Eventful Fourth

Alright the fourth...

-first time to Hay Canyon in the Little Belt Mountains

-great food, mmm I love food.

- music, amazing music by the thanks to hitch hiker Brian

- Carol saying how she loves to look at all of the faces around the fire, so many have come and gone

- Carol, Bonnie and Josh have been keeping the tradition alive with perfect attendance for 28 years

- drove down to Stanford

-forgot keys to the banana and bag

- waterskiing at Matt and Tammi's

-Tammi burned her leg with boiling water then spranged her ankle trying to get out of the truck

- Brent's boat sucked a rope, then later almost sunk

- Gerald's boat wouldn't start and a 100' 80 year old tree fell 8 inches away from it

-found out that Hitch hiker Brian fell 30 feet while rock climbing and was rushed to the ER

-went safely to sleep in my own bed, geez that was the only safe place

Just 3...I can do that.

So, just before I decided to change my entire life I found zenhabits. Thanks Ali! This site has inspired me to make many changes in my life. I am a list maker. A MAJOR list maker, they should probably have a 12 step program for me, but writing out the 12 steps wouldn't help me stop writing lists! Anyway I have searched the blog high and low for the post that has inspired this and had no luck...so here goes...my to do list is longer than I am, so zenhabits says to break it down and complete 3 tasks each day that are moving toward your goals. This is my little book 'just 3' to keep me on track. It's the smallest book I have made to date. Awww....ooooosheee boo boo do boo. Used some of the chipboard I cut at the Scrapbook Hideaway, new Martha Stewart stamps, the bind it all for the second time AND a new in color for '10. All of that jam packed into this little book for "make progress on my to do list" motivation.

Sweet but not great on the feet

Kyle, or Ryan (I have no idea why I keep calling him Ryan when his name is Kyle) brought me these great smelling flowers. They have been alive in a glass of water for days!

Ryan, I mean Kyle busted his knee and had to be Mercy Flighted off the mountain this past weekend. Maybe these flowers will make his knee feel better.

Broken knees suck. I would know.

Oh the colors of home

Taking the photos for my pieces of home mini book is a blast. Perhaps putting together the mini book will be just as fun. Better put down the camera, set up my new printer and get to creatin'! But taking the photos now is good because a lot of these flowers have already come and gone. Plus my mom needs to get a real feel of where I call home these days.

Soon to come "living photos" what my house itself actually looks like. Geez, seeing all of the pieces makes it look grand huh!?

hollyhock.light switch.poppy.house.columbine.poppy.toilet paper dispenser (he peddles when you pull on the paper!).bleeding heart.address.light above sink.downstairs cutout.columbine.mailslot. purple flower budding out.wood.red flower.back yard.more red flower.arched doorway.red flower in full bloom.

River Rats

Water. It's cool. No matter what your age.

Mountain Title says THANKS!

Thank you's for work I created. Simple, since we send out a lot of them. The mountains are our logo and I

had the stamp created here.

Simply. Amazing.

Glacier. Must see. Really.

Yum

Another image from the Digi Shack. I'm lovin' these sweet little treats! Another SCS sketch challenge #174 too.

Had a great mail day. Walked up the steps to find:

Private Quarters Pillows
Photo paper I got for free from Canon
[P]Hot Tub filter cover and dummy how to sheet
[P]Free Glamour Magazine
Pizza Coupons

[P]Sorry I wanted everything on my list to start with a [P].

Graffiti

When the digi shack came out with this little fella I knew he had to be mine. So many sentiments can go with him! Inside I put the sentiment "Maybe the hokey pokey is what it really is all about" Put your giraffe arm in, put your graffiti arm out.

So funny story about that...

My sophomore year of high school I walked into my language arts class and I saw giraffe on the chalk board. I asked Mr. Moore what it was doing there. He said "a freshman asked me what a "gear-ra-fee" was." I started laughing, once the second person walked in they asked what I was laughing at and I said read the board. She did and said...oooooh graffiti.

Groovy things I have learned lately:

Deer lose their antlers every year, each year adding a point.

Canon will give you a discount on product even after your warranty has expired if you fall into their loyalty program. I got this (a refurbished one) for 135 dollars!

Find some great free stuff from here.

If you are parallel with the water while water skiing, you are bound to get a nostril full of river.

And my creative challenge update...

Right now I am finding my creative 20 minutes when I should be doing something else, and late at night. It has finally warmed up in the basement so I want to be down there. What I accomplished:

[5] cards

[25] thank you's

[28] gift certifcates

[3] 3x3 cards

[1] My idea of home album, just waiting on finishing touches for the cover

And have a serious plan for Nicole's wedding invitations, now just cutting and glueing need to take place.

With that I am challenging myself again. 20 minutes a day and see what I can produce.

[3] Goals:

Complete Nicole's Wedding Invitations

Create an easy to find stamp index of all of my stamps (currently just stamped randomly on pages with their set, I want categories so if I need to find a bird stamp they are all together).

Double my card and scrapbook pages from last month. The scrapbook pages goal should not be hard at all! I know I set the bar high!