Update on Ben Fanelli!

When I was driving home from the Ranger Game on Friday night I heard that they would be doing a phone interview with Ben Fanelli during the broadcast of the Saturday night game on 570 News. I couldn't wait to find out how he was really doing.

Amanda found a Facebook group that you could post well wishes on and I snagged this photo from there.

This is a photo from a fan at the game.

Here is a longer video of the hit. I still get a sick feeling in my stomach when I watch it.



This is the interview that they played on TV. I was thrilled to see that he seemed to be recovering well. I was also happy to hear that he didn't remember the hit. He still has not actually watched it either. I hope he never remembers that night.

Little Red Wagon Challenge #2

Here we are with challenge #2 at the Little Red Wagon! I am having so much fun being part of this amazing team of girlfriends. Rosanne challenged us to dig into our Christmas scraps from last year and create a card, tag or layout! Those of you that know me realize that I don't like to follow the rules.

I did dig into my scraps and I found this 1/2 sheet of patterned paper. I am not sure if it was last year, the year before or maybe even this year.....but it was a scrap. I decided to make a bow! This was so easy to do and I don't think I will ever buy one again.

Be sure to check out my Friendzy Friday at Two Scrapbook Friends for a tutorial on how to make one for yourself. I will be posting it tomorrow!

Blog Award!

Yippee! I received a blog award. A big thank you to Deanna from the Little Red Wagon challenge blog. She sent one out to everyone on the design team. I send it right back to all of them.

Sesame Street's 40th Anniversary!

Today marks the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street! I vividly remember watching this show everyday and when my kids were young they watched it too.

Big Bird, Bert & Ernie, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Kermit the Frog and all the other Muppets taught me lots of things and kept me entertained for many years. My favourite character was (and still is) Elmo! Here are a few u-tube videos that I found......I still find them very entertaining.







Happy anniversary Sesame Street! I hope the generations to come have this show to enjoy for as long as I have.

Little Red Wagon Challenge Blog!

I am so excited to be a part of a brand new challenge blog! The Little Red Wagon is a fun place to challenge your creativity! Each Wednesday one of the seven Girlfriends will post a new challenge that we hope will inspire you to try something different with your scrapbooking supplies!

One day a group of girlfriends got together to play with their papers, stamps, markers, ribbons, buttons and the rest of their seemingly endless supply of other 'have-to-have' scrapbooking and card making goodies. It was so much fun to talk, share, laugh and create with each other that they decided to create a blog that would motivate, inspire and challenge them on a weekly basis. They also thought it would be fun to have all the other girlfriends out there join in and share their creations based on the weekly challenges. So, grab your wagon full of goodies (we know you have one!), get creative and have fun!

Today is the first challenge! Be sure to visit the Little Red Wagon blog and join in the fun. Regan challenged us to use some sort of packaging to create our project. The products are usually my focus, but this challenge showed me that the packaging can also be useful too. I think I will be starting a stash of packaging for my future creations!

I decided to use the packaging from Jenni Bowlin's bingo cards. I have always loved these cards. I noticed that the very back card had mini versions of all the cards in the package along with the barcode etc. You will have to excuse my photo.....I was so excited about the challenge I started to cut up the card before taking a photo of it.

I cut out the small images and created this card!

Cardstock - Coordinations, Cuttlebug folder - Swiss Dot, Bingo Card packaging - Jenni Bowlin, Celebrate stamp - Close To My Heart, Scalloped border stamp - Stamping Bella, Ribbon, buttons, floss and bling - miscellanous stuff from my stash!

I hope you take some time and join in this fun challenge. Link your creations in the comment section of the Little Red Wagon blog. See you next week with another great challenge.

Update on Ben Fanelli

Through the Kitchener Rangers website, it was announced at 4pm today that Ben Fanelli's condition has been upgraded to 'serious but stable'. I heard on the news this morning that at the Ranger game on Friday there will be large cards that fans can sign and they will be delivered to Ben and his family.

Halloween Photos

I thought I would share a few Halloween photos. Matt has always been the one in our family that really gets into dressing up. He has won multiple contests in years past. This year he wanted to be a Zombie! Gone are the days that he dresses up in something cute.

On Friday night he was invited to a Halloween party. Here he is with his buddy.

I insisted on going in and getting a group shot. They had a dry ice machine going so the photo is a bit foggy, but I think it adds to the atmosphere of the night.

Jay had a hockey game in Georgetown and Amanda was down with a flu bug, so I didn't get any photos of them. We had lots of candy leftover and Matt came home with more than his share. Fun was had by all.