Above My Desk

I moved things around in my stamp room a bit recently. To make room for my new Clip It-Up Ribbon Organizer!!!!! It's so cool to have ribbon right at my fingertips! I know I'll be using it more now.
At first I had the ribbon lengths clipped up right onto the clips, but it left teeth marks in most of the ribbons, so Katie helped me make some ribbon holders out of chipboard. We cut the cardboard into 2" x 4" pieces and used a tag punch to make indentations where the ribbon could be wrapped. It took a little time, but it saved my satin rbbons especially.
Look, there is even a place for my ribbon/fabric scissors!

Do you see my framed name above the Clip it Up? A while back my sweet friend Kelly made this for me! I felt so incredibly loved when it arrived in the mail from Canada! Kelly is incredibly talented. Her expert area of creativity is "art journaling". I wish, wish, wish I had even a little ounce of the artistic ability Kelly has. Her art work is incredible and you can tell it has heart and soul... hers! Thank you again, Kelly!
The difference between try and triumph is just a little UMPH!"
I liked this motivational saying so much I made a little plaque if it to hang above my desk to inspire me!

We enjoyed a long weekend here in the Wilde house. It was great timing since Katie just got home from Kansas. Sporting a new look that I love, I might add!

But... back to life! I've got stamping and crafting projects lined up! Time to get to it!
Thanks for stopping by today!
~Angel

Happy Birthday, Brian!

Today is my baby boy's birthday.
I'm kinda sad. I wish I could be there to give him a birthday hug!
Here is a picture of Brian when he was the best man at Jake's wedding (oldest son).

Isn't he handsome in a tux? So hard to believe he's 21! Where do the years go??
Hopefully he gets his birthday card in the mail today. It seems to take forever to get mail at his school!
Here is said card.

The Happy Birthday comes from a Sellabration set from a couple years ago. I don't recall the name... anybody know? I have my sentiments all separated into acrylic cases for each particular theme... i.e. all birthday stamps in one case. I find it so much easier to find the perfect greeting this way, but it's more difficult to
give my card recipes!
Ooops.
Anyway, the sentiment really sparkles as it is embossed with "Disco Black" embossing powder! FUN stuff.
Hope you all are having a fabulous week. I'll be back tomorrow with another card!
Blessings~
Angel

Card Recipe~
Stamps: Alphabet Soup (thanks, Kathie!)
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Paper Trey White, Black, Ruby Red, Basic Grey "Cupcake" DP
Accessories: Paper Piercing tool, denim blue eyelets, May Arts black swirl ribbon, Scor-Pal, Stamp-N Stuff Disco Black EP

Update...

Amazingly enough we have had two showings today! Thank you all so much for your encouraging comments and for keeping us in your prayers.
I think I had a little bit of a meltdown yesterday. Staying in an empty house, keeping it spotless (not too hard this last month due to it's empty status), having no furniture to relax in and just worrying way too much took it's toll on me I think. Kevin has been wavering a little on when we should actually leave for South Carolina. His last day of work here was Monday. His RNLT (Report No Later Than) Date is August 31st. (He is allowed 8 days for househunting and anything over that is taken from his accrued leave time.) However, schools in that area start back on August 19th. That means we need to find a place to live before the 19th so Katie can actually start her senior year with the rest of her senior class. There are 3 major high schools in the Sumter area. From what we can tell and/or have heard they're all about the same.
Although we were going to stay in this house until August 1st to save a little money, due to my anxiousness and inability to relax here, Kevin is thinking of leaving sooner rather than later.
Just thought I'd give you all an update of what's going on. I SO appreciate being able to share with my friends and family by posting on my blog. If you're visiting to see some stamped stuff, I'll be adding some of that either later today or tomorrow!
Blessings~
Angel

Dad's Day Weekend

It's going to be a busy Father's Day weekend here in the Wilde House. We are keeping our 2 little dimpled girls, Mayson and Kamryn for the weekend. Here are Kevin and Katie with the girls.
And I have finally gotten up the nerve to show you my short hair!
Here is me and Mayson.
Since I knew we were going to be so busy, I made sure my Father's Day cards were done early. I used the new Our Daily Bread set-Fishers of Men (available this weekend!) for my dad's card. It is on its way to Iowa.
Kevin's card uses Verve Visual's Father Figure and some of my favorite papers from SEI's Grandpa's Attic line. I also used Beate's weekend sketch! Card recipes will have to come later. I've gotta go play with my favorite 2 year old who is sitting here talking my ear off while I type!
Check back tomorrow. I will have my Scrap Addict sketch to share!
Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!

