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If you had signed up for my old newsletter you’ll have to resubscribe because I didn’t import any of the subscribers from my old newsletter.  I didn’t plan on designing again, so I didn’t think I’d need to save them.  I should have known better. 

  My post title makes it sound like I know a way to eat cinnamon rolls and lose weight.  I don’t, unfortunately.  lol  Those are just the things that are on my mind right now. 

So yesterday I decided I wanted to cook a few things from The Pioneer Woman’s site and I finally decided on her Mac & Cheese, BBQ Meatballs, and Cinnamon Rolls.  They all turned out SOOO yummy!  Although I wasn’t paying attention when I started the cinnamon rolls and I ended up accidentally doubling the recipe!!!  (That’s what happens when you have 2 three year olds buzzing around the kitchen and getting into everything while you’re trying to cook three things at once!)  When I told my husband he was all, “YES!!!”  He loves cinnamon rolls.  Needless to say, there was no way we could eat 14 pans of them!  lol  So I put half of the dough in the fridge for later and made the other half.  My father-in-law came over and was more than happy to take half of them, so now we just have 3 pans sitting in the kitchen.  I’ve been good, though.  I only had one last night and one this morning!  Could have been worse!  lol

Speaking of being good, I’ve decided to really buckle down and try to lose some weight (now that I’ve gotten the cinnamon rolls out of my system).  I think the only time I’ve been a normal weight was when I was a kid and when I first started college.  Otherwise I’ve been everything from slightly chubby to seriously obese and back and forth.  The last few years I was just too tired to care about my weight at all, but now that I can’t claim baby weight and I actually do have some free time while the boys are in school for part of the day I have no excuse not to get myself into shape.  My problem is not knowledge, I know what I need to do.  I have meals and exercise all planned out, I just need to follow them.  (I’m a huge fan of Body for Life!!!  It helped me have the best body of my life several years ago.)  My problem is motivation.  How do you get (and stay) motivated?  Some days I’m all ready to face the world and others I’m just like, Blah, who cares? It’s those Blah days I need to get past.  What do you do to keep yourself motivated?

Yep, I am going back to Sunshine Studio!  I was so flattered by all of your guesses, though!  I’m not coming back full time (you know how crazy life is sometimes), so I won’t have something new every week, but I will have new stuff in there as often as I can.  I’ll post about it here when I do.  I’m also seeing about getting a new newsletter together soon.

Anyway, you can visit my new shop HERE.  I only have one lonely kit in there right now, but I will be adding more soon.  My new kit is called Ocean Friends and it’s 30% off this weekend!

And I have a little freebie add-on to go with it…

And lastly, several of you guessed that I was going to SUN, so I put your names in a hat (actually, it was a shoe box, I don’t think I own a hat) and the winners are Alyna and Jenn.  I’ve emailed you at the email addresses you provided with your comment!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a super wonderful weekend! 

How can I put this without looking completely lame…?  I guess there really isn’t any way around it.  lol  I’m going to be designing again.  I know, I know, you don’t have to say it, I can already hear it in my own head… Well, that lasted all of five minutes!  Make up your mind already!  I knew it wouldn’t last!

I made it almost six months and I was gloriously happy with my simplified, almost-completely-internet-free life, but I’d have flashes of needing to create something and the computer would draw me in and I’d start making things.  Apparently one of my friends noticed and she encouraged (persuaded, bullied – albeit kindly, bribed) me into designing again.  So, I will be, but it will all mostly be new stuff.  All of my retired items will be staying retired.

So, how about a contest?  Guess where I’ll be and I’ll randomly choose 2 people with correct answers to receive my newest kit.  Deadline is midnight Saturday, Feb 27th! 

(aka the Queen of Indecision)

Or maybe “Out to Moving”?  We are moving at the end of the week and I am in a mad rush to get everything packed up and ready to go.  You’d think that with all of the times I’ve done this that I would be more organized about it by now, but apparently not.  So I’m forcing myself off of the computer and packing it up so that I can get stuff done.  I am way behind on my emails, so if you’ve emailed me I promise to get back to you as soon as I get my computer back up, but it may be a week or two.  If it’s an emergency (like you bought something and can’t get it to download) put “IMPORTANT” in the subject of your email and I’ll have my husband take care of it.

