Monday, December 7, 2009

the santa clause


murder most foul and wicked happened over the weekend. the law firm; lie, cheat & steal hosted their annual office chirstmas party and A. big scam was found in his santa suit bludgeoned to death and stuffed up his chimney. he left behind a grieving widow and many suspicions about his death.

laywers and clients put their best faces forward and came to the party in order to enjoy a little holiday cheer amongst the tragedy. well that and....to find out who was taking over for will lie as he retired. there was much speculation on who would get that coveted position.

constance cheat?? rumors abounded about how she made partner to begin with...that horrible gossip columnist, gabby gossip, suspected she had had an affair with will lie...so would that brief affair play into his decision tonight??

ben detoy?? a sleazy office flirt who couldn't seem to keep his hands to himself and thought he was all that?? he really gets on constance's nerves, regardless that constance is happily married to igotta cheat, a man much younger then her and has been heard called her boy toy....

will lie, ben detoy, igotta cheat, constance cheat

who knows...will lie has been most secretive about who he is leaving in charge. but he also hasn't been known for his ethics...likes to keep his options open.

inspector ness shows up at the party to interrogate the murder of a. big scam...it might be a party, but a deed most foul has occurred and since everyone is already gathered...why not??

will lie makes his announcement...ben detoy was named as successor. constance is shocked!!! martha mallow, head of vale pharmaceuticals, client of constance, is seen asking...what is up with that?? she can't focus too long on the big promotion tho...her own problems are too big for that. 2 of her top scientists have gone missing and she wants information. she is a bit annoyed with constance who was hired to look into the matter...but she has yet to turn up any information.

gabby gossip is keeping a low profile and writing madly in her little notebook...observing eveyrone's reactions and who is who whispering to who!!!

gabby gossip, barbie dahl scam, chip shoulder, shamus steal

barbie dahl scam, widow to a. big scam has shown up to the party as well...causing speculation not only with her public display of mourning, but with the fact that she is calling herself ex wife to a. big scam. she is seen with her tear stained face leaning heavily on the shoulders of enid a. drink, the ex wife of seymour steal.

seymour steal enjoys defending the scourge of the world. had a mid life break down...bought a convertible, an apartment and was seen to have been sleeping with all manner of bimbos...yet still can't figure out why enid divorced him??? she has her own method of revenge....she believes in voodoo magic!!! carries around a voodoo doll replica of seymour. seymour lost more then just wife tho....he lost his son, shamus steal's respect. but speculation implies seymour doesn't really care...his son defends tree hugging hippie activists and in his eyes...that's not worth much. good morals and values seem to be lost on seymour.

but that murderer isn't done yet!!! while inspector ness is interrogating constance...a scream is heard!! frantic yelling for the inspector as ben detoy...newly announced head of firm...falls to the floor!!! sadly it was to late...he is dead...poisoned!!!!

inspector ness locks down the building and no one is allowed to leave. this is a serious matter! he has his force working double time and labs are quick to get him the results of any evidence found. who was seen where, when?? who was meeting with who just days, hours, minutes before the deaths occurred??? water stains take a new meaning. and shocking revelations!!!!

marsha mallow, seymour steal, constance and igotta cheat, sleuthing...but it was so hard to keep a straight face (enid a. drink, constance, and marsha)!!!

a. big scam's will and testament was read bequeathing a $1000.00 dollars to his wife as he believes that is the going rate for ladies of the night. and the rest of his fortune was bequeathed to enid a. drink, who provided him with much companionship and comfort!!!!!

a letter adressed to igotta cheat was found in ben detoys suit....a cell diagram and description of conditions the cell can cause. a deadly virus was being manufactured by the missing scientists (one the scientists being igotta cheats father!!!) who worked for vale drugs!!!

so who did it??? after going over the evidence and interrogating all who attended the party....an arrest was made!!! inspector ness took miss marsha mallow into custody and charged with 2 counts of first degree murder, conspiracy to commit domestic terrorism, and some lesser charges in food and drug administration and tampering with evidence and framing someone else.
marsha mallow's pharmaceutical company was in financial trouble...she was creating a virus to put fear into people in order to make money off the antidote. a. big scam and ben detoy came across some suspicious activity and fell victim to knowing too much. in order to protect her company and life's work she committed her acts out of desperation. all in vain too. her company was shut down and she was handed a life sentence. the missing scientists were located and returned safely home. many lives were disrupted and changed after this night...secrets were disclosed and forced out into the open...many relationships were sacrificed due to marsha's desperation.

our dinner murder mystery was a blast!!! everyone had so much fun!! we ordered a downloadable game kit from this site...and i would go back and order from them again!! it was so easy to host and put together!! in fact, we had so much fun, we are having another murder mystery dinner for new years!!!

