Digital Scrapbooking - My Newest Addiction

I've always wondered why anyone that does traditional scrapbooking would want to create a digital scrapbook page.  It always seemed so not normal, or kind of like I was betraying a friend.  Maybe it was because I didn't understand it or was too scared to try it.  But I tried it and I liked it!!  I'm totalled hooked, but I still want to do traditional scrapbooking.  It's just that I have soooo many digital pictures that this would be a great way to capture so many of them.  Here are a few examples of some of my first digital pages.

All of these kits were purchased from My Memories and I edited them using Photoshop Elements 8.  Overall, it was very easy - the hardest part was trying to figure out which kits to purchase!  If you are a digital scrapbooker, I would love to hear your thoughts, likes, and dislikes.

Garlic Ravioli

In my quest to pull together a quick dinner, I found this recipe on the back of a frozen ravioli bag and it was so good.  Unfortunately, I didn't take a picture but hopefully you can see it in your mind and know that you need to make this recipe ;) 

Garlic Ravioli
1 pkg. cheese ravioli
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 bunch green onions
salt & pepper
1 cup mozzarella cheese

Cook ravioli according to package directions and when draining, reserve 1/4 cup cooking liquid.  While ravioli is cooking, add enough olive oil to cover the bottom of a skillet and add the garlic, salt and pepper.  Cook just until the garlic starts to brown, then add onions and cook just until the start to soften.  Add drained ravioli and reserved liquid to pan with garlic.  Stir and let cook for a few minutes - just to let ravioli get brown, but not stick to pan.  Transfer to serving platter and top with mozzarella cheese. 

This was so simple and all three of my guys loved it!

This weekend is homecoming at the college I work for and I've been asked to be one of the judges for the festivites.  The first event is at 10:00 tonight....don't they know that I'm old and I'm usually in bed by that time?  Oh to be young again and have tons of energy! 

Racing season is coming to an end - just a few more races in October and one in November.  Carl and Ryan are racing this weekend and I'm looking forward to the day when Kyle gets his cast off and can join them.  I forgot to mention that Ryan won his fourth race this season and also won the points championship for the 65cc class.  Way to go Rocky!!

Week in review

There's been alot going on at the Sacco house this week that I want to share with y'all (I'm not from the South, but I did watch a show last night called "You Don't Know Dixie").  Sit down and relax and enjoy the reading....

Are you ready for some football?  Ryan decided to play football this year and has had two games so far.  Unfortunately his team hasn't won...yet.  He hasn't played for a few years so we were slightly surprised when he asked to sign up.  Ryan ran with the ball yesterday and gained some yards for the team - exciting to watch our "quiet one" at work.

#53 on the white team.

This was the first full week of school for the boys and Carl and I were so happy for summer break to end.  Don't get me wrong, we enjoyed the summer with the boys, but it was time for them to get back into a routine, see their friends, etc.  This is Ryan's last year in elementary school and Kyle is a sophomore in high school.  Kyle found a job at a local fast food restaurant.  If you're in the area, look for him when you order a frosty :)

Racing has been wonderful lately.  Ryan came in first last Sunday at the MWXC race in Brazil and I think he has the points lead in the 65cc class wrapped up.  Carl came in second - woohoo!!  He's been wanting to place in the top five for a while now and he did it.  Kyle came off injured reserve and placed 12th which we were very happy about.  He broke his hand in the beginning of July and hasn't been able to ride until one week before this race.  This has been a wonderful year because all of my guys are racing hare scrambles - no motocross this year - and I get to be their biggest cheerleader!  Here's a picture of them after the Brazil race.

I have three projects going on at home (honestly, there are lots more than that - I'm just concentrating on a few right now).  The first one is the laundry room.  We took out some cabinets and put them in the kitchen (will be blogging about that later), and I want to paint and add a shelf.  Here is the inspiration for my laundry room.

I love the color, the bench, the shelves - it's cute!  I'm not going to do the board and batten - that would require painting of the trim and I don't want to do that.  I thought about putting bead board in my laundry room, but I think I'm going to paint it blue on the bottom and a light brown on the top - the shelf will probably be stained golden oak.  Here's what the laundry room currently looks like. 

I'm also working on sprucing up the outside of my house and finishing some yard work.  To brighten things up a bit, I'm repainting this milk can that I've had forever.  My parents had this before I did - mom cleaned it up and painted it blue then I stenciled the sunflowers, but now it's time for a face lift.  I'm painting the can black and then I'm going to use my Silhouette machine and cut some vinyl words or designs.  Here's the before and the finished product will be displayed later this week.

Remember when I blogged about the sewing machine that Carl bought me?  Well I've started my first quilt and it's been a bit of a challenge.  The pattern I chose was for a crib size quilt and my sewing encyclopedia friend Kelly has given me a wonderful idea on how to resize the pattern so it will still look nice.  I'm working with Moda Giddy fabric.  Sandy Gervais designed it - do you remember her when HGTV first aired? 

Well, other than football practice, cleaning the housel, and work, that's all that's been happening here.  Hope everyone had a great weekend :)