It's Monday

The dead rose...um, bulbs (?) in my backyard. I'm so gardening challenged that I don't know what these are. I do know that they are beautiful though. I challenge you to take at least one photo today of something not normally beautiful that you still find intriguing. See if you can capture it in such a way that we see it how YOU see it. Send me links to share!

On the project front, I have 1 more down. Made a really cool tote bag from gorgeous silk placemats and napkins from Pier One. You'll have to trust me on this one as I forgot to take pictures before I gave it away (to a friend who has been carrying her lunch to and from work in a torn grocery bag...tsk, tsk, Janelle.)

My mailman loves me

(ha ha Emily, my mailman loves me!)
No seriously I ordered this 2 days ago and it came today and I am SO excited! Wanted a LensBaby for over a year, and those that know me know waiting is not in my vocabulary. It was sitting on the front porch when I opened the door to head, quickly, to Indy's soccer game (we were running l-a-t-e.) Being me, I made us later by squealing "its here!" and deciding I did need to take my camera after all, so I had to get it ready to go. LOVE THIS LENS! Selective focus is so fun, although somewhat hit-or-miss. If you are looking for a creative, inexpensive, way to add a little excitement to your photography, check it out. Make sure you browse through the LensBaby Gallery.

Thank you Spain!

This has made my day!!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060908/lf_afp/afplifestylefashion_060908143012

If there was some way I could send the entire country of Spain a thank you gift (perhaps chocolate??) I SO WOULD!
Bravo!
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Chaffeur

Mainly posting about this for posterity's sake. I'm sure at some point it will end up in a layout. My day was crazy busy. I had to take the day off from work first because it would be impossible to drive around this much and try and get back to work in between. Basically I needed to act as chaffeur to get to 2 ortho appts, 3 dentist appts, 1 kid to and from school twice, 1 kid to and from school once, 2 kids to and from volleyball and 1 to and from soccer.
8:50 Drive C to Orthodontist, (write scrapsahoy article while in waiting room)
9:45 drop-off C, pickup S & I
10:00 S & I to dentist
11:20 lunch
11:30 S to school
11:40 home to get C
11:50 C to dentist
12:20 C to school
12:30 Grocery run
1:00 home to drop-off groceries
1:30 pickup S
1:50 S to Ortho
2:30 S to volleyball
3:00 C to volleyball
5:00 pick up C
6:00 I to soccer
6:05 pickup S, pickup dinner
7:00 do layout for article
8:00 finish article
9:00 DQ!
9:30 try not to pay attention to "Cry Wolf" (scary movie DJ and S are watching in same room as me)

What's SO nice about this is despite all the running around, Wenatchee is small enough that it was only 32 miles on my car. What's BAD about that is in my car that was about 5 gals. of gas. I get horrible gas mileage, but sadly high-gas prices are still much cheaper than having a car payment.

"One of these things...

... is not like the others...", I totally heard that song when I saw this little guy! How cute is he?? A little spotlighting to give him the, well, spotlight, he deserves. Did he fnd his way home in my suitcase? Sadly, no, I had already needed to buy another suitcase just to carry home all the books I got (and bought.) How come everything looks so much more "must-have" when it's somewhere out of town?
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