Blessed

Not sure if it's because I'm PMSing or what, but I'm feeling very emotional. I keep having the word Blessed bounce around in my mind. I recently had a birthday and I was fortunate enough to have my mom and dad here. We all went out early that morning and got donuts. Which if you follow along you know is a VERY special treat in our house:)

My family makes me feel important and loved. They make a fuss over me and I know with all my heart they want my dreams to come true. I just feel overwhelmingly blessed. Thank you Lord for giving me parents who dote on me. Thank you for giving me a husband that is sentimental and compassionate...for girls who look up to me and throw their arms around my neck and tell me they love me soooo much.

I need them.

I need you.

So here's to another year. To appreciate all that I've been given and to really embrace my everyday blessings. I don't want to ever take them for granted:)

Have a blessed day.

Home sweet home!

Hi girlies:) We made it home and I couldn't wait to get back and share a little of our trip. I always miss you guys so much when I'm gone. I've become really used to the little comments from you throughout my day. You keep me company;)

So glad to be home. Minnesota is about as polar opposite from Miami as I think you can get. It made me really appreciate my mid-western roots. I have never felt so out of place...it wasn't just the language barriers and different races, it was the clothes, the food...everything:) As fun as it is to experience different it really just makes me appreciate the familiar. Does that make sense?

This was our hotel room. Our home away from home for a few days. It was one of the most comfortable beds I've ever slept in. I didn't realize the room was going to be so big. We even had a full kitchen. The lights didn't work in it, but we had one:)

[The view}

Honey had full days of seminars to attend and then a speech to present later in the week, so I was on my own for most of the time. It was really nice to relax, but it was also kind of lonely.

After just getting back from Hawaii it was hard not to compare the two. Hawaii was definitely more my speed. I'm a country girl and the Island vibe just fit my pace a little more. Miami is very urban, global and diverse. Not exactly my style, but it was still fun to see. I love to people watch and I really don't think you can find better people watching anywhere else.

I got a lot of reading in. Some friends had mentioned how good this book was, so I read almost the whole thing while I was gone. The Help by Kathryn Stockett...a very good read.

I was so lazy this week. Not sure what came over me, but I completely trashed the hotel room. I was a super slob. When my clothes came off...that's where they stayed;) There were little "Becky piles" all over the place. It was nice to be lazy, but I even got on my own nerves. How does that happen??

Now it's back to reality:) Laundry, meals...responsibility. My folks are here for another week, so we'll be busy running around. Hopefully I can get a salsa garden planted:) I still have plenty of Miami to show you. Wait 'til you see South Beach!

Have a blessed day.

Please don't hate me!

Okay this is the post where I tell you that after just getting back from Hawaii I am jet setting off to another warm sunny locale. It's not quite as glamorous as it sounds really...Honey has a business thing and I begged and pleaded to tag along.

Oh yeah and it's in MIAMI!!! I've never been to Florida, unless you count eating at a Red Lobster in Pensacola once.

My folks are here now to take care of the Chicks and we take off early this week. I won't be posting very often the next few weeks because my parents don't like it when I'm on the computer when they are here. What's up with that??

When I travel I have really weird thoughts. Like...I know my kids will be taken care of if something happens to me... if I'm in a plane crash or something, but what about my blogging buddies? How will they know? No one knows my blogger password. Will they notice if I never blog again...will they miss me?? I actually think that way. I'm nutty...what can I say.

Anyway just so we are clear. If you never hear from me again it is because I'm dead or in a coma or something, and I can't remember that I even have a blog. I would never just not post again. Now this is turning into the weirdest post I have ever written. Anyway I love you girlies a lot (and I really mean it)... MISS ME!!!

{Just because...isn't she cute?}

Oh and sidenote. Someone recognized me from my blog at the gym today and sent me an email later asking if it was me. It was the strangest thing ever. I think I had a goofy grin on my face for about half an hour. I felt famous...HA! Has that ever happened to you? It was really cool. If it hasn't I hope it does some day:)

Have a great weekend.

Create your own Sunshine!

Lately I've been in a creative funk. I really don't know what's been holding me back, but I've been dragging my feet. There are some insecurity issues and fear of failure I'm sure, but some of it is just pure laziness. I'm kind of embarrassed to even admit that.



We were at a friend's house the other night and he said to me...Do you hear yourself?? You said I wish I would do this or I wish I could be like that. Why don't you just do it?? Well that kind of got me thinking well... why don't I just do it? So the next day I vowed to get some stuff done and finally got all my necklaces photographed and entered into my Etsy store. HUGE accomplishment.

Then I had my friend Kristine over the next day and we sat down and created. Just did it. Didn't really have a plan...just had a quote and then it kind of unfolded from there. And I love the outcome. I'm thinking of doing a whole series of things just like this...smaller canvas size and maybe some jewelry too. It just feels like me!

I think I said to her, "this is so much fun" a dozen times. I normally do my thing alone in the basement and I get lonely. It becomes more like work than fun. Then I dread it. Having a friend there while I painted made it a joy. I need to remember that.







Kristine's got the crafty bug too. She hadn't made anything in ages, so for her to come over and use my Cricut machine and supplies made her day:) Didn't she do an awesome job??







This quote is by Sam Sandquist. And it is exactly what I need to see on a daily basis. I am responsible for this quest of happiness. It has to be a decision and I choose SUNSHINE:)







Okay so I briefly mentioned my store, but if you haven't looked at it yet... go check it out. I can make your necklace say whatever you want. I'm cool like that;)

Have a blessed day.