from negative to positive

So I have decided that I am beginning to become alot more negative & I am surrounded by to much negativity at work .... I don't really like the person that it's making me ... 

This is how I am going to try and make a difference in my life ... once a day I will post something on my blog that I love or something that makes me happy!  I find that when I write I get alot of my feelings and thoughts out ... So maybe if I write down some of things that make me smile or make me happy I can have a more positive outlook on life.  It's a very psychological problem!!! 

It's also going to help with the once a month posts from me on my blog!! 

Here's to being happy!!!

One of my favorite things is ... Freshly Painted Toes/Nails!!

It's probably because this is what I do for a living, but the look of freshly painted toes/nails is so refreshing & I love the look of it!!! Ahhhh ... so pretty!!! Yes, you may laugh if you'd like!!!  I would too!!

night owl paper goods

i found a neat website today with really cute simple cards  ... i was mostly looking at the cards for fathers day!!  maybe i will find one for my wonderful daddy!!

have a looksie!!


Night Owl Paper Goods


(this is a sample of one!!  love it!!)

enjoy browsing!!

It's April 1st!!!

That's about it :) just an FYI for those of you who forgot today was the beginning of a new month!!

Here are a few things that happen in April:

•it's national poetry writing month
•Easter (24)- which includes Good Friday (22)
•in south Africa they celebrate "freedom day" on April 27
•Carnation Revolution - Portugal - on April 25
•April fools day, of course, the 1st

Just a few things I didn't know happened in April (other than Easter and April fools).

The birthstone is a diamond and the flower is a daisy (or sweet pea) ...
What are the odds that daisies & diamonds are 2 of my favorite things and I was born in April!!! Perfect fit!

So ... Here's to April 2011 ...
Cheers

6 DAYS!!

this is what i will be seeing in 6 days!!  ahhhhh ... sigh ... happiness!

balzac billy

groundhog day ... I always think of the movie groundhog day and I get so frustrated with that movie ... it's like living in a nightmare ... living the same day over and over again ... ugh I would not do well with that!!  anyways that time of year has come oh so quickly ... and did our "balzac billy" the gopher see his shadow today?!

that he did :(  6 more weeks of winter Calgary :(  bundle up and stay warm!!

on the plus side ... 17 days till Sarah & Matt's Wedding!!!!  AHHHHHHH can't hardly wait for those two love birds to be married already!! hehe  love yous!!  xoxo

most difficult day of the week

so as soon as sunday hits, every week, i get super depressed.  i work 9-5 every sunday, which means i miss church, i miss seeing my friends, i miss worshiping with my church famiily ... most difficult thing i have to do all week.  BUT i've been doing this devotional since christmas and its talking alot about joy and being in THIS moment.  its been so good for me ... and today as i sit here getting ready to work i'm finding it really hard today.  so i'm going in today with this as my prayer:

I can find JOY in every circumstance
I will reJOYce in THIS moment
I find rest where there is JOY
GOD is my JOY!!

hope you can find JOY today!! 

xoxo

splendid ... just splendid

I had THE most splendid coffee today ... it sure wasn't the coffee that made it so spectacular ... it was my dearest friend Mariel!  I think I sometimes take for granted the amazing people I have in my life, until they go away and I don't see them for a while ... and I realize how amazing they are and how much I love them.  And sometimes friends don't even have to 'go away' ... maybe I won't see them for a few days ... and when I hang out with them I realize how lucky and honored I am to have such wonderful friends!  


I spent New Years Eve with my family (Matt included :)) and Sara and Jordan ... It was the perfect way to ring in the New Year ... trying to eat 12 grapes in 1 minute, sitting at the edges of the table eating, and watching a movie that, of course, I feel asleep in!  ... but really ... if I was to describe to you a splendid evening with family and close friends ... last night would have been it!!  


So thank you to all of you who make my life so amazing and who have invested in my life and made me the person I am today.  


I wish each of you a year full of happiness and many blessings.  


HAPPY 2011!!!!