Are you a ZERO??

[Nicole Young]

Are you part of the ZERO CLUB? Well if you are (or even if you aren't and just want to join in the fun) Jump into this thread! The ZEROs originally started as a joke during the 2 CRAZY CHICKS chat! It was all the fabulous ladies who scored ZERO during the game! But don't worry, this thread is for EVERYONE and about EVERYTHING! Its just a fun, on and off topic thread! You have something to share? Share it! You have a question? Ask it! You want to talk about the movie you just saw? The book you just read? The TV program you can't get enough of? Come hang out here at the ZERO THREAD! And once in a while, I will pick random posts, post trivia questions, or hand out freebies....never know what you will find here!!! :) Welcome to the ZERO CLUB!!!!!! :D

[gail0423]

:wave: I'll join! I'm a big ZERO!! :eek: If we somehow get to a one, do we have to drop out? :D

[janetklm]

Definitly 100 % ZERO overhere!
Why??? Well at the moment I've got 1136 wedding pic's to srap and ............got a scrapping block grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :mad: :eek: :yikes:
Tried to find some inspiration in the gallery grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr again...getting a message ....."Server busy, try again shortly" :doh:
Pretty sure I'll never be a 1 so I'll stay here forever and you know what....I don't care! :lol:
Gonna get me a cup of coffee and just wait for the inspiration to come.

[Nicole Young]

You both are totally welcome to be ZEROs forever!!!
And I want to thank my awesome 2 Crazy Chick Chat ladies for starting the ZERO CLUB!!! You guys rock!!!

[just-pjz]

I'm a ZERO. Yay!! I don't think I would know how to function as any thing but!

Speaking of, does anyone remember the Zero candy bars? I always liked them, guess I know why now.

~Pjz

[LindaNPa]

I would like to join in - I am definitely a Zero.
And yes, I remember the Zero candy bar.

[lizzanne]

I wanna try and be in the ZERO Club! I post as close to zero times, does that help?
I can't keep up with the grannies so I don't know what makes me think I can keep up with you all....but I'll peek in when I can!

[lizzanne]

I'd like to join the Zero Club....I think I qualify just because I post next to Zero times lately!
I can't keep up with the grannies so I don't know what makes me think I can keep up with you all here..LOL. But I'll peek in when I can!

[RoadMap4Us]

Lizzie -- You might think you are a zero-poster! BUT here.... it looks like you've decided to really live it up and post a LOT!!!

I'm a ZERO! I remember those Zero Candy bars too! Just barely. Yes, that's it -- I'm barely old enough to remember them. :)

[Noremacc]

I'd love to join... and unfortunately, lately I've have almost ZERO time to play! Things are going crazy around here... lol...

[lizzanne]

OK ...so it kept telling me page not found! i'm going back to stand by my original claim!
Once more i'm going to try and put into Nicoles Encore gallery because that sweet girl is so sweet she even told me if i didn't get my posting into the gallery (because of server difficulty) she'll give me the bonus....i just love that girl!
Hi Deb!!! Night All!!

[littlekiwi]

I think I will have a very good home here - the only time I get out of the ZERO club is when it is a random drawing for a prize!

[allwright1]

I am totally a founding member in good standing of the notorious ZERO CLUB!!!! Hey I even gave it the name... how much more of a zero can ya be? Go Zero... Go Zero... Go... Go... Go Zero!!!! I'm a total zero!!!! Zero's my hero!!!! Whoot whoot!!!

[allwright1]

I don't think I ever had a zero candy bar... but I do remember them. Where they in a silver wrapper with ZERO written in blue letters?

Anybody remember Zero's My Hero from Schoolhouse Rock?

[allwright1]

Hey Nicole... I made a chocolate pizza... you want some? It's soooo gooood!!! Milk chocolate, red and green merichino cherrys, chopped pecans, raisins, mini marshmellows and to top it off a liberal dusting of shredded coconut on top!!! Am I making you drool yet? I'm sending you a virtual slice... enjoy!!!!

[sueya]

Well I haven't done many layouts this month so does that make me part of the ZERO club? Anyway that should change this weekend cos I'm going to see lots of old friends at an anniversary party.

[ilv2cruise]

I am a proud member in good standing of the Zero Club!!!

[allwright1]

Well I haven't done many layouts this month so does that make me part of the ZERO club? Anyway that should change this weekend cos I'm going to see lots of old friends at an anniversary party.

In order to be a member of Zero Club it doesn't matter how many lo's you do. All you have to do to be a member is to be crazy... it helps anyway;)! Really you just have to be willing to have fun no matter what!!! We originally came up with the Zero Club during trivia chats... most of us never got any points for answering the questions... this is how the Zero Club was born. We love to have fun so much that some people who get out of Zero Club still want to be members!!! We're not an exclusive club... the more the merrier! Ooooh ya it helps to have a ready supply of chocolate on hand!!! :rolleyes:Bribery will get you everywhere!!!

[renee s]

Well, I'm definitely a part of the zero club. Was there in it's conception. We started asking around who still had zero, during a trivia chat, which led to everyone cheering on the zeros, to the club itself. I have to confess that I do, on occation slip into the onsie group, but since that doesn't win you anything, I think it still qualifies me to be in the zero club. (Another confession: My goal is to someday actually get two whole points during a game- *gasp* I know! I hope that doesn't exclude me from the club :) )

[carolat]

Definitely a zero - was there during that chat, too! And a point in Trivia still eludes me :)You know something, if I have to listen to another episode of Sponge Bob I'm gonna SCREAM ! ! !

[carolat]

Hey Nicole... I made a chocolate pizza... you want some? It's soooo gooood!!! Milk chocolate, red and green merichino cherrys, chopped pecans, raisins, mini marshmellows and to top it off a liberal dusting of shredded coconut on top!!! Am I making you drool yet? I'm sending you a virtual slice... enjoy!!!!

I want some of this chocolate pizza - It is am here and I haven't had breakfast yet, but this sounds like an excellent idea!

[happybeingamom]

Proud member here:clap:
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/4918/zeroclub.jpg

I streched out the T to make it into a plus size. I hope you don't mind Nicole?

[just-pjz]

Ahh, the Zero Candy Bar (http://www.hersheys.com/products/details/zero.asp)....official Club ZERO snack??
quoted from Hersheys site above...The unique combination of ingredients makes this bar a one of a kind. The name ZERO is believed to come from the bar being originally marketed as a cool, tasty treat; or as cool as Zero degrees.

As members of CLUB ZERO, we are a unique and one-of-a-kind bunch that are as cool as a zero can be!

[Roberta T]

I wuz there too! I actually won once but it was a total give because of no time.
But I consider myself a proud member anyway!!!

Happybeingamom, what a joke, you needing a plus size t-shirt. Now mine would have to really stretch!

I don't know if we had Zero bars in Canada, I was quite expert in all chocolate bars so I know we didn't have them up north here for sure.

Which reminds me, when my DD (now 26) had to make a speech at about age 8, she did it about chocolate bars (she is even more a chocolate bar lover than me and so slim!!!!). All the other speeches were about serious issues. She was a hoot, everyone loved it.

[HeatherH]

I haven't been able to attend the chats in the past (too late for this early riser) but I see the time will be changing so I hope to become a "Zero". If being crazy and liking chocolate are the only qualifications, then I'm definitely a candidate!

[LadyPhoto]

Count me in! The only time I win anything is when I already have it! 0000000000!

[Nicole Young]

Hey Nicole... I made a chocolate pizza... you want some? It's soooo gooood!!! Milk chocolate, red and green merichino cherrys, chopped pecans, raisins, mini marshmellows and to top it off a liberal dusting of shredded coconut on top!!! Am I making you drool yet? I'm sending you a virtual slice... enjoy!!!!

Ewwwww chocolate pizza??? Now if you are going to bribe me, you better do some research on my likes and dislikes.....I LIKE...make that LOVE pizza....I DISLIKE.....make that HATE chocolate!!! LOL YOu just ruined a perfectly good pizza with all that chocolate! But I will take the cherries, marshmellows, pecans, and maybe the raisin...if you will put them in a cookie with oatmeal....I LOVE oatmeal raisin cookies!

[Nicole Young]

Hey Nicole... I made a chocolate pizza... you want some? It's soooo gooood!!! Milk chocolate, red and green merichino cherrys, chopped pecans, raisins, mini marshmellows and to top it off a liberal dusting of shredded coconut on top!!! Am I making you drool yet? I'm sending you a virtual slice... enjoy!!!!

Ewwwww chocolate pizza??? Now if you are going to bribe me, you better do some research on my likes and dislikes.....I LIKE...make that LOVE pizza....I DISLIKE.....make that HATE chocolate!!! LOL YOu just ruined a perfectly good pizza with all that chocolate! But I will take the cherries, marshmellows, pecans, and maybe the raisin...if you will put them in a cookie with oatmeal....I LOVE oatmeal raisin cookies!

[Nicole Young]

Hey Nicole... I made a chocolate pizza... you want some? It's soooo gooood!!! Milk chocolate, red and green merichino cherrys, chopped pecans, raisins, mini marshmellows and to top it off a liberal dusting of shredded coconut on top!!! Am I making you drool yet? I'm sending you a virtual slice... enjoy!!!!

Ewwwww chocolate pizza??? Now if you are going to bribe me, you better do some research on my likes and dislikes.....I LIKE...make that LOVE pizza....I DISLIKE.....make that HATE chocolate!!! LOL YOu just ruined a perfectly good pizza with all that chocolate! But I will take the cherries, marshmellows, pecans, and maybe the raisin...if you will put them in a cookie with oatmeal....I LOVE oatmeal raisin cookies!

[Nicole Young]

Hey Nicole... I made a chocolate pizza... you want some? It's soooo gooood!!! Milk chocolate, red and green merichino cherrys, chopped pecans, raisins, mini marshmellows and to top it off a liberal dusting of shredded coconut on top!!! Am I making you drool yet? I'm sending you a virtual slice... enjoy!!!!

