gettin' busy with the UFOs

in scrapbooking lingo, UFOs are what's affectionately known as

UNFINISHED OBJECTS

most scrapbookers have many

and those that say they don't are lying!

i've been working hard on finishing a few lately

a couple of jumbo playing card mini albums as part of a PAY IT FORWARD i participated in

this one was made up of inspirational quotes

this was for a fellow scrapbooker/fb friend that i actually got to meet at my autumn escape scrapbooking weekend, so i was able to hand deliver this one too 

the above album all wrapped up and ready to give

yeah, we our 25th wedding anniversary trip to rome was in OCTOBER 2009

- but better late than never i always say!

atop st peter's basilica

the view from our apartment

(the rooftops, not the colosseum!)

*sigh* - i heart rome

and the first few pages of my first ever SMASH BOOK

i am SO IN LOVE with this idea i can barely contain myself!

and the mini album i made at autumn escape

this was called 'half dressed' coz we didn't spend hours covering or painting the chipboard

most of the photos were taken on or around my birthday last month 

a very happy girl with HERMIONE'S wand 

i'm working on a few other mini albums, but if i post them here, they won't be a surprise for the people for whom they are intended!!!

wordful wednesday and my american holiday by the numbers

number of DR PHIL tapings i got to see: 2

number of DR PHIL coffee mugs his lovely wife gave me: 1

number of LA bloggers i planned to meet: 3

number of LA bloggers i actually got to meet: 0 :(
next time gals!

number of crazy homeless people i encountered on the bus who wanted to murder me (if i was irish): 1

number of broadway shows seen: 4

number of movies stars seen: 1 (Will Ferrell at his movie premier in LA)

number of BAT MOBILES i saw at warner brothers studios: 3

number of people i saw dressed in green in new york on st patrick's day: 56,786,58,468,643,223,448,904

number of times i rode the NY subway: 45,677,543 (ok, that might be a slight exaggeration, but i TOTALLY got my money's worth out of my metrocard!)

# pairs of new shoes purchased: 4
(and i got to bring 3 out of those 4 back in their boxes - now THAT'S inspired packing!!!)

number of new york bloggers met: 3

number of states visited: 4 (California, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania)

number of times i photographed the FLATIRON building in one afternoon: 10

number of bagels consumed on holiday: too many to count! (YUM!)

number of times i had my nails done (in one week): 2

number of cupcake stores i visited (and bought and ate product from!): 4

the 'BETTY WHITE' from TAZZA in Brooklyn Heights

oh my......:)