Monthly Archives: October 2005
I think that this is my favorite entry you’ve ever made, Shannon. I love these thoughts. Thanks for brightening MY day! Happy Sunday!
Sophia
Good thoughts 
Keep it flowin’.
Julie
This is an amazing, awesome entry, Shannon. Just amazing!
thank you…i’m in a rainy period but it’s ok, i know there will be sunshine eventually.
Wow, that’s freaky- I was sitting in church this morning thinking something very close to those thoughts myself. Great minds think alike I guess!! Good for you Shannon!
It’s gonna be a bright….
bright…
bright sunshiney WEEK…
Enjoy
Hilary
Such happiness…
congrats on the GG position! That is like the best thing EVER. You totally deserve it.
Awesome entry girl!!! This is soooo true! Enjoy the sunshine, you deserve it!
So well said!! So glad you had a sunshine day!!
awesome insight~! thanks for sharing!
tara
Great post- what James Blake spoke of obviously impacted a lot of people–I’ve talked to at least half a dozen people since then who remembered those words… pretty insightful and great for reflection!
Thank you for the wonderful post. I feel the same way sometimes. I am thinking I need to get out and enjoy the sunshine too.
Great blog today!
nicely blogged
and
now you are famous
like moderatly so before
but big now
i mean
did you see all the comments on your gg blog entry?
of course you didn’t
i’m sure you have people to read those thngs for you now;)
it still makes me smile when i thik aobut you as a gg:)
but part of me really did think
weren’t shannon and miley already gg’s?
kellicrowe
wow. what a fabulous entry. 
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That is absolutely awesome!!! CONGRATS!!
Congrats! so happy to have you there
you so totally deserve it, shannon.
Congratulations, Shannon! Sweet skills, indeed! I can’t wait to see your first Garden seeds!
Congrats Shannon! That’s wonderful news – you deserve it!
Congratulations! I am SOOO happy for you. You so deserve it…even though I don’t know how you will possibly be able to keep up with a fan club and your sweet kiddos!
Yay, Shannon!!! : )
congratulations to YOU! so excited for YOU~! so deserving~ what FUN!!!!!!! i would love to be a GG someday!! that would be a true honor. for sure. wow. i was that way about submitting for a little while but now i have stepped back and forgotten it a bit…did just what you did , so now maybe i will get published in CK, haha!~ lol!!!! enjoy it. can’t wait to see what you create girl!
tara
Congrats Shannon!!! Very happy for you and can’t wait to see your stuff:). Big old grin from me.
this couldn’t have happened to a more talented scrapbooker or more wonderful person!
congratulations, shannon!
i am so happy for you and i cannot
wait to see your garden seeds!
Oh – do I know what you mean!
Sooooo very happy for you!!!
You rock! Such a big congrats coming from me to you! Big smiles too!
Right. But BIG Congrats to you!! So excited to see your work in the garden!
Congratulations, Shannon!!!! I am SO thrilled for you! Can’t wait to see your stuff blooming in the garden!!
YEA!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m so excited for you Shannon, this is just too cool, CONGRATULATIONS!
go you!!!!!!
Shannon I couldn’t be happier for you. Truly!! CONGRATS and ENJOY…
Hugs
Lisa
So happy for you Shannon and you will be such an asset to the garden!!!! You ROCK!!!!
A well deserved honor, indeed!!! Congrats.
Totally deserve it………love that I have a my picture with a famous celebrity to cherish forever!
HUGE congrats Shannon!
Congrats Shannon! So happy you’re on board.
congratulations!!! can’t wait to see your incredible talent showcased in the garden!
Shannon, congratulations! I’m so happy for you! You have such a great head on your shoulders. I can’t wait to see your new creations! =) =) Signed, your OK friend. 
That is SO COOL. See, when *I* was a newborn scrapper, it was the HOF issue that YOU were in that inspired me…so in a couple years maybe *I* will be where *you* are! LOL!
