gods lessons of love.....

Lessons in love.....

You thought you knew love, how to love and what it meant to be loved.

You never really knew...........

until now, God gave me you.....

To love with honesty, peace, simply by each moment.

It is amazing how life becomes about the moments rather than the plan.

When Belle was born on a Thursday, I went right back to work the next Wednesday. I was on the phone the very next day working. I thought nothing of that, it was just what I did. It was my responsibility and I had a hard time letting go of that. Once I did my life then became full.

I have never been a person with much emotional attachments until now. I believe I can truly say I am in love. Don't get me wrong I love my hubby he is wonderful and taught me how to love. But the gift we share is beyond measure.

Our gift is brought out the passion I have to create and scrap. I can't get every moment on paper fast enough. Someone once asked me what will "She" ever do with all the scrapbooks and the artwork? I still can't answer that silly question. Maybe my obsession with the scrapbooking began as a way to capture the moments, to document. But it is now so much more.

It a chance to be in each moment at little bit longer....

As I move forward in life I still have a plan--My plan is to be in the moment and that is it. Moments are what we have....

To just be.......believe in the simplicity's of love.

Love with honesty and love the tiniest of things.

Love in the things that may not matter much.

-L.

The photo is hard to see....It is a photo that I played with photoshop and then printed on cardstock. Once the layout was complete I sprayed Maya mist over the entire layout. Maya mist can be found at Studio Calico. The patterned paper is from Basic Grey and Thickers helped with the titlework..

the flowers are blooming

Spring is upon us.....

The birds are singing and filling my yard with sweet songs.

We are just days away from the ends of school and my afternoons will be soon full

of my little sweetie and a few others.

I can't believe that summer is almost here and the time moves so quickly, I can hardly breathe.

I am so glad to be the one she is coming home to, the one she chooses to do her hair, and hold her hand.

I love all the moments....even when she decides to be her own woman and we find it to hard to agree...

Yesterday we had to see the dentist for a routine 6 month visit. That visit turned into a tooth pulling event...I all I could do is hold her hand and cry with her. At the moment I wanted nothing more than to back up and change the appointment. To take her in my arms and hold her tight, because no matter how simple the task my have seemed it was one more. Another moment to step toward independence and being her own woman. The little marks toward change and before I know it there will be no more need for the tooth fairy to visit.

I love the tooth fairy she is a good woman......

-L.

thankful...........

Grateful....

This single word is one of the most wonderful words in our world.

I am grateful for every small detail in my life..

I am so very grateful to all the families in this world that have given their loved ones to the world. To protect us and our children's children. To protect the every day simple things in life.

It is hard to imagine that because, our soldiers are the brave men and women we are able to go to work and to school, almost without concern. Of even simply to be able to get up and have breakfast. To go places and do all the things we love without worry. To be able to plant our flowers and grow our seeds in the sunshine. To make choices for ourselves and to be safe.

Thank you for helping us just to be......

We are very proud of you Peter and Peter's Mom (for letting go a little).....

-L.

tulips....

Ok! Get this the 1st photo is enhance in photo shop.

The 2nd photo is the original....

I was amazed how it turned out of the camera, just one of those things. Camera was on the fritz, I think and I couldn't do it again if I tried..

Either way I love them and plan to print them for my entry one day....

I also can't wait to scrap them.

Isn't it wonderful that a flower is beautiful no matter what.

Today simply beautiful.

-L.

lilacs..................

They are finally here!

Can you just smell them?

The smell of lilacs I adore...The colors of lilacs are stunning.....The shape and design is like no other.....They are the true sign that spring is here and summer is not far behind...

Inspiration.......

The world around me is coming alive!!!

The life around us continues on at its own pace. It is forever changing and rejuvenating..I often will share with people that I truly believe in life!! I believe that we are simply a small part of life's journey. We often think that we are the plan makers, the risk takers. But, are we really? Or is it life, that's the plan maker and the risk taker. The one truly making the choices and the bends in our road. We are simply the ones following this life path, and it is all in how we response to guide the outcome.

