 5:04 am you were born. 9lbs 9oz. You were just the cutest little rolley polley baby I had ever seen. Daddy was so proud of you and just could not stop staring at you. Then again, I don't think he knew what to do with you.... neither did I. LOL

But these past 8 years have been wonderful. And Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you and the wonderful little lady you have become. It has been 8 year filled with...

• Fun
• Excitement
• Laughs
• Awe Struck Moments
• Late nights
• Early mornings
• Crowded sleeping arrangements
• Cuddles
• Dreams
• Exhaustion
• Frights
• Singing
• Dancing
• And just absolute love and admiration

For you baby Gail. I love you.

Today also brings a fun and exciting happening for me. Kelly Angard (Creative Collage) has posted my doodle of Gail on her blog. I am very excited that Kelly liked my doodle so much that she decided to post it. Thanks Kelly. I appreciate the time and kind words you have given me. I look forward to the ATC swap with you and getting to know you better. Your work is wonderful and very inspiring. Thanks so much for helping to hook me back into doodling.

December 10, 2005

MOVIE NIGHT....Tonight is movie night at the Fabbri house. And at the top of the list is Madagascar. The kids are so excited. I am just looking forward to sitting in my chair with a nice drink in my hand, relaxing.

My day started when I got paged from work at 2:00 am. Yes, that is not a typo. I am on call this week and the security servers at work went down. Oh boy, so glad our Network guys no what they are doing. But, wait...its not over yet. I got paged again at 7:15. The entire network was down. That started a four hour ordeal of phonecalls, e-mail checking, and so on. Once again so glad our group knows what they are doing. And people say that the pager never goes off when they are on call. Go figure!!!

I also ran my altered clipboard workshop today. It was so much fun. The ladies that attened each made two clipboards each. They came out so good. But, because I got paged again I did not get any pictures. Maybe next time.

The I did a little shopping. I have had my eye on these fake poinsettas at JoAnns so I had to go get three of them. I may even go back for more. Gregg and I are hosting the neighborhood holiday party this year so the house has to look extra fancy. So far so good, I am getting really excited. It is a week from tonight.

Well, time to run. Gail is yelling at Grady to get his naked bum off her new Foof Chair she got for her birthday. It is an oversided bean bag that is filled with memory foam. Very cool. We got it for her in bright orange. It matches her new RETRO room. Got to go break that one up now.

Enjoy!!

Hey just found this.

Love this photo from last year. DH and the kids look so happy.

Snow...Memories

Well, it snowed over the weekend in MA. It was so pretty, the kind of snow that is light enough to shovel but sticky enough to make each and every branch you see glisten.

Julie Ann over at SBO has challenged us all to write in our blogs and has given us little assignments to go along with it. The first assignement is to talk about your fondest memories of playing in the snow. I just love this one.

The first person I thought of was my best buddy Jill. The picture above was taken at our 8th Grade Graduation. We have been friends since we were 2ish. We grew up together in Boston and she lives in WI now with her DH and three kids. We lived in a really great neighboorhood. We had the coolest group of friends. We were the youngest and the smallests. What that gets you in the Eastland Rd. neighborhood was the title of "Igloo Tunnell Digger". We used to have so much snow, or that is what I remember about it. And in 1978 we had the "Blizzard of 78". Well, needless to say lots of snow forts were built during that time. Jill and I were always sent in first to dig the tunnell. Becasue we were the smallest. Now, looking back that was pretty stupid, seeing that no one else could fit in the tunnel except for us. But, we did whatever Larry Craven and John Connell would tell us to do. They were the leaders of the Eastland Gang. LOL.



It has been a long time since I built a fort. But I did find those little snow block makers that I had when I was little when I was shopping a few weeks back. Bought them for my kids for Christmas. I hope my kids enjoy them as much as Jill and I did. I will have to ask Jill the next time I talk to her is her kids have them.

What great memories. I am glad that Julie Ann got me thinking about this. I miss being a kid so much lately. No stress, so much time on your hands, and SANTA. Wow, I can't wait for him to come visit me this year.

Enjoy your day ladies.