the fair

we went! this past week! we go every year... it wouldn't be summer without a trip to get some yummy food, check out the live stock and arts and crafts and ride some coasters... too bad ron took me on this crazy ride that made me feel sick so i wouldn't go on anymore.... i myself prefer the fun house and the haunted house... here's my fav pics from our day and also a layout with our photobooth pics....
tfl, (okay that means thanks for looking for all you non scrappers)
nikki

update!

i'm here! sorry no updates in a while... if you didn't know the final Harry Potter book came out and i have been engulfed.... 500 pgs in 250 to go...can't stop reading... must finish book!
speaking of my book... look what dumb dumb Lola did today.... least she didn't ruin any of the pages... i say it adds character to the book... looks like it went through a battle or something...

olw---simplicity

this week's word at "one little word" is simplicity.....
this layout was difficult to photograph because i used a transperancy for the background paper...

title says---
the ordinary acts we practice everyday at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest
journaling reads---
everyday
every morning...
gotta have my cup of coffee!

enjoy!
-n

yum yum yum!

love new music...
love this song...
enjoy!

and the winner is....

mellymel said...
i anonymously sent a vera bradley scarf to a woman at church who is losing her hair to chemo. the wool hat she had on last Sunday just looked too warm.
i love doing stuff like that when i can. this is a cool idea for a RAK.

according to a random drawing.....

pm me your address via SIS Mellymel!
congrats!

you guys did some awesome stuff... makes ya feel good huh?

okay this one just cracked me up tooo much! sorry you didn't win Kacy, but you are my sister and you can get free coffee when ever you want!
kacy g. said...
Probably wont compare to all the others here, everyone seems like such great people. but today on my walk with cowboy we picked up a pile of poop that was right on the sidewalk and was not even ours (or his actually since I dont partake to pooping on sidewalk). Anyway it was in front of this old lady's house and I felt bad because nobody wants to come home to a steaming pile right in their walkway, and no elderly woman should have to stoop down to clean it up. I dont blame the pooper though because CB has tricked me twice this week on walks by "going" 2x when I only had one bag. Ohwell, Sh*t happens! :)

my silly lil' sister...

okay, first, i havn't picked a winner yet, but you guys have some awesome stories... i willing be drawing someone at random later... i just had to share what a dork my sister is..... this was on her blog this morning.... such a nerd that girl is... i just wish i could go to the party... i am sure Cowboy's cousins would love to be there for his BIG day....

Coffee Giveaway!

okay, so here's the deal...
i've talked a few times about the joy of performing random acts of kindness.... i live for doing things like this... makes me feel so good. on monday i recieved a package... thinking it was my ebay order of scrapbooking goods i ripped into the box like a madwoman... what? a cast iron skillet? i didn't order this! looking at the invoice i see it reads
"to diane, happy birthday, love mom and dad"
omg... this poor girl is not gonna get her birthday present!
thnakfully the sender's address was on the invoice and he lived in Novato, CA, the town where i work
call 411 and get his #
my phone call with him went like this
nikki- Hello, Michael?
Michael- yes this is michael
n- hi, i live in rohnert park and recieved a package for yuor daughter's birthday present... the cast iron skillet....
m- yes?????
n- so i have been wanting to get a cast iron skillet for a few years so i just wanted to say thankyou... i love it!
m-huh?
n- just kidding... how would you like me to get it back to you?
m- um, i guess i could drive and pick it up
n- well isee you live in novato, i work there so i can just swing it by your house
m- oh my icouldn't ask you to do that
n- no big deal, i'm there everyday for work. consider it done!

so i dropped it by his houe yesterday and he thanked me with a wonderful bottle of wine (drank it last night and i am a bit hung over.... but it was good wine!)

so here's the purpose of my post.... i want to see what random act of kindness you are gonna do today. it could be something small like or big.... just try to make a difference in someone's day...
afterwards leave a comment describing your RAK here on my blog. I will draw a winner on Friday who will recieve a starbucks goodie bag... yum! coffee!
check back on friday to see who won!
-nikki

dare # 70

this week at the effer dares you are supposed to find things someone else might throw out and recycle it in a layout....well i actually found garbage.... not sure what it went to but the yellow doodle background is a piece of cardboard i found on the ground in a parking lot... how could anyone throw this away??? it is so fun and colorful!
so here's my dare!

i don't wanna go...

