Sound Off

Ok I just hadda say something about Sarah Jessica Parker.  She was on Anderson Cooper's new talk fest on Friday (yea just what we need another one) pumping her new movie, I Don't Know How She Does It. Not really interested in seeing it, not a big fan, didn't catch the SITC craze like so many did.  Here's my beef, she comes on and the two are chatting about her life and she's trying to pass herself off like any other red blooded American mom.  SAY WHAT!!!!  And there are all the gals in the audience smiling with dumb looks on their faces that say "see she's a regular person like us."  Uh, no she isn't!!  She's a multimillionaire with babysitters and nannies and assistants at her beck and call.  I'm sure her closet is the size of my bedroom and we know it's filled with top designer clothes, shoes and accessories.  Look I know these entertainers have money up the wazzoo, can spend and live, travel and experience in a way most of us can only dream of.   More power to ya, this is a capitalist society and if by some stroke of luck I could ever do that I sure would.  What sickens me is them trying to pretend they are like us and thinking some of us are ignorant enough to buy into that fallacy.  They aren't, they become cocooned with people who are at their beck and call and reality becomes a distant memory real quick, it's human nature.  I'm not saying that she isn't a nice person, but a regular gal, no sorry.

Ok, back to our regular scheduled program....;)

I Hate Excercise!!

Yes I do I hate exercise but I do it five times a week with my two personal trainers Tony Horton and Jillian Michaels.  Ok, they aren't my real trainers, but they do help me.  Tony Horton does the P90X video which I do 3 times a week and it is killer, and Jillian has i-fit cards that go into my treadmill and boy does she work me out.  Sometimes I walk outside instead, but it isn't as intense as the treadmill since the card controls the speed and incline, whereas when I walk if I get tired I tend to just slow down.  Amazing intensity in both the workouts and even though I've been exercising for 2 years now, and doing the P90X since May it still isn't a habit for me.  I'll take not doing it any day.  It's a very conscientious effort on my part to do this even though the desire to not is so overwhelming, I'm not one of those people who if they have a headache hit the gym to feel better, or can't function without their workout, but I do it and I feel better for it.

Banner

For Des' shower I made her a banner which spelled out her name that I hung above the table she and her bridesmaids shared.  I love the way it came, and I used cereal boxes as the base and then glued my paper over it so it has some substance.  We have cereal up the wazoo here so saving the boxes beats buying chipboard hands down!  It's the right thickness for the cricut and I no longer have the cutting issues with it.  One thing, make sure it's trimmed properly so that it doesn't hang over the tacky part of the cutting mat or the guide wheels on the bug will get knocked askew by the board and it'll mess up the blade alignment on the 2nd pass, then setting the multi-cut to 3 and you're good to go.  I used my lost and found paper, I believe the musical notes was 7 gypsies but not 100%, some tulle and various lacy material that I glimmer misted as well as some Tim Holtz embellies and other knick knacks from my stash and viola!

Here are some pics -

I also made the favors, double heart bookmarks with some DCWV paper I had in my stash.

I put the bookmarks in clear cellophane bags with purple swirly lollipops.  I was happy with how it all came.
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A little cricut cutting mat resticking tip.  I googled this and found a video on you tube.  I find this works better than zig, or spray adhesive, I've tried many different things and at one point had to just trash the mat.  I've done it twice now, had to since when I made her invites there was glitter aaaaall over the darned mat so it needed to be scrubbed then resticked...hmm new word there :)  I picked up the Aleene's tack-it over and over at Michael's and just followed the instructions in the video, make sure you do comdition your mat like she says so your paper doesn't stick heavily and tear when you try to remove it.  Take a peek, I don't think you'll ever buy another mat unless you absolutely demolish it.