Valentines Edition of 4M's..... ♥

Yay, super cool news from the 4M's (Monday Music Moves Me)
I was chosen as one in their "spotlight couple" so totally stoked (inset happy dance here)
I love music and this is such a fun party to participate in I love coming back every week so come on ya'll come and play too!




So today is Valentine's Day.
Throughout life I've had many different feelings towards this holiday.

At one point in my life my Valentines anthem was {this} song from Alanis Morissette and the modern day version from Cee Low {here}

(I'm posting just the links and not the videos due to well... profanity)

Is it because I'm happily married now for 10 years? maybe
Is it because I'm older and wiser? hehehe ok possible
Is it because I have realized that Valentine's doesnt have to be about getting a card in your locker from the guy you're crushing on, getting asked to dance at the high school dance or getting flowers sent to you at work infront of all your co-workers?
 I have found within myself that Valentine's Day should be to celebrate love no matter what the reason.
Love between friends, family or that special person.
Love can mean so many different things.

 

Here are some of my faves...

 

This one is for my hubby

I love this song for its words, because you're amazing just the way you are

I like this one cause it's so cute. And I'm totally crushing on Artie




These are classics, love them ♥





This one is adorable. makes me want to dance with my hubby.



And then dance with my hubby 20 years from now...

Do you feel the love??

Saturday Morning

It's Saturday morning... early Saturday morning and I'm up way earlier than I wish I was. And my son is sleeping in, of course he's gonna sleep in the morning I have to wake up early for a garage sale.

I got up half hour before it was to start and it was still dark outside so I decided to stay in bed for a little while longer. Guess I wasnt the only one in the neighborhood that decided to do that because by our second customer they told us a lot of people still havent set up yet or had sheets still covering their sale items. It's kinda chilly today and overcast. Perfect staying in bed weather... not so perfect community garage sale weather.

One good thing about getting up this early, ok a few good things:

1. Sitting in my garage drinking my coffee and my husband and I are watching whales just outside the harbor. How many of you can say you do that on a Saturday morning?

(no whales in the pix I just wanted you all to see what were looking at)

2. My husband and I are spending time together without the kid nagging to one of us, peace and quiet.

3. I'm having a chance to blog on a Saturday morning!

Have a great day everyone and heres hoping the sun comes out today.

Friday Photo Flashback

It's Aloha Friday... no work till Monday...

(actual SONG!)

Well actually TONS of work at home.

As much as I want to crawl into my bed and beg my husband to let me sleep in tomorrow I cant. We have our community garage sale and I'm looking forward to clearing out some clutter.

Next week is also my son's birthday so we've got a little bit of prepping to do for our cookout next Saturday. I cant belive my baby is gonna be two!

(I'm sobing right now)

Well in celebration of the end of the week its time for Friday Photo Flashback over at More than Words

My friend sent this pix to me she was just learning her new scanner so you can see the photo sitting on the scanner. This was our friend's birthday party in the 7th grade! Probably about 1991.

I'm the bottom row middle.

I kinda giggle when I see this picture. Lots of memories and some stories I dont need to bring up. LOL

Have a great productive weekend everyone!

slacking...

I've been major slacking on crafting, sewing and all my projects at home recently and my fingers are gettting really itchy to change something. When I get to this point I usually get overwhelmed and make a list way too long and then dont even know where to start.

I'm loving my new cricut and I've been practicing with small projects but now I'm ready to move on to bigger and better projects.

Like vinyl and stencils for hand painted projects.

(I have ideas for atleast 3 projects right now)

I have so much sewing and reupholstering that needs to be done.

Like my patio chairs that I talked about forever and a year ago,

some throw pillows for my livingroom, covering storage containers with fabric...

Lets not even get into what I want to paint!!!

When I get to this point I usually end up getting nothing done.

ooohh... so may projects so little time.. and money

Well this weekend it is my goal to get atleast 2 things off my list of to dos.

We have a community garage sale this Saturday so I'm hoping to get rid of some of my clutter and it will motivate me to get back in the grove again.

Ok, wish me luck!

Thankful Tuesday Linky Party

It's time again to tell us all what you're thankful for.

Sometimes life throws a curve ball at us all, but we can always find something to be thankful for, something the next person might not have, something we've been blessed with for a specific reason even if we dont realize it at the time.

This week I was thankful for my stove.

A girl's gotta craft where she's gotta craft.

Whatever works right?

Atleast I had the chance to practice with my cricut and make a little poster for my brother in law and his girlfriend's baby shower.

(which in turn they were thankful for)

(kindness and love returns itself 10 fold)

I'm thankful that Pringles invented those single serving take-a-long packs of chips. It makes long car rides much easier (and quieter) to handle

I'm thankful that someone is confident in my ability to pay off debt, but seriouslly Chase? Seriouslly?!

How many credit card offers do you really need to send me in 3 days?

I already have one of your cards do I need 5 more?

I'm also thankful for the opportunity that blogspark gave me to test out family taco night. Stay tunned for more on that.

Alright gang give it your best shot. What are you thankful for?

You know how it goes...

Link up and put my button somewhere in your post or on your blog so others can come and join in.

Thankful Tuesday...

Hey everyone!

Thankful Tuesday will be up later tonight so please come back and play!

Remember to enjoy the little things in life and be thankful!

Love Train... it's a love train baby

It's time again for

This Week's theme is Love songs

This is a classic....

This reminds me of high school...



A local favorite...



This song makes me all giddy



Love this song, my next wedding... actually when when wd do our vow renewal were so dancing to this...



This is my fav, it was our wedding song...