monday gratitudes

Fall 2007

Today I am grateful for...

• Reuniting with an old friend over the weekend...a girl I haven't seen in over 10 years!
• New England in the fall
• Help at the knitting store seaming up the baby sweater I'm finishing up.
• more comfort
• home
• cortland apples
• my mom
• my car being paid off.
• money to pay the rent
• Trader Joes!
• flowers
• rich fall colors
• rainy Sundays

Happy monday!

fall weekend

a memory of Fall 2008

So glad it's the weekend. Feeling pretty good today. Optimistic. So good in fact I cleaned my kitchen and put in two loads of laundery. Feels good to do that. Looking forward to my Girl's Night tonight at a friend's house. Lit my Pumpkin Spice candle today...reminds me of all I love about fall. Now to enjoy another cup of coffee and wait to switch over the laundrey. Still haven't done a layout with my new kit stuff...hoping this weekend? But it's looking like a busier one tonight and then gonna try and make it to Knitting Circle tomorrow night...so it might not be in the cards! We'll see...



Happy Saturday!

gratitudes

knitted shawl that I finished recently

Today I am grateful for...

• seeing U2 with my family last night! Unbelievable experience!
• home
• "sunday dinner" on a tuesday...roast beef, cauliflower with cheese, stuffing, roasted potatoes and onions.
• hot apple cider.
• a short work week.
• help from others on projects that are new to me.
• weekends.
• my balcony and flowers.
• warm fall days.
• time.

Happy Tuesday!

fall day

Hello.

I have not been a good bloger in the last few months. Few posts. No layouts. Really very few projects. Blah! That is not good. I guess I have been focused on other things aside from my art stuff. That isn't entirely terrible but I do want to try and do some this weekend. I have been spending time with Cary which is wonderful but also being a worrier about things I don't need to allow to consume my mind and time.

A fall weekend! At least today will be. Hoping for some apple picking and apple pie. And tomorrow I want to make a roast beef dinner. My mom always did that growing up for Sunday Dinner. I love the smell cooking for hours.

I came home from work tired last night. Cary had cleaned the bathroom, vacuumed, mopped the floors and took out the trash. What a guy! I am lucky.

Here's to hoping I have some cards or a layout to post later this weekend. I am dying to use my Cocoa Daisy kit goodies!

Happy Saturday!

monday gratitudes

My guy at his commissioning ceremony... I'm so proud of him!

Today I am grateful for...

• men & women of the armed forces who make daily sacrifices
• being able to see my guy get this promotion he has worked so hard for.
• a nice day at work and a great class this afternoon.
• the digital frame Cary gave me for my birthday.
• the Cocoa Daisy kit club I joined for 3 months as a birthday present to myself ;)
• the ability to walk
• being home in my own apartment
• kindness
• mom's chocolate chip cookies
• doctors reassurances
• clean water
• today

And speaking of the September Cocoa Daisy kit ..it is AWESOME! I'm so excited to use the goodies...and look forward to my future kits!

Happy monday!

monday gratitudes and a layout

Misty Sunset

Today I am Grateful for...

1. a hometown near the ocean.

2. love

3. physical comfort

4. good food made at home.

5. lavender candles

6. time and motivation to work on a scrapbook layout this weekend!

7. extra days off...

8. A birthday to look forward to tomorrow!

Here's a layout I worked on yesterday...I just have to add in the journaling.

Supplies: Little Yellow Bicycle journaling card, MM paper flower-Sabrina, Heidi Grace patterned paper, Basic Grey patterned paper, Heidi Swapp chipboard letters colored with Colorbox Chalk in Pumpkin Spice and spritzed with water & Ranger's Perfect Pearls. Accented edges of flower with Pumpkin Spice Chalk and spritzed with water & Ranger's Perfect Pearls.

Happy Labor Day!

weekend laziness

Bald Eagle at the Zoo

Just having a lazy Sunday morning at home. Had so much fun outlet shopping with my mom, brother and sister yesterday. Got some nice work clothes and a great Nine West bag. So great when you have a "vision" in mind and you find it in your price range!

Figuring out what to do with this day...having a beautiful sunny, cool late summer day here. Sat outside this morning for a bit with my book and coffee. Last night Cary and I were able to see the Labor Day fireworks from our apartment's balcony! Front row seats. Later today I'm hoping to finish up a shawl I knitted...need to weave in the ends and block it out. I'm excited about it. Need to get working on the rest of the baby sweater for my cousin too.

So much I want to do with my weekend off but also wanting to just be lazy!

Happy Sunday!

card and a layout

A card I made this week for my mom...



...and a layout with some of the same products...

Just got home from work and getting ready to take a walk near the ocean with Cary. It is officially my "birthday weekend celebration!" My favorite tv show was/is Gilmore Girls and Loralie believes in week-long birthday celebrations...

me too!

Happy Friday!