new blog

Hi everyone...

just want to let you all know that I have a new blog now. The address is:

Stephaniealena.typepad.com

snow day!

today we woke up to snow...and it hasn't stopped snowing all day long! There is probally 6-8" of snow out and I went to the weather website and they had a heavy snow advisory up that said to expect between 2-6" more tonight. It is crazy. and I was supposed to work today, but luckily elizabeth decided to not open the store today. We have a great view of traffic from our apt. and people have been sliding around all day. So instead of working I got a nice day off. We took pup out to play with her in the snow. At first she wasn't sure of it and would hide unfer the bushes were there was no snow, but then she changed her mind and played. Ran would make snowballs anf through then and she would chase them. Then Kim and Will (kim is a co-worked and a neighbor) bought a sled and were sledding down our hill. Randy went down once and said it lots of fun. I passed on the sledding. Here are some picts. of our snow day:

happy 25th!

I turned 25 on Nov. 17th and the tom girls all went out to celebrate. We (along with a few significant others) went to bob's burger and brew in downtown. We had our private room. It was so much fun talking and laughing with everyone. The girls got me TWO quickutz tools with dies and totes...PLUS a gift certificate to the store! I was so surprised and touched. This was one amazing birthday...I was so touched that everyone came out for my birthday and then just over the edge with the gift. The girls I have met here have become very valued friends and I am so thankful that I know them and I am able to work with them. It will be hard for any job after this one to compare...they have certainly raised the bar.

happy feet

Oh my goodness! Ran's parents sent me some money for my birthday and told me to go buy a pair of crocs. I had been wanting them for a long time but ya know how things go. So today I braved the rain and hail and went to REI to pick them out. I found my size and tried them on and holy cow it was like stepping into heaven. I have never worn a shoe that is as comfortable as thee are. I seriously wanted to go around the store and ask people if they knew just how great these shoes were. Why didn't I get these shoes sooner? LOVE LOVE LOVE them! Thank you so much steve and patty for these great shoes!

My sister and her friend and came up to visit Ran and I yesterday. They came to Seattle to go to the football game tonight. During the few hours they were up here we went to dinner, visited, and most importantly...visited maxwell. My sister had seen him since the mighty maxwell guild benefit crop back in april. She follows his blog, but boy was she excited to see him in person again.

field of screams

so last night for halloween, ran and I and some of our friends...tessa, elke, kim , and will, went to a haunted corn maze. we had so much fun. It was so so dark and there was scary crap jumping out at us from the corn all over the place. At the very end the scary guy from texas chainsaw masacre came out from the corn with a mask on and a chain saw. ah. me and ran were at the back of the group so I started running...I just left poor ran behind. (personally I was a little surprised I could actually run) After the field of screams we went to a regular, non-haunted, corn maze. It was a little wierd because it didn't say where the end was so we actually ended up leaving the way we came in. It was fun though.


Here is elke, tessa, and I in front of the corn maze sign. It had a picture of what the maze looked like. (some new Boeing airplane) If you want to see more fun picts. go visit kim's blog- the link is on the side of this page.

happy halloween

*last night ran and I carved pumpkins and this is how they turned out. and I just wanted to ntoe that I managed to clean out my pumpkin without touching any of the goop. I forgot to buy gloves and it makes me sick to my stomach to even think about touching it...ew.

been busy

working on various projects for myself and the store. here are some of the latest:

this is when davey came to visit us after he got from bulgaria and before he left for BYU for school



this is a portfolio style album I did about our week long trip to the tri-cities when davey came home from bulgaria. We have the portfolio die cut at work and the rest was so easy...just like decorating photo mats



this a book I made for a friend from high school who just a baby last week. very simple...all she has to do is add the photos.


did this one last night for the store using karen foster stuff and some of our fun pictures from the pumpkin patch