Where is summer going?

The summer is going by so fast, I can't even believe it! I'm trying to even remember what all we did last week and it's a blur! I know I had a meeting and ran around on Tuesday...I'm thankful for Bruegger's free wifi and good food and creative inspiration around town. I'm also thankful I didn't drop the caterpillars when moving them into the habitat. I went to work on Wednesday. I'm grateful I got done with inventory and got to chat with friends. I'm also grateful that the car handles well in the rain. I have absolutely no clue what I did on Thursday. I think I cleaned though...so I guess I'm grateful it wasn't too painful. Oh wait!! I did clean...I'm thankful for the Bissel Little Green Spotshot (or something like that). Friday, I was grateful to see a friend's baby doing so well and thankful for spending time with my aunt.

The weekend was crazy busy with family reunion activities and I'm grateful for all of that. Seeing friends and family is wonderful and they are really a good group of people. We had a lot of fun and my tummy hurt from all the good food I ate. I am also grateful that I ended up knowing and attending my friend's belated baby shower. And finally, that all 5 butterflies made it out alive!! =)

Today was a nice day cleaning, computering, making food....I was productive and I'm thankful for that.

Other things I'm grateful for:

Good baseball
"Pre-owned" double strollers and cribs for my brother
Talking til all hours with my cuz!
A layout that turned out well
Reisens....(Favortie candy hands down!)
My hair looking cute after being cut

Now, I just have to go and find a picture from this week to tie in to my 52 inspirations! =) I couldn't do a pic a day, or even a layout a day...but I can do a blog a week and one page to match!! =)

A Creative Title Goes Here

It's funny that one of the things I'm grateful for this week is the time I've had to be creative. =) Apparently, today is not one of those days. I have had a lot of time to scrapbook and work on a few projects this past week, and that's been great. The weather has been a mix of rain and sun, but it looks like today will be a full on summer day with sun and a heat index of 105! I'm grateful that I have the time to prepare for class without having to worry about Ben. (I'm doing such a good job of preparing right now too.....) I'm grateful I have supportive friends who pull together to help each other out. I'm grateful for simple wonders that make my child excited, like our caterpillars that are cocooning and turning into butterflies. Grateful for a nice family. Grateful for Starbucks Doubleshots... I'm excited to start class and go on a trip in a few weeks, but worried the summer is flying by too fast. I always have such big plans for those two months, but I'm not sure where the time all goes. Next week, I hope to be grateful for a great group of students and a clean basement...we'll see how that works out. =)

Lazy Week

I've had a lazy week or so. But I have gotten some things accomplished, though it never seems like I get as much as I'd like to done. Our den is clean and I have a new printer. Father's Day presents have arrived. Birthdays celebrated, some things done at work.... I'm very grateful to have jobs that I enjoy and that I am able to work without worry at this point. I am also grateful to have the creative outlets that I have. (As distracting as they may be sometimes.) Given what's happened with many friends lately, I'm grateful for the health of my family and my son. I have a wonderful cousin who is also a best friend, and I have some happy memories of friends from younger days. I spent a great deal of time the past week or so going down memory lane from junior high and early high school years. Some of those treasured people I miss, but I'm glad I still have remembrances of them to hold on to. I'm also grateful for the summer! Teachers may not get paid a lot, but our summers are certainly nice!!

Two days in a row?!

I know...I'm posting two days in a row. Totally crazy. I just had an enjoyable day. Had my coffee and brooding time in the morning (have I mentioned I'm not really a morning person?) Read a little bit. Then I cleaned my fanny off and my child was pretty good (though a little impatient) during it. Finished a slideshow for a relative and got it burned to DVD, went out to dinner, made cookies with my boy. Some computer time and more reading ahead. All in all, an enjoyable day. The best part is, it's the end of the day and the place is still mostly in the same shape. With the exception of the cookie dishes. =)

Thankfuls

Let's see...I'm thankful for summer. =) I'm thankful for educational activities. Like the butterfly garden and the Brain Quest cards. I'm thankful for days where I enjoy cleaning, cooking, and being an-on-summer-break mom. Thankful for opportunities that are available to me. Good meals and good beverages. Friends to play with and intellectual conversations. I'm thankful for Facebook (hee hee) and connecting with old, good friends. Thankful for memories of my mother. Thankful for good sales that inspire my creativity. Thankful for the nice people in line at the DMV who let me have my spot back when my three-year-old had to go potty after waiting in line for 20 min.

I have taken plenty of pics the last two weeks, but I don't have them uploaded yet. I'll keep updating...after all....it's summer and I've got about 22 layouts to do to keep up with the 52 weeks of Inspiration. =)

Attempt Two for the Video

May 22nd

This was a nice week. My first real week of summer. We had a nice Memorial Day (even though someone may have had one too many cosmos), and I had a nice mix of work (with Karen & at school), alone time, time with Ben (backwards day, buying a butterfly garden), and time with friends (especially on Facebook). I even got some scrapbooking time in. In fact, here is a little video I made for a challenge at Oscraps next week.