A day in the life of Kim

Black Friday is coming.....

So for those not in the U.S., black Friday is a huge sale event here in the States.  Most retailers have huge sales and their bottom line goes from being in the red to being in the black.  Many of the digi sites will be having specials that day too......this year it is Friday, November 28th.  So here's the deal that I'm offering:  40% off at CG Essentials with coupon code BF40.  Sale includes professional use designer resources, too!  Gift cards and CD burning are not included.  Also, for every $20 you spend, you will receive a $5 gift card for future purchases.  This gift card will be sent to you in a separate email sometime over the weekend.  Oh and there wil be a new kit in the shop, too.  :)

 

Hope you have a fabulous Thanksgiving and a great day of shopping on Friday.  TTYL ~

Check this out.....

 

Inkubook is now offering an 11 inch hardcover book and the photo in the ad above is MY BOOK.  Isn't that cool?!  :)  They've got a special promotion running through November 30th which you may want to take advantage of.  It's a buy one, get one free deal using coupon code ELEVENBOGO at checkout.  If you're interested in making your own book, CLICK HERE.  Pricing is determined by the number of pages you include and ranges from $40 to $70 per book.  I should be receiving my hardbook copy any day now and will update this post with more details on the quality, binding, feel of the pages, etc. 

So I had a maternity portrait session on Saturday.  This was my very first one and I really had a fun time.  I'm looking forward to doing the next maternity as well as their newborns once they arrive.  :)  You can view a few of the images from this session over at my photography site RIGHT HERE.  Here is just one that I really like:
 

In other news, I had my weigh-in today and am down another 5 pounds (total of 15 lbs. in 2 weeks).  The accuracy of my scale is debatable, though.  So I'm going to the store today to find another scale to use as a double-checker.  I know I should just be thrilled with the loss, but my clothes don't feel any different yet and I'm finding it difficult to believe.  I'm finally over my sugar cravings, though, so that is a HUGE ordeal.  To have a mound of mini candy bar wrappers on my desk was a normal thing and is now no longer an issue.

This week is going to be another busy week.  I'm sitting on the board at Christopher's school as a parent advocate, have a hair appointment, parent-teacher conferences for both David and Christopher, kids have a half-day on Thursday, I've got another portrait session (with a belly dancer!), two portrait orders to upload to the lab, photos to retouch, digi designs to create, and the usual stuff around the house.  Phew - I'm tired just looking at that list.  LOL

Alrighty, enough procrastinating for me this morning.  Off to get some stuff done.  Have a marvelous Monday.  :)

Crazy busy

Holy shamoly it's been insanely busy around here lately.  Between the car going to the shop twice in two weeks, photo sessions, dentist appointments, parent advocacy board, etc., I feel like I'm finding it hard to get time to do the routine stuff of life.  Oh who am I kidding.....I would procrastinate on doing that stuff anyway, even if I did have the time.  LOL

Well, in the middle of all the madness, I managed to create a new kit called Carnival.  This was a custom kit request from one of my design team members.  I even made the time to create a layout this afternoon while eating my lunch.  :)  Take a look:

 
There are additional previews with the papers in the shop.  There are 16 papers, an uppercase alpha (no numbers) and oodles of fun elements. 

Okay, that's it for me today.  Sorry to keep it brief.....it's busy season.  :)

Phew - what a creative streak that was!

Seriously, I think that was the busiest creative streak I've ever had.  Created 15 new products in a week's time.  Insane!  Didn't get much else done around here, but that's okay.  When the creative bug gives a bite, you just gotta go with the flow.  So here are all the products:
 
This week I'm back to joining the biggest loser challenge with some fellow digi scrappers.  I've got a seriously long way to go this time.  Back when I first started this blog, I wanted to lose weight and it never really amounted to anything.  Then I joined this weight loss group 2 years ago and lost all of my pregnancy weight.  I left the group and have since put on all that weight and more.  Weighed in today at 250 lbs. and nearly died right there on the spot.  Sooooo, back to the group I go.  I need the structure and the peer pressure that comes with doing this as a team.  If I can just get through the first few days, I think it will be smooth sailing after that.  The chocolate cravings are horrible, especially right now . . . I'm sure you know what I mean.  And there are two bags of Halloween candy staring at me.  Ugh.  Gotta get the kids to put that somewhere else where I can't find it.

So in other news, I've got to take the car in to the shop tomorrow.  It's been acting kinda funny lately and then the check engine light came on last Friday.  The car has about 75k miles on it, so it's due for a routine checkup.  Hey, maybe that is why the light is on!  Oh I can only hope......can't really afford a car repair bill right now.

What else?  Oh I know....trick or treating went well.  My sister and her kids came down to go with us.  We walked around for about 90 minutes and the kids had a great time.  Christopher had trouble getting the routine down.....either would forget to bring his bag (that I was carrying), or would take his mask off, or decided he needed to chat with the neighbors and tell them all about himself, etc.  It was actually quite funny even though it was also frustrating.   Here is a pic.....David is Spiderman and Christopher is Bumblebee the Transformer.
 

Alrighty, that's it for me today.  Hoep you have a marvelous Monday.  :)