Project 365: March 8 - 14

Here's the latet of Project 365.........

Sunday March 8 We "sprung forward" today and had to set the clocks ahead.

Monday March 9 It's almost baseball time! J had a coaches meeting tonight and brought home his shirt. We are loving the colors for their team this year. Tuesday March 10 Pink bunny socks - I love fun socks. Wednesday March 11 Artwork Noah brought home from school Thursday March 12 Noah using the phone. He calls his Grandparents every morning and night! Friday March 13 This was taken while waiting on the school bus. Noah got a hair cut yesterday and it is super short! Shorter than I like! J took Noah to get his hair cut, then ran by my Mom's house. Luckily, she called me before they got home to warn me of how short his hair was! Saturday March 14 Playing - I LOVE that expression on his face in this picture!

Welcome!

Welcome to my new home on the web! I have been wanting to move my blog to blogger for some time now and finally took the plunge. It's much more customizable here (or at least it's easier for me personally to customize) so I think I will like it. The one downfall is that not all of my old posts are here. I'm still working on that. I have moved some - my favorites or the most popular ones and I did move all of the Project 365 posts since there weren't too terribly many yet as I wanted to have them all in one place. If you had subscribed to the old blog you'll have to re-subscribe. You can subscribe simply by going here. And if you didn't subscribe to the old blog - why don't you subscribe to the new blog! Each day I write a post, you'll receive an email right in your inbox telling you that I wrote something. I'm hoping to start writing in this blog more often! And write more about the things I am passionate about (meaning issues, not just my kids or family and friends!) I'd also like to feature a few more crafting tutorials as they do on some of my favorite crafty blogs. But that's a lot so we'll just have to see what I have the time and energy to pull off. I'm a little behind on posting the Project 365 pictures and layouts because of the move but I'll get those posted here soon! So, what do ya think of my new home?!?

Quote of the Week: A Smile

“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.”  - Phyllis Diller

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Project 365: March 1 - 7

This past week was harder to take pictures daily, not for any particular reason other than I was just tired and didn't feel like thinking of what to take a picture of. Ha! But I stuck with it anyways so here are the latest P365!

Sunday March 1 Taken at about 7PM from my bedroom window. See the snowflakes falling!

Monday March 2 Noah had a snow day today and we played in the little bit of snow there was. He had a good time! Tuesday March 3 Happy Birthday (a day late) Dr. Seuss. Noah loves all the rhyming in Seuss books.

Wednesday March 4 One of my favorite stores Thursday March 5 I love crafting!

Friday March 6 Playing with my camera in the mirror again.

Saturday March 7 I just love these little packages of decorative tissues. They fit great in a purse or pocket. I think this might be my new thing.

That's it for this week!!

Project 365: Feb 23 - 28

Another week, another month down!

Monday, Feb 23 (day 54) Noah in his favorite hoodie. It has a guitar on it and is very cool. Tuesday, Feb 24 (day 55) Noah LOVES to watch Jepoardy. Wednesday, Feb 25 (day 56) J and I both sick so our house looks like a pharmacy. This doesn't even include the medicine Noah takes on a daily basis! And yes, those are pretty brown tissues at the bottom. I think it's turned into a new thing - I love pretty tissues now. Silly, I know, but humor me. Thursday, Feb 26 (day 57) I watch The Today Show every single morning. Matt Lauer is yummy eye candy (even at his age!) and a great way to start off my day. I usually have coffee and check my email while watching. Friday, Feb 27 (day 58) Noah loves the "big boy wheelchair" at stores lately. Yes he has his own wheelchair but it is such a pain to get in and out of the SUV that we only get it out if it's absolutely neccessary. We're going to have to give in and get a van in the future I think because as he gets bigger the wheelchairs are gonna get bigger too. Saturday, Feb 28 (day 59) Noah loves to look at pictures. Here he has gotten down my framed photo of me, Aunt LaLa, and baby Nicholas. In this photo, Noah is signing "love" and then he will touch me in the picture, LaLa in the picture, and then he'll sign Baby. He also likes to point to the picture and tell me that Aunt LaLa is wearing glasses and her arm is holding the baby. He's way into details.

Project 365: Feb 16 - 22

The latest.....

Monday February 16 (Day 47) Is this not the cutest Valentine's Day dino you've ever seen?!? WHAT? You've never seen a Valentine's Day dino before? Well, you have now! Noah brought this home from school today.

Tuesday February 17 (Day 48) Clothespin photo holder that I decorated for Valentine's Day and sat on the mantle.

Wednesday February 18 (Day 49) Rose shaped candle - a gift from my secret sipper Thursday February 19 (Day 50) My "seeing eye husband" as I jokingly call him who drives me everywhere I need to go right now without complaining too terribly much!

Friday February 20 (Day 51) Cute popcorn bowls that were a Christmas gift from my niece. (Noah LOVES popcorn!)

Saturday February 21 (Day 52) I've always wanted to take a picture of myself in the mirror like I've seen others do so I did. That's me behind the camera where I like to be.

Sunday February 22 (Day 53) No No hanging out in the Clemson chair. He's just had his bath and is ready for beddy bye.