Card A Recipe~
Stamps: Fishers of Men (ODB) Houndstooth (SU) Father Figure (VV)
Ink: Palette Black, Choc Chip

Paper: Choc Chip, The Paper Studio DP, Shimmery White
Accessories: Twill, Hodgepodge Hardware, Distresser, SU Oval and Label Punches

Card B Recipe~
Stamps: Father Figure (VV)
Ink: Cranberry Crisp
Paper: Sahara Sand, Black, SEI DPs
Accessories: MM Brads, Small square punch (SU) Cuttlebug Folder: Diamonds in the Rough

Good News

Thank you for your prayers for my godbaby Brandon. God listened and answered! Brandon's MRI results came back normal and he will not have to have a shunt. The fluid should go away all on its own!

Praise God!

Brandon

Today Brandon is having an MRI to find out the extent of his hydrocephalus. Please say a prayer for Brandon if you would.

Thank you!

Birthday Party

Hello!!!!
Here is a little slideshow of the twins' birthday party.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Kevin and I got the twins a little froggy pool, swim suits and beach towels. Yesterday we filled the pool up and let them play. Faith is a little fish and loved the pool. Brandon cried at first, but warmed up to the idea after a bit.
That's all for me for now.
Have a great day~
Angel

For Sale

Anyone want to buy a new home in Georgia? Hubby has a few more things left on his "Honey-Do" List and then we'll be completely finished with the house. What a relief! The realtor was by this morning and we signed the necessary paperwork to officially get it on the market TODAY!
I took a few pics so you can see what we've been working on. The kitchen is a bright cheery yellow and in the living room we did a faux finish. Whatcha think? We also painted the guest bedroom and both bathrooms. I may post pics of the other rooms later


But, now that the painting and cleaning are finished, I have projects lined up that require my attention so I'll be stamping!!

WANTED

Taking a QUICK break from cleaning to update my blog. Tomorrow I will post pics of a clean and spectacular house (for sale). Kevin has been busy with some landscaping and power washing and hanging this and that. And now the poor guy had to go to work tonight. Katie and I are cleaning and doing laundry. And she took a break to work on a project for school that's due tomorrow.

It's a WANTED poster for Chemistry she made in Photo Shop. She told me I could share it on my blog.

(Hope you don't mind, Peg, but she used Brandon and Faith's pics for her subjects.)

Atlanta Botanical Gardens & Brian's Song

This is a slide show I made at Smilebox using some photos I took at Atlanta Botanical Gardens last summer when my sweet prayer partner friend Paula was visiting.

The music is a song my son recorded for a class. The first part of the song is my 20 year old Brian singing. Enjoy!

{Song- "Inside out" by Hillsong}

Make a Smilebox postcard

Happy Birthday, Zach!

Today is my godson's 9th birthday!

Feeling Better

Whew.... the flu is not fun! Just wanted to share that I am feeling better today. So, I'd say it was a 48 hour bug. That was one 48 hour period that I wouldn't wish upon anyone!
Thank you for your prayers and well wishes!

It's My Baby's B-Day!

News to Share

My son and his

wife are soon going

to be hearing the

pitter patter of little feet

around their apartment!

{THAT sounds a bit scarey, huh, Karla??}

Her name is Darcy.

Isn't she cute?

Weekend in Review

Hi Friends and Family!
I hope you all had a great weekend! Ours was eventful. On Saturday, as I was preparing to leave for Atlanta to pick up Katie, AirTran called and had cancelled her flight due to maintenance issues. She got an extra day in Kansas with her friends and I didn't have to drive in the rain, so all was quite well.
THEN, a short while later, I slipped on our very slick bathroom floor. I hit my back on a wall corner on the way down (leaving a nice bruised scrape) and landed on my hip pretty hard. OUCH!
'The bigger we are, the harder we fall' turns out to be an accurate statement. I spent most of the rest of the weekend recuperating. I guess I surprised many of you with my talk of moving. That's the part of the military life that sometimes stinks. We move. Although to be honest, we've been blessed with not having too many moves in my husband's Air Force career. This was definitely the shortest tour on record for us. We've only been here in Georgia for a little over one year.
This summer we are moving to South Carolina. Since we aren't going too far this time, I don't foresee being without most of my stamps and supplies for too long. Whew! And I have a laptop so I'm hoping I can still update my blog on a fairly regular basis.
Just a reminder for those of you interested in the monthly Bible Verse "Divine Design" Challenge... Tomorrow is the day we go live with April's creations! We ARE hoping even more of you will join us this month! We're all having SO much fun.
God Bless!

