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Hi, I'm Nicole. I'm glad you stopped by.

Quick run down about who I am...

I am a Mom. Step-Mom. Wife to my best friend. Christian. Blended Family. 36. SAHM. WAHM. Writer. Scrapbooker. Close to My Heart Consultant. Creative. Bookworm. Playful at heart. Midwest girl.

Loves scrapbooking, cooking & baking, photography, horseback riding, words, living frugal, animals, sushi, chocolate, coffee and walks in nature.

Strongly dislikes spiders, Brussels sprouts, cleaning and messes. Ironic eh?

If you need to contact me for any reason, please email me at nicole (at) nicolehumphrey (dot) net.

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Doesn’t that sound pathetic? I just added Google Friend Connect to my sidebar and have no subscribers yet. I have over 300 with feed burner, so I’m sure eventually I’ll have a few, but right now the little widget looks lonely over there.

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My Favorite Scrap Rooms at Two Peas

I’ve had to kind of shuffle my stuff around again and now we are in the process of actually “building” a scrap room for me in the basement. So I have been scouring photos and ideas to figure out what I want and what will work for me. Two peas is one of my favorite places to look for inspiration – those peas are pretty talented at designing and decorating, let me just tell you. These are my favorite scrap rooms over at Two Peas.

Credits & More Photos from each room:

1. wookiemouse 2. croppin92008 3. fleur-de-lisa 4. kelly-bryan 5. daja 6. 2lilpeas 7. terribradford 8. sewgaby 9.  conniee 10. scraplink 11. terriescrapsinsc 12. jana-eubank 13. pescaragirl 14. puddin-head 15. ki-girl 16. scrapdiva 17. helpmeronda 18. michellemharris 19. winks 20. in-focus

60 More Things You Possibly Didn’t Know About Me

I am doing this again, because someone tagged me on facebook to do it there, and since I am not really into the whole ‘notes’ thing on facebook, I thought I would just put it here on my blog. I have done this before, so my answers will be all new (and two years later!) lol

60 MORE Things You Possibly Didn’t Know About Me

1. What is in the back seat of your car right now?
Two deflated papasan float chairs, 1 deflated raft, 2 pool noodles, a fishing pole, a really sandy towel, an empty fast food cup, a half filled bottle of water, a small plastic container and a lot of sand. Can you tell we spend a lot of time at the lake?

2. When was the last time you threw up?
erm. I don’t remember. It’s been awhile. 2003?

3. What’s your favorite curse word?
I am trying not to say curse words, but I use ‘flippin’ a lot. Oh, and crap.

4. Name 3 people who made you smile today?
Sandy, Mike & all of my kids – yeah I know… shhhh – I can’t pick just one

5. What were you doing at 8 am this morning?
Sleeping. I never sleep in. But I woke up at 6:10am and decided after an hour to go back to sleep.

6. What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
Reading blogs.

7. What will you be doing 3 hours from now?
Probably making dinner.

8. Have you ever been to a strip club?
once. my ex husband and some friends from work convinced me to go when I was pregnant with my son. (that was over 16 years ago). It was really not fun.

9. What is the last thing you said aloud?
“Give that duck tape back to her!” I did not think I would say that ever. lol My son took the duck tape away from the girls because he thinks they are using too much. They are making cool duck tape thing.

10. What is the best ice cream flavor?
Pistachio. I love it with chocolate chips in it, or a little chocolate sauce on top. Just a little though.

11. What was the last thing you had to drink?
Coffee.

12. What are you wearing right now?
Black shorts and a blue t-shirt. I look beeeutiful. Not.

13. What was the last thing you ate?
Yogurt

14. Have you bought any new clothing items this week?
Nope.

15. When was the last time you ran?
The other night. We saw a friend at the lake, and I ran to catch up and say hi.

16. What’s the last sporting event you watched?
Uhm. I really don’t do sports, so I cannot even remember the last sporting event I watched. Maybe Jesse in Girls on the Run? Or Alexis in Cross Country? Can’t remember which came later.

18. Who is the last person you emailed?
A member of our Fife and Drum corp.

19. Ever go camping?
Every summer.

20. Do you have a tan?
A little bit. I’m definitely more tan than I was a couple of weeks ago. It helps that we have spent a lot of time outside at the lake.

