Here's some cute picture of Haley when her and Grandma Grace babysat Madison last weekend.

OMG did you watch Celebrity Rehab tonight? DRAMA city man. Oh...and all the Britney Spears stuff going on? I am IN HEAVEN with the celebrity drama! I am going to go and see if there is anything new on the channels right now. If so, I am going to make a big bowl of popcorn and plop down on the couch and be in my little heaven! Yeah for &*%$!-ed up celebrities! I have been swearing a few times on this blog, haven't I? I shouldn't....but I do. I can't help it:)

the casino

boy is that new header ugly. Jeepers...U-G-L-Y. I'll change it later on...too lazy right now. So...let me tell you about my gambling experience today. I went to the casino...I sat down and gambled on the slots...wasn't winning and then I moved to the next seat to the right...percisely one minute after i moved someone came and sat down...they proceeded to win the jackpot of 2700.00 in less than one minute after I moved. 6000.00 if she would of put 3 coins in...The moral or the story...MOVE YOUR ASS FAR AWAY FROM WHERE YOU LAST GAMBELED.
I had a plan and it failed. Miserably.

Here is a layout of Madison and her little play-doh buddy she made! Lower corner is a pic she took of Daddy holding on to her guy. hee hee. She has all these fun play-doh things to play with. Today was swimming. She did okay. Not sure if it was her not really participating or if it was me participating. I have felt out of it for a few days and not sure if I'm coming down with something or what.......hence it was probley I whom was not participating up to my standards at swimming today...bad mommy, bad mommy.
Not too much to talk about. Steve applied for "his" job yesterday so hopefully all will go fine with that. Not sure when the job posting is over with. We'll see how that all turns out. Lord forbid he doesn't get it. If he doesn't we have talked about moving to South Dakota. No one get their hopes up or get bent out of shape...it's just talk right now. But we are having a back up plan...just in case. Who knows what will happen and what we would really do if he didn't get "his" job.
Not much more to blog about.
It appears that the Michaels are still ahead of the Siebolds....Kel is down 7 *that's IT!!! how frustrating can this be???? Not sure about Kim and Tom's exact numbers but apparently we are ahead.

another layout

Steve asked me to make him a layout of him and Madison....Not sure if this is what he had in mind but I am loving' this layout.

These are some pictures of Madison while we were iceskating yesterday. Crabbies glore so I didn't get too many good ones. But these are cute:).
Last night Steve and I went to Linda Schneider's son's hockey game at White Bear Lake high school and then all went over to Tom Keefe's house for a little get together. God those guys are totally harlious! We laughed and laughed. This is what it's like sitting at the lunch table at Steve's work. Super funny people. Anyways we had a blast. It was fun to go watch a hockey game too!
Grandma Gracie babysat and brought Haley with so that was really fun for Madison. But boy was Madison acting up. Probley over tired from having someone here in her house other than mom, dad and the occasional Tyler! She and Steve are taking a nap right now which is leaving me time to do a layout and play around on the computer a little!

ok...here is what happened with Tyler.
He (they) didn't make the nationals *as in the top 2, HOWEVER they won "best musical" and each won $250 dollar scholarships!!! Way to go Tyler! That is so awesome and we are so proud of you!!!
We just got back from going ice skating and then drinking some hot chocolate. Madison thinks she's cool because she got to drink from a real big person coffee cup. It's a little bit warmer out so that wasn't too bad being outside. Then Steve went jogging a little. I think I'd best get my butt to the gym today because I think we are falling behind on winning the contest. I haven't lost anymore and I don't think Steve has either. Not sure where Kim and Tom are but can't be too careful because the Michaels AREN'T going to lose this contest, damn it!

Well, we are waiting to hear from Tyler on where he placed in the competition. He had to do a performance tonight around 8pm and then they will announce the winners about midnight. He was very happy with his performance so we'll see! If I am up I will blog about it right away. I hope he made it:) How exciting!

Super tired so I am just going to blog that today was Madison's first day of swimming AGAIN. She was so good and hopped in the pool first. Her class has alot of people in it today! She's still one of the oldest.

Got some fun glitter stuff to play with..cute huh? Just had to make something out of it and I am too tired to really try...

things we do...

