Every year my dd asks me to make her Whopper Pies for her birthday. One for everyone and one just for her. Most people when we say Whopper Pie think Burger King Whoppers. No, we're talking about Whopper candy, the chocolate coated malt balls type.

graham cracker pie crust/shell chocolate ice cream vanilla ice cream Whopper candy in the 12 ounce carton if you can find them

Get some chocolate ice cream to room temperature. I don't measure. Usually I soften more than I need...
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Confessions of a Posting Goddess and Organizing, Collecting Diva

Seriously, I’m really embarrassed by my post count. It really shows how OCD (not the Diva kind) I can get with things. It also showed that I needed something and I was getting it here.

I didn't make as big a deal when I broke 100,000 as when I became an Angel. I really enjoyed becoming an Angel, a year and a half ago. I thought this was just another phase and it would pass.

Well, a year an...
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Our hit list goes like this:

Electrical with two heating/air condition window type units. Getting a second electrical box. Wiring for lights, switches and outlets. Light fixtures, ceiling fans, etc.

Then the ceiling. It's opened all the way to the rafters. It's 10 feet high. Dh has plans for sleeping lofts in certain area(s).

Then insulating the ceiling and the walls, which means framing the walls and either drywalling (which I don't want to do) or paneling....
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I don't like the CM cutting system. Different blades, not sure of where I'm cutting. But that's me.

I've gone through several systems myself and used other systems.

I still have the old Circle Scissors, use it with a glass mat (homemade mat from old picture frame). Always ended up not quite with a clean cut. I've not used the new style that's shown below.

Have used a friend's Cutter Bee system. Very nice. Having just that one blade with multiple tracks...
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It's really about organization and preparing for scrapping/scrapbooking/cropping, which ever you prefer to call it.

I used to use an album and its sheet protectors for this purpose. I'd put the photos (uncropped) facing the right ways in the album. Insert the bg papers into the protectors (facing the right ways). Insert accent papers and embellies with the photos. Most of the time, I didn't do the embellies until I was actually scrapping.

Now I use a box that I bought at ...
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