I <3 being a Director!

Oh, how exciting it is to receive such a beautiful card and special gift from Close To My Heart...just one of the many perks for being a Director! :)

This year the gift was a cute little heart jump drive on a key chain. How stinkin' blingy and clever! Love it!! Thank you Jeanette and everyone up at Close To My Heart!! :))

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

Getting my feet wet with Spray Tanning...

Ok, I just had to share this because its TOOOO funny!

I tried spray tanning for the first time yesterday and the girl that was helping me told me that it was up to me if I wanted to use the "barrier cream" so that the palms of my hands and the bottom of my feet wouldn't get tanned. She said some people find that they don't need to use it...so I decided to skip it, too. Um, yeah...I won't be doing that again. Hahaha! Here is a picture of what the bottom of my feet look like this morning. My hands are fine but my feet...um YIKES! LOL

Have a great weekend!!
~*Stampily Yours*~ Shannon Buck! :)~

Here's the little critter!

For those of you that have followed my status updates on Facebook & Twitter you probably already know how I'm feeling about this little critter...lol.

This here is Sammy. He is my 10 year old daughters new little friend that her 20 year old sister bought her without asking Mom & Dad if it was ok. OY! While he is a cute little thing with ugly red eyes this little critter loves to sleep all day and run on his little treadmill thing ALL NIGHT LONG! If I have to get up in the middle of the night for anything I always think to myself, "Hmmm, it's raining again?" before realizing, "Nope, it's just Sammy." LOL

But anyways, I just wanted to show off this cute little picture of him. He had crawled down the arm of my Mom's coat sleeve and snuggled right in. :)

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

My creative space...

I received an email from Lisa asking if I would post a picture of my Creative Space. Sure! Here you go. :)

Here is also a LINK to my original post where I first highlighted my area...it's definitely not as clean at the moment as it is in the picture...eek! LOL Enjoy! :)

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

Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to wish all my friends a very Merry Christmas! I hope the time you spent with family and friends was both magical and memorable. :)

I also wanted to share with you the picture that we sent out on our Christmas Cards this year. I couldn't get my scanner to scan our actual card so instead I'm just sharing the picture. We had a lot of fun making this and it was PERFECT that our snow storm hit just in time for this photo because it gave us the perfect excuse to drive around in the snow looking for Santa hats. I hope those of you that haven't seen it yet get a kick out of it. ~hugs to all~ :)

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

Happy Christmas Eve Eve!

It's getting late so I thought I would just post a few random pictures from over the last couple of days. I'm looking forward to eventually putting some of these together on a scrapbook page...when I do I'll be sure to share! :)

This is our little dog Chip (Cocker Papillion) enjoying the snow in our backyard. He's actually running around on our deck but the snow off of the deck is just as high! Crazy nuts! :)

This picture was taken yesterday (December 22nd) before we headed to Seattle. Isn't the snow on the trees beautiful behind me? I love this photo...its one of my favorites (and I'm wearing my cupcake shirt! LOL)

This is Becca playing Santa at our Christmas Eve Eve get together. Unfortunately there are no pictures of Alyssa because she was the one that took all of the pictures. OY!

After dropping Aaron's Grandma off at her home in Federal Way we decided to make a little detour on our way back to the hotel by stopping at the place where Aaron and I met 22 years ago! Patterson's West Roller Skating Rink! LOL This picture was funny because it was super cold outside and we had to hold our breath so that it didn't fade us out in the picture. LOL Kinda funny!

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

More Winter White!

Unbelievable! We have a total of at least 16" of snow at our house! Woohoo! Wish I was home to enjoy it but today was the day that we decided to head up to Seattle to start celebrating Christmas with family - it only took us 3 1/2 hours of driving time instead of 3. Not so bad! Seattle has lots of snow up here (maybe not as much as at home, though) but the roads are all bare and wet compared to our roads around home where chains were required on all vehicles. It was nutso but oh so beautiful as you can see by today's pictures...

The Pearl District - downtown Portland at 7:00am this morning.

Heading out of Portland after working out at the gym (8:30am).

Aaron and I outside our house as the snow continued to come down. Man I'm loving this!