I thought I'd take you on a little tour on what we do during the day. Actually this was last night and Steve and Madison were playing playdough and Steve made just about the best SPONGEBOB I have clearly ever seen made out of playdough.... Then....as a creative outlet for my child she decided to paint her "feelings". A little art therapy never hurt anyone...
Actually the story behind her painting her "feelings" is pretty funny. Steve and I got into some little arguement and I went into the computer room to "cool off" and Madison came after me asking if I was sad and I said yes. She went out into the livingroom with Steve and they came back into the computer room about 15 minutes later to show me their "feelings" that they painted. Steves art therapy was not quite as cute as Madison's! We laughed about that one for awhile. Of course now everytime she paints she wants to paint her feelings and then we talk about them to process them further. My therapist would be so proud. hee hee.

TyTy

Well our boy has done it again! He is down in Nebraska for his scholarship contest thing and there were 343 or so people that were auditioning and he has just made it into the top 16. Whoo hoo Tyler! We are so proud of you:) He finally just called and told us. They cut it down to 32 people right away and then cut it down to 16 and he MADE IT! That is sooo exciting. He will find out on Friday the result of the contest/auditon. Wouldn't it be something if he won this? Jeepers...how exciting!

He also was really happy because someone (who knows who....) came up to him and handed him his card and wants to meet with him or something like that. Not sure who it is or really what it's about but I told him don't sign anything and don't go anywhere with him....never can be too careful! We're so proud of him!

Well, our doggie sitting is over with early! Maria and Alyssia came back from their trip early and so Toby went home....what a awesome doggie he was. We would NEVER luck out with a dog like that. I am serious when I say he was a good doggie. So good in fact I had to scrapbook a little layout of him, hee hee. Isn't that picture cute? Can you tell he's trying to get away from the camera? I got 2 photos of him though while he was here...I'm sure Toby loved spending every minute with Uncle Steve & Auntie Kelly. hee hee. Cute pup. We are going to take him again at the end of March so he doesn't have to go to Doggie Daycare.

Tomorrow is a holiday so my darling dear husband will be home with me! Yeah! I am switching daycare days for Madison again because on Wednesday she starts swimming again. So now she is in daycare with her little buddies on Mondays and Thursdays. I debate all the time if we should keep her going or not. She would really miss her buddies though if she wasn't. I think it's good for her to be in there 2 days out of the week. I am going to just quit with the mommy guilt and realize that if she didn't go to daycare she wouldn't be as well rounded with other kids. She is such a social butterfly that I think it would be damaging to her to actually take her away from socializing with other kiddies. There, poof - the mommy guilt is gone. Go away guilt...go away.

Tyler called tonight and said that he was in Nebraska doing the scholarship thing. But that's all we heard and all we know cuz he didn't call back. I have no clue how it works or if it's a 2 day or 3 day thing so as soon as I find out I will blog about it. Steve's job is going to be posted this week I think. I just can't imagine it not going to him. Not sure how long it will be posted for...maybe a month. It'll be nice when that stress is all over with....meaning if he gets the job that is. I can't imagine anyone else going into that position who doesn't know what's going on at the DNR. I am holding my breath until the job becomes his. I will keep you updated on that. We will go out a celebrate big time if/when he gets the job!

It felt so good to be able to sit down and do a little layout. Nothing fancy but as my creative outlet it JUST FELT GOOD, ok? We didn't do too much today....except go to the Mall of America so Madison could go on some rides. It was sooo cold out there. She was a little poop when we left and kicked her boots off and wouldn't put them on. I finally just tucked her jacket over her feet and away we went off into the sub zero weather. She survived just fine mom. Then I ran to target and then steve made a pizza for dinner.
Oh...did I mention that we are watching Todd and Maria's doggie Toby? Oh my god, what a good doggie he is. Unbelievable that there are dogs out there. By the way, he does NOT like his picture either so now there are 2 of them in this household who won't let me take pictures and it's driving me nuts because Madison is so cute hugging Toby all over the place. Toby even sleeps in bed with us. He is just sooo good it's unreal.
That's about it! Gotta go to bed in a few mintues. Actually catch up on the E channel. OH...the lastest show I am in is Celebrity Rehab. Remember the guy from Taxi who was also in grease? I can't remember his name but WHAT A MESS he is. He's pretty close near to death I think seriously. That's not tv stuff, that's for real. Anywho, it makes for create drama. Oh, tomorrow is the first show of Peter Brady and his model wife Adrianna Curry. I hope it's as good as the first show was. I am slightly disappointed in the scott Baio show.......bummer. I love a good reality show and feel let down when it doesn't hold up to my great expectations.
Good night.

Happy Friday!