Ewwwww chocolate pizza??? Now if you are going to bribe me, you better do some research on my likes and dislikes.....I LIKE...make that LOVE pizza....I DISLIKE.....make that HATE chocolate!!! LOL YOu just ruined a perfectly good pizza with all that chocolate! But I will take the cherries, marshmellows, pecans, and maybe the raisin...if you will put them in a cookie with oatmeal....I LOVE oatmeal raisin cookies!

[Nicole Young]

Ok seriously???? I didnt mean to do that...and now it wont let me delete!!! AAHHHHH I broke the ZERO thread....and I hear your pain Carola! I have had a harmonica concert for the last 2 hours! NEVER GIVE A CHILD A HARMONICA!

[Nicole Young]

Ok seriously???? I didnt mean to do that...and now it wont let me delete!!! AAHHHHH I broke the ZERO thread....and I hear your pain Carola! I have had a harmonica concert for the last 2 hours! NEVER GIVE A CHILD A HARMONICA!

[carolat]

Actually, I could be bribed with a gourmet veggie pizza from Papa Murphy's - thin crust, garlic sauce (instead of marinara), artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes, zucchini, fresh spinach, etc. Now I'm not the one who needs to be bribed here but I was thinking Nicole might like it? Nicole?

[flrebareba]

LOL I think you got your point across now.

[mommabyrd2003]

We just watched Schoolhouse Rocks last weekend. I was talking about frozen Zero bars the other day while talking about things I miss. This can't all be by chance...I definately have to be a zero.

[allwright1]

Ok... I forgot Nicole... your the freak who doesn't like chocolate! I'm the freak who doesn't like pizza... regular pizza that is! Fruit pizza n chocolate pizza I love!!! When I was pregnant with dd I couldn't be even within smell distance of pizza... I'd lose my lunch every time...

[carolat]

We just watched Schoolhouse Rocks last weekend. I was talking about frozen Zero bars the other day while talking about things I miss. This can't all be by chance...I definately have to be a zero.

I love Schoolhouse Rock! We have all of them on DVD - now Alexander (6) just loves Electricity and Conjunction Junction - go figure!

[Nicole Young]

Ohhh fruit pizza sounds good....veggie pizza.....ummmmm not so much!

And note to self.....NEVER GIVE A TWO YEAR OLD A HARMONICA! Seriously, my ear drums will never be the same!

[Nicole Young]

Ohhh and I get to play "The Amazing Race" tonight! LOL....our church does an "Amazing Race" challenge for the teens and my house is one of the stops! LOL So I have to watch them preform their task (which is to make up a haiku or count a jar full of beans) and then send them off to their next house. One of their challenges tonight is to make up a singing telegram...LOL I was really hoping to be serenaded by teenagers tonight! Oh well!

[Nicole Young]

I dont think I ever watch school house rocks, but I know the song "conjunction junction" from watching the movie "reality bites" so many times!

[Fade2Pink]

Conjunction Junction, what's your function. After reading this thread, I am definitely a zero wannabe!!

[Nicole Young]

LOL you dont have to be a wannabe!!! You can BE a ZERO!!!!!! :)

[just-pjz]

I think I'd have to pass on a chocolate pizza, too, and the fruit one, but I LOVE veggie pizza appetizers---crust, cream cheese, chopped veggies, seasoning...yum!
I do have twizzlers, Nicole! Lots of 'em. I think I have some Dots, too. You likey??!??

Playing the Amazing Race sounds awesome! What a cool idea.
You should allow your son to perform his harmonica concert while the kids are trying to do their tasks. That should make things interesting!

Be a ZERO!

[RoadMap4Us]

I just figured it out!!! *I* am the one that should be bribed!!!! I know what Nicole likes and doesn't like. (The mom-thing here in case you didn't know).

SO...........bribe ME with chocolate and then I'll tell YOU what Nicole likes and then you can bribe her without being so obvious and then maybe, just maybe she'll let us all have some nice freebies.

This is what ZERO's do -- they whine and bribe and hope for freebies.

Be a ZERO!!!!

[RoadMap4Us]

p.s. Hi, sweet Lizzie!!!!!!!!!

[Nicole Young]

Ok...have you ever had 50 teenagers run in and out your front door for an hour???? So they knew they had to come to my house and either count a jar of beans or write a haiku...so MOST groups had the haiku done before they even got here! And they had them all typed out on their little blackberry thing-a-bobs! Whatever happened to pencils and paper???? Seriously...am I THAT old???? Anyway, it was fun, but I am glad it is over! I am sure my neighbors are too, since the teenagers managed to park all over the street, driveway and up on the curb, trying to race each other into my house!!!

[Nicole Young]

And no mom, bribing you wont work! BUT I WILL DEFINITELY TAKE THE TWIZZLERS AND DOTS!!!! Seriously just-pjz you are GOOD!!!!

[Roberta T]

This is what ZERO's do -- they whine and bribe and hope for freebies.

Be a ZERO!!!!


I couldn't have said it better myself!!

Nicole, you liked Reality Bites? So did my kids, so I actually watched it several times too, it was good, the music was great.

[idtwinmom]

Actually, I could be bribed with a gourmet veggie pizza from Papa Murphy's - thin crust, garlic sauce (instead of marinara), artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes, zucchini, fresh spinach, etc. Now I'm not the one who needs to be bribed here but I was thinking Nicole might like it? Nicole?

Oh, now there's my kind of pizza. Chocolate pizza was somewhat inviting, but the veggie pizza is my cup of tea (or should I say coffee).

So, Nicole, we have an idea of what you want to eat. How about the favorite scrapping drink (I promise I will put it in a no-spill cup so you won't get that precious computer drenched). He He, if this is how we will get those missing freebies, I'll bribe with whatever I can find.

Count me into the Zeros. I got to attend 1 chat before this dreaded time change and of course didn't even come close to a point. Oh well, someday when the kids are grown.

[just-pjz]

Lisa, just remember as the kids grow, there will be more and more pics to scrap! There is never enough time for we ZEROs!!

*gives all her Twizzlers and Dots to Nicole* like a good little ZERO. ;)

[webfrau]

I think I'm "2 LOW 4 ZERO" but I'll eavesdrop :) LOL!

Now I'm revealing my 80s upbringing - what a great concert that was. sigh!

[Nicole Young]

Hahahaha.....thanks for the dots and twizzlers....hmmmmmm a favorite scrapping drink???? Definitely Chai..iced, blended, hot....don't care, its just good!

[carolat]

I have a kids birthday party to go to today - Ian has been asking me for 2 days "Do I get cake?" so, I am going to take the boys - Sam(DH) is going off to play D & D today - so I won't even have him to keep me company! I can't wait until the kids are old enough for drop-off parties (evil grin) But, until then, I get to do the birthday party circuit - does anyone here really ENJOY those things? I think they are excruciating, but I guess it is better than having teenagers run through your house!

[littlekiwi]

Ooh I can bring Starbucks Chai but if you wait for me it might be a very cold Chai!

[carolat]

Hahahaha.....thanks for the dots and twizzlers....hmmmmmm a favorite scrapping drink???? Definitely Chai..iced, blended, hot....don't care, its just good!

Try Chai with soy milk(Silk) - it sounds icky but tastes great! And of course, littlekiwi mentioned Starbucks Chai - that rocks :)

[doda]

I'm definitely a Zero, so will pop in once in a while with Chai for Nicole and a latte for me!
And chocolate for ALL

[Pie]

I'd like to be a Zero too. Been gone a while but It's good to be back in your good company again. Wondering if Nicole likes Peach
Cheesecake, have the bestest recipe

[Nicole Young]

Ohhhh peach cheesecake???? THat DEFINITELY sounds delicious!!!
And I am going to show my "freak"ness again.....I dont like STARBUCKS chai....I was ADDICTED to starbucks coffee, but not chai! YUCK! I DO love Caribou chai (do you guy have a Caribou?) and sometimes I splurge and get a decaf Caramel High Rise with skim milk.

Carola--yeah,I am going to have to try it with soy milk, sounds ummmm.....yucky! But I will try it! LOL

Ok, I am pooped! Preston (DH) and I are training to run our first full marathon. We have done a half before. But never the full one. So we did a 10 mile run this morning, then I biked to the library (about 2 miles away) and returned some books, then took the dog for a walk and then went and "splurged" and got a decaf caramel high rise. Sooooo NOW i am going to to get cleaned up and RELAX the rest of the day! :)

[Nicole Young]

OHHHHH and FREEBIE ALERT
I am going to do a blinkie contest.....yeah, cuz the ZERO thread needs a blinkie!!!! So anyone who would like to participate....here is the guidelines:
1. SIZE: 150 x 50 (can you tell I like my blinkies to line up all purty in my siggie line! OCD!!!!)
2. USE ANY KITS BY KERRI OR ME! Can be freebies, can be posting bonuses, can be chat freebies, can be store bought :)
3. SUBMIT to the Encore! GALLERY by JULY 18th
4. ALL ENTRIES WILL BE PUT IN A POLL FOR VOTING :)

Anyone who participates will get a small freebie (back pack, stamp set, something?!??! I promise I will make you guys something! LOL)
The winner will get to pick ONE FREE KIT from me (your pick from the DSP store...and yes I will be putting in a few news ones in the coming weeks :) )

Ok.....told you I would give away random freebies :)

[just-pjz]

WOOT!! Although, I'm clueless with blinkies...

And can I just say, Nicole, that your morning has exhausted me!??!?? I don't even know what a chai is, but I think I must need one.

[ChristineG]

hello! we always have fun in the zero club :yes:

[kitscrapper]

hello fellow zeros...okay that just sounds wrong so in my head we're all 10's but I'll pretend we're hiding the 1's....

I do have a question for the blinkies.....I'm not seeing that anyone else has posted any?...they just straight into the regular forum? ANND...can we submit more than one? I'm starting to get the hang of it and have a blast!


http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o268/teku3/dsp_stuff/zeroclub.gif
Club Zero Blinkie (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=269807&cat=500&ppuser=85771)

[kitscrapper]

*blush* here I am sitting to next to Gundimom....who is amazing, I'll try not to be starstruck! And to top it off do you people know she manages (yes, I'll say manage like in a 3 ring circus context) 4 children?!! *sigh* when I grow up I want to be like gundimom...

