1st Magazine TooT!!!

When I got home from bowling Tuesday night, I came upstairs to check my email & boy, am I glad I did! I had an email from Scrapbook Trends requesting one of my layouts for their January issue :) I'm on cloud 9! This is my 2nd time being published, but my first time in a magazine. My first published layout will be in an upcoming Cantata Idea Book which should be out in a couple of months. Amy on 2 Peas made this Out For Pub sign for me & I just love it! Thanks Amy :)

Speaking of scrapbooking, I was going through my albums the other day, adding some layouts that I did recently & needed to be put away when I came across a layout that I did when I first started scrapbooking. I hated the layout, but always used to tell myself that I would never redo a layout because if I started doing that, then I'd never get caught up! But this one was just calling out to be redone. It was so boring.....just some photos & stickers! So I took the plunge & tore it all apart & now here is the new & much improved version:This is the very first home that Jim & I bought when we lived in Virginia Beach, so these photos are very special to me & that's another reason why I redid the layout. Supplies used: Bazzill, BasicGrey Phresh & Phunky PP, Monograms & alphabet stickers, BasicGrey jumbo bookplate, Primas, mini brads, MM metal signage words, Doodlebug Tokens, metal keys & ribbons. You can see the layout closer here: Our 1st Home.

Now, you're probably wondering why I was bowling when I said that I wasn't going to be bowling this year after our teammates quit on us, right? Well, I was asked to join a women's league & since Jim is bowling on a men's league on the same night at the same house, I decided to go for it. I guess bowling is in my blood & I can't give it up :) Now I just need to figure out the lanes at this house! It's been a couple of years since we've bowled there, so Jim & I are both struggling right now. Plus I'm only bowling one night a week so that isn't helping my average much, so Jim & I are trying to find a mixed league to get on because we both miss bowling with each other :)

Now, onto the 10 for Tuesday (or Thursday in my case) challenge. Carrie's question for this week.....list 10 things you'd do if you had the time:

1. Scrapbook more often!
2. Sleep more!
3. Shop more :)
4. Go on more vacations.
5. Go to PA to visit my family more.
6. Read more books.
7. Bake.
8. Exercise even longer than I am now!
9. Clean more. Okay, maybe I'm nuts for saying that :) My house isn't dirty, but it could use a good decluttering right now!
10. Take more day-to-day pictures.

There you have it.....now if someone would just bottle time & make it last longer :)

Have a great day.....I'm off to take a shower & then head to the Zone's anniversary sale. Happy 10th Anniversary, Kelley & Kevin :)

Benita