Watching: Lots of Reba, Big Bang Theory, Real Housewives
Reading: Thoughts in Solitude, Eat For Health and The Book of Mormon
Listening: John Denver and my iPod
Making: healthy meals and salad dressing
Feeling: really good, but tired and at this moment...hungry
Planning: Vegetarian restaurants to go to in KC
Loving: Losing weight and getting to my April goal weight of 170!!!
Friday, May 10, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
OLW May
I am still not done with my One Little Word project for April, but I did complete May's
The prompt was to "listen" and write down phrases that come to you or inspire you. I sort of followed the template Ali used. She painted her cardstock and I tried that and did not like how mine were turning out. I found some scrapbook paper I liked as a background, but then changed my mind, but on the back were these really cool "cards" with inspirational sayings so I used those on a plain white background and added some of the designs from the paper. I also punched out a couple flowers.
Ali used vellum on her layout. I had bought a couple sheets of vellum to use. I neded up using them on the back where I made a template about this month's intention which was Nurture Friendships
You may have noticed that my OLW, Nurture, was not featured on this month's layout. That was kind of the point. But I think my phrases do Nurture ME so it worked out great.
The prompt was to "listen" and write down phrases that come to you or inspire you. I sort of followed the template Ali used. She painted her cardstock and I tried that and did not like how mine were turning out. I found some scrapbook paper I liked as a background, but then changed my mind, but on the back were these really cool "cards" with inspirational sayings so I used those on a plain white background and added some of the designs from the paper. I also punched out a couple flowers.
Ali used vellum on her layout. I had bought a couple sheets of vellum to use. I neded up using them on the back where I made a template about this month's intention which was Nurture Friendships
You may have noticed that my OLW, Nurture, was not featured on this month's layout. That was kind of the point. But I think my phrases do Nurture ME so it worked out great.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
April Project Life and an Inspired Layout
A pink layout for Spring
Left side and details
I made sure the Open House invite and church pictures matched up
Right side and details
I saw this quote on Facebook and thought it was hilarious!!
The bottom
And now, for an inspired layout I am quite pround of. But first, a little explanation. I have seen Smash pages where people smash about their favorite TV shows. Iowajewel even has collage kits in her shop for this purpose. So I decided to do a page in my PL about my favorite TV show. But not a page about the show in general, but about an episode. THE episode. Since it affected me so deeply. I wrote down quotes and typed them up, then found pictures on Google images and printed them. The final result was this....
The details
I am so thrilled with how this came out. And a little story about the background paper.... yesterday was National Scrapbooking Day and as they do every year, Scrapbooks Etc in Topeka had a big sale. 20% off everything in the store plus the forst 50 people in the door got a free goodie bag. It consisted of a lasercut embellishment and scrapbook papers. I did not like all of the papers, though. My friend, Jackie, of Stamping Sister, also went and we were at a crop together. She did not like all of her papers, either. So we kept what we wanted and then offered each other a pick of what we didn't. One of the papers she had was the periodic table of elements. At first I told her i did not need that, but while asking our other friends at the crop if they wanted any of the papers INSPIRATION struck and I was like "I CAN TOTALLY USE THAT PAPER!!!!!" Originally I was going to use a red background, but this was even better(you know, because Reid and Maeve are Smarties) and I really like the way it turned out.
And here is a preview of May...
Can you believe it is may already??
Oh, and I have a new post over at Little Veggie HERE about my goals or the Healthy Vegan Summer Challenge.
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Again, My Heart Was Breaking
Criminal Minds. I swear it is going to be the emotional death of me.
Sigh.
Wednesday night's episode, Alchemy, caught me off guard.
The episode as a whole was quite creepy and weird, which happened to be perfect for the directing talents of Mr. Matthew Gray Gubler. And to be fair, it did give fair warning that the secondary story would be about Reid having difficulty dealing with Maeve's death. So it was a double whammy of Mr Gubler's talent.
I just did not expect it to go like it did.
I expected he would be upset and it would be sad and that would be okay. But, of course, the talented and cruel writers took it a step further.
(this next part contains spoilers if you have not seen)
The plot: Spencer is having trouble sleeping because when he does he dreams he dreams of Maeve.
Problem: In the dream she asks him to dance and he forces himself to wake up because he is afraid to find out how that would feel or something. remember, he never even got to touch her when she was alive.
Rossi's advice: "It's alchemy, Alchemy turns common metals into precious ones. Dreams work the same way. Turning something awful into something better"
The dream: Spencer is in a library and Maeve is there. She asks him to dance and he asks her why and she says "I want to hold you once before I am a ghost of a memory".
Dagger. In. My. Heart. Seriously, that line gives me chills.
And then they dance. If you have ever needed a visual definition of the word BITTERSWEET, that was it.
Why, oh why, Criminal Minds could you have not just let her live????????? Why couldn't Spencer have a girfriend and be happy??? WHY???????????????? She would have made an awesome addition to the cast and there would have been awesome storylines. Not this sad, rip your heart out and stomp on it crap.
Truly, I am impressed with this season and the emotional reaction it is eliciting, but I do not think i can take much more. My heart is just so fragile now........
You can view this emotional manipulation here http://www.cbs.com/shows/criminal_minds/video/anI4WZNp3_WQdy3kwhljYKvsNG6MlbmU/criminal-minds-alchemy/. It starts at 38:23 and you have to watch 3 ads first.
