Dudley!

I got to meet Dudley today!! He is so precious! I will now share tons of pictures...









He comes home on Wednesday! Yay!

Rob's New Toy

Rob got a new toy this week. It's a Wacom Digital Art Tablet. It uses programs on the computer and special pens to create hand drawn or "painted" art on your computer.

When he first mentioned it, I was like, "What? What are you going to do with that?" Well, ultimately he would like to sell his work on a website for a little extra money. So I said okay. Besides he was using his reward from Reuter's for being the top tech support team member in the country (I know! I'm so proud of him!).

Well, his new toy came, and I've lost him to it for the past few days. Today, however, he revealed his first piece of art. It's not finished yet, but, um... WOW!!! I'm so impressed.

Check it out, this is "Valley of the Sun" By Rob Lutostanski

Small disclaimer: This image is copyrighted. Please do not copy it or use it with out my or Rob's consent. If you are interested in purchasing a copy of it, let me know. And we'll discuss what we can do.

It's official...

I, Stephanie, am addicted to digital scrapbooking.

Check out the new page I made tonight! It doesn't take very long at all! No glue, no scissors! Just me and my mouse hanging out on Photoshop for an hour or two and, "VOILA!" A scrapbook page! And best of all, if I mess up the undo button is always waiting there for me!

Check it out!

My first page:

In my boredom today waiting for classes to start, I made my first digital scrapbook page. I'm hoping to dedicate this book to Oliver and new little Dudley when he comes home. I'm so happy and so excited about how well it turned out!!


I'm still pretty new at this and have been trying to stick to free papers and digital scrapbooking kits. This one came from Shabby Princess. I may break down and buy a dog one though!

What do you think?

Update:

Dad is home and doing fine. They ran a bunch of tests and couldn't find anything wrong. We are thinking it may be a new medication he started taking a little while ago. He's going to the doctor tomorrow though to get more information.

Everyone say a prayer please.

Mom called and said they had to take my dad to the emergency room this morning. Mom said she came into the computer room and Dad had his head on the desk and was unresponsive. She called an ambulance and they came. They said all his vitals were fine, blood sugar, blood pressure, all fine. Please pray that this isn't anything serious and he gets home soon!

I'm Finished!

It's 12:48 AM and I just finished all of my homework for school. Well, not all of it, but the rest is nothing. I'm going to take a shower and go to bed.

Peace.

My New Found Talent

I've always loved scrapbooking, the way it looks, the idea of keeping your memories in a way that tells a story. I tried scrapbooking and, quite frankly, was bad at it. I was so afraid of making a mistake and the money I was losing if I did, that it wasn't worth it. Until...

I discovered my blog and decorating it. I've taken the ideas from Julia, Suzanne, and the Shabby Princess and discovered my new talent. Using the papers form the Shabby Princess, I made the title picture of my blog. This was my first real attempt at Photoshop and my first real attempt at "virtual scrapbooking." But it makes total sense! I'm great with computers! I'm marrying a computer geek! I love scrapbooking! Why not scrapbook on the computer? Eureka!!!

So, I made my second piece of scrapbooking art - the next title picture for my blog to celebrate the new year and am quite proud of it. I was going to wait until it was time to put it on my blog for the big reveal, but I'm impatient and pretty proud of it, so I'm showing it early. Now don't get your hopes too high, it's not that great, but I'm happy with it!


Here it is!



I really like it! Now I really can't wait until I have more time on my hands to try it out with some of my pictures. After tomorrow!!! I'll surely be posting some of my creations!

Now, I'm off to do homework. I'm really gonna do it. I have to resist the internet. Must do it. It's my last one!!! Okay, I'm going. Have a great evening everyone!

I'm Worried...

So, I'm very excited about getting Dudley. I can't wait to meet him and I know I'm going to love him to death. But now that I know we're getting him, I'm really starting to worry about Oliver...

He's my baby! My first born, if you will and I am so afraid that he won't get along with Dudley or he'll get all mad at me when I first bring him home. Obviously, Dudley will get a lot of attention,

1. Because he's a puppy and will need to be housebroken, trained, etc.

2. Because he's new

My biggest reason for getting a second dog is for Oliver to have a friend and now I'm worried that Oliver won't like Dudley. I've never had more than one dog before and so I don't know really how to handle it. I'll be sure to give Oliver plenty of attention, but I am so sensitive about it! I get all upset everyday about the fact that Oliver always wants to go to sleep in my mom and dad's bed at night instead of mine.

Mom says it's because he likes me to come and get him and that he sleeps in my bed all day long, but still!! He's MY baby!!

Someone ease my mind a bit please!


On a lighter note, today is my last day of Art Methods. I turn in a project for that class tonight, a project for math tomorrow, have my last Reading class and my last Math class tomorrow and hopefully will get my Social Studies project done in time for tomorrow. Then a History of Film class next Thursday, and I'm DONE!!!! WOO-HOO!!!

Also, Jocelyn comes home two weeks! Yay! We miss you!

We've been approved!!!

They have approved us to get Dudley!!! Woo-hoo!!! I'm sooooo excited! He should come home the week before Christmas, I believe and then comes the fun! Here's a couple more pictures from the website:




And, of course, I can't neglect my first baby...

Yo.

Sitting Pretty.

Just Keep Typing, Just Keep Typing

This is what keeps going through my head at the present time. I'm finishing up my projects for the end of the semester and I keep picturing Dory from Finding Nemo



Saying "Just keep typing, just keep typing" instead of, "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming."

I'm almost there... I'm so ready.

Our newest adventure...

Rob and I have set out on another adventure. We are on a quest to find a friend for our beloved Oliver.


When we move into our new house Oliver will be coming with us. We are very excited about this and worried, all at the same time. Oliver is so used to always having people around and never being alone. When we move, he's going to find himself alone a lot more than he is used to. I'm very afraid he will get lonely and depressed. So, I'm looking into getting a friend for him. I found an adorable Dachshund puppy named Dudley, that I hope will make a great friend for him! We'll see how our search goes and hopefully ease my mind a bit about taking Oliver out of his current environment.

Here's a picture of Dudley:

Isn't he absolutely adorable? And I love his name!!! I'm not sure how much I'm looking forward to puppy hood again, but I'm sure it will be fine!