Scraps of Me

Hiking and Apple Picking

2011-09-22T21:14:00.004-03:00

The sun came out and gave us a gorgeous day for hiking the Maliseet Trail and Apple Picking at Dukeshires. Great times with great friends.

Potato Break

2011-09-20T15:54:00.004-03:00

So they are claiming this is the LAST Potato Break....where have I heard that before? In the twenty-one years I have taught in Carleton County they have talked about it being done and it did go from three weeks to two and now only 8 schools have it in the entire province. I will believe it when I see it.

We had some fun the last day of school with our Potato Themed activites. Radio-Canada was there to do an interview. There was hot potato to Bud the Spud Potato Sack Races, Potato basket relays, Potato on a Spoon races and Dr Blight(a variation of Dr. Dodgeball). We gave out Potato Chips, Potato Stress Balls from McCain Foods and pens and pencils from Potato NB.

My girl..is amazing

2010-12-14T08:55:00.005-04:00

Yesterday was the Christmas Piano Recital for Jenna. She chose a beautiful outfit from Garage to wear- so grown up! She had a very challenging piece this year- "Christmas Tree Music Box" and she did a pretty good job. Then, since it was done earlier than expected, she asked us if we could skip the cake and after party mingling to get to the hockey practice we thought she was going to miss. So we took off to the car, zoomed home to get her changed and her gear- in the car she assigned us jobs when we got in the house! LOL! And she made half the practice too!

Here she is playing her piece:

Here she is watching the others, is it just me or are her legs super long?

Here is the group that performed this year. My girl is right there in the center!

Just about 10 minutes after the last pic in the locker room, transforming:

Her possee/team mates surprised she is there:

Intent on being ready for her turn on the drill:
All this over a period of 1 hour from recital starting to hitting the ice mid-practice.

If we ever wondered if she played hockey for the right reasons we know now the truth!

I touched the Stanley Cup!

2010-12-12T21:08:00.002-04:00

Ok, I am still in shock. I touched the Stanley Cup. The same one that Sidney Crosby, Wayne Gretzky, Patrick Roy, Guy Lafleur, Maurice Richard, Jean Belliveau, etc.... touched......

WOW!!!

~~STORM DAY!~~~

2010-12-06T12:23:00.003-04:00

What a lovely treat this time of year to have the day at home. Jammies and time to catch up a bit on marking nad planning for school, house stuff and Christmas baking!

Day Six of my Daily Decmeber.....what to do...

Christmas without snow

2010-12-05T18:12:00.003-04:00

The rain took away all our snow :-( Though the weather forecast is hinting at what I love most about being a teacher after summer- SNOW DAYS!!!

Working on some Christmas projects- the December Daily Album- I have Day 1,2,3 and 4 are done. Today my girl and her friend went to public skate with SANTA and I was banned, along with my camera, from the event. Luckily, another mom was there with camera and snapped a shot of them for me! Love other moms!!! So once I get that there is my day 5!

Also picking away at my Basic Grey Calendar for 2011 for my folks. Neat concept but I think I like doing my own thing more. With a try once though.

Had hoped to get to Presque Isle today but no one was moving with any enthusisasm and there was lots to do about the house- laundry, housework and some decorating.

Here is my pride and joy this year- my advent calendar:

December 2010

2010-12-01T21:57:00.003-04:00

Wow! Where did the time go? I frantically finished my advent calendar last night and Jenna opened the first box to find a coupon for a Dairy Milk Bar!
She will open the odd numbers, even for me and the weekend ones for Richard since we know he will be home then for sure!
Also starting My December Daily Album as inspired by Ali Edwards Photos for the following:
Timmy Treats

and a gift from my hubby who knows how much I love Christmas Tunes and what a Gleek I am!

Halloween- pumpkin seeds and other things that make me happy!

2010-10-31T00:18:00.003-03:00

Pumpkin seeds- YUMMMMMEEEEEEEE-ness!

Top 10 Tuesday

2010-07-20T17:45:00.008-03:00

My Top 10 Board Games from Childhood

1. Cootie

I loved this game SO MUCH. Truly my fave childhood game. I loved creating these disturbing creatures. We owned this one and I would always pick it when it was my turn on game night.

2. Payday

My neighbour had this one and I loved it so much! It was awesome!

3. Clue

This one I loved to play but we did not have it and I can't remember where I did play it.

4. Holly Hobbie

I remember getting this for Christmas and I loved it. I wanted to be Holly!

5. Battleship

This was a cool game that I played at camp, with my cousins and I liked the strategy.

6. Othello

My super cool neighbour and best friend had this and I loved it. Maybe the felt board??

7. Operation

Another game that my neighbour/bestie had and I loved to play it. Also seemed popular at parties.

