Ch{all}enge Masters "Jingle Bell Hop"

Jingle Bell Hop

Hello & welcome to the first ever Ch{all}enge Masters Holiday Blog Hop.
Here's how to play along with us...
*Your first stop for this hop is the Ch{all}enge Masters Blog. There you will find a complete list of all the participating blogs.
*Visit all 22 blogs, leaving a comment at each one.
*Return to the Ch{all}enge Masters blog to let us know you are finished. This will get you an entry to win a $25 gift card to the online store of your choice.

For this blog hop, you should have come here from Kristi Beisel's Blog, if not, head back to the Ch{all}enge Masters Blog and start from the beginning! My blog here should be your 17th stop.

I have my own RAK to give away too. I am a part of the "Scraplift" team and find myself without "mojo" on numerous occasions, so I have found myself lifting my own layouts from time to time....here is an example....


To qualify for this RAK, all you have to do is this...while leaving your comment here today, tell me what YOU do when you have no "mojo" flowing and you really, really want to be creative....that's it.

The next stop on our hop is Jennifer Campbell's Blog ...

After you have visited all the blogs and posted a comment, please be sure to go back to the Challenge Master's blog and post that you are finished. Thanks for hopping with us!

Thanks so much for joining our Jingle Bell Hop & the Happiest of Holidays to you & yours!!!!

Jingle Bell Hop At Ch{all}enge Masters

Details to follow .....

Card A Day Challenge at Cookin' up Creations

Over on my site, we're having a card a day challenge for the entire month of November...hope you'll come check it out and play along with us!



Cookin up Creations

Is this challenge for you? If you have ever had a birthday slip up on you and you had to rush to the store to purchase a card or scramble to make one at the last minute, then this challenge is definitely, for YOU! During the month of November we will be building up our card stash - if you don’t have a card stash now, then you will at the end of the month.

Now for the motivation...how does a $20.00 Gift Certificate to your favorite online store sound?? Sounds pretty good to me, especially this time of year!! And just think, that's $20 for YOU to spend on yourself!!

Have you visited Paper Secrets today??

It's a new site that I've recently stumbled across, and am really enjoying the inspiration there....and get this, they're having an awesome giveaway! Come on over, visit, and join in on the fun.

http://papersecrets.friendhood.net/ps-challenges-contests-f34/ps-member-giveaway-ends-11-15-t571.htm#2028

Ch{all}enge Masters

November Challenges are up!

The challenges are up at Ch{all}enge Masters!! And let me tell ya...they are awesome! Come check them out at

http://challengemasters.ning.com/

Here is my sample for the Scraplift Forum...I'm not going to spill the actual challenge...you gotta come visit for that!



Of course I needed a black and white pic, and my printer decided not to like me that day, so I did the best with what I had....will fix it ASAP!

The Flu is Officially in the House!

Yesterday afternoon was like a blur to me at the moment, as the chain of events all kinda seem to run together...I mostly remamber the 105 fever and taking it over and over again to make sure the thermometer was working properly....and after taking my "normal" temp and then redoing Tylers, we decided he needed to go to the doctor ASAP. I dropped Garrett off at his Dads, and I called Shawn, and told him to meet us. Tyler was hallucinating and that was kinda scaring me too! The media has completely gotten everyone on their toes about the flu, and I was no exception.....we took him to an urgent care who told us with his fever being as high as it was, that we should take him to the ER which is where they were going to send us too!. So we went straight there. Luckily Cape Fear Valley has a pediatrics emergency room and there wasn't a long wait...so now...all of our fingers are crossed that we don't get it. And I get to go get Garrett from his Dads today. For now, I'm off to buy some Lysol and spray this apartment down! Any volunteers to come help?

Arnette Park Haunted Hayride, Trail & House

Every year since I can remember we’ve taken Garrett on the hayride. Even after Richie and I split up we still took him together in 2007. Then last year Shawn and Tyler went with Garrett and I. Last night, we all four went again…kinda like our “own little tradition” now.

There really is no GOOD time to go. The average wait is anywhere from 30mins to an hour, regardless of what time you get there….this year we decided to try and be in the first crowd of people when they opened at seven. So we arrived at 6:20 prepared! Sodas in hand, and Garrett with his DSi and Tyler with his I-touch!! I managed to take a few pictures…you know, of us waiting and all!!





The hayride for some reason seemed to be a let down for me. Still not really sure why. It’s not because I was prepared, because they really do try to change things up every year! It just wasn’t the same for me….the haunted trail was short, and luckily the people either in front of us or behind us got most of the people jumping out at them. And then when we got to the haunted house, we had to wait, and wait, and then wait some more. Apparently they were having technical difficulties last night and kept apologizing for the wait….and the whole time Garrett is being a chicken butt, and complaining that he had to pee, and of course with no bathroom in site….just what I was afraid of, an 8 year old having the piss scared out of him! LOL Sorry if that offended anyone, I just have always wanted to use that!! Luckily he (and me too) made it to the port-a-potty afterwards!!

Once we made it through the house, the smoke inside was pretty bad. We swallowed a bunch of it, got lost inside it a few times (it was like a pitch dark maze inside with smoke/fog all inside), and probably missed over half of it as we kept going out the exit and going back in only to get lost again….and of course Garrett clinging to me to no end….and he’s not even scared. He’s just playing scared….any woo, we did have fun…then home to do homework (which I should have made him do before we left), a late dinner, showers, and bedtime…