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credits: Robin Carlton (Space Invaders kit), Royanna Fritschmann (The boy elements)

In our spare time

What do you do when you don't want to scrap or visit the regular forums you hang out in, while in front of the computer? Here's what we do:

Rachel
I'm a gamer. I love playing games. Right now, my game choices are Zuma and Bookworm. I'm doing quite well, if I do say so myself! I also read a lot of blogs, too many of them, really!

Bethany
She checks out MSNBC. She is up to date on all of the news stories. I think she'd rather read the news than watch the news anchors. Who can blame her, afterall, isn't Anderson Cooper on CNN? I have seen Bethany play some of the trivia games. The other day, while at her house, we played two trivia games. It was pretty fun, but she usually knows the answers much quicker than I do. Surprisingly, she is very good at the eighties trivia (she wasn't even a teen or preteen during that time period)

Desserts

Over at Sweet Shoppe Designs, on their blog, you will find a dessert quiz. Feel free to head on over there to take it. We took the quiz and here's our results:

Rachel's

ANGEL FOOD CAKE - Sweet, loving, cuddly. You love all warm and fuzzy items. A little nutty at times. Sometimes you need an ice cream cone at the end of the day. Others perceive you as being childlike and immature at times.

**I personally think that this doesn't fit me, okay, I have been told I'm sweet, but that's it!**


Bethany's

BROWNIES - You are adventurous, love new ideas, and are a champion of underdogs and a slayer of dragons. When tempers flare up, you whip out your saber. You are always the oddball with a unique sense of humor and direction. You tend to be very loyal.

Our Celebrity Matches

OK, so who is your celebrity match? Here's our results:

Rachel's

Your celebrity match is Johnny Depp. You like your men funny and smart. http://www.quizgalaxy.com/quiz_67.html">Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

Bethany's

Your celebrity match is Johnny Depp. You like your men funny and smart. http://www.quizgalaxy.com/quiz_67.html">Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

Are you smarter than a fifth grader?

I found this quiz from a link on Sweet Shoppe Designs blog.

Here's Rachel's results:

You are 70% Smarter than a fifth grader.

You are almost smarter than a fifth grader. If you just got a bit more right. Then, you would be considered smarter. Nice try. Try again.

are you smarter than a fifth grader?
Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

Here's Bethany's results:

You are 50% Smarter than a fifth grader.

Retake fifth grade and try again. maybe now that you lost your bribe money you'll try to better instead of playing pac man.

are you smarter than a fifth grader?
Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

Now your turn! Take the quiz and let us know how you did!

Music Music

Now playing on our itunes:

Rachel:

Bethany:
Bethany is a total musica FREAK! She has at least 1500 songs on her itunes!
I'm more of a plain jane. A tad on the boring side.
I listen to Hairspray and that's just about it right now.
Talk about living on the wild side . . . LOL!

Coming Soon:
Movies!

Five in a Row

Rachel's Five:

1. Name one thing you do everyday. Go online.

2. Name two things you wish you could learn. Photoshop & to become a better photographer

3. Name three things that remind you of your childhood. hmmm, that ones hard, I've blocked out a bunch of it I think. Seeing my dd in school, The Seavers (you know, from Growing Pains), the movies Vacation & Sixteen Candles.

4. Name four things you love to eat but rarely do. Filet mignon (only get it usually on special occasions), See's Candy, potato skins, red velvet cake.

5. Name five things that make you feel good. Comments on my layouts & projects that I post online, comments on the blog, learning something new on my own, people being genuinely nice & my back being rubbed.

Bethanys Five:

1. Name one thing you do everyday. Wake up

2. Name two things you wish you could learn. Photoshop & how to cook

3. Name three things that remind you of your childhood. Jason McDLT, barbies, Punky Brewster

4. Name four things you love to eat but rarely do. Steak, Cream puffs, See's candy & Chicken Salad

5. Name five things that make you feel good. My kids, chocolate, mexican food, my husband (some of the time) & a massage.

Bethany's nail polish color

Rachel forced me to take this quiz! Magenta is not usually my choice of color but hey the 80's styles are coming back, right? My little girl is starting kindergarten tomorrow and we are so excited. We have orientation today to meet her teacher. Isabella is so excited!

Your Nail Polish Color is Magenta

How you're unique: You're confident - and you show everyone the true you Why your style rocks: You have the attitude to carry the most outrageous outfits off What this color says about you: "Look at me. I know you want to!"

If I were a Nail Polish Color

OK, so I can't REALLY leave the blog alone for that long or stay off of the internet either! I've been posting more over at DigiShopTalk and trying to participate in some challenges at Sweet Shoppe Designs. If you are ever bored, go check out some of my layouts in my gallery.

I found this fun quiz over at Sweet Shoppe Designs on their blog.

Rachel's Color

Your Nail Polish Color is Red

How you're unique: You have an incredible eye for style and art Why your style rocks: You are classic and classy - and that's hot! What this color says about you: "I'm smart, sassy, and sexy. And I know it."

http://www.blogthings.com/whatcolornailpolishbestfitsyouquiz/"

What Color Nail Polish Best Fits You?

I'm not too sure about that "sexy" part! LOL, that's funny! I'm going to get Bethany to take the quiz, so check back to see what color she is.

It's late and she's probably already in bed for the night!

~Rachel

Goodbye for now!!

We're sad to say we will be leaving the blog alone for a bit. We have decided that we need to step back and focus on our families. It's summer time so that means entertaining the kids and preparing them for the upcoming school year! We'll be absent from any message board/chat room we participated in also. We'll miss the friendships we have created, but we are sure you all can understand. We're not sure when we'll be back, afterall, family comes first!

I've decided that I need to leave crafting alone for awhile also. I really need to get my scrapbooking caught up for my kids first years, followed by every year after that! That's 13 years to catch up on! I almost have the third ones done and still haven't started the older two (which will be more of a challenge trying to remember dates and milestones - not to mention I'll be scanning in a lot of pics).

I've spent a lot of time on the message boards over at DAISIE Company. I loved that place, but it has taken a turn which I don't care for. But, I want to say a BIG Thank you to Nathan for all of his help he gave to me (as well as everyone else). I learned more from him about computers/hardware/etc than I ever thought I would, especially while on a crafty board! I appreciate the friendships I have made over there and hope to continue them outside of DAISIE. ~ Rachel

Men on the Beach Layouts

Hmm, maybe our little teaser yesterday was a bit misleading, ya think?! Nah, anyone that knows us well enough, would've expected this from us! But, for those who might be disappointed, we'll share a picture of men on the beach for you under our layouts!

Bethany chose our first set of photos to scrap with. They are of our two boys, Sammy and Quino at the beach. It's fun to see how we both take the pictures and put our own flair to a page.

Thanks for visiting our blog and leaving comments! We love 'em, so keep 'em coming!

Coming next: Men on the Beach!

Bethany chose three photos that we will each scrap a page with.

The photos are of men on the beach! What's better than that?!

You'll definitely want to come back and see the layouts this weekend.

We are shooting for having them finished and uploaded by Saturday!

We're Here!

Ok, loooks like we are finally ready to get moving on this! Here we are! Credits:

BadCandy, DanMorris

font: Digsmyheart

We're up, but not quite running!

So we finally have a blog. It's not looking like we want it to quite yet.

We'll be using our blog to share scrapbook layouts, photos, thoughts & laughs.