My new toy!

My goal of using the Cricut last year once a month didn't go so well so after much debating I finally purchased one of these....

I was worried that I wouldn't use it. I have lots of Nestabilities and other dies and I'm not one for sitting at the computer trying to figure things out but I have used it more in the month since I bought it, then I think I used the Cricut in all the years I owned it.
Of course, my first purchase from the Silhouette store is this...

I think that's what sold me on the machine. This Lab has better conformation then Lindor. lol.
Then I fiddled around with another image...

Then my Mentor; Corrina, came over and we attacked unzipping files. It's not quite done and she did most of it, but since then she has been giving me a homework assignment every week to encourage me to keep going and learning how to use this awesome machine and I'm making progress. More updates to follow.