There are lots of memories inside our minds – sometimes we just need a little nudge to coax them out. What are the First Five things that come to mind when you see this: My List: 1. Spring – I love photos of crocuses popping out of the earth surrounded by snow. 2. When I was in high school, I …
Happiness is… this week – Thursday, August 30
What made me happy this week: 1. Kevin installed Mountain Lion on Cole's computer and got it running faster! 🙂 2. Buying a pair of cute red flats for Alexis. (She has wanted a pair of red shoes for awhile now.) 3. Getting boxes full of new scrapbook stuff and adding them to our snapncrop.com site. (We have exciting …
Oh my word “know & understand” – Wednesday, August 29
There are lots of memories inside our minds – sometimes we just need a little nudge to coax them out. What are the first things that come to mind when you READ this: My List: 1. My daughter recently reminded me that teens want understanding – but they feel that nobody "knows" them. 2. What I know and what I …
CraZy RandOm Life – Tuesday, August 28
For me, this is going to be one of those Crazy weeks. My Crazy Week List: 1. Last minute school shopping. 2. Preparing for Cole's 8th Birthday this Sunday. 3. Praying for the people in the gulf (especially New Orleans & Mississippi areas) as we watch another hurricane knocking on their door. 4. Freshman orientation and open house today. 5. …
Mosaic Moments Scrapbooking – Jamestown
Down the street from where I live… there is a wonderful historical site called the Jamestown Settlement. It is one of the many historical sites in our area that we enjoy visiting when friends and family come to our town. click to view larger image When I created the page above my goal was to use all one inch squares. …
Childhood Memories, Career Day
Career Day Our school never had a Career Day – where parents are invited to come and tell students about what they do for a living. If they did I don’t think my parent would have been invited. Many children don’t pay a lot of attention to their parent careers. I was no exception. If you’d asked me what my …
Gray Skies – Journal Prompt
There are lots of memories inside our minds – sometimes we just need a little nudge to coax them out. What are the First Five things that come to mind when you see this: My List: 1. Kevin and I lived in Utah for the first couple of years we were married. I remember one morning looking out the …
Happiness is… Digging a little deeper – Thursday, August 23
Sometimes it is easy to tell the things that made me happy during a day or a week. Sometimes those happy moments stand out – sometimes they don't and I have to think a little harder. It is the weeks that I have to put in a little more effort that make me most grateful for this exercise. I …
Oh my word “Footprint” – Wednesday, August 22
There are lots of memories inside our minds – sometimes we just need a little nudge to coax them out. What are the first things that come to mind when you READ this: My List: 1. When Alexis was a new born the nurses at the hospital said they didn't do the foot print for the baby book so they …
It’s My Life – Positive Spin – Tuesday August 21
Putting A Positive Spin on Life Have you seen the movie Pollyanna? I loved that movie when I was a little girl. I was nothing like Pollyanna when I was a child. Like most children I blamed misery on "circumstances beyond my control." Of course, I grew up, and in time I learned that happiness is a choice – …