I got some cashola for Christmas from my Grandma… thanks Grandma!  Anyway, so I’m pretty bad about using Christmas money for the everyday stuff.  So Denny says the other day, “I was going to get you an iPod for Christmas but I didn’t know what one to get.  Let’s go get one with your Christmas money.”  Well of course my reply was telling him about the car payment, car insurance etc, that was going to come out this week.  Ugh.  His response, (in an effort to justify things), was that this is like money we never had, lol.  And that Grandma wouldn’t want me using it to pay a bill.  I”m sure he had a point, but it’s just not who I am.  The only thing I get for myself is some scrapbook stuff here and there.  There isn’t anything else I really need, you know?  Well Denny knew I wanted an iPod, and despite my protests we ended up at the Apple store yesterday.

I had been looking at the Nano for a LONG time and then the Shuffle, but I’m wondering how the heck you tell whats playing on the Shuffle.  Not to mention that the teenie tiny Shuffle would be missing in about five minutes.  So I got the Nano (Product) Red.  I’ve been snuggling with it since I got it.  Denny has done nothing but laugh at me since yesterday.  Apparently he likes the grin I’ve been giving my iPod, lol.

Denny has been working his fanny off on the house and a few cars he has out in the garage.  We ripped out all the tile in the one downstairs half bath.  It has been tiled about a year or so ago, but we didn’t like the tile and we had a leak… so out it went.  Denny just finished up the floor last night and we just have the shower floor left.  Someone is coming out to do that part, so we are pretty much at a standstill until then.  I’ll be happy to have it done, and when it is I’ll post a photo.  I’m loving it so far!!

When I haven’t been helping him I’ve been working on some cards.  Here is one I put together the other day.  It’s all Prism cardstock, with the pink (Razzleberry) stamped with VersaMark.  The patten paper is a Scrapworks print.  Ribbon is from American Crafts.  I saw the “Seize the Cake” phrase when I was wandering through Archivers the other day.  Whatcha think?

Time for me to get going.  I still have a bunch of stuff to do before we leave.  We go on New Years to a bowling party with the Herbert family.  They do a count down around 4pm and the kids really like it.  Plus those of us who are crappy bowlers get to make fools of ourselves.  Fun stuff.  :)  Plus I’m making Mr. Eric some of my chili for Christmas and I have to get that packed up.  (I think this might really be a gift for Michelle… one less meal she has to cook!)

Happy New Year!  See you in 2008!

~j