<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807</id><updated>2012-01-26T07:48:13.371-08:00</updated><category term='Embelishments'/><category term='Example'/><category term='Family'/><category term='card group'/><category term='Food'/><category term='Mats'/><category term='card'/><category term='Distress Ink'/><category term='Thanks'/><category term='Recipes'/><category term='valentines'/><category term='cards'/><category term='cute'/><category term='Photo Corners'/><category term='Cool Idea'/><title type='text'>CROP AND STICK</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>45</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-8864158229915728575</id><published>2009-07-13T21:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-13T21:12:28.176-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Parents' 50th!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Well, my parents recently had their 50th anniversary. In celebration, all their children and their families all got together in a couple condos in Park City and basically had a family reunion. It was so relaxing to just get away from everything for a while and to be with all the people I care about! :) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Anyways, it was an absolute blast! We went to the Alpine Slide, shopping, and just enjoyed being in eachother's company. Plus, the place was very nice. (Thanks to my older brother.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here are a few pictures of the event! I'd definately enjoy doing something like that again!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;-Gina&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SlwE6Jb7B_I/AAAAAAAAAX4/HnQ37TeczyI/s1600-h/6290_583146694124_193307559_33735641_6297080_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358163053676005362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SlwE6Jb7B_I/AAAAAAAAAX4/HnQ37TeczyI/s400/6290_583146694124_193307559_33735641_6297080_n.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A view of the very nice place we stayed. :)&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358163055773869234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SlwE6RQF5LI/AAAAAAAAAYA/ov9OIP72S1Q/s400/6290_583146768974_193307559_33735654_5106659_n.jpg" border="0" /&gt;All the kids (Bill, Me, Cory, Brenda) talking about our childhood memories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SlwE5lW2p9I/AAAAAAAAAXw/oepedJN_gUo/s1600-h/6290_583146689134_193307559_33735640_885799_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358163043991070674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SlwE5lW2p9I/AAAAAAAAAXw/oepedJN_gUo/s400/6290_583146689134_193307559_33735640_885799_n.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mom and Dad!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SlwE5HqLdNI/AAAAAAAAAXo/w6ZLxQKOrVk/s1600-h/6290_583146674164_193307559_33735637_7667633_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358163036019061970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SlwE5HqLdNI/AAAAAAAAAXo/w6ZLxQKOrVk/s400/6290_583146674164_193307559_33735637_7667633_n.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The sign.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SlwE49q32gI/AAAAAAAAAXg/MIaziSHzSzA/s1600-h/6290_583146664184_193307559_33735635_5206297_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358163033337616898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SlwE49q32gI/AAAAAAAAAXg/MIaziSHzSzA/s400/6290_583146664184_193307559_33735635_5206297_n.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; And yet another view...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;SEE! It was absolutely breathtakingly beautiful up there!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-8864158229915728575?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/8864158229915728575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=8864158229915728575&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/8864158229915728575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/8864158229915728575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-parents-50th.html' title='My Parents&apos; 50th!'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SlwE6Jb7B_I/AAAAAAAAAX4/HnQ37TeczyI/s72-c/6290_583146694124_193307559_33735641_6297080_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-3505523690715040720</id><published>2009-07-12T19:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-12T20:08:38.036-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Lovely Children</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My oldest daughter, Ginay, has a talent for taking pictures! My younger children all enjoy being "models." As you can see it's the perfect match! So, one day Ginay took all my kids (and her 2 adorable children as well) and had a photoshoot. We were all very pleased with the outcome. Hope you agree. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;-Gina &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357775513682664274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SlqkcWdXW1I/AAAAAAAAAXY/JkMjHqXW19c/s400/priceless.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357775140939027554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SlqkGp4W1GI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/iJ9trvjmJmY/s400/4931_1168600848468_1031358419_30535729_2867597_n.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SlqkGUtx4DI/AAAAAAAAAXI/0SnWUcN9M34/s1600-h/4931_1168600568461_1031358419_30535728_1625512_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357775135257518130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SlqkGUtx4DI/AAAAAAAAAXI/0SnWUcN9M34/s400/4931_1168600568461_1031358419_30535728_1625512_n.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SlqkGKF5doI/AAAAAAAAAXA/aRFClAS49-8/s1600-h/4931_1168589648188_1031358419_30535711_8366057_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357775132405888642" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SlqjSGGKIeI/AAAAAAAAAVA/q0QbeG6UDwU/s400/4931_1168431564236_1031358419_30535060_5796292_n.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-3505523690715040720?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/3505523690715040720/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=3505523690715040720&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/3505523690715040720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/3505523690715040720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-lovely-children.html' title='My Lovely Children'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SlqkcWdXW1I/AAAAAAAAAXY/JkMjHqXW19c/s72-c/priceless.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-322976186289443412</id><published>2009-07-09T09:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-09T09:15:31.249-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Summer Vacation: A Success</title><content type='html'>Wow! So far this summer has been absolutely crazy in every possible way, however, it's also been filled with lots of fun, love, family, and excitement! My kids are all extremely busy in all that they do, whether it's sports, swimming, camps, or just playing in the sun!&lt;br /&gt;     I think we can all agree that summer is definitely a nice change. The kids are home, there's no school stress, and we can all just relax... sometimes. ;)&lt;br /&gt;     That's all for now,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Gina&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-322976186289443412?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/322976186289443412/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=322976186289443412&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/322976186289443412'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/322976186289443412'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2009/07/summer-vacation-success.html' title='Summer Vacation: A Success'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-7215083632315039528</id><published>2009-04-14T15:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-14T15:27:49.506-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spring Break: ARIZONA!!</title><content type='html'>Spring break down in Utah calls for a Bagley Family Vacation! This year, our destination turned out to be SunLakes/Mesa, Arizona! My parents have been staying down there, and my younger brother also lives down there...so spring break was the perfect opportunity for a visit! (Plus, we wanted to get away from the cold weather.) So far, we have had a BLAST! We have gone swimming, gone on walks/jogs, taken golf-cart rides, watched movies, pigged out, hung with cousins...and the list goes on!&lt;br /&gt;Did I mention we got the special opportunity to ride with my brother in his PLANE. Yes, HIS plane. It was amazing! Dale, my son Kallin, and I all went up the the sky for quite some time. We enjoyed the scenery, and the experience.&lt;br /&gt;However, the trip isn't over yet!&lt;br /&gt; I will create another post later on with all of our pictures. (And maybe even a few, new and exciting events we have done.&lt;br /&gt;Well...&lt;br /&gt;keep your eyes open for the next post!&lt;br /&gt;For now, I'm going to go enjoy the weather. :)&lt;br /&gt;Have a nice spring break!&lt;br /&gt;-Gina&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-7215083632315039528?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/7215083632315039528/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=7215083632315039528&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/7215083632315039528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/7215083632315039528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2009/04/spring-break-arizona.html' title='Spring Break: ARIZONA!!'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-4660296611787586921</id><published>2009-03-28T22:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-28T22:40:37.682-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Omlets in a Bag</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/Sc8IdnkS9BI/AAAAAAAAAUA/EwfReeUqPCM/s1600-h/clip_image001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318478989878293522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/Sc8IdnkS9BI/AAAAAAAAAUA/EwfReeUqPCM/s400/clip_image001.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ingredients:&lt;br /&gt;2 Eggs&lt;br /&gt;2 Slices Ham, chopped&lt;br /&gt;½ Cup Shredded Cheddar&lt;br /&gt;1 Tablespoon Chopped Green Onion&lt;br /&gt;1 Tablespoon Chopped Green Bell Pepper&lt;br /&gt;2 Tablespoons Chopped Fresh Tomato&lt;br /&gt;1 Tablespoon Chunky Salsa&lt;br /&gt;2 Fresh Mushrooms, sliced&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Method:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Crack the eggs into a large resealable freezer bag. Press out most of the air, and seal. Shake or squeeze to beat the eggs. Open the bag, and add the ham, cheese, onion, green pepper, tomato, salsa, and mushrooms (ingredients are optional and can be added to taste). Squeeze out as much of the air as you can, and seal the bag.&lt;br /&gt;Bring large pot of water to a boil. Place up to 8 bags at a time into the boiling water. Cook for exactly 13 minutes. Open the bag, and let the omelet roll out onto a plate. The omelet should roll out easily. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-4660296611787586921?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/4660296611787586921/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=4660296611787586921&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/4660296611787586921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/4660296611787586921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2009/03/omlets-in-bag.html' title='Omlets in a Bag'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/Sc8IdnkS9BI/AAAAAAAAAUA/EwfReeUqPCM/s72-c/clip_image001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-2458842865165713315</id><published>2009-03-25T21:31:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T21:43:13.542-07:00</updated><title type='text'>More Pictures of Adorable Sophie :)</title><content type='html'>What can I say? I love my grandchildren...I'm a grandma! It's what's expected of me! Here are just a few more pictures to add to the collection of pictures... :) Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScsGB_IHrvI/AAAAAAAAAT4/KP3NFywigHk/s1600-h/2576_1115126594376_1113291495_359266_5673027_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317350416236130034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScsGB_IHrvI/AAAAAAAAAT4/KP3NFywigHk/s400/2576_1115126594376_1113291495_359266_5673027_n.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I absolutely LOVE this picture. How adorable is that?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScsFvcWU2EI/AAAAAAAAATw/RiBYcewiUX8/s1600-h/2576_1115116714129_1113291495_359235_3902097_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317350097662826562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScsFvcWU2EI/AAAAAAAAATw/RiBYcewiUX8/s400/2576_1115116714129_1113291495_359235_3902097_n.