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I usually don't do these...never have the time, but I was inspired by AE's post in October. Been sooo busy the past few weeks, so I am just getting caught up.

Outside my window...the sun is trying to peek out on a cold November day here. At least it is dry!

I am thinking...about all of the things I need to get done today before another work week starts and I have no time for anything. Thinking about my next ME project.

I am thankful for...my family and their health, and my new lease on life that my surgery brought me....and for the weekends off to recharge!

From the kitchen...half of banana and some natural peanut butter on a spoon for breakfast and not much else today....time to order out some pizza and relax

I am wearing...my favorite old navy yoga pants that are getting loose on me (yeah) and a layered tshirt...warm comfy husband socks

I am creating...designs for a new mini book to hopefully teach a class on...thoughts on a homemade garland for the house...maybe some cute granny square slippers!!

I am going...to stay in and enjoy the warm house on a cold day.

I am reading...another vampire book of course...think I have read all of the series out there now...think I have a serious vampire issue going on.

I am hoping...to get organized so I can simplify and declutter before Christmas is here.

I am hearing...my sweetheart deep in slumber, deep in dreams. The puppies running around the kitchen downstairs as they usually do after waking up in the morning.

Around the house...it is quiet except for the pups running around doing their thing.

One of my favorite things...early mornings on the weekend when I get to listening to my sweetheart sleep while surf blogs and read my email. It's kind of calming...and it really helps me start off relaxed. Gives me time to make my lists and jot down my ideas that are going around in my head.

A few plans for the rest of the week...Definitely going to get back to the theater with my friends to see New Moon again (once..ummm...twice is soooo not enough)...Try and finish my December Daily before December gets here.

A picture to share... well it has to be a blackberry picture since my camera is broken still :( A view of the beautiful tree I have walked under every morning on my way to see a patient. After today's wind, I am sure that there will be no little leaves left on it next time I see it.
Thank you little blackberry...I don't know what I would do without you!!

As always...Live laugh LOVE,

Smile and Wave

Had to share the link to Miss Rachel Denbow's new blog, Smile and Wave! Check it out!


Live laugh LOVE,

T.G.I.F.

Thank goodness is all I can say. What a week!

My to do's for today

1. Measure the picnic table seats for cushions
2. Finish laundry
3. Clean bathroom floor ( I don't ::heart:: white tile)
4. Post my Craft Critique review
5. Finish the mini book that has been sitting on my desk since last weekend
6. Print pictures for design team project
7. Go to the bank
8. Pick up stamps
9. Work 8 hours
10. Work out for at least 30 minutes

At least I will have a little friend to come along and help me out from now on...We welcomed Alfie to the family yesterday. Thanks to Ginny at The Monkey Travel Club for making him for me! He just loves to hold my blackberry and keep it safe! And he is very serious about it too! If you haven't checked out her new Animal Friends line or her sweet handmade items at iSew, you should.

oh...and Happy 1st day of Spring. What a joke....did I mention it is snowing in parts of the area here this morning. Very spring like!! I think I jinked it yesterday telling ever single one of my patients that I couldn't wait for some nice weather. ha ha

Live laugh LOVE,

Gotta be quick

{Because I should be out the the door and in the car by now!}

I have to share my excitement. I have a new special friend coming from this super sweet etsy shop. If your looking for fun, it's definitely worth a check out!



More of this coming later...

Live laugh LOVE,

Happy New Year!!

Wishing you all a safe New Year's!

We will be spending the night home this year. We have big plans to veg out in front of the tv!!

Do you have any plans?

Live laugh LOVE,

The GOOD, the BAD, and the HORRIBLE all in one JOLLY post!

This picture was taken before I sat down at my desk yesterday....I can't even see the table top now...no joke!!

I've been thinking about my December Daily album all month long. I've only had time to make the covers for the album until last night. Last I put together Day 1 to Day 6!! I really wish I could have started doing a page a night but there is no way. I've been sending myself texts and emails of what our days have consisted of and yesterday I made a list of all of the things that we have done this month so far and another list of what pictures I want where in the album. I plan putting more of it together tonight. Usually being 17 days {or more} behind on a project like this would stress me out but I am not stressed. Usually NOT having a ton of pictures for every day would leave me stressed too. I have to credit reading Ali Edwards book and and being a fan of her blog for my new scrapbooking attitude. I know I don't have to have a million perfect pictures because it is not about that. It is about our memories and what we would want to look back on and remember. so this December album is more of a journal and more me!! (me with the new attitude thanks to AE)

I've also been thinking of our 2009 word (that's a whole other list in itself) and trying to pinpoint one that is US!

