Stephanie Vetne

We’re leaving for Maine in the morning and the kids are incredibly excited!!!  Road trips are a huge treat for all of us – we have so much fun being together and finding adventures along the way. I’ll see you in two weeks!  (((((((hugs)))))))) to everyone!!!! And some food for thought – dh bought me… Read more

4 days until we leave for Maine!!!!!!!!!!!  Yikes!!!!!!!!! So much to do before we go and so little time to do it all in! But, at the end of the road, here is what’s waiting for us! This is our backyard at the cabin – so incredibly relaxing and peaceful! Read more

Note to self:  Do not try to get your 2 yo to leave blankie at home while you take him to Target.  It won’t work – it simply leads to meltdowns and tantrums.  This is the very beginning of said meltdown and tantrum.  I will not show you the rest of the pictures that I… Read more

It’s just hitting me that we leave for vacation in just 10 days.  Ten days to do all the laundry, arrange for someone to watch the cat, water the plants.  Ten days to make list after list of what all 5 of us need to take with us on a 17-day vacation.  Ten days to… Read more

So, we all know that Cathy Zielske’s Clean and Simple Scrapbooking book has rocked our worlds!  It is no secret!  You can find it here at Simple Scrapbooks.  And, we’ve been discussing design books this morning at 2peas, so I thought I’d just take a quick minute to post some links to my favorite design… Read more

This day really does rock for me!!!  Lisa (Lemonade Stand) made me Pubster of the Day today at 2 peas!!!!  She is just the sweetest pea!!!!  And, I’m having a ball finding other pubsters to praise.  So, yeah, this day rocks!!! And, it’s also the title of the layout I made of the picture I… Read more

Woohoo!!!!  I got MORE new MOD paper!!!! That’s it!!!  Just wanted to celebrate!!! (insert big goofy grin here) Have a great day! 🙂 Journaling reads: I’m guessing that I have to take about 100 pictures to get one truly great photo. This picture is a perfect example. All I wanted was a picture of Andrew… Read more

Emily is 7, just finished 1st grade and is often scared to try new things.  Really, really scared.  Swimming lessons started yesterday and she was a nervous wreck.  We put her in Level I with kids aged 3-6 because she was so nervous.  But, the coach immediately moved her to Level II after watching her… Read more

What a lovely weekend!!!!  It felt like a vacation, even though we were only 45 minutes away from home.  I sometimes forget that we are so close to Lake Michigan and a beach.  I’m so snobby about beaches – I’m from Maine and if it’s not the ocean, it’s not a beach.  But, then I… Read more

So, I did this layout a while ago, but thought it appropriate to post today.  I have a million things that have to get done today, so maybe if I post a list here, I might get more of them done.   These are the "absolutes" for today – there’s a lot more, as well. 1. … Read more