Project 365: The Layouts Thus Far

I've been a bit behind on creating the week layouts of my Project 365 pictures. I'm doing things a little bit different as opposed to some of the other layouts I've seen.

I'm doing one week on a page as opposed to one week on two pages like others. This will cut down on the number of pages needed and I'll be able to have everything in one book. I'm also breaking things up by month. Each month will have a "cover page" where I'm choosing a favorite picture from that particular month. And each month will have its own color scheme. So, here are the layouts from January.....

January Cover Page Credits - Papers: True Blue from A Work in Progress Snowflakes: Winter Convoyby PinkuPixie Designs Calendar: Sueli Colbert Designs Word Art: Me

Jan Week One and Week Two form a two page layout. Credits - Paper: Winter Blues by Princess Kate Designs Days of the Week Strips, Date Circles, and Notebook paper: Life 365 by Weeds and Wildflowers Template: Me Week Three and Four also form a two page layout. Credits - Paper: Chill Factor by Snowman and Winter Word Art: Winter Blues by Princess Kate Designs Date and Days of the Week Labels: Life 365 by Weeds and Wildflowers Template: By Me (You can download it here if you like.) Last of Jan Credits: Paper and snowflakes from Winter Blues by Princess Kate Designs

Project 365: Feb 5 - 15

I'm behind on posting but not taking my Project 365 pics! Here's the latest batch.....

Thursday, Feb 5 (Day 36) Noah's Cologne Seriously, I almost cried because my baby is old enough to wear cologne!

Friday, Feb 6 (Day 37) One of my tea cups My best friend gave me this one. I got it down from the shelf and cleaned it up for the tea at church on Sunday but Noah shared his bug with me and I stayed home sick instead.

Saturday, Feb 7 (Day 38) My Valentine's Day Wreath

Sunday Feb 8 (Day 39) Noah was getting a little stressed out so J took him in his room to listen to music which has been calming him down lately. He's currently very into the Beatles.

Monday Feb 9 (Day 40) This box arrived in the mail today from a friend and was full of goodies for ME! What a nice surprise! (Ok, there were a few goodies for Noahie too!)

Tuesday Feb 10 (Day 41) I love these picture symbol/signs at Noah's school.

Wednesday Feb 11 (Day 42) The tooth fairy came to visit Noah!

Thursday Feb 12 (Day 43) Reading the book Noahie bought with his tooth fairy money.

Friday Feb 13 (Day 44) Another Valentine's Day wreath. Noah helped make this one. He really likes glue! I was going to have him help me glue glitter on the front of it but we ran out of time.

Saturday Feb 14 (Day 45) Valentine's Day is also J's birthday. The candles and singing Happy Birthday are Noah's favorite part of any birthday so he ALWAYS helps no matter who's birthday it is!

Sunday Feb 15 (Day 46) J's Birthday Balloons

The Tooth Fairy Stopped By

The tooth fairy paid a visit to our house this week. Even with this bad economny, you wouldn't beleive the inflation in the price of teeth. The tooth fairy left Noah four dollars!

She wanted Noah to actually be able to buy something with his money and knew that 4.00 would be about enough to buy a book (in the Children's section) at WalMart. She also left Noah a little with his money which he thought was very cool. It was wrapped around the money.

The next day we went to WalMart after school and Noah chose a book. He bought Not Going to Get up Today by Dr Seuss. He is a big Seuss fan and always giggles at the silly rhymes. Between J and I, we've probably already read the book at least 10 times!

Proudest Mom in America,

I think I just might be the proudest Mom in America today. Yesterday we had parent/teacher conferences and workshops at Noah's school. For those of you who know Noah, you know that behavior can sometimes be a struggle for Noah. He has at times been physically (hitting, biting, scratching himself and others) and verbally (yelling and screaming loudly) aggressive. This isn't something new - it's something that has been going on for years. The frequency has slowed down a lot over the years though. His teacher was very happy to report that he has not had any verbal or physical aggression since NOVEMBER!!! It's hard to put into words how proud I am of that little guy!! Noah is the type of child who responds very well to praise so J and I told him (and later Nana and Grandad did too!) how proud of him we were over and over. I told him I was the "proudest Mom in America." He thought this was funny and wanted me to say it over and over. I think I really am the Proudest Mom in America. :)

Project 365: Jan 29 - Feb 4

The latest installment of my Project 365 Photos........

Thursday January 29 (Day 29 ) I love pictures of sleeping children, especially mine!

Friday January 30 (Day 30 ) Me - Cooking dinner. I'm making one of my specialities, a recipe I invented called "Mississippi Girl Chicken Enchiladas." (They are one of J's favorites.) You probably can't tell in the photo but my apron says "Domestic Diva."

Saturday January 31 (Day 31 ) Sushi for lunch - yumo!

Sunday February 1 (Day 32 ) My Momma with her kitties

Monday February 2 (Day 33) J's new GPS thingie. It was an early birthday gift from my parents and came quite handy on our trip to Atlanta. I really like the restaurant finder!

Tuesday February 3 (Day 34) We had lunch with my Bestest Bud on the way home from Atlanta.

Wednesday February 4 (Day 35) Nothing could be finer than to be back home in South Carolina!