8. Monopoly

We did not own Monopoly until I was much older and I think it came from my grandparents house. I played Monopoly for hours on hot summer days at my neighbours on their porch. It was so much fun. We had games that went for days sometimes.

9. Life

Loved this. Played it with several people and had my own at home. It was so fun to pretend grown up!

10. Kerplunk

Another big one at birthday parties and at my neighbour/besties house. I think I eventually conned my parents into getting this one. Loved it!

10 Things Tuesday

2010-07-13T23:21:00.004-03:00

10 Things I Love

1. Summer

As a child I loved summer- the smell of grass, the beach, trips to Bathurst or Cape Breton, no school, late nights, drive-in movies and time! As an adult, I love summer because of no school, time with my girl, sunshine, camping, swim meets, and time!

2. Coffee

I never liked the taste of coffee in university but loved the smell. Part way through my first year of teaching I began to drink it, then love it. I am fond of the dark roasts- Guatamalen, Sumatra, etc...and I love a Vanilla Latte from Starbucks.

3. Taking Pictures

I love to take pictures- always have. Still remember my Kodak 110 and how excited I was to have my own camera. Now I love my Canon S3 IS but dream of a Canon Rebel. Regardless of the tool it is the pictures and memories I love most of all. My dad is a picture nut as was grandfather. I guess it is a Meikle thing. LOL!

4. Reading

I love to read, and read and read. Since school finished I have read 6 novels. Like candy after lent- it is so nice to read what I want to read rather than writing and textbooks, teacher guides, curriculum documents and PD articles and books.

5. Hockey

My heart belongs to the Canadiens since I was 5 years old. What a run they had this year. My daughter chose not to play initiation hockey and I had resigned myself never to be a hockey mom...then in the fall of her novice year she decided she wanted to play. Three great seasons of being a hockey mom have made me so happy and proud.

6. Scrapbooking

Taking pictures and adding the history, notes, time is something I always did with my pictures and photo albums. Now I can make it an art. LOVE learning new things. Love to scrap.

7. Grey's Anatomy

I love Cristina and Meredith. I take great joy in their relationship and the whole DER-MER love story. It makes me laugh, cry and think.

8. Glee
Love being a GLEEK. The music, the cattiness, the laughter. Happiness that I can relive through the tunes.

9. Chocolate

The darker the better. Love it.

10. Love

I love my family. My daughter makes me feel love all the time, my husband too. I am blessed. I watched the Olympics and the announcer said I love love after watching Charles Hamelin race and Mariane St Gelais cheering.

Scrapbooking

2010-07-04T21:33:00.003-03:00

Nature Walk

2010-07-04T18:45:00.006-03:00

Today we took a nature walk.

Summertime!

2010-07-04T18:02:00.003-03:00

Canada Day was lovely weather wise. The rain seemed to know when to hold off and when to let loose.

A blizzard of a day

2010-01-02T19:51:00.003-04:00

We accomplished a lot today....

.....we played but lost a good hockey game in the freezing cold Hartland rink.

.....we picked up some storm supplies at the grocery store which was crazy busy!

.....we played MarioKart for the Wii.

....we had a delicious supper of BBQ steak and baked potatoes! Yes, I braved the blizzard!!

ACCOMPLISH

2010-01-01T21:33:00.010-04:00

MY WORD FOR 2010 IS....

ac·com·plish tr.v. ac·com·plished, ac·com·plish·ing, ac·com·plish·es

1. To succeed in doing; bring to pass.
2. To reach the end of; complete

One little word...

2010-01-01T11:04:00.002-04:00

Ok, I am trying something new. http://aliedwards.typepad.com/_a_/2007/01/aezine_challeng.html

I am trying to decide what will get my butt scrapping and exercising. Making my thoughts HAPPEN.

So I am thinking ACTION or ACCOMPLISH but now that I have typed it HAPPEN is good too. I will let you know by day's end what word I choose to make mine in 2010!

My GHL Retreat layouts

2009-10-21T13:30:00.004-03:00

Greenhill Lake Retreat

2009-10-21T00:24:00.003-03:00

I was so lucky to get a chance to attend the fabulous scrap retreat put on by A Pile of Scrap. We had a wonderful time. When someone else cooks your food, cleans the dishes, and lets you scrap all day long- it is pretty much heaven!! I met some of my APOS forum friends in person and met a few other new ones. I learned new techniques and managed to get 16 pages done and decorated a hat box. FUN!

Boston and the Jonas Brothers

2009-07-26T23:59:00.002-03:00

We traveled to Portland by car and took the train to Boston. We arrived there on Thursday and had a wonderful time and weather. The concert was Saturday and was really very impressive. I am making a circle tin scrapbook for the girls and including a DVD with all the videos and pictures I took at the concert along with the accordion scrapbook. I am really excited to get them done. I put a collage of pics on the outside bottom and the JB insignia on the top. Will post pics soon!

