This and That

The weekend started out with a surprise on Friday. The St. Louis girls sent me a present. My first thought when I saw the box from Stampin' Up was, "hmmm, I wonder what I ordered." I really couldn't remember. When I opened the box, I realized right away that the girls had sent this to me.

I was lamenting the fact that I could not find a really great trimmer. I've had a love/hate relationship with trimmers over the years. I've bought and tried them ALL!! My favorite is the little personal Creative Memories trimmer. But a really good 12" trimmer has eluded me. I liked the CM one, but it ends up chewing up your paper or cardstock. I always considered everything Fiskars to be the best in the way of cutting tools. But when it comes to trimmers, I wish I could be their test person. There's always something "wrong" with each one. My biggest problem is the fact that the blade flies out when I use it. I can't tell you how many times I have had to hunt for that darn blade.


Anyway, I am happy to have this new one. I used it on my Project Life page this month. It works like a charm.

Mindy met us at the club for dinner Friday evening. The weather was so beautiful that we decided to sit outside. We don't get to do that in July or August around here. It was so nice---until I was bothered by a few mosquitoes. Still, we stayed and it was fine. I was afraid the bites would trigger a major hive episode, but they didn't. That's a good thing.

On Saturday night, Connie had us over for dinner and cards. I won $30 at the poker table. It was a really good night!! I just kept getting good cards all night. I'm usually pretty lucky with cards, but not this lucky.  I guess that means I've used it all up for awhile. We'll see---I'll be playing again in a couple of weeks with the family.

The Bachelorette: For anybody watching---I think it took a lot of guts for Brooks to "break up" with Des on national television. Better now than later. This Monday is the finale. It will be interesting to see what happens. I'm betting that Brooks realizes he made a mistake and comes back. You can always count on that show for drama.

On Monday, Connie went with me while I was to judge the scrapbook division of the county fair. It was a little disappointing. There were only 4 books entered. Luckily for the entries, they will all win something. I was already wondering how it would be to judge other people's work since it's so subjective. The clear winner for me was the one that spent time telling the story behind the pictures.

Yesterday, my friends and I met for lunch and a movie. We saw The Heat. It was so good---really funny. We were afraid that the funniest parts would be in the previews which is often the case. Not this time. Aside from the foul language, it was one laugh after another. I love Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy. Definitely worth seeing.

Today, I did an organizing job. More on that tomorrow.