tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68737672356861186062024-02-20T19:34:31.330-06:00notsoshabbyCHICeventsevent planning made easy ~ a site for all things event-worthySusie at Not So Shabbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01752735507632709470noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873767235686118606.post-31945307301943609432010-12-22T09:12:00.000-06:002010-12-22T09:12:40.024-06:00Children’s Gingerbread House Decorating Party<a href="http://www.pizzazzerie.com/parties/holidays/childrens-gingerbread-house-decorating-party/">Children’s Gingerbread House Decorating Party</a>Susie at Not So Shabbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01752735507632709470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873767235686118606.post-33946666807459050322010-12-22T09:11:00.000-06:002010-12-22T09:11:10.291-06:00DIY: Candy Cane Topiary Trees<a href="http://www.pizzazzerie.com/parties/holidays/diy-candy-cane-topiary-trees/">DIY: Candy Cane Topiary Trees</a>Susie at Not So Shabbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01752735507632709470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873767235686118606.post-59980039428273381942010-12-21T20:48:00.001-06:002010-12-21T20:50:16.815-06:00combining my love of education with my love of planning...<b>another thing that keeps me pretty busy in life is my work in the public school system...it's been a long and bumpy road with LOTS of changes and since I never know what's going to be around the next corner, I take every opportunity that presents itself to me...that opportunity (last summer) was teaching summer school...at the middle school...most of you who know me know that i am much better suited to young ones...but i was up for the challenge...and i was delightfully surprised...i was scheduled to help with the summer reading program called Read 180 and got to work with some very special middle schoolers...part of the plan for their summer schooling included a few planned events and well, you know that was right up my alley...about midway through we created what we like to call The Bayou Book Bistro...</b><br />
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</b></div>Susie at Not So Shabbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01752735507632709470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873767235686118606.post-57676463505146128632010-12-21T19:29:00.001-06:002010-12-21T20:24:47.177-06:00way back at the end of May ~ where it all begins again<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">So in May as Summer was fast approaching, that's when I always get the itch to grow my event planning revenues. During the year I'm a teacher and that keeps me busily occupied, but when summer is approaching and I know that paycheck is going to end for a few months, well, something about that just re-motivates me.</span></b><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wasn't sure how the "youngers" would react to this idea. They are 9 and 11 and I was hoping hadn't outgrown all the mystery :). So I brought Sadie over and had her see what she thought:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, she was partially right ~ the books from the basement. But what she didn't know is that it is their Christmas books from all the years going way back. I told them that each night they could unwrap one for their before-bed-reading and they thought it was a great idea!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This would also be a great way to add some mystery AND the love of reading to your Advent calendar for the year. A teacher could even use this in her classroom to count down the days till Christmas break...after all we all need a little more excitement this time of year right? ;)</div>Susie at Not So Shabbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01752735507632709470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873767235686118606.post-3488528401780074962010-12-06T18:46:00.000-06:002010-12-06T18:46:25.453-06:00notsoshabbyCHICevents: Christmas 2009 revisited......<a href="http://notsoshabbychicevents.blogspot.com/2010/12/ok-i-promise-i-didnt-start-it-this-year.html">http://notsoshabbychicevents.blogspot.com/2010/12/ok-i-promise-i-didnt-start-it-this-year.html</a>Susie at Not So Shabbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01752735507632709470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873767235686118606.post-21208912676044233732010-12-06T18:43:00.001-06:002010-12-06T18:45:08.373-06:00Christmas 2009 revisited......Well as I mentioned before, last year I put up TEN trees. I know, what was I thinking? Here's a look back for all of you who want to see how truly CRAZY I really am...<br />
