Random Wednesday…. I’ve been disappointed in Day 2 and Day 3 of the Creative Bootcamp. Day 2 was Picnic and Day 3 was Multilayered. Neither word inspires me. I suppose I could do some papers with the picnic theme…. maybe I’ll try that… just do 1-2 freebie picnic’ish papers. I really didn’t want to walk/run my 20 minutes today. How sad is that? It’s only the second day. Lol! I did though so I can cross that off my TODO today. I’ve already accomplished a few items on my goal list for this week… one was to design more and I designed both Monday and Tuesday. The other was to blog more and I’ve put up some kind of post all three days this week. The other business goal was to work on my store site which I haven’t gotten to yet. I’ll probably work on that today so I can get that off my list. Other items on my todo for today were not on my goals list but I really need to do. One is register the kids for school next year. The school already called last week about Dan’s placement. I should just go do that… but … Read more
[ Continue ]Well it must be a sign… I’ve always been into astrology and signs… lol! I’ve now had three “goal setting” kick in the asses in a period of 20 minutes so I thought okay… I’ll start posting my goals too. This weeks business goals Biggest goal – to get back into the swing of designing again. I have been gone from the digiscrap industry for 3 years now. My last release under my own name was back in 2007 and prior to that I didn’t release a lot of things (always wrapped up in the backend technical admin of various sites). So just DESIGNING… is going to be my biggest goal for awhile. Blogging regularly – I actually created a weekly blogging calendar for myself. lol! Maybe that will kick me in the ass to blog more. I was never a very good blogger so this is a bit scary. lol! Finalizing my own store site – I am almost there with this one. Have some finishing things I need to tweak before I go live with the site. This weeks personal goals Keep up with the cool running program. 20 minutes. M – W -F Start lifting weights again. … Read more
[ Continue ]Awhile back I exchanged the furniture between my front room and my back room. I had always intended that to be the first step towards a living room makeover. This past month, I finally was able to complete the makeover – including getting a new couch, loveseat and chair set. Here are the BEFORE photos which were the AFTER photos from the post above (I only had iphone before photos so the quality is rather poor). As you can see my walls were mauve/pink as were my blinds and the couches (that were not purchased for this room) were a nice green. What a perfect match! lol! So as part of the makeover, we picked up new couches and new drapes (couldn’t wait to get rid of the venetian blinds). I also refinished the tables and the coat/shoe racks. This was the end result. What a difference a coat of paint makes.. 😉 We have a beautiful bay window that we never saw with the other drapes. They were just so cumbersome to open that we always left them closed. With the new drapes, I can open them and see those wonderful windows and all that light. Love it! 🙂 … Read more
[ Continue ]Well it looks like Shawn Michaels is officially retiring after last night’s “Career vs Streak” match with the Undertaker. My two favorite wrestlers of all time are Shawn and Taker so if Shawn is leaving, going out to the Undertaker is the way to go, IMHO. Still sad. Rick and I were at Wrestlemania 13 in Chicago when Undertaker beat Sid Vicious. Got my official Undertaker shirt (that has since disappeared)… but last night, I was wearing my Shawn shirt. Hoping that Shawn would pull out the win… But after several kick-outs when Shawn knelt before the Taker and Taker didn’t want to pin him… somehow I knew… I had seen it before… the look in the eyes… the pleading… Shawn pleaded for Undertaker to just DO IT… Rick Flair had also begged a hesitant Shawn not too long ago to “end it” too. Flair went out to Michaels and Michaels has now gone out to Taker. 🙁 I have mixed feelings… I think it’s great to see Shawn, my HBK, go out on top. He really is retiring as The Show Stopper and Mr. Wrestlemania. Flair needed to retire a long time before he “did”… he lost his shine… … Read more
[ Continue ]Today’s horoscope seems awfully on target with my life… Interesting when that happens… I have been fascinated with horoscopes since I was little. I’ve got a bit of my Dad in me. Jan. 29 Capricorn Horoscope You’ve got something to say, and you won’t be able to hold it back another second. This has been a long time coming, but with the stars’ intense emotional energy arriving this morning, keeping quiet any longer isn’t necessary, and won’t be possible. You’re being asked to express yourself, and knowing you, you’ll find a gracious, affable way to do it — even if what emerges is a good-bye. You have to do this. Now do it. Wow… But I think I’ll pull a Costanza instead and do the opposite of what I would normally do. I’ll just do and say nothing… well… maybe just a quick Goodbye as it really has been a long time coming.
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