tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45744979162072735742011-07-08T03:05:31.249-04:00my words. my photos. my stories.Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16175727775039350821noreply@blogger.comBlogger621100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574497916207273574.post-76434308583102822552010-04-01T10:34:00.007-04:002010-04-01T12:06:02.672-04:00

since i've been away for awhile i thought i'd fill you in on all the things that have been going on around here. some good news, some bad news, some things to follow up with in future posts. happy thursday and i hope everyone has a great easter weekend!1. i'm still trucking along with my marathon training. i've been pleasantly suprised at how things are progressing. i completed 12 miles this past

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i got an e-mail from my dad today that went something like this....blog ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????actually that is all it said... ;-)and actually i had been thinking a couple of

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more layouts from one of the digital templates provided with the class materials in cathy zielske's class called design your life at bigpicturescrapbooking.com. again i used the same digital template to create three different hybird layouts. the digital template was from week 5 of the class and the focus for this particular week is on white space - aka open space, empty space. i like the end

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happy thursday! today's ten things thursday post is just a list of random things that have been on my mind lately - two online scrapping classes i've signed up to take, some interesting blogs i've come across lately, photography stuff, etc. enjoy!1. so excited about this class at shimelle.com. it's a short one (daily prompts for three weeks), but it looks really interesting and i cannot wait to

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miles completed last week (feb 15th - feb 28th): 15 milesmy longest run/walk this week was 6 miles! i was a little nervous when i saw that milage on my training schedule and actually stressed about it the days leading up to it. but i did it! and it felt great! this was my picture of the day for saturday...donations are starting to roll in as well and i can honestly say that i've been blow away by

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this past weekend michael was sick with a stomach bug and the hubby was nursing two broken ribs. the weather was really nice - bright, sunny and temperatures in the 60s, so blake and i decided to leave the sickies at home and head out for some fresh air. a new park opened late last summer near our house and i'd been wanting to check it out...so off we went.the land on which the park sits used to

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i'm participating in a year long challenge at photochallenge.org and the month 2 challenge finished this past saturday (feb 20th). i posted the first month challenge photos here and in today's post i'd like to share my photos from month 2.the theme for month 2 was natural landscape. for this particular challenge the definition of natural landscape was "one that is unaffected by human activity".

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miles completed last week (feb 15th - feb 21st): 12 milestraining is going really well. slow and steady is the name of my game! i got the chance to take things outside this week as we had two days of nice bright sunshine and temperatures in the high 60s. i really enjoyed getting outside and i did my long stretch (5 miles) at a new park very close to my house. there is a 2.5 mile loop that i

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i've been playing around with some of the digital templates provided with the class materials in cathy zielske's class called design your life at bigpicturescrapbooking.com. i'm really enjoying this class, even though i'm jumping around a little and creating layouts from photos and stories that are inspiring me at the time. for the three layouts that i'm sharing today, i used the same digital

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(my posts for mondays until june will be my place to share my story of training for the san diego rock-n-roll marathon that will take place on june 6th. my first post about this is here in case you missed it...)miles completed last week (feb 8th - feb 14th): 10 milesso training has definitely progressed this past week. it still does seem a little unbelievable to me that i did ten miles in one

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just a quick post to round out the week as we wrap up our valentine's day preparations around here. for those of us with kiddos in school all the big parties are today, so the last couple of nights have been a rush of filling out valentine cards, stuffing bags with little bits of the sweet stuff, and even making a cute little necklace for a special little valentine. and while all that was going

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anyone who follows the scrapbooking industry knows that a lot of new products were released/revealed earlier this month at the craft and hobby association winter show in california. i did not attend, but many of the bloggers that we all follow did and many of them posted photos of the new products and blogged about all the new things they were seeing. and many of the companies also posted

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remember this little project i did about why i scrapbook?? well the voting has started! use the link here to view all of the entries in shimelle's little "contest" and vote for your favorite. hopefully mine will be your favorite ;-) you can vote once a day until the end of february....and oh yeah...the winner gets $100.00 is scrapping supplies from two peas in a bucket...fabulous prize!! so go!

