Swap completed!

I have been tardy with a few swaps lately...okay, I am always tardy but after completeing this one I am turning over a NEW LEAF...one swap at a time and I start it and finish it wayyyyy before the swap due date!

So, my latest swap was with some dear friends from CHW...I did these two LOs: one winter and one fall...using all Club Scrap paper that I have been hoarding!

BIG Toot!

I couldn't believe it...I got my new Simply Sentiments mag in the mail! AND as I open the issue...out pops a birthday card I had made and submitted several months back. I had TOTALLY forgotten about it. Well, I wasn't thinking, I just figured Sherry was being nice and sending my card back to me. Then I started looking through my issue and oogling all the wonderful cards that were accepted and there mine was on page 27! I couldn't believe, TOTAL shock! This truly made my day, week, month, and year! This is only the second time I have submitted! It was almost a year ago when Sherry accepted my very first cards and published them!
Explosion Birthday card

Toot-toot!!

Taxes are done!

I am sooo glad we decided to go with the Tax Lady this year! We called her on Wednesday and she got us in Thursday...plus with a new tax credit with our college student our refund looks GREAT this year! So she is e-filing for us and we should have our refund in 7-10 days! Time to go look for a new couch!

Its a rainy/sleety mix and cold here today after having 70 degrees here for a few days.
Hope to have a fire going tonight after DH gets home from his baseball card show...praying he gets home ok from VA(an hour away).

Looking forward to some much needed crafting time tonight...I have a ATC swap I am LATE on and need to get those out tom'w.

Making chicken wrap ups tonight as soon as DS gets home with some red pepper!

Taxes, Homeschooling and a Lovely Day

This is what is keeping me busy of late...we are trying to find a good CPA to do our taxes...with Seth in college and using up those Series EE bonds we bought since 1992, our taxes will need a more experienced hand then what we have this year. I just called a recommended CPA today and am wondering whay no call back as of yet...I know its their busy time....but I guess they have enough business. Will try another tom'w.

Homeschooling always takes alot of time during the day with the three kids ( plus, keeping up with whats happening with our oldest in his first year of college! ). BUT, with their portfolios due in a couple of weeks I have to start pulling it all together. Fortunately, we have great kids who date their papers...so its much easier pulling it all together into their folios! They are due 4/2 so I still have a bit of time.

However, it was so nice today(60s and sunshine)...that while DH had the kids cleaning out the garage...I was making burgers on the grill. I am not as good a "grill master" as my sweet hubby, but I got the job done without burning them to a crisp!
DH and I were able to get out and walk tonight after dinner, read together as a family(Acts 7 and 8) and then enjoyed some homemade banana pudding!

Newsboys...ROCK!!

We went to see the Newsboys in concert at 1st Mariner. DD and DS loved the two groups that were on prior to NBs...Stellar Kart and Kutless.

I LOVE the Newsboys latest "Go" album! It was the best concert yet...

The band was awesome and I am hooked on their website videos now:

http://www.newsboys.com/index.php

Here a few pics...friends and church pastors(that white stuff is confetti!)

Here is Peter...

Duncan the drummer was awesome...loved his twirling drum stage!!

Loved Jeff Frankinstein..the keyboard player!(he is on the right,sorry its dark!)

Here is Paul Colman with his lil' daughter before the show while they were setting up.

He is the new gutarist for the Newsboys and he is wayyyy COOL...you gotta LOVE those Aussie accents!

It was an awesome concert...and I will definitely "GO" see them again!

DS went to County Spelling Bee!

We were very proud of our DS who competed in our homeschool group's spelling Bee and won(His first try out!) in January. He competed in the county spelling bee with 20 other middle schoolers today and did a fabulous job!

All the contestents were featured in the local newspaper...he was the first to be mentioned because he was the only homeschooler! Cool-huh!

He didn't win the bee...BUT what a wonderful experience. He was so excited..he said, "At least I wasn't the first one out!" He is still eligible to compete next year and he can't wait!

E-blogger, I am back!

Yes, I was on another blogger site and some how I was almost attacked by a virus, but good old Nortons caught it...sooooo I am not going to that blogger anymore.

Tin Hair Musings...why this name you may ask? Well, when I signed onto another site that was the password they gave me...and it REALLY stuck, when one day I pulled out-of-my head and actual GREY hair that was like tin! Hence the cute title!

I came back here and find I have to register for Goggle now...so hopefully this will be my new blog site for a long time!

I am currently having a blast at Scrap-A-Faire this week! An online scrap festival where you can take online classes and chat with some big names in the scrapping industry(Tim Holtz, Elsie Flannigan, Anna Griffin, Leah Fung, to just name a few!)...and if you didn't know..besides being a wife, mom of 4 who homeschools, Sunday School teacher...I LOVE
to craft! Mainly, scrapbooking(paper/digi), rubberstamping and cardmaking!

So when I am NOT on the PC..I am dowstairs in my Happy Haven creating something that will make someone happy or at least will remind those I love, how much they are loved!