Day 208/365

what a beautiful autumn day

 ~~~~~~hbm~~~~~~

~~~~~~busy bee~~~~~~

take two

it was kind of a buggy day anyway ;)

Day 207/365

I felt like Cinderella today minus the evil step mother. Great Granny's china sure did sparkle...

My vacation is over and tomorrow it is back to the grind... I could have used another week off to get all my "to do's" done, but what ever lol. It gives me incentive to plan better for next year ;) So my battery is fully charged and I do believe I'm ready for Monday =)

Day 206/365

Timeworn

Sunday Creative [September 5~11]

My great granny's china, the less than perfect set, the set I love and adore. The set I will be using on Sundays :) Time has indeed worn this set...

Take TWO

Day 205/365

Happy Fence Friday

This is the sign my youngest has put up where he parks... lmao yes indeed we dance to the own beats of our own drum! 

My grandson is magical... I washed his hands and face before we left to go to the store today. When I pulled up to the wal mart and parked, I shut the truck off and turned to look at him... he was blue (how does THAT happen LOL I guess he had some candy stashed ;))

The wal mart adventure... we seen EVERY carton of eggs at eye level to a two year old. By the time we were done shopping and ready to load up the car... I couldn't remember where the heck we parked LMAO

We did make puppets "papets" they were not sock puppets but fun non the less :)

Day 204/365

photos are these amazing creations that can bring you back to a moment in time, stirring all sorts of emotion... helping you revisit extraordinary events, or not so proud moments... the happiest days of your life, or right before life as you know it changes... 

Day 203/365

Rays of sunshine...

Day 202/365

Well its here... its really here. I woke up this morning a bit nauseous. I don't think it has anything to do with me being officially old (then again it might a little). This past year has been all about letting the dust settle (sort of speak) from all the winds of change.

• The year started out with carrot cake :)
• I traveled a little
• Started a photo project
• Seen some live music
• Spent quality time with my family and friends
• Went to girls camp
• Took many long walks
• Played with my grandson
• Learned about Feng Shi
• Started to de-junk
• Recycled
• I was a proud momma more times than I can count
• I only wanted to kill my youngest son once (I'm happy to report he is a live and well and smarter)
• I went on several unplanned adventures and had so much fun :)
• I primed and painted some walls

One of my good friends left me a present on my back porch. 

Among the many gifts in the bag, she made me a list LOL

 pic of the day

The day it occurred to me I had forty days till forty I began making up a list. I figured it would be a good idea to start another decade focused, ya know.

my forty list...

1. take music lessons (learn to play "here comes the sun" on my 12 string)
2. take a photography class-print and frame my photographs-show my photos in a gallery (DONE-kinda)
3. get a passport got IT 22MAR11
4. travel outside the US (DONE)
5. date
6. officially start 100 strangers project (which has nothing to do with dating!)
7. see U2 in concert
8. paint my house with COLOR
9. finish my kitchen cabinets
10. recycle more
11. de-junk the extra bedroom :) (okay this has been an on going process)
12. WALK to work more. (this implies i have done this before... LMAO )
13. read more books (DONE)
14. go to the library :) (DONE)
15. stick to a budget (DONE)
16. complete my 365 photo project (DONE)
17. kick some bad habits(DONE)
18. start some healthy habits (DONE)
19. learn to cook new things 
20. start a monthly blog on inventorying new items...(DONE)
21. start writing my "book"
22. attend more social activities(DONE)
23. shop at thrift stores(DONE)
24. fung shui my home (or at least one room, or one level of my home) (DONE-kinda)
25. make more hand made gifts (DONE)
26. write more letters (and mail them) 
27. worry less (or CATCH myself worrying and redirect myself lol) (DONE-kinda)
28. bake bread
29. get organized (Its on going :)
30. give myself more facials using home made things
31. dye my hair less (and learn to be okay with gray)
32. plant a garden (even if its a single seed...) (DONE)
33. practice yoga REGULARLY... (this means more than once every few months)
34. take vitamins (again meaning more than once in a while lol)
35. send letters of joy to the universe (DONE) 
36. make puppets with my grandson (DONE) 
37. have more sleep overs (again not having anything to do with dating LMAO)  (DONE)
38. Find all my "notebooks" and centralize them!
39. Clear out under the stairs
40. Start using my great grandmothers china on Sunday!

I received many many calls, texts, emails and posts wishing me a Happy Birthday :) THANK YOU ALL = ) xoxoxoxox