Friday, January 21, 2011

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

January 11, 2011-Day 11, 31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals Challenge.

Today, January 11, 2011-Tuesday-Day 11, 31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals.

I got to spend quite a bit of time with my son today which was awesomeness! We enjoyed each other's company and had a good chat.

I then got back to work on my goal. Today's goal was to clean off and organize my die cutting station in my scrap room. 

Here's the video for it:

It was a little challenging, due to the space issue, the things I need to organize and trying to figure out a way to organize it but yet it was fulfilling to finish ONE side of my ROOM!!!! Woot! Now, don't get me wrong, I still have quite a ways to go as my intentions are to put cabinets on the left side of the room-the side with the modular storage. Before that though, painting it and putting in wood flooring.



That will come in time though. Due to expenses, I can't do that just yet. The cabinets aren't cheap but will be well worth it when finished. :)

So I hope you like the video for today. Be sure to 'like' it on Youtube for me. Have a blessed day!

January 10, 2011-Day 10, 31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals Challenge.

Today, January 10, 2011. Day 10, 31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals challenge.

Today I got a lot done in my scrap room. I organized my cabinet above my work table--it's *ALL* organized, I know what's where, what's what and why it's there. :)

My next goal, ***sigh*** the dreaded dresser......lol This dresser holds my CCTV. I love my CCTV because I'm legally blind and when I can't see something really small(like some of the beads, or the eye of a sewing needle), this machine comes in quite handy as I will show you. I cleaned it off, decluttered the top of the dresser and on the sides of the CCTV. I also organized my embellishments too. Also, I took out totes and boxes on the floor in front of the dresser. 

Yay, I can walk in there again! :) I shall keep working and making progress, day by day, little by little, baby step by baby step.


Monday, January 10, 2011

January 9, 2011-Day 9, 31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals Challenge.

Sunday-January 9, 2011-Day 9, 31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals Challenge. Today was my birthday. We slept in a little bit, needed it after the long nights of working in my room. I heard from my twin brother & my father and then afterwards, we went to eat dinner. We chose Texas Roadhouse. If you haven't ever tried their food, give it a try. They have the very best steaks in Texas that I've had in forever. They are so good and so are their rolls, salads and potatoes as well.
We enjoyed our quiet dinner and I refrained from letting the staff get me on their saddle to ride it. LOL That is just not me and I don't want to make a fool of myself on my 40th birthday! LOL After dinner, we enjoyed a yummy big slice of fresh strawberry cheese cake, however we weren't able to eat it all, so therefore, we took some home. It was a grea snack later and a good lunch today.

After dinner @ Texas Roadhouse, we drove to Home Depot to price out their cabinets. I've been searching for cabinets for my scrap room. Just trying to do some shopping around and price comparison. 
Once we finished that, we came back home and enjoyed the peaceful evening.


All in all, it was a great day. I was blessed by many birthday wishes from many dear friends of mine and I am very happy about that. :)

Saturday, January 8, 2011

January 8, 2011-Day 8, 31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals Challenge.

Today, January 8, 2011-Saturday, Day 8 of my 31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals Challenge, I decided to clean off my file cabinet under my stamp shelf on my wall. And organize it more. I got that done. I also fit my stamp pad holders on there very nicely.

I've been getting frustrated due to the fact that I do have such a small room. This house is very old. It was built in the early 50's, if not late 40's. This room is an 'add-on' room that was originally made as a garage if I remember correctly. Weird set-up if you ask me but they did what they did. Anyhow, as a result, it now has become my scrap room...hahaa! 

Because this room does have 3 windows, I'm frustrated due to the fact I have hardly any wall space. :( But I've been determined to get through this and do the best with what I've got for now until I can do more.

I begged my sweetie to please come and look at my situation and help me to please figure out ways I can organize it to the max. I suggested shelving, but then that still leaves the "What am I going to put onto those shelves once they're built". Not that I don't have anything to put onto them, as I sure do, it's just that I don't want to put shelves up and then waste all my wall space with shelves. ***sigh*** so indecisive right now. LOL, hence, the reason I asked him for his help. He's much better at knowing space and understanding what can & can't fit there and how it can fit etc. So I told him basically that he can basically design my scrap room for me after I tell him how I want it....lol he agreed! WOOHOO!