Things will be slower at Sugar Frog Fonts, too, so if you’ve sent us a handwriting sample in the last couple of days it may take a bit longer to get your font back to you.

See you soon!

I found myself scrapping the other day (“I know, can you believe it?!” *done in my best Homestar Runner voice*) and I needed something that I couldn’t find, so I made it myself.  Then I just kept going and ended up with a whole kit.  So… if you want to buy the whole  kit, you can get it HERE.  It’s just $4.  Here’s what it looks like:

I made some matching flairs as a freebie (click image to download)…

And I also made this little stitched Valentine’s alpha, if you like pink (click image to download)…

Here’s a detailed view (it’s only shadowed for the preview)…

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a super weekend!

So I’ve gotten a few emails since I retired about selling my doodles as Commercial Use and I’ve been thinking about it.  I don’t think I will bring back the sets I retired, but I have been working on a few new sets and converting some of my old graphics to CU.  I don’t know if there is any interest, but if there is I’d love to know what kinds of doodles/clipart you are interested in.

I just converted my Rawr! dinosaurs.  They come as layered psds, png doodles, and also bonus completed graphics. (Click the preview for more info.)

Happy New Year!  I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season!  Are you ready to get back to regular life yet?  Yeah, me neither.  :(  My parents were here visiting for the holidays and we have been having a WONDERFUL time.  They’re leaving on Monday and I am SO sad.  They live so far away.  I guess I’m lucky that I get to see them once or twice a year, but it would be even nicer if they lived right down the street.  They did buy a new house while they were here and my dad will be retiring in a year or so. so eventually they will end up right down the street!  In the meantime we will be living in their house.  I can’t tell you how happy I am to be moving out of our apartment.  2009 was such a rough year for us with my DH losing his job and everything, but things are getting back on track now.  Thank goodness!

Normally I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions, but this year I decided to make a little list:

• Work on improving my health
• Do more service, be more giving, focus on others
• Go back to church (I’ve been inactive for a looooong time and I’m ready to go back, not just for spiritual reasons, but because I really miss having friends and there are always lots of new friends to make at church)
• Spend more time interacting with my children, not just watching them play, but playing with them!
• Make more “Us Time” with my husband.  The boys are three years old, it’s time for us to start dating again.  lol
• Find things to like about myself and let go of the negative feelings I have about myself.
• Be more positive

It’s an incomplete list, but I think it will keep me busy!  lol  What about you?  Do you have any resolutions for the new year?

Wow, I can’t believe that December is more than half over!  Where have I been???  Actually, I’ve been sick, my boys have been sick, even my husband (who almost never gets sick!) was sick.  So we’re finally all back on our feet just in time for Christmas and I’m in a panic because I have sooooo much to do.  My parents will be here visiting for Christmas and I have a long list of things I need done before they get here tomorrow.

I haven’t had much time to do anything fun or crafty, but Ivy and I both managed to finish a few more fonts so there are a couple of new ones up at Sugar Frog Fonts now.  We just signed up for a Twitter account and will tweet whenever we post any new fonts.  I even made us our own little Twitter button!  So go ahead and click it if you want to follow us.  :)  Or you can subscribe to our RSS feed if you want updates that way.

Have a wonderful week! 

Hi everyone!  I normally don’t post much about my children, but I wanted to show some photos that I received today.  About a year or so ago I met a wonderful lady online named Larissa.  She’s a photographer and recently we got together and she took some photos of my boys.  She was so awesome with them and she got some really great photos!  Here are a few of my favorites…

Didn’t they turn out great?!  If you’re in or around Mesa, AZ and want to have some photos done, I would totally recommend Larissa!  Check out her site: Visual Legacies

I also have some holiday gift tags for you!

DOWNLOAD HERE

Thanks for stopping by!

To those of you who celebrate it, have a wonderful Thanksgiving.  To those who don’t, have a super weekend!