Well, this has been a week of news...not really good news, but news. My mom and her husband bought a new house in Huntsville, TX. Now that is good news for them but sad news for me since both Mark and I LOVE their house in Houston. The pool and hot tub in the back yard makes it feel like you are in a secluded getaway while you are there. We love the peacefulness and it is really beautiful out there and you don't really notice you are in Houston, Texas. A bummer for us too since they will be out of Houston and all the great sights and attractions in Houston. But good for them... And in my job, we have five people who work in our house, which includes 3 full-time workers and 2 part-timers. Well, at our weekly meeting this morning they dropped the bomb that they were moving workers around and are moving my biggest ally in our house to another house. That is such a BUMMER not only for me, but the rest of our staff and not to mention the three clients in our house. This week has just been...yuck!! And to top it off, my favorite soap opera is going off the air on Friday. Guiding Light has been going for over 70 years and it will end this week. It was sad today... I know...as Mark would say..."It's fiction, Dana. Get over it!" I have watched that show for as long as I can remember. OK, I know this has not been worthy to even mention in a blog but it's what I've been thinking about this week... so I will come back when things are blog-worthy... Soon I hope!!!

So here I am, trying to decide if I have anything blog worthy to even blog about and it hits me... the weather is awesome and I am enjoying the cooler temps and the windows being open but the best thing that has happened in the last week or so is....we got a dehumidifier. I know what you are thinking...so what! But it has made such a difference in our house. Our basement is a totally different place. It's not cold and damp any more...It has dried out so much and is warmer. I will be moving my scraping back downstairs. The environment down there will be so different now that it has dried up. Neither Mark nor I would have ever thought that it would have made that much of a difference but wow!!

Speaking of scrapping, I actually tried to scrap 12x12 pages last Saturday. I haven't done those in about 2 years...for myself that is. I really struggled but because I wanted to work on something else and I wanted to talk for the first 3-4 hours, eat, shop and got going at 2:30 and it was over at 4pm. I really need the 12 hour crops so I can do something productive. Maybe in October I can get to one. I had my papers and embellishments all picked out and the photos ready to go but when it came down to it...I struggled! What do I need to do? Is there help for me? Do I just need inspiration from my friends? Help!!

I need some ideas for some scrap related Christmas presents. Does anyone have any great ideas? I thought about a calendar and will do that for one part of the family but I need some individual gift ideas. Someone out there have something I can scrap lift??????

OK, I better do something besides facebook and blogs...although I enjoy that so much!!