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Look how precious this litle angel is. I can't even stand it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScsFvAUg7HI/AAAAAAAAATo/LwvytjMzEz4/s1600-h/2576_1115050072463_1113291495_359093_4577726_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317350090139036786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScsFvAUg7HI/AAAAAAAAATo/LwvytjMzEz4/s400/2576_1115050072463_1113291495_359093_4577726_n.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sleeping beauty...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScsFu5vv-PI/AAAAAAAAATg/JWftM_EkZ8A/s1600-h/2576_1114125809357_1113291495_356485_5488219_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317350088374221042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScsFu5vv-PI/AAAAAAAAATg/JWftM_EkZ8A/s400/2576_1114125809357_1113291495_356485_5488219_n.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScsFux92lSI/AAAAAAAAATY/D-eqVoWfq1A/s1600-h/2576_1114002646278_1113291495_356266_7270513_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317350086285890850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScsFux92lSI/AAAAAAAAATY/D-eqVoWfq1A/s400/2576_1114002646278_1113291495_356266_7270513_n.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you see how gorgeous this little baby is?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScsFuupy-RI/AAAAAAAAATQ/018yZkqdGxg/s1600-h/2576_1112455807608_1113291495_352578_5393455_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317350085396461842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScsFuupy-RI/AAAAAAAAATQ/018yZkqdGxg/s400/2576_1112455807608_1113291495_352578_5393455_n.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was taken on the day that she FINALLY got to come home. Everyone was so happy!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Well, that's all for now!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Take care,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Gina&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-2458842865165713315?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/2458842865165713315/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=2458842865165713315&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/2458842865165713315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/2458842865165713315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2009/03/more-pictures-of-adorable-sophie.html' title='More Pictures of Adorable Sophie :)'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScsGB_IHrvI/AAAAAAAAAT4/KP3NFywigHk/s72-c/2576_1115126594376_1113291495_359266_5673027_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-4230122980541946724</id><published>2009-03-22T18:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-22T18:39:32.081-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sophie Voncille Thurston: My first Grandaughter</title><content type='html'>My daughter recently had her second baby! :) I'm a grandmother for the second time. It's kind of a crazy thought, but I'm slowly getting used to it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyways....&lt;span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sophie was born on March 6, 2009 at 3:07 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She weighed 6 lbs 15 oz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt; and 19 1/2 in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;She is absolutely adorable and we ALL love her SOOO much. :)&lt;br /&gt;Here are a few pictures, enjoy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScbnuV7JWtI/AAAAAAAAASo/CNtB5zXzCeg/s1600-h/P3070201.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScbnuV7JWtI/AAAAAAAAASo/CNtB5zXzCeg/s400/P3070201.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316191193502669522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/Scbnvp4apFI/AAAAAAAAATI/cX7fWxWweQs/s1600-h/P3070193.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/Scbnvp4apFI/AAAAAAAAATI/cX7fWxWweQs/s400/P3070193.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316191216039797842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScbnvBBXMcI/AAAAAAAAATA/ozNIcu53j2g/s1600-h/P3070191.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScbnvBBXMcI/AAAAAAAAATA/ozNIcu53j2g/s400/P3070191.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316191205071466946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/Scbnu-kslNI/AAAAAAAAAS4/ur7pR2vCWoA/s1600-h/P3070186.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/Scbnu-kslNI/AAAAAAAAAS4/ur7pR2vCWoA/s400/P3070186.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316191204414362834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScbnupTq4kI/AAAAAAAAASw/2yUFPToP6yo/s1600-h/P3060181.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScbnupTq4kI/AAAAAAAAASw/2yUFPToP6yo/s400/P3060181.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316191198705803842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-4230122980541946724?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/4230122980541946724/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=4230122980541946724&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/4230122980541946724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/4230122980541946724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2009/03/sophie-voncille-thurston-my-first.html' title='Sophie Voncille Thurston: My first Grandaughter'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScbnuV7JWtI/AAAAAAAAASo/CNtB5zXzCeg/s72-c/P3070201.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-2618868565250428223</id><published>2009-03-18T20:44:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-18T21:23:03.939-07:00</updated><title type='text'>St. George: The Swing Jumping Contest!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A few weeks ago, my family and I went down to St. George for another one of my daugther's many soccer tournaments. (A special thanks to Sylva and Rullon, my husbands parents, who let us stay with them!) While we were down there, we definately enjoyed the warm, sunny weather! (Seeing as it was extremely cold here in American Fork...but it's warming up pretty quickly.) Anyways, right before we started our journey home, we all went down to the park behind my parent's-in-law's house and just PLAYED! My kids had obviously missed being outside...as we were out playing, we did a number of fun activities. We played basketball, we played on the park, AND we had a "swing jumping contest." (Which was started by my competitive husband.) Let me explain:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;You swing as HIGH as you can, and then...you jump! You try to land the farthest distace away from the swing as possible. My husband, Dale, started the whole competition. He jumped from the swing, and challenged my daughters to beat his record. One of my competive young daughters, CaLea, simply had to beat her father's record. She jumped, and she beat it! As you can probably predict, this competition went on for quite some time. The *RECORD LINE* kept moving further and further out. To tell the truth, I don't even know who won. Oh well, we got some pretty fun pictures though!! Enjoy!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;-Gina&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScHHS2TLO-I/AAAAAAAAASg/ydx_D1KXAmA/s1600-h/st.+george+and+more+208.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314748161901411298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScHHS2TLO-I/AAAAAAAAASg/ydx_D1KXAmA/s400/st.+george+and+more+208.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScHHS6ffiCI/AAAAAAAAASY/MTEmvZPGddo/s1600-h/st.+george+and+more+191.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314748163026815010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScHHS6ffiCI/AAAAAAAAASY/MTEmvZPGddo/s400/st.+george+and+more+191.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314748151053287810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScHHSN4yAYI/AAAAAAAAASQ/KTiEuvDASXg/s400/st.+george+and+more+190.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScHHR9hIX3I/AAAAAAAAASI/ZYjd0KsnR9U/s1600-h/st.+george+and+more+160.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314748146659123058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScHHR9hIX3I/AAAAAAAAASI/ZYjd0KsnR9U/s400/st.+george+and+more+160.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScHHRpraPXI/AAAAAAAAASA/CPfF1q724xw/s1600-h/st.+george+and+more+159.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314748141333527922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/ScHHRpraPXI/AAAAAAAAASA/CPfF1q724xw/s400/st.+george+and+more+159.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 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A Crazy Shocker that Ruined My Day</title><content type='html'>Recently, I cut back on my phone bill, without actually having to cut back on the "extras." I figured everything out with T-moblie, and I was supposed to be getting a GREAT deal on my phone plan. So, naturally I was very excited to get my bill for the month. However, when I actually recieved it, the stack of papers was SO BIG that I actually believed it was a catalog for my homephone addition to the plan. When I opened it... I was absolutely shocked! Check this out...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305405214506113906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 226px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SaCV7vAkW3I/AAAAAAAAAQk/XiBIxry-ys8/s400/Random+029.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ISN'T IT INSANE! WOW! I am very glad to share with you that the problem has been fixed, and my bill was NOT that expensive. Thankfully. :)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Gina&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-1518799463336702426?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/1518799463336702426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=1518799463336702426&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/1518799463336702426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/1518799463336702426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2009/02/wow-crazy-shocker-that-ruined-day.html' title='WOW! A Crazy Shocker that Ruined My Day'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SaCV7vAkW3I/AAAAAAAAAQk/XiBIxry-ys8/s72-c/Random+029.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-371453493403921137</id><published>2009-02-21T15:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-21T15:55:26.906-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Valentines Can</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SaCUO32NmpI/AAAAAAAAAQc/AXZ6ZqYwkn4/s1600-h/Random+005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305403344272857746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 226px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SaCUO32NmpI/AAAAAAAAAQc/AXZ6ZqYwkn4/s400/Random+005.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sorry this post is a little late...but it's better late than never! Here is an adorable idea for Valentines day that my talented daugther came up with. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Let me know what you think!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;-Gina&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-371453493403921137?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/371453493403921137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=371453493403921137&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/371453493403921137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/371453493403921137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2009/02/valentines-can.html' title='Valentines Can'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SaCUO32NmpI/AAAAAAAAAQc/AXZ6ZqYwkn4/s72-c/Random+005.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-3869853940578103126</id><published>2009-02-12T20:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T20:14:53.917-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Quelf</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SZTztmkljQI/AAAAAAAAAQU/Hmx_R5cujjs/s1600-h/quelf_layout.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302130626095582466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 288px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SZTztmkljQI/AAAAAAAAAQU/Hmx_R5cujjs/s400/quelf_layout.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a_uMaXD9vf4/SVwTU0mUl1I/AAAAAAAAAPY/vslDNL77HjM/s1600-h/quelf_layout.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a_uMaXD9vf4/SVwTMt9_TEI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/_zZFPWgTPFY/s1600-h/quelf_layout.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;If you want a CRAZY Game, one you play late at night with some close Family and Friends, this is your game... On the Box it says Random Has a New Meaning... and it doesn't lie. The funniest part is there is no rules really to start, but as you land on blue spaces, you gain roolz either for yourself, or the whole group. Things like; when you share a space you must hold hands with that person, or people until you no longer share the space... You end all sentences with IZZLE, etc. But if your up for having a little fun, try this GAME, I Love it!