Sigh.
Wednesday night's episode, Alchemy, caught me off guard.
The episode as a whole was quite creepy and weird, which happened to be perfect for the directing talents of Mr. Matthew Gray Gubler. And to be fair, it did give fair warning that the secondary story would be about Reid having difficulty dealing with Maeve's death. So it was a double whammy of Mr Gubler's talent.
I just did not expect it to go like it did.
I expected he would be upset and it would be sad and that would be okay. But, of course, the talented and cruel writers took it a step further.
(this next part contains spoilers if you have not seen)
The plot: Spencer is having trouble sleeping because when he does he dreams he dreams of Maeve.
Problem: In the dream she asks him to dance and he forces himself to wake up because he is afraid to find out how that would feel or something. remember, he never even got to touch her when she was alive.
Rossi's advice: "It's alchemy, Alchemy turns common metals into precious ones. Dreams work the same way. Turning something awful into something better"
The dream: Spencer is in a library and Maeve is there. She asks him to dance and he asks her why and she says "I want to hold you once before I am a ghost of a memory".
Dagger. In. My. Heart. Seriously, that line gives me chills.
And then they dance. If you have ever needed a visual definition of the word BITTERSWEET, that was it.
Why, oh why, Criminal Minds could you have not just let her live????????? Why couldn't Spencer have a girfriend and be happy??? WHY???????????????? She would have made an awesome addition to the cast and there would have been awesome storylines. Not this sad, rip your heart out and stomp on it crap.
Truly, I am impressed with this season and the emotional reaction it is eliciting, but I do not think i can take much more. My heart is just so fragile now........
You can view this emotional manipulation here http://www.cbs.com/shows/criminal_minds/video/anI4WZNp3_WQdy3kwhljYKvsNG6MlbmU/criminal-minds-alchemy/. It starts at 38:23 and you have to watch 3 ads first.
Friday, May 3, 2013
Currently
Heading to Topeka today for a scrapbooking fundraiser tomorrow. But first I thought I would post my currentlies
Watching: Bittersweet ending of Criminal Minds(separate blog post coming soon)
Reading: Thomas Merton, ETL, Book of Mormon, Alice on Board. Same as last week
Listening: True Oldies Channel and John Denver
Making: some pretty cool stuff for One Little Word and Project Life
Feeling: happy, but bloated (well, I AM!)
Planning: what to do at a scrapbooking retreat in 2 weeks
Loving: only 3 weeks left of the regular school year!!
Watching: Bittersweet ending of Criminal Minds(separate blog post coming soon)
Reading: Thomas Merton, ETL, Book of Mormon, Alice on Board. Same as last week
Listening: True Oldies Channel and John Denver
Making: some pretty cool stuff for One Little Word and Project Life
Feeling: happy, but bloated (well, I AM!)
Planning: what to do at a scrapbooking retreat in 2 weeks
Loving: only 3 weeks left of the regular school year!!
Thursday, May 2, 2013
New Blog!!
I started a new blog to talk about my life as a vegetarian. It is called Little Veggie on the Prairie. Catchy huh?????
This will still be my primary blog to talk about anything and everything, but I wanted a seaprate place to talk about my vegetarianism.
Go check it out!! You know, if you want.
This will still be my primary blog to talk about anything and everything, but I wanted a seaprate place to talk about my vegetarianism.
Go check it out!! You know, if you want.
Going Back
I have probably mentioned before that I have been contemplating another visit to California this summer. After last year's epic trip I did not expect to go back that soon, but in March I received a Save the Date notice for a family reunion of sorts and that got me wanting to visit again. I was still thinking about it when my BFF, Bonnie, texted me the other night to tell me that New Kids on the Block would be in concert the weekend I was thinking about coming out.
Now, I was never a die hard fan or anything, but I did love their music and the thought of going to a reunion concert with my BFF was just the kick I needed to finally make a decision! So I booked a train trip!! (It was cheaper than flying) I will just be gone a week, in California for just 5 days. The concert and my family reunion are on the same day, both in the OC so that day is planned, but the rest is still open. I have made a few suggestions to Bonnie. One thing I must do is go to the beach. Another is visit my parents' graves. I would also like to visit my hometown. The suggestions I made were Knott's Berry Farm, Disneyland, Universal Studios, Getty Museum, LA Zoo. She texted me back that the Getty would be fun. Obviously we cannot do it all, lol.
This will probably be the last trip I make to California solo. It seems like I go several years without visiting, then go a couple years (or months!) in a row.
Where would you like to go this summer?
Now, I was never a die hard fan or anything, but I did love their music and the thought of going to a reunion concert with my BFF was just the kick I needed to finally make a decision! So I booked a train trip!! (It was cheaper than flying) I will just be gone a week, in California for just 5 days. The concert and my family reunion are on the same day, both in the OC so that day is planned, but the rest is still open. I have made a few suggestions to Bonnie. One thing I must do is go to the beach. Another is visit my parents' graves. I would also like to visit my hometown. The suggestions I made were Knott's Berry Farm, Disneyland, Universal Studios, Getty Museum, LA Zoo. She texted me back that the Getty would be fun. Obviously we cannot do it all, lol.
This will probably be the last trip I make to California solo. It seems like I go several years without visiting, then go a couple years (or months!) in a row.
Where would you like to go this summer?
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