Congratulations again – you are one of my faves!
Congratulations!
I’m so beyond happy for you! Truly, this made me happy happy happy!
I have totally felt exactly the same feelings as you! I may need you to teach me how you figured out how to step back…..cause I did, but once back into it….those feelings start to creep back in and it kind of sucks.
Whatever…that is NOT important…..*THIS* is! You rock and you are fun and such a wonderful addition to the site I love so much!
Go Shannon.. you’re a Garden Girl!!! That’s awesome!! I was gone all day yesterday & came home to see the news… I was like “it’s about time!”
Hopefully we can still shop & lunch together now that you are famous . Sooooo happy for you!!!
you are so right…
you know I love you and I am so happy to see you there!! biggest congrats!
You will rock the garden!
You’ve totally got the right perspective!! So thrilled for ya!
Congrats girl!! Happy to be your GG buddy
congrats shannon! i am so happy for you!!!
so awesome! HUGE congrats
whoohooooo, shannon!!! what awesome news! congratulations! can’t wait to see your work in the garden!!!
Yeah!!!So happy to have you in the garden…it’s gonna be fun
Perfect entry my dear… absolutely perfect.
Well, it might be MORE perfect if a little foot massage would flip down from my computer, but I am fairly sure technology’s not there yet.
Hilary
Yay! Finally!!!! I’ve been waiting for this
CONGRATULATIONS SHANNON! Now you suck too right???? Ha! I can’t wait to see what you come up with for the garden! Have a great Sunday! courtney
Well offical Congrats! Whew – I didn’t have to keep that secret too long. It has been awesome seeing you grow as a scrapper over the years and its amazing how much you have accomplished (has it been 4 or 3 years since you really got into it)? Anyway, glad that your work can be shared with even more people now. Have fun with this experience!
Awesome blossom! I’m so glad your a Garden Girl! And Grace told me yesterday that she’s hanging out with you soon! Lucky gals! Have fun and can’t wait to see your work up in the Garden!
Woops – I meant “I’m so glad *you’re* a Garden Girl!”
HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGe congrats my friend! Well deserved! You’re the bestest~
Lindsay
so excited for you and happy to have you as a team-mate
Congratulations! Your work is fabulous and will be a great addition to the garden!
hurray!!! congratulations… i adore your work oh so much…
right.
congrats!
kellicrowe
congrats girl!! looking forward to seeing more of your work!
hugs,
maggie
Yipppeeee for you! SOOOO glad you’re joining the GGs and that emailing Kristina paid off for you!!! Congrats again!
I know I am so late on congratulating you but I didn’t realize you were one till I saw one of your garden seeds. I’m so excited for you and can’t wait to see more of your work. A clogging GG! Hee! Congrats!
Holy Moly!! I’m just catching-up on my blog reading…and found this amazing tidbit of news! Congrats Shannon!! I’m so excited for you and for all those who get to see your incredible work! Wow! A local girl too! I’m thrilled for you kiddo!!
So happy for you, chica!
Shannon, I just wanted to say congratulations and what a great addition you make to the garden. I love your style and think you are awesome.
When did this happen?? Well, now I know because I went hunting to find out!! Yeah for you!! sorry i didn’t congratulate you when it happened. I never get around to 2peas anymore (makes me too sad) and I find I create better if I don’t look at any SB pages anymore!
hugs~~
M
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Congrats on the new GG position!! That’s such AWESOME news! This has been coming for SUCH a long time–you rock!
nothing else to say, huh?
Can you do a freaking post about being a GG? SHeEEEEsh. Btw, isn’t it SO fun to see kids reading the BOM. Feels like there’s a real purpose behind putting all those letters together.
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I”m sure you did fabulous!! I know what you mean about eye cramps. Mine did that this spring when I had two back to back. Didnt help that it was the one windy day in Houston in April, either! 
you are insane… seeing the biggest loser dude and thinking your pics are bad… hello… some lithium over here nurse!