[Tusele]

This sounds like a thread that is good fun...

does having a lengthly chocolate related have-to-buy-or-sent-chocoloholic related stuff to-your-friend -addiiction count??!!

It al started of when she sent me a postcard stating"help things are getting worse, please sent more chocolate" ...after that time whenever I see/read funny things about chocolate I just have to show/give it to her... ;-)

my favorite scrapping drink...diet coke or tea

...I'll pass on the blinkie-thing....never did that before..and I don't have enough time available to do it..

My scrapping priority right now is getting our son's 1st year album ready...I pop in here now and then for inspiration or getting over a scrappers block by participating in a challenge...

Tusele

[carolat]

I like my blinkies to line up ,too - so I'll make two - one at 100 and one at the 300 height! Not today, though, my mom was in a car accident yesterday - no broken bones, just alot of small cuts and bruises from the airbag - thank god for those! Her car, a Toyota Corolla - was totalled and she wouldn't have been alive if it hadn't been for that airbag. But anyway, I am going to visit and bring her coffee & breakfast tacos today - scrapping will have to wait until later.

[just-pjz]

Oh my goodness, Carolat!
I'm so glad she's ok. Blesses to you and yors and hope she mends quickly.

Love the blinkie, kitscrapper~

Hi, Tusele! With all these ZEROs this club is nothing but fun!

[kitscrapper]

Carola, so sorry to hear about your mom; but happy that she seems to be basically okay....wow. I'm sure she'll love her ??!! breakfast tacos ???? What? The coffee part I understand....the taco in the morning I'm confused about... :D

Tusele, come on in to the room! The blinkie thing is not a priority, just a fun bit to do along the way! :)

Having my first cup of tea of the day, it's raining outside and I keep looking over my shoulder to see if my husband is home from his errands....nothing like starting a Sunday with a dose of tea and paranoia :rolleyes:

[Nicole Young]

Ohhhh Carola, I am so sorry! Your mom will be in my prayers!!!

Kitscrapper, love the blinkie, yes you can certainly submit as many as you want :)

Tuselle- glad you could join us!!!

And yes doesn't eveyone want to grow up to be Gundi???

[Nicole Young]

ohhhh and my latest and greatest drama....last night I spent 4 hours and $70 to get an annoying "virus" off my computer. It was one of those "fake" viruses that load your computer up with "alerts" telling you that you have viruses and that you need to buy "their" product to fix it. So I had to call my REAL virus protection company to have them walk me through removing all the "stuff" that they dumped on my computer. Luckily, this type of "fake virus" doesn't corrupt files, it is just REALLY REALLY annoying! Whew, I am SO glad it is over with though! I was afraid I was going to have to do a reboot my computer and start from scratch! YUCK! So I am catching up on emails and work today!

[idtwinmom]

Carola, do hope your mom is doing ok. So much of this kind of thing around here lately. You are at least the 4th I've heard of just in the last 2 weeks.

Ok, never made a blinkie, but will just have to give it a try if it could mean a free kit from your store. Can you make blinkies in PSE? Are there any tutorials? Well, off to see.

[gail0423]

I like my blinkies to line up ,too - so I'll make two - one at 100 and one at the 300 height! Not today, though, my mom was in a car accident yesterday - no broken bones, just alot of small cuts and bruises from the airbag - thank god for those! Her car, a Toyota Corolla - was totalled and she wouldn't have been alive if it hadn't been for that airbag. But anyway, I am going to visit and bring her coffee & breakfast tacos today - scrapping will have to wait until later.

Carola, I'm so glad she is ok...what a scare that must have been!

ohhhh and my latest and greatest drama....last night I spent 4 hours and $70 to get an annoying "virus" off my computer. It was one of those "fake" viruses that load your computer up with "alerts" telling you that you have viruses and that you need to buy "their" product to fix it. So I had to call my REAL virus protection company to have them walk me through removing all the "stuff" that they dumped on my computer. Luckily, this type of "fake virus" doesn't corrupt files, it is just REALLY REALLY annoying! Whew, I am SO glad it is over with though! I was afraid I was going to have to do a reboot my computer and start from scratch! YUCK! So I am catching up on emails and work today!

Dontcha just hate that kinda thing? I've seen those before, what a pain in the butt they are!

[carolat]

Ok - I just realized that not all of you are from Texas, California, Mexico (or even close!) so, I looked up a definition of Breakfast Taco and shortened it to one line to add to this post - they are yummy!

Breakfast Taco - One version of the taco found in Tex-Mex cuisine is the breakfast taco which contains eggs and a combination of potatoes, sausage, or bacon wrapped in a flour tortilla. (My personal favorite is Choraquiles & egg - a mixture of Chorizo - very spicy ground pork, eggs, corn tortillas, onion, bell pepper, red sauce, hot sauce in a flour tortilla. Give me one of those & a Chai with soy and I am good to go for the day!)

BTW, my mom is doing much better today that yesterday - a lot of the facial swelling has gone down so everything doesn't look as bad - now my main problem is convincing her to drive again! I'm sure she will in a week or so, but right now she doesn't want anything to do with it - understandably so.

[kitscrapper]

What?! You're all Texans?!

...hee hee

[RoadMap4Us]

Carola -- Wow! Glad to hear your mom is okay. That must have been quite an accident. That breakfast taco sounds a bit, well, spicey! Hot!

Tusele -- Welcome! It's fun to just hang around here for fun! Glad you're here!

Yes, I too want to be Gundi when I grow up! :D:D:DThe good Lord gave all of us 24 hours in a day -- but for Gundi, somehow He saved up a few extra hours and packed them in tight and gave them to someone He knew would use them well! That's our Gundi!:lol::lol::lol:

[RoadMap4Us]

Note to self: Must change avatar now that Scrappies are over. Must find Santa hat.

[Nicole Young]

LOL...can someone send me a breakfast taco! Sounds great! LOL

[Fade2Pink]

Want to know how much of a Zero I am? I've never tasted Chai, or a Latte, or an espesso, I am not even sure what they are!

[carolat]

LOL...can someone send me a breakfast taco! Sounds great! LOL

they lose a bit of flavor over the net! So - - - next time you're in San Antonio, look me up and I'll buy you some. Until then - I think I have found a new bribe :)(BTW- that was an evil grin)

[just-pjz]

Want to know how much of a Zero I am? I've never tasted Chai, or a Latte, or an espesso, I am not even sure what they are!

You're not alone! I've never even tried coffee, much less any of these! I can't get passed the smell...even the coffee aisle at the grocery gives me a bit of a quease.
I've heard of all of them except a chai....what is that exactly???!!??

I might be able to do a breakfast taco, except I'm a bit funny about my eggs having lumps of other things in them...doesn't provide a good mental picture while eating.

Glad to hear your Mom is doing/looking better, Carolat. I'd be nervous about driving again, too, but I hope she does.

[ChristineG]

Carola -- Wow! Glad to hear your mom is okay. That must have been quite an accident. That breakfast taco sounds a bit, well, spicey! Hot!

Tusele -- Welcome! It's fun to just hang around here for fun! Glad you're here!

Yes, I too want to be Gundi when I grow up! :D:D:DThe good Lord gave all of us 24 hours in a day -- but for Gundi, somehow He saved up a few extra hours and packed them in tight and gave them to someone He knew would use them well! That's our Gundi!:lol::lol::lol:

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: You are so funny!

[webfrau]

Chai is the name for tea in India and elsewhere. It is brewed with spices and tastes quite different to European tea. A chai latte has no coffee in it at all, it's probably not actually got any tea in it either because they usually make it from syrup - but it's yummy, sweet and spicy. Definitely my favourite hot drink treat.

Here's the link to a more complete explanation of traditional Masala chai from wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chai

I'm not convinced about Starbucks version though, my favourite is from Muffin Break.

[sueya]

I like Chocolate Chai - that's hot chocolate with chai in it!
Will have to have a go at this blinkie contest too.

[webfrau]

I like Chocolate Chai - that's hot chocolate with chai in it!
Will have to have a go at this blinkie contest too.

I've never seen that - sounds worth a try. :)

[emandlivsmom]

I am thinking the zero club is right up my alley! Now if I could convince my body to stay up until, gasp, 11pm on Mondays to join in the chat! That will be painful but I must see what all the fun is about!!!!!!

I am hooked on Rasberry Chai!!!!!! Big Train Chai is my favorite...and they make vanilla and chocolate too! Yummy!!!!!

Now if my kids would wake up we could buzz over to the coffee shop...time to start unloading the dishwasher and make some noise!

[Roberta T]

When I heard of Chai tea latte I thought oh gross, I could never like that. I like plain black tea with no milk and no sugar. Finally I tasted DD's and found it was delicious!
You've never drank coffee? That's amazing! Good for you.
So is the time and day decided? I don't want to miss it!!

[Nicole Young]

Well it will be "officially" announced at the chat tonight, but it looks like it may be Tuesdays at 9:15am :)

[idtwinmom]

oh my, that is 6:15 AM my time. Do you think I could possibly drag myself out of bed that early when the Doctors won't let me drink real coffee? I may just have to give it a try, but ohhhhh!!!! I will definitely be in the zero club at that hour. (HeHe)

I've not developed a taste for Chai, but I have tried it and it is good. Just can't seem to break the coffee habit, even if it is decaf.

But if Chai tea and Oatmeal cookies are the best bribe...............

[idtwinmom]

oh my, that is 6:15 AM my time. Do you think I could possibly drag myself out of bed that early when the Doctors won't let me drink real coffee? I may just have to give it a try, but ohhhhh!!!! I will definitely be in the zero club at that hour. (HeHe)

I've not developed a taste for Chai, but I have tried it and it is good. Just can't seem to break the coffee habit, even if it is decaf.

But if Chai tea and Oatmeal cookies are the best bribe...............

[Tusele]

Thanks for the warm welcome in this thread!!

@carolat...hope your mum is well! and taco's for breakfast?!!! Most dutch people already feel strange about an english breakfast...(sausages, scrambled egg's, bacon and baked tomato).

