Give & Take

As you know at SFTIO, November is about Acceptance. My creating process for SFTIO is to look up the word definition, synonyms & antonyms, quotes, ETC to see what sort of an angle I can spin. Sometimes the word is easy for me and I have so many topics to pick from, sometimes I am stumped. (not very often, though...because I am CHATTY. LOL.) As I was thinking about acceptance I happened to glance over to the corner of the area rug and saw my dog, Tyler, laying down. When he saw that I was looking at him, his tail wagged gently and he lifted his head up like "mommy, are you going to call me?"

Give and take

That's when it hit me! I can scrap Ty-ty!!! No matter what we do to him, this dog loves us and is so willing to do anything to make us happy. This poor dog gets ABUSE! Nani wrestles him, Annie picks him up and treats him like a stuffed toy putting all sorts of torture devices on him (hair clips) and he gets tripped over, stepped on by all of us because he's sooo darned QUIET! All I need to do is look at him, though...and he runs to me, tail-a-wagging. tongue hanging out ready to dole out a kiss.

too bad humans can't be more like this! LOL

Well, I have lots planned for the weekend. I'm hoping that maybe I can get something scrappy done......??? Wish me luck...because I am exhausted.

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As I entered my late teens, early adulthood I had a voice message that went a little like this:

             "You have reached Her Royal Highness. I'm too busy to speak with you right now, so bow as you leave a message and I may get back to you"

Or something to that effect! No! I wasn't that full of myself...It was just that because I am quiet and reserved around people I don't know, I was told I came across as conceited. My best friend(s) at the time couldn't STAND me before she/they (we were a group of 4 girls) got to know me!!! I thought to leave a message like this as a funny response to that. LOL. My hubby certainly got a kick out of it when he first called me and got this as a greeting. 

You know what? Thinking back I wish I had that high esteem , that OOMPH in real life...not as a joke. Shoot, my time IS precious....and I am worth it. 

So...Her Royal Highness has to be a snob about something, shouldn't she? Certainly!

The word snob/snobbishness has such a negative connotation to it, doesn't it? I think we can all have a bit of fun and admit that we can be snobby about certain things and still be down to earth. Like in using one brand of make up...or just one scrappy manufacturer & not wanting to touch "no names". How about clothing or shoes? see where I'm going here?

So what is Arlene snobby about??? You must be DYING to know.

                       supplies used: GCD Studios Paper, buzz and bloom chipboard, prima flower, digidoodle digi stamp     (butterflies) K&Co chipboard sticker, doodlebug designs alphas stickers, ranger stickles, uniball pen (white), fiskars punch, cs: core'dinations, zig pen (teal)

Yes...I can be snobbish about cleanliness. My house has to look a certain way or it'll drive me nuts. It has to be nice & neat with a place for everything...& everything in it's place! My kids have to be dressed up nicely, hair brushed nicely, clothing unsoiled. I often catch myself looking at my kids in a crowd. 

It makes me feel good to see them (and my house) looking good. 

Now don't get me wrong...If I see someone who's messy I don't brush them aside. They still get a smile, a warm greeting from me. I don't look down on anyone for having an oops moment.I am just glad it wasn't me!!! LOL! If I visit a home and it's cluttered I don't get antsy wanting to bust out of the place. I understand that life happens and time gets away from us.... My house can get messy at times, especially now that I have a million things going on at times...but I think to myself..."whew...I'm glad I can go home and relax!!!"

So, come on and spill the beans. What can you be snobby about? Inquiring minds wanna know!

Now don't forget to leave me a little comment to qualify for the awesome prizes being offered (I am still undecided about offering a RAK but will update it to reflect my decision) before heading over to Sarah's blog. She's next in the snobby line up. :D