Just cruising around the web finding great resources for my digi scrapbooking. I'm posting them here for me to go back to them. But you may want to use them too! You can see from the images posted here I'm having a lot of fun playing with this stuff!

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18319 - where I found these I like
http://www.larabiefonts.com/
http://www.imagechef.com/
http://www.says-it.com/






I made this for John! :)

I'm really excited about our Dr. Here's her website. http://www.mimidoohanmd.com/5drmimi.html

I really really like her and feel so comfortable with her.

First Christmas Party 2002 standing with Magne when he had long hair.
First Christmast Party I went to in 2002 with Karin Cotter




Well, it's August 10. Finally here. My last day before my maternity leave. I can't believe it. I've worked at Expertcity/Citrix Online for 5 years. I got my watch last week BTW. :)

I can remember the first day coming to work here. I hated it for a long time. I think I cried every morning driving in for the first two weeks. I wondered what I had done moving from the Bay Area down to sleepy Santa Barbara. Luckily, my mom talked me through it and I joined lots of clubs and danced a lot to get me through those first 6-9 months. Again, it's hard to believe that 5 years have passed that I've been in SB and been at this job. The job has changed a lot and I was lucky to move up pretty quickly and make some sort of impact. My favorite part are the people of course. So many colorful characters and I could go on and on with fun stories about them all.

Bookcase Repainted

Bookcase Repainted
Originally uploaded by uidiziner

Remember I said I found a bookcase on the side of the road and repainted it? Well here it is. Total cost $1.

Quilt Laura Made

Quilt Laura Made
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My colleague and friend Laura and her daughter Sophia made this quilt for the baby. I love it! The handiwork here is terrific!

Grammy's 93rd Birthday Card

Grammy's 93rd Birthday Card
Originally uploaded by uidiziner

So now that I'm into this digital scrapbooking thing, I made this card for Grammy's birthday which we are celebrating this weekend. Printed it looks really good too.

Family Fun at the Zoo

Family Fun at the Zoo
Originally uploaded by uidiziner

In July, we went to the SB zoo after Steph, Marc and Ian helped paint the baby nursery. This is another scrapbook page I did. It took about an hour.

Possible Baby Announcement

Possible Baby Announcement
Originally uploaded by uidiziner

I made this on my computer utilizing my new digital scrapbooking skills. Didn't take long and it was so fun to make and do it quickly. I think it will be no problem creating the baby announcements ahead of time!!!

Fabulous UX Team, originally uploaded by uidiziner.

Today was a fun day. My colleagues at work threw me a baby shower out on the back lawn. It was great. So far this week has been terrific.

Here's the UX team gathered for a team photo. Great people working really well together. Such a beautiful thing sans ego.

I might want a MacBook soon. Matt told me to wait because they might be coming out with something new in the fall. That said, my mom always asks me what I want for my bday, so I might as well start my list now:

Birthday list:
Craft Suitcase from Michaels
SpaceBags
New Sonicare Toothbrush
Slippers - No backs. Slide in. Really cushy and soft.
Anything Martha Stewart Crafts at Michaels

Sites to get to know better:

flickr.com
etsy.com
craftster.com
blogger.com
istockphoto.com
http://www.scrapscene.com/ - has links to celebrity scrappers!
http://thescrapbookoasis.typepad.com/
slide.com

Things are going well. On Saturday, we will be 4 weeks away from D day. Delivery day. It's getting exciting. We are looking for a doula so any SB leads would be great.

I will be finishing up decorating the nursery tonight. My mom is going to come over and we will put everything in place. Looking forward to that. We will still need to get curtains. Maybe we will find some tonight at Ross.

I also want to install the car set and have it checked at Goleta Valley Hospital.

My job is going well. I only have about 2 1/2 weeks left here before my M leave starts. Yahoo!

Some recent digital Scrapbook pages I made. Click on them to see the full image.

My aunt and mom at the Baby Shower on July 14.



Me and John in the airport in Austin after going to the Livestrong Conference in October 2006.

Update on the free furniture found by the side of the road: I painted the bookcase a butter ivory. It looks very good I might add. It's perfect for the baby's room. It only took like 2 coats of paint. Paint was oops paint at $1 for quarter gallon. So total cost was a $1. :)

Additionally, my cousin Steph, Marc and Ian all came down on Saturday and helped John paint the baby's room the same butter yellow. It looks fantastic. Steph might paint lady bugs on the wall too the next time she comes - I need to think about it. These would match the baby's bedding. Slowly but surely everything is getting done!

I'm wondering how I can get more google ads on my site. Anyone know how?

So now my latest thing is scrapbooking. I found this magazine called digital scrapbooking and i bought it. It was $12 at Ralphs. I nearly never by magazines at retail .. but it struck me.

Anyway, I read it cover to cover and it inspired me. I started thinking up biz ideas (naturally)! I started scouring the internet looking for sites that were doing this. I found a few - zscrapbook and something else.

Then on Thursday of last week I scored with 6 Creative Keepsakes magazines at the Thrift store. 20 cents a piece what a deal.

Yesterday, I went to Michaels and got inspired. I came home and started the very basics and made a tiny photo album for my niece. I have some ideas. I want to post them here so stay tuned....

Click to play Make your own Smilebox

I made this on Smilebox yesterday. It's pretty cool to try these things out. This is the free version and not the paid. It was very easy to use and I would recommend it if you don't know how to create layouts in PS / PSE.

I did the best thing today. On my way to work, I saw some furniture marked FREE on the side of the road. I drove by it and then, I thought, HECK, this is what I want to do. So I drove back and threw it in the car. I want to take old furniture, paint it and design it. Two of things I needed: a dresser and a bookcase for the baby's room. God was smiling on me! So far all the baby furniture has been free!!!

Today was an interesting day. I don't feel like I'm doing all that I can do to be creative. Good news is that the baby is kicking all the time. Today is June 4 and the baby girl is due on August 25. I just need to wrap up everything at work.

I posted jewelry on ebay today. My current auctions are here. I haven't donet that in awhie. Let's see if I make some dough. Making a quick buck is one of my favorite things.

I'm fascinated by crafting today. Just discovered cool craft sites like:

craftster.org
illustrationfriday.com
Nurseries on Apartment Therapy

We still don't have a name for the baby. I think we'll try to keep it a secret.

Here is the specification for blah

and yada

Well we've been officially married for 5+ weeks. Wow. It's starting to feel really real that I have a husband and that I am a wife.