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</b></div>Susie at Not So Shabbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01752735507632709470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873767235686118606.post-620366887461766602010-12-06T18:00:00.000-06:002010-12-06T18:00:16.360-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_bjBJbKQZ6s3f6wxgPrq1z8h_61IcbmGD45zGgVtZtLAPGrrahbjGTy-7mamY1toIw8RQJTxsHm1jM2Y4qdsMHUhm7Q-v-wgq8GYGtZJqYK8q-XsYxXyRO_zDxFWdA0bj63SHid0XfE/s1600/purple+xmas+tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_bjBJbKQZ6s3f6wxgPrq1z8h_61IcbmGD45zGgVtZtLAPGrrahbjGTy-7mamY1toIw8RQJTxsHm1jM2Y4qdsMHUhm7Q-v-wgq8GYGtZJqYK8q-XsYxXyRO_zDxFWdA0bj63SHid0XfE/s320/purple+xmas+tree.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>OK I promise I didn't start it this year...it was McKensie (my oldest who is following in my creative footsteps). I came into her bathroom and there was the purple tree. I swore I wasn't putting up 10 trees this year but when I walked around the corner and saw this, something in my snapped, the creative gene went into overdrive. I told everyone I was going to the pharmacy to get some cough medicine so I could sleep last night but I had an ulterior motive...purple hand soap, purple candle, decorative tissue box, and tree skirt (it's a scarf). Now I'm afraid I won't be able to stop...someone help me :)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Last year I put up 10 trees ~ all themed. This year I just feel like keeping it simple. Everyone agreed (miraculously) to put up our artificial pre-lit tree instead of cutting one down. So I thought "OK I'm good with that...one tree and more relaxation this year." I'll let you know how that works out!! ;)</b></div>Susie at Not So Shabbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01752735507632709470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873767235686118606.post-7882393577525550312010-12-05T16:23:00.000-06:002010-12-05T16:23:58.157-06:00getting back in the blogging swing...ok i'm all for fresh starts and i need one...i was very busy with several events/parties this summer and got way behind on my blogging...then i started back to work for the school year and here we are...so, i thought it would be fun to make a fresh start and tell you a little about me...i was recently tagged with one of those "all about me" sort of questionnaires and here it is...<br />
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</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">2. <em>Have you ever smoked?</em> <strong>No, I started to try a cigarette in highschool but couldn't bring myself to it.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">3. <em>Do you own a gun?</em> <strong>No, I'd be scared to have one in the house.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">4. <em>What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic?</em> <strong>Cherry limeade all the way baby, although now that you mentioned it we don't have a Sonic around here and it makes me crazy!</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">5. <em>Do you get nervous before doctor appointments?</em> <strong>Somewhat, depending on what the appointment is for. My blood pressure has raised during a routine check before and the doctor said it was "white coat syndrome".</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">6. <em>What do you think of hot dogs?</em> <strong>I like them but ONLY if they are ALL beef, if they aren't I can tell immediately. Chicago Dogs Rock!!</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">7. <em>Favorite movie?</em> <strong>Little Women (the more recent one) it reminds me of my four girls. I also LOVE Legends of the Fall although it makes me cry my eyes out.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">8. <em>What do you prefer to drink in the morning?</em> <strong>Starbucks 4-EVER</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">9. <em>Can you do push ups?</em> <strong>if there is a really good reward afterwards :/</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">10. <em>What's your favorite piece of jewelry?</em> <strong>at present, the little teacup charm necklace I got to commemorate Sadie playing Chip in CYT's Beauty and the Beast.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">11. <em>Favorite hobby?</em> <strong>Don't have just one -- decorating, scrapbooking, party planning, gardening, and reading.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">12. <em>Do you have A.D.D.? </em><strong>Not ever diagnosed but sometimes I have to wonder. Can we re-phrase that and say that I'm a great multi-tasker? :)</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">13. <em>What's one trait you like about yourself</em>? <strong>I am a huge dreamer and am always looking onto the next project to be conquered. I have HUGE determination and don't give up easily!!