Another reason that I am not stressing about not having a ton of pictures is because, this year we are really in the Christmas/celebrating mood. This holiday season SUCKS!!

We haven't been enjoying much at all to tell you the truth. We have not wanted to do anything that related to the holiday season at all. We contemplated not even celebrating (which would have worked for me). We are saddened this Christmas and heartbroken over the loss of Jesse. I'm going to keep it brief. Jesse is my brother in law. He is a kindhearted funny genius!!! He is the smartest person I have ever known and will ever know. He was taken from us. He was taken in May of this year by Leukemia when he was only 28 years old. We are going though the motions here and it is only for Jesse that we are doing that.

Today is going to consist of getting those last minute gifts bought (because that is the proper thing that someone does in the holiday season), making lists for the new year (to keep my mind off of everything that I cant keep my mind off of) , and enjoying the last of the days before the big day. Lately we haven't been enjoying the day (see above). Oh, and work....speaking of that I am late! More later (hopefully)!

Live laugh LOVE,

Happy Thanksgiving

...to all of my blog friends!
Hope you all have a great day and get a chance to remember all of the things you are thankful for!

Live laugh LOVE,

Break Time

I'll be taking a short blogging break for the next week or so. I have to get a handle on my handmade gifts for Christmas. I'll be back soon with an update and lots of pictures!!

Live laugh LOVE,

Stories in Hand

I saw an email about this a few weeks ago and wanted to mention it here...

Over at jessicasprague.com you can sign up to take a free class called Stories in Hand. If you are into capturing your family's story like I am then check it out. What is better than a FREE class?

I just registered. If you are interested you can sign up here.

Today is all about vegging for us! It has been a long week and we are super excited about enjoying the cool weather from the comfort of our couch! There wll be some much needed cocoa to warm us up!!!

Happy Saturday folks!!

Live laugh LOVE,
Heather

Today...

I am woo hoo-ing because it is Friday!!

I am running late already

I will be getting dinner at our favorite pizza place

I will be finishing up my next article for Craft Critique

{Thursday}

Today is going to be an awesome day!!!
I can feel it!!!
Wanna know why?
Can't tell you right now!
Check back later tonight!

Live laugh LOVE,
Heather

p.s. it's not what you think!!
p.s.s. omg tommorrow is friday already!!

Ughhh...

It's not shaping up to a good morning!

My camera battery died!!!

(And I have no backup...because I was using the backup!!!!!)

Pictures of Autumn decor and weekend creative are going to have to wait I guess!!

Some tea will cheer me up! Off I go!
Live laugh LOVE (and always have an extra battery),
Heather

Early morning {facts}

1. I am totally tired this morning but I am draggin myself out the door in just a few minutes!

2. I love hot tea!!! I tried PG Tips after seeing this post and I am still up in the air about it. Might have to have a side by side taste test tonight!

3. I decorated our place for Autumn and I am taking pictures tonight!!

4. Pumpkins are out at the farmers market and I want one BAD!!!

5. Sex and The City comes out today on DVD and I am sooo stopping to by it this morning in between seeing my patients! EEK!!! Guess what I will be doing tonight!

Here's a random FLICKR photo..I just pulled up the main page and picked one! Enjoy your day!!

Happy Sunday!!

This morning when I stepped out the door to go to work I found a lovely autumn colored leaf on my doormat! I must confess...it made my heart skip a beat! I love fall! So you are probably thinking "well, where is the picture of it". I totally intended on taking one of it for this post, but when you leave it in a warm car for 8hours while you are working it just doesn't look the same! then the thought of taking a picture of it anyway crossed my mind and when I picked it up, it broke into pieces! It just wasn't meant to be blogged! LOL....my bad!! Here are some leaves from flickr for you to look at instead



This morning I spent some quiet time with a nice cup of tea and a note pad...compiling a to do list for around the house. Since I get off of work sooo early in the afternoon now, there really is no reason why I cant tackle a few things on the list before dinner! Now let's see if I can really make it happen!

I really wanted to share this site that I found a couple of months ago that I've been reading alot! Zen Habits has some really great material on it about productivity and simplifying your life!