"Es tut mir leid."

"I am sorry."

It's been a bit of a difficult week for me.
I've been crabby.
Poor Kevin.
In an effort to make it up to him, I decided to make him a card
and
German food- one of his favorites.

Kevin made the Jägerschnitzel. He usually uses pork, but this time he used beef steaks because we had them. This is a family recipe that he has made all throughout our marriage.

I made
Hot German Potato Salad

Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 50 Minutes
Ready In: 1 Hour
Yields: 12 servings

INGREDIENTS:
9 potatoes, peeled
6 slices bacon
3/4 cup chopped onions
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon celery seed
1/8 teaspoon ground black
pepper
3/4 cup water
1/3 cup distilled white vinegar

DIRECTIONS:
1.Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 30 minutes. Drain, cool and slice thin.
2.Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside, reserving drippings.
3.Saute onions in bacon drippings until they are golden-brown.
4.In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, celery seed, and pepper. Add to the sauteed onions and cook and stir until bubbly, then remove from heat. Stir in water and vinegar, then return to the stove and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil and stir for one minute. Carefully stir bacon and sliced potatoes into the vinegar/water mixture, stirring gently until potatoes are heated through.

Spaetzle- {Tradition German Egg Noodles} Found in the Gourmet foods section at the Commissary

Green Beans with Almonds

and

Apple Kuchen



Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Cook Time: 35 Minutes
Ready In: 1 Hour 5 Minutes
Yields: 12 servings

INGREDIENTS:
1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
1/4 cup margarine, softened
1/2 cup flaked coconut
4 large Granny Smith apples
1/2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup sour cream
1 egg
DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Peel, core, and cut each apple into 8 wedges. Set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, combine the cake mix, coconut and margarine until crumbly. Pat mixture lightly into prepared pan, building up the edges slightly to form a crust. Arrange the apple wedges on top.
3. Mix together the cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle over the apples and the cake mixture. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg and sour cream. Drizzle over the top of the cake.
4. Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until the edges of the cake are golden and the apples are tender.

It was SO yummy.

The Week in LP Review! (Long Post/Lotsa Pics)

Where do I start? We had so much fun this last week when my best friend Peggy and our 3 amazing godchildren were here! I thought I would post a week of pics in review. But I don't know if Blogger will be crazy about how many pics I want to post. We'll see......

The week started with me flying out to DC so I could drive down here with Peg and the kids to be some help on the road. Here I am playing with the babies in their "toy pit". It sure looks bigger when I am not in it!
On the road.....

It was a 15 hour trip.
The babies and Zach did very well.
Katie was so excited to see us..... well, the babies anyway!

We arrived one day early on Thursday as the radar looked a bit scary for Friday. Kevin had to work on Friday(our Pajama day!), but he hurried home in time to feed the babies by 5!

We cooked out several times while Peg was here!

We also went out to eat at my favorite BBQ place....Sonny's!

On Sunday we went to church...

And then came home with our kids we keep on Sundays. Then it was race time! We bought the twins (#8/Dale Jr) racing outfits to watch the race with Kevin!We had a long day. It was fun, but boy were the babies tired!Monday was St Patty's day!And Peg and I went to this renovated Georgia homestead made into a spa called The Veranda. Courtesy of Peggy, (thank you, BFF!) we had pedicures done by 2 sweet girls named Tiffany and Shelly. Peggy chose a cool blue ("You Gotta Have This Blue") and I had a hot shade of pink ("India Mood for Love").Later that evening, we played "Boxers to Briefs".... a highly recommended FUN game. Faith did not want to go to bed so stayed up a little longer than Brandon. She was okay after a dose of Tylenol, some teething gel and a kiss from mom.
On Tuesday, we drove to Atlanta to see Coca Cola World. {Peg is an avid Coke collector with an awesome red Coca Cola kitchen.}
Doesn't Zach look like this little boy on the sign?

Faith was not exactly excited when I put her in this guy's mixing bowl. Sorry, Faith.We had a quiet day at home on Wednesday.
I played with Peg's Cricut a bit.
Zach took a bubble bath. And of course, we played with the babies!

Peg's last day was pretty much reserved for packing and such. Peg and I did sneak away for a little shopping. AND Zach and I had our traditional outing for ice cream. Something we try to do each time we're together!
After dinner on the grill, Zach and I played games and Kevin and Zach made S'mores!

We had the best week! The twins were the perfect age for this visit. They were SO much fun.I didn't have much time for crafting and stamping, but I hope to do lots more of that THIS week!