Day 66 Pic of the Day (Wine Trip)

This is our first trip of the season, but it won't be our last. The weather was unexpected gorgeousness. 78 degrees and windy. Gotta love that in March in the midwest. We visited 3 wineries with Latonia and Sean and his business assoiciates. All new wineries to us. Good wine, good snacks, good weather, good conversation. We had dinner at his clients house and it was very tasty. We also visited a winery set in a cave. weird location, very dim, and cold, but some of the best wine we had on the trip. They have this one wine they serve in a shot glass made of all chocolate. It was awesome.

Day 65 Pic of the Day (Fortune Cookies)

Unfotunately, I didn't realize how blurry these were when I took them at P.F Chang. Anyhoo, the quotes were nice and fit where we are right now in life. Too bad I don't remember them :-) Love this place for Asian food. It is healthier than normal Asian restaurants and they have tasty dishes. Remember though that healthier doesn't mean healthy. They do have some steamed dishes.

Day 64 Pic of the Day (Cruising)

We are doing it. We are taking our dream vacation to the Southern Caribbean. We hoped others would join us, but no one was able to. We will have a boat load of fun for everyone else. We will be visiting St. Lucia, Barbados, Antigua, St. Thomas, St. Kitts and another locale. This is our last hoorah as married w/ no children, so we wanted it to be extra special. We leave in May and I can't wait. We also managed to get the cruise with an Oceanview room for the lowest price we have ever seen it for. And we are also spending one day in San Juan once the cruise is done. SUPER COOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Day 63 Pic of the Day (Some love for Mom)

I did this layout of mom b/c I had the pics and have wanted to do something with it for a while. It was also a challenge on WT to do a layout using 3 scap items 3 different times. I have brads, stickers, and pp. The pic was taken last mother's day. You can click it to increase the pic to read the journaling. Now that Rob and I are really moving forward with the baby thing, I have become a bit reflective on my mom. She is cool :-) And I am not just saying that b/c she reads my blog. LOL

Day 62 Pic of the Day (Message Board)

I have an addictive personality, which is one reason I have never done any illegal substances. My new addiction is hanging out on the message boards and blogs again, since I have become addicted to scrapping again as well. I really enjoy Willow Traders for the ladies and their love of kits and embellishments. I spend a couple hours on scrap boards and blogs each day. Sometimes the little pads on my scrolling hand hurt and then I have to force myself to do something else. Kinda crazy I know.

Day 61 Pic of the Day (Decorating)

I think I have found a good arrangement over the fireplace. Now if I could only figure out the other rooms in the house :-)

Day 60 Pic of a the Day (Communion)

Every month I volunteer one weekend to set up the communion for all 3 church services. I really enjoy doing it and I feel good when I see the tray being served during service. We all have to pitch in to do the work that uplifts the kingdom of God whether it is behind the scene or in front of it. The lady doing it now is looking to hand it over to someone else, and I may begin to pray on whether or not I want to oversee this committee of one and hopefully weekly volunteers.

Day 59 Pic of the Day (Creative Spirit)

I am enjoying the creative process again. I did this for a challenge on Willow Traders. You had to do a whole layout using nothing but rub ons. These notes are ones Rob left for me around the house one day. He is sweetie pie most days :-) You should be able to enlargeto read the journaling. Normally I scan these, but my scanner sounds like it is dying, so a pic will have to do.

Day 58 Pic of the Day (New Do)

Okay, not exactly a new do, but if you saw the pic on the 36th, you will understand how liebrating having staright hair is. This is my fave relaxer after years of testing products. My hair is super tamed, shiny, and stays that way for a longer period of time.

Day 57 Pic of the Day (You Should Be in Picture Frames)

Just about the coolest product in Michael's recently. I love picture walls, but was confused on how to create a good arrangement. Well this takes all the guess work out of it. Downside they are not cheap, but they are 40% off this week, so I splurged on it. Now to find pics I love to put in them and to hang them up. Some of these are huge like 16 by something.