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-3869853940578103126?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/3869853940578103126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=3869853940578103126&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/3869853940578103126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/3869853940578103126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2009/02/quelf.html' title='Quelf'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SZTztmkljQI/AAAAAAAAAQU/Hmx_R5cujjs/s72-c/quelf_layout.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-6970795973275905581</id><published>2009-02-05T18:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-05T19:44:24.331-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Scraping in a Frame!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYunxr3REiI/AAAAAAAAAP8/WSNtMkRI9rA/s1600-h/Cropandstick.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299513858561479202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 226px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYunxr3REiI/AAAAAAAAAP8/WSNtMkRI9rA/s400/Cropandstick.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Scrapbookers and paper crafters are all the same. When they see something, they start thinking about how to make it better, or how to make it more personal. At least, that is how I think. Maybe I am weird, but I think that you can all relate. We all have had one of those moments at least once in our lives. I took a mat and made it my own by stamping it, adding some rub on words, and I finished it off with a ribbon. I then found the perfect frame, popped it in, &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYuxNgryzfI/AAAAAAAAAQM/qHt6gfFaT3c/s1600-h/Cropandstick+026.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299524232201555442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 226px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYuxNgryzfI/AAAAAAAAAQM/qHt6gfFaT3c/s400/Cropandstick+026.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and it became my own, original way of scrapbooking/papercrafting. Scrapbooking in a frame. It is oh so fun! If you ever have the time, or you ever find yourself out of ideas, give it a try! I'm sure you'll enjoy it just as much as I did!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Try it out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Gina-&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-6970795973275905581?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/6970795973275905581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=6970795973275905581&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/6970795973275905581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/6970795973275905581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2009/02/cute-ideas-for-pictures.html' title='Scraping in a Frame!'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYunxr3REiI/AAAAAAAAAP8/WSNtMkRI9rA/s72-c/Cropandstick.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-786061995774992034</id><published>2009-02-03T21:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-03T22:02:14.166-08:00</updated><title type='text'>{Hairbow Holder}</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYkux7zehCI/AAAAAAAAAPk/J82OEHPw22Q/s1600-h/Cropandstick+006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298817871980168226" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYkux7zehCI/AAAAAAAAAPk/J82OEHPw22Q/s400/Cropandstick+006.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;My daughter, Ginay, made this adorable "holder" for hair bows! It's simple, handy, and absolutely adorable! You just clip on the bows and flowers that you are not using for the headbands. It's a cute decoration, and a useful one too.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYkux0F-ZNI/AAAAAAAAAPs/05whJ8KewT0/s1600-h/Cropandstick+008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298817869910271186" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYkux0F-ZNI/AAAAAAAAAPs/05whJ8KewT0/s400/Cropandstick+008.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I just wanted to point out these adorable flowers. They are homemade, and the middle is pinned together  with brads. Just imagine the possiblilities!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Brads and flowers....Hairbows and clips....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;that's all for now!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;-Gina&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-786061995774992034?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/786061995774992034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=786061995774992034&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/786061995774992034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/786061995774992034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2009/02/hairbow-holder.html' title='{Hairbow Holder}'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYkux7zehCI/AAAAAAAAAPk/J82OEHPw22Q/s72-c/Cropandstick+006.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-2288766101805052505</id><published>2009-02-03T21:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-03T22:37:35.498-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='valentines'/><title type='text'>Just a few Cute Ideas</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="left"&gt;Here are a couple cute ideas for Valentine give aways this year!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYkrV4dh5wI/AAAAAAAAAPc/oXA_Lh7TBqY/s1600-h/Cropandstick+014.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298814091511588610" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYkrV4dh5wI/AAAAAAAAAPc/oXA_Lh7TBqY/s400/Cropandstick+014.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYkrVqGYnnI/AAAAAAAAAPU/9te1RV1kwT4/s1600-h/Cropandstick+015.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298814087656414834" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYkrVqGYnnI/AAAAAAAAAPU/9te1RV1kwT4/s400/Cropandstick+015.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My daughter actually made this one. The heart is made up of DRIED, crunched rose petals. And the wodden frame can be bought at any craftstore for only a couple dollars. Cute, huh?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-2288766101805052505?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/2288766101805052505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=2288766101805052505&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/2288766101805052505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/2288766101805052505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2009/02/just-few-cute-ideas.html' title='Just a few Cute Ideas'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYkrV4dh5wI/AAAAAAAAAPc/oXA_Lh7TBqY/s72-c/Cropandstick+014.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-4918285237741504912</id><published>2009-02-03T21:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-03T21:35:42.374-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Card Group for January</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYkpI8l-vaI/AAAAAAAAAO8/omxquMTSDxk/s1600-h/Cropandstick+012.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298811670259219874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYkpI8l-vaI/AAAAAAAAAO8/omxquMTSDxk/s400/Cropandstick+012.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here are a few cute cards from a card group I have been with for 12 years. One of the best things about this group is that we can all still see eachother! Even after all the moves. We all have busy lives, but somehow, this little card group provides a way for us to get together every month. How nice. :) Hope you liked the cards!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;-Gina&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-4918285237741504912?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/4918285237741504912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=4918285237741504912&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/4918285237741504912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/4918285237741504912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2009/02/card-group-for-january.html' title='Card Group for January'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYkpI8l-vaI/AAAAAAAAAO8/omxquMTSDxk/s72-c/Cropandstick+012.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-4951238470173708367</id><published>2009-02-02T15:47:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-03T22:37:57.665-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Christmas Fun</title><content type='html'>Sorry this post is a little late...but, I have been busy! (As usual!) I just thought I would share with you the amazing experience I had over Christmas Break. As most of you know, my family and I got to drive up to our cabin in Idaho and spend christmas with all of my siblings and their children. It was absolutely fantastic! It was nice just to get a break from everything, but it was even nicer to get to be with all the people I care about and love. Plus, the snow up there was absolutely amazing. We got about 2 feet of snow christmas eve... in fact, we had to get a shovel out just to open the door to our car. It was insane! The snow was so deep! And the kids were loving it! &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298353200369319186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYeIKfKRPRI/AAAAAAAAAOM/oWejFuE5j8k/s400/Cabin+020.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a picture of my neice Lauren, and my daughter CaLea out in the snow. Yes, CaLea is standing straight up. Like I said, the snow was SO deep! And this wasn't even the deepest part.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298353176891878306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYeIJHsz66I/AAAAAAAAANs/nZ_SxJ1EJ0M/s400/Cabin2+018.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Well, I just have to say that I was grateful to get away from my extremely busy life for a week. It was so nice! And I am so grateful I got the opportunity to spend time with all of my family. That's all for now,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gina&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYeJH0y8FkI/AAAAAAAAAOs/h7HJg4ZfN4s/s1600-h/CaLea%27s+Cabin+Pictures+118.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;My adorable grandson Jake. Isn't he the cutest thing? This picture was actually taken by my daughter CaLea. "Santa" gave her a camera for Christmas, and she was taking pictures of everything! It was kind of nice, because it meant I didn't have to worry about taking pictures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYeJH-pzz-I/AAAAAAAAAOk/hkOtBkGk9l8/s1600-h/CaLea%27s+Cabin+Pictures+055.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298354256795127778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYeJH-pzz-I/AAAAAAAAAOk/hkOtBkGk9l8/s400/CaLea%27s+Cabin+Pictures+055.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This picture was taken right when we got home. After about 5 or 6 hours of driving home in a car...glamorous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYeJHZCpMuI/AAAAAAAAAOc/FCPLjYpvnW8/s1600-h/CaLea%27s+Cabin+Pictures+025.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298354246698742498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYeJHZCpMuI/AAAAAAAAAOc/FCPLjYpvnW8/s400/CaLea%27s+Cabin+Pictures+025.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Jake Warren Thurston... Grandchildren are so much fun! If I would have known how fun they were, I would have definately had them FIRST.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298354240721726514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYeJHCxnLDI/AAAAAAAAAOU/EDcqzwY2XhA/s400/CaLea%27s+Cabin+Pictures+002.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the best picture we could get of the front of our cabin...the snow kind of got in the way.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYeIJz0MRSI/AAAAAAAAAOE/C8GEIn9pf4U/s1600-h/Cabin2+033.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298353188733994274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYeIJz0MRSI/AAAAAAAAAOE/C8GEIn9pf4U/s400/Cabin2+033.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Charlie and Jake playing with one of the Christmas presents I gave Jakie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYeIJgyDiVI/AAAAAAAAAN8/b5dA1Q1qPEc/s1600-h/Cabin2+029.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298353183624759634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYeIJgyDiVI/AAAAAAAAAN8/b5dA1Q1qPEc/s400/Cabin2+029.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here's a couple pictures of the scenery. Simply beautiful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYeIJSxjfAI/AAAAAAAAAN0/oc8HFXknKKQ/s1600-h/Cabin2+016.