24. Do you drink your soda from a straw?
Yes, because I don’t do cans. I usually drink fountain sodas.

25. What did your last IM say?
“I need help Aaron.” I only IM one person. My best friends hubby. He works on my computer for me, and I don’t know – it’s been awhile. I can only assume that is what I would have said. Wait, does Facebook chat count too? Because if it does, the last thing I said was “I can hardly wait…” because my friend Shawn told me he had a story to tell me about someone I really don’t like talking about. LOL

26. Are you someone’s best friend?
Yes.

27. What are you doing tomorrow?
Going to Fife and Drum corp. practice.

28. Where is your mom right now?
I would imagine she is at home. Wait, what day is it? Maybe she is out running errands.

29. Look to your left, what do you see?
A giant mirror that needs to be hung on the wall. So I guess I see myself. LOL

30. What color is your watch?
Black

31. What do you think of when you think of Australia ?
When does the next flight leave?

32. Would you consider plastic surgery?
I doubt it.

33. What is your birthstone?
It’s a peridot which I hate. I was born at the tail end of August so I adopted the sapphire which is my favorite. Most jewelry that I own that has a gem is Sapphire.

34. Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit thedrive thru?
I prefer the drive thru. Mike prefers to go in. It depends on who’s driving or if he’s with us.

35.How many kids do you want?
5. I already have them all.

36. Do you have a dog?
Yes – four. Max, Maggie, Lily and Bella.

37. Last person you talked to on the phone?
Amy

38. Have you met anyone famous?
Yes, many. I want to school with Scott Foley, a childhood friend is the nephew of Kevin Kline so we spent a lot of time with him when he was in town, I’ve met Leann Rimes several times and there are more but those are the ones I’ve known, well.. met the most.

39. Any plans today?
Going to the library. That is all.

40. How many states have you lived in?
Yowser. Let’s see. Missouri, Florida, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Arkansas (though it was temp), Texas.

41. Ever go to college?
Yes. Early Childhood Education was my major.

42. Where are you right now?
Sitting on one corner of my sectional.

43. Biggest annoyance in your life right now?
I don’t think I have any annoyances. I’m pretty mellow. At any rate, my neighbors are annoying.

44. Last song listened to?
3Oh3! “Deja Vu”

46. Are you allergic to anything?
A few VERY minor outdoor allergies. And sulfa drugs.

47. Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time?
I hate shoes. Loathe shoes. I wear flip flops or sandals whenever I need to wear shoes.

48. Are you jealous of anyone?
I try hard not to be jealous, but of course it does come up from time to time. The things I can think of are usually talent related. Writing and scrapbooking come to mind.

50. Is anyone jealous of you?
Probably not. Don’t care either way.

51. What time is it?
1:54pm

52. Do any of your friends have children?
Uhm. Yes.

53. Do you eat healthy?
Much more so than ever before in my life, yes.

54. What do you usually do during the day?
Hmm… drink coffee, write, scrapbook, run errands, parent, clean and hang out with my friends

55. Do you hate anyone right now?
I do not hate people. I strongly dislike my neighbors.

56. Do you use the word ‘hello’ daily?
Yes. Except it’s usually in the drawn out DUH sorta way. “Do you want me to clean this up mom?” “Helllllooooo?” LOL

58. How old will you be turning on your next birthday?
37

59. Have you ever been to Six Flags?
Yep. A lot. We have season passes.

60. How did you get one of your scars?
Fell when I was four and cracked my chin open. The scar is still there, though you can barely tell.

CTMH Business Helper Ideas

I have allowed my CTMH business to take a back seat lately, and it was unintentional. With everything that has been going on, I have even let my scrapbooking take a back seat, but I am working on recovering. I am writer so I am familiar with writer’s block, and I guess as a scrapbooker, I can now say that I am familiar with ‘scrapbookers block’. At any rate, I am working to change that.

I am always on the hunt, scouring my fellow CTMH consultant’s blogs, our CTMH message board, Two Peas and Splitcoaststampers, looking for ideas on how to keep myself more organized, especially in my Close to My Heart business – this is important to me.

Here are some really awesome ideas I have seen for keeping your Close to My Heart scrapbooking supplies neat, your CTMH business more organized, and just generally making life in the crafting department a little easier.