I think this is the longest I have gone without blogging....my poor little blog! However...there just isn't anything to blog about. I know I can usually blog about nothing just fine but there really isn't even anything to bs about. Madison starts swimming next week...I think and then starts iceskating right around her birthday. And the Library reading for toddlers doesn't start until the end of the month so boredom has set in for the two of us and we are just spending alot of time hanging out and watching "hairspray" for (I am not kidding you) the 100th time. It's at least 2 -3 times a day we watch hairspray. She loves that movie. She actually likes any musical but she really loves hairspray. We are even getting to know the opening song, "good morning Baltimore"....we went to the internet the other day and printed out the words so we could really learn it. I know little kid's minds are like sponges, but this is unreal what she can recall after reading/singing thorugh the words once or twice. I get amazed when ever the song is playing and she gets the words right (and I don't!).
We are going to be watching Todd and Maria's doggie this weekend so I should have some fun pictures to scrap with soon. She still isn't letting me take any pictures of her unless she can make a face. Normally that's okay but you can only have so many funny face pictures!
Have a good weekend ya all.

well, well, well......the pressure is on. I just had one more person tell me that they check my blog everyday (nikki) and she feels lost if there is nothing to read. Lordy that is pressure to perform now, isn't it? Anyways, that prompted me to actually sit down tonight at the computer and blog abit! I wouldn't want to start off anyone's week bad by not having something to read from little ole' me. By the time you are reading this it will be Monday morning and we all need to be chipper to start off the week right and I can only do what I can do to attribute to that "chipperness". Just kidding......I was going to blog tonight anyways.

We went to Haley's 7th bday party today. It was a fun time. Madison STILL is on the "I don't want my photo taken" kick so this was about the extent of me getting a photo of her....

Jeepers! She was a bit tad on the crabby side though so I wasn't expecting her to participate anyways. Poor me and my camera that CRAVES a good photo op!

Oh...here's a little update on TEAM MICHAELS vs TEAM SIEBOLD.... Team Michaels appears to be in the lead with the weight loss at about 5 lbs for EACH Steve and Kelly and about 4 lbs for Kim. No word on Tom's poundage yet. We did take the advantage of us being together to get our before photos of our contest....Without further ado, here's Steve & Kelly's BEFORE pic....

and Kim's and Tom's.

I won't laugh at any of the photos but one of these things don't belong with the others (singing to the tune of the electric company or was it seasame street that did that song?) Competion is fierce and we all tried to get the other family to eat icecream...but ONLY ONE of those families is eating icecream and it looks like TEAM MICHEALS IS EVEN FURTHER AHEAD! hee hee:) Infact, team Michaels decided to decline on the sweets entirely. We rock, we rock!

Oh, we got one more sale at http://www.inkededges.com/ which was exciting as hell today! Everytime there is a sale we get so excited! yeah for us.

Team Michaels UPDATE

Just had to brag about how good Madison was while I was working out on "the ball". She had her own little soccer ball and we watched the exercise dvd together and did an entire workout! That was sooo awesome! I didn't think that I could workout at home with her but now I know I can. Jane Fonda, move over cuz here comes Kelly (and Madison). hee hee. Speaking of working out, the contest involving the siebolds is probley at a dead even so far. Not sure about Tom and how he's doing but Kelly is down anywhere from 2-6 lbs depending on the time of the day and which day and Steve is down 4 with barely even trying. I am sure he drank one less beer or something and that alone resulted in a 4 lb weightloss (grrrr). Guess I shouldn't say grrrr cuz after all we ARE team Michaels! But you know what I'm talking about girls! I think that last that I talked to Kim she was at a 2 lb loss also and I know her numbers will go up and down also. May the best team win! Which of course will be us *(the Michaels). Toot a loo.
I think I am going to start to train for my first 5K. eeks. Kim has me going in that direction. Not quite serious about the training yet but I think I may do it as a challenge. Anyone want to join a rookie?
Oh....tv shows. Ok, good stuff is happening. TONIGHT is the celeb rehab stuff at 9pm on vh1 (I think). Gotta watch that. Nothing like a good rehab show. Then on Sunday is Scott Baio turns 45 and is pregant is on. THEN I think Peter Brady and his tvshow wife starts on Sunday also. I LOVE these shows soooo much. Yes for reality TV. I am a fan, that's for sure.
Oh, we also have 3 more sales in at www.inkededges.com. That's sooo fun to watch. We have about 600 downloads to our freebie, so that's how many people have been to our site!