back to work that is.... i have day the past 3 days off and it has been amazing... 3 days off is the only way to go. i did so much and had a really good time. yestersay my wonderful husband cleaned the garage and the yard all day and never nagged me once while i was inside being lazy. i did clean my scrapbook room and create 3 pages..that's productive....
he worked all day and then made me a hotdog for lunch and then took all my junk to the goodwill.... so i took him out to dinner last night. here is a LO i did of my little nephew a few weeks ago... kacy keeps nagging me to post it cause she wants a looksy.
also, these are my favorite shoes right now...can't beat $12 at Target!
enjoy your weekend. stop by for a frappuccino if you want to see me!
-n

day 2 of 3 day weekend!

i convinced brenda to call in sick to work yesterday so we could spend the day scrapping....call it a mental health day! it has been H-O-T here in california so that was the only downer... we scrapped all afternoon and then went out to dinner with her daughter brandi and debbi. brandi and i then went to see knocked up with ron. brandi works at the movie theatre so she get free movies for herself and 3 guests whenever she wants. it was a laugh your @$$ off kinda film...but a little too long.
here is one of the pages i did yesterday.... it's for the scrapjacked blog....
ejnoy!
-n

my favorite holiday!

4th of july is my alltime favorite holiday... so much fun! we had a great day yesterday. spent family time at home with ron and the dogs, went out to breakfast... took a nap.... went to debs for a quick visit... bbqed dinner.... f ireworks at the fairgrounds with brenda and the gang... back to brenda's to light off our own... beddy bye!

for fun!

i got my new camera lens yesterday so i took it to work to get some pictures of people (one can only take so many pics of things like shoes, food, coffee and dogs)

i am loving all these shots!

some of my cute baristas!

get scrappy!

here's another one i did this weekend at deb's house!
i have been missing a hubcap on my car for ever. i will replace the missing one and within a few weeks another is gone! it's just the way i roll! curtis and ron always give me hard time about it... but it bothers them way more than me. I think it gives the car character!
thanks for looking!
-n

OLW--- new

This weeks word on the "one little word" site is new.. so that means you have to create a layout with the word new... here's mine. I was complaning to ron the other day that i didn't want to do my laundry. He asked why i always hate doing it so much. It's not really that doing the laundrey is that bad.. pretty easy actually, throw it the wash then the dryer... it's folding that i really hate. Ron said to look at it like getting "NEW" clothes...

parking update

just got a letter from SF parking... it will take up to 4 monthes for them to review my case but no more charges will incure during the review process....

friday fore play...a day late!

okay so this one isn't a song.. but i am hooked on so you think you can dance and the have some bboys this year... and well plus, this move is called the coffee grinder, so really, how could i resist?


okay, so i changed my theme.. no music this week, another dance... i love this one from last season.. so much fun!


and this one is amazing! chills...seriously!


and the best one so far from this season..


enjoy your fourplay!

until we meet again mr. icecream man...

i finally caught him... the tension has been building for a week.. but today my plan worked....
back up, backup!
everyday the icecreamman drives down our street... but this is no ordinary icecream man.. he drives super fast...
everyday, i hear him and go running to catch him, but by the time i get out of the house, he has cruised halfway down the street, i wave and yell, but he doesn't stop.
so yesterday was a day like any other.... i hear THE SONG and i scrample to the change bowl and swoop up a handful of quarters. shoes? shoes? where's my shoes? no time for shoes nikki... you gotta book it or you'll miss him... run, for the love of icecream RUN!
NOOOO! He's gone... that sneeky man has bamboozled me again, oh the misery!
and that's the moment i unveiled my master plan... next time, i would be ready... so i got my handful of quarters and neatly stacked them on the hutch by the front door... and i waited.....
at about 3:37 today i heard him... louder than usual...
go!go! if the plan is gonna work you gotta go! so i jumped off the bed and jetted to the front door, grapped my stack of dubloons and swung open the door.
he was right in front of the house and moving fast.
YEAHHHHH!!!!! STOPPPP!!!!! huffing and puffing i ran to the truck. already feeling my victory i promtly said,
1 chaco taco please!
$2.50 later (yes, icecream prices sure have risen... stupid inflation) i was enjoying my delicious treat and releshing in his defeat!
really, i have no shame. you'de think i, at the well groomed age of 25 i would be more mature than to strategically plan an attack on the ice cream man but... i 'm not! it felt great to go chasing that truck.... so i ask you...when was the last time you let your inhibitions go and chased down the street like a 7yo?
try it!

stupid san francisco!

i am so annoyed. i parked my car on the street in san francsico earlier this month on a tuesday am. i then got a ticket for street cleaning. the sign said street cleaning mon, weds, friday AM... i was parked there tuesday AM... WTF?
so i wrote a letter explaining my case and protesting the ticket as i am certain i did nothing wrong.
yesterday i got a letter saying my ticket still hadn't been paid and it now has some additional late charges tacked on...