Scrapbuilders

2009-07-26T23:46:00.006-03:00

This was a scrapbuilder challenge from APOS for May 2009. A scrapbuilder is like the game GOSSIP or TELEPHONE where you pass on the message and compare the last message to the first and see how much it changed. I used some older pics of my girl.

This is the scrapbuilders for June 2009.

She left for camp...

2009-07-06T20:24:00.003-03:00

on Sunday. Dh took me shopping in Maine and out to supper. I will miss her so very much but hope to get lots of scrapbooking done!

The resilience of children!!!

2009-07-04T17:51:00.006-03:00

So dd woke up Friday/Saturday morning at 1 am sick to her stomach. She was up at 6 am pumped to go to the Swim Meet since her events were not until the third set of swims and she would be better by then. So we went and she was far from herself but still managed to get second place in her butterfly and IM and in two relays.

Happy Birthday Canada!

2009-07-03T21:00:00.007-03:00

Our awesome community had tons and tons of kid friendly activities and the rain held off for most of it.

Chemgirl over at APOS issued a challenge...

2009-06-30T17:02:00.004-03:00

and I went for it!
Create a layout that has...
* 3 photos
* one circle element
* three different patterned papers
* You must use the colors red, orange and turquoise.
* three brads or three buttons.
* one piece of ribbon (I know you all have it! But how many of you use it???)

The drought

2009-06-29T10:22:00.000-03:00

Ok, so I had all this time- vacation, dd at a sleepover -and nothing. No mojo for scrapping. I had pics, sketches, challenges, new papers- and I just looked at them and shuffled them and walked away....SIGH!
This morning I was adamant I was doing a layout and.... I DID! Simple and plain but done!!!

My partner in crime!!!

2009-06-27T19:12:00.000-03:00

My dd had a sleepover at a friend's house today at 3 pm and she was packed, dressed and ready at 7:30!!! LOL! So we decided to work on her purple scrapbook that she won at an auction at my parents' church. She was cutting and using the cricut like a pro! I love seeing her create and be so proud! It was great!

Miss her already BUT dh and I have plans for a movie, wine and munchies!

Another Cricut Lover in the House!

2009-06-22T22:42:00.000-03:00

My darling daughter who is 9- got the cricut bug. She had a blast designing Father's Day cards for her dad, and two grandfathers! She is a pro now. So great to watch!

She had a wonderful first day of summer vacation. Great fun with the sitter, swim team practice and playing!

Tomorrow is the last day with the kids.....

2009-06-18T23:38:00.001-03:00

...I will miss the 8s moving on to the high school. I am really excited to see the 6s and 7s again next year. My girl had a great grade 3 and is growing up too fast!

Sunshine and splashing....

2009-06-16T20:21:00.000-03:00

That is what tonight was about with my girl. Tomorrow our students are doing it all day long for our summer celebration- BBQ, tennis, volleyball, swimming, floor hockey and softball! Can't wait!

I can see the finish line....

2009-06-15T09:24:00.000-03:00

...this is it. THE LAST WEEK OF CLASSES! The kids are wired- especially the grade 8s! We are finishing up our projects and trying to keep them focussed. Easier said than done. Thank goodness it is sunny so they can get out at lunch and burn off some of the energy. Last week with inside recesses was PAINFUL!
I am frantically finishing up my marking and chasing students who keep "forgetting" their things.

CARTRIDGE MANIA

2009-06-14T21:24:00.000-03:00

Stretch Your Imagination
Storybook
Lyrical Letters
Doodlecharms
Hellow Kitty Greetings

And no time to play! DD had her last swimming lesson, a gymnastic show and we had a good friend's 40th birthday all on Saturday. Sunday my folks came for a visit and we had a lot of cleaning to do before they arrived late afternoon. DD helped a ton! She is quite the little lady!!

My Cricut Expression

2009-06-10T22:23:00.000-03:00

My wonderful DH convinced me to add a new member to our family- A CRICUT EXPRESSION!!! I have not had a lot of time to play with it but I love what I have had a chance to do with it so far. I am really learning a lot from THE PINK STAMPER. She is amazing and is a great teacher. I recommend checking it out if you have a cricut or just want to see what the Cricut can do.

Thanks Ice!

2009-05-25T11:15:00.000-03:00

Well, I have been petrified to cross over to the blog side- as much as I love reading them! I feel too untalented or insignificant to warrant one....HOWEVER- I have decided to take the plunge with the help of my friend icecheeks- designer extraordinaire- who I have to thank for this great background!

I went to a super card class put on by Jodi of Stampin Up on Saturday. Seven cards and tons of new ideas later I am so excited to get into stamping . Amazing how little things can make something stand out so much- stickles, folding the card a new way, etc....