because i can’t sleep January 29, 2008

Dear Tracey,

I feel this reminder is probably necessary.

Much like you were right about Outta the Blue, I was right about L.A. Guns Hollywood Vampires.

I was also right about the Marvelous 3.

Therefore I was also right about Butch Walker.

This means I am right about the Supersuckers.

Yes, I am as into this band right now as I was about those other ones. And since I have ben known to stop caring about music for months at a time this is a big deal.

So, rather than putting it off for several years, go to iTunes right now. Download Motherfuckers be Trippin’. Download Devil’s Food (and take a moment to recall how your mom was going to tell my mom I was listening to that White Zombie tape, you know the Devil Music one). Download Paid. You probably also want to download The Evil Powers of Rock N’ Roll, but I haven’t listened to that one yet.

Songs you will love becuase I said so:

Pretty Fucked Up

Rock Your Ass

Hey Ya {yes I’m serious}

Shake It Off

Paid

Thank you,

The Management

balance January 29, 2008

balance

Originally uploaded by onlysleepn

I finally did my first page in Elise’s Paper Adeventure challenge. I havebeen wanting to do something with an envelope, and I wanted the contrast of black an white and color. This has been bouncing around in my head for a few weeks – and came out pretty much as I imagined.

cut the crap and bring the hits January 27, 2008

Corey and I had our anniversary date last night. He so knows how to treat me right. We used to go to bars and every other type venue to pretty much see any band we ever heard of. Over the years I kinda grew tired of this. With our crowd it ended up always being a situation where you HAD to be up front, you HAD to meet the band, you had to get great photos, blah blah blah. It became more stressful than fun for me. Pretty strange, right? Plus, I don’t much care for standing for hours on end.

But, I still go to clubs occasionally, if it is someone I really like, one of Corey’s bands, or sometimes if we are friends with whoever is playing. When I found out the Supersuckers were playing, I was kind of undecided. I REALLY wanted to go, but I was afraid it would be a rough crowd. I also don’t like getting pushed, shoved, or pelted with bits of fish. And since the people who would come to this show would be the same people that go to the spitfire, this was a real possibility.

Corey and Trish both assured me that the Jigsaw doesn’t really get too rough, at least not when they were there. Still, I was undecided. especially since I haven’t been feeling well lately. But just 2 days before the show Corey found out that it was nearly sold out. So, even though he knew we might not go, he still bought tickets. He even got a ticket for his buddy.  And since I rested all day yesterday I was up to going.

I LOVE this band. they are just so good. And how can you not love a guy named Eddie Spaghetti? Seriously. And he uses words like imperitive, preamble and prologue in his stage banter. I was in heaven. Plus he thinks encore’s are disrespectful to the crowd and did a fake one. I love it! So, when presented withthe opportunity to say hi after the show I went on over, had him sign a sticker and got a picture. Fogive the blurry, but I didn’t bring a camera.

And since this is a music post I would be remiss in leaving out the fact that Corey is losing his mind right now. Tracey, I am pretty sure we will be seeing you in Chicago for this….

back to normal? January 26, 2008

It is a cold Saturday morning in the midddle of winter. Corey is wearing his Guns N Roses PJs and watching a Motley Crue DVD. I am sitting next to him on the couch catching up on blogs and thinking about scrapping. It all looks so “usual” around here.

happy anniversary to me January 23, 2008

I mean US!

We got married 9 years ago today. I am too lazy to scan a pic, so here is one from our first anniversary. How cute are we?

do you miss me? January 14, 2008

I’m still aound, just having a hard time making it all fit. I’ve been scrapping a page each day, and taking a photo each day. I have read a lot (James Patterson) and just picked up the latest from Janet Evanovich. I’ve played with Ollie and visited my family. I’ve fretted about my messes, but let go of cleaning them up most of the time. The same with blogging. I hope to get a little organized soon, but for now I’m just taking it kinda easy…

backfire January 10, 2008

I had a lot of random stuff on my mind this morning, so I ended up getting up at 4:45. I did some laundry and dishes, watched tv, put away some Christmas decorations, at breakfast, etc. The plan was to leave work right at 4 and get about a 2 hour nap. Well, work was exhausting, and I couldn’t leave until 4:50. I did get a “nap” right away – I slept like a rock until 8. I did my layout a day challenge, more laundry, and then watched CSI. The plan was to go to bed after CSI.  HA! I have put away more decorations and started watching creative juice. I saw an awesome episode today and can’t wait to make resin jewelery.

Thanks for all the wonderful comments on yesterday’s layouts – you are all so nice! I think I am going to frame the page, I love it so much.

Some stuff to share.  Last Saturday’s layout:

I love the photo of Schatze, and I love how the layout came out.

Corey got his new bass professionally set up today, and he put good new strings on it. I love this photo of him. Perhaps it will appear on tomorrow’s page? I really need to learn photo editing, and all my camera settings. I will definitely be taking a class soon.

 

He Rocks My World January 9, 2008

This is my absolute favorite page that I have ever done. I love how it turned out, I love the pictures, I love Corey.

It makes me happy January 3, 2008

I’ve been loving the layout a day challenge. Here are my layouts from yesterday and today.

Ali mentioned taking a photo a day on her blog. I just got my awesomenew camera and need to practice, so I am going to play along. I added a separate blog for it. You can see it here. Corey says using the photos of my sb pages from the past few days is cheating, but I told him he is wrong. #1 – I make the rules #2 – Taking a photo of a scrapbook page in a an apartment with low light and no clear spaces ain’t easy.

Day 1! January 1, 2008

I think Corey and I have had a lovely start to 2008. Last night we went to dinner at the Outback, then came home an relaxed on the couch. We counted down to midnight with Carson Daly, and just had a low-key night.

Since it was so snowy today Corey and I spent the day together at home. We watched movies, enjoyed somenew Wii games, and I did my first layout for the Layout a Day challenge!

Sunday I took some time and made my book for Elise’s Paper Adventure 08. I haven’t done my entry for this week’s prompt – I still need to think about it some more. But here you can see my book.