Photo credits and links to more:

1. fastmommie 2. http://kelleighratzlaff.com/ 3. scrappinmimi 4. attegirl 5. dirt-track-widow 6. beccajeanne 7. berlinerin 8. identicaltriplets

Close to My Heart Stamps are Cleary the Best (Videos)

So CTMH is hosting a video contest, and so far the consultant’s have been working so hard on them. I love them, most of them make me giggle, just because of the parody aspect and they really are hilarious. All joking aside, Close to My Heart clear acrylix stamps really are top notch, and these consultants put together a video to share why they are special and what makes them so amazing and awesome  – so here are the video entries for the contest so far:


by Mandy Leahy


by Rachel Schumann


by Helen Onulak


by Teri Baxter


by Tresa Black


by Melanie Harmsma


by Elissa Stong


by Clerissa Lewis


by Ruth De La Cruz-Nava


by Michelle Nist


by Amanda DesJardins


by Brae Montgomery


by Christine David


by Kristina Baldwin


by Aaron Brown


by Melissa Laverty

What Are You Thankful For this year? Close to My Heart Scrapbooking, No doubt!

I couldn’t help but giggle when I heard the rumor. Creative Memories is not a bad company, its just a little on the boring side when you are an obsessive scrapbooker, such as I. So I have always kind of just ignored the products. Plus I’ve never had very good experiences with the consultants I have worked with in the past, so I just avoid them like the plague. Obviously, now I am a CTMH consultant and so years have gone by since I’ve paid much attention.

Well, this thanksgiving the CM workers put together a video about what they are thankful for. The best part? The dude that shows up about the 9 minutes 42 second marker – has a CLOSE TO MY HEART catalog on his desk (his arm is resting on it) – at CM! haha So even they love our products!

There is some concern that the video will disappear, so I used a program and now have a copy of it, but here it is in all its glory on youtube for as long as it remains. haha! (oh, and unless you are REALLY bored, you can just wait until the whole thing loads and then fast forward… the video is not THAT exciting.)

CTMH package! Fun Stuff and Great Products!

Look what I got today! I wanted one almost from the moment I set eyes on the cute bag. I love the colors and how cute it is. It’s not overwhelming huge, but it’s also not a small bag. I could very easily carry my full size laptop on it, but its not bulky, so its easy to carry. I just love it.

I got a bunch of other fun goodies from the Spring 2010 Close to My Heart catalog too, new stamp sets and some new papers, and now I am feeling majorly creative and can’t wait to play.

Are you ordering anything from the new catalog? If so, what?

Current CTMH Paper Packs for Spring 2010

Animal cookies
Aspen
Back Country
Bella
Blue Ribbon
Boom Di Ada
Caboodle *NEW*
Daydream
Emporium
Evensong
Game On
Grace
Good Times
It’s A Guy Thing
Jingle
Magic Moments
Majestic Blue
Moon Doggie
More to Adore
Notebook
Perfect Day
Sarsaparilla
Silhouette
Simple Pleasures
Stardust
Sweet Home
That’s Amore
Tinkerin
Topstitch *NEW*
Twitterpated
Unforgettable
Veranda *NEW*
You Rock *NEW*

Blog Issues

I have been trying to be patient with my blog/domain/hosting issues, but I am getting aggravated. Unfortunately, in the switch to combine hosting, I lost the entire mysql database backups for two of my four blogs. One of my blogs, I haven’t even attempted to move yet, because I am terrified of the same thing happening.

In the interim, I had to create new databases, and then upload VERY old copies of my blog backups. Of course that meant uploading information from another blog to this one, which was not intended, but I decided to just keep it there. I am also having to use google to restore popular posts that did not merge correctly. So irritated.

I also lost all my comments, which makes me super sad, as well as all my blog links. So if you have my blog linked on your blog, until this thing catches up and I can figure out who has me linked, leave me a comment (make me feel loved again LOL) with your blog link and I’ll add you to my links.

So, I’ll probably be lost in blog repair land for the next year. But in the meantime, I have a nice big package from Close to My Heart arriving probably in a week or so, and I cannot WAIT to play with my goodies. I’ll make pretty projects and try to get them posted ASAP.

Thanks for your patience guys!

Undergoing a Slight Change

I went through the trouble of combining two hosting accounts, and in the process, I now have to go through and fix everything. Please be patient. It will be back as soon as possible!

Thanks for your support guys!
Nicole

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