Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Run for it!!!!

I love to run.


Not an entirely true statement. Sometimes I hate it...a lot. Sometimes I have a great hate for running,
but sometimes I do love it. 

I love it when I have dedicated time to running and I have built up endurance.
I love it because it makes me feel
STRONG
ALIVE
CAPABLE
FIT
and
GRATEFUL.


Grateful that I have the strength to run and that I have a beautiful word to run in.
Running gives me time to think, time to let go of the stress of the day and unwind.
When I come back from running my body feels tired, 
but my brain tells me that I can handle the day.


Running makes me feel connected to a group of people who love/hate running as much as I do.
I know that at any given moment there are a whole slew of people out there pushing themselves to 
 be a little faster,
go a little farther 
and try a little harder.


Other sports make me feel really competitive. I don't feel that way when I run. 
When I am in a race I feel so excited for everyone around me. 
It's so cool that we are all accomplishing a goal together.



Even though it's one of the hardest things for me to do, 
I hope that I will continue to take that first step and keep going, because I really do love how running has influenced my life.

Tonight I had a GREAT run. It's the first time since I started training again that I felt like I was in charge and I could run without dying. It motivated me to put a few designs together:
26.2: Black and white layered vinyl fits on a 12''X6'' board $15+Shipping

 I've got the runs:White vinyl fits on a 11''X4'' board $6+shipping

 Pavement: Black vinyl fits on a 16''X4'' board $7+ Shipping

Run away: Black vinyl fits on a 11''X4.5'' board $6+Shipping
If you need info about ordering, pop over to the Vinyl Market

Go runners! Have a great season!!

Free Owl Valentine Tags~


Click HERE for the pdf

Free printable Valentine card

The front:


Print and fold:

Click HERE for the pdf

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

True love story~

My parents celebrated their 42nd wedding Anniversary, or as they like to call it, 
their 504th month of marriage.

Their love story is one of my very favorites, 
and I get to be a part of it!

I can honestly say I have never seen them fight. Disagree, YES...but never fight.

I remember someone asking my dad what his dream vacation would be.
His answer,"Anywhere Kay is".


They RESPECT each other,
SACRIFICE for one another
and ENJOY each other's company

Weekly dates have always been crucial to them, even when they had 5 little kids.



They gave me a precious gift...
a home filled with music, laughter, faith and
the knowledge that families can be HAPPY
and they can last forever with a lot of work and a lot of
LOVE.

Not so cutesy love printable~

Click HERE to download the print

Saturday, January 7, 2012

You are pretty cool..

Just wanted to let you know that

you are pretty fantastic.
You are smart, creative and you can do life!!

You have so many amazing things to accomplish.
Believe that you can.

Don't give up on your dreams. In fact, come up with more dreams, bigger dreams...
and then turn those dreams into reality.

You're worth it.


Print HERE

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Valentine's vinyl~

 Valentine's subway art vinyl~
Pictured on a 12'' X12'' board
$8+Shipping

Click HERE for ordering information.

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Minor front room changes~

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year's celebration! What a crazy fun couple of weeks! The Joe has been off of work and it's been so awesome to have the kids home. I love being able to spend time with all of them. What a wonderful time of year!  Treats miraculously showing up on your front door every night, listening to the christmas CD's that the Haskells have made for us over the years and watching the kids anticipate the most magical night of their lives. I also love being able to take advantage of the "Santa is watching" leverage that always seems to improve my kids behavior for a few days.

Admittedly I also love the feeling of Christmas coming to an end. It's nice to be able to feel like we successfully made it through another year. It feels good to wrap up Christmas and be able to give the house a good cleaning...not that I have actually done that yet, but I'm sure it will feel fabulous when I do....{{tomorrow maybe}}...**fingers crossed**  I'm also very motivated at this time of year to change things around a bit. I'm in the mood for something new! Not the 'spend a lot of money' kind of new, just shuffling things around.

I made a new family sign for the front room to and decided to attempt to hang it with a collage of family pictures. For the most part I try to avoid collages. I have never been very good at them and usually just end up taking everything down and being annoyed by the vast multitude of new holes I have created in my wall, but I figured ahhh, what the heck. Holes can always be filled.

I wanted the focus of my sign to be my family. I haven't really zeroed in on what I want my New Year's resolutions to be, but I definitely want them to include building a stronger relationship with my loved ones.
Here's an up close and personal shot of the sign so you can read what it says.


Here's the collage....and I don't even hate it! It's a Christmas miracle:)



Look for vinyl  in the family and home section of the vinyl market

 Thanks for stopping by for a visit. Have a happy New Year!  Kiss the kids for me:)