Dacri’s Closet

So in anticipation of my digital 101 classes in September, I’m putting together a couple of digikits for my students. Here’s a sneak peek at the first one. :o)

I really like these colors, and I hope my students do too! Maybe later this week I’ll show a sneak peek at another one… we’ll see!

(P.S. Special thanks to Jamie for her inspiration! lol)

~Heather

I’ve never voted on a TV show. Not American Idol, not anything. I’ve just been a passive observer (ok, maybe passive is a stretch).

I’m not even going to say the name of it, because everyone knows by now. :o)

I accompanied Jack to the midnight release “ball” at Borders Friday night. What a circus that was! After waiting for about an hour, we emerged victorious! Woo hoo!

Also, it’s official, I have two class dates on the September calendar to teach Digital Scrapbooking 101 Classes. Is it a bad thing to be nervous already? :o)

We found a tree trimmer… actually we got quotes from a few of them. It was about what I was expecting, but Jack was a little surprised at how high the quotes were. Oh well, it’s a necessary evil, right? Hopefully we can get that done in the next few weeks.

And last, but not least, if you’re in the North Texas area, check out The Scrapbook Pad… they have Donna Downey coming in to teach classes in a couple of weeks. She’s teaching some very cool classes! Go check it out!

~Heather

How cool is this?!?!
I won an Arccivo!

<- I've added a new link over there. Check it out, and consider sending something... a letter, a card, a pack of gum or kool-aid... to our men and women serving in the war. It's easy to do. And seriously, we owe it to them. Seriously.

So, apparently it’s bad form to apologize for not blogging. Or even to acknowledge that one has not blogged. (This is all according to Jack) So from the bottom of my Emily-Post-Wannabe heart, I sincerely apologize for apologizing for not blogging… because I’ve done that a lot since the conception of this blog. So there, that’s my PSA, and all that stuff.

I’m putting together some class proposals for The Scrapbook Pad. They would be digital classes, and unfortunately I have more ideas than I can conceivably make reality, so the picking and choosing is not easy. Anyway, if everything goes well, I’ll start teaching a class or two in September. I’ll be sure to post details here when that happens.

Forgive me for a moment, but I have to… well I guess it’s bragging, but I really don’t mean it that way. We hired a yard guy. Yes, we have a yard guy and I can’t tell you how THRILLED I am about that! He comes every 3 weeks or so and mows the front and back yards, edges and blows away the grass off the sidewalk and driveway. This is such a blessing for me, because I was having to mow the yard since Jack can’t do it, and frankly, we have a HUGE back yard! It seemed like there was always a reason why I couldn’t get it done, and then I’d have to ask my dad to mow it with his riding mower since it got so high. Not anymore! Woo hoo!! SUCH a load off my back I tell ya. Now we just have to find a good tree trimmer… we got a notice from the city that our tree is too low over the street… ugh, great.

Have a great week… until next time!
~Heather

So here’s the little addition to our electronic family… an iPod shuffle! :o) Yes, I know, I have a 60 gig video iPod already. But do you know how heavy (relatively!) that thing is when you’re trying to workout? It pulls my elastic waist athletic shorts down! lol

So one of our manufacturers at work is offering this incentive program, and I earned enough points for a shuffle! Yay!

In other, non-electronic news… it finally stopped raining. Sort of. Now we’re getting typical late Spring/early Summer weather… HOT, with chances of afternoon thunderboomers. Fun.

Um, what else… not a whole lot going on, really. Just the normal stuff… working (at my day job), working (at the scrapbook store some evenings), and working (freelance design work). :o) I need a life.
~Heather

It’s been a good week. It started out with that up there. See that? It’s a 17″ laptop! Cool huh? How am I taking a webcam picture of me and my laptop? With my other laptop… yeah, the other one… the macbook with the built in webcam. :o) Cool huh?

So I’ve been in the market for a new laptop, one with a larger screen, faster processor, etc. But I debated about what I should get – Mac or PC? (Hi, I’m a Mac, Hi, I’m a PC… hmmmm). So I searched online and decided I wanted a Dell if I got a PC, and a Macbook if I got a Mac. Well guess what, Craigslist to the rescue! Someone nearby actually had a 6 month old Macbook AND a 9 month old Dell (similar to the configuration I was looking for!) for sale – so he could get funds to buy an iPhone! lol So I bought both for a FABULOUS deal, if I do say so myself.

So that’s me… and my PC laptop… and my Mac laptop… one big happy family! :o)

I’ll tell you later about our other little addition (NO, we’re NOT pregnant)

~Heather