Witnesses...check!

The plans are starting to roll along. We are eloping with friends so that our witnesses won't be strangers. Today we told them the news and we're good to go! It was fun to start talking details and be sappy about good friends and reminisce about life and it's twists and turns.

In completely unrelated news, I won a prize on the Making Memories blog. I love the new travel line and this will complete my collection! LOL!

Off to work a bit and surf a bit. :)

Almost forgot...

Happy Anniversary John! Thank you for two of the best years I have known. You make me laugh every day and show me all the time what's important. You are my safe place, my friend, my love.

A peek at where...since when is a secret!

It's lovely, it's surrounded by beautiful grounds and it's outside. Perfect...just perfect.

Time to plan...

There's been lots of fun things happening lately, but finally I've got something big enough to get me to writing. John and I made a big decision today. We picked the when and where to make it official. And since we're eloping and surprising people, this is all I get to say. But I wanted to document the news and share with friends that the planning is beginning. Kind of nervous, kind of scared, very happy. I picked up my first (and most likely only) bride magazine - Martha Stewart Weddings - Do It Yourself Style and the binder to make a planner/notebook.

....scroll down a few posts to see my Etsy mini for some of my new favorites! ;)

Life is good and the journey takes a new turn.

Dang it...missed my Wednesday post...

But I have a good excuse...Dad was admitted to the hospital yesterday and was diagnosed with congestive heart failure today. Lots of homework to do about this... But his spirits are very good and everything else is good. So...one day at a time.

In an effort to make me smile, I found this cute Etsy store with fabulous wall art. Check it out!

Wednesday Inspiration...

It's been a crazy week. I was able to get a couple days off from work last week and get my scrap area in MUCH better shape that it's been in a long time and start on my NSD classes for Sturbridge Scrapping Corner. Here's a peek:
I got to spend some quality time with the man which is hard to come by lately. And on Saturday, we babysat five...yes FIVE...children for my cousins so they could go out. We had a blast! Pizza and YooHoo for everyone, making cookies, enjoying tiny little cups of Haagen Daaz and Ben & Jerry's ice cream and watching Madagascar 2. Lots of laughs, giggles and pictures.

The little one thought it'd be fun to take a nap from 9:30 - 11:00 and then get up for some serious play time! Silly, sweet little girl! Making googly eyes at John and chattering away!

Now for the inspiration part of the post...although somedays those kids are inspiration enough. :)

Loving the color inspiration here.
Fun projects here.
Dying to get my hands on some of this.
I love to wander around this blog for inspiration: http://danielleflanders.blogspot.com/
And I’m looking forward to playing with this soon!

Scrap Etc. giveway!

How cool is this news... Scrap Etc. is giving a way 5 spots to their event! Check it out here. I'd love to win a spot!

Wednesday Inspiration...

Her photos totally inspire me...I can't wait to take her photography class (and get my DSLR when I finally make the cut!).

Really cute new spring/Easter releases here.

Loving this jewelry.

The projects on this blog.

Last night I heard the spring peepers for the first time. I would have loved to have been able to sleep with the windows open so they could peep me to sleep. And this morning the birds were singing like crazy. I love spring!

Just a quick post...and an updated number...

45. Yup I'm 45 now and amazed that I'm that old. Where did the years go? It's absolutely true that the years go by faster the older you get. I swear I was just 40 and it was just a blink or two before that that I was 35. But I'm grateful for the time and I'm doing my best to spend it well. So...

Happy birthday to me! Here's to many, many more. :)

Etsy...

I love this site and think that there are some amazing artists here. Etsy created this new toy and now I can share this:

Etsy Buy Handmade iScrap

New look, Life and Twitter...

Ok...time to embrace spring and the changing of the seasons.  Today's projects are updating the blog to something pretty (check), getting a new haircut (check), a bit of cleaning (working on that check), and switching to my pretty new green purse (that'll happen tonight while catching up on the shows I've recorded).

I am so happy to post that Dad is doing good and is the proud owner of a lovely new pig heart valve.  His surprise surgery was on Wednesday morning.  Which I didn't find out until I was already at work an hour away.  Lovely.  But thankfully there was a train I could take that would get me close the hospital and get me there before the surgery was done.  It all worked out well and I was there with plenty of time and able to see the surgeon after the procedure.  I got to see Dad right after and that was comforting even though he was still knocked out.  The past few days have been hard on him, but today he's feeling better and not sounding as depressed.  Hopefully he'll be home in the next day or two and we can get him well again soon.  This experience has more or less changed some family relationships for me and made me realize what some people are made of.  And it's all sad.  Another tough lesson learned.

Yesterday Dawn and I helped out the ladies at Sturbridge Scrapping Corner with their yard sale.  It was a fun but exhausting day!  We arrived at 7 am, moved all the supplies for sale outside to the parking area (WOW there was a lot of purging of scrap supplies by their customers...Dawn being one of the best at that) and helping keep watch over the yard sale while Julie handled the register and store.   Then later in the day we moved what was left after the morning/lunchtime rush back inside.  I am thrilled to report that I made over $300 with the things I put out for sale!!!  And if you think that's amazing, Dawn made close to $700!!!  And the sale was still going on today.  I can't wait to get my final total.  We get store credit for our sales and the money I've made so far will pay for the balance due on the October crop weekend in Vermont that I've registered for and give me plenty of spending money on account.  Goodie!!

There's a new item on my sidebar now too.  I've joined Twitter nation!  Cathy Zielske is teaching a class in May at Big Picture Scrapbooking.  It's only been a couple days, but "micro-blogging" is definitely easier than coming up with a regular blog entry for me.  Hopefully I'll find a happy medium between the two.  

I'm going to power down the time-sucking toy that is my computer and see if I can squeak in a little scrapbooking this afternoon.  John is working 2-10 (ick) today, so it's just me, the dog and a pile of goodies to play with.

Enjoy your Sunday!