Tag Album

I just wanted to simply post a picture of the outside of a Tagbook I recently put together for someone. I think it turned out simple and cute. Enjoy. :)

~*Stampily Yours*~ Shannon Buck! :)~

David Cook in Concert

So its Labor Day weekend, the last weekend before the girls return back to school so I wanted to make sure that we did something fun to close out the fun summer (I'm hoping) they had.

Well, as luck would have it, I heard on the radio when I hit the tanning beds the other day that David Cook was going to be in Concert Saturday September 5th at the Oregon State Fair. Nice! So, I got online and scored us some tickets!! Woohoo!! Alyssa was especially excited because this was going to be her very first concert EVER!!

As far as seats go...if you were to be standing up on stage our seats were all the way to the far left about mid section up...not the greatest but not to shabby either being that I only purchased them the night before...LOL! ...Well, at least we *thought* they were fairly good tickets...that is until there was a change of events! Check this out...

So we got to our seats about an hour early and were watchin' everyone as they were coming in to find their own seats. We met a really nice girl named Rebecca that was sitting next to us that had come to the concert by herself. A new friend! YAY!! This was her 4th concert and she said that she's been following David Cook's career since when he was on American Idol which was really cool to hear!

Well, not long after being seated Alyssa wanted to stand on her seat to see how tall she was but was scared to do so because she saw one of the Security Guards looking our way. She gave him a quick wave and much to her surprise he waived back at her! This freaked her out! LOL She thought she was going to get in trouble for wanting to stand on the seats and became super duper fearful when he started walking our way...ut-oh!! LOL We all sat looking forward and not talking for a moment (I guess we were all holding our breath...? lol). He made his way up the stairs and into the row behind us...*gulp*...but next thing we know he is flashing 4 premium seat tickets in front of me which meant we were movin' next to the stage baby!!!! Woohoo!! What a cool surprise!! :P

The concert was great, especially with the AWESOME tickets we scored!! David Cook and The Crash Kings put on a really good show. Unfortunately, we haven't followed David's career outside of the few songs in the mainstream so it was great to hear what else he has been singing that we were clueless about (oopsie!)...loved when he sang "Hotel California" by The Eagles and "Hot for Teacher" by Van Halen, though! Can you say HOT?! LOL

So, after the concert Alyssa and I made sure to take our picture with the awesome Security Guard, Brian, for being so generous with the tickets...which I think he thought was very cool of us to do. ;) After talking with Brian for a little bit I learned that when he waived at Alyssa what he was really doing was trying to get her to come down to him and get the tickets which would've put us in even BETTER seats, if you could believe that! LOL We had an awesome time in the new seats we scored, though. We enjoyed great music, made new friends, the girls got some great t-shirts, and even got to meet one of the band members from The Crash Kings AND got a signed CD by them. What an AWESOME evening we had!! Sure glad we went. :)

~*Stampily Yours*~ Shannon Buck! :)~

I can't move a muscle!

Yup...you've heard correctly! I'm back in the gym and working out thanks to my friend Tim R. who shared with me the link to the gym where he now works out. :)

I joined www.elitekettlebellgym.com on Thursday and went through a mini workout once the instructor could see that I didn't need to be walked through the moves since I had done them before at the previous gym I was at. I then took the Friday Women's class but with it being Labor Day weekend I was the only one in class so it was like having a personal trainer - Yippee! Then yesterday (Saturday) I snuck in another class...I stepped it up to the intermediate level and HOLY COW do I ever feel it today! LOL I can barely move...but the pain hurts so good! I can't wait to get back into the gym which will most likely be Tuesday morning for the 6am class...if I'm able to pull myself outta bed that early that is. ;)

~*Stampily Yours*~ Shannon Buck! :)~

New 2009 Fall/Winter Idea Book!

It's September 1st which means opening day for the brand spankin' NEW 2009 Close To My Heart Fall/Winter Idea Book - Woohoo!

This new book is jam packed with stunning new products and a brand new design! Stamp sets images are shown at 75% instead of 50% which is awesome! When looking through this idea book for the first time it made all the stamp sets look brand new again...lol! Kinda funny, really. :)

Please visit my website at www.stampinbuds.com to order your new book and to check out this months HOT new special that is sure to have you celebrating. :)

~*Stampily Yours*~ Shannon Buck! :)~

Starbucks & Blog Distribution

September has arrived and I am workin' hard on my Close To My Heart business this morning while seriously craving a Pumpkin Spice Latte which has arrived in all Starbucks stores as of today...just in time to warm me up for the fall/winter season - Mmmm! Can't say that I chose the right Starbucks to go to today because they were SOOOO SLOOOOW but the actual drink is heavenly! I'm sippin' on it right now while updating my blog...could life get any better? LOL

Also, just wanted to give you all a heads up about the "Blogs Posts To Your Inbox" button to the right of this page. I have "reloaded" it and it should be working properly now...so if you haven't done so already I want to encourage you to sign up! Have a happy day everyone! :)

~*Stampily Yours*~ Shannon Buck! :)~