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today i wanted to share a cute little "album" i made for my grandmother (aka my "mamaw") for valentine's day. this april my grandmother will turn 93 years old. she still lives alone and even though she doesn't move around like she used to, she's doing amazing for 93. she still talks on the phone for hours every night with her friends and she can still get lost walking around walmart looking and

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a couple of weeks ago i signed up to train and complete a marathon in san diego on june 6, 2010. i've started training as a member of the leukemia & lymphoma society's eastern north carolina team in training team. (you can read all about the leukemia & lymphoma society here and even more about their amazing team in training program here.)now i'm not a runner by any means and this will be my very

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i haven't talked much about reading here, but i spend a lot of time doing it. i love to read. and i just finished a book that really impacted me and the way i am starting to view my life.actually i wasn't even planning on reading this book - it wasn't on my radar at all. now i had seen it on ali's blog at the beginning of the year but it wasn't a blog post specifically about the book. she

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a quick post for today...more snow pictures...today will be day 5 of the snow and i'm sooo done with it already. but we did get the chance to make a snowman, and since he was a first for the boys it was a pretty big deal. so of course it had to be scrapped!this layout is based on another digital template from cathy zielske. i talked about her digital templates and her design your life class here

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i'm not sure if i've mentioned it here or not, but i'm taking cathy zielske's class called design your life at bigpicturescrapbooking.com. i'm a little behind with my layouts, but because the class is self-paced i'm not too concerned. one of the things i am really loving about this class is that each week cathy provides digital templates for each of our assignments. so i'm using this as an

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it started snowing here on friday night and we ended up with about eight inches before all was said and done. for those of us here in north carolina that's a big deal as it doesn't happen all that often. the boys were really excited when it started on friday evening and they both got up saturday (and sunday for that matter) ready to head outside! i just wanted to share some pictures from our

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i'm so happy that i decided to take part is shimelle.com's little adventure this month. i first wrote about it here and again here, and today's post is my completed mini album. this was such a fun album to create and i really love how it turned out - lots of meaningful photos, lots of bright colors, and it accurately reflects why i love of scrapbooking and taking photos. i hope you enjoy seeing

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in preparation for the album i discussed here, i decided to make today's ten things thursday post about why i scrapbook. and you can also consider this a sneak peak at my mini album as well ;-)1. to tell my story2. and our story3. and his story4. and his story5. to celebrate the past6. and relationships7. and the everyday moments8. to remember the places we visit9. and the moments that pass in

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a couple of weeks ago i talked about participating in the year long challenge at photochallenge.org - the original post is here. since the first month has wrapped up (it officially ended january 23rd), i wanted to share my photos here on leaf puddles and airplane stars. i plan to do the same at the end of every month to keep you posted on my progress...the theme for january was resolution. these

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1. this set of vintage keys from pottery barn. they range from 4 to 7 inches in length and would look great on my wall!2. this felt heart wreath. it looks so easy to make and would make a great valentine's day decor! i might just have to give it a try....3. this new website - beyond snapshots. i've been a big fan rachal devine's work for awhile now and am so happy to see her offering tips and

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i'm well into my fourth week of my project 365 for 2010 and i thought it might be a good idea to post some photos from my 2009 project 365 album. i talked a little bit about this project here, but probably the most important thing this project did for me was getting me in the habit of taking my camera with me everywhere. everywhere...i hardly ever leave home without it now. and i don't even carry

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have you seen this new project on shimelle.com?? if not, definitely check it out and make sure to watch her video about why she scrapbooks - which is the basis of this little adventure she's hosting on her site until the end of january. i love this idea and have actually been thinking about doing something similar in the form of a scrapbook page. i think a single layout would be good, but a whole

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i stopped these thursday posts during the holidays but have decided to bring them back!! and today's ten things thursday post is really a top ten list. i was looking through my photos from 2009 and decided to pull out ten of my favorites that i hadn't already shared here. now this was no easy task because i took and saved over 4000 pictures in 2009. so here they are in no particular order....

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finally....the last three days of my 25 days of december album....between being out of town for new years, being sick, back to school and back to work i was beginning to think that i'd never get this one wrapped up!but here it is....here is the december 12th page that i never posted. it features of picture of my two little ones playing a game in the playroom. i'm sorry to say that this is a rare

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happy new year!! even though i started the new year a little under the weather, 2010 has started out pretty well thanks to some big news from a very sick friend yesterday. i'm continuing to pray for her and her little family, but i see nothing but healthy good times in their future!! i love you sweet friend!and i know i haven't posted the last three days of my 25 days of december album but i have

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five more days of my 25 days of december album !!december 18th features a photo i took in walmart of michael pointing out to me what he told santa he wanted for christmas..... the entry for december 19th highlights the fact that blake could not keep his little hands off our christmas tree this year. i took a picture of one of the candy canes from the tree that i was constantly picking up off the

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just taking a break from my 25 days of december album posts to talk about another scrapbook layout i did as part of an assignment during ali edwards' online class at big picture scrapbooking called yesterday and today. (unfortunately this class has ended, but it was amazing!!)throughout the class we created layouts that featured photos and stories from the past and from today. the layout that i'm