@nicole...am soooo happy that my hubbie does the infrastructure/maintenance thing at home for our computer!!!! ;-) I only want the FUN out of it...at work I have to deal with technical issues that much that I'm happy that at home someone else takes care of that!

Note to self: Must change avatar now that Scrappies are over. Must find Santa hat.
????? almost sounds like a schitzophrenic to me!!!..:lol::lol::lol::lol:

Tuesdays at 9.15 dsp time...that is 1 AM my time....don't think Iĺl make that with a 2-year old waking up at around 5.30am!!

[photoqueenphoto]

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee128/francornelius/emoticons/zero_cool.jpg

[photoqueenphoto]

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee128/francornelius/emoticons/zero_cool.jpg

[photoqueenphoto]

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee128/francornelius/emoticons/zero_cool.jpg

[photoqueenphoto]

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee128/francornelius/emoticons/zero_cool.jpg

[pinky7]

I am in! I am a ZERO! (I don't type fast enough to be anything else!) I had soooo many comments as I read through this, but I have forgotten most of them. :doh: I am getting so tired of "server busy, try again later" or whatever it says! :shocked: Don't they know I have pictures to upload? And time is running out for some of these! :eek: I have a note (that is getting quite long) that I am keeping that tells me the name of the layout and where it needs to go and where I need to leave a link to it! It seemed to work OK over the weekend, but my dh "made me" go to the beach all weekend so i was unable to upload.:cry:

Pass some of that chocolate over here, allwright! I will eat it even if Nicole won't. And who has the recipe for the peach cheesecake? yum! *pouring a cup of chai tea for Nicole* That sounds like fun having the Amazing Race at your house, Nicole, but I thought the kids weren't supposed to know what they had to do at your house! Who spilled the beans??!!

Note to self: I also need to get a new avatar.

NOW, Let's see how many time I have to push "Submit Reply" to get this to take!

[idtwinmom]

At least when you hit submit more than once you didn't get that many posts. The other day I ended up posting in one of the forums like 6 times.

FYI - after an email chat with Margie, I found out that they are moving to a new server. The process requires extensive copies and other maintenance causing the slow downs and server busies. She said they hoped to have the worst over by tomorrow. Somewhere there is a post regarding this, but I don't think many of us have seen it.

Ok, off to see if my first attempt at a blinkie will upload.

[idtwinmom]

Woohoo. Today's copy must be done, I could actually upload this.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/500/perfect-10s-v3.gif

My Club Zero (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=270073&ppuser=90601) Blinkie (that is my first-I've never made one before so I think I may just play a little)

Hope I did this right.

[Scrapping4Him]

Oh I have to join this club - hate being left out in the cold :p Plus you definitely won't see me at a chat that means having to wake up before 7am :eek:

[RoadMap4Us]

Lisa -- Awesome blinkie -- and it's your first one. Way to go!

Fran (PQ) -- What are you doing!?!?! Love the huge Zero thing. But I'm missing what that's about. Well, yes, this is the Land of the Zeros. Is that the tie?

Fun place, Nicole. Thanks for letting us play here.

[kitscrapper]

zero. That sums up my day. Our location is getting very un-summerlike weather and it may be affecting the young 'uns....seems like I am always in 'snappy' mode. Today woke up to find my youngest made 'stinkin' mess, and I mean literally, in my bed so it started wrong from the beginning. I must have had about 4 crying fits today alone, and usually hold things together like block of iron! Perhaps there's a full moon approaching...
Hope you other zeros (zeroes) are having better luck with your days!
Going to bury myself in the warm cocoon of DSP now and see if I can salvage my night! :p

[Nicole Young]

lol.....ohhh kitscrapper you are in the right place! We all have "those" days!!!!

[idtwinmom]

Ok, I think I like this blinkie better. So here is my 2nd one (actually my 3rd, but the 2nd was lousy).

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/4918/blinkie-v3-sm.gif

Club Zero Blinkie v2 (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=270118&ppuser=90601)

Oh, KitScrapper! I've had those days. As a matter of fact the end of my day was a little rough, but overall we had a really good day. The 2 yr old decided today she was going to really use the toilet. She was dry (not clean mind you) for 4 hours and pottied 3 times without prompts. As a matter of fact, one time, one of the 5 yr old twins came out of the bathroom, diaper in hand to tell me she had gone in the potty chair, successfully dumped it, but he just couldn't get the diaper back on. I laughed so hard inside, but really congratulated him on helping her. It was so cute. Love those moments, don't you?

[Roberta T]

Oh kit, so sorry to hear about your day. I thought of you today. Had to go to MK Bay to pick up sis (hubby is on a six month boat trip and she joined him for a week). Cheer up. the weather is improving. Go to the lake. Stopped there on the way back and people were actually there!!! Lol. Have a fun night scrapping.
:hug:

[Roberta T]

Oh, Lisa, I like it!!

[gail0423]

Hang in there Kit....I get those cry-ey days too.

I'm hungry...I should be in bed sleeping....and dang it, a breakfast taco sounds soooooooooo good......maybe try some of that chai you're all talking about too!

Off to bed before I raid the fridge........have a nice night everyone!

[Roberta T]

I like it so much is it ok that I used it???

[Crafts]

I want to be a part of the club. :) And I remember the candy bars!

[Abby]

Very tentatively sticking a toe in here ... I'm definitely a zero - all around zero - that's me :) ... can I come and play too?? ....

[Crafts]

Breakfast Taco - One version of the taco found in Tex-Mex cuisine is the breakfast taco which contains eggs and a combination of potatoes, sausage, or bacon wrapped in a flour tortilla. (My personal favorite is Choraquiles & egg - a mixture of Chorizo - very spicy ground pork, eggs, corn tortillas, onion, bell pepper, red sauce, hot sauce in a flour tortilla. Give me one of those & a Chai with soy and I am good to go for the day!)



Breakfast tacos....my favorite! :)

[allwright1]

I'm in Montana and we have breakfast tacos. I've seen them called breakfast burritos too. Luv 'em!!! Hot sauce in the morning... ohhhh yeah!!! Wake up big time!!! I really like Spanish omlets, chili rellanos (I'm sure I spelled it wrong) and huevo rancheros too. I love Mexican food... my absolute fav is fish tacos (can't get enough of 'em!!!).

Americans don't eat "baked tomatoes" for breakfast:confused:! Never had a baked tomato myself... what is it:rolleyes:? We eat like hashbrowns (fried shredded potatoes) or home potatoes (seasoned fried cubed potatoes... nummy!!!) We eat baked potatoes for lunch or supper. I love a baked potato stuffed with broccoli and smothered with cheese for lunch... oh yeah!!!!

For all those that thought the chocolate pizza sounded good I'm sending you a virtual slice... enjoy!!!:hug:

DH was a chef n he made to die for cheesecakes!!! He can't because he's wheelchair bound now and can't reach the stove and counter... such a bummer!!!!:cry:

[kitscrapper]

Oh thanks everyone for the moral support. I did manage to lose myself in my own time this evening; helped a whole bunch as well as knowing that you all seem to understand the 'freak days'... :hug:

And now I have to go to bed with visions of breakfast burritos and chocolate pizza, and cheesecake above all!....For sure my stomach will be growling as I hit the sheets!

Playing around with blinkies again too, tried a second one...it's supposed to be the bird from the 'Wild about u' kit, ....too bad the blinkies sometimes sacrifice due to size *grin* maybe I'll stick with 12x12 layouts :o

Have a super night (or morning?) all!

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/4918/zeropeck.gif

[carolat]

Love the blinkies! I haven't had time to work on one yet, but maybe I'll do so today. Yesterday, we took Alexander for an endoscopy, he was such a brave little toaster! Nothing wrong, but the doctor restricted him to indoor activities for the rest of the day. So, what do you suppose a 6 yr old does when he can't go to the pool, ride his bike, play on the trampoline? Plays video games all day! I was ready to put the xbox in the attic for future generations by dinner - it was driving me nuts! My husband had a blast though, under the guise of "helping Alexander stay occupied" he got to play all day, too. After dinner I couldn't take it anymore and went to get a pedicure :)
Well, enough of my complaining - today's a new day.

[butterbly]

ok I have been in and out, but have finally caught up with this thread, and I just can't get the chocolate pizza out of my mind (I'll happily sit next to you allwright1 LOL)
Thanks Nicole for starting this thread, the 2 crazy chicks chat just wouldnt have been the same without us Zero's, and look, now we have our own little piece of DSP yay:tup:

[renee s]

Ok, ladies- remember this, being in the zero's club does not mean YOU are a zero. Like someone else mentioned, we are all 10s! The number Zero only reflects how many points you average at any given game chat. :)

[kitscrapper]

A new day! What more can you ask for....at my end I'm happy to report everyone kept control of their bowels....and I have had an hour to sit with my cappy and play 'blinkie'

I was reflecting this morning that zero really is perfect for me..it's *ahem* 'rotund-ish' like moi curves..... heh heh. Hope everyone is having a super duper full of happy moments kind of day so far!

3.http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/4918/funlikecircus.gif

4.http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/4918/dropin.gif

[idtwinmom]

Oh Kitscrapper, (wish I knew your name). You have such wonderful ideas for the blinkies. Very tough competition here. Will have to put my thinking cap back on.(HeHe)

[renee s]

Yeah!!! The tread back up and running again! Here is another club zero blinkie I made. It's quite addicting.
Zero's Have all the fun (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=270343&ppuser=76976)

[kitscrapper]

Renee, I have to agree with you on the blinkie addiction...like I need another facet in my life to be obsessive compulsive about *g*..

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o268/teku3/dsp_stuff/awinnerhere.gif (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=270306&ppuser=85771)

[idtwinmom]

Yeah! We're back!!! Been dreamin' of chocolate pizza? But instead I bought a bunch of twizzlers and dots, I even stocked up on the Chai (hint, hint, bribe, bribe ;))

Here's one more try that I made while I couldn't get into the thread.
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/4918/blinkie-v5.gif (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=270509&cat=500&ppuser=90601)

[Roberta T]

Okay, for me, USING the Club Zero blinkies is addictive. Kitscrapper, I hope you don't mind that I used yours too!