</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">14. <em>Middle name:</em> <strong>Marie</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">15. <em>Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment</em>: <strong>I'm excited to catch up on my blog. Reading my favorite blog tonight has moved me closer to getting psyched up to decorate for the holidays. I wish I wasn't getting a cold :(.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">16. <em>Name 3 things you bought yesterday</em>: <strong>50 bids on Quibids (gotta get those electronics for XMAS presents); I think that's all and it was even Cyber Monday :)</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">17. <em>Name 4 drinks you regularly drink?</em> <strong>Water, sweet tea, Pepsi, and a frozen margarita (although not regularly enough :).</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">18. <em>Current worry?</em> <strong>Will I ever be hired as more than just a para?</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">19. <em>Current hate right now:</em> <strong>My cold and the fact that the government has ruined the teaching profession as we knew it.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">20. <em>Favorite place to be?</em> <strong>Somewhere warm and sunny where I can sleep with the sliding door open and hear the ocean.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">21. <em>How did you bring in the New Year</em>?<strong> With wonderful long-time friends and then we left for Disney World the next day.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">22. <em>Where would you like to go?</em> <strong>Somewhere warm and sunny where I can sleep with the sliding door open and hear the ocean.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">23. <em>Name two people who will complete this:</em> <strong>I think McKensie (unless her finals are keeping her too busy and my friend Sharon Clark).</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">24. <em>Do you own slippers?</em> <strong>Yes, but I never wear them. I'm at an age where I get hot quite suddenly.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">25. <em>What shirt are you wearing?</em> <strong>A burnt orange sweater that went with my work clothes today and my fuzzy fleece jacket :).</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">26. <em>Do you like sleeping on satin sheets?</em> <strong>Probably not, I don't like things that have the potential of making me sweat.<em> </em></strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">27. <em>Can you whistle?</em> <strong>Only if I blow out, not in.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">28. <em>Favorite color</em>? <strong>Red and yellow, especially together (sorry that's two).</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">29. <em>Would you be a pirate?</em> <strong>That's kind of like asking me if I like to go camping. In a fully equipped, furnished, state of the art RV ~ YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Although maybe if Johnny Depp was on the set. ;)</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">30. <em>What songs do you sing in the shower?</em> <strong>if I sing anything it's usually the worship song from Sunday that keeps going around in my head OR if my kids are in a CYT show at the moment, those songs are stuck in my head for weeks.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">31. <em>Favorite girl's name?</em> <strong>if I had had another girl it would have been Sophie.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">32. <em>Favorite boy's name?</em> <strong>I always wanted a Jake.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">33. <em>What's in your pocket right now?</em> <strong>$5 that someone gave me today to pay for their lost library book.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">34. <em>Last thing that made you laugh?</em> <strong>a blogpost I read about a mom transporting her 3 children to a school outing and getting pulled over by a police officer ~ you sorta had to be there!</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">35. <em>Favorite bed sheets as a child</em>? <strong>my blue and yellow flowery ones.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">36. <em>Worst injury you've ever had?</em> <strong>A broken arm and stitches in my head from a sledding accident.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">37. <em>Do you love where you live?</em> <strong>I LOVE my neighborhood, best ever (Country Lane at Wadsworth Lake) BUT I find the weather here quite distasteful (trying not to use the word 'hate').</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">38. <em>How many TV's do you have in your house?</em> <strong>4 - I hardly ever watch them.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