I know I keep posting these layouts from when we took madison ice skating...I just took sooo many super cute photos of her expressions. Hope ya all don't mind:)

Here's a little layout of the bugger from when we went skating the other day. Not much has gone on to blog about......kinda boring these days. Infact, I don't have ANYTHING to say at all! Bye!

We got a sale!

Hey...we got a sale, we got a sale, we got a sale!!!! How exciting. The store wasn't even up for 24 hrs and someone bought something! That's sooo exciting! This is just the funnest thing ever! I obsessively check our site for comments/sales/etc. It's really fun having inked edges!

Yesterday me, Mom and Lynnie went to the Casino. Of COURSE we lost. Now...I actually did pretty good and was ahead by alot and then I just kept throwing the damn money back into the machines and came home with nothing really. I thought I did but then I counted and I didn't. Oh well...it was really fun. I am not done with wanting to go to the Casino. I go in spurts of liking the casino and then not caring about it. I am glad I am in the not caring about it mode.

We took Madison ice skating this morning out because it was sooo nice out. Here is just a cute little layout I did of her while she was iceskating. She's actually getting really good!

In fact you can see how good if you watch this film footage of her! hee hee, it's really funny. Of course we at least think so! Just click on this link and you'll be able to watch her....http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa115/kelmichaels/?action=view&current=20080105068.flv

How did you like it? Pretty good huh? Well....the baby girl is sleeping so I am playing around on the computer and Steve just wrote a song. It's a really good song. Now he just needs to learn the guitar that I bought him and he'll be the rock star we all know he is.

Some cool stuff I've been working on.

Gotta say, I am having a blast designing. These are all the new paper packs I have made in the last few weeks...it's totally addicting. I had to even design a little layout of the ones I have done! That was fun making that layout above. None of these papers are in our store yet. By the way, you can now go to www.inkededges.com to check out our website. Fun stuff I'm telling ya! Haven't made a sale yet but no one knows we are there yet! hee hee. I can't wait til the first sale comes! Hell, I don't even really care about a sale, I am just having fun doing this. But I can definately use some time away from the computer before Steve starts getting mad! Maybe I'll take a little break now from doing stuff. Just to keep the little feller happy:)

team michaels to win....

Ha ha ha ha ha....this is the funniest thing (above). I am laughing my head off right now. Kim and Tom and Steve and I are in a friendly little competition of who's family can lose 10 lbs the fastest. It's even funnier because we know the guys can lose weight at the drop of a bat *(Steve gave up drinking mountain dew and dropped 10 within 2 weeks or so) so it's really coming down to me and Kim and who can acutally lose 10 and the guys will have to be helping us out by rooting for their little wives and not letting us give in to tempetation. The loser has to buy dinner for us all. Team Michaels is going to kick some serious ass in this competition. I even went to the gym and did 60 minutes of cardio today. I acutally usually do 60 anyways, but today I put a little more *oopmh* into my workout. Anyways, I am laughing at my Team Michaels VS Team Siebold sign because it reminds me of those t-shirts that were going around when Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt got together and they made up the Team Jolie VS Team Anistion shirts. So basically Kim and I think we are Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Anistion. hahahaha I think I am going to die laughing.

Well, it's 2008! Yeah. Personally I am happy to have 2007 behind me and have a brand new start in life with a brand new year! I can just feel that 2008 is going to be a good one for me. I usually predict what type of a year I am going to have and it's usually pretty acurate, sooooo that means that this will just be one dandy of a year. Maybe I'll win the lottery or something. Wouldn't that be cool? Remember that you read that on my blog in case if I did win! hee hee.

We didn't really do anything today (it's new years day). I DID take down the christmas tree. Now our living room looks so big again. I guess not that it has ever looked big but without a huge ass tree in the middle of it, it looks pretty darn okay now!

It's been fun watching our little business run now. I put out a call (to the digi scrap community) for a creative team and the response has been unbelievable. We'll decide by the end of next week who will be on the creative team. I didn't think that I was going to have one and then at the last minute decided to do it. It's really addicting going to our inbox for email and see how many people are responding stating they love all our papers and want to design for us. It's kinda cool! I wonder when we'll get our first sale? That will be so exciting. We have to do adversting and stuff *with in the digi community again, in order to get our name out there because as of right now no one really knows we exist except for the people responding to our creative team call. Anyways, it's been pretty fun having this up and running!

Have a good short week everyone!