[Nicole Young]

LOL did anyone else panic when the ONLY thread not working was the zero thread??? EEEEKKKKK!!!

Whew, I am SO glad that is over!!! And I am LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVing the blinkies!!! WOW!!!!! This is going to be a steep competition!!!!

[Nicole Young]

Ohhh last day to get those blinkies in!!!!! :)

[butterbly]

LOL did anyone else panic when the ONLY thread not working was the zero thread??? EEEEKKKKK!!!

Yes I thought it was quite odd that every other thread I looked at worked except for CLUB ZERO..... thankgoodness it's back yay!

I have tried to make a blinkie too, they are lots of fun to do.
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/4918/thumbs/clubzeroblinkie.gif (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=270553)
club zero blinkie (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=270553)

[carolat]

Got my blinkie done! A larger one is coming for those that want a larger blinkie in their sig (it lines up with thumbnails of your layouts:))
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/4701/Club-Zero-Blinkie-150x50v2.gif?165 (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=270574&nocache=1)

[Roberta T]

Okay, in the granny thread we are talking about our siggies and I guess the new rules. I see you've tidied up your siggy Nicole. Perhaps we will need a tut on an effective siggie :doh
This week has been such a blur I didn't notice only Club Zero was down.
I am loving the blinkies too. The Zero's are awfully creative, that's cause we're so left brained I guess...that's why we don't do well in right brained activities!!!!

[carolat]

Nicole - I tried to use DSP Maddie Moo for the title, but it came out really pixelated - maybe on the larger version!

[kitscrapper]

Morning all, just popped on my pedometer. My town has an active community thing that goes from July to October with participants signing in as groups, or as individuals. You simply login in your daily recorded steps and the group with the largest number of steps wins a block party, and individuals receive a little something-something...I don't really know, don't reallllly care....I just know that with every scrap I make, my butt spread increases in width and I don't like it!~ So yesterday I signed up just so that I have little personal accountability at the end of the day with logging in hard numbers. They say every day you should walk about 10,000 steps and my sad, end of the day number yesterday was.......*whispering low*4,000..........:o
So along my my agenda of playing along with the 'challenges of challenges' and what with CIJ coming on fast.....I simply MUST find a way to incorporate some physical activity along the way.....hmm..maybe a slow speed on the elliptical while using a graphics tablet propped up........

[carolat]

kit - if you find a way to excercise WHILE scrapping - you'll make a mint! Just clue us in on this thread before you start making your millions!

[Nicole Young]

Hey guys got the bonus done for those of you that are making blinkies.....
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/744/70_G_JunkDrawer.jpg

[carti]

Hey guys got the bonus done for those of you that are making blinkies.....
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/744/70_G_JunkDrawer.jpg

<<This is great, however I am up and down on computer so won't make one. I start something and computer goes down.>>

[carolat]

Thanks - those are cool!

[kitscrapper]

Okay, bonus is SOO true; I forgot there was a bonus involved, I was just caught up in the creating! Nicole, they are FANTASTIC!!!!!! :yippee:

[Beachcomber]

Hi everyone. I haven't been on dsp for awhile. This looks like a good place to hang out so can I join you all?

Love all the blinkies. Lots of talented ladies on here.

[Nicole Young]

LOL, kit you crack me up....so are you designing blinkies on your elliptical as we speak????

[Nicole Young]

Hey Dorene!!! Welcome!!! So glad you made it back to DSP, and just in time for CIJ!!! Woo hoo!!!

[just-pjz]

Ooh-la-la! Nice blinkie freebie, Nicole!
Lovin' all the blinkies!
Welcome, Beachcomber!

I do have a blinke question for anyone.....I made one, but something happened when I saved it...all the colors bled and are scratchy looking. Anyone have a general idea why??

[Beachcomber]

Hey Nicole and Just-pjz. It is good to be back.

[carolat]

Dorene - this is definitely a thread for everyone!

Just pjz - did you reduce your blinkie as you were saving it? That might cause it to look different.

Nicole - I was just thrilled to get to use your "Windy Day" kit (that is one of my favorites of yours) - we get bonuses, too? Awesome!

[amy!]

yay! count me in too...I wanna be in the zero club..
looks like I missed alot since my computer went down. I would have loved to get a great lil' freebie doing something new...never made a blinkie..don't really know how to start. Its 3:30 here so I could try and figure it out..quickly! if you wanna help, tips greatly appreciated.

[idtwinmom]

Ok, here's what I learned making my blinkies.
1. I started with my blank file at 300 x 100 and reduced just before saving to Nicole's requested 150 x 50. It just seemed to give me a better palette to work on.
2. Reduce image size of kit item you are going to use before pulling it into your LO file (at least 50% helped to prevent some of the loss of resolution later). Oh, make sure you are working with a copy here so you don't accidentally ruin your original.
3. Continue to reduce scale a little at a time, checking the resolution issues (but I didn't have too much trouble here).
4. These tutorials helped me (I used the Photoshop one and it worked just fine in PSE)
Blinkies in PSP (http://digitalscrapbookplace.com/university/tutorials/psp_blinkie_vb.shtml)
Blinkies in Photoshop (http://digitalscrapbookplace.com/university/tutorials/ps_blinkie_as.shtml)

Hope this helps with the questions. I had never made blinkies before this week, but it is addicting - so beware!

Oh, Nicole, I just love your groupies. I've been using the other freebie I got from you a lot. Yeah!!!!! More variety.

[Nicole Young]

Lisa thanks for posting the tut links!!! And Amy, you have PLENTY of time!!! LOL get that blinkie in girl!!!!

[Nicole Young]

And BTW, I will be posting the blinkie poll sometime tomorrow!!! I am going to The Dark Knight tonight!!! Woo hoo!!! And then running a 14 mile run with DH tomorrow morning! EEEKKKK.....so after I rest and relax a tiny bit tomorrow, I will post that poll!!! :) Thanks so much for all the awesome blinkies I have seen so far!!!

[renee s]

Maybe there's an easier way, but for me, making a blinkie is like creating those little clay-mation cartoons. Every little move has to be made in a new page. You make the first one, save, then move or add items for the next, save, and so on. And then in my program I pull it all together in tools/flipbook. Hope that helps.

[amy!]

thanks ladies for your help.

and good luck to ya tomorrow nicole! Have fun and you'll do great!

k, back to the blinkie..here's my start. didn't work though. guess I don't have the blinkie part down.

renee thanks for your input...I saw flipbook w/ my program gotta go try that.

so far here's what I have.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/500/thumbs/blinkieweb.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=270615&ppuser=102460)
zero blinkie (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=270615&ppuser=102460)

[idtwinmom]

Nicole, you are a brave girl. Have tons of fun, we'll be here with bribes waiting.

[renee s]

Here is a step by step instructions for making a blinkie with flipbook.
Once you have all your frames/layers made, open up the first frame in your program.
Click on tools, then flipbook.
Then click on Open Picture. (This is where you insert all the different layers) Click on all the layers you made in the order you want them, and then open. (Except the first layer, since that is already open.)
Then click Next.
Make sure the Pattern is marked, (Not solid)
Click Next again.
Next you need to choose the size of the blinkie you want, (for this challenge choose custom and make it 150x50)
Click next
Then pick your speed. I used 4.5 but I also had 12 layers, so you might want to play around with the speed. Just hit next, and you can always hit Back and change the speed over and over before saving.
Once you have the speed you like,
click Save as. Just make sure it saves in gif form.
And that should do it.
Hope that helps.

[kitscrapper]

Oooh The Dark Knight! You'll have to fill some of us in; my town doesn't have a theatre so we need to go to the next town over.....people are already slating Ledger for an Oscar in his role as the Joker....looks pretty intense, the film~

As for the 14 mile run....well....I don't speak that language *g* but good luck!!

[gintal]

ok. I've got to get a blinkie done!! I so LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this bonus!! Thanks Nicole!!!!!!!

[idtwinmom]

Ok, I know I didn't have to, but I just couldn't resist making 2 more. Too many ideas for one project (HaHa).

Blinkie v6 (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=270625&ppuser=90601)

Blinkie v7 (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=270626)

[webfrau]

What a cool bonus. Such a pity I can't make blinkies while at work! :)

[amy!]

wooohooo!:yippee:
thank you thank you ladies for your help!

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/4918/thumbs/zero_blinkie.gif (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=270635)
zero blinkie (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=270635)

[a1nnie]

Only just found this thread, it was great to read through the whole thread - almost like a story.

Thanks for this great challenge. I'd love to be included as a zero as I can never get to any of the chats due to the time difference (well except Sarah's sunday chat) :yahoo:
Here is my first attempt at the blinkie challenge - a bit boring but I was pleased with it. Took HOURS to do, believe it or not.

zero blinkie (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=270638&ppuser=15539)


Hope you are all having a good day today. Just as I am going to bed you are a lot of you are probably about dinner time (7pm EST) so sorry Nicole I wont be able to make the chat which is a great shame, but even I am not dedicated enough to be up at 2am, 'cept on special occasions like the 4th birthday 24 hour stint! Can't wait for the 24th July for another 24 hour stint.

[just-pjz]

Hi a1nnie!
Glad you can join in!

Thanks for all the help/info about the blinkies...I've tried and tried...still don't know why or what is causing the problem. Oh well....Lovely groupies, though Nicole.
Good luck everyone. Too many choices...it will be a tough poll!

The Dark Knight is sold out everywhere here....not that I'd get to see it...The last movie my hubby and I went to see in an actual theater was....um.....thinking....um....too long ago to remember! Thank goodness for netflix.

Nicole---rock that marathon! I'm totally impressed. I do hope to see some LOs from it!

[gintal]

Here's one from me. I have become a Nicole Young groupie!!

club zero blinkie (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=270651)

[just-pjz]

Hey gintal...it's quite easy to become a Nicole groupie, innit?
Love the blinkie.
I like snowmen too!

