Another Week

Sitting here watching the snow fall gently outside of my window. Small little flakes falling from the sky like pixie dust. It makes me want to nest, curl on the couch with a hot tea and a book but alas I am writing this blog post during my lunch at work. We are not due for a lot of snow, just a dusting I think.

Soooo, I haven't been great at the healthy eating but I have been better. Score a point for me as I have been bringing my lunch to work every day and it is healthy stuff, salad, Greek yogurt and fruit, drinking water and having a protein shake for breakfast. Doing ok for dinners but the snacking is my weakness *sigh*. Rather than give up I am trying to look at the positive changes and maintain my goal of keeping up and continuing to make more. Workouts have not been consistent at all, once last week and so far once this week, hoping to workout today though.

Completed my crochet 1 class last week and think it went pretty well. I discovered that although I am left handed I am more comfortable crocheting right handed. Go figure!! Never thought I would find a use for that right hand of mine but I did. My finished project from workshop 1. I have crochet 2 this Thursday and will be learning the double and triple crochet to work on a scarf, am looking forward to that class.

Tonight I begin my Digital Camera 1 class at the college. I am looking forward to being able to use my DSLR off the auto mode. I'm not looking to get into business I just want to learn to use my camera and take nice pictures of things that interest me.  Camera bag is packed, battery fully charged and manual ready to go.

I also opened PS for the first time in a month and scrapped a page.  I just don't have the desire or mojo for it right now. Not sure if it will come back or if it's because I am just interested in other things and it's taking a backseat. I am very behind in my 2015 book and need to get caught up so it doesn't look like my 2014 one--you can tell I just slapped it together and wanted to get it done. This page is for me and goes with my 'believe in me' theme for the year.

I used Rachel's (Captivated Visions) latest kit The World is Our Playground and the Artified: 50 cents template for this page. Am quite happy with the outcome, love the bright happy colours and think it is a fun page.

still believing in me :)

New York New York!

Got the boy off Wednesday morning (as in 5:30 am) to the school for their trip to New York.  He was awake at 3:30 am he was so excited.  I am so glad that he got the opportunity to go, it's great to have a high school trip in your memory bank.  I went to Quebec in grade 11 and still remember bits and pieces of it, matter of fact there were a few of us laughing about it tonight on Facebook. Back to the boy, I had one message saying they got there, another one this morning saying he still had money left.......good thing as they don't come home until tomorrow night.  He went shopping at Hollister, 40% off sale (momma has taught him right, only shop sales) and today they were off to the 9/11 Memorial, Art Museum and then a Yankees game.  Wondering if I will get any details of his trip or just the usual few sentences 'had fun', 'did stuff'......my boy of few details *sigh*

I have had a couple nights of dinners with sauteed mushrooms, peppers and onions served over brown rice.  Things the boy will not eat, have been living it up in that sense, lol.  Really not a lot has happened over the last few days, such a nice quiet boring life I lead :)

On the digi front:

Captivated Visions has a couple of new templates out this week.  I love her Artified series of templates, you can make them look so different and all the blending is so much fun to play with.  They are Artified: I See You and Artified: This is It.  Here are a couple of layouts I created with these templates and the one called Pretty Things actually combines Artified: This is It and Artified: My World which is a sample for a tutorial that will be up on Rachel's blog April 28th.

   Pretty Things           My Shining Star        Change Your World