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298353179864562690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYeIJSxjfAI/AAAAAAAAAN0/oc8HFXknKKQ/s400/Cabin2+016.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298354260399429346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYeJIMFJFuI/AAAAAAAAAO0/01WlNgC_qCY/s400/CaLea%27s+Cabin+Pictures+130.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-4951238470173708367?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/4951238470173708367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=4951238470173708367&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/4951238470173708367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/4951238470173708367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2009/02/christmas-fun.html' title='Christmas Fun'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SYeIKfKRPRI/AAAAAAAAAOM/oWejFuE5j8k/s72-c/Cabin+020.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-4238313157302104777</id><published>2008-12-01T20:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T20:39:35.342-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Busy, Busy, Busy Week</title><content type='html'>This past week was very busy, but at the same time, it was very fun! To start things off, the kids got out of school on Wednesday...meaning they were home ALL weekend. Also, I had to work, so it got pretty hectic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*My birthday was on Wednesday. :) Yay. That's pretty self explainatory.&lt;br /&gt;*Thanksgiving was on Thursday, as all of you know, and I was cooking all day! But it was so worth it when everyone showed up and we got to enjoy a lovely dinner together.&lt;br /&gt;*Black Friday was this Friday&lt;br /&gt;*My son who's going on a mission had his birthday on Saturday, and we got to celebrate that together! He's now 19, and is leaving in two weeks! By then, I will have two sons who will be serving missions! How crazy is that?&lt;br /&gt;*And last, but definately not least, my cute girls (and sons) threw a surprise birthday party for me and my son. (Although, he knew it was happening, so it was really only a surprise to me..) We had family come over and we ate a delicious dinner prepared by my daughers, then had some dessert. Then we just got to chat with eachother!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My week was pretty crazy, but hey, it's typical in the life of a mom...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's all for now,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gina&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-4238313157302104777?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/4238313157302104777/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=4238313157302104777&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/4238313157302104777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/4238313157302104777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/12/busy-busy-busy-week.html' title='Busy, Busy, Busy Week'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-6582263763070536220</id><published>2008-11-28T14:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-28T15:02:50.172-08:00</updated><title type='text'>*TWILIGHT*</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/STB4LW2Ci4I/AAAAAAAAANk/TDxFnV1-hMA/s1600-h/twilight1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273847300156984194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 288px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/STB4LW2Ci4I/AAAAAAAAANk/TDxFnV1-hMA/s400/twilight1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;All you women out there know exactly what I'm talking about when I say "Twilight." I have read all of the books, and have actually started reading Stephenie Meyer's new series, "The Host." So far I have liked it, but it's pretty difficult to get into it, but once you hit page 100, it gets good!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;nyways, back to Twilight! I went to Twilight the movie the first Friday it was open. (The very first day it was out) We preordered tickets and went with a large group of women. (My daughter's in-laws.) We really enjoyed it! I wasn't happy with a couple of the actors, but I still enjoyed the movie a lot! I can't complain.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;After the movie, we ate out at Chadders'. Since we all pigged out at the movie (pop, and popcorn galore!) We were practically full when we got to Chadders'! But that was ok, because somehow we managed to get it all down!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;That's all the news I have for now!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sorry I haven't posted in a while (except for this post) but I will try harder to post more often! For now, I have to go!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;-Gina&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-6582263763070536220?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/6582263763070536220/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=6582263763070536220&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/6582263763070536220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/6582263763070536220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/11/twilight.html' title='*TWILIGHT*'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/STB4LW2Ci4I/AAAAAAAAANk/TDxFnV1-hMA/s72-c/twilight1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-969797326575695593</id><published>2008-10-13T19:19:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-13T19:28:11.935-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Jake's First Birthday Party!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SPQDn_HyhOI/AAAAAAAAAM8/GZ02S7RlJhE/s1600-h/PA030205.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256830650542097634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SPQDn_HyhOI/AAAAAAAAAM8/GZ02S7RlJhE/s400/PA030205.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SPQDoL9NyBI/AAAAAAAAANE/j52vqM6HpDM/s1600-h/PA030228.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256830653987407890" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SPQDoL9NyBI/AAAAAAAAANE/j52vqM6HpDM/s400/PA030228.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SPQDoSIm5OI/AAAAAAAAANM/CdjJH22KGQ8/s1600-h/PA030243.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256830655645803746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SPQDoSIm5OI/AAAAAAAAANM/CdjJH22KGQ8/s400/PA030243.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SPQDoen0bNI/AAAAAAAAANU/pdSvQNiCszc/s1600-h/PA030246.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256830658997939410" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SPQDoen0bNI/AAAAAAAAANU/pdSvQNiCszc/s400/PA030246.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SPQDoaURqeI/AAAAAAAAANc/EKq57_BeN1k/s1600-h/PA030263.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256830657842227682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SPQDoaURqeI/AAAAAAAAANc/EKq57_BeN1k/s400/PA030263.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am proud to say that my only grandson has officially turned one year old. He is the most adorable little boy! His birthday was on October 4th, and in celebration of that special day my daughter, Ginay had a halloween birthday party! It was such a cute theme! There were cute cupcakes decorated with "brain" frosting, and (peanutbutter) eyeballs. For dinner we had a snake (strombolli, DELICIOUS!) and there was a witches' brew to drink! As you can see there were lots of fun/cute ideas that went into this party, it was such a blast, and for the first time I got to watch a baby demolish a birthday cake and not have to worry about cleaning up the mess- or the baby for that matter. How nice! here are a few pictures from the event, enjoy! That's all for now,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Gina&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-969797326575695593?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/969797326575695593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=969797326575695593&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/969797326575695593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/969797326575695593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/10/jakes-first-birthday-party.html' title='Jake&apos;s First Birthday Party!'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SPQDn_HyhOI/AAAAAAAAAM8/GZ02S7RlJhE/s72-c/PA030205.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-1911563657052757127</id><published>2008-10-06T19:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-06T20:55:52.606-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Chicken Noodle Soup</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOrY8si3ccI/AAAAAAAAAM0/bU-iRbOrXag/s1600-h/P1000702.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOrY8si3ccI/AAAAAAAAAM0/bU-iRbOrXag/s400/P1000702.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254250452542255554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It has just started to get a little cold here and it makes me in the mood for homemade bread and soup.  My children love this soup and I make a huge pot so that I can have leftovers.&lt;br /&gt;I love to cook especially when my family eats it.  This is really easy and fast and warm and delicious.  Great for the colder days of winter. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chicken Noodle Soup&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 chicken breasts - cut in cubes&lt;br /&gt;2 bullion cubes&lt;br /&gt;2 carrots - diced&lt;br /&gt;3 stalks of celery - diced&lt;br /&gt;1 small onion - diced&lt;br /&gt;20 oz. bag of home style egg noodles (can be found in refrigerator section by tortillas etc.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boil chicken with bullion and water about 6 cups of water.  Add noodles.  While noodles and chicken are boiling saute' vegetables.   Make sure to have enough water to let the noodles expand.  Boil until noodles are tender.   Add vegetables and boil all until tender.  Add one can of cream of chicken soup and salt and pepper to taste.   To make creamier add another can of cream of chicken soup.  You may have to add more water to make it the right consistency depending on how long you boil etc.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-1911563657052757127?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/1911563657052757127/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=1911563657052757127&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/1911563657052757127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/1911563657052757127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/10/chicken-noodle-soup.html' title='Chicken Noodle Soup'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOrY8si3ccI/AAAAAAAAAM0/bU-iRbOrXag/s72-c/P1000702.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-8620671250746809158</id><published>2008-09-30T21:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-30T21:36:42.251-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Weighted Silence</title><content type='html'>This is a poem that was written by my son Corley. I am so proud of him! He did such a good job, and whenever girls read it, well they go crazy! Personally, I get chills when I read it, but how about you read it yourself. Let me know what you think!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;-Gina-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;Weighted Silence&lt;br /&gt;Corley Bagley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I sit in solemn thoughts&lt;br /&gt;I see you standing there&lt;br /&gt;Surrounded by the best of friends&lt;br /&gt;And one who “really cares.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And as I sit I wonder,&lt;br /&gt;If I would ever dare&lt;br /&gt;To do the things required&lt;br /&gt;Te be that one who cares.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although I have these feelings,&lt;br /&gt;I haven’t made a move.&lt;br /&gt;I wand you to be happy&lt;br /&gt;With the one you choose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The best way to be near you&lt;br /&gt;Is to always be right there,&lt;br /&gt;To help you and support you&lt;br /&gt;Not show how much I care.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I fear that if you knew it&lt;br /&gt;And didn’t feel the same,&lt;br /&gt;You’d tell me that I could leave&lt;br /&gt;The same way that I came.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the happiness that I feel&lt;br /&gt;Whenever you come near,&lt;br /&gt;Makes me forget all other things,&lt;br /&gt;And drowns out all my fears.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so I just content myself&lt;br /&gt;To simply be your friend.&lt;br /&gt;And though this isn’t all I want,&lt;br /&gt;At least this wouldn’t end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But when I’m feeling down the most,&lt;br /&gt;And it’s more than I can bear,&lt;br /&gt;I think about this dream I’ve had,&lt;br /&gt;And picture myself there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my dream I am alone,&lt;br /&gt;I’m not quite sure just where.