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<strong>You can find them over at </strong><a href="http://ruffledblog.com/2009/04/entry-5-diy-bubblegum-bouquet/"><strong>Ruffled</strong></a><strong>.</strong><br />
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<strong>My BFF (blogger fav friends) Dawn at </strong><a href="http://dawnypoo.blogspot.com/2010/06/tuesday-tutorial-gumball-flower.html"><strong>Not Just a Mommy</strong></a><strong> does a whole tutorial on these gumball bouquets and she has alot of really cute pictures.</strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I did it! Pat on the back, now bedtime :)</span>Susie at Not So Shabbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01752735507632709470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873767235686118606.post-88829151001922021222010-08-01T16:17:00.000-05:002010-08-01T17:40:17.994-05:00doing this blogging thing right<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dT2dW8NQBA9PbvcU984C5-NJUYbLxOZCvNlr-094bEmp1H_B7sI1M0CvQgebCA3yIyPCAYU_VEhVGUfnbc-knR2mAotRZb2m8XtBlrC1OgOgLFif-QgdYjb-vUdQiqDNUk2lE51_9Ho/s1600/google+blogger.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dT2dW8NQBA9PbvcU984C5-NJUYbLxOZCvNlr-094bEmp1H_B7sI1M0CvQgebCA3yIyPCAYU_VEhVGUfnbc-knR2mAotRZb2m8XtBlrC1OgOgLFif-QgdYjb-vUdQiqDNUk2lE51_9Ho/s200/google+blogger.bmp" width="158" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXVpr1UaC5Iw5Cqen2LlGhFyT-2XLX8zZCsitmCIZoAq3mnSedNHxcJTdI1A1xJpbyzM7Dv0nim_nDyOKqFB15w4g9PCcUQ-VxeymfjZSyq7xdJvLTI3_QSMvcP6ZomyMZ3U6xddx30c/s1600/publishing+a+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXVpr1UaC5Iw5Cqen2LlGhFyT-2XLX8zZCsitmCIZoAq3mnSedNHxcJTdI1A1xJpbyzM7Dv0nim_nDyOKqFB15w4g9PCcUQ-VxeymfjZSyq7xdJvLTI3_QSMvcP6ZomyMZ3U6xddx30c/s320/publishing+a+blog.jpg" /></a></div>I went to Borders today and figured that if I'm going to do this thing I might as well do it right. So I bought a book and sat at Starbucks for a few hours and tried to see if my blog is accomplishing its goals. I bought <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Google-Blogger-Dummies-Susan-Gunelius/dp/0470407425/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280697784&sr=1-1">Google Blogger for Dummies</a>, that's me :), and <a href="http://http//www.amazon.com/Publishing-Blog-Blogger-Visual-QuickProject/dp/0321637526/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280697859&sr=1-1-spell">Visual Quick Project's Publishing a Blog with Blogger</a>. As you see the changes over the next few days, weeks, months, you'll have to let me know what you think? How did I do? My goal is to build my knowledge about my passion ~ Event Planning ~ through the portal of my blog...Back to my reading! <br />
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<a name='more'></a>Susie at Not So Shabbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01752735507632709470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873767235686118606.post-71922716436162652012010-07-31T22:22:00.001-05:002010-07-31T22:22:29.195-05:00Oil & Water Don't Mix benefit, September 25, benefit for the national wildlife federationSusie at Not So Shabbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01752735507632709470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873767235686118606.post-62153687444566933972010-07-31T22:19:00.001-05:002010-07-31T22:19:11.036-05:00Awesome job to the cast of Music Man tonight. You guys rocked!Susie at Not So Shabbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01752735507632709470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873767235686118606.post-15760129127123209272010-07-30T23:17:00.001-05:002010-07-30T23:17:42.745-05:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzFGoHEBF5ds0dxfJQscK-c9FnMtN5npCpEI0n7p2RNAPOZ9mFQ9RnX3a-j8lO1-kh2XsQoudcibYSqAPFku6jEzTJMUpfpZ9sMflCyprRo9tnfHHjwUNob0Lx0mO0aMrBP2Rfu_Ro620/s1600/success+exit.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 96px; height: 122px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzFGoHEBF5ds0dxfJQscK-c9FnMtN5npCpEI0n7p2RNAPOZ9mFQ9RnX3a-j8lO1-kh2XsQoudcibYSqAPFku6jEzTJMUpfpZ9sMflCyprRo9tnfHHjwUNob0Lx0mO0aMrBP2Rfu_Ro620/s320/success+exit.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499919761748147762" /></a>Susie at Not So Shabbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01752735507632709470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873767235686118606.post-29298051224031546802010-07-30T23:14:00.000-05:002010-07-30T23:17:14.495-05:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSturB2k3ya96-VlaTQlu6L0iAXK7NEfQZx-ab9h3zO6zdFDisxJkVs_d1k2JSUdg4iTjSjUMmfvlVG1KTHK1a8ubpGUIphmgNyH1aP8BcygcEZa3z6Sl0Hi4CD12htSJ_JUxStKxYyY/s1600/next+exit.