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i hope everyone had a very merry christmas! i certainly did! and all the excitement of santa visiting, grandparents visiting, presents and new toys is starting to subside some, but there's still a lot going on around here.i'm still chugging along on my 25 days of december album - still a couple of days behind with plans to have it completed by the end of the year. below you'll find the next three

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three more days...and yeah i know you want to know where december 12th is....i realized when i went to post here that i haven't finished with december 12th yet so i'll post it next time ;-)december 11th....momma (me) got a new coat! and it was on sale! very happy with my purchase. so much so that i decided to make it my entry for the day!december 13th.....here's the journaling....Today was just

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more updates on my 25 days of december album. still coming along nicely and i'm thinking that i might need to get some bigger rings to hold the pages together!december 9th....just a simple snapshot of blake and paul playing on the floor....typical evening sight....the photo is a little blurred but i still like it....december 10th. today was a big day because we went to visit santa at the mall. i

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i'm still here and am still keeping up with my december daily album although i am running a couple of days behind. i'm not letting that stress me out though - no stress allowed! i am really enjoying this project and my album is coming together quite nicely. definitely something i will want to do in the years to come.i've included december 6th (redo), 7th and 8th in this post. these are all

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december 5th - i decided to use the pictures i took on our trip to pick out the christmas tree. i really like how these pages turned out - they may be my favorite pages so far!and december 6th - today was the day that we finally decorated our christmas tree and put up all our decorations. michael got pretty bored with the whole tree-decorating thing but blake loved it. i ended up just giving him

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well i am managing to keep up with my twenty-five days of christmas 2009 album, even if it does appear that i have given up on blogging! i haven't given up i've just been really busy, busy, busy around here lately. but i'm not letting all the activity get in the way of enjoying this special time of the year....december 2nd - i previewed this picture here and wanted to show you how i incorporated

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so one of my tasks over the thanksgiving holiday was to catch up on my project 365 journaling. i talked about being a little behind on this piece of work in this post, and i'm happy to say that i am officially caught up! yeah for me! i had six hours in the car and some down time in the evenings at my in-laws to catch up. i just took the pictures i had already printed out, a pen and some paper.

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below you will find the first couple of pages in my twenty-five days of december 2009 album. this first post actually ends up being a couple of pages because i wanted my goals for the album to be included up front and i also incorporated a picture and some short journaling for the day. i've also included some detailed shots as well.and some of the details...and here is a preview of my pages for

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hello december. around our house the thanksgiving pilgrims and indians are gone, the fall pumpkins on the porch got thrown away, the turkey flag got folded nice and neat and put back in its spot. fall is over and its time to move into december. and i have to say that i'm a little disappointed - for two reasons actually. first i really like fall - all the gorgeous color, pumpkins and scarecrows,

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now how about that for some cute thanksgiving holiday art....and the little artist is only three years old!hope everyone has a happy, happy thanksgiving!!

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one of the reasons i started a blog was to help me organize and stay up-to-date with my scrapbooking and journaling. when i have something to scrapbook but can't seem to find the time to sit down amongst my supplies and put together a layout, i can post some photos and more importantly capture the details and emotions that i want to remember here. i can write the story while it's fresh in my mind

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so this project actually started out as bribery. my six-year old ended up having to make a trip with me to my local scrapbooking store. certainly not his favorite place to visit (no toys) and not a place i like to have to take either of my boys when i go....but sometimes when you're out of school for veteran's day and your mom has errands to run you end up going to places that aren't your

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next week brings thanksgiving – a time to reflect on all the things that we are grateful for and to appreciate all the blessings in our lives. i was watching sprout with my littlest one last night and the topic was thanksgiving and what it means to be thankful. so i asked him what he was thankful for and without hesitation he said “my fankful for me (pointing to himself) and my fankful for dinner

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welcome back! today's post will be the second half of my december daily album that i originally wrote about here. in case you missed it you can read that post for more details on my overall plan.the left side of this photo shows another manilla folder that i cut down and covered with patterned paper. the right side is actually a baseball card page protector that i cut down to fit my album. so i

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my big project this weekend (between caring for a house full of sickies and washing clothes) was preparing the bones for my december daily album. this is an album that will record all of our activities from december 1st through december 25th. i've watched ali edwards do this project for the last couple of years and have decided to jump on board for 2009. the key to the success of this project is

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happy thursday! this week's ten things thursday post actually comes from an assignment i was given in an online scrapbooking class about documenting stories that celebrate growth, change and evolution. for the layout i decided to write a letter (of sorts) to my high school sophmore self. and then decided that this would make a perfect ten things thursday post.so this is my official picture from

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my boys and i paid a visit to my parents this weekend. they live about 2.5 hours away so we just went for one night - a quick visit but the boys and the grandparents had fun. good family time.sometime on saturday after our arrival i snapped this photo of blake sitting in his grandpa's lap. i love how blake has his head on my dad's shoulder and is just so comfortable sitting right where he is.

