today's highlights

How can this be called a weed? - May 2009

Highlights of my day today...

• Spent the day at CKC-Manchester in NH today. This is my 3rd year. I go alone and it's great because I can wonder around as much as I want! I got some great stuff and only spent about $40 on scrapping stuff. But now I'm too tired to get started! I can't wait to start! It's been almost 5 months since I last scrapped.
• A strawberry-rasberry-orange smoothie.
• Yellow tulips from Trader Joes.
• Comfort food I made last night - Tuna Casserole. I was starving when I got home at 4:00pm so I had some early dinner! I used to hate this recipe as a kid but recently started making it and I love it.
• Puppies Behind Bars - was profiled on Oprah. What an amazing organization. Check it out!
• Time reflecting on my sister's upcoming graduation. She is getting her Associate's in Travel/Tourism. I am so proud of her and picked her up a few gifts at Barnes & Noble.
• Excited to be going out for lunch/dinner with friends tomorrow before our fundraiser for Relay-for-Life at a paint-your-own-pottery place in town.

Happy Friday!

paper sculpture

Here are the paper sculptures I tried out today at work. I was inspired by the newest issue of Somerset Studios. I was thinking of using them with one of my art therapy groups - but I'm not sure yet. They are very time intensive and may prove very frustrating. But they sure are pretty!

I adapted the instructions somewhat and just improvised. The first one is all white - my first flower. I used the stylus as it said in the instructions to form the "petals." The second one I started by sketching and then watercoloring an image of a flower and then cut out the petals. Then I cut out additional petals as needed, bent them to form the petals and glued them all down.

Happy Monday!

monday gratitudes

dark purple lilacs on Mother's Day at my parent's - May 2009

Monday Gratitudes:
Today I am grateful for...

1. The chairs on my balcony so I can sit and read - enjoying the sun and my flowers.
2. Lilacs at my parent's house.
3. My mom.
4. The fact that school is over, graduation was Saturday, and I now have a summer of long weekends and short work weeks.
5. Quiet.
6. Pay day.
7. The scent of fresh cut grass coming in the window.
8. Scrapbooking supplies I have.
9. My computer and internet.
10. Cary being home.

Today I am beginning to have some inspiration for scrapping. It has been months. Since January when I had to pack up all my stuff. I recently sort of unpacked my desk and today was reading through my last 2 issues of CK. Getting ideas. For all those months I didn't really read my scrapping magazines because it just frustrated me that I couldn't really do any scrapping. But now I'm getting excited. My old scrapbooks are still packed. But that means I can give myself permission to start fresh. Start now with any subject, photo, event I want. Later I may order some photos of recent things.

Happy Monday!

more questions and answers

I finally uploaded my recently finished ATC's for the 52Q project. I enjoy doing these. I take a few minutes some days at work and make them.

I'm so excited that the sun is out today and it will be warm. Cary finished work last night. Still many unanswered questions about what lies ahead but we have the day to spend together and I am so looking forward to it!

Happy Friday!

1. Wk #13 - Best & Worst hairstyles to date - front, 2. Wk #13 - Best & Worst hairstyles to date - back, 3. Wk #15 - What makes me me? - front, 4. Wk #15 - What makes me me? - back, 5. Wk #14 - What is the last good book I read? - front, 6. Wk #14 - What is the last good book I read? - back, 7. Wk #17 - What is my superpower? - front, 8. Wk #17 - What is my superpower? - back, 9. Wk #16 - What is the truth? - front, 10. Wk #16 - What is the truth? - back, 11. Wk #18 - What is on my to-do list this week? - front, 12. Wk #18 - What is on my to-do list this week? - back

wordless wednesday

spring at home - May 2009

monday gratitudes

ripples in the sand -low tide - Wingaersheek Beach, MA - April 2009

Today I am grateful for:

1. lemonade
2. having my job(s)
3. Cary still having income from guard
4. kind co-workers who knit :)
5. washing machines
6. double-stuff oreos
7. grocery stores
8. plants & flowers
9. the little balcony patio we have
10. breezes coming in the window
11. new shoes
12. my brother who turns 21 today
13. my sister who graduates from college in a few weeks - no small feat.

saturday

Wingaersheek Beach, Gloucester, MA - April 2009

This has been an up & down week. I have been so busy with pre-graduation/end-of-the-semester stuff. Haven't been home many nights this week. Cary got bad news this week that we are trying to figure out. He is being laid-off as of next week. Fortunately he has some good pay coming this summer while he is at OCS for National Guard but that also makes it hard to be looking for a job. I hope something works out for him. He works so hard.

As for other news...I spend the day with friends for a yard sale to benefit the Relay-for-Life here in town. It was a good day outside. Got some knitting done on a baby sweater for a co-worker. After I had lunch after with friends...a good ole' Gloucester Haddock sandwich...hmmm. After I went shopping because I needed to find something inexpensive to wear to the college graduation and my sister's upcoming graduation. Found a few things and splurged on two pairs of shoes. I feel guilty about those. But they are very cute and really weren't that expensive. Picked up a few groceries at Trader Joe's and now I'm relaxing and taking a break.

Exhausted.

Happy Saturday!