This is the year...

This is the year to do! I am really trying to focus on collecting less and doing more. With that in mind, I am participating in the Project 52 challenge over at http://www.jenwilsondesigns.com/. She is one of my favorite digital scrapbooking designers and I have purchased quite a bit of her designs in the past. I have not used them to actually scrap anything, but I have COLLECTED quite a bit. So by participating in this challenge, it is forcing me to DO one digital layout a week. The creative team provides the parameters for the layout and I have to post my layout in two galleries. The best part is there is a deadline each week that I have to stick to. I have completed 2 weeks so far in this 13 week challenge. So without further ado, here are week 1 & 2 layouts.

Next on the agenda is my trip to San Francisco for work. I leave tomorrow and will not be back until Saturday afternoon. Long flight, but great city!

Now for all things awesome in my life:

Thank you husband for being you

Thank you mother for an awesome visit (and pictures)

Thank you new puppy for continuing to bring us happiness (and poop where it shouldn't be)

Thank you job for helping us pay our bills

Thank you gym for being there even though I have been avoiding you

Thank you friends for being there even when we don't talk everyday

Thank you Crystal Light for making Peach Tea

Thank you Cameron for making my 2009 word necklace

Thank you GOD

Just wanted to share

Tinkerbell is now 3lbs!

2009

Wow, it's been a week and 2 days since my last post. Time seems to be flying by so fast.
Today, I have been thinking about what this year will hold for me. I continue to be surrounding by a feeling of change. I feel like I am on the cusp of major creative changes in my life. On the Yahoo Inspired group, we have been sharing what our word for 2009 is. The word I have chosen is "Aspire". This word seemed to jump out at me in my head. It seemed to encompass my feelings of wanting more. I would like to fulfill my potential this year. I want to feel like I have accomplished something at the end 2009. I want to reflect and be proud of my accomplishments. I want to feel more settled in my own skin instead of feeling a restless intensity that seems to be boiling just under the surface.

Always thankful for....

My husband
My children
My dogs
Phish Food ice cream
Candy Hearts
Nestle Hot Chocolate w/mini marshmallows
Project 52 (http://thecreativelife.typepad.com/blog/2009/01/project-52-week-one.html)
Digital Photography School (http://digital-photography-school.com/?awt_l=7vPHS&awt_m=1bMpxUbB4LkfGf)
All things Fleece!
The Gayle King Show on XM Radio

Happy New Year!

Welcome 2009! I know this is going to be a year of change, a renaissance. It has been a little while since I posted and a lot has happened in the last couple of weeks. Christmas has come and gone and in a very peaceful way. Pea-Dad is now off of his walker and on to using a cane. He still can not drive but has been getting around with the help of some friends and family. We added a new addition to our family and her name is Tinkerbell. She is a Shih-Poo mix and weighs only 1.5 lbs. We brought her home on 1/2 and have been spoiling her ever since.

Cole also had an adventure over the holiday break that included a total of 11 stitches. I am amazed that Clay has made it through 8 years with no stitches and Cole is 2 and has now had 11 stitches (I am not counting the 5 surgeries in the first year of his life :). I would like to continue to recognize the things that I am grateful for in every post of 2009. I think it helps me to remind me how lucky I am. Full of Gratitude For: Our new puppy A husband's healing hip (like the alliteration) My health Oprah's Best Life Week My 2009 Word My creative spirit Popcorn Chocolate Group Power Bubbles (and the distraction they provide during a 2 year old's stressfull visit to the emergency room) Kind doctors who show patience when training their interns (emerg. room visit) Aunt Annette (nana-ette) Red cream soda