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another thursday so another ten things thursday post. this week i thought i'd list all of the "projects" i have ongoing at the minute. yes you can call me the queen of unfinished projects. it's horrible to say, but i have all the following at various stages of completion. oh i have my reasons for not having finished each one and a couple of them are current and truly ongoing in the sense that

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there was much excitement around here on saturday - it was october 31st after all. halloween. trick or treating. the little ones couldn't wait to put on their costumes and hit the streets. we had a swamp monster and a little pirate getting ready at our house...the swamp monster, with his scary face......and his hugh, crazy feet......and the pirate... ...with his big hat and his own little

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so my family has been keeping up with my blog since i've started it and last friday my favorite aunt - aunt kathy - sent me an e-mail after she had read my ten things thursday post. her e-mail was titled kathy's ten things that i like about this friday and when i read it i knew i just had to share it here. she is just too funny and i hope she doesn't mind that i'm posting her list. number 2 is my

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another thursday has rolled around and that means another ten things thursday post. such fun! today i'm going to list ten things that are inspiring me right now. some entries will take you to other places on the web and some are just my thoughts/observations. enjoy....1. watching someone i love battle leukemia. in spite of everything, holding her head high with a beautiful bright smile and an

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we've been getting ready for halloween around here.....buying goodies...picking out pumpkins...and making cute little crafty stuff... this cute little guy was super easy to make. i found this halloween night paper craft kit here, printed it out and gave it a shot. i was a little intimidated at first so i just decided to make the skeleton/zombie guy, but i totally think i can do the whole scene -

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even before i actually started this blog, i’d been thinking a lot about blog titles. i settled with just words + photos to get things going knowing that eventually i would change it. i like the essence of this title, but it is just kinda blah.but on friday i officially changed the title to leaf puddles and airplane stars. i think it is perfect (for now). it's whimsical, fun, creative and very

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hello everyone! it's thursday and you know what that means....ten things thursday! my oldest kiddo turned six yesterday (october 21st) so my post today will be ten things about him right now. his name is michael and i cannot believe he is six years old already. i love you buddy and the dinosaur trail this weekend is going to be a blast!1. you started kindergarten in august and it would be an

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we spent last friday at the state fair. grandpa and uncle brian came up for the "adventure". now if you are a parent you know that anytime you take a two year old and a five year old anywhere you only have a slight chance that the outing will be a success. you've got melt downs to worry about, whining (my personal favorite), pouting, sickness, the list goes on....so we are three days post our

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today marks my third week of blogging and i've realized that for the past two thursdays i've posted a "ten things" list - you can view them here and here. since i've always been a hugh fan of making lists, i've decided that every thursday will be "ten things thursday" here at just words + photos. (try to say that fast five times - ten things thursday, ten things thursday, ten things thursday...).

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recently i was going through some old family photos and decided to create a scrapbook album about my grandmother, my mom and me. this album celebrates the fact that the connections and relationships that define us as women really don’t change from one generation to the next. my grandmother was born in 1917, my mom in 1946, and me in 1970. and even though we are generations apart we have all been

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i saw an intersting little quiz today in the september 2009 issue of house beautiful magazine (the online version of the magazine can be found here) and thought it would be fun to share. do you know your color personality? apparently it can be linked to your name. i'm skeptical, although i can say that i do somewhat agree with my results. my color personality is orange - which translates to "

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earlier this evening michael proclaimed that fall had finally arrived at our house because he finally found the "first fallen leaf of the season" right in our own front yard. he went on to declare that this was "quite unbelievable" and said that we really needed to put out our halloween decorations as soon as possible....we agreed that this weekend would probably be soon enough.indeed it is true.

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blake's preschool class went on a nature walk around their school earlier this week. during the walk everyone was given a brown paper bag to fill with all the nature goodies they could find - rocks, sticks, leaves, etc. upon returning to their room they talked about what they had collected and then made art collages out of their findings. blake was very proud of his and i think the "biggest rock"

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i’ve signed up for an online class at big picture scrapbooking called yesterday & today being taught by ali edwards. I love, love, love ali edwards and i am so excited about this class. the first “assignment” was to write for 15 solid minutes - no edits, no judgements - the answer to the following question....if you were gone tomorrow, what would you want others to know about you and the life you

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after thinking about the prospect of starting a blog for while, i've finally decided to just do it. i'm excited but i'm also a little nervous at the same time. this is new territory for me (the nervous part), but i'm always up for learning something new and challenging (the excited part). so here goes.... as my first official blog post i think i'll keep things simple and list ten things i hope

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