I have more pictures but I forgot to recharge my battery before we left for Seattle so I'm not sure I have enough battery life to pull those yet...LOL! Luckily we have our good camera with us so we'll be able to get some AWESOME Christmas pictures. Can't wait! :) Maybe I'll even FINALLY get some of these pictures scrapbooked...now wouldn't that be a concept! :)

Merry Christmas everyone!

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

It doesn't take much to entertain us!

So...I needed to run out for some printer ink & to return some movies - excuses excuses...LOL! Well, we decided to take a fun little side trip to a closed car lot (guess they didn't think they would get any sales with all the snow today so they closed up shop early. Too bad for them because we might've wanted to buy something... *wink wink*).

Anyways, we basically stopped in to see what my "dream car" would look like with a pile of snow on it. LOL (See, I told you that it doesn't take much to entertain us! LOL) Ultimately, I would LOVE to have the Audi TT but would definitely settle for this hot little thing...the Nissan 300z. *hehehe* Not too shabby, eh?

Check out how deep the snow is around my ankles - Wow! I'm thinkin' I look pretty good next to this baby...now to convince Aaron that I need it in 2009...HMMM! ;)~

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

Its a Winter Wonderland!

Just wanted to share some of our SNOW pictures that we took around town today. It's literally been snowing since around 6am this morning and we probably have AT LEAST 6" tonight (6pm!) after its been snowing constantly all day...woohoo!

I'm so lovin' this! Wish it would stick around for a couple of weeks because its so pretty to look at but the weatherman is predicting that it'll turn to freezing rain by tomorrow afternoon before warming up and melting off. That bums me out! :( I hope he's WRONG! Otherwise I may have to put in a request to move somewhere that has TRUE winters and TRUE summers. :)~

This photo was taken inside the car as we headed into Portland via the Broadway Bridge.

This is a shot as we entered into the Pearl District.

Aaron and I after heading out of Saint Cupcake. (Mmm, cupcakes and snow! Yummy!)

Becca and Alyssa as we were driving around town.

I took this picture of the Clackamas Mall parking lot as I was staning on the 2nd level of Barnes & Nobel around 3pm or so this afternoon.

This is what Aaron's car looked like when we got home from a fun day of shopping and driving around in the snow. We were amazed at the amount of cars that actually decided to brave the roads today. Unbeleiveable!

I thought this was a cool shot taken out in our cul-de-sac showing how deep the snow is in front of our cars headlights!

And, last but not least...ME! :)

Have a great evening everyone. Stay warm! :)

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

I found a CUTE hat today!

I am so stoked! I NEVER find hats that I think look at least 1/2 way decent on me and when I do they never seem to fit my big, fat head (which is where I store all of my cool, innovative ideas, of course...yeah, that's the ticket!)...LOL! But today was the exception! Woohoo!

We were out on 23rd today in Portland doing some last minute Christmas shopping at the ultra unique stores and ventured into a hat store. I got to talking to the very helpful sales clerk about how I can never find hats that look good on me and so she began scouring the store until she could prove me wrong! I ended up with this very soft, black, knit hat for a good price and wore it all day long. It was nice to have since the weather has been so cold AND it was snowing a little bit while we were downtown. Loved that it kept my ears warm and looked GREAT with my black velvety jacket that I bought about a month ago, too. :)

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

P.S. - I think I need to throw a party. This post marks my 100th post to my blog! YIPPEE!! :)

Another unexpected Gift!

I received an unexpected delivery from the Postman today. It was funny, too, because he delivered the box early in the morning and then still came back later in the day to deliver my regular mail - kinda odd but ok, whatever...LOL.

Anyways, this unexpected gift was from my good friend and wonderful upline Tina. She sent me the most ADORABLE bag all wrapped in a gorgeous ribbon! When I pulled it out of the box I just don't know what came over me but I started crying - I couldn't even pick up the phone to tell her Thank You for at least 7 hours! LOL And even when I did get a hold of her on the phone I still had a hard time trying to tell her how wonderful of gift it was and that I can't wait to use it.

So thank you Tina! I absolutely love it! LOVE IT!! I'm excited to use it even though I can barely bring myself to take the bow off of it...LOL! Maybe I'll do that tomorrow. ;)

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

A few more snow shots...