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 123px; height: 97px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSturB2k3ya96-VlaTQlu6L0iAXK7NEfQZx-ab9h3zO6zdFDisxJkVs_d1k2JSUdg4iTjSjUMmfvlVG1KTHK1a8ubpGUIphmgNyH1aP8BcygcEZa3z6Sl0Hi4CD12htSJ_JUxStKxYyY/s320/next+exit.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499919639674373170" /></a>Susie at Not So Shabbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01752735507632709470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873767235686118606.post-5242702248488008552010-07-30T22:47:00.000-05:002010-07-30T22:59:05.039-05:00Traffic Jammed<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ZR6GhnqlxEn38pGluKeyWniqE3L0QUOoOCNQFBHViGTGJOHI-wEFTkGy4M0yd7W2LlBqt52SjqrIrdzxBo555BNIe0N3gnCLiVbm8Oy29F7QcO9mgmt02MXqh2ofkreZWtk0DKqKpQ4/s1600/traffic+jam.bmp"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 86px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ZR6GhnqlxEn38pGluKeyWniqE3L0QUOoOCNQFBHViGTGJOHI-wEFTkGy4M0yd7W2LlBqt52SjqrIrdzxBo555BNIe0N3gnCLiVbm8Oy29F7QcO9mgmt02MXqh2ofkreZWtk0DKqKpQ4/s320/traffic+jam.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499914100496594322" /></a><br />I had this vision recently of a jam-packed freeway and me in the middle of it. The freeway, I believe, was the line of people waiting for teaching jobs and there I sat, unmoving, in the middle of it all. We all know how we feel when we're stuck in non-moving traffic right? Well, in the next frame I began to make my way over to the right. Closer and closer I inched my way over. That's it! I'm taking the first exit I can find off this congested highway of public school education. Not sure where the exit will take me ~ may be a bypass or it may be a different road altogether. I'M EXCITED!!Susie at Not So Shabbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01752735507632709470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873767235686118606.post-35118742483429073982010-07-02T21:38:00.001-05:002010-07-02T21:38:51.402-05:00My New Cyberspace Friend :)<a border="0" href="http://dawnypoo.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q430/notjustamommy/blogbutton.jpg"/></a>Susie at Not So Shabbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01752735507632709470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873767235686118606.post-41163219900427257392010-06-28T19:12:00.000-05:002010-06-28T19:18:37.731-05:00following my dreamsi have had a dream for ten years of working in the event planning industry...it is a dream that isn't going away...i'm a teacher by degree but the last 5 years have proven very hard to break back into public school education after staying home to have my 4 beautiful girls...so now i find myself at a crossroads...which way shall i go...while i will keep my eyes and ears open for just the right teaching position, i will no longer live my life as if it depends on my finding a teaching job...i refuse to let my happiness ride on the chaotic waves of the public school system...i will follow my dreams and who knows where they will take me...it took one little status update on my facebook page to generate a request for assistance in planning a birthday party...i took it...i will continue to follow each and every lead that is presented to me...this is what i know, i love and am energized by planning events...it is one of my passions...i am good at it...people are made happy by my work...i will continue to follow my dream...Susie at Not So Shabbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01752735507632709470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873767235686118606.post-35129992409318096692010-06-27T09:16:00.000-05:002010-06-27T09:20:52.356-05:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6xXbExcX3dY-8W61UTpImQ51KUEaKob7cgoLCaT18D4UC77tIkf0BuabzIxB_CKMY2A4ILzVWnOYHuIBIF-k5EDbyKOkpjhPgDtIvFc2GtvK_PxbZP3j1p7dpnjEt464FQljIDbir43A/s1600/Follow_Your_Dreams_by_inspirational_dreams.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6xXbExcX3dY-8W61UTpImQ51KUEaKob7cgoLCaT18D4UC77tIkf0BuabzIxB_CKMY2A4ILzVWnOYHuIBIF-k5EDbyKOkpjhPgDtIvFc2GtvK_PxbZP3j1p7dpnjEt464FQljIDbir43A/s320/Follow_Your_Dreams_by_inspirational_dreams.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487458211333377906" /></a><br /><strong><em>Follow your dreams<br />Never give up<br />If you can dream them<br />You can achieve them</em></strong>Susie at Not So Shabbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01752735507632709470noreply@blogger.com0