Yes, it's rather gray outside today. Lightly raining right now. Downright chilly (not even 70 degrees). Dreary. Sometimes I like days like this. We had one like it yesterday, and Mike and I had a blast watching Heroes on DVD all afternoon (WHAT? How is this possible, you wonder... It's not available in stores yet. Well, Mike got an advance copy for work... And I'm finally starting to understand the show. I missed the first 10 or so episodes in the season when it aired, so I never quite understood what was going on). Good stuff.

Then, last night we went over to Melissa's house to surprise her hubby Bill for his birthday (which is actually today). I was so good. I only had a half-serving of penne with vodka sauce (Melissa made it - yummy!) and a sliver of cheesecake. It's all about willpower. I wanted MORE of that pasta, but I wouldn't let myself have any. I think Bill was genuinely surprised and happy when we showed up.

I also beat him not once but TWICE at Scrabble. This is monumental. Bill NEVER loses at Scrabble. He always beats all three of us. Always. I don't know what I did differently, so I'll attribute it to the luck of the draw with which tiles I got.

My CT member Robin has been hard at work with some of my designs. I just had to share these here with you guys:

First is this groovy hybrid project (LOVE hybrid!) that used stuff from the Bohemian Peddler kit Jess Bolton and I designed together. I'm so proud of Robin for doing this hybrid project and hope she got the hankering to do more!

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And then this utterly adorable layout of her niece, using my Laughter kit:

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And a few more items of note:

1) My computer has been delayed another week. I almost cried when I got the email earlier today. I've waited this long, I can wait another week. But not being able to do anything design-related is driving me nuts. NUTS!

2) Have you hopped on the Funky Train yet? It's a groovy collaborative kit available now at Scrapbookgraphics. And if you use the coupon code allaboard you can get it for $9.99. This kit is HUGE! (The coupon code is only good until September 15th.)

3) Please vote for Altered Art Chicks! We've been nominated in several categories for the Creating Keepsakes Readers Choice Awards! WOW WOW WOW! You can vote here: CK Readers Choice. We've been nominated in the following categories:

- Adhesives (Mootsie Bookbinding glue)
- Internet Retailers (Altered Art Chicks.com)
- Internet Sites (Altered Art Chicks.com)
- Page Enhancements (Altered Art Chicks Art Clipz Series)

You can also do write-in votes in any categories you think our products fit into if you'd like to do so! Thanks for your support!