[gintal]

ok, I made my own blinkie, now, how do I use it?

[RoadMap4Us]

Lovin' the blinkies!!! I wish I had had time to get something like that done. But, alas, work gets in the way. :cry::cry::cry:

Can we have, like, 20 blinkies and just use a new one every few days? I don't know how we are ever going to select just one of these!! :lol::lol:

I didn't even know there was a new Batman movie until today. :no: :no: I'm way out of the loop on 'big-kid' films. Somehow I only go to the movie theater with the grandkids. So you can ask me anything you'd like about Kit Kitteridge (good movie :tup:) or Kung Fu Panda (thumb-down from me :no::no::no:but the grandkids liked it). :lol::lol::lol:

[JStockert]

Here are my two blinkie offerings for the Club Zero thread. I actually had them uploaded in time and then realized that I had stated the "Zero Club" rather than "Club Zero" so I had to go back and rework them right quick. LOL For those of you who looked at the blinkies prior to this message.. you may have to refresh the page to see the corrected versions :)

Blinkie #01
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=270678

Blinkie #02
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=270679

[kitscrapper]

what a bountiful bunch of beautiful blinkies blasting their way in here! *L* Had to try for a barrel of 'b's

Julia, those two you posted are fabulous too; very genteel feeling, wonderful!

Man, DSP really is a huge place! There's so much to keep track of, which challenges to partake, which you need to buy, which you can just use that you have, which you can win, which ones are great for personal challenging...CIJ is coming on fast, a new Christmas avatar needs to be created, figuring out the new SNL posting process is more or less taken care of, but around the corner is SNL41...when will the fun madness end...:eek: So much DSP, so little time!

Have a great night everyone!

ps. my name is Denise, and I'm a DSPholic :love3:

[renee s]

Well, I for one do not know how I'm going to narrow it down to just one choice. That's going to be a tough poll. Some of those blinkies just have me in awe!

[kitscrapper]

Hello hello! I have a situation happening here at home. I currently own a lovely Cuisineart Coffee Maker that is pretty cool; it doesn't have a carafe you just press a lever and it dispenses the coffee AND it keeps coffee hot up to 4 hours in it's little square belly. Fast forward to about a year later and I went and bought my own espresso machine, Cuisineart as well (as I was thrilled with the coffee maker). Alas with my new infatuation with cappucinos and lattes my beloved coffee maker has been gathering dust. NOW...I want to make coffee and the beast won't start. It won't even turn on; there is absolutely no power whatsoever. ALTHOUGH...half an hour later I may walk by the coffee maker and it's sitting there with brewed coffee! I am really starting to think, what with the two being Cuisineart, that I have a case of 'Mechanical Rivalry'....:think:

Four hours after my girlfriend left the coffee pot had turned on, naturally I didn't turn it to 'brew' as it was 9:30pm, but in the morning when I went to turn it to 'brew' it had once more gone blank with no power. What a brat!
Thanks for letting me vent....just makes me shake my head....:shocked:

[gail0423]

Hello hello! I have a situation happening here at home. I currently own a lovely Cuisineart Coffee Maker that is pretty cool; it doesn't have a carafe you just press a lever and it dispenses the coffee AND it keeps coffee hot up to 4 hours in it's little square belly. Fast forward to about a year later and I went and bought my own espresso machine, Cuisineart as well (as I was thrilled with the coffee maker). Alas with my new infatuation with cappucinos and lattes my beloved coffee maker has been gathering dust. NOW...I want to make coffee and the beast won't start. It won't even turn on; there is absolutely no power whatsoever. ALTHOUGH...half an hour later I may walk by the coffee maker and it's sitting there with brewed coffee! I am really starting to think, what with the two being Cuisineart, that I have a case of 'Mechanical Rivalry'....:think:

Four hours after my girlfriend left the coffee pot had turned on, naturally I didn't turn it to 'brew' as it was 9:30pm, but in the morning when I went to turn it to 'brew' it had once more gone blank with no power. What a brat!
Thanks for letting me vent....just makes me shake my head....:shocked:

Brat is right! Odd!! It doesn't have any type of timer on it, does it? :think:

[kitscrapper]

Hi Gail, the machine does have a time, but although the toaster plugged into the same socket functions well, the coffee machine reads blank; there is no power, it shows no time, no blinkie, blinkie, nothing! It's a sad situation.

[scamptx]

What?! You're all Texans?!

...hee hee

Well, of course! :cool:

Sheesh! I just found this thread and look at all the wonderful blinkies! Y'all are just a talented bunch--certainly 0s with the 1 in front of it! :tup::tup:

[FrugalByDesign]

OK, I do not have a clue how to make a blinkie with my scrapbook program...it doesn't animate stuff so that may be my problem. Anyhoo, this thread is proof that zero plus another zero plus another and another adds up to plenty of fun and great blinkies.

[kitscrapper]

Hey all you others, fellow NKOTB8 scamp! And Frugal welcome!! Everyone's been pretty quiet in the forum; I think they're all waiting for the blinkie blast to banish so things can get back to normal! ;)

Over here in ,non-texan land, where I live the day has been rainy and I'm about to call it a day; going to take the family and go have coffee with some friends :)

Sending all fellow zeros a virtual cup! I guess in Texas talk that would be 'a cup of joe'??

Take care!

[Nicole Young]

Hahha....well you all are going to have to patiently wait one more day for the blinkie postings!!! SORRY!!! MY day totally got away from me!!! But I WILL, PROMISE to do it tomorrow!!! In the meantime....I want to hear about your favorite books.....or movies.....

[Fade2Pink]

Well, I created a blinkie . It's not all that creative, but it is pretty (it has to be, it is using Nicole's Bubblegum Dreams kit. I used to make blinkies...oh about 10 years ago. I don't think I've tried doing it since then.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/500/zero_ani.gif

Oh...Books and Movies...you may never get me to shut up! :lol: Last night my sister and some friends went to see the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight. Wow, some amazing performances. I'd not really noticed before, but Christian Bale is ... hot! :love2: Heath Ledger, who passed away early this year, does an absolutely amazing performance as the Joker. A pretty disturbed character to be sure. The audience was pretty appreciative, you could hear smatterings of applause during the movie (which is kind of odd), and at the end of the movie. I was reading that it broke the record for single day movie sales for a non-holiday weekend.

I am about 3/4 of the way through Eclipse, the 3rd book in Stephenie Meyers Twilight trilogy, I have read them all before, I am re-reading them in preparation for the 4th book which comes out on August 2nd. I wanted the story lines to be fresh in my mind.

[carolat]

Books, movies, who has time? Sam & I took the kids on a hike earlier, came back home, got changed, went to the pool, came back home and started dinner at 8:30! Here it is 9:50 and the kids are still awake - asking for more food, juice, milk, etc. When does this merry-go-round stop! Calgon? Help? 911?

[Nicole Young]

Oh oh oh....I went to The Dark Knight too!!!! oOOHhhh it really was good wasnt it!!! I just loved it!!!
And today hubby and I ran 14 miles....I did something bad to my knee, not sure what....so I maybe be taking a trip to the doctor tomorrow if it doesnt feel better by morning. Right now? I can barely bend it and it KILLS when I lift my leg up or twist it at all. I am sooooooo bummed too, cuz I DONT want to not be able to run :( So I am going to take some Aleve and go to bed.....we have some severe weather coming in right now....so I better unplug my lappie! Have a good night!!!

[amy!]

hehe lol, carolat totally agree. just getting home- have a minute to read this thread while the tub is filling for my lil one..him and dad are playing with a race track at the moment.

few comments. lots of great blinkies out there..wish I took a peek at them b4 I made mine. would have done a few things differently.(cant really read mine) learned lots anyway.

I too didn't think my program would animate. but I just didn't know what to look for or how to use it..

well water has to be close to the top of the tub...gotta run!

have fun scrappin!

[amy!]

oh nicole how was the run?

[amy!]

oooh no nicole...we both must have been posting at the same time...

bummer bout your knee...get it up, take a pill and I'll pray it'll be better in the morning!

[carolat]

Nicole - hope there is nothing seriously wrong with your knee. Maybe it is just sore?

[Roberta T]

I guess my taste in books isn't the norm, because I only read detective/cop/whodunits. My favorite authors are Halen Coben and Lee Childs. Right now I'm reading a decent one by Elizabeth George. I had a very quiet day and just read and scrapped. it was bliss.

[idtwinmom]

Oh, I missed so much today. Pink, your blinkie really is pretty. Nicole, oh so sorry about your knee, sounds sooooo painful. Denise (thanks for sharing your name), I even asked DH if he had any ideas about the misfiring coffee pot - did you check for a reset button or a loose wire connection? Carolat - I sure know the busies, too, haven't picked up a book in about 3 months and as for movies, I saw "Horton Hears a Who" when we decided it was time for the twins to experience a theater, but before that......I know it was December, 2003 because the boys were babies and my family came in from out of state. Not sure which movie it was, did one of the Star Wars movies come out that Christmas? I know it was something with special effects that we really wanted to see on the 'big screen', but since we get free cable we just don't spend the money to go anymore.

Well, have a good night all! Need to go get my LO's uploaded.

[Roberta T]

I tried to watch Becoming Jane tonight but was very disappointed. The author obviously didn't research her much, and just seems to have rewritten Pride and Prejudice basically. It's too bad, because her story is fascinating, and an awesome movie could be made.

[webfrau]

We re-watched Batman Begins last night in anticipation of Dark Knight. Good stuff!

I stayed in bed this morning until I'd finished my book. I've just read the first in the Children of the Lamp series: The Akhenaten adventure by PB Kerr. Really enjoyed it. The rest of the series is stacked by my bedside. Does anyone else read their kids library books or is it just me? :)

[scamptx]

I can't wait to see Dark Knight. It's been a couple of years (if not more!) since I've been in a movie theater...I do most of my movie watching with dvds on the computer. My son tells me that Dark Knight is showing at the IMAX here, but that it was sold out this weekend. I don't know if I could take that big of a screen for that kind of movie after just watching on the computer screen!!

