30 days of Thankfulness: November 11th

Day 11: I am thankful for every single military personnel that has fought, will fight, or is fighting for our freedoms. To all my fellow Vets, thank you!

Today we celebrate all those past, present and future and their loved ones. Those that signed a check up to and including their lives so that we can remain the HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE! Happy Vets Day, thank a military personnel, without them you would not be here!

30 days of Thankfulness: November 10th

Today I am thankful for something very minor and selfish. I am thankful for Coke Zero (by the case!) and chocolate. It has been a rough week just with her whining and without these two things today I would be a BAD Mom. I am also thankful for gymnastics so she will wear herself out and NAP. What are you thankful for today?

30 days of Thankfulness: November 9th

30 days of Thankfulness: November 9th
I am thankful for crafting, it makes me more mellow, happier and less stressed which leads me to be a better Mom, wife and friend!

Crafting may be expensive and take up a lot of space but it is my addiction and that is perfectly fine with me. I do not buy the expensive clothes, shoes, purses or go to the spa. I do not wear makeup and do not want a new car. So crafting and all that comes with it is my sanity. We all have to have a vice and this (plus chocolate) is mine. Plus I am storing amazing memories for Caitlyn and our family. I love being creative so this helps me too. What is your vice? What are you thankful for today?

30 days of Thankfulness: November 8th

November 8th I am thankful for a warm house. It is freezing out and I am so thankful for a warm house, cozy warm blankets, jackets, heating pads etc that keep us warm!

Are you playing along? What are you thankful for today?

30 days of Thankfulness: November 7th

Today my blessing is a strange one. I am so thankful for swift and knowledgeable emergency personnel. My culdesac was full of excitement last night as two ambulances and a fire truck came screaming and flashing into it. Apparently something happened with our newer neighbors. They were all here for about an hour. Although the sirens/lights woke my house up and Caitlyn did NOT go back to sleep (this was at 245 am) I am so happy that there are still people in the world with the calling to help others in need. I am pretty sure all is well since they left without lights or sirens but I am not sure. So what are you thankful for today?

Unscripted Sketches GUEST DESIGNER! Sketch 80

WOOHOO! I am so happy and honored that the amazing Design Team at Unscripted Sketches asked me to be the guest designer. My layout is NOTHING compared to the amazing talent you will see there but I gave it my best shot. These pictures are from December 2009, WOW how the kids have changed (only one is mine the other is her BFF). I challenged myself to use BORDER punches on this one and I think I did OK. I am trying very hard to use what I have. Pretty simple layout! Hop on over to UNSCRIPTED SKETCHES and leave all the amazing DT sisters a little love! Enjoy your weekend!

30 days of Thankfulness: November 6th

Today I am thankful for lazy weekends. We have been so busy lately (we always are during the fall) and it has caught up with us. Being so busy coupled with little to no sleep made us all a little under the weather so I am super thankful we have nothing that HAS to be done this weekend and can relax, sleep, rest, relax, sleep rest LOL! We all need it! Happy weekend you all!

My first FROSTED DESIGNS Design!

I have a BIG announcement to make! I MADE THE FROSTED DESIGNS DESIGN TEAM!! YAY! I am so excited to be part of this amazingly talented and SWEET design team! I have worked with some of the ladies before on the Practical Scrappers Design Team so this will be nice to get reacquainted and also meet new friends with the other designers.

So this week the challenge was to use an OVERSIZE PHOTO (at least half of the page). Well I do not have many of those but I did have this ONE photo of my family from when I was just 18. It was taken right before I went off to college and my little brother started high school. I love this picture, it is one of the only ones that I have professionally done of my little family. I am also trying with inking and distressing so bare with me LOL! Here is my FIRST ever Frosted Designs project! Please make sure you go and check out the other amazing items that my talented sisters made for this week! You can check them out HERE and make sure to enter the challenge also!

Box and bracelet

Here are two more things that I made for Sandy in the swap. She does a LOT for Breast Caner Research and fundraising so I thought this was pretty appropriate for her. The little box is from Michael's I think, painted all of it, covered in pretty paper, inside and out. Stamped a sentiment for the inside top lid and embellished. I stuffed it full of crochet lace and other goodies but she could use it for anything she wished. I also handmade the bracelet but it was too snug so she will have to redo it (Sorry Sandy!). I liked how both of these came out. Thanks Sandy for taking the pictures since I forgot!

30 days of Thankfulness

Every single day this month I am posting here and on facebook what I am thankful/grateful for that day. I am trying to celebrate the little things, as I believe it is a given that I am always thankful for my family, friends (real life and virtual), health of everyone around me, shelter, security and God. So I am going to focus on the small things that I forget sometimes. As we go or at the end I will print off all the days, find pictures and make a mini to enjoy all year long. I sure hope you join me! You can comment on this single post all month long! Let's get started!!!

November 1, 2010- I am thankful for beans and buckets since they can keep Caitlyn entertained for hours!

November 2, 2010- I am thankful for LONG naps when needed.

November 3, 2010- I am thankful for MEDICINE to help my baby feel better. We are really truly blessed to have all the modern medicines that we do right now!

November 4, 2010- I am thankful for rainy days, they give me an excuse to stay home in PJs and not feel guilty!