He suggested cabinets and shelving to maximize my space completely. Which baffled me because maybe it's because I have so much crap in there currently that I just don't see it....lol but he said it's possible and I believe him. So we went to Lowe's tonight to look at cabinets. :) I found some that I like a lot, of course, at a price...eek, but eventually, I'll get them. It will be pricey, but compared to the el cheapo's that he liked, eh, I just liked the more expensive ones better due to the fact they are nicer and will last longer and hold more. The others he chose were nice too, but to me, eh, more for the closet....lol lol

So here's a picture of the cabinets...woot, what do you think? Did I do good?

 I love them so far!!!! Now if I can just afford to get them......lol hint, if anyone wants to get me anything for my birthday, Mother's Day or Christmas, ahem, Lowe's Gift cards...hahaha!


Ok, video coming up......of Day 8. :)


 I loveeee my newly remodeled stamp station! I did a few things today. I not only cleaned off the file cabinets under my stamp shelf, to make it my 'stamp station', I organized it too. I also hung up my shelf under my tv yet again, it fell off the other day. LOL I had to get bigger nails to hold it. I also went with my sweetie, and picked out my awesomeness cabinets! WOOHOO! Now although I won't have those cabinets by the end of my challenge, lol I *will* have them by the end of the year. They are pricey, but I *will* have them by the end of '11. :) I hope you enjoyed it. Stay tuned for further videos of my achievements. Have a great day!

Friday, January 7, 2011

January 7, 2011-Day 7 of 31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals Challenge.

Today-Friday January 7, 2011, Day 7 of 31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals Challenge, I'm going to clean out and organize each tote in my scrap room.  Let me rephrase that, each 'BIG' plastic tote in my scrap room. I will be back later with hopefully better recordings than previously. 

Take care, have a nice day.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

January 6, 2011-Thursday-Day 6 of 31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals Challenge.

Today has been a very busy day. But I intend on working more on my challenge right now to finish this book and then get onto my next 'BIG' goal. Beware, my next goal is going to have to go into parts. Basically due to the fact that I have soooooo very much to clean and organize. Mainly organize. It's insane. Bare with me though. I'm trying to come along....lol

Gotta go, will be back later...with my Day 6 video. :) 

Ok, so today, I decided not to cut more die cuts yet--as I needed a small break from that. Anyhow, I felt I needed to accomplish a little more, so I cleaned out my closet. :) I also wanted to put up this curtain I have, except I need a dow for it, so therefore, I can't put it up just yet, however, lol, I did hang it on some nails for now that were already there. LOL You could call it the 'redneck' way of doing it for now.....lol Although, I do like the look of it being there. Something about having a closet door...lol, feels nice. :)

I'm in the mood to go ahead and die cut some so I will get some die cuts ready to place into my book for tomorrow and hopefully be set with that soon too. Along with getting some of the boxes out of my scrap room that are driving me crazy being there. LOL

Let's hope my video came out for today because I still have a lot more work to do. Yet I still love it. I may only get about 3 hours of sleep tonight, but my motto, you can sleep when you're dead...lol hahaha, I know that's not right but I have some energy tonight, I'm going to use it. ;)


PS...hehee, I was inside Michaels tonight--thanks to this wonderful person who I don't even know that posted their coupon for me--to get some beads, bead string and some glue. I heard the song I have on my video in their store. :) I thought it sounded familiar, but loved hearing it there. It's just a relaxing song. :)




Day 6-1-6-11.

 Off to go work some more. Have a great night.



Wednesday, January 5, 2011

January 5, 2011. Wednesday

Finally, Wednesday, January 5, 2011-Day 5 of my 31 Day challenge. 

It took me forever to get into Blogger, then when I got in here, it wouldn't let me edit my post. LOL

Here's my Day 5 video:

Let's hope this works. :) Good deal, it worked. Off to work on Day 6. I have so much to do before I sleep. Whew...night all....lol

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

January 4, 2011-Day 4 of 31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals Challenge.

Today, I want to start with one of my favorite videos. I listen to this every day because the song is a "happy" song and I just love this song. It brightens up my day and gets me going. LOL

Jason Mraz-I'm Yours.♫♪





I simply just love this song and I hope you do too. 
 Today, I'm going to put the ribbon onto my book that I'm making. Then I will begin putting together my die cuts to place into this book. I will have to probably make another book to go with this because this one may not fit all my paper die cuts into it. This book is for my Quickutz paper die cuts. And I have so many that another book will be needed....lol


Now to go finish my project for today. Have a great day. More later.
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Not only am I learning so very much, with the taking videos, editing them, posting them to Youtube, adding music and text, oh my word have I learned a whole lot in just the last few days! Which also explains why I haven't cleaned my scrap room..hahaha!


