Mama's Day

Today is OFFICIALLY Mother's day.  I am of the mind that thinks everyday should be Mother's Day.  My mom is the big wiener today... she and Dad left for Paris this morning.  Paris.  Wha-??  I'm excited for her.  This is their first trip abroad - Guam not included.

My Honey was so sweet today & stood at Starbucks for over 30 minutes just to get me a latte.  He also got me some flowers.  They all got me a clean house for my gift and I'm absolutely in love with it - the PERFECT gift!!

My son said I was the "best mudder ever."  My eldest said she loved my "squishy" hugs.  My middle one squeezed me HARD and said "this is how much I missed you (squeeze) times infinity."  She was away camping with her Brownie troop last night.  I have the best little peeps ever!

hellooo?? artist? are you in there??

lately i've been going on the web finding inspiration for my scrapbooking.  this has now taken me down a road that has proven full of not just scrapbookers, or croppers, but ARTISTS.  crafters.   now that word always evokes my childhood memories of growing up with my mom in the background peacefully cross stitching, crocheting, or sewing my clothes.  she made all kinds of things - floral arrangements, decorating the house, etc.  she was crafty.  i have never tried, now will i ever attain her level of craftiness (not that it's a competition, mind you... but still).  i will admit however, to having a desire or craving within to create, to admire the colors and put things together to form something new and beautiful in my eyes.  is that being a crafter?

apparently, it is.

here's my daily log of inspiration.  a map, if you will.  or more specifically, a flow chart.

still looking through logo shirts.  my fave at etsy. a vintage typewriter t at The Bold Banana

eventually, i ended up finding this cute, colorful key fob.  a gorgeous print @

Bink Waffle @ Etsy  i'm thinking "i need to start sewing!!"  a whole other world of creativity. 

isn't that the cutest??

2010. New Year. New resolutions.

New year means clean slate.  I plan to spend more time with my family.  There is so much rhetoric these days about family.  Family means so much.  Time with the family.  I know we all feel like we have less time and more things to be doing.  "Multitasking" is part of our vernacular.   I want to know that I'm actually LIVING that out.  This means more "face time" and less "computer time."  I have hereby weaned myself off of the insane Facebook and the even more ridiculous (and I can't believe I'm going to admit it...) Farmville.  It's quite paradoxical that the industrial and technological revolutions both aimed to save man more time by eliminating manual labor.  Instead, man devised more tasks to occupy said "freed time."  What does that say about "man"?  On the other hand, I've found my creative mojo again and am now trying to find a way to be artsy and be mom at the same time, with the same amount of time, I should say.  On that note, I'm outtie!!