Photo 26/365 Scrapbooking

Lest you think I'm really going overboard with collecting QK, these were gifted to me by a friend. Scrapbookers are so generous!

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My latest acquisitions. It is an addiction, I tell you. Does it help that I bought them all at least 50% off MSRP?

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G wanted me to take a picture of his owie.

Photo 23/365 Scrap goodies

I was so excited to find these craft packs at Big Lots for only $2. I was especially excited to find packs that had the right initials (I took that as a sign that I had to buy them, lol). I'm giving the E and C to the girls for their birthday or maybe C (their mom) can use the sticky initials to ID stuff for the girls. I plan to sell or giveaway most of the embellishments, but the price was right even if I keep just half of the contents.

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Our new coffee/tea station. Obviously, we haven't moved the coffee maker or mugs over yet. Mr. Fix-it got this from a kitchen remodel he was working on; this was destined for the dump! Since that space previous held a picture with junk stored underneath, this is a welcome change.

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What I use to sweeten my coffee. I'm pretending it is healthier than regular sugar, but I really don't know if it is or not. I hope so since it costs significantly more than sugar.

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After a week of downpours, flooded streets, and downed trees, this was a spirit-lifting sight.

Photo 19/365 Getting my money's worth

As we were getting ready to run errands, the conversation went like this:
Me: (fusses with shoes)
Mr. Fix-it: What's wrong?
Me: My shoe feel funny, like I'm falling off.
Mr. Fix-it: Do you need new inserts? (background: I put in new inserts last year)
Me: (adjusts socks, adjusts inserts) Now both shoes feel like I'm falling off.
Me: (mildly annoyed)
Mr. Fix-it: (bursts into laughter) Your shoes are falling apart. I think you got your money's worth out of them.
Okay, maybe you had to be there. But really, I couldn't figure out what was wrong and I had never worn a pair of shoes out to where the sole came off. I've only had the shoes for a decade or two, so yes, I think I got my money's worth. Now comes the trouble of trying to replace them.

Photos 16-18 Stocking up

We went to the Chinese grocery store since we were out that way for other reasons and lots of stuff was on sale since Chinese New Year is only a month away. I bought three kinds of oyster sauce: vegetarian, which I like for the milder flavor, the expensive stuff on the right (Mom and W say to buy the one with the colorful label with the kids in the boat, that's how I remember, lol), and a bottle that a lady in the aisle recommended. She said it wasn't as good as the expensive stuff, but almost as good, so I thought I'd try it.

Twenty pounds of rice. Never had this brand before, but it is one of the more expensive bags. On sale it was less expensive than everything else so I thought I'd try it. And then some multigrain rice. Supposedly, it it healthy and good for you. It wasn't something I'd normally buy, but it was 50% off and Mr. Fix-it was game to try it so it went into the cart too.

Photos 13-15 The yard

Signs of spring: a bud on an orchid that hasn't bloomed in two years and the next photo is of snow peas. No flowers yet, but I'm hopeful.

We finally finished trimming all the plants/shrubs. This poor Buddlia (butterfly bush) looks totally butchered, but some summer, it will be over eight feet tall again. Working in the yard wasn't the funnest way to spend my day off, but at least I got the work out of the way.

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I was checking the flash on my camera so decided to use this as my POTD. Can you see the coupon flyers peeking out of the recycle bin? Sometimes I spend my lunch hour clipping and sorting coupons. Such an exciting life, lol.

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One of the few, the lonely. Due to costs, the post office has been removing drop-off mailboxes. Our neighborhood almost lost ours. Several months ago, there was a sign on the box that it would be removed for lack of use, which I didn't understand since I saw people drop off envelopes almost every day. I guess there was enough of a public response that we got to keep the box. (Me? I usually drop my mail off at the mailroom at the office.)

Photos 9-10/365 Scrapbooking

I hauled all this stuff to a crop, just to make a dozen cards, lol. I had a great time scrapping at Y's and met some new scrapbookers. And I'm very happy with the cards (all made from scraps). Most will be donated to operationwritehome.org, but I'm keeping a few for myself.

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I received this lovely thank you card from my friend W. Isn't she talented?

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I received this lovely card from a friend. Can you tell he's quite the gardener? Isn't this a great idea for a card?

Photo 6/365 Food

Leftovers from my lunch. That's soba noodles in the clear container. The bottom container has rice, tofu, and broccoli. I brought it home and Mr. Fix-it had it for dinner.

Photo 5/365 Work

My piles at work are getting taller. It only took two days.

Photo 4/365 Food

Mr. Fix-it said I take there's hardly any food that hasn't had their picture taken. This is the Pioneer Woman's cobbler (which is like a clafouti, IMO). I didn't have any milk so used yogurt instead and it turned out great!

Photo 3/365 Dodger bread

I saw this over at The Green Wife and thought it would be something we would enjoy with the split pea soup I made. The crunchy bits were tasty, but the rest of it was blah. Although she did say dodger bread was great for sopping up the juices from your meal and so if you eat it that way, it is probably good. In any case, it was too hard for my sensitive teeth so I won't be making this again.

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I couldn't resist these coaster. Only $2 at Bed Bath and Beyond.