Sorry, friends for the abbreviated notebook this week. It takes me all week to pull these entries together and rather than blogging this weekend, I was spending it in NYC at BlogHer ’10 instead. I came home with a killer cold, kicked it in high gear to do back-to-school shopping, and am now trying to play catch-up on real-life business and online business…
Oh, and did I mention that I am also preparing for a cooking contest in Chicago for Kenmore on Friday? If you are in Chicago, you are cordially invited to be my guest! You can virtually vote for me too through Twitter if you are feeling generous too. No pressure though! I feel weird about asking for votes.
I may be tired from doing a little too much dancing too. Yeah, I have a tendency to party like a rock star and then suffer the consequences later. I shall live without regrets and dance like no one is watching. Plenty of funny video footage was recorded for my husband, but I won’t torture you all with the evidence.
The city life really suits me though. I love, love, love New York City. I was in heaven! I soaked up every moment of the big city life and flew back to my sweet small town and the beautiful people that make my world go round.
Happy reading, wonderful friends!!
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I am going to be printing and decorating all sorts of things with these free printable vintage decals (@ Just Something I Made)
This is a great tutorial for making homemade fruit leather (@ Bloom, Bake, & Create)
I am going to make one of these wipe off weekly menu boards (@ Make & Takes)
I like these 20 back-to-school projects (@ the long thread)
I need to use this tutorial to dry my fresh herbs from the garden (@ Salsa Pie)
I love these beautifully monogrammed place settings (@ Lemon Tree Creations)
This idea for documenting a family trip made me giggle (@ How Does She?)
This DIY lace ruffled shirt is adorable! (@ Tea Rose Home)
I love this post on what to do with leftover baby food (@ alpha mom)
This watermelon tuxedo tank is adorable (@ Making it My Own)
These little crocheted hair bows would be a cute back-to-school accessory (@ Happy Together)
I am in love with this big-as-life board game (@ Craftzine)
This little fabric flower accessory would be a cute embellishment to add to a necklace (@ Candace Creations)
This roadkill rescued book rack transformation is stunning! (@ infarrantly creative)
I found my next Bunco party theme- white trash party, baby! (@ Prudent Baby)
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Welcome home! Looks like you had a great trip.
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Amy Reply:
August 11th, 2010 at 7:47 am
Thank you so much, Nancy! I had a great time this year and it was so nice to get to see a little piece of New York!!
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That looks like lots of fun! I hope you’re feeling better. Take good care of yourself.
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Amy Reply:
August 11th, 2010 at 8:05 am
Ha! I think I had too much fun. I blame mobile technology for my family not having any sympathy for me and my head cold
I should not have posted so many updates on how much fun I was having while I was away 
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Still lots of great links! Hope you get to feeling better soon!
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Amy Reply:
August 11th, 2010 at 8:39 am
Loving those little crocheted bows- don’t you? I figured that would be one you would like
Feeling much better this morning, thank you so much!!
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Looks like you had great fun! I’ve only visited NY once a few years ago (though I was born there) and it was the experience of a lifetime.
BTW, you can really bust a move!
Thank you so much for including my canister decals in your notebook! Just finished my back to school shopping- done in small doses, it went fairly smooth. Best to you with it!
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Amy Reply:
August 11th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
Ha! Thanks so much, Cathe! Those printables were amazing! My hubby is a web designer and he was so impressed with your designs!! Your blog is a favorite of mine!
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Call me crazy, but I look forward to Wed to see your notebook:)
Thanks!
Lizzie
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Amy Reply:
August 11th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Hurray! Thank you so much, Lizzie!!
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Looks like you had a blast. Big cities are fine to visit but I would not like to live there. I love the country Quiet.
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Amy Reply:
August 11th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
I agree- it was fun, but I wouldn’t like the logistics of driving and transporting items to my house or paying to live there
It was definitely fun for a weekend though!
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Thank you for the link love!
Next time you’re in NYC and there aren’t 2,498 others vying for your attention let me know. We’ll hang out of you have time.
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Amy Reply:
August 14th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
I was so glad to see you, Isabel! I agree, next time we need to spend more time together. You are one of my favorite people!! ((hugs))
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LOL-looks like you had fun, but I’m still trying to figure out why that woman is standing there leaning against the wall while you’re all dancing!
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Amy Reply:
August 14th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Oh, I think she thought we were C-R-A-Z-Y.
Ha!
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OH-I clicked before I was done! I LOVE the printables and can’t wait to find a metal box of some sort to finally have a place for my mixer parts and food pro parts-it seems so obvious now that I’ve seen someone ELSE do it, but did I ever think of it? NO!
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Amy Reply:
August 14th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
I love it when you see stuff like that and think, “Now why in the heck did I not think of that before!” So glad you found an idea you can use this week!! ((hugs))
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I love the picture of you in Times Square! Did you get your picture taken with Spongebob?
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Amy Reply:
August 14th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
Ha! No, I didn’t, but I bet the kids would have loved that!! Thanks so much for the compliments on the picture!
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Thank you so much for your link to my blog! So sweet. I’m off to check out the rest of yours. Thanks again.
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