Reverse Psychology

My brain hurts tonight, literally, (again - sigh) so this won't be much of a post but at least give me an A for effort. (Which by the way, I never understood that line since effort does not begin with the letter 'a'. Yes I get the concept but I still think its a stupid saying...lol).

Who doesn't love looking at absolutely adorable cute pictures of animals? I don't know of anyone so if you don't, please don't tell me...heh.

Cute Overload is one of my favourite sites to view these undeniably adorable creatures (of all kinds but not enough turtles!!!) and today when I saw this I couldn't stop giggling. The photo is just oh so sweet but the dialog that goes with it is dead on.

Please humor me and click HERE to see just what I mean. Then I dare you not to look at more perfectly pink little noses and tongues, and tiny tocks, miniature muzzles and quite possibly the cutest creatures you have ever laid eyes on :)

I Love...

I was thinking about what to write today and realized as I thought back to a lot of my previous posts (and everyday conversations), that I say a lot of things are my favourite things or I say how much I love something. In the midst of my thoughts I was reading a blog I visit (MegFowler) and she did a "Love List" and listed out some of the things she loved as well as suggested doing it weekly. I mean, we all know how we change our minds or come across new things that we fall head over heals with, right?

So guess what I'm gonna do? Yep. I'm going to do a love list, hopefully weekly, hopefully on Wednesdays. Why, you ask? Well, for all you nosey folks out there you can learn a bit more about me (hee hee) and so when I'm old and wrinkly I can look back on these posts and see how much has changed and laugh at myself as well as smile and remember being young. It also gives me time to reflect on what I enjoy. :)

Here goes....

*I love turtles!!
*I love almost all music...with out it, I'd be lost.
*I love the smell of a soft rain.
*I love digging my toes in the sand.
*I love chocolate and peanut butter, together.
*I love sunshine.
*I love the smell of lilacs in the spring and how they fill my house with their sweet scent.
*I love love stories.
*I love it when my kids say "I love you"
*I love to get lost in a good book.
*I love a comfy pair of jeans and a sweatshirt.
*I love scary movies.
*I love cake, and ice cream, and gummy bears, and twizzlers, and...{covers mouth}
*I love the first heavy snowfall of winter.
*I love cycling...it takes me to my happy place :)
*I love the colors green and pink
*I love really really big thunderstorms (tornados, you stay far far away!!)
*I love to laugh.
....and....
*I love to see people smile. The kind of smile that reaches their eyes...

Ok, enough for now. Check back in a week :)

Oh, and I encourage you to do your own "love list". If you do, leave a comment and a link to your blog. I'd love to read them :)

Precious Moments

Sometimes we go about our day and we don't always notice things that we should. We miss out in the hustle and bustle of daily work and life. So when we stop and take the time, good things can happen.

I went to a meeting in town tonight and I took the kids with me. They were bored of course and was to be expected. My son is constantly on the move. The kid can't sit still to save his life... LOL. He wanted to sit on my lap through the meeting so being it was an informal meeting, it was ok. Of course, he couldn't sit still so I said to him, "Sit still you little monkey butt!" He just laughed and wiggled more. When the meeting was finally over, we were walking out to the car and I kept calling him my little monkey butt and tickling him.

Then all of a sudden he stopped and said, "Mom? Will you call me Bug, because I like that best?". {{{heart squeeze}}}

I have been calling him Bug since the day he was born, nearly 8 years ago. I always thought it was cute because as he got older, if anyone called him anything but Andrew, he sternly corrected them. I was the only one who got away with calling him something different. To this day, its still the same.

Yes, my little Bug is a mama's boy :) {{beams}}! I see so many boys his age doing the "ew mommy" thing and treating their parents like they have the plague or something. Not my little guy. I still get tons of hugs and kisses and he tells me he loves me and he doesnt't care who hears it. There was even a time I was mad at him (for what, I cannot recall) but he said to me, "Mom, even though you get mad at me sometimes, I still love you!". {{{heart squeeze}}} I mean, how sweet is that? Of course, his plan worked and I wasn't mad at him anymore. I mean, how could I be.. LOL!

