Boot Camp: Day One

9:00 am – Arrived at Jim’s Gym
9:35 am – Threw up in Jim’s Gym bathroom
Note to self: Don’t eat breakfast – even if it is an hour and a half before.  But hey, at least my detour gave me a chance to take a break.
Bring on tomorrow.

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Download Day – Boot Camp

I am going to do it.  I have thought about it for a few months now, wanting to make sure I could commit to it before I took the plunge but I think I am ready.  Boot Camp.  I’m sure you’ve heard of them – intense exercise programs that meet 5 days a week for [...]

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Cole at 7 Months

How is it possible?  You pray and hope for someone tiny and new to come into your life for so long and then all of the sudden they have been with you for seven months.  It doesn’t seem real yet at the same time, it is the most natural and lovely thing you have ever [...]

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Triumphant at Last

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Download Day – Teacher Appreciation

I was looking through the Back to School issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine and came across an idea from Becky Higgins that struck a chord with me.  When I taught elementary school I always received many thank yous from students and parents at the end of the year and that felt great.  But Becky put [...]

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I’m Grateful for Bananas

Jason went to the grocery store for me again the other day.  He does this a lot.  I don’t like shopping in general and although he can do many things to help me with Cole, he can’t lift him in and out of his crib or up off the ground or make his bottle or [...]

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Lucky Duck

I am so glad that I did the Cathy Zielske workshop giveaway this week.  I have loved reading your comments.  They are diverse and random – just like the project as a whole.  I kept thinking that every journal entry idea that you posted is the perfect thing to be writing about…and that’s the point [...]

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Savoring Motherhood

From the very beginning of my pregnancy I decided that I wanted to try and savor the experience for the simple reason that  I’m not sure if I will have the chance again to go through each step and phase of motherhood.
But savoring the experience doesn’t make me have any less of a need to [...]

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Me: the Abridged Version + Giveaway

One of my all-time favorite scrapbooking projects that I have done was actually shown to me by its creator, Cathy Zielske.  The year was 2006 and Cathy and I were both teaching classes at CKU (Creating Keepsakes University).  Cathy’s class was called “Encyclopedia of My Ordinary Life” and was inspired by the book with the [...]

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Download Day – Summertime

sunshine + otter pops + a good book + poolside = contentment
What’s your summertime recipe for the good life?
Enjoy your week, friends – and soak up the richness of summer.

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