Acrylic Fish

      My little baby bean is turning  ONE!  Where does the time go? I wish he would stay a baby a bit longer, but I'm excited to see all of his new accomplishments and to watch him grow. Sigh.       I really wanted to get some cute invitations printed for his first birthday party and I had my eye on these adorable ones that looked like it was written on chalkboard. They were "supposed to be" 99 cents each and since I was only getting a few of them I thought "Great! They're perfect!" I was all ready to check out on the website but the price changed because I wasn't ordering a mass quantity. So I changed my order to 15 hoping it would help. It didn't. It wanted me to pay $45 for 15 cards though I only really needed 8. I was sooo disappointed and honestly just not willing to pay that amount just for invitations. Plus im cheap! I wont say which website it was because I don't like dragging names through the dirt and because I have gotten...

      My sons favorite toys right now are an empty Pepsi bottle and a pocket mirror. Maybe if I'm lucky he'll grow to be an inexpensive 1920s ragamuffin rolling a hoop down the road with a stick, but something tells me he'll be more like his dad and be nuts about technology. The Pepsi bottle got me thinking about some sensory bottles I had seen a while back and figured now would be a great time to make him some while he's enjoying the simpler things in life.           We took a little family trip to the Dollar Tree to get some little things to use for the bottles and found some great stuff! They had little bags of plastic frogs, lizards, bugs, pom pom balls, confetti, Mickey Mouse and Monsters Inc figurines, plastic alaphabet letters, beads, the options are amazing. I call that a "Dollar Store Score!" Here's what I did with my Friday night...  When making sensory bottles here are some things to keep in mind... ...

I'd like to start this post with a Weekly Challenge! This week do something for someone, even a complete stranger because we all need help. We ALL need help. Help someone because you may be the answer to that persons prayers. Love those who despise you. Love those who persecute you. There's too much hate in this world so lets LOVE each other. Let love fill up your life and let go of all that hate and I promise your life will be BETTER. I promise you will be HAPPIER. I promise better things will come your way. And you will be a better person because of it. Now watch this awesome music video by OK GO... LET IT GO On to today's project...  I have been trying to think of ways to make my life a little easier and less hectic. I really like to cook and usually make dinner almost every night, but sometimes I'm just too tired. I remembered seeing a blog where this woman would spend a few hours ever couple of weeks making ALL the meals at once and freezing them so she ...

Wow 2 posts in one day! I actually forgot to mention that I have accepted a 30 day challenge my friend posted on her blog. It's a challenge to do (or do not) do something for 30 days. It can be anything really. I chose to take one picture a day, because I have friends who have done this and really enjoyed it. Plus, I love taking pictures and feel I don't do enough of it. So why don't you do something (or don't do something) for 30 days too! It's a great challenge! Here's my opinions why... 1.) I have heard it takes 21 days to break a habit. You can choose to not do something for 21 days, for example... "I will not smoke for 21 days". Now THAT is a great goal! Smoking is terrible for you. If you can stop smoking for 21 days, why not go 30 days? Why not push yourself a little further? Can you see how BIG of an accomplishment that would be? That is something to really be proud of, and one nasty habit that would do you good to kick to the "nasty h...

   Today has been quite the lazy day. My back is giving me grief so i am taking it easy. However, relaxing isn't an easy thing for me personally. I can't watch tv for long periods of time because i start looking around the room thinking of things i should be doing instead of watching tv. Sounds great, yeah? "How productive of her!"  No! I mean it is a great joy of mine to cross things off a to do list. The downside is that I tend to get carried away with organization, cleaning and just getting things done around the house. I will spend an hour organizing papers, or just cleaning one little room in our apartment. I try to accomplish too much and i end up hurting my back yet again. Then i am incapable of doing much the next day.        This is the reason i have done nothing today. So, I am forced to take some time to do the things that keep me sane. I am trying to get back into my art and writing. It has been a huge void in my life that i have ignored...