i cant believe its halloween already! where has the year gone? this is my favorite holiday, is it even a holiday? i love all the costumes, the excitement of getting all this candy, the jack-o-lanterns, the ghosts and gouhls in people's yards. its the one time of year that i feel neighborhood-ly. though we all talk to our neighbors throughout the year, but...
they go hand and hand ... i am always looking for inspiration to feed my creativity. i have a few people i call on religiously for inspiration. whether its for cooking, baking, scrapbooking or photography, i look to them and they always deliver. one of my favs, donna downey, has done it again. just reading this has ignited me to start looking outside...
i cannot imagine life without her. i am eternally grateful she is my sister. i am so happy that i am a sister. and to her. she always always makes me feel better about things. we just hung up the phone not too long ago and i feel 100% better than i did before we spoke. i wish the same for all women. and if...
since basically everything made shelf stable these days contains this devil of a sweetener, including bread, popsicles, soda, cookies, some cereals, etc...i decided to take a few things into my own hands. also reverted back to the days where meals were made from scratch with fresh ingredients. not only am i getting the benefits of homemade, no chemicals, i am also saving some cash!...
and here's one colossal pile of leaves that is worthy of some jumping in, some rolling-around in and definitely some tossing up in the air. eight years ago when this tree was planted, it had high hopes of what it could be. today, i was witness to that hope! ...
that is what the loss in my 401k stated earlier this week. one word. ouch. as usual did some surfing on how to handle this and recover from it eventually. during the surf i found this website, walletpop. looks as if its another finance savy website. probably contains the same as all the others. but this one is prettier. and i like the fact that there...
this is what sept thru dec 31 has and will look like:-sept 28 : lisa bridal shower-oct 5 : kelly baby shower-oct 11 : cousin mandy wedding-late oct / early nov : baby nephews arrival-nov 1 : lisa bachelorette bowling night -nov 21: lisa wedding-nov 27 : thanksgiving-dec : christmas season-dec 25 : christmas-dec 31 : end of 2008holy crap.to clear my mind...
today was sister-in-law's baby shower. she is having twin boys. she is a rather petite person, so its a bit weird to see her this big. parents-to-be: grandma, nieces ... grandma's brood will now be up to 7: and a couple of others: ...
went to megan's last tennis match yesterday morning. my sister called at 7:50a asking me to go to this match that started at 8a. there went the plans to go to the gym ... but it was worth it. starting my day off seeing her cute face with the big braces smile ... definitely a good thing! i like this photo, her silouhette...
this morning i started a tradition or ritual of treating myself to a starbucks every friday. my sister started something like this with my niece, they call it starbucks fridays. i purchased a fancy dancy new coffee to-go tumbler to reduce my waste: and then today, i had my 1st pumpkin spice latte of the season. the smell of the pumpkin spice made...