**this was a game...no one was really harmed, no murders really committed, and no terrorism was conspired.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

christmas comes...

early to kenner road!!! kerry lynn has her first ever winter sale going on...RIGHT NOW!!! 40% off all past kits while supplies last!! so if haven't managed to get your hands on a kenner road kit....now is a fabulous time to do so!!! or just add to your collection of kenner road kits!!! so exciting!!

december has creeped in on us, once again...and i love it!!! i love the feel of this month....the traditions...the ideas...the love. the giving. so our december preview looks a bit like this....
a murder mystery christmas party
ronda and andy are coming from denver to visit....so excited!!! TOMMORROW!!!
2 birthdays...dakota is turning 9 on the fourth and delainey is 4 on the 8th.
kenner road december reveal...
getting a christmas tree...
jay's christmas work party
my sister is coming for christmas supper
and in between all this is lots of crafting and family time and a lot of sewing and homemade gifts to make :)

life is good!!!
happy december 1st!

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

been crafting....

getting ready for christmas. we are doing our homemade christmas again...and this year we have decided to revise a few things. so tired of how over commercialized this holiday becomes. how it loses, in the material and monetary side of things, the real meaning.

and you don't have to believe in God or Jesus to know that the meaning of christmas is about the giving of yourself to others. with love. with honesty. with sincerity. these are the gifts that really matter.

so we are not handing out gifts this year to all asunder unless they are handmade. from the heart. made with love.

and that goes for our kidlets too. we have asked for their chirstmas lists and have decided that they will get one santa gift from that list, one gift from us on that list, and then one homemade gift from us. their gifts to each other will be handmade too.

so on that note...i have been compiling a list of cool handmade gift ideas. thought i would share one with you today:)

my 3 yr old LOVES her kitchen centre and thanks to gi, i came across this blog that offered a tutorial on how to make a felt sandwich (down the side bar). it's adorable. and i decided i had to get on the felt food train. so the idea was born that i was going to make a picnic for 2 for delainey with felt food. i found an amazing vendor on etsy who sells fabulous felt patterns. i bought a few that would suit my purposes for this project. she even offers a few free felt patterns on her blog...including a felt picnic basket!!!

the picnic for 2 will include 2 sandwiches, 4 donuts, a variety of fruit slices, a patchwork picnic blanket, and some handmade napkins. wanna see my progress so far???

slices of bread for the sandwiches

and the donuts...cute, hey??
it's been fun...and coming together rather quickly too!!! can't wait to see the entire project finished!!!

have a fabulous wednesday!!

Sunday, November 15, 2009

kenner road

so reveal was last night for the november kits...love the kits...definitely one of my faves to date!!! want to see what i created??



now if you haven't made it over to kenner road yet...you, of course, need to go and check out the kits and the gallery...it's stunning!!! kerry lynn has some christmas project kits available that are to die for!!!

happy sunday :)

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

under construction...

and diving into the world of blog customization and html codes...while there are some very talented people out there that can do this...and do this for a living...creating beautiful custom blogs for others....
i just can't pay the price for something that i can probably figure out myself...
so thanks to some determination....google...a lot of frustration and going cross eyed...
i am learning how to customize my blog....

so thanks for your patience thru this process...i know i am sadly behind in any kind of update :)

but i will leave you with this little daily....
a little KR love :)

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

gratitude.

i find peace,joy, light, laughter, and balance in that which i am grateful for...


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(created using the kenner road kits elementary and clean slate)


my word up...i chose gratitude. i chose to document a personal self growth journey that i am currently on. i chose to find gratitude in as many things as i can in my life. i chose to be grateful.


go check out OLW and see what the other CT created...and share with us what you are grateful for :)

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

wow!

i feeling pretty overwhelmed and loved right now! i was asked to be the guest designer for skissadilla, a norwegian sketch site, this week too...and my apologies to them for my getting my dates mixed up, resulting in my publishing this post late!!!

so i was asked to create a sketch and a LO for them as well!!! and the skissadilla girls did some pretty cool things with the sketch i designed!! so go check it out...there is also a little prize pkg up for grabs for playing along with my sketch courtesy of me for this week!!! so go check it out!!!

Simply sketch

Simply me

and of course...we can't forget about OLW!!! karla's choice in words this round...OPEN. at first i was totally stumped...really?? open?? what kind of word is that?? but you know?? it's an amazing word for of very positive things...and came up with my own little phrase to use on my layout....

Open

quote by me reads: when you open your mind to the possibilities that exist-you are no longer dreaming but living your dreams. and when you live your dreams- you are open to life and all it has to offer you.

figured it was fitting for the accomplishments dakota made while at lethbridge for his bmx finals 2 weeks ago...but it is fitting for so many more things in life too....

what are you open to??