I snapped this out of the car’s window as Jake was speeding down the
freeway. It was so magical and clear and blue that I wanted to make sure
to get a photo.
The trip down to LA wasn’t so painful (at least not compared to the
return trip.) and I am glad we got to go and see some friends.
This week’s prompt was “Do you believe in fairies?”
I wanted something really shimmery so I took a purple butterfly and put
pearl ink on it and then some white felt and then some white glitter
just to be sure it would shine. I used UTEE on the hearts in the
background (which was an afterthought, hence the not perfect pattern)
and some alcohol inks with the pearl mixative on the blue in the
background.
here’s another look:
I wanted one of the little boy, it’s been a while. Yesterday was a good
day, we relaxed and after his nap, we had a picnic on the couch as we
cuddled. Apple Jacks, Apples and David and mommy time, what more can
someone ask for?
I must have still been giddy from my BPS workshop going up cause I did
my third tag and three catalysts last night. Excited to create again and
even though I’m exhausted, I’m looking forward to going to CHA again.
It might seem silly to you to have two of these in the same month but I
have been dreaming about and working on this workshop for months. I have
dreamed of teaching at Big Picture Scrapbooking for ever. This to me, is
the biggest accomplishment I could have asked for in my scrapbooking.
If you’re interested in journaling, I hope you’ll register
for my workshop. I’ve poured my heart and soul into it and I cannot
wait to get started!
My good friend Lori has a new downloadable
class at A Million Memories. It’s great for birthdays, mother’s day,
Valentine’s day or any other occasion where you give gift cards. I
love this project! You can also checkout her video here!
Today started with a dentist’s appointment to make sure the stains on
David’s teeth were just stains. It turns out they were nothing to worry
about and they cleaned them too so now he’s all shiny white.
Early morning David jumped in my bed and we played together. We play
this game where we tell each other how many times we love each other.
Ten times! Twenty times! This morning he said “five teen times!” and
then he leaned over and whispered in my ear “With all my heart.” I love
him so.
And it’s what’s keeping me going right now because I’ve been feeling
really sick and out of it lately. I am constantly tired and can’t seem
to eat anything at all with out feeling terrible afterwards. Considering
I am almost 7 months, that’s just crazy.
We took out the baby stuff this weekend and one of the items was this
little swing which David really likes now and yesterday he buckled his
little teddy in and swung it gently. I think this boy’s ready for a
sibling, don’t you?
Big day in the United States today. I cannot tell you how proud I am to
be a part of this historic day and this wonderful nation.
David and I watched together this morning and he made sure his Wall-e
was watching too.
Tonight, David asked me to come to the fridge for a minute and I thought
he was going to ask me to help with the letters but when I went there,
this is what I found. Isn’t he the sweetest?
I mistakenly thought it must be a good idea to try to get off the
medication again two days ago and it turns out I was wrong again. I have
severe allergies and was unable to function all day today. Yuk. Back on
the medicine, sadly. And a fully wasted day.
Last night, I had such a surge of love for David that I almost woke him
up just to give him a hug and tell him I loved him. It took all my
strength not to wake him up. It’s really amazing how very much I love him.
Here’s a shot I took while we went out for ice cream this afternoon.
Big day tomorrow. See you then.
This week’s question was “Am I afraid of change?”
With a new baby on the way, I decided change is inevitable for us and I
might as well embrace it. Hence the heart and the clasp over it.
I used UTEE to stamp “laugh” and grunge board for the heart and the
clasp. I put a little glossy accent on the heart swirls just to have
them stick out a bit.
Catalyst forty-five is up at creative therapy: If
you got to write a book/movie/song what would it be about?
Here are my words:
I actually wrote books for a while and this is a poster I made in a
design class I took. This poster is for the first book I wrote. It’s
about a girl who goes back home to take care of her mother with whom she
has some deep issues and reconnects with her highschool love. In the
book, the mom has lupus which is called the butterfly disease, hence the
butterfly on the cover.
I love reading mainstream fiction and about strong characters and their
connections to each other and those are the kind of books I’d like to
write. I don’t dream of many many things in my life but writing a book
and getting published is a lifelong dream. I yearn to write and to write
well. Maybe one day…
Today we needed to get the cars serviced since we’re going to CHA next
week. So we all went to the dealership and I, once again, realized how
wonderful our little boy is. He immediately started playing with the
legos and told himself stories, created worlds and even found the other
kids at the place to encourage them to play with him. He’s a true joy. I
am deeply thankful.
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