&lt;br /&gt;It’s raining pretty hard outside,&lt;br /&gt;I want to be out there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because out of a window,&lt;br /&gt;You’re standing in full sight.&lt;br /&gt;You’re calling me to join&lt;br /&gt;You in the growing night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I run beside you,&lt;br /&gt;You stop and turn around.&lt;br /&gt;You tell me that you love me;&lt;br /&gt;My gaze turns to the ground.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I look up and see your face,&lt;br /&gt;I cannot make a sound.&lt;br /&gt;All I can hear is cold, wet rain&lt;br /&gt;Falling all around.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you gently grab my hand,&lt;br /&gt;I focus on your eyes.&lt;br /&gt;And in them I can see the truth:&lt;br /&gt;A love that was disguised.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your beauty takes my breath away,&lt;br /&gt;It was worth the wait and pain.&lt;br /&gt;I pull you closer to me.&lt;br /&gt;And kiss you in the rain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s at this point I wake up,&lt;br /&gt;And find it wasn’t real.&lt;br /&gt;That this has never happened,&lt;br /&gt;And probably never will.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It just turns out the one I love,&lt;br /&gt;Through whom my love has grown,&lt;br /&gt;Loves someone else, and I’ll be left&lt;br /&gt;Unnoticed and alone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess for now I’ll have to wait.&lt;br /&gt;But every day it rains,&lt;br /&gt;I can’t help but feel excited,&lt;br /&gt;And pray that it’s the day.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-8620671250746809158?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/8620671250746809158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=8620671250746809158&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/8620671250746809158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/8620671250746809158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/09/weighted-silence.html' title='Weighted Silence'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-5939236493443064828</id><published>2008-09-30T20:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-30T22:16:12.909-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Organize It!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOLx0T_RtaI/AAAAAAAAAMk/BUnyW4slABY/s1600-h/P1000667.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOLx0T_RtaI/AAAAAAAAAMk/BUnyW4slABY/s400/P1000667.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252025996488586658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I love how these ink pads store inside of each other but I don't like how I could not tell what the colors were.  So to solve that problem I simply printed a tag for each one.  Easy to read and I love being able to grab the one that I want.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOLx0U5V-8I/AAAAAAAAAMs/6iILOaVS2jA/s1600-h/P1000649.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOLx0U5V-8I/AAAAAAAAAMs/6iILOaVS2jA/s400/P1000649.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252025996732136386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blurry picture but I like to store these ink pads upside down so I put the labels on so that I could read them while they were stacked upside down. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know that this seems like such a simple thing but the simple things in life make all the difference.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-5939236493443064828?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/5939236493443064828/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=5939236493443064828&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/5939236493443064828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/5939236493443064828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/09/organize-it.html' title='Organize It!!!'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOLx0T_RtaI/AAAAAAAAAMk/BUnyW4slABY/s72-c/P1000667.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-1583757793760966836</id><published>2008-09-29T20:56:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-29T21:13:59.177-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Jake's Halloween Costume!</title><content type='html'>I was at Costco, and I passed this rack of extrememly adorable halloween costumes for babies and toddlers. Now, seeing as my grandson, Jake, is a little baby/toddler, I couldn't resist buying him a costume. BUT....there were too many adorable costumes to chose from, and there were size problems....all in all, I bought TWO costumes for him. Too bad he looks adorable in both of them! I need your help to choose WHICH ONE we should keep.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The *FIRST* costume is a lion costume. It was so cute, and it's the right size. The only thing about this one is that it is a half costume, and I still haven't decided if I like the full costume or half costume better. Here is a picture of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251661632872810722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOGmbjvuiOI/AAAAAAAAAMc/8brTnZqY73I/s400/P1000543.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, Here is the *SECOND* choice of costumes. The second one isn't quite the right size, but when I saw it, I just had to get it. You will soon see why! It's a little dragon costume, that has a padded belly and bottom, which is hilarious to see when Jake waddles around. This costume is a full-body costume. Again, I don't know if I like the full costume or half costume better. Here is a picture of the second costume.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251661628958309234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOGmbVKb-3I/AAAAAAAAAMU/aPpjaC_Img4/s400/P1000541.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, there you have it! Help me choose, PLEASE!! I need help, either comment, or vote on the poll I have on the side. Or, if you really want to, you can participate in both options. (Which is actually preferred.) Let me know, we have to make a good choice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Thanks!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Gina&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-1583757793760966836?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/1583757793760966836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=1583757793760966836&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/1583757793760966836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/1583757793760966836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/09/jakies-halloween-costume.html' title='Jake&apos;s Halloween Costume!'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOGmbjvuiOI/AAAAAAAAAMc/8brTnZqY73I/s72-c/P1000543.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-7322187491307305524</id><published>2008-09-28T09:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-28T20:32:28.529-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Typical (busy) Day in the Life of a Mom</title><content type='html'>Being a mom keeps you very busy. I am sure that all mom's can relate. I went to work and then took a break to go to my card group for lunch. It is one of the things that I look forward to. In our busy days we need to take time for friends. We are in our 12th year with this card group. We have added a few as people have left but there are still 6 originals. We have a lot of fun and eat in a lot of great places. Wednesday was especially yummy. We ate at the Harley Davidson's Diner "Marley's" with sliders to knock your socks off. We are definately going back there. It is a great time to get together and enjoy our friendship. Then to top it off we get cards to take home. Yeah! Here are some pictures of the cards that day. &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251117437057501490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SN-3fMWsCTI/AAAAAAAAAJU/a_uxd0HdnyA/s400/COllage+(2).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251141532470457010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SN_NZuwzsrI/AAAAAAAAAJc/2kfazro8qSs/s400/P1000636.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251141533902008946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SN_NZ0GHcnI/AAAAAAAAAJk/bPCE4FMsh_M/s400/P1000637.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SN_OV0ulGVI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/BQopiUEzQh0/s1600-h/P1000638.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251142564863875410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SN_OV0ulGVI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/BQopiUEzQh0/s400/P1000638.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SN_OWVltZEI/AAAAAAAAAKE/Qc7XpSMectA/s1600-h/P1000639.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251142573685040194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SN_OWVltZEI/AAAAAAAAAKE/Qc7XpSMectA/s400/P1000639.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I went to work again and then came home to Pinewood Derby and making cards for the next night. I helped Kallin with his Pinewood Derby car and went to watch the races. It was great fun and he was happy to race his handsome car. I came home kind of late and made my cards for my card group the next day. How fun it is to have card groups back to back. I made an easy fall card.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOAdTDMF5UI/AAAAAAAAAKc/3deR1sKKzsQ/s1600-h/P1000612.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251229378624742722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOAdTDMF5UI/AAAAAAAAAKc/3deR1sKKzsQ/s400/P1000612.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOAdTtVCpHI/AAAAAAAAAKk/vQvg8HA6ZA0/s1600-h/P1000623.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251229389936567410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOAdTtVCpHI/AAAAAAAAAKk/vQvg8HA6ZA0/s400/P1000623.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOAdThI2XtI/AAAAAAAAAKs/UfxKyhkuv-0/s1600-h/P1000617.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251229386664206034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOAdThI2XtI/AAAAAAAAAKs/UfxKyhkuv-0/s400/P1000617.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I came home kind of late and made my cards for my card group the next day. How fun it is to have card groups back to back. I made an easy fall card.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOA0lvs4pzI/AAAAAAAAAL0/QhP7WXrA_Tg/s1600-h/P1000640.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251254988578531122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOA0lvs4pzI/AAAAAAAAAL0/QhP7WXrA_Tg/s400/P1000640.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOA0mAzzVvI/AAAAAAAAAL8/KRw46Oss1CM/s1600-h/P1000642.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251254993170945778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOA0mAzzVvI/AAAAAAAAAL8/KRw46Oss1CM/s400/P1000642.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOA0mSrkTaI/AAAAAAAAAME/I4xAcPUjbhc/s1600-h/P1000643.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251254997968244130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOA0mSrkTaI/AAAAAAAAAME/I4xAcPUjbhc/s400/P1000643.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOA0mTM27qI/AAAAAAAAAMM/BZAxCP4K-Bs/s1600-h/P1000645.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251254998107877026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOA0mTM27qI/AAAAAAAAAMM/BZAxCP4K-Bs/s400/P1000645.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursday was a busy day also. I worked all day and then came home and did dinner with the family. I went to card group. This card group does things differently because we go to each others homes and do a "make and take" card then exchange cards with of course dessert after. We have a lot of fun laughing and talking about all important things. I really love this group because my daughter Ginay is in this group and we have fun doing it together. Here are the really cute cards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOAwyu5RnAI/AAAAAAAAALU/jHhAjnkE9jc/s1600-h/P1000629.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251250813653851138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOAwyu5RnAI/AAAAAAAAALU/jHhAjnkE9jc/s400/P1000629.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOAwy0rCH7I/AAAAAAAAALc/6wBTwHxh3a4/s1600-h/P1000631.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251250815204728754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOAwy0rCH7I/AAAAAAAAALc/6wBTwHxh3a4/s400/P1000631.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOAwzMk_NlI/AAAAAAAAALk/yBcKPWx3sN8/s1600-h/P1000632.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251250821621823058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOAwzMk_NlI/AAAAAAAAALk/yBcKPWx3sN8/s400/P1000632.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOAwzPdMeHI/AAAAAAAAALs/Ze1MdI9cqXY/s1600-h/P1000633.