Wednesday

Today DH decided to take my van in since I'm driving to Delaware tomorrow. So he's home, under foot, and eating everything in sight. I'm trying to get laundry finished, things cleaned up. On Thursday I'm taking DD and two of her friends up to Newark, DE to check out the University of Delaware. It's only a two-hour drive, so it's just a day trip. Hopefully the weather will be good. Nothing worse that walking around campus in the drizzle. (It's supposed to rain overnight tonight).

Go Blue Hens!

This is My "Present"

I accepted the challenge from Stacy Julian to make a super-mini scrapbook of my "present," meaning my here and now. I took 11 photos (mostly from the same week, not actually from one single day) and created a tiny mini-scrapbook to keep in my purse, to encourage me to think about the things in my daily life. It was a fun challenge.

Check it out! It's kinda hard to read the writing on the little pages, so here's the journaling for each page.

People to love
Things that pile up
Sweet smiles to cheer for
Games we play
Furry things to love
Work to do.

Tuesday

Tuesday is always hard. I'm an at-home transcriber and Tuesday is when work is due. It seems that I'm always trying to play catch-up and get as much work finished to be able to turn it in on Tuesday for the next week's paycheck. Half the time I never seem to make it. Oh well. I might pit-stop at ACMoore when I drive down to the office later today. I've got a coupon! Later today DS has a baseball game and DD has to work. Guess it's leftovers for dinner, if we ever get to eat it. I hate eating at 8:30 p.m.

Sports Weekend

It was a true sports weekend. Friday night football, Saturday and Sunday baseball games. At the football game, NW beat Wootton 33-28. It was quite a thriller, too. Wootton kept nipping at our heels the whole second half.

New kitty photo

Here's the latest photo of our new cat (well, new to us in April), Charlie. She's a girl and we named her Charlie because she's kind of a tomboy. DD wanted to name her Madonna and I said NO!! Enjoy!

Challenge: Give Yourself a Present!

This is from Stacy Julian's blog www.stacysbigpicture.typepad.com/altogether_too_happy:


So, it's October 1st. I think if I had to pin myself down, October is my favorite. Summer, with all of its fun is behind us and the craziness of the holidays is still just out of reach. The weather is generally good and the leaves are turning brilliant colors. What's not to love? In honor of October and the inevitable flow and change that is life, I'm issuing a challenge today (with the help of LOTS of blogging friends) to as many people as possible, and here it is:

I want you to give yourself a PRESENT.

You have everything you need right now to be vibrant, happy and fully engaged in the creative process of life. Sometimes you just have to slow down, look around and realize it!

Here’s what I want you to do …

• Snap ten or twelve photos of your life right now. Or find recent photos that you've already taken.
• Compile these photos in one of these super-cute Bazzill Mono-Mini albums (keep reading)
• Keep or carry this album with you, tucked in your purse or desk drawer for one full year.
• Promise to glance through the album every time you stumble upon it or pull it out.
• On October 1st, 2009, create a scrapbook page about your experience.

So I did this. I've taken 12 snapshots of my life right now. I'm going to put them in a little Bazzill monomini album. I'll try and post the results later.

susan.

Free Handbags!

I just entered a contest for a free handbag. Check it out at:

www.handbagplanet.com

It looks like they have a lot of great stuff. Can't wait to see the whole website.

Susan.