So................here ya go...my Day 4 Video:




Monday, January 3, 2011

January 3rd 2011, Day 3-31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals

Today is Monday-January 3rd, 2011. Day 3 of the 31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals. 

One of my goals today is to finish my Quickutz Album. I am creating a small album to hold my pre-made Quickutz die cuts in. Not the metal dies, just the paper die cuts from the dies. 

I got most of the work done yesterday, but due to the uploading on Youtube that took absolutely forever, I then needed to edit it because I failed to realize how long I recorded for. LOL

My camera records in 3 minutes at a time, therefore, I just worked on my project, basically chatted by myself...lol, like anyone was listening(hey, I wasn't alone--I had the cat there with me..she was snoozing in her bed in our laundry room...), and by the time I finished part one of my book, lol, I went to upload it to Youtube and oh my gosh, it took WAYYYYYYYYY longer than I anticipated to upload. Partially because my poor computer needs to be redone. I have very little space on my computer and uploading anything sometimes feels like forever. 

This am, when I got up, sure enough it'd uploaded but darn, took forever. Then I had to quickly edit it. So forgive me for chatting...lol 

Here's the link again:

Day 2, 31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals-Creating an album for my Quickutz paper die cuts-this way I can not only inventory them better, but be able to flip through it and know what I have. 

Day 2-31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals. 

I used my Bind It All(another thing I'm not use to using, this was my 1st time using it...not too bad...lol although I had to do 12 pages, one by one..I thought you could do more, but didn't want to find out). Then my revolution got stuck on me, then I had to switch to my BigKick...lol So bear with me. Day 3 will have a more complete album--minus the paper die cuts....lol

Enjoy. Please bear with me with the Youtube uploading and my poor computer. My computer is over 5 years old, needs a major overhaul big time...lol I just need to get the $$$ for an external hard drive so hubby can come wipe this baby out and give me some more room! LOL Meanwhile, until that happens, bear with me as it's terribly slow. :(

Next video, coming this afternoon. I'm not waiting til this evening......lol although, with the way this uploads, it might take until then. Whew. :( 

Here is Day 3, 31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals-Monday-1-3-11.

Day 3-31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals. By Lisa Ruiz

I have been thoroughly enjoying this challenge so much that now I want to make a lil book for my 'goals'. :) I am not only doing these 31 goals for this challenge, but also in other areas as well, such as my organizing our home, organizing our file cabinet and so forth. I will continue on with my goals and this challenge helps me focus on reaching them, one babystep at a time and is very motivational. :) I am so loving it. 

Talk to ya tomorrow. Going to rest and read. :)





Sunday, January 2, 2011

January 2nd, 2011-Sunday.

Today-Sunday-January 2, 2011. 

Today was a very, very busy day with my honey, therefore, I got a late start on one of my goals for this 31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals challenge. I got the video done with recording it around 11:15, thinking I had enough time to upload the video to Youtube. 

What a challenge this has been, with learning and all. I am still not only learning my camera, but also, I'm learning the Youtube thing too and also, I *keep* forgetting that I don't have much memory on my computer left. I hope that I can save these video files, but it may not let me. LOL I'll talk to my sweetie about it though.

Anyhow, it's been a great challenge so far too. My goals are slowly being reached and I have Marion to thank for that. She's such a wonderful inspiration!!!♥ 

I'm unsure though whether or not I should be making the video from beginning to end. I fear my video for Jan. 2, 2011, today, is way too long. :( I'll edit it, that's not the issue, it's uploading it to edit it...argh! So please bear with me as I'll place it here soon. :)

God Bless everyone and have a great evening...day, whichever you want to call it. This night owl is going to wait for her video to finish uploading.....lol Be back soon. 

Day 2-Jan. 2, 2011-31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals.

Marion, I'm so sorry for the awful recordings. LOL I can't win, it was either too long or too short. LOL  Day 3 will be better now that I know it records in 3 minutes at a time. LOL

Bless you. 