Just thought I would share just a couple more snow shots from our white and beautiful day. Enjoy! :)

A Snow Angel by request from my friend Amy. :)

The Buck family sportin' their winter threads and off to the store to get their ultra, super-duper secret weapon for this years family Christmas photo. (Arriving in select mailboxes soon. Oooh, just you wait! *teehee*)

Becca and I enjoying our Pumpkin Spice Latte's, YUM! Yup, Starbucks was open today...Woohoo for us!

Our house at dusk with our Christmas Lights on and my cute little car all nestled inside the garage to keep warm and toasty for the night. :)

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

Pretty in Pink Snow

Over the past hour the snow has gotten a little bit heavier... Yippee!! And lookie, I managed to even crawl out of my cupcake pj's to put on some regular clothes so that I could go outside and play in the snow for a few minutes. Well, more like have my picture taken in it to prove that I do go outside from time to time. ;)

On guestimate, I would say that we have approximately 2" of snow now and that's only from an accumulation within the last hour or so. I hope it continues to come down. There's nothing better than a wintery wonderland when you're toasty warm on the inside. :)

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

Only 10 hours late!

Hey - I'm impressed!

The local weather man predicted that we would have snow for the first time this wintery season and while the first flakes arrived just 10 hours late I'd have to admit that for once the weatherman knew his stuff! Woohoo! Pick me up off the floor because I can hardly believe it! LOL ;)

We don't have much... YET... but we could get up to 4" by the time the day is through. I hope so! There's nothing like snow to slide a girl into the Christmas Spirit! :)

I did manage to brave the cold with Alyssa, this morning, to snap a couple of pictures of the flurries before my neighbors saw me in my cupcake jammies. *giggle* I'm excited to get some more shots this afternoon if and when the snow begins to pile. *fingers are crossed*

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

The Salon Vision

I've had a busy busy day today! From working out at the gym, to packaging club kits, to going to the salon to be beautified... wow, I'm exhausted. I feel like I've ran around town all day! And then next I need to clean my house...UGH!

So this is me with my hairstylist, Glen. About a year ago I decided to switch from the gal that had been doing my hair for 3 years to Glen...on recommendation from my friend Teresa. I basically went in to Glen and said, "Do what you think is going to look the best on me," giving him full reign on what to do. (Was that smart? *hehehe*) He decided that he wants me to grow my hair out to just under my shoulders and put in (as he says it) "hot, sexy layers" - LOL! Guess we'll see how that looks when we get there! ;) I think I have about 4 more inches to go. Wow!

Hope all my blog readers enjoyed a very productive and fun day. :)

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

Lunch with Irene :)

Ok, not the best picture of me since my hair appt. isn't until tomorrow (dang it! lol) but I'm still so excited that my friend Irene G. came up to Portland today and called me so that we could get together for lunch. I LOVE getting together with friends! :)

We decided to go to Applebee's downtown by the Lloyd Center and even met Aaron there so that we all could chatter. We had a great time gabbing about fitness and other topics and it was just great seeing her! I think its been almost a year! Time sure flies!

I'm hoping that when she comes back through on Friday to pick up her new car that is getting some warranty work done that she'll be able to go to my Recreate-Fitness class with me. That would be so much fun and I'm sure she would enjoy the change from her normal fitness routine of karate and kick-boxing! :)

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

Our Gingerbread houses have gone MISSING!

I woke up super early on this cold December morning (5am to be exact - UGH!) and already have a mystery on my hands. Well, I can't say that its a tough mystery to solve, by any means, because there could only be one culprit...CODY! *gasp* Here's the scoop...

Becca and Alyssa decorated Gingerbread Houses yesterday which gave them something fun and festive to do all afternoon. Thankfully I took a picture of each of their houses so that they would have something to remember them by. :)

Well...sometime during the night Cody (our German Short-hair Pointer mix) decided he needed a midnight snack because somewhere between 10pm and 5am the gingerbread houses have both gone missing and the only noticeable evidence is the candy trail he left underneath the computer desk!! LOL It's quite the mess, too...ground up candy in my carpet...OY! I wish I would've had the opportunity to snap a picture of him during the act but I'm sure I'll have my opportunity later when he's gettin' sick in a different corner. *sigh* LOL

Happy Monday morning everyone! :)

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