okay, so the original ticket was only $25, but it is the principle. i am not paying for something i didn't do. you know?

one of my customers used to work for the PD in SF and said parking ticketers do this all the time. they give out tickets when the violator was clearly doing nothing wrong. the logic is that if they do this to 100 people, 80 of them will just pay the fine, while the other 20 will fight it.
what person would just PAY the ticket when they did nothing wrong.
sure, i guess it might have been easier for me to just pay it then write letter after letter to the Department of Traffic and Parking... but it is the principle....

so count me in with the 20 people who fight! i will not pay this ticket. i will just keep sending my letters... seriously, the sign did not say tuesday and i had a friend double check for me to ensure i was not crazy...

stupid san francisco... this is why i live in the suburbs!

i'm no ansel adams...

...yet! so you know those really great pictures where the subject is in total focus but the backgroundis blurring... yeah, i totally want to do that.... learning to use this camera is fun, but frustrating too. here is my best attempt so far... the background is kinda blurring...right?

favorite!

yum! this is sooo my new favoirte summer time drink! a blueberry white iced tea lemonade... so good and refreshing! plus, it's pink and that makes anything taste better!

have a creative day!

YIPPEEE! i am on my way to deb's house for a fun filled day of scrapping... plus she is making me her famous mac n cheese for dinner. yum! so excited to create! i'll share tomorrow what i make! i tried to do some self portriets today...i soo need some work taking these...but practice makes perfect...oh yeah, plus i should clean my mirror next time cause it left spots on some of the ones i used the mirror for....
haha!

yummy!

ooohhhh... these rooms are all so pretty... makes me want to decor8.... so delicious!

ETA_ my fav is the top left one, but i also like the bottom right!

Friday Four Play

okay, here are my favorite four songs for the week.... i hope you likey!
this one makes me want to dance. plus i love the retro feel!


this one i discovered on mtv last night and i love it... total bubblegum plus, my lipgloss IS poppin!


okay and these guys are coming to the fair this year and i soooo want to go, just gotta convince ron that is will be a worth wild concert


and i am crazy about her... the new album rocks!


HAPPY FRIDAY!

sir paul!

okay so i found this video today... it was directed by Michael Gondry who did two of my favorite movies, Eternal Sunshine and Science of Sleep... so i thought i would check out the video.. plus, we are promoting this cd at work and it is all we listen to so i wanted to be educated... ya know?
interesting video... a little cooky but artsy and fun too! the song annoyed me at first, but i promise you will be singing it all day!
let me know what ya think!
-n

finally!

the new camera is charged and ready to play with... yippee!
now i have to take lots of pics so i have something to scrapbook this weekend!
spending saturday at debbi's... cropping the day away... so excited!
brenda... are you coming too??? please say YES!

random tues

okay...so i forgot that the battery needs to charge... so i am participating in cheryl's random tuesday game:
you have to answer with three answers...

Three..

Things I fear: water where i can't see the bottom, losing my dogs, clowns!

People who make me laugh: my sister, my husband, and joey from friends!
Things I love: traveling, coffee, family!

Things I hate: fish sticks, 115 degree summers, MASH (the tv show)

Things I don't understand: mean customers! it's just coffee people!

Things on my desk:a half drinken iced venti unsweetened black tea, chapstick, a jar of skippy peanut butter.... (i like to eat it with a spoon)

Things I'm doing right now:waiting for the battery of my new camera to charge, watching jeopordy, delaying the fact that i should go to bed

Things I want to do before I die: travel, have kids, buy a house!

Shows I watched as a kid: rainbow bright, you cna't do that on television, saved by the bell!

Things I think you should listen to: ingrid michaelson... her album rocks the house, 80's music, knbr sports radio

Things you should NEVER listen to: the association, mean people and negative peeps!

Things I'd like to learn: to play golf, about my grandma's childhood, to take killer photos!

Favorite foods: shrimp, homemade tacos, teriyaki chicken burgers!

Things I can't do: sit still, talk less, be without a cell phone

Things I can do: a back flip, skydive, make a mean cappuccion!

i'm hooked!

after our manager's meeting today we went to the driving range for a little team building activity... i love this sport... well... at least i love the driving range. so much fun!
and in other news... my new baby finally arrived.... the new camera.... i am bumbed cause i need to go to bed soon to get up at 3am for work so i don't have alot of time to play with it.
so... off to play with the new toy!
-n

looks like someone is having a bad case of the mondays.....

a little video loving...


and a little creative loving....



enjoy!
-n

simply a gansta!

haha.. yeah right... i have too much fun with iphoto booth!
off to my dad's house for father's day din-din.
happy sunday!