I hope my little man never grows out of his love for his mommy (or as he calls me, his "cutiest love bug"... LOL)

I love you Bug!!

Sweet and Sour

Nooo, I am not talking about my personality, although that could be a post in itself. A debate on which characteristic is more prominent, perhaps? =P

I'm actually talking about one of my favourite take out dishes. Super fast. Super yummy. Super sweet!

Sure, it's probably not good for me and I will be hungry in an hour, but I can't help it. It's one of my favuorites! :)

Sweet Pea

I am always tinkering with something crafty. I have since as far back as I can remember. Between crocheting, knitting, quilting, scrapbooking, and rubber stamping, I usually have something to pick up and keep me occupied.

However as of late I have been playing around with Photoshop again. I've been creating my blog headers for about six months or so trying to keep a fresh look and to be able to practice. If I don't practice or keep using it, I forget how...lol. After a whole lot of research and playing around with a test blog, I finally figured out how to create my own background and change my fonts on the titles and headings. (Well, the font titles have nothing to do with PS but I think it livens it up a bit.). So this month I created my own header and my background and I really kind of like it.

Another thing I delved back into while using PS is digital scrapbooking. I played around with it a few years ago and really enjoyed doing it. Compared to paper scrapbooking, I save a lot more money and the possibilities are absolutely endless with digital. The only thing I need now, is a 12 x 12 printer, but that will have to come later. For now, I just have them saved safe and sound on my computer and a portable drive!

I've included a couple of the pages I did this weekend. I wanted to take a few photos of my daughter and decided to make it a mother daughter photoshoot. I did get a few really good shots of her as well as of us together (even though the pesky wind didn't make it too easy...mussy hair...lol) and I like how the layouts came out. Oh, and no you are not seeing things. We do have the same hoodie on...LOL. We went shopping last weekend and I came across the shirt and with green being one of my most favorite colors I had to have it. When my daugther saw it she thougth it was for her. I felt bad telling her no because she liked it so much so I got her one too...hee hee!





NOTE: You can click on the photos to see a bigger size :)

Sweet Sacrifice

I've loved Evanescence since the first time I listened to them. Amy Lee has an amazing voice and her songs are very powerful and dynamic. Combine that with brilliant videos and you can't help but to absorb some of that feeling. A true artist is one who can exude their emotion with such great force that you not only believe it, but you feel the emotion and the integrity of it.

This video in particular, seems to stay with me.



..and this one...this one just reaches in and grabs a hold of my heart and squeezes....wow.


"And I'm still waiting for the rain to fall. Pouring life down on me. 'Cause I can't hold on to anything this good enough. Am I good enough for you to love me too?"

Swine-tastically Sweet :)

I've decided to do another NaBloPoMo which seems to be a good idea since I haven't posted since April 13th...eeesh! For those of you who don't know, NaBloPoMo stands for National Blog Posting Month. During that month you post every day. This normally is in the month of November and there are contests and prizes, but for every other month they assign a theme and its open for participation, but no prizes. I received the email indicating that this months theme is "Sweet". Awww...this one I should be able to pull off. So beware for all the up and coming sweetness ahead...hee hee!

The talk of the nation seems to be the Swine Flu. Ugh. Ok, I know that its not necessarily something that is to be taken lightly but from everything I have read, it hasn't been discovered that it is that much different than the regular flu. It's just new and a different strain so everyone freaks out. I think there are way more dangerous things out there that we should worry about. I agree that we should all be aware of our surroundings (like we always should be) and just like any other sickness going around, be sanitary. Wash your hands, more!

So on that note, a friend shared this below photo with me yesterday and then I saw it on Cute Overload so I thought I'd post it here, because even though its sorta gross, its also sorta sweet.

Don't forget to eat your bacon....I suggest cooking it first though..hee hee!