Shannon, go check out those pics!! I KNOW they’re good. Trust me. You took them. Have faith!!
Oh my gosh! You ARE like totally part of that show with all of those connections! I can’t believe it! You are like a rock star! I bet your photo shoots turned out awesometastic girl!
Okay – that is freaky that you have so many connections to the Biggest Loser. I can’t beliveyou are watching that show either – that is just one I didn’t think you would.
Funny about the dream! Least you didn’t dream you were on the show!
You need to start getting permission from your clients to post your pix–I’m dying to see ‘em! I’m sure you did great! Funny about your “connections”- I recently got completely sucked into that show…
pants on fire:)
i bet the pics are super duper
no one knows what is in your head and how you wanted them to turn out
they just see the super cuteness that they love in the picture
kellicrowe
Dude, I think that Mark guy is gonna be pretty hot when he’s all skinny
Didn’t know you were doing photo shoots now! When did this happen? Why didn’t you tell me? I wanna see them – waaaah! I bet their completely awesome
And I’m LMBO at turning something pee-smelling into something wonderful
I know a girl that knows Seth too, he’s from Salinas and I live in Monterey. I wonder if I can say I know him too…just by association with those who also know him:) you know… six degrees of seperation:D
I bet your pics are awesome!! just look at them:)
I am sure that they are awesome…you pictures always are
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I am so NOT a cool person, so if you’re looking for cool songs, move on to comment #2. But, I do like the song “Blessed” by Martina McBride.
Love the pictures of your little man honing his warrior skills – so cute!
Okay, my favorite album of all time is “The Carpenter’s Greatest Hits”. That being said, right now I am enjoying Martina McBride’s new album and the new Green Day album. Yeah, my taste in music is all over the place!
SO cute, shannon. favorite of all time- in between dreams by jack johnson.
Hi Shannon
I am a daily lurker on your blog – love it by the way. My fav album is “Love Songs” by the Carpenters. Also love “Butterfly Kisses” by Bob Carlisle and anything by Martina McBride.
kind regards from Cape Town, South Africa
All time favorite song is “Every Breath You Take” by the Police. Favorite album would have to be “The Rising” by Bruce Springsteen. I love all of his stuff (well, maybe not Devils and Dust) but there isn’t a bad song on the Rising.
Shannon, cute pics.
i don’t know what kind of music you’re into but here are some of my favorites. We use Yahoo Music Engine…subscribe and pay a monthly fee and unlimited downloading.
-Chantal Krevusiak
-Depeche Mode (new CD just came out last week)
-Anna Nalick
-Courtney Jaye
-Low Millions
-The Killers
-Liz Phair
-Nickelback
-The Sundays
Okay, so these are songs or albums…..but they’re good. lol
Shannon, your handwriting is VERY Napoleon Dynamite. I’ll bet that Franklin is the only kid here that knows illegal ninja moves from the government.
My favorite all-time song is “Wonderful Tonight” by Eric Clapton…the live version. I also really love these songs:
“Show Me Your Glory” – Third Day
“Respect” – Aretha Franklin
“Silver Springs” – Fleetwood Mac
“More Than Anyone” – Gavin DeGraw
“Still” – Hillsong
“This Love” – Maroon 5
and just about everything by Jennifer Knapp
Shannon – I’m digging Joss Stone and Alicia Keyes… both of them are very soulful – something that is sticking with me at the moment.
peter gabriel – secret world live is by far and away my favorite.
other stuff in my cd changer at the moment
john mayer
maroon5
and sting
and if you have some housework to do, erasure makes it so much better.
it’s hard to get me to shut up once i get started on music… no lie, we have nearly 12,000 songs in iTunes on the computer. that translates into a ginormous cd collection that would explain our lack of fortune in our 30s, tee hee.
but. i would say… check out sarah harmer, the black keys, big head todd and the monsters, blues traveler, elliott smith, the soundtrack to rushmore, oh, i could go on…
how did you photo shoots go? : )
I’ll say “ditto” to Joss Stone, Anna Nalick, John Mayer, and Maroon 5 that have all been mentioned here. I’m also liking Dave Matthew’s new album. And a little retro Hootie & the Blowfish.