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251250822394443890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOAwzPdMeHI/AAAAAAAAALs/Ze1MdI9cqXY/s400/P1000633.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I came home from card group and started my boxes of peaches. It was going to be late night. I bottled 28 jars that night and got to bed really late. or early in the morning. But it feels good to bottle the peaches and have them on my shelves! Aren't they a beautiful sight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOAdSoWfIVI/AAAAAAAAAKM/doh3UgNJVC8/s1600-h/P1000669.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251229371420582226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOAdSoWfIVI/AAAAAAAAAKM/doh3UgNJVC8/s400/P1000669.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251229381454327154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SOAdTNut7XI/AAAAAAAAAKU/MvwWADwvwg8/s400/P1000668.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is amazing what a mom does in a day. How many hurts they fix and drinks that they get and if your children are like mine they eat all day long. But, I have to say that it is one of the greatest things - to be a mom! It reminds me of a song, go to the link.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxT5NwQUtVM"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxT5NwQUtVM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-7322187491307305524?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/7322187491307305524/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=7322187491307305524&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/7322187491307305524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/7322187491307305524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/09/typical-busy-day-in-life-of-mom.html' title='A Typical (busy) Day in the Life of a Mom'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SN-3fMWsCTI/AAAAAAAAAJU/a_uxd0HdnyA/s72-c/COllage+(2).jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-1060224324183465949</id><published>2008-09-22T09:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-22T11:28:49.183-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Summer Adventure: A Family Vacation!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This summer, as a family, we visited our cabin in Featherville, Idaho. Our cabin has been there since I was a teenager, so, as you can obviously guess, it has a LOT of memories! We had a lot of fun, we went river rafting, fishing, swimming in both the river and the lake, and a whole lot more! Plus, on sunday, CaLea took some model shots of the kids. So check out the pictures to see just how much fun we had on our vacation!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Gina&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfjdwrWOWI/AAAAAAAAAIE/Svc0uSLNUm8/s1600-h/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+057.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248913991146027362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfjdwrWOWI/AAAAAAAAAIE/Svc0uSLNUm8/s400/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+057.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfjePxcVuI/AAAAAAAAAIM/hVKf2mfVw8E/s1600-h/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+100.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248913999493093090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfjePxcVuI/AAAAAAAAAIM/hVKf2mfVw8E/s400/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+100.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfjej3TQtI/AAAAAAAAAIU/TTk8_VVUcJY/s1600-h/haha+004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248914004886373074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfjej3TQtI/AAAAAAAAAIU/TTk8_VVUcJY/s400/haha+004.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfjfBYacyI/AAAAAAAAAIc/gG-_qT1dQlM/s1600-h/Cabin+012.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248914012809884450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfjfBYacyI/AAAAAAAAAIc/gG-_qT1dQlM/s400/Cabin+012.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfjfdzTKYI/AAAAAAAAAIk/s9RaPqiTqNc/s1600-h/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+086.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248914020438845826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfjfdzTKYI/AAAAAAAAAIk/s9RaPqiTqNc/s400/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+086.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfi0RzeIHI/AAAAAAAAAHc/fbVdmaCi31k/s1600-h/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+047.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248913278483964018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfi0RzeIHI/AAAAAAAAAHc/fbVdmaCi31k/s400/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+047.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfi0rJSl2I/AAAAAAAAAHk/RZYp2oaycic/s1600-h/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+049.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248913285286369122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfi0rJSl2I/AAAAAAAAAHk/RZYp2oaycic/s400/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+049.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfi0_GFEII/AAAAAAAAAHs/lcxmo9hLDpU/s1600-h/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+053.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248913290641608834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfi0_GFEII/AAAAAAAAAHs/lcxmo9hLDpU/s400/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+053.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfi1YvOWII/AAAAAAAAAH0/8HcWePGiuM0/s1600-h/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+056.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248913297525069954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfi1YvOWII/AAAAAAAAAH0/8HcWePGiuM0/s400/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+056.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfi10CWzuI/AAAAAAAAAH8/iiLcIHSKA0s/s1600-h/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+065.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248913304853073634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfi10CWzuI/AAAAAAAAAH8/iiLcIHSKA0s/s400/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+065.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfhU1j43PI/AAAAAAAAAG0/_ufaG7zzF_M/s1600-h/Cabin+Pictures+065.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248911638814842098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfhU1j43PI/AAAAAAAAAG0/_ufaG7zzF_M/s400/Cabin+Pictures+065.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfhVYIO0FI/AAAAAAAAAG8/CoifNtpiv_A/s1600-h/Cabin+Pictures+051.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248911648094081106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfhVYIO0FI/AAAAAAAAAG8/CoifNtpiv_A/s400/Cabin+Pictures+051.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfhV98ji2I/AAAAAAAAAHE/um7PqzSZ1VI/s1600-h/Cabin+Pictures+077.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248911658245655394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfhV98ji2I/AAAAAAAAAHE/um7PqzSZ1VI/s400/Cabin+Pictures+077.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfhWf6wQ-I/AAAAAAAAAHM/reXN8CQcFrI/s1600-h/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+036.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248911667364905954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfhWf6wQ-I/AAAAAAAAAHM/reXN8CQcFrI/s400/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+036.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfhW7ZY3lI/AAAAAAAAAHU/G6riPmoRZUM/s1600-h/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+043.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248911674741153362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfhW7ZY3lI/AAAAAAAAAHU/G6riPmoRZUM/s400/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+043.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfg024P9fI/AAAAAAAAAGM/NbNlidKlDAQ/s1600-h/Cabin+Pictures+002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248911089412863474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfg024P9fI/AAAAAAAAAGM/NbNlidKlDAQ/s400/Cabin+Pictures+002.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfg1TO04VI/AAAAAAAAAGU/R_lmERLEOus/s1600-h/Cabin+Pictures+017.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248911097023750482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfg1TO04VI/AAAAAAAAAGU/R_lmERLEOus/s400/Cabin+Pictures+017.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfg1rNywoI/AAAAAAAAAGc/ECnzzgD_Sko/s1600-h/Cabin+Pictures+014.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248911103461868162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfg1rNywoI/AAAAAAAAAGc/ECnzzgD_Sko/s400/Cabin+Pictures+014.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfg11OZavI/AAAAAAAAAGk/nY7uodYrUy8/s1600-h/Cabin+Pictures+037.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248911106148756210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfg11OZavI/AAAAAAAAAGk/nY7uodYrUy8/s400/Cabin+Pictures+037.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfg2CuyjnI/AAAAAAAAAGs/Ar9o2P_RkPE/s1600-h/Cabin+Pictures+006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248911109774282354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfg2CuyjnI/AAAAAAAAAGs/Ar9o2P_RkPE/s400/Cabin+Pictures+006.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfgfrQP1zI/AAAAAAAAAFk/sldWG9G4qDc/s1600-h/Cabin+025.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248910725515040562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfgfrQP1zI/AAAAAAAAAFk/sldWG9G4qDc/s400/Cabin+025.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfggEbVW0I/AAAAAAAAAFs/dU-sC3VKIC4/s1600-h/Cabin+030.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248910732272425794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfggEbVW0I/AAAAAAAAAFs/dU-sC3VKIC4/s400/Cabin+030.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfggX4OfiI/AAAAAAAAAF0/y_MbMtKm2a0/s1600-h/Cabin+034.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248910737493884450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfggX4OfiI/AAAAAAAAAF0/y_MbMtKm2a0/s400/Cabin+034.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfgg7wmmII/AAAAAAAAAF8/gWexGXdAajs/s1600-h/Cabin+038.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248910747125586050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfgg7wmmII/AAAAAAAAAF8/gWexGXdAajs/s400/Cabin+038.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfghbWbmmI/AAAAAAAAAGE/Ax6t7NREmcI/s1600-h/Cabin+039.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248910755605748322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfghbWbmmI/AAAAAAAAAGE/Ax6t7NREmcI/s400/Cabin+039.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-1060224324183465949?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/1060224324183465949/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=1060224324183465949&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/1060224324183465949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/1060224324183465949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/09/our-summer-adventure-family-vacation.html' title='Our Summer Adventure: A Family Vacation!'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SNfjdwrWOWI/AAAAAAAAAIE/Svc0uSLNUm8/s72-c/BopBop%27s+Camera%27s+057.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-6635672391634391433</id><published>2008-08-31T16:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-31T18:15:16.151-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sponging With Inkssentials!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="left"&gt;Here's a new tool to use instead of sponges! It's cleaner, neater, and even sweeter! One of the great things about the &lt;a href="http://www.cropandstick.com/p-129-ink-blending-tool.aspx"&gt;Inkssentials&lt;/a&gt; tool is that it is easy change colors thanks to the &lt;a href="http://www.cropandstick.com/p-130-ink-blending-foam.aspx"&gt;removable velcro pads&lt;/a&gt;. But, to learn more about it yourself, just check out the video I made!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Gina&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-6635672391634391433?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/6635672391634391433/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=6635672391634391433&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/6635672391634391433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/6635672391634391433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/08/sponging-with-inkssentials.html' title='Sponging With Inkssentials!'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-8689075761183803137</id><published>2008-08-23T14:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-23T14:54:09.021-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='card group'/><title type='text'>Card Group</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SLCG-FhumjI/AAAAAAAAAFc/rAA-5sY-KZM/s1600-h/P1000207.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237834767825541682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SLCG-FhumjI/AAAAAAAAAFc/rAA-5sY-KZM/s400/P1000207.