I've been tagged

By Syb ( <---- luv her)! Four jobs you have had: Summer camp counselor for the YMCA Retail sales (clothing) at Lerner's Photoshop and Illustrator product manager for Adobe Graphic Designer Four movies you would watch over and over again: Fools Rush In From Dusk til Dawn Top Gun Officer and a Gentleman Four places you have lived: Anaheim, California Denver, Colorado Sun Valley, Idaho Seattle, Washington Four T.V. shows you love to watch: M*A*S*H (after all these years, I will still always watch an episode when I see one) House Medium any Friends re-runs Four places you have been on vacation: Ocean Shores, WA Vancouver, BC, Canada Orlando, FL Las Vegas, NV (my all time fave place to go) Four web-sites I visit daily: scrapsahoy.com
postsecret.com (they only update on Sunday, so it's only once a week, but you do NOT want to miss it!)
scrapgirls.com
a huge assortment of blogs (see my list at right)

Four of my favorite foods:
ice cream
pizza
cheeseburgers
a really good salad

Four places I’d rather be right now:
Las Vegas
in a lawn chair while summertime camping
any ocean beach
Redfish Lake, Idaho

Bloggers I'm tagging:
Knit and Purl Grrl

52 projects

I'm reading "52 Projects" by Jeffrey Yamaguchi and it made me remember a little project I did on my own last year. Never thought to mention it, but it really was a fun, rewarding, easy and worthwhile, so thought I'd pass it along for those of you who want to try something similar (or the same!)
I love the type of calendars that are the page-a-day type. Each day a different something in the same category. I have Knitting pattern-a-day and crochet pattern-a-day and for those that scrapbook, both the Designing with 2005 and 2006 calendars. I have calendars on an Origami-a-day and a Calligraphy-a-day. My favorite one, however, was last year's Itty-Bitty-Card-a-day calendar. It came with a little plastic caddy that held roughly 300 little cards (weekends shared a card). They were pre-scored to fold. On the right hand side was a little drawing or design or pattern. Something pretty or amusing. On the left hand side was the date. When the day was done, all you had to do was take the card out, fold it and you had a little, bitty card to send someone. So I decided I would do just that. I work in a large-ish company, with around 600 employees. I decided to send a card, anonymously, every single day to someone I worked with. Alphabetically seemed easiest, so that was what I did. And thinking the card needed a little something with it, I went to he dollar store and bought 6-packs of Chiclets gum. I love Chiclets! They're retro and fun and one of the nicknames I have for my three daughters.
Each day I took the card from the day before, folded it, wrote "from your secret admirer" and sent it via inner-office mail with a pack of Chiclets to the next name on the employee roster. It wasn't long before I started seeing them on desks and hearing people ask (when seeing it on someone's desk) "Hey, do you know who that came from? I got one of those too..." It was a great conversation starter for them and an even greater secret thrill for me.
Now, being that I am FANTASTIC at ideas and somewhat FEEBLE at follow through, I made it through roughly half of the year before running out of Chiclets and OOMPH. So the rest of the cards I keep, in a drawer, waiting for the day that some other inspiration strikes. And I am confident it will.
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Time for the teaser! New month (and New Year) at scrapsahoy.com. Wanted to show you all what I really did to relax over Christmas weekend! LOVED the time at home, playing (and crafting) with Indiana. She made super sweet necklaces that I, of course, had to document. Love a child's innate giving nature.
On the yarn front, got this link from Berocco - SO loving these, easy-peasy and they look fab! Know I will be sportin' one by Monday!
Stalking the poor mail man next week! I won a hand-crafted, metal-rimmed, soldered ornament by the terrific Miss Teresa McFayden and I can not wait to hang it up. This kind of thing makes me so happy!
Curious. Excited. Confident. Optimistic. = me right now. Always love the new start of a New Year, where all things are fresh, new and possible.
Where will the year take YOU?
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Used my new "Las Vegas" digital kit for the scrapsahoy.com January destination. Lots more LOs to see there after Jan. 1 - when all things are new, fresh and shiny!
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counting blessings...

specifically for these recent ones:

• for yesterday, when we ALL slept in, ALL went out to lunch, ALL went to see Narnia, dropped the girls off for their first solo Christmas shopping for mom and dad experience, went to friends for poker and MUCH laughter. Was one of those days that I think will stay with me for a long time. close to perfect.
• For the movie, Narnia, itself, which was so magical that I was crying within 30 seconds of the movie starting. Was just so good that it made me emotional. magical is all I can say.
• For running into my daughter's friend, Katie, while we were leaving Narnia, and seeing her mom give my daughter a hug when she saw that Carsey was weepy from the movie. Made me feel so good that someone other than family has affection for my daughter. Reminded me there are good people and caring in the world.
• For not stressing about Christmas. I left at Noon today and was home by 3:30. In that time I started and finished my holiday shopping.
• For Ciro's, our favorite pizza place, from which I am going to buy dinner tonight. And will hear the "Yea"s and "Hoorays" from the whole family.
• For the Presto Heat Dish from Costco that I bought and aimed at me so I no longer freeze as I sit here, in my 95 year old house that for some reason is warm enough EXCEPT for where I craft.
• For my 2000 Ford Explorer which I just paid off in November and still runs and looks brand new. No more car payment!! Hooray!
• And lastly, for Jenni Bowlin, whose own "Thankful" post reminded me to take a few minutes and reflect on some of the little, but equally important, things of the season.

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