I love Switchfoot–so much so that I am going to see them in concert tonight with my sister! Haven’t been to a concert in 8 years so it should be interesting. They sing “Dare you to Move,” “Meant to Live,” “(When I look at the) Stars.” Their album called “Beautiful Letdown” doesn’t have a bad song on it. I also love others (some already mentioned) like Joss Stone, Jack Johnson, DM Band, Rascal Flatts, Shawn Colvin, Indigo
Girls, James Taylor, Dixie Chicks, and some great local artists like Ryan Shupe, Cherie Call, Eclipse. Happy listening!
Hey Shannon! Got any tots?
Love that little guy!
I’m doing the same thing on the iPod…having a field day!
1. Peter Gabriel (any and all from ‘So’)
2. Sting
3. Madeliene Peyroux
4. Gretchen Wilson (country)
5. Joni Mitchel ‘Ladies of the the Canyon’ and ‘Blue’ albums
6.LOVE Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’!!
7. SEAL
8. Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy the Kid
9. Josh Groban
10. Nickelback
11. Dixie Chicks
I’m ALL over the music map (I LOVE the Black Eyed Peas…on the nasty side, but great beats!)
Hey Shannon!
This is an oldie but a goodie…anything by Ritchie Havens, you know he opened at Woodstock, and he is way cooler than you think, big, deep, voice, very hippie-ish but very cool…check him out…you girlie, have serious rub-on skills, righteous bloggin skills, and rockin sticker skills!
Have a great Tuesday!
Courtney
certainly not new songs, but they always get me groovin’—joan jett “i love rock n roll” and def leppard “pour some sugar on me”
have fun fillin ur ipod!
That quote is awesome and those pictures are perfect for it. At my old work the guys and I used to quote Napolean a lot. I love your sense of humor in your scrapbooking.
Love the quote and photos (and the movie). Someone already mentioned Switchfoot, they just had a new album come out, very sweet. Also superchic[k] – their last album rocks – From Beauty to Pain. And one of their older songs Barlow Girls is a fav. As will as Sarah Brendal. Can’t think of the title of her album right off hand.
I’m so glad you got an iPod-you have many great stress-relieving runs ahead.
Regi
Trees – Marty Casey
Crazy in Love – Beyonce
Call Me – Blondie
Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash
Give A Little Bit – The GooGoo Dolls
New Sensation – INXS
Since You Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson
Walking on Sunshine – Aly & AJ
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynard Skynyrd
What I Like About You – the Romantics
R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. – ?
One Girl Revolution – SuperChick
Stand – REM
Love Shack – B52′s
We Got the Beat – GoGo’s
Steven Curtis Chapman: All About Love CD
All About Love
11-6-64 (my fave love song)
I could go on – but I have to go to the bathroom
kellicrowe:)
Only one:
Stan Rogers – “45 years”.
It’s my wedding song. Love it!
I think your LO is very SChuuuu-WEET – he really had skills with that thing – so cute!
i have been going a bit overboard loading up the nano
here are my top picks:
1. Green Day – International Superhits and American Idiot
2. grey’s anatomy soundtrack
3. one tree hill soundtrack
4. bjork – greatest hits
5. mezzanine – massive attack
6. alanis morrissette unplugged
7. killers – hot fuss
8. bob marley – legend
9. jack johnson – in bewteen dreams
10. maroon five acoustic
11. pearl jam – ten
12. sarah mclachlan – surfacing
and you must must check out the rock goes acoustic imix and the ska essentials
have fun loading up the tunes!
alright lady! you asked for it!