Books--I read myself to sleep most every night. If I picked up a novel during the day, I'd never get anything else done! Roberta, you and I have similar tastes in books, it seems.

Nicole--I sure hope your knee problem isn't serious! Ouch! Holding good thoughts for a quick recovery!

And Kit--a cuppa Joe, a Starbucks, a caffeine fix...if it's coffee, I'm on it! :lol:

[gail0423]

We re-watched Batman Begins last night in anticipation of Dark Knight. Good stuff!

I stayed in bed this morning until I'd finished my book. I've just read the first in the Children of the Lamp series: The Akhenaten adventure by PB Kerr. Really enjoyed it. The rest of the series is stacked by my bedside. Does anyone else read their kids library books or is it just me? :)

I used to, many moons ago! I like those trashy romance novels myself....not exactly Aesop's fables (or much of anything you'd want a child to hear! :yikes: )

Oh oh oh....I went to The Dark Knight too!!!! oOOHhhh it really was good wasnt it!!! I just loved it!!!
And today hubby and I ran 14 miles....I did something bad to my knee, not sure what....so I maybe be taking a trip to the doctor tomorrow if it doesnt feel better by morning. Right now? I can barely bend it and it KILLS when I lift my leg up or twist it at all. I am sooooooo bummed too, cuz I DONT want to not be able to run :( So I am going to take some Aleve and go to bed.....we have some severe weather coming in right now....so I better unplug my lappie! Have a good night!!!

OH Nicole, I hope it's nothing serious and that it feels so much better today! :(

[carolat]

Gosh - kids eat the strangest things -I just got a cold tortilla with a cold hot dog & spray butter on it for my youngest and he ate the whole thing! For breakfast! I understand the whole hot dog thing with kids, but slightly warm - not straight out of the refrigerator. About tortillas, even I like one now and again, but warmed up, not cold. And, of course, he wants spray butter on everything, so he doesn't have to heat it up!He is just a strange bird :)

[Roberta T]

Oh, I love kid's books! Have you read Cynthia Voight's books? They're more juvenile actually. Have you read the Soup books? I read those a couple times. My son loved fantasy which I DIDN'T but he persuaded me to read the Taran books, and I loved those. Gosh, I just wish I'd kept a diary of books I've read, cause I can't remember author's names or titles, and now with grandchildren, there are some I'd really like to get them to read. Oh, well, they're finding their own.

[Roberta T]

Nicole, I've had real knee problems, and I finally went to a chiropractor and wow did it help. Take care of your legs - you want to keep running!!!

[renee s]

Well, we had a big storm come through last night and we finally got power back on after losing it over 15 hours ago. And what's the first thing I do when I realize it's back on? Get up and check the zero's club link, of course! Now I have to go reset all those pesky blinking clocks in my house, and empty all the pots and pans we had filled up real quick before we lost water pressure. And I just took a peek at our three oldest who just got back from the Sonshine Festival in Minnesota, at around 5 am, (and are still sleeping, of course) and it looks like they weren't very faithful applying sunscreen like they should have. Ouch!
I don't get as much time to read as I used to, but I prefer inpirational romance and mystery novels. I'm a collector of books that I feel are worth reading over and over again. Some series you can find on my shelves are The Stonewyke trilogies, by Michael Phillips and Judith Pella, The Glenbrooke series, by Robin Jones Gunn (one of my favorite authors) and any of the Amish country books by Beverly Lewis, to name a few.
As far as movies, my favorites are romantic comedies and cloak-and-dagger-type mysteries, which I don't think they make enough of. And my all time-favorite romance movie is "You've Got Mail".

[webfrau]

Gosh - kids eat the strangest things -I just got a cold tortilla with a cold hot dog & spray butter on it for my youngest and he ate the whole thing! For breakfast! I understand the whole hot dog thing with kids, but slightly warm - not straight out of the refrigerator. About tortillas, even I like one now and again, but warmed up, not cold. And, of course, he wants spray butter on everything, so he doesn't have to heat it up!He is just a strange bird :)

Well, I've got no problem with the cold hotdog, could cope with the tortilla cold BUT what on earth is spray butter? Sounds like spraying oil on your food! Come to think of it I've never buttered a tortilla.

[idtwinmom]

Gosh - kids eat the strangest things -I just got a cold tortilla with a cold hot dog & spray butter on it for my youngest and he ate the whole thing! For breakfast! I understand the whole hot dog thing with kids, but slightly warm - not straight out of the refrigerator. About tortillas, even I like one now and again, but warmed up, not cold. And, of course, he wants spray butter on everything, so he doesn't have to heat it up!He is just a strange bird :)

Oh, too too funny! Now I know I have the pickiest eaters ever. My 3 kids won't touch a hot dog with a 10 foot pole. Won't eat french fries or tater tots either. As for tortillas, they would eat that but probably not with butter on it unless it was Peanut butter, oh, and hold the jelly too. One of my 3 seems to live on Graham Crackers with Peanut Butter and the other 2 will eat any form of cereal, tortilla chips with cheese (nachos without all the good stuff), and the occasional PB sandwich (don't forget to hold the jelly again).

BTW, if you guys are voting on the blinkies, what can I bribe you with (Nicole's already paying off for that work). (HeHe)

[RoadMap4Us]

Gosh - kids eat the strangest things -I just got a cold tortilla with a cold hot dog & spray butter on it for my youngest and he ate the whole thing! For breakfast!

Eeeuuwwwhhhh! :eek::eek: But it does sound like you've pretty much hit all the major food groups there: Tortilla probably has grain and maybe corn -- so there is your vege. Hot dog = protein. Spray butter = dairy, sort of. Yep. Just add a chocolate kiss to this meal and you're set!

Well, we had a big storm come through last night

That must have been after it swept through Iowa. We got just a bit of it but no power outage. Glad you are all better now.:):)

BTW, if you guys are voting on the blinkies, what can I bribe you with (Nicole's already paying off for that work). (HeHe)

Ummmmm.........Let's see. How about 'blinking' a couple of extra hours into each day? That's what I could use!:clap::clap::clap:

Oh, and I see some of the faithful from the Granny Thread have discovered this thread also! We'll have fun now!! :yahoo::yahoo::yippee::yippee:

Favorite movies: I will watch any political intrigue thriller. Love trying to figure out good guys from bad guys when they all look like they could be in either camp! A really old one that is still a favorite is The Hunt for Red October.

OHHH -- and I just discovered the Borne Trilogy. I know those movies were out quite awhile ago but I just saw them last month. Loved the flash-backs and trying to piece it together!!! But I did have to close my eyes during the 5-minute blood-and-guts scene that is in each movie! :o :yikes: :o

[lizzanne]

OK ...i've got to second the "Eeeuuwwwhhhh!" about the hot dogs. I can't seem to even stand the smell of them. They are right up there with canned Ravioli!!....Eeeuuwwwwww!My grandkids are all really good eaters. One more than the others loves his carbs. The girls tend to love salads. Strang for a child I think...but they love having a salad with all the fixings...including avacado.
For the sweet treat, they love banana (sliced long ways) with PB in the middle, whipping cream on top and hersheys chocolate syrup drizzled on the top. Then sliced and each little bite has its own toothpick. Yep...its always a good treat to count on.
Nicole would have to find something else to drizzle on it because you know she don't like chocolate! Caramel maybe?

Hi Deb!

[webfrau]

Peanut butter with banana!!! Ewwww!

[Nicole Young]

Poll is up!!! Be sure to go make your choice!!! A couple are sized differently, but thats ok!!! Just pick which ever blinkie you would like to have represent CLUB ZERO!!!!
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32981

[rosiego]

Peanut butter with banana!!! Ewwww!


I wanna be a ZERO.

Peanut butter and banana sandwiches are a Southern tradition. They are wonderful.

ETA: I am not a movie person. I love to read, but have just glanced through my magazines lately as I spend all my time here (and letting dogs in and out, out, in, in, out).

[idtwinmom]

Ok, some of you think peanut butter and banana's is bad (to me that is a super yummy treat), but how do you feel about peanut butter and mayonaise sandwiches. I watched my kid sister eat one of these every day for 6 full years. Yech!!!!!

[webfrau]

Ok, some of you think peanut butter and banana's is bad (to me that is a super yummy treat), but how do you feel about peanut butter and mayonaise sandwiches. I watched my kid sister eat one of these every day for 6 full years. Yech!!!!!

OMG that's disgusting. I'd rather try the banana.

[carolat]

OMG that's disgusting. I'd rather try the banana.

me, too!

[idtwinmom]

Hey Nicole, you didn't stick around and let us know how your knee is doing. Sending prayers its feeling better.

[minnmom79]

I have one kid who will eat just aobut anything put in front of him and another who lives off tortillas and cheese, He will sometimes eat other stuff but that is his preference.

As for movies I tend to be a romantic comedy type person, I don't get a chance to read a lot of books( for someone over the age of 5) but I have read the Harry Potter series, and some Jane Austen recently.

[Roberta T]

Peanut butter and banana sandwiches were a staple for me growing up. I thought it was the ultimate til a friend had me over after school and made pb, banana and brown sugar sandwiches...mm good.

[mommabyrd2003]

I found a quesadilla maker at a garage sale Memorial Day and we've been having them for lunch almost every day since. I'm getting pretty creative at this point. Pizza ones with pineapple, ham, mushrooms, and spinach. Dessert ones with cream cheese, chocolate and pecans.

My kids are really odd when it comes to food. Mixed greens not iceberg lettuce for salad. Marshmallows in between 2 potato chips forming a sandwich. Hot dogs are rare, however they'd eat calamari every day if I let them. Spinach and artichoke dip is another hit.

Books. I read almost everything. Right now I'm reading two books aout hyperparenting -A Nation of Wimps & The Price of Privilege. I'm also reading some parenting books about honor for a Bible study I'm doing this summer. They're by Scott Turansky. Good stuff. Same thing for movies. I'll watch pretty much anything. Sci-fi and Fantasy aren't my favorites. Stupid funny like Super Bad and Hot Rod are my favorites except when I need a good drama.

How's the knee Nicole? Neilston's still nursing his from when the derailer on his bike broke while riding at a rather high rate of speed.