Here is a great post that I just got done reading! I've vowed to my self to make a few of these hacks part of my daily life to make more time for my sweetie and for the things we really enjoy!

So I am going to do:
#3 Create a short list of the things we really like to do

#7 Start my day with peace in hopes that it will help me gather my thoughts and self for the day and maybe boost my productivity of the to do list

#11 Limit myself to 3 tasks off of the good ole to do list

#12 Limit myself to one project a week (maybe two) because I have too much going on at once on my scrap table and it is really hampering my productivity!

Here is another great post for you to read!

Live laugh LOVE,
Heather

Yeah me!

Finally got that stupid word verification removed from my blog! Thank you Gatsby with blogger!

More later!

On {the level}

College level and blogger still thinks I am a spam blog! Honestly...I couldn't make this stuff up! More later...way too early for me to be on here!

I'm back {the black cloud followed me here}

So here I am again! I am back and should be posting regularly again. I've needed the break to enjoy the summer with Jeremy and visit with friends. It wasn't the recharge I wanted because there was difficult days during the break, but I am here.

Today I am going to be working on a album about our sweet puppy. He went to heaven to be with his Jesse last week and we are all still devastated to have lost him. I cry whenever I look at his picture, hopefully this album will help me heal and be healing for all of us. I'll post more about him later.

I'm hoping to bind his little album I am making with my new toy that just came in the mail. I got a good deal on a Bind-It-All and I took it. It should be fun.

Today I have to clean my craft area too. Seriously, it looks like it has been ransacked. I know it is bad when Jeremy says "What happened in here"...so I think it is time.

I'm nursing a sore throat right now too. Lot's of tea with honey, vitamins, and rest in hopes that it doesn't turn into something else. There is an awful Upper Respiratory Infection going around work.

With the way things have been going these past few weeks(months), I am not surprised at all that I have caught something. I am hoping that a little down time with Jeremy today and time in my scrap area will help my spirits. I need a sign that 2008 is going to get better because right now, after losing Jesse in May and now puppy, I can only say that 2008 totally sucks. I am usually the hopeful one, but I need some help right now.

Here I am,
Heather

Prompt {2}

Today's blogging prompt from my online class here is:

"If you could travel in time for just one day, where would you go and what would you do?"

I don't have any personal pictures of this to share with you...Sorry kids...the following pictures are all from flickr.

If I could travel anywhere in time, it would be back to any day around the age of 13-14...before my father got sick. I was a momma's girl, I followed her everywhere. Dad worked alot and I guess I took the time for granted.

Lately I've been thinking about character traits, things you get from your mom and dad, and how I am like them in certain ways. There isn't a whole lot of things I can remember about him. I have his eyes and nose and the same taste for hot tea anytime of the day, but it ends there. I would love to go back and ask him questions, pick his brain and see what he though about.

The good things that I do remember are the summers we all spent on his boat in the bay and learning how to clam...seining in the bay for crabs...riding in his pickup truck in the woods..going to the inlet to fish with him.

I know it is not good to live with regret in your life because life is too short, but I do regret not spending time with him when I could.

Live laugh LOVE,
Heather

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It's 11 AM and I am one cup of tea down and I can still just barely open my eyes :|

I have to share that it was a very productive weekend here for me! I actually had Saturday AND Sunday off!! Can you believe it!!!

1....I was able to get my scrap area cleaned as I wanted. It is 98% done! I still have a wall to work on. I will post pics after it is done.

2....I was able to scrap yesterday(2 layouts completed) and I start my altered canvas project for our bathroom.

3....I worked on my tan yesterday (thinking I went from Ultra Pale to pale, I definitely see a color change though)

Right now our Internet connection is really Pi**ing me off!! It is not the best and saying no signal so pictures from the weekend will have to wait!

Live Laugh LOVE,
Heather

Happy Place?

While reading blogs and checking email this morning, trying to find my happy place, I came along this site...Inspire Me Thursday. It is a lovely site filled with inspiration. After just 10 minutes it has me full of ideas and has me jotting away in my notebook. I'm definitely closer to my happy place now!!

Finding my happy place is usually not hard. There are a few things that are a sure thing to work on me:
~listening to anything from "LIVE"
~Episode 50 of Sex and The City
~snuggling with hubby
~watching my favorite movie "while you were sleeping"

Do you have something that helps you find your happy place?