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;These are the cards from my last card group! Aren't they cute? This is the group that I am privlaged to be in with my oldest daughter. Just having her there makes it much more fun! We have always had similar intrests, and I love being around her.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-8689075761183803137?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/8689075761183803137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=8689075761183803137&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/8689075761183803137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/8689075761183803137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/08/card-group.html' title='Card Group'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SLCG-FhumjI/AAAAAAAAAFc/rAA-5sY-KZM/s72-c/P1000207.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-2383768803248590436</id><published>2008-08-20T18:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-20T18:35:49.993-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cool Idea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Distress Ink'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Embelishments'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mats'/><title type='text'>Fun with Mats</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I wanted a new way to scrapbook my pictures and display them in my home. So, I took a bunch of mats and started to add some personal touches to give them some flare. You know how it is when you are paper crafters...a mat just isn't good enough, its just got to be cuter. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Some of the mats already had its own texture, so I just antiqued the mat with distress ink pad. On others, I used embelishments, or just used stamp patterns. Take a look at what I came up with and let me know what you think.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SKzE6zOGC_I/AAAAAAAAAEc/9f7J-H661o0/s1600-h/P1000213.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236776981185825778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SKzE6zOGC_I/AAAAAAAAAEc/9f7J-H661o0/s400/P1000213.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SKzE7E6uCOI/AAAAAAAAAEk/1tHpGRlzNvQ/s1600-h/P1000214.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236776985936398562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SKzE7E6uCOI/AAAAAAAAAEk/1tHpGRlzNvQ/s400/P1000214.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SKzE7SaxxFI/AAAAAAAAAEs/PuzDrcc9Er4/s1600-h/P1000215.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236776989560521810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SKzE7SaxxFI/AAAAAAAAAEs/PuzDrcc9Er4/s400/P1000215.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SKzE8P2lXgI/AAAAAAAAAE0/e4lp9qY5HAE/s1600-h/P1000216.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236777006051712514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SKzE8P2lXgI/AAAAAAAAAE0/e4lp9qY5HAE/s400/P1000216.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SKzE8dnK8WI/AAAAAAAAAE8/hl4secHJuok/s1600-h/P1000217.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236777009745162594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SKzE8dnK8WI/AAAAAAAAAE8/hl4secHJuok/s400/P1000217.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SKzFUiMwFLI/AAAAAAAAAFE/uFDKJsaEYvU/s1600-h/P1000229.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236777423293387954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SKzFUiMwFLI/AAAAAAAAAFE/uFDKJsaEYvU/s400/P1000229.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SKzFVDZ655I/AAAAAAAAAFM/xLhvkWKUbp8/s1600-h/P1000231.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236777432206993298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SKzFVDZ655I/AAAAAAAAAFM/xLhvkWKUbp8/s400/P1000231.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236778514939490274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SKzGUE5dr-I/AAAAAAAAAFU/Z9hN90aVaJU/s400/P1000218.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-2383768803248590436?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/2383768803248590436/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=2383768803248590436&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/2383768803248590436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/2383768803248590436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/08/fun-with-mats.html' title='Fun with Mats'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SKzE6zOGC_I/AAAAAAAAAEc/9f7J-H661o0/s72-c/P1000213.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-5477746601555715088</id><published>2008-08-18T17:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-20T18:32:32.369-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recipes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><title type='text'>Yummy, Yummy Recipes!</title><content type='html'>Here are a few of delicious recipes! They really are amazing! So I thought that some of you might want to check them out for yourselves! I will just post the recipes' and you ladies better let me know what you think!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;GERMAN CUCUMBER SALAD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236772139711521362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SKzAg_Uq4lI/AAAAAAAAAEU/AeIaVnFh_4Y/s400/P1000212.JPG" border="0" /&gt;3 cucumbers, peeled&lt;br /&gt;Pinch of Salt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;1 small onion&lt;br /&gt;1/4 tsp. pepper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;1 1/2 c. vinegar and 1/2 c. water&lt;br /&gt;3 to 4 Tbsp. oil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;3 tsp. sour cream&lt;br /&gt;14 tsp. dill&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Slice cucumber very thin- salt them and let them set at room temperature for 40 minutes. Drain water from cucumbers. Mix together cucumbers and cut up onions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sauce: Dilute vinegar with water until it isn't so tart. Shake salt, pepper, dill, oil, and sour cream. Mix together with a whip. Add to cucumbers. Chill 1 to 2 hours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Be forewarned, this salad is a bit...tangy, if you know what I mean!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;CHICKEN CORDON BLEU&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;Roll out Rhode's, homemade, or crescent rolls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stir together and place in rolls:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;2 c. cooked, cut up chicken&lt;br /&gt;2 c. cheese (swiss)&lt;br /&gt;1 1/2 ham&lt;br /&gt;1 can mushrooms, drained&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Cook at 350' until golden brown; pour sauce over and serve. Sauce: Cream of chicken soup, sour cream, and lemon juice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;There you go! My sweet recipes!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Gina&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-5477746601555715088?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/5477746601555715088/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=5477746601555715088&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/5477746601555715088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/5477746601555715088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/08/yummy-yummy-recipes.html' title='Yummy, Yummy Recipes!'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SKzAg_Uq4lI/AAAAAAAAAEU/AeIaVnFh_4Y/s72-c/P1000212.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-5264710537193021448</id><published>2008-07-28T17:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-20T18:17:21.449-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><title type='text'>Sorry! Busy, Busy, Busy!</title><content type='html'>Sorry I haven't updated my blog in a while, it's just been so busy for me these past couple weeks! We have done a whole lot as a family, such as:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Going to Seven Peaks. (I rode almost every slide in the park, thank you very much.)&lt;br /&gt;*We had a fourth of July celebration and almost blew up the neighborhood.&lt;br /&gt;*Ladies' BBQ and movie, that was fun!&lt;br /&gt;*My daugther's soccer tournament, her team came in second. (And she rocked!)&lt;br /&gt;*Movie days with the kids.&lt;br /&gt;*Swimming lessons and partying at the pool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;AND&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Lots of other stuff...that escapes me at the moment. I will get back to you if I ever remember.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And hopefully I will post pictures of these many events soon. But until then, I can just brag about how much fun I have been having going to work every day. Well, that's all for now, I have to go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gina&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. (School starts on the 18th, I can't believe it! It's coming up too fast!)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-5264710537193021448?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/5264710537193021448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=5264710537193021448&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/5264710537193021448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/5264710537193021448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/07/sorry-busy-busy-busy.html' title='Sorry! Busy, Busy, Busy!'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-2926715462309451366</id><published>2008-07-07T21:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T15:25:46.282-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cool Idea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thanks'/><title type='text'>Great Gift Idea!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SHLu0v562SI/AAAAAAAAACs/KrVNFr5m9ZE/s1600-h/IMG_1488.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220497508055832866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SHLu0v562SI/AAAAAAAAACs/KrVNFr5m9ZE/s400/IMG_1488.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;My daughter had a baby and instead of giving out thank you's she made these cute thank you gifts. She used regular soup cans and covered them with paper and decortated them with tags and a stamped sentament. Then she wrapped pens and flowers with floral tape and gave these out to those that brought her meals after the baby was born. I wish I had her energy and creativity! Might be a great activity for our kids when they are out of school for the summer. I have these type of pen's in my house because they are always there. My kids don't seem to take these for some reason. If a pen does not have a flower on it they seem to disapear! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-2926715462309451366?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/2926715462309451366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=2926715462309451366&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/2926715462309451366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/2926715462309451366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/07/great-gift-idea.html' title='Great Gift Idea!'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SHLu0v562SI/AAAAAAAAACs/KrVNFr5m9ZE/s72-c/IMG_1488.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-2282480291883689102</id><published>2008-07-05T18:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T15:25:46.405-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='card'/><title type='text'>Hippo's Flower</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SHAa0TbwznI/AAAAAAAAACc/We7ZBv5-3b0/s1600-h/cards+004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219701453994643058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SHAa0TbwznI/AAAAAAAAACc/We7ZBv5-3b0/s320/cards+004.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-2282480291883689102?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/2282480291883689102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=2282480291883689102&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/2282480291883689102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/2282480291883689102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/07/hippos-flower.html' title='Hippo&apos;s Flower'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SHAa0TbwznI/AAAAAAAAACc/We7ZBv5-3b0/s72-c/cards+004.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-8045771303241212602</id><published>2008-07-05T18:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T15:25:46.684-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='card'/><title type='text'>Completely Loved</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SHAaUmHjJcI/AAAAAAAAACU/37WMoM81nMg/s1600-h/cards+003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219700909254321602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SHAaUmHjJcI/AAAAAAAAACU/37WMoM81nMg/s320/cards+003.