Growing

My son is almost finished his first year of college and first year away from home.  We have both adjusted very well, maybe too well for him :). I am so proud of the young man he has become and the experiences that he has had being away from home. Moving from a small town to a city is one thing but to do it at 17 (late in year baby) and three hours away is a big step. He is loving his freedom, school, all the things to do up there, new friends and even got a position as an RA for the second semester. I just signed as guarantor for a room in an apartment for him for second year. He and three buddies are moving into a four bedroom apartment at a new student complex that comes fully furnished and includes utilities.  Even talking about finding a job and not coming home at all for the summer next, just staying in his apartment. *sniff* *sniff* also proud momma moment that he is that independent and has plans for his future.  I hope he continues to follow his dreams. <3

We are now officially on spring break!!  Woohoo!! Jealous of all the people who went away this week but I decided to get Harlow in February and then bought a new TV last week. I hope the weather stays nice here and I can enjoy outside time with Harlow, work on recall and walking on a loose leash.

Feeling back on track as well, at peace and content for the most part.  Have had a few days of feeling stressed and grumpy but got back on track and still trudging forward. Difference is I'm not giving up and also not putting pressure or feeling that I failed if I have a moment.  Life is good!!

Can't go without sharing a picture of my LoLo girl.

looking innocent

vet visit--13 weeks 6 days and 21 lbs

March Madness

March has arrived, well a week into the month actually but it is here. My parents left yesterday for 3 weeks in Jamaica and my brother leaves next week for a week in Mexico. I will be at home, a 'staycation' or whatever you want to call it. I say it is a week off work, but not of sleeping in and lounging about as I had that crazy moment and got a puppy :)

My plans for the break will be to do some decorating of my bedroom (probably won't get done) but most important I want to reorganize and do some major purging in my spare bedroom, it has become another catchall. We will see how much, if any I get accomplished due to that previously mentioned crazy moment when I got a puppy. So far they are predicting nice weather which means long daily walks with the little miss and some off leash play time as well.

I am also in this decade with the purchase of a smart tv yesterday, got a good deal and now have two televisions in my living room!  I have big old DHLP Panasonic and the huge surrounding entertainment centre that needs to be moved.  Hopefully my brother will come tomorrow and we can get that done.  Can't wait for the emptiness that will create in that room with the flat thin tv sitting on the stand. I also put new blinds up in my bedroom, nice white wood look ones and with the white sheers there is a bit of an airy feel to my window. I look a strand of fairy lights and put them in a big tall mason jar creating a nice light on the side table. A new coverlet set in white has been ordered and I am thinking of some new pillows but am not sure if I want to go soft colours or bright and bold. Next on the list is to find a dresser, either a used one I can paint white (read cheap) or maybe order one from IKEA (I suck at DIY).  Feeling the itch to do some updating and changes.

Little miss Harlow is now 14 weeks old and weighing in at 21 lbs. She is doing well in her puppy classes and loves going for our long walks. There have been great days and days where I wonder what I got myself into and why I gave up my quiet do what I want life. Then she looks at me and snuggles in and I am quickly reminded why I did this.

                          

       

First Post for March. . . .I Suck!

Here I am writing my first post for the month of March.  One would think I have a lot to share, but alas I do not. 

Life has returned to normal since surrendering my little Dash (still sad about that, add guilt too) in that the Meow-monster has returned to normal living on the main floors of the house, sleeping in his spots and eating (has gained back the weight he lost), although the dog was good for him losing some of the extra he was packing. On a good note Dash has found a new forever home and I really hope they are able to give him a wonderful life. . . . still miss the little guy.

Hockey season has wrapped up, another year in the books.  The team did really well making it to the semi-finals for all Ontario--Go Stars!! Equipment will be used one more time then off to be cleaned and stored until fall.  Now we wait and get ready for baseball season.

We just finished our March Break and it was pretty quiet for us.  I wish we could have gone away, especially since we got another flipping snowstorm (I am so over snow now).  We had a nice gorgeous sunny day and then boom! temps dropped and we woke up to a boatload of snow. I promised the B~man we would update his bedroom during break and we did just that.  Fresh coats of paint, lime green and mid grey, new bed frame, comforter and he has a completely new look that is funky and he loves it (mom points). 

On the digi front I love the look of the sketchy/colour painted on pages and really wanted to do one.  Well I followed the tutorial, How to Create an Artistic Sketch that Ona had done over at the Captivated Visions blog and must say I am very proud of my results. So proud in fact that I did another page today.  There are so many layers and lots of brush work but I really love the results and can see me doing more pages like this.  This look works well for me as I don't take a lot of pictures any more (teen boy) so traditional scrapbook pages aren't something I do. I have grown fond of mixed media and art journaling and would love to learn graphic style as well.  I find these mediums so therapeutic and a great way to learn PS, I push myself to learn new things.

Here are my Artistic Sketch pages:

Both of these pages use digital products from Studio Captivated Visions. For complete credits, they are here in my gallery over at SBG.

Let's see if I can manage to write another post before the end of the month. . . . . . .