Day 56 Pic of the Day (Name Game)

Rob and I always do everything with our own personal twist. Never the simple route and always quirky. So I am not pregnant yet, but we both realize finding a name we both agree with will be tricky. So what do we do but create a name board. I used to put my dinner menues on here, but now we write down names we like and erase ones we can't stand. We have about 6 in the acceptable pile, so we feel the process is going well :-) Claire and Cameron were the first to make the list. Maybe it's a sign we will have twins or something.

Daily Quote

Positive Thoughts :-)

Totally LOVED the thought of these and the positive mind frame they put me in. I got them from the Donna Downey Creative E-mail. She got them from a little book at Starbuck's.

MOVE FORWARD - "Yesterday is a cancelled check. The past is not your potential. There are far better things ahead than any you leave behind. the next 5 years are a blank canvas - clean and bright. Decide that you will throw all the paint on it you can."

KEEP YOUR WORD - "Say what you mean, and mean what you say. Look the world straight in the eye. Live and work with honesty, openness and integrity; keep your promises, and everything else is a piece of cake."

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE CRANKY - " Attitude is a choice. We create our own world by the way we choose to see it. For the next five years your mind can focus on fear, worry, problems, negativity or despair. or it can focus on confidence, opportunity, solutions, optimism and success. You decide."

Day 55 Pic of the Day (Longhorn)

Nothing really to say, but they have AMAZING steaks and Rob loves their Baked Sweet Potatoes. I get the New York Strip everytime. I also love the new decor they have up. Less lodgy and more sophisticated.

Day 53 Pic of the Day (Crosswords)

I LOVE crossword puzzles. I watch the gameshow on TV, play the online version and complete the ones that come in the paper. I am not the best, but I have improved a lot. I like that you have to figure out clues, use your brains and have a bit of luck. They are a great way to pass time and when I am stressed a good destresser. I read that a young boy does teh New York times one in about 20 minutes. It takes me that long to get just 5 words done :-) And sometimes that is all I know. LOL

Day 52 Pic of the Day (Book Club meeting)

As I said before, I am in a bookclub with my mom and sister. It is going fine so far. We have read some interesting things and had some good discussions. This was book # 4. We have also read: Revolutionary Road, The Shack and How to Make an American Quilt. Our next selection is Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.

Day 51 Pic of the Day (Hardware)

Since we are in the home improvement mood, I thought now would be a good time to add hardware to the kitchen cabinets. It is not too expensive and really adds an impact. We bought a little tool to help with the placement and with the exception of three knobs, it went smoothly. We put in like 21. They are going to look amazing when we get the granite countertops in. I was really proud of Rob and the job that he did. He doesn't do labor, but he did it for me :-) Thay's why I LOVE him.

Day 50 Pic of the Day (Clean Scraproom)

What is the best way to find your scrap mojo after completing only 2-3 layouts all of last year????? Clean your scraproom of course and discover all the goodies you once loved. Touch the embellishments, smell the paper and bask in the glitter. All of a sudden I LOVE being in there again and I am excited about doing challenges at Willow Traders that get me scrapping again.

Day 48 Pic of the Day (Hallmark)

My youngest sister is turning Sweet 16. I went to buy her a card from walgreens. I could nto resist the spanish card I picked out. She is currently taking Spanish, doesn't understand a word of it and hates that it's the only thing her teacher speaks in the class. So yes, I thought it would be too funny to get her a card in all Spanish for her b-day. She will surely remember it. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUBBA.

Day 47 Pic of the Day (Sweet Comfort)

Rob and I can be frugal and lazy at the same time. So that is what happened with our bed. We bought teh first bed for like $600 when we first got married 5 years ago. We should have gotten rid of it 2 years ago. It had a huge dent that you could literally roll in to :-) It was even causing us back pains. Well now we are living large with our brand new Seally posturepedic. It is HEAVEN. Super thick, super padded, super comfortable.

BEFORE: I put the stuff on the bed, so you could see the height difference. Sorry for the bad lighting making everything look yellow. Didn't feel like getting my good camera out.

AFTER: Pure Perfection