some friday thoughts...

*do you shop at goodwill? if you are my age or older

did you know that on wednesdays you can get

25% OFF!!!

I FOUND THIS OUT THIS WEEK.

i am telling you this as a public service announcement.

i have wasted almost an entire year of shopping

there without knowing this or receiving my discount.

sheesh! 55 and older girls- we gotta stick together!

help each other out.

(what else am i missing folks?)

* while at the bridal fair a few weeks ago, i saw these amazing

photo books by a company called artifact uprising. i loved them. 

they use recycled papers and they are organic and beautiful

and i wasted no time in ordering one for myself.

here's a couple peeks at my book.

* are anyone else's finger nails super dry and brittle right now?

as fast as mine can grow out-they break off.

please tell me i'm not alone. what can i do about it?

* i may be a magazine hoarder. there are some i just cannot throw away.

i have every old home companion i ever bought and

la vie claire...did any of you ever get that one? the

photos in it were so beautiful, i cannot not throw mine

away. each one a treasure. it's so sad that they've both gone by the wayside.

i will take them to the nursing home with me. all the other little old ladies

are going to want to room with me.

i can throw away readers digests.

does that mean i'm o.k.?

* a new puppy is joining our family this weekend.

another chesapeake. i'm not nearly as excited as the rest of my family.

 i think you're either born a big animal lover or you're not.

guess who wasn't given the gene.

 darn it-  yep me.

pray for me. pray for patience, quick training,

less drooling than the last one, and big puppy dog eyes to win me over.

~name yet to be decided.

suggestions welcome!

(the preliminary pictures are pretty flipping cute)  :  )

* i am going to plant a whole, whole bunch of poppy seeds

in my garden this year and i hope that they grow and bloom and

nod their heads at me as i walk by. they are so fragile and beautiful and

short lived. that makes them all the sweeter.

*please help me get the word out that i am officially doing photography

 for hire. i love it. i love newborns and families. i will do second shooter

pics at weddings.  i'm no annie marie, but i think i've honed a pretty good eye.

 arlo's cd~ ready!

i planted wheat grass in this adorable little pot- in about 3 days there

will be spouting.

and i tried a new look with a table runner.

i'm slowly doing a bit of easter decorating.

it'll be here before we know it.

 (btw  -these are real robin's egg's i've found on the ground- 

they really are. sorry "would be" birdies. i didn't take you

from your nests)

well, there you have it. 

i rambled on so long, it's almost saturday.

oh and p.s. here's two more things you must know:

*rent the movie-   enough said     -just watched it- LOVED it, and remember

* you can get two filet of fish sandwiches and

a shamrock shake for about 5 bucks

at mcdonalds right now.

they go great with your redbox movie.

man i love lent and march, mint shakes!

xo, b