I just did a whole post about what’s rockin my ipod tonight… so check out my blog
and the LO- SA-WEEET!
One of my all-time favs:
Rock the Cashbaugh
What a tough question…
All time favorite is Garth Brooks, The Dance, The Change, Standing Outside the Fire, Unanswered Prayers, but really they’re all good.
<3 Clay Aiken with all my heart.
I’m listening to the Rent Soundtrack non-stop, If you’ve never seen the play i would recommend ‘Seasons of Love’ to start.
As the proud owner of a brand new !!PINK!! ipod I’m grooving to:
-James Blunt
-Jack Johnson
-John Mayer
-Jamie Cullum
-David Gray
-Chris Botti
-Harry Connick Jnr
-Ben Folds (thanks to the gorgeous & divine Tara Whitney!)
-also like Norah Jones & the Cafe del Mar collection
“Waving” hello all the way from Johannesburg, South Africa 
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All I will say is Roxette! HA!! LOL…yep, it has been what is playing the most on my iPod lately! Joyride all the way! LOL LOL LOL
ANGIE STONE
KAYNE WEST
DWELE
JOS STONE
INDIA AIRIE
LAURYN HILL
I *love* that layout, Shannon!!! Hmmm…music for the iPod…I totally love Sarah McLachlan and like to listen to her while I grocery shop. (Grocery shoppin’ with an iPod is the best thing ever.)
Another daily lurker here…don’t know about sharing any NEW music with you- I’ve been rummaging around all my old 80′s New Wave stuff lately! Morrissey, The Smiths, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Erasure,etc.etc. Have fun filling your iPod!
Year in Review 1994 BYU MARCHING BAND… It rocks, great to work out to.
F is scary…watch out for him.
H
of all time…..not sure. I love Martina McBride (I see there are others who do as well)! I totally am a country music listener…..and christian music. I know nothing of most of the lists from some of these posts LOL! So out of it and so old!
10,000 Maniacs — album “In My Tribe”
INXS – baby!
wow…this is a subject that has been important to me lately with all the music I have been loading up I dont know if our tastes are the same at all, but some of my faves are:
Foo Fighters
HIM
Liz Phair
The Killers
Metallica
Green Day
Peter Gabriel
The Smiths
The Cure
Pearl Jam
Nirvana
REM(anything off of the Green or Greatest Hits albums)
I can send you some stuff from any of those people if you like…let me know
Mr. Brightside by The Killers is a favorite of the moment as is Such Great Heights by The Postal Service. I also always love This Woman’s Work by Kate Bush, Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley, The Luckiest by Ben Folds, and God Only Knows by The Beach Boys.
Love the page! That’s from Tia’s challenge right? He’s a cutie.
My favorite song… because there are a million… but my all time is “Italian Restaurant” by Billy Joel.
Love the page! “You’re mom goes to college!”
favorite song: “These are the Days” and “Better” by Border Crossing (both availble at download sites.
Favorite song that’s not sung by my husband: “Somebody” by Depeche Mode
My ultimate favorite CD is Ben Folds Five (not sure the album title but it is orange and it has Whatever on it).
Someone also mentioned the Grey’s Anatomy soundtrack. I so want to get my hands on that because they play awesome music. Jem is featured a lot on that show and her CD is awesome.
I’m also digging the new Weezer CD.
So funny that layout!! I’ve gotta watch that movie again – I need a good laugh. OKay my song selections are – anything 3 doors down, and any of the new Switchfoot music from their new CD – I think it is called Nothing is sound (and they are Christian too but subtle ones). Did your ead my blog? Went to their concert last week!
Dude, I love your family. Always entertaining, and hilarious. As for music, besides all the great stuff that has been mentioned, I also like Keane, and Gwenn Stephani. G. Stephani is great booty shakin’ kind of music.
by Shannon Montez
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