Random Flowers and Milestones!

Two Parts to my Post today!!
#1 My husband brings my Random Flowers
#2 Scrapbook Milestones!

#1 Random Flowers
Oh how I love my Random Husband!!
And the Random Flowers he brings me!!

Let me explain, I don't make things easy on him in the flower department.
It's not that I don't like Roses its just that I find them
- well Ordinary and without Imagination on the purchaser's part!
So I get to hear the funny stories like the ones attached to these lovely Freesia!!


In walks my husband up to the counter and says to the florist,
"I need some flowers for my wife, Something unusual."
To which the florist says something like "Any Special Occasion?"
And He replies "nope, but if I bring her roses she'll look and them and say,
"oh . . . . . these are . . . . nice" (which is sooooo true!)
So this genius florist says
"then you want something that will stay nice for a long time
and smell great, How about Freesia?"
My loving husband says "OK, is there any more colors?"
(since Freesia are traditionally white)
and the wonderful Florist plunks in some gorgeous red/orange!!


My Husbands mission is complete,
the Florist at Save On Foods may have got a smile out of it,
And I got some beautiful Flowers for my kitchen!!

I love my Random Husband!!

#2 Scrapbook Milestones
With a shift in focus to family history this year
I have also had an increased desire to catch up on my scrap book.
(I know that fundamentally this is impossible!)

I explained it once to shane - when he asked me WHY!
Its because I hope that some day someone will have an
interest in my life - and until then - I'll Enjoy them!!


But never the less I have reached an important milestone.
I have scrap booked everything up to my mission!
Wow 21 years!!
So here's the next hurdle.
My mother is scrap booking my mission for me!
She scraped my brothers and is still working on mine.
So Now I am needing a bridge between my books and hers
to come at the end of the book
after all the pages of me getting ready to go!

It is also a weird feeling to start directly after my mission.
I feel like its all of the sudden it's 2005 and I'm not that far behind.
(course then I remember all the significant things that come after . . .
Like MY WEDDING!! Oh and I haven't done much for the girls !!)

I also Decided that I wanted to dig out my old journals to help me!!
Fill in some details - especially since having the babies
I don't have a whole lot of memory power!!

So off to Cardston I go today!! To dig into my past!!

Date Night and Mini Bowties

One of my favorite Christmas Projects that I worked on was
a binder full of date nights
One a month for the year!
(With the disclaimer that these were aside from
anniversaries, birthdays, and other holidays)

I got this lovely idea from Pinterest and
took some time researching some fun dates and
was really happy that I had found so many fun Ideas to Stay In!!

Friday was our first date night
(Super Secret Agent Date)
and we had a really great time!!

We put the girls to bed, Got all dressed up and
with Shane's super secret agent mission instructions
the date was on!!

First was a super secret spy test
(a scavenger hunt)
which lead to the weapons needed for the next part of the date!!

Mini Donuts and Mini Cinnimon Rolls
FOR BATTLESHIP!!

Which was so much fun - After playing a game

(WHICH I WON!!! MWA HA HA HA HA!!)

we relaxed for a bit and then watched Chuck.

(rediculous spy show in which nerd becomes super spy)

During which we drank milk and ate our feast of battleship treats!!

It was a grand night and I am soooooo happy that
Shane is excited to be doing this every month!!

I also finished a SUPER CUTE project for a friend who just had a baby
- Super Cute Little Boy -
Which is also super self explanatory.

The original from Pinterest called for snaps
but I was impatient and used hot glue and Velcro!!

Made me wish I had a reason to have some mini bow ties of my own!!

New Year, New Direction!!

Well I had so much to post that was floating around my brain this week
and it all came to a Stop - because of POTTY WEEK!!

Now I had finished a few projects hat I had going in order for me to
look forward to focusing on potty
and so I wouldn't get so focused on something that I would ignore
Ms A's needs this week while we tried out the potty!!

Now our potty journey will be a completely separate post -
needless to say I found I was still wandering around trying to think of things
that NEEDED to be done.

Of course I wasn't thinking about mopping floors or doing dishes
- NO WAY -
I was thinking of artistic, crafty, sewing stuffs that NEEDED to be done.

In a flash it hit me and I was grateful for this little tidbit of
inspiration and comfort that came to me.

What I NEEDED to do was just be with my kiddo's.

I suddenly stopped wearing a hole in the kitchen laminate due to pacing and
began reading books and playing match with Ms. A
and wrestling with Ms. E and practicing words.

Eventually I did go back to cleaning but I had this nagging feeling
that there was more inspiration to come.

After Christmas and this wonderful overabundance of craftiness
I thought that I would just mesh back into what I enjoyed doing before
and started a new crafty list.

When I wrote it I immediately felt like there were
things on this list that were missing.
I also realized that a lot of these things were just because
- things to make just because i wanted to create -
not things I really needed to make.

I started working on these projects and guess what . . . . da da da!!
I WAS STILL BORED!!

Why because I was so focused on ME!!

Even the quiet book that was floating around in my brain.
(it wasn't really a need)

So this morning as I was making breakfast
(as strenuous as cold cereal is to make),
I tried to think of some really meaningful projects.
Maybe even things I should have been doing for years,
that I could start working on in order to focus on what is really important!!

Today I am grateful to post about a couple of inspired projects.

Two major shifts in focus that will be taking my effort
away from the sewing machine (a little)
and closer to becoming the person I want to be.
(When I grow up!!)

#1 Starting to work on a plan for Emergency Preparedness Kits,
(including and especially documents), One Year Supply,
and Emergency Plans.

During the fires this fall (one of which directly affected our little family),
I realized that evacuating two adults
is very different than evacuating a family.
Even our existing 72 hour kits were not enough for the kiddo's and ourselves.

#2 Personal Family History and Genealogy

I have always had a desire to know more about my ancestors
- especially my fathers genealogy from Scotland.

This was also spurred on by my grandmother
receiving some wonderful photographs
of her growing up on a small Island off the BC coast.

( I'm sure this was last summer - But I'm just grateful that I have them!)

These Two are my favorite!!

Thank goodness for my parents starting their own records
and Shane's Mom and Grandparents who have paved the way for me!!

So you can Look Forward to Hearing more about
What I find along my way!!

I'm Excited!!! Are You??

Ms. A's Birthday

Many Posts to come but the most important FIRST!!

MY BABY TURNS THREE!!


What a wonderful party - all the rushing and miscommunications aside!!

Rainbows everywhere, Rainbows in the windows, Rainbow flowers all around,

Rainbow bracelets,

Completely failed (but fun) Rainbow Cake Pops,


So much family and good times!!

Ms E especially enjoyed the cake pops!

And finally gave grandpa his fondest wish -
uninterrupted smiles and giggles just for him!!

What a lovely afternoon - I even faked pretty good that I wasn't that sick!!

Mom came and saved me the next day I was dead on my feet -
and in desperate need of the nap she gave me!!