Simple & sweet!

1.10.11-

How sweet are these delightful little pom pom flowers!  I'm going to have to make me a whole bunch to put on the mantle to get through dreary January.

Love the simplicity of them.

You KNOW how much I love to look at magazines - inspiration on every page!

{anyone out there thrown your own Magazine Monday party yet? If so I would LOVE to hear about it}

-photo from Country Living Feb. 2011-



I love getting together with friends for lunch.  I met up with my Cultivate friends today to talk, laugh & eat some yummy pizza at Arella Pizzeria in Bountiful.{right next to Lowe's in Bountiful} 

We had the Buffalo Chicken, The Classic & The Arella pizzas & all shared a slice.  I may be taking Ty back to get the Arella- pears, arugula, blue cheese & white sauce- DELICIOUS!  Thanks N & H for a great lunch & for sharing with me your one little word for 2011.  Looking forward to planning a few 365 Swaps during the year too- I'm excited!!

To top it all off I had to go to Costco to get some things & picked up a bag of Dark Chocolate Pomegranates to munch on on the way home.

Good for me right? 

Dark Choc. + Pomegranates = somewhat healthy heavenly snack

{at least that's how I'm looking at it! :) } 

{M}

**I'll be back tomorrow to share what I made this weekend.
-Like my newest song to my playlist. I saw her sing it a couple of years ago on Oprah & liked the message of the song.  {So you act, so you feel, so you are- There's hope, it doesn't cost a thing to smile, you don't have to pay to laugh :) } So True, Be happy everyone!

Chilly cuteness!

1.7.11-

  You know me & the fun bulletin board in our family room that I like to change out each month. Well Merry January!
{just bringing a little bit of the outside indoors} 
Look at these darling little
doilie snowflakes that my daughter, Em, & I 
made last night. 

I just love the way they turned out!

Step 1- buy a pack of paper doilies

Step 2- Fold the doilie in half & then half again

{be careful not to rip the outer edge when folding} 

Step 3- Grab your scissors & paper punches & start crafting

Step 4- Unfold & hang them up & enjoy! 

A different spin on the traditional paper snowflakes.
{I can't wait for the snowflakes that are made at school each year start coming home w/ my girls.  I'll have to put them in there too- It's going to be a little blizzard before long!}

So cute & super easy to make. Happy weekend everyone!

{M}

Dressy day

1.5.11-

I learned something today- Playing dress-up is not just for Sundays-{wink, wink}

I started off the day getting dressed up to go here, went out to lunch w/ Ty, came home & then picked up Miss Mace from the bus stop to go get me a Diet Coke & her an after school treat! Then I chatted with my Sis Vaness in my kitchen while making Vegetable Tortellini soup- yummy!

-Such a great day! Maybe I should dress up more often ;) -

{Love my turquoise flower pin that I got from Leila Bird}

-My 1st self portrait. taken in our closet . Notice my window pane/bulletin board full of inspiring pictures & love notes from my girls.  I love looking at this everyday.  I need to write the word FLOURISH up on top!!

{M}

My OLW {one little word}

1.5.11-

 Drum roll please..........  my one little word for 2011 is-

Flourish!

Definition: vb.

1. to thrive, prosper

2. to be in a state of activity or production

3. to reach a height of development or influence

4. to make a bold and sweeping gestures {this one not so much}

Yeah!  I wanted a word that could carry on the way I felt & was inspired in 2010 by Stretch & I think I found it.  I am going to take everything I learned about myself last year & run with it!!  Make it bigger,  bolder & grander {It makes me feel like dancing & throwing in a big Flourish at the end}  I'm glad I chose another verb or action word so it requires me TO DO something.  I still want to keep keep stretching & growing as I learn new things & continue to work hard to accomplish goals. I want to not only flourish in my life but have it affect my children's lives, my marriage & my associations with others. 

Wa-hoo, I'm excited! {can you tell?? ;)}

Did you pick a word for the new year?  I'd love to hear if you did, be sure to tell me.

My whole family picked a word for themselves this year & here they are all written down on the white board for all to see & encourage one another throughout the year.  



-I liked how the girls just couldn't decide on 1 word so had to have a couple- lots to do in 2011-

 

I had a great day today going to a special place with my husband & running into one of my dearest friends, Becky, & her husband.  What a wonderful place to be able to go, I love it! 

{M}



-A quick picture from my goal planning lunch date with my guy that I mentioned on Monday-
It was a great way to start off the month & the NeW YeaR!!
{I really should get a littler planner so I don't have to haul around my big calender ;) }



Monday, Monday!

1.3.11-

Yeah, for a new start to the week & a new month

{kids back in school, house put together, laundry going & watching Regis is peace & quiet this morning!}

Just wanted to share a quick picture of my Mantles on this Monday all put together for the month of January. 

I love to change out the decor of our home each month.

I'm such a seasonal person! 



-The upstairs mantle. I love when the light streams in from the windows & shines on the snowflakes & glass glittery #1-




-Downstairs mantle, all colorful as usual & full of retro sweetness!-



Hope you are off to a good start to the NeW YeaR!

One thing I look forward to the 1st week of each New Year is a lunch date with Ty to discuss our goals for this year.

{our personal goals, for our family, marriage, vacations, home etc.} 

It's a GREAT way to start the year! 

FYI-The best way to accomplish something is to WRITE it down! 

So off to Chili's I go with my notebook & pen :)

{M}

* P.S.- I know what my one little word for 2011 is I'll share it with you after I share it with my family tonight- excited!!*



"One"-derful day!

1.1.11-
 

Enjoy today 1-1-11

-How fun is that-Celebrate it, embrace it & remember it!

{it will never happen on the 1st day of the year again, at least in my lifetime}

-Thanks to Hy, Audj, Em & Eli for helping show 1-1-11-

 I am finally packing up all the Christmas stuff & putting it away {what a chore!} 

 I do like it when it is all cleaned up & put away- ahhhh, kind of a fresh start to the New Year!

Time to winterize the house & mantles with old ice skates, my Snowman collection, hanging snowflakes off the chandelier & of coarse more SNoWFLaKEs here & there.

Bring on the NeW YeaR!!

-Hope it is a "One"derful one for you-

{M}