day 107

i am at a stamping get together in indiana with some friends from the stamps shack (a stamping website). shackapolooza has officially began!!! here are the fun things we had waiting for us when we arrived.

day 106

we went out to dinner last night with some old friends. it was ladies night so martini's were the special. we each tried something new. it was a fantasic night.

day 105

this is one of the most amazing trees i've ever seen. and i guess it hasn't even bloomed all the way yet!!

day 104

everyone needs one...

day 103

me and my cute mom left today for 7 days in the indiana/chicago area for a stamping get together. see you soon, shackies!!

day 102

a task that i'm not fond of.

day 101

i posted a picture the yesterday of a spring blooming tree. this is an alternate version i took the same day. i like how it turned out.

day 100

there is hope...for spring.

day 99

i loved this little warning sign at the airport. it's on both ends of a crosswalk.

day 98

today is a big day. tax day. my parents anniversary (#42!) and my cute niece's, madi, birthday...big 18!!

note: this picture was found on google. i can't take credit for it!!

day 97

an amazing sunset that we found at the airport when we got home from vegas (and our wedding/honeymoon!)

day 96

the biggest chocolate covered strawberry i've ever seen. next to the smallest chocolate donut i've seen. both were amazingly delicious!

day 95

ahh...this is what i've been waiting for for months!! sunshine and blue sky. a pool and a little breeze. and a little fruity umbrella drink.

day 94

i love this!!!

day 93

the most amazing arrangement of fresh flowers i've ever seen. this is in the lobby of the encore hotel in vegas. it's the size of a small bathtub!!

day 92

i'm mia for a few days...

eta: little did anyone know what i was mia doing!!! hehe

day 90

just home from work and tired!!! so here's an oldie, but goodie!

day 89

i took a picture of the awesome sunset tonight only it didn't turn out so great. bummer.

day 88

i don't get what a terabyte is, but apparently this is one huge hard drive. all i know is i had to find all my "stuff" on the computer again! and reinstall all my loved fonts!!

day 87

i made a simple (cause it came from a box!) cinnamon swirl cake today. delish!

day 86

boo. i had to pay a bit of state taxes this year. taxes suck.

day 85

i worked my butt off for this sucker!!

day 84

is it april or december???

day 83

i'm wishful thinking today...

day 82

so the schizophrenic weather is back. yesterday 60 degrees. today, a blizzard. it is insane!

day 81

from one set of books to the other. i need a vacation!!!

day 80 (really??? WOW!)

this is maverik. my friend jamie's baby. he's very cute. and very big. of course, i'm a giant wuss, so he freaked me out a little when he was playing. (this is jamie's picture from some time ago, because i'm a dork and forgot to take one!)

day 79

sometimes i wonder if all of this is worth it...it's three little initials.

day 78

ahhhhh...the price we pay for beauty.

day 77

So yesterday we had a blizzard. Today is sunny and blue skies but little snow flurries that I don't think you can see in this picture.

day 76

yep. it's march. nearing the end of march. so what's with all the snow? this is a look at the clouds lingering after the huge snow storm today...

day 75

got an atc swap back the other day and finally put it in the storage sheet. i have about 20 other swaps i need to do this with. maybe next week when i'm done with school!! this one was a "all that's sweet" theme!

day 74

my favorite picture of me as a little.

day 73

this is where i went today to give my nutrition presentation. my favorite part...when the 73ish year old lady told me that i could practice what i preach and that i wasn't exactly the poster girl for healthy eating! it was hysterical. she also said she wasn't either!

day 72 (a day late!)

i did take this picture yesterday. it is a picture of how cool the moon looked as i was leaving for work. i'm bummed the picture isn't as good!

day 71

i was out delivering meals with meals on wheels today and came upon this sign at one of the senior centers. it cracked me up!

day 70

i was going through some pictures for a project and found some great photos!! this was my cute dog, dusty, when she was just a furball!

day 69

i had a bunch of errands to run today (after my time spent at the food bank...). one of the main roads was closed so i had to take a detour. i ended up on a little road by a house i lived in when i was about 3 or 4. i don't remember much about the house except i have two vivid memories. one is the dog house (which isn't there!) that our dog bernie used to live in, or on, rather. the other is my mom planting flowers by the back windows and getting stung by a bee. i have no idea when those are the few memories i have!! i was surprised, too, to see the house faces a different direction than i thought!!

day 68

my latest addiction. and my cute mom's, too!

day 67

we tamed the weeds on the rock wall today. it was such a nice day to work outside!!

day 66

there was an emergency in our house today. since it's friday. i had to get kerry a new xbox live headset. heaven forbid he missed madden!

day 65

got away from me...

day 64

so i'm back in school for a few weeks finishing my bsn (i still have about 5 classes left). i'm in community nursing and we are required to do 45 clinical hours (in 5 weeks, eek!). i volunteered today at an event for community nursing services. it's a 2 day event called the art & soup celebration. different restaurants from all over come with their special soup they've made for the event and there are local artist that have their art available. it was a pretty cool thing. this was the 21st year of the event. very neat.

day 63

i usually don't post the same thing on both my blogs, but i didn't do anything today for this blog. so here is a picture of the latest atcs i made. it's for a swap themed "all things sweet".

day 62

seriously? it's march. c'mon. i thought we were done...

day 61

this picture doesn't do the sunset i saw tonight justice. the nice thing about this whole daylight savings business is it is now light when i leave work. so i caught about 10 minutes of this amazing sunset.

day 59

aw yeah!!

day 58

this has been the mainstay in my house the past three days. i didn't have the nyquil in the picture because we used it all!! i hope in the next day or two i can start breathing freely!! it's bad enough when just one of is sick but we are both sick...no fun at all.

day 57

it has been pretty warm the past few days. it's great! so we grilled some steaks tonight. of course it's supposed to snow tonight. sheesh. will winter ever end?

day 56

i don't mind doing some things around the house. but one thing i just don't like doing is unloading the dishwasher. i don't mind doing the dishes and loading it...but emptying is not my thing!!

day 55

i didn't have time to take a picture today, so you get another oldie but goodie. this is me circa 1976. i posted this picture on my facebook and my brother commented, "holly hobbie callled...she wants her look back." i couldn't agree more!!!

day 54

i was looking for a picture (that i never found) and found this little gem that i love. it's me and my brothers in 1971. mark on the left, mike on the right (i think!)