Okay, a few words.
Yes! He's fine.
Very hungry goats.
Very little boy.
Very dusty day.
Happy Wednesday!
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
4th of July, Success, and Selfishness
4th of July this year made me think about myself.
I thought all day about where I am in life.
And I thought about the country I live in.
Nothing has quite hit me about the gratefulness of living in America like
owning my own business.
How many millions of people can't even begin to think about
one day maybe mulling over the possibility of thinking about
doing something on their own?
I live in a place where I can truly think about myself.
What makes me happy.
What drives me.
What I can imagine myself doing for the rest of my life.
What I can do so that one day I can be more of an
"at home" figure for my child.
AND THEN I can put those wants, needs, & desires into action.
With a few clicks on the 'ol keyboard I can
own a business name.
I can work very hard at building from this.
I can fail or I can succeed.
And it's all up to me.
I love my life.
And I love that I have the freedom to make it whatever I want for myself.
And for my family.
And there are actually people -
people I don't even know and will most likely never meet -
that fight and die for me to have the power to live my life the way I want to live it.
This all might sound selfish to some...thinking about myself on such an important day.
But when you are in a good place in your heart...
In an attitude of gratitude...
Everything around you changes.
It's the looking inward.
The selfishness of looking inside yourself
that makes that happen.
This is a great country.
I have an amazing family.
I have yummy light in my future.
I am happy.
I am grateful.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Firecrackers & Fears
This evening we went outside to check out some Firecrackers that the neighbors were shooting off.
A loud one caught him off guard and Dude started to cry.
He spent the rest of the evening swearing that
"Firecrackers are going to eat my house".
At bedtime he wanted to get "cozy".
And hide from the noise.
In the dim light of his room I saw a little boy
work through his fears.
I don't think we'll be taking him to the riverfront for Fireworks this year.
I certainly don't want anything eating our house.
Happy Saturday!
Friday, July 1, 2011
Shut. The. Front. Door.
Fourth of July weekend is one of my favorite weekends.
I love to bake more for this holiday than any other.
Not sure why.
This year will be super low key.
Just relaxing at our house, eating tons of great food,
playing in the sprinklers, crafting, and watching movies.
I. Can't. Wait.
I went to JoAnn's today to nab a blue bandana and red ribbon to make a
festive bandana apron and this material jumped up and BIT ME!
I gasped!
SHUT. THE. FRONT. DOOR!
Is this not the ca-utest material EVER?
3/4 of a yard of pure apron bliss.
Can't wait to make it!
Happy Friday!
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Editing, Features, and Yummy Light
Today?
Amazing.
I took the day off work so I could chain myself to my computer and edit all day.
It was fabulous.
I woke up and immediately posted on Facebook this status:
"Today is mine. All mine. And I'm going to make it awesome!"
Awesome. it. was.
I edited then took a nap.
Then edited then ate lunch.
Then edited and got some sa-weet news.
What to the WHAT?!
I love me some Jen. She's one super amazing lady.
I am inspired by her daily and it was such an honor to be featured with my wee bitty project!
I'm still smiling.
And fist pumping.
This evening brought a photo shoot that contained 4 Littles (eeesh) and super cool moms that really got into it and came fully loaded with snacks, balls, bubbles, and toys which kept those Littles happy (YAY!).
Then God gave me time to bathe in this yummy light and some time to spend with my energetic Little
who loves to play in it.
It was a good day.
So good.
I needed this day.
And holy cats!
Hello new followers and friends!
Welcome to my little slice of the blogpie.
Thank you so very much for stopping by!
I'm kinda floored by how many people HAVE stopped by today.
I'm going to bed a happy gal.
My cup?
Runneth over.
Happy Wednesday!
Monday, June 27, 2011
Tearing In
I have a to-do list that I've made for changes I'd like to do to our bitty home.
But I started a little project this evening that just came to me.
It wasn't on the list.
And I just started tearing into it before I even thought about taking pictures.
So, you'll have to use your imagination.
(Sorry about the picture quality.)
This shelf below that's now in Griffin's room...
...was on this wall in our bedroom (between my closet and the window)...
...It housed these things...
...but it looks much cuter here...And I have big plans for the now empty wall in our bedroom...
So stay tuned!
For now, I'll leave you with a picture of the wheel of Big Foot, Griffin...
...and Griffin's Weenis.
Happy Monday!
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Shout Outs & S'mores
First of all,
I'd like to give a big shout out to God for making such a b.e.a.utiful sunset!
It's the first day of summer
and we have crossed another item off our Summer List.
Making S'mores!
We got this super awesome S'mores maker for Christmas this last year
but we never got around to trying it out.
Can you believe all the flavors of marshmallows there are?
I nabbed regular, strawberry, and chocolate & vanilla swirl.
It was super easy to use! We just filled the backer with water, snapped the lid closed,
placed the S'mores on the plate, put down the holder-feet-thingies, popped it in the
microwave for 30 seconds and viola!!
We were a bit nervous about putting marshmallows in the microwave for a whole
30 seconds when they tend to almost explode on their own after 8 seconds.
But they turned out perfect!!
We all tried them.
Unanimous approval.
And so messy.
Nom
Nom
Nom
We each tried all three flavors of marshmallow.
My favorite was the strawberry.
A-Yum.
I highly recommend this S'mores maker.
They turned out perfect every time.
Happy Tuesday!
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