Live Simply, Simply Live

Kinda cool

I got this from Steph's blog and thought it was neat-o. The deal is to copy and paste then highlight the things YOU have done. Looking forward to reading about your adventures :)

 I1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band ....at school
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland /world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (bahahaha! Hell NO!!!)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping (I was 6.... really!)
27. Run a Marathon (never. gonna. happen)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise (May.... I soooo can't wait!)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community (but I really, really want to do this one!)
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing (and it was way over rated. I'd rather ride my bike)
40. Seen Michelangelos David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt (but I was really young. I want to do this again)
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance (but I've transported others)

47. Had your portrait painted (in New Mexico. My parents had it done. I was little)
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class (it was a self defense class... does that count?)
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (I will do this some day. I will)
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar (it's over rated)
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square (but my daughter has)
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book (x 6)
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (ummmm, no. Ick)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (more than one... but Robin Williams was too cool)
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day (bahahaha! More than once. A week.) 

Fly By

Busy day, but wanted to share the bound cover of the gratitude album and the cover of the 4th of July album I made eons ago.

Both were bound with the bind-it-all. Cool tool. Oh wait. What's that? Trader Joe's is calling. More on the 4th of July album tomorrow.

Mellies Gratitude Album Challenge

This was sooooo stinking much fun! Mellie offered a free class/on line video on a gratitude album and I took her up on the challenge. She stressed using things you had on hand, so I did and the project took on a life of it's own.

I used older We R Memory Keepers paper, ancient DOTS stamps and misc folders and envelopes I had at home. The words are a mix of QuicKutz dies and stamps and the ribbon is left over Creative cafe. Can't wait to take some photos, have everyone share what they are grateful for and bind the whole thing. And yes, I bought the silver coils I need to complete it.

Thanks Mellie. You are the BEST!!!!!

 

 

 

I forgot to photograph it, but the under side of the cover tag reads "For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; ", from Psalm 100:5.

A week in our life

FINALLY! I finished this a bit ago, just haven't had a chance to photograph and upload the pages. This was done based on Ali Edwards "a week in the life" challenge.... to document a week in your life now, as you're living it. I tweaked the project a bit to better fit us.... we have no such thing as "normal" in this house. This album documents a typical week for us. Rather than a day-by-day breakdown, this talks about and shares what we usually do, who we are and what matters to us right now.

I made a challenge category in my photo albums if you'd like to see the whoe thing. With the flip over journaling pages it's over 20 pages. I'm not about to upload all of those in this post. Here is just a sampling.

 

The album cover. I bought an inexpensive 6 x 12 book at Target and painted the cover, then used modge podge. It was fun.

 

The tear in the brown on the inside cover, where I closed the book before the modge podge was completely dry? I fixed that. In case you were worried.

 

These two pages are for my friends at Just Need It. I promised them I'd someday share a pic of me in my beloved boots. 

 

Sorry the pictures are crummy and have a glare. I took them at night under te dining room table lights. Ick.

 

I drove down to Salem, to Scrapbook Fever (great little store, if you're in the area) to buy all the Creative Cafe products used on this album. Danelle Johnson, the creator, supports the Just Need It website, and I love that site and the ladies that frequent it, so I really wanted to buy and use that line as a sort of "thank you".

OK, must wash the paint off my hands (more on that later).