[gintal]

I have one VERY picky eater. When he finds something new he likes, that is all he wants and then I have to re-introduce his old favorites. The twins take turns being the biggest eater. It's like they don't want to get to far apart in size. (I think the most difference in weight was 1 pound.) One of the twins is a carb-o-holic while the other is a gourmet meat eater, when we grill he always sits next to daddy and asks where his steak is.

Not much time for reading right now. We did all just go see Wall-e. DH and I really enjoyed it, oldest loved the robots but didn't grasp the story, and the other two slept through almost the whole thing. (fortunately, we didn't have to buy them tickets, LOL)

[Nicole Young]

Well, my knee is much better today! I am still a little nervous to run on it, but I am sure its nothing serious at this point! :)
And funny thing---I just ate a peanut butter and banana sandwich last night! I am not a huge fan of peanut butter, but with bananas, its really really good! I always add a squirt of honey too, that makes it perfect!!!

Mommabyrd- what Scott Turansky book are you reading? I have read Parenting a Child's Heart, its a fantastic book and I met him at a Children's Pastor's Conference that I went to last winter.
Ok....better go get some work done :D

[just-pjz]

Nicole, I do hope the knee is good and not just "hiding"!
Haven't gone to a movie in a couple years, actually. Well, my son's preschool went to see "Surf's Up" last year and I went. But I haven't seen a grown-up movie in forever.
I'm waaay behind on reading as well. Just don't get that much me time. I've seen several mentioned in this thread, though, that look worthwhile, so thanks!
PB---not a big fan, only ever eat it with chocolate or the occasional cookie, but pb&banana sandwiches were present in my house growing up. My kids would NEVER eat them.
My oldest is a picky eater but atleast I'm finally getting him to try things...even if it is "just the one bite and that's it!". He does love salads, taco night, applesauce, hotdogs--warm, no butter!, fruits of all kinds, broccoli. He HATES pizza, spaghetti, anything like that, soups, mac and cheese.
My youngest, well he's a picky eater of a whole different color. He's Autistic, with a lot of sensory issues. He will go days without eating! Very limited choices, usually they are all brown in color---crackers, toast, breaded nuggets--crunchy and he mainly only eats the outer edges. Does like dry, cold, crisp iceberg lettuce.
Both only drink water or milk and both won't touch ice cream, cake/cupcakes, pudding, yogurt and most cookies with a ten-foot pole.

You ladies sure have made the Blinkie Poll tough!! Great work!

~Pjz

[gram2nic]

I just found this "club". Can I join, huh, huh, huh??? Please oh please oh please let the "old" lady in!! LOL I never win at any game so I should fit in just fine since my score is usually zero! I keep trying tho....

All my picky eaters have moved out and some have picky eaters of their own now (pay backs!) I remember PB and Banana sandwiches and if I mention them to someone else, they curl their nose up and think "Yuck". Glad to be part of a group that respects the finer things in life! LOL

Judy

[Nicole Young]

Oh yes we love our peanut butter and banana sandwiches!!! And OF COURSE you may join our totally exclusive (ha!) club!!!!

BTW guys....I just posted a freebie on my blog....go grab it!!!!!!

[Nicole Young]

FREEBIE ALERT
Ok another opportunity to win a freebie....no "participation" freebie this time. Just a freebie for the winner....
Since you guys are pros at blinkies now....we need one made for the NEW time of the 2 CRAZY CHICKS chat.....

1. Same size : 150 x 50
2. Must have the name: 2 CRAZY CHICKS CHAT somewhere on it
3. Must have the time on it: 9:15am Eastern Every other Tuesday (make that sound pretty :D)
4. Must use Kerri and/or my kits---freebies, bonuses, store bought, whatever :)

Sound good? You guys have until......July 25th to make them! Thanks!!! I will talk with Kerri and we will either post a poll or choose a top three or ten or twenty or whatever....and then post a poll! :)
Thanks guys!!!!

[kitscrapper]

Currently reading The Historian.
It's by Elizabeth Kostova. A young woman's quest to learn the truth about her father's life and her mother's death involves research into Vlad the Impaler and Dracula.

Picked it up at the grocery store the other day and have to admit I thought it would grip me a little bit more...sort of drags on a bit...

While I have a lot of favorite books my all time favorite author is Diana Gabaldon (Oh Carola, has there ever been a union like Claire and Jamie *sigh*)...Almost afraid that they make the Outlander series a movie as I think it won't live up to my imagination.

[carolat]

That entire storyline about Claire and Jamie is so neat! Absolutely awesome:) I just love the time-travel aspect of it all. Gotta go - trying to get my mom on messenger so she can se my layouts and we can im at the same time - hello is gone so messenger will have to do - be back later!

[webfrau]

Have to agree about the Gabaldon series. Absolutely brilliant. Loved all the historical medical and military info too as well as the great story.

[RoadMap4Us]

Christina -- That quesadilla maker sounds awesome! Never heard of one. I'll have to keep my eye out for one!

I remember banana-PB sandwiches from my childhood also.

Speaking of PB: What about celery with PB slathered in the 'crease' and then with raisins nestled on top of the PB? We still call those 'bumps on a log' and we still have them at holiday time. Anyone else ?

[webfrau]

We put cream cheese in our celery sticks.

[kitscrapper]

Now there' a blinkie that has to be made; The Outlander lovers! The latest couple of Gabaldon books have a tad tooo much historical data that I get wistful for the old days about the neat characters... but really it's a great romance without being overly smutty; it's gritty and it's colorful, full of humor and neato facts! I was hooked from day one! :)

There's a quote in one of the books that really stands out for me when someone (Jaimie's grandma?) mentions that "All boys have a bit o' the devil in them"....Love that!
:lol:

Deb: my son is in grade 3 and during nutrition segments they were introduced to the wonderful world of 'ants on a log'. My son was dying to make them although you can bet your bottom dollar that if I had suggested such a thing he would have wanted nothing to do with it! :rolleyes:

[kitscrapper]

Does anyone have a particular place that they prefer to read? Or a particular reading style?

[carolat]

Does anyone have a particular place that they prefer to read? Or a particular reading style?

Anywhere WITHOUT kids!

[kitscrapper]

Anywhere WITHOUT kids!

*L* Okay....that about sums it up! :D

[Roberta T]

Since I don't have kids that's not a problem for me. I can read ANYWHERE but my favorite place is at night in bed. No matter how tired I am, I love to read some before I go to sleep.
I never liked ants on a log but some in my family did. I liked cheddar cheese in celery which mom did on special occasions. The other special occasion thing I loved was her devilled eggs. I make them sometimes but they never taste as good as hers, course that could have something to do with old, worn out taste buds!

[renee s]

Here is my entry for the new chat time blinkie.
2 Crazy Chicks chat blinkie (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=271161&nocache=1)

[Fade2Pink]

I love to lay on my couch and read, but I almost ALWAYS fall asleep when I do that :)

[Beachcomber]

I'm exhausted. We had a busy weekend. We went camping with the Cub Scouts. The camp ground was hilly so we did a lot of walking. They provided all of the meals which was nice. We ate well. Unfortunately I've also got a sinus headache.

[webfrau]

Does anyone have a particular place that they prefer to read? Or a particular reading style?

In bed, nice and warm with a cup of tea at hand.

[amy!]

reading...man its been a while since I've picked up a book..I usually stick to magazines or the computer screen...the last book I read was the da vinci code

movies..with a 4 year old its been a while for an adult movie..can't even recall. Movies I've watched are all kid movies. CARS twice, surfs up, Ratatouille, seems like there was another one in there too...dad took him to see speedracer and I'm taking him to wall-e soon. oh the chipmunks.

ants on a log...never was for me...I liked licking the log..but stringy celery eeeww. I'll try the pb & banana please.

a new blinkie challenge how cool love seeing all the club zero ones..now to try out what I've learned!

have fun everyone!

[cowboy]

I'll join - think I might be a -0

[just-pjz]

Hi cowboy...pull up a chair!

I like a comfy chair for reading...the bed is nice but I always fall asleep.
I usually have to have some background noise as well...helps me concentrate better on what I'm reading. *shrug*

No ants near my food, even pretend ones! I like cream cheese, plain is fine, but usually some type of cream cheese spread, or some chicken salad spread on my celery sticks.

Hope everyone is enjoying their CIJ festivities!!

~pjz (Paula)

[renee s]

I'll join - think I might be a -0

Welcome Cowboy! Just remember, though, that you're not a zero here. Everyone in the zero's club are 10s! Zero only reflects how many points we average at game chats.

[kitscrapper]

hello hello!
In bed, nice and warm with a cup of tea at hand.

That is DEFINITELY my number 1 reading location! When I was a little girl I used to wake up and make my tea and cereal and curl right back into warm sheets with my books. Now though...I just need a cup of tea minus the cereal. I've tried to read in the bathtub but I can't last....I find it a struggle to hold the books out of the water; rather relax 100% with a stable mattress! :p

Renee, left a pm for you, your blinkie is full of vim and vigor!! The red really pulls you in to come have fun!

[kitscrapper]

Welcome Pamela! Hope you enjoy it here. : ) We seem to offer quite the variety of food and beverages! Maybe you have some unique Aussie treat to bring to the table??

[idtwinmom]

Ok, lots to catch up on.....

I enjoyed the Gabaldon books too. Haven't read one in a long time, are there more than 3?

PB on celery was a staple at my house, but yet to get the kids to try it. I will have to try the cream cheese and the chicken salad sounded good to. Maybe I could get the kids to do ants on a log (more likely if someone else suggested it).

When I read, I like to read in bed too. Although these days it's usually during the kids TV hour on the couch. (Not everyday mind you so it takes weeks to finish anything). I haven't picked up a book in months.

Well, time for lunch, gotta get the kids in and hands washed.

[amy!]

here's my try at the 2 crazy chicks chat blinkie.
I'm interested to see if I can read this one:rolleyes:..last try at making a blinkie, it looked readable while on my program but a big NOT on-line. If not, It'll have to do for now gotta get off my butt and pic