happy birthday you two.

a belated to katie and an early to karen. hope the two of you have/had a wonderful day. look forward to celebrating with you both sometime soon, but for now, i'll send a virtual bouquet of flowers to two women i adore and admire and am very grateful for having you both in my life. birthday hugs and kisses to you both.

picture taken from here:

http://www.pearlsflowers.com/images/products/fresh%20flowers.jpg

an update.

well it's time to get back to the old grind. i had a wonderful week, a lot of time with "the girls". there are more photos on flickr that i uploaded. i got caught up on a LOT of stuff, but the knitting was not as productive as i'd have like, but with maybe some of these time consuming projects out of the way i'll make some progress. enjoyed celebrating kathy's birthday (way late) here and a trip to this bakery to try out see what they had, they make a wonderful italian cream cake. this will be a very busy evening week with meetings at church, and the usual "chores" that will need to be done. thinking i need a vacation from the vacation now!

a fine old time

am enjoying my time off, and have gotten a lot of stuff accomplished. clearing up the desk, watching the birds, snow, quilt club---a few photos of the latest happenings. had a great time at the choir party, and a fabulous low-country boil at charlie and lynette's. the knitting isn't going as fast as i'd like, but i'm working a little bit on each project. can't believe how cold it is! I think I"ve got another 120 hours left-if i don't turn into a popsicle first!

144 hours.

jack bowers has 24 hours to save the country-i have 216 hours (less 72 hours for sleeping) to conquor "my world" of knitting, quilting, organizing, stamping/journaling/photo albums, sorting and donating, cooking, boys clothes shopping, some time with friends, and maybe a bit of "relaxing". thinking of doing a week in a life journal like mary's and ali's. of course, i have a very organized list, complete with time scheduling of what i hope to get accomplished, and i've made a promise to myself to NOT start anything new until the WIPs are done!

my door.

feel a photo journal opportunity for 2009. i've always been fascinated by doors, especially when visiting places like charleston, savannah, london and new york. and since i put myself out there with this post-here's a good place to start. here's my front door, i love it, a clear view of the outside, some houses in the neighborhood have a door similar to this, but many of them cover it up-wonder what they're hiding?! i hope to welcome many people through this door during this year.

meant to be.

here's supporting documentation for my "word" for 2009-came across these in the recent Harper's Bazaar magazine-it was meant to be!

feeling fabulous. .

audrey hepburn fabulous-my bargain jacket, picture doesn't do it justice, but i felt absolutely fabulous in this jacket today, with my black pants and ballet flats- i think she'd be proud!