January 1nd, 2011-Sunday.

I'm so thrilled!!!! And I can truly thank Marion Smith for her wonderful inspiration! She is truly one of my heroes! 

Today, I not only learned how to make a video on my camera, but I also learned how to edit and put them onto Youtube, all by my lonesome self!!!!!! Oh my gosh, this soooooooooo started out my new year so great and I am completely inspired to keep on learning and achieving all my goals, long and short!


My first goal though, it's a doozy. I've just got to get all my stuff in my scrap room CLEANED and ORGANIZED, should I say-UNCLUTTERED and ORGANIZED! Even if I only make a small 'dent' in my organizing of my scrap room, I also want to scrap too, I mean, you gotta add some kind of fun in with the work right? Anyhow...I'm thrilled to keep on learning and improving this! I plan to just continue this challenge, even if I don't win, I'll win in my heart♥. Although it would be awesome to win, but still, it's my personal challenge to get in there and get things done and really reach all my goals. Which I have many, but this really inspired me and I'm stoked!


THANK you Marion Smith for the inspiration!!!!! I love learning, I love seeing things come out of my learning and I have you to thank for your inspirational ideas, tips and fun! Bless you!


Ok, I must rest. Night all. :)
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Day 1 of 31 Days, 31 videos, 31 Goals Inspired By Marion Smith. 1-1-11

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Part 1 Video 1 of 31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals Marion Smith Challenge.

Since I am unable yet to post a Youtube thing in my gadgets until I figure it out, here's the link-part one, video one-1-1-11-Saturday. Unfortunately, I am not sure how to make my videos longer(change the recording feature to record longer-so it recorded short videos)-Here they are. Suppose to be all one video-but 4 small instead. :(
 Part 1-31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals-Inspired by Marion Smith.

Part 2-Video 2 for today-1-1-11--All for 1st day challenge-Sorry, I don't know how to get them all together yet.

Part 2-Video 2 for today-Sat. 1-1-11-31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Goals. 

Part 3-Video 3 for today-1-1-11--All for 1st day challenge-Sorry, I don't know how to get them all together yet.

Part 3-Video 3 for today-Sat-1-1-11. 

 Part 3-Video 3 for today-1-1-11--All for 1st day challenge-Sorry, I don't know how to get them all together yet.

Part 4-Video 3 for today-1-1-11--All for 1st day challenge 

Again, forgive me for so many videos. I honestly am not use to my camera yet. Will continue working on the recording time of the video. I believe it's stuck to like not even 2 minutes.  But I'm not sure. :) I tried. :)
 

31 Days, 31 Videos, 31 Challenges-Inspired By Marion Smith. :)

She has inspired me in so many ways, rejuvenated my creative juices sharing her wonderful talent, inspiration and so many ideas and tips...omg, to die for! LOL Someday, I pray that I am able to meet her in person and personally take one of her classes in person and scrap with her. I just simply love her scrapping and her art!

So because of Marion, I am inspired to do the 31 days, 31 videos, 31 goals challenge. Unfortunately, I am not able to do the videos due to no video recorder. My husband might clobber me if I try to record 31 videos on his Iphone....rotfl, so I better stick with blogging. :) Which I'll get better at as time goes by.

This is a very neat thing to do because I have so way more than 31 goals to do in 31 days! LOL But for the first goal, it involves my scrap room.

Day 1-Saturday-January 1st, 2011. 10:24pm

I cleaned off my scrap desk!!!!! And I got the rest of my wall done for my lil tv in my scrap room. Much more needs to be done in the room, but this was a quick one that drove me nuts. I don't like so much clutter on my desk that I can't scrap! So I cleaned it. :)

Here's some pictures. I wish it were video. :( Wait............................................let me try something.


Since I didn't have an actual video camera...I used my regular camera which has video on it except that I haven't used it so I don't know how to make it to where it records longer. LOL Therefore, it stopped during the video, it cut off, and I had to make more videos to finish the one. Whew! LOL But I not only did my challenge for today-1-1-11-I also learned how to take a video with my camera and I also learned how to upload it to Youtube!!!!! WOOT, go ME!♥ LOL Thank you for your patience and for viewing. :)

God Bless, have a great evening. Off to go figure out what to do for tomorrow's challenge! This is so fun and motivating! :)

Day 1-Jan-1, 2011.