Hi friends! Sorry for the lack of updates lately, much has been ado in the Cates castle! The main thing, I reckon, is we are just coming off of SPRING BREAK! We didn’t go out of town or run off to some beach this year. No, we elected to go grab up my sweet little niece for the week and do some fun things right here local. One of the things we did was take the kids to the Louisville Zoo. We try to take our kids to at least…
Read MoreIn My Mailbox – April 10, 2011
In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren in which book bloggers share the books they’ve gotten in the past week. I had an awesome week this week! First, my copy of Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce showed up! Finally! I ordered it WEEKS ago, and only AFTER did I realize where I was ordering from was BRITIAN! Its been WEEKS! But it finally showed up! and then I stumbled onto a video on YOUTUBE of a lady selling off some of her books! Selling! On…
Read MoreEnter to win: CELL by Stephen King
I recently moved all my books from my studio up into my dining room and found I have several books in duplicate! So, since I have a few extra copies, I thought over the next few months we’d have some give-a-ways! The first book up is from one of my FAVORITE authors! EnTeR to win: CELL by Stephen King! {goodreads} I actually have a regular hardback AND a large print hardback. Both are in excellent condition. They are not “new”, but there is no marks, covers are in excellent shape,…
Read MoreAltered Binder – Memory Book
My sweet little niece got to spend her entire Spring Break with us, and I wanted to make her a little memory book of some sort to take home. We only got to meet her this past Christmas and I have been going to get her on the weekends since then, so I had lots of photos to stick in it for her already. I gave it to her today, when we were leaving to take her home and told her to take care of it and on her visits…
Read MoreApril 2011 Card Sketch Challenge
Im hosting another set of challenges this month and my favorite is card sketch challenge at DSO! This month’s sketch was clean and fun! and my friend KimB even helped me out by creating a POSTING BONUS for this month, so everyone that does the challenge will get this free gift as a Thanks for Playing! I had tons of fun creating my card. NOT! I tried out a new crafting tool and it SUCKED! More about that another day, LOL! I used GS Creations new cute kit called Easter…
Read MoreTBR – April 2011
Hi folks! This is just a quick post, my second TBR (To Be Read) vlog! Books mentioned in this vlog: Before I Fall An Ice Cold Grave (Harper Connelly Mysteries, No. 3) Grave Secret (A Harper Connelly Mystery) Waterfall: A Novel (River of Time Series) Beautiful Creatures City of Bones (Mortal Instruments) City of Ashes (Mortal Instruments) City of Glass (Mortal Instruments) So thats my TBR plans for April. How about you? Got anything lined up to read?
Read MoreThe Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
Buy on Amazon The Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer By: Lucy Weston Published by: Gallery ISBN: 143919033X Genre: fiction Pages: 320 Author’s Website: Author’s Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lucy.weston.vampire FAQ: Lucy Weston was a character in Bram Stokers Dracula. Synopsis: Sovereign Power. Eternal Pleasure. Revealed at last in this new vampire saga for the ages: the true, untold story of the "Virgin Queen" and her secret war against the Vampire King of England. . . . On the eve of her coronation, Elizabeth Tudor is summoned to the tomb of her…
Read MoreIn My Mailbox – March 26, 2011
In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren in which book bloggers share the books they’ve gotten in the past week. This has been a busy week for me life wise, and not really a busy week book wise. LOL! So here’s what I picked up on a shopping trip to Evansville. First, I ran into Borders to see if I could find any good bargains. I have to say 30% off, Borders? 30% off to me is NOT a “Going out of business Everything…
Read MoreSupply Haul March 2011
I really have been trying to cut back on my “craft spending” since my personal income is way down, and have been doing a great job of NOT just buying everything I see. However, we were out shopping the other day, and ummm… well I thought I’d show you all the goodies I picked up at Hobby Lobby. =) See this? This is why I failed at NOT shopping. LOL!! Here’s what I ended up picking up! I’ll put a list of stuff at the bottom, linked to either HL…
Read MoreMarch BookMark 2011
This month’s bookmark was super simple. Glitter cardstock base, stamp and distress white cardstock, add leather tie with a brad. That leather tie is actually a strap I cut off a pair of sandals I was fixing to throw away! haha!! Here’s this months supply list: leather tie glitter cardstock from KI Memories white cardstock from Neenah Vintage Photo Distress Ink Antique Linen Distress Ink Ink Blending Tool Brad hole protector Gratuitous Graffiti background stamp from Stampin Up TomBow Adhesive
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