OK IM BACK....

I still dont have a computer at my new house so it will be awhile till I have picture posts but I cant wait to share my great new room with all!!!! YAY Its amazing and talk about getting the creative juices flowing! Im loving my job in the ICU and have been ultimately busy moving and getting organized. I will share soon all the progress......welcome back to the blogger world to me!!!

Breast Savers

So it is coming up quickly. The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3Day walk in San Diego.

I will be walking 60 miles for a cause that is near and dear to my heart. Many of us are touched by Breast Cancer in some way or another and 1 in 5 women will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer in their life time......

Time to stand up and FIGHT!!

Please visit my personal site at www.the3day.org and "find a walker". Put in my name and the city I will be walking in. Here you will find my participant page and may donate if you are so inclined.

Save the TaTa's

Im walking for those who have passed on and earned their wings, those who are currently fighting with all their strenght and for those yet to be diagnosed!!

STRENGTH IN NUMBERS!!

Ok I really have been slacking!!

Ok so we dont have internet at home so there arent pictures yet but I had to blog. I will get better, winter is coming. I found this on Stacey's blog and thought it would be a good "no picture post"

1. Where is your cell phone? pocket
2. Your significant other? Mike
3. Your hair? brown
4. Your mother? Barbara
5. Your father? Jim
6. Your favorite thing? Crafting
7. Your dream last night? working
8. Your favorite drink? water
9. Your dream/goal? Balance
10. The room you're in? work
11. Your hobby? cards
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Zen
13. Where were you last night? work
14. What you're not? dissatisfied
15. Muffins? blueberry
16. One of your wish list items? passion
17. Where you grew up? Snohomish
18. The last thing you did? email
19. What are you wearing? scrubs
20. Your TV? Sony
21. Your pets? dogs
22. Your computer? Dell
23. Your life? Blessed
24. Your mood? happy
25. Missing someone? hubby
26. Your car? Audi
27. Something you're not wearing? Belt
28. Favorite store? craft
29. Your summer? great
30. Do you love someone? YES
31. Your favorite color? blue
32. When is the last time you laughed? today
33. Last time you cried? huh?

NO TIME TO PLAY

Ok, as you can see I am making this little entry when all the rest of the pretty heads I know are sleeping. I am finding that between planning my best friends wedding showers/bachelorette parties, yard work, house work, regular (paying) work and making time for my dogs I am getting less and less time to stamp and create lately. Also doesnt help that my craft room got disorganized when I tried to combine it with the office since I took over all the bill paying.

So, as I take a little break from my patients I will just make quick little notes to let everyone know I am alive.

I AM ALIVE.

I couldnt sleep when I got home yesterday morning so I was very busy with stuff all day to try and make myself tired. I ran errands, worked on planning, mowed the lawn, raked the lawn, washed my car, did some laundry etc....wait a minute I am making myself tire now, just thinking about it. I should sleep good when I get home in the morning though. Two days without sleep usually lends to a short nap at least. Obviously I am a little loopy since I am rambling about nothing.

Ok I will spare you all.

LOTS OF LOVE TO THOSE I LOVE

notimetostamp challenge

This card is for "Bug" ie Krista my brother-in-laws girlfriend. It is her birthday today and this card was also for the notimetostamp challenge. It was perfect due to her nickname and it being her birthday. I even made wrapping paper to match.

A man and his dog

I just loved this picture. I was standing below on the river bank and Mike and Axel were walking along the cliff and they got near the sun and they turned into shadows. They didnt know I was taking a picture so who knows Mike could be picking his nose for all I know but I loved the silhouette of the two of them.

Bath day and....Repeat

Bath time for the babies. They were running around the yard crazy like and rolling in the grass trying to get all their good smell off. We were working in the back yard, tilling and leveling so we could lay sod later that day. I turned around and noticed Axel and Zeus had stopped running around. I took some tools to the back yard and caught Axel doing this (below) in the freshly tilled dirt.


Both Mike and I started cracking up and couldnt help but laugh. I ran to get the camera and then called him over (still laughing) and this is the face he gave me after he came over. I was almost crying at this point but it was so great to laugh like that. Needless to say, Axel and Zeus both got bath #2 for the day.


Gotta love Dogs!!!! This face was priceless.

ZEN

I have been taking my yoga outside now that the weather is getting warmer and WOW did I ever have a great session yesterday. I took my mat and went to a special spot I love on the water. The river is down so I went out to the very point near the water. (The way the water runs by and the distance you are from the true shore is quite a long way so it feels like you are in the middle of the river. I set up and ran through some of my favorite Sun Salutations. Then I started into my Asanas. Balance poses were true bliss and my state of Zen was reached in no time. I really felt refreshed and after the week I have had, I really needed some refueling.


Just to share some of my yogi thoughts with those who need a little inner cleansing.

The 8 Limbs of Yoga
Yama- Eithical practice of right living: truthfulness
Niyama-Personal practices to be observed: contentment, and passion.
Asanas- Yoga postures: steady and joyful.
Pranamaya- Yogic breathing: Regulation and refinement
Pratyahara- Drawing in the senses from the external world.
Dharana-Uninterrupted concentration: focused and steadfast.
Dhyana- Meditation: encompassing and contemplating.
Samadhi- Transcending state.


5 Koshas
Annamaya = Matter: physical being
Pranamaya = Vital Air: breath
Manamaya = Mind: thoughts and focus
Vijnanamaya = Ego and Intellect
Anandamaya = Bliss

Dogs will be Dogs

I absolutely love the area where we live. Sun, water, snow.....what more could you want. Mike and I took the dogs for a swim the other day and Axel (the pointer) loves the water and you can hardly keep him out of it. Zeus on the other hand, hasn't quite fallen in love with it yet. He wades in about knee deep and waits for Axel to bring the stick back to shore then proceeds to try and take it from him.....hilarious. While Axel is taking his victory lap, Zeus is happier than a clam thinking he is helping.

papertakeweekly challenge

This card challenge was all about embossing. Well I didnt add as much embossing as I was going to but I loved this green, brown and white print paper and didnt want to cover it up.....and of course Ihad to make her yoga top out of that print.

MFT stamps are being well used late. For some reason MFT and Bella's always come out more when it gets sunny outside....go figure