Great Superbowl Recipe

From my friend at Crazy Nuts Mom, Fruit Salsa! Looks amazing! She promises to post the chip recipe soon.

Spirit Lockets

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Quick Update

The car debacle (is that even spelled correctly?!) is over; Super Nox has been replaced by LuLuBelle:

Now to get back to work! Lots of tablecloth orders, and a birthday-present hoodie for a girl in town. Love blingin'!!

Totally Totalled

So my insurance peeps called me today, regarding my car that was rolled last week. They're going to total it out. Really?!?!  I know it rolled, but it really wasn't that bad. All the doors open and close fine (no frame damage). The roof -- and even the sunroof and antenna -- are in perfect order. Windshield: fine.

Is anyone familiar enough with this stuff to tell me if this sounds legit?  It's an 05 Equinox. They would have to replace the driver's side door, fender, and grill stuff. I'm thinking, "Replace the door, I'll take care of the grill/fender stuff with some awesome zebra print duct tape!"  The car, including the windshield wipers, were still running after the flip, so it works, mechanically.

Here's a few photos of my son's work:

Here is the front. There is a silver plastic strip that is popped off the front. (Headlights are fine and still working). Grill a little smushy.

Closer view of damage. Honestly, I'm fine with the crinkled fender/hood. 

Door damage and missing side-view mirror:

Passenger side: Perfecto!!!

It's really not as bad as it looks:

Hey look! I found the side-view mirror. It was just relocated to the inside. A little Gorilla Glue, and I'm good!

Standing on the door jam, taking pics of the roof. Sunroof is unscathed.

And here's Mr. Crash himeself.. The U of M hat was a "gift" from his aunt & uncle. (Mr. Crash attends Michigan State, hence, the joke). We'll just refer to this as his dunce cap:

~Teri

Happy New Year!

Silver Linings

One of my New Years' Resolutions is to pay more attention to my blog. I typically post my latest work on my facebook page (TeriScottDesigns), and forget about the blog. I'm looking forward to the psychological aspect of a new year to reorganize my business, focus on what works, and build on that.

I'm also trying to be more positive, as I look back at all the "yuck" 2012 dealt us:

• Broken dryer
• Dead central a/c during the hottest Michigan summer in recent memory
• Dying a/c in my car
• The unplanned and untimely need to replace tires on my car in November after running something over
• The planned for but unexpectedly expensive tires for husband's truck
• Replacement of head gaskets in my car

(I'm starting to notice a "car theme"...)

• Husband's truck needing new "stuff" in the engine (his 2008 truck has 200k miles due to his job)
• And most recently, YES, and other car issue:  The day after Christmas (just last week) my 19 year old son, who does not like to drive much and has virtually no snow road experience (thanks to last years' virtually non-existent winter), rolled my car after losing control while driving in the snow.

Then I started thinking. Why dwell on the crap that came in 2012??  I have so much to be thankful for, and I think it's easy to lose site of what matters.

The dryer, while a pain for several days, was fixable... and not horrifically expensive. The a/c issues are convenience issues. Those will work themselves out in time. Car maintenance and repair are small prices to pay for the convenience of being able to have cars. And as for my son rolling my Equinox last week... we are extremely lucky. No word yet from the insurance adjuster on their course of action, but the car sustained very little damage, given the fact it was laying upside down in a ditch. So we're hopeful they will repair it and not total it out.  But we are most thankful for the fact my son had his seatbelt on and walked away from the accident with just a couple bruises. 

We have three healthy, goofy kids.... which we often take for granted. The above-mentioned 19-year-old came within a hair of making the Dean's list this semester at Michigan State, and the other two are on their school's honor rolls. 

Too many parents had to plan funerals for their little ones this year. Too many watched as their children fought and lost battles to cancer and other illnesses. There's too much real pain and suffering all over this world to be uptight over tires or an air conditioner.  

Happy New Year. May your 2013 be a blessed...

Tablecloths!

Do you participate in craft or vendor events? Bling your tablecloth with your name or logo -- available in different color tablecloths, for 6' or 8' tables.