The lilacs are simply one of the tiny things that tell us no matter what "we" do life will always carry on. That offers peace to me to know things continue to flourish and grow, regardless of the sad in the world. In some ways it also makes me sad to know that I may someday have to miss the small things in this life..

In the last week this world has lost friends, family, and mom's.

I think to myself we are so sad for us and the loved ones they leave behind....then I think I am so sad for the one who is gone...Life's path continues and I think of the things they are about to miss. Like yesterday the little boy in my daughters class returned to school. After his mommy found living to hard. He opens my daughters card for him. He is so excited that she had given him a sucker, gum and a baseball. Then he is very pleased because she had put her allowance in his card. He was excited to purchase gumballs with it, he knew just how many! She thought that was great because it made him happy..

Then came the question, "Who will take him to buy them, you do that Mommy"

I can only think of all the gumballs she'll miss.................

I also just wish that maybe she could have talked with the mom of 2 little girls who left this world unexpectedly and from a illness. Or the young woman who left with an accident and her whole life ahead of her. Maybe they could have helped, maybe... Life's path is all about what you do at the curve, or the bump or the stand still... Even if your in the darkness...

Today take a moment, smell the air, embrace the sunshine, and just breathe in your life's love.

Life wants you to breathe.......

The lilacs will grow and be grateful to this earth for it's strength....

don't miss anything............

-L..

pure happy..........

Pure Happy..............

I love love love love love this layout.......

Today I think I could use a little pure happy....the week has been long and filled

with a ton of sadness and sorrow...

A life winds on this all to short of a journey I am reminded that when life takes a twist

to be sure of which turn I take.. In hopes that I stay the path...

I think of all that are around me and how I am truly blessed.

-L.

day two....

It's day two for the yard sale and I am dog tired....Oh the work it takes to pull off a good one.........
It is a full time job just getting ready....
Today will go fast and I'm crossing my fingers well....I am still waiting for my tag swtching 25 cent item stealers and complainers....

I have to laugh cause every year there's always something and I am waiting...I am always amazed
at the amount of poeple a yard sale can draw out...Even in the down pouring rain....
Why yes, it did start to rain and then it rained, rained, and poured. They still came.

The sale began at 2pm and the cars began driving by at 10:30 and the phone calls began. With the driveway blocked the doors shut tight we work around the house in hiding. It is so funny, in years past the ladies...have lined up their chairs at the end of the driveway to be the first in the door.. Imagine my grin and surprise when my husband said honey you should see this....only to find women standing hours before we opened. Then the fights we finally made a table for them to set their stuff and one person has to stand over the table so no one digs in "their stuff".

Oh the stories one could tell....hopefully today goes well and I have little to clean up...

I am so grateful to the faithful shoppers and are so good to me and I appreciate every one of them who come. I love how ones mans junk is a treasure for another..

that look....

I realize this is a lot late!!!! But I have been busy, no lie...

Happy NSD!!! ( National Scrapbooking Day)

I just wanted to share some of my goodies from the weekend....I am so excited I actually completed 16 1/2 layouts to celebrate!!! That's huge by any standards...to my scrappin' chicks they know what I mean....

This is one of my few favorites...this one was drawn for a challenge!! YAY I really won a challenge! I so never win, anything!! Thanks to Studio Calico they rocked for NSD!!

Regardless I love the way this turned out....It is on kraft paper, stamped with Noah Letters from Studio Calico. Ink is Tim Holtz (of course) then I yellow washed it, did not wait for it to dry, misted it.. Waited for it to dry (sort of I am not patient) misted again.

I realize It is hard to see but in person the effect is fantastic. Rockin'

Hey thanks for checking me out!!!

Got to run it is garage sale weekend and I have way to much to do...We'll talk soon...We have a ton to get rid of hahahaha

Shop Smart!!-L.