I did not make it to the next round of the Cocoa Daisy Diner Scrap off. But guess what? I got an email requesting another project for publication! This one is for smply Handmade which is replacing paper trends. (Northridge Media)  It is scheduled for April 2009. Can you stand it? I can barely stand it, I am so excited! That is 3 magazines in April!  I really need to get on the ball and work on some other things for submission (and DT stuff and Christmas Cards and and and dang, who’s doing the laundry? hee hee)

I scheduled a repair man to come today and install angel window guards on our upstairs bedroom windows.  They are removable in case of fire, but protect children from accidentally falling out a window.  You may already know, i am a paranoid, over protective mom.  I am a safety advocate and believe in taking every precaution possible to avoid injury.  The windows don’t look as pretty any more, but I do feel better knowing they are there.

other great news, my G1 finally started working! I did a “factory reset” and it signed in.  I am loving this little phone.  It is super cute, and I think I’m in love with the little android :)

The phone is powered by Google, so I can browse the internet, download/read/send email through my Gmail as well as my cutchens.com email.  I can chat using Gtalk, Yahoo, MSN, AOL etc. I was excited to chat with my girl friend KJ yesterday :)… There are loads of FREE (*read not quite polished) Apps in the Android Market.  It has GPS that is accurate! That dot landed right on my house!  Using a few different apps, I can use my (lousy) camera on the phone and read barcodes, search for comparable products online and locally (using GPS).  I can also read QR or 2D codes, a super coolio feature in my nerd book!  (iPhone can do this too) I am thinking about printing cards with this code on it too!

Features I wish it had: flash player (so I could waste even more time tending myFarm on facebook) a PDF reader, a better camera, video capture on the camera, ability to load apps to the micro sd card, ability to play iTunes encoded songs.

It also comes with a micro sd card (1 Gig, upgradable to 16Gig) I have loaded some pictures and music on it and I am enjoying that.  I do want to get a larger card so I can transfer more music and pictures.  and I guess I’ll be buying more of my music through amazon.com’s MP3 store since I can’t play my purchased MP4s from iTunes.

I got a goodie box from concroption in the mail this week! The new December Kit is sooo fabulous! It has a bunch of Memory Makers Falalala paper, red pompom trim, a mini book, pebbles foam letter stamps(love the font) a heidi swapp clear clock, tulle and more more more. just a fabulous kit.  TaG is offering a free gift with purchase of the kit.  She also has some really great deals going on right now- check it out!

I also got a chance to go shopping with my girlfriend Lisa on Monday.  We headed out to Ala Moana Shopping Center.  It really is a beautiful shopping Center, but a little tricky to navigate, what with all the different levels. Look who we saw:

We hit up Old Navy, the Apple Store, the Disney Store… and a few others.  We had a leisurely lunch at Island Burger, split a Hula Burger and onion rings.  It is so nice to get out every once in a while, especially on a week day when most people are at work!

Troy comes back on Friday and we are hoping to make a trip out to see the city lights (and take a trolley ride).  We did it last year and it was a blast… I just get nervous riding in the open trolley with the kids with no seatbelts… I know I know, paranoid.  One other note, my mom was at Costco today and they changed the gas price while she was there.  $1.95 a gallon!  WOW, I never thought I’d ever see sub $2 gas.  Do you remember, it was just October when I was thinking about sub $4 gas.  I hope it stays down!

Anyway, I really should get to work on some projects, I hope you’re having a great day!  Love Love and Blog you later! Joscie, rhymes with Bossy