People to People Student Ambassador

This Girl:

Has been accepted as a People to People student Ambassador and has the opportunity to travel to these six countries next summer:

{and for those of you as geographically challenged as I am it is England, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland}

Now Tony and I have to figure out how to make it happen, $wise.....more to come on that later as we start the fundraising!

Favorite Food

I am having a really hard time with these challenges! When I tried to think about my favorite food, all I could think of is that I love food! I never thought I was an indecisive person, but I haven't been able to narrow my answers down to one choice. So here is what I came up with:

One of my favorite restaurants is Pita Jungle. My family and I just love it! Close seconds were Wildflower Bread Company, Lucille's Barbecue, Sweet Tomatoes, Black Angus, Logan's and My Big Fat Greek Restaurant.

My second page is a food category. My name is Lisa and I am a carboholic. Whew! I said it. I like all things carb. Fresh bread or rolls with butter, crusty french bread dipped in olive oil and spices, not to mention yummy bakery treats. Occasionally I try to eliminate sugars and not eat anything for purely entertainment value, but man is it hard. I love my carbs!

Betsey Johnson

Gotta brag a bit about this piece if eye candy.

Betsey Johnson
	Whips & Studs E/W Tote Leather tote with pyramid stud hardware and tassel detail. Chain handle. Interior slide, zipper and cell phone pockets.

Retail: $348, my price $70!!!!!! I already have to fight Alexa for it as she informed me she will be taking it this weekend. Oh well.

I Have the Best Friends

Seriously, I do!!!

I just happen to know some of the most creative, talented and caring women EVER!

I'm just saying....

First off, my friend Amber is quite the artist. She has started painting again and is more talented than I ever knew! She surprised me at work with this amazing piece of art:

Yup, that's our Sadie, and yes she painted it! She used the photo shown with it, from one of my blog posts. Simply amazing!!!! You can see her from my sidebar "Truely Amber". Thanks for the surprise!

And then there is my friend, Toni. She is a really awesome scrapbooker, and her work has been featured on many a scrap site. I love her work, and she is such an artistic inspiration to me. She gave me a belated birthday gift of some hand made embellishments from Etsy:

I can't wait to use these beauties. Thanks Toni. {PS: she can be seen on her blog, "reconsider everything", on my sidebar, too!}

And a small shout out to my work friend, Erika, who is doing a really great thing for a local non-profit. The organization is raising money to make boxes to give to parents at the hospital who have lost their babies. They are planning events to raise money for this endeavor, so for my local friends, you can learn more at:

http://www.laneeslegacy.blogspot.com/

See? Can't argue with that! I have amazing friends!

Favorite Things- Movies

Challenge number three For the "Favorite Things" blog is favorite movie or movie quote.

Dang, another hard one for me! I can't possibly pick ONE FAVORITE MOVIE!

So, I did categories, and my top few in each category. Whew!

The categories are: Comedy, Could watch over and over, 80's, Kids, Cheesy, and Summer 2009.

Here's my page {sorry about the weird picture, 6x24 is tough to photograph!}:

The paper is Graphic 45, with old Hollywood style ladies on it, the tickets are Tim Holtz.

There are so many challenge blogs out there! A friend of mine is doing one based on the TV show Project Runway. Click on the link and vote for her (#2), it just takes a second.

http://www.projectscrapbook09.blogspot.com/

Hoover Dam

Tony had a job to do out by the Hoover Dam, fixing some equipment.

There is a large project in the area to have the highway bypass the dam. It involves rerouting a portion of the highway and building a bridge to cross the river in front of the dam.

The guys were staying just over the dam into Nevada at a fairly cheesy {yet very inexpensive} hotel/casino. Tony had a lot of fun there one evening, texting me pictures of "Liza Minnelli", "Neil Diamond", "Elvis", and more. He thought it would be fun for me to come join him for his last night, so I did! We enjoyed an $8.95 prime rib dinner, and played some slots.

The next day, on the way home, we toured the dam. It is really cool to learn about that project, what was involved in the engineering and construction of it, and how many people got work during the depression building it.

This is the main arch that will support the new bridge:

As you can see, I really enjoyed the tour {here we are underground in the generator room}:

I have no idea why, but the Hoover Dam gift shop sells these gems, alien sun glasses:

And here we are on the top of the dam, the Nevada side:

It was a pretty fun mini-vacation. In fact, I may just have to go back next time he has a job there!

First Day of School

I Just love the first day of school!

Fresh boxes of crayons,

New shoes and backpacks,

blank notebooks just waiting to be filled,

oh, and no kids at home all day!

The kids were really excited to head back to school. Sophie is in Ms. Wygle's first grade class.

Celeste is now officially in middle school, 6th grade. She changes classes every period, so grown up!

The girls were both very excited to start school again.

Alexa is now a Sophomore and still at TPA. For some reason she did not want me to follow her out of the car to take a picture of her on her first day. Huh? Michael starts at MCC on Aug 24th. Think he will pose for a picture for me for his first day? Not a chance!