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-8045771303241212602?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/8045771303241212602/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=8045771303241212602&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/8045771303241212602'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/8045771303241212602'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/07/completely-loved.html' title='Completely Loved'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SHAaUmHjJcI/AAAAAAAAACU/37WMoM81nMg/s72-c/cards+003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-2258323866474869852</id><published>2008-07-05T18:01:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T15:25:46.899-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='card'/><title type='text'>100% Boy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SHAaI4wVWzI/AAAAAAAAACM/VniCTl0rcL4/s1600-h/cards+002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219700708098792242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SHAaI4wVWzI/AAAAAAAAACM/VniCTl0rcL4/s320/cards+002.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-2258323866474869852?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/2258323866474869852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=2258323866474869852&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/2258323866474869852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/2258323866474869852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/07/100-boy.html' title='100% Boy'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SHAaI4wVWzI/AAAAAAAAACM/VniCTl0rcL4/s72-c/cards+002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-702185041164782930</id><published>2008-07-05T17:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T15:25:47.041-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='card'/><title type='text'>All Things Grow with Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SHAZVBo5WTI/AAAAAAAAACE/VOyEPK7_b3A/s1600-h/cards+001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219699817130318130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SHAZVBo5WTI/AAAAAAAAACE/VOyEPK7_b3A/s320/cards+001.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-702185041164782930?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/702185041164782930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=702185041164782930&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/702185041164782930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/702185041164782930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/07/all-things-grow-with-love.html' title='All Things Grow with Love'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SHAZVBo5WTI/AAAAAAAAACE/VOyEPK7_b3A/s72-c/cards+001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-4260231829206986878</id><published>2008-07-04T13:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-20T18:19:35.740-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Example'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cool Idea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Distress Ink'/><title type='text'>Using Distress Ink</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-9f7847f11370d0b6" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v1.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D9f7847f11370d0b6%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329893694%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D34C0D3FA0A3BD9FDE20259888FFF96C7E2DE9D19.25BA26C5D4CB23FA042B56F36D5CB03ED980EBE5%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D9f7847f11370d0b6%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D1U8y9nNPpZoE9MjqI8ngSu9SWL4&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v1.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D9f7847f11370d0b6%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329893694%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D34C0D3FA0A3BD9FDE20259888FFF96C7E2DE9D19.25BA26C5D4CB23FA042B56F36D5CB03ED980EBE5%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D9f7847f11370d0b6%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D1U8y9nNPpZoE9MjqI8ngSu9SWL4&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;I love the &lt;a href="http://www.cropandstick.com/p-223-distress-ink-by-jim-holtz.aspx"&gt;"Distress Inks". &lt;/a&gt;They are really easy to use and add the old time look without a lot of work. They are great for stamping as well and leave the look of vintage. Sometimes they go on dark but fade to perfection. I didn't sample photo tinting and color layering but the "Distress Inks" are perfect for them. These inks are perfect for direct to paper stamping. Hope you have fun watching and getting ideas of your own!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-4260231829206986878?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=9f7847f11370d0b6&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/4260231829206986878/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=4260231829206986878&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/4260231829206986878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/4260231829206986878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/07/using-distress-ink.html' title='Using Distress Ink'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-3281657158787436815</id><published>2008-07-04T13:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-20T18:20:11.474-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Photo Corners'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cool Idea'/><title type='text'>Fun With Photo Corners</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-1e6e5c265fba05e6" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v18.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D1e6e5c265fba05e6%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329893694%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D3F31D404FC80DA3B650B1AE18C6861D4BBC006D0.2F52B004084733DA0009062E53BF76927C053872%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D1e6e5c265fba05e6%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dz84IfQUmYC9DqpFgDzF6S8zTXTY&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v18.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D1e6e5c265fba05e6%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329893694%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D3F31D404FC80DA3B650B1AE18C6861D4BBC006D0.2F52B004084733DA0009062E53BF76927C053872%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D1e6e5c265fba05e6%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dz84IfQUmYC9DqpFgDzF6S8zTXTY&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;I have really enjoyed using &lt;a href="http://www.cropandstick.com/p-307-white-photo-corners.aspx"&gt;photo corners &lt;/a&gt;that I can match to my ink. It is a real simple thing to do and adds a lot to your card or scrapbook page. When I make cards I usually make twelve at a time so I cut out as many as I will need and ink them all at once. I ink the photo corners with the &lt;a href="http://www.cropandstick.com/s-16-clearsnap.aspx"&gt;chalk box &lt;/a&gt;because they ink so easy and fast. It is a wet ink that dries fast. Within minutes they are ready to use. I have also then antiqued them over the ink color. It makes a great effect. Have fun with it and do your own thing!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-3281657158787436815?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=1e6e5c265fba05e6&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/3281657158787436815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=3281657158787436815&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/3281657158787436815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/3281657158787436815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/07/fun-with-photo-corners.html' title='Fun With Photo Corners'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-4322182007248107596</id><published>2008-06-25T12:38:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T15:25:47.387-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='card'/><title type='text'>Spring Happiness</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SGKe5H_xGKI/AAAAAAAAABc/eqWvuEKpVnw/s1600-h/CARDS+GALLERY+004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215906022684694690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SGKe5H_xGKI/AAAAAAAAABc/eqWvuEKpVnw/s320/CARDS+GALLERY+004.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-4322182007248107596?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/4322182007248107596/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=4322182007248107596&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/4322182007248107596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/4322182007248107596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/06/spring-happiness.html' title='Spring Happiness'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SGKe5H_xGKI/AAAAAAAAABc/eqWvuEKpVnw/s72-c/CARDS+GALLERY+004.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-3902984921512795280</id><published>2008-06-25T12:38:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T15:25:47.533-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='card'/><title type='text'>Girraffe</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SGKevXwFyrI/AAAAAAAAABU/otnii-Yp7kk/s1600-h/CARDS+GALLERY+001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215905855115217586" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SGKevXwFyrI/AAAAAAAAABU/otnii-Yp7kk/s320/CARDS+GALLERY+001.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-3902984921512795280?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/3902984921512795280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=3902984921512795280&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/3902984921512795280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/3902984921512795280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/06/girraffe.html' title='Girraffe'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SGKevXwFyrI/AAAAAAAAABU/otnii-Yp7kk/s72-c/CARDS+GALLERY+001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-7940619331558721402</id><published>2008-06-25T12:36:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T15:25:47.727-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='card'/><title type='text'>Spring is in the Air</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SGKec1TS_0I/AAAAAAAAABM/Bn9eZyGaORc/s1600-h/CARDS+GALLERY+002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215905536629997378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SGKec1TS_0I/AAAAAAAAABM/Bn9eZyGaORc/s320/CARDS+GALLERY+002.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-7940619331558721402?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/7940619331558721402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=7940619331558721402&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/7940619331558721402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/7940619331558721402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/06/spring-is-in-air.html' title='Spring is in the Air'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SGKec1TS_0I/AAAAAAAAABM/Bn9eZyGaORc/s72-c/CARDS+GALLERY+002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-3816958683947093935</id><published>2008-06-25T12:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T15:25:47.946-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='card'/><title type='text'>Cherish</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SGKeH_AGx0I/AAAAAAAAABE/UqeAb2dzl_0/s1600-h/CARDS+GALLERY+003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215905178456606530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SGKeH_AGx0I/AAAAAAAAABE/UqeAb2dzl_0/s320/CARDS+GALLERY+003.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6135770401258343807-3816958683947093935?l=cropandstick2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/feeds/3816958683947093935/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6135770401258343807&amp;postID=3816958683947093935&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/3816958683947093935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6135770401258343807/posts/default/3816958683947093935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cropandstick2.blogspot.com/2008/06/cherish.html' title='Cherish'/><author><name>Gina</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SGKeH_AGx0I/AAAAAAAAABE/UqeAb2dzl_0/s72-c/CARDS+GALLERY+003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135770401258343807.post-1845916593545193400</id><published>2008-06-25T12:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T15:25:48.021-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='card'/><title type='text'>Creatively Cowboy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6TltF_yd7mo/SGKc0FPNpII/AAAAAAAAAA8/7dAbsBY1koQ/s1600-h/CARDS+GALLERY+005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215903737021572226" style="FLOAT: left; 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