Project 365 {Week 2}

I have to say....remembering to take a picture {or set of pictures in order to get the perfect one} each day is tricky.  Between work and sleep and homework and hugs and snuggles, well you get the point.

But I did it. A second week of one picture per day.

I hope you like them.

These books are amazing. Truly. I am in love with them.

 Project 365

Dear Friends,

Please forgive me?

I have been lost for far too long.

There was laundry to do and bills to pay.

There were broken arms and polar plunges on New Year's Day.

Chalk Paint® Kitchen Inspiration on Hometalk

Sometimes when it is snowing for hours and days and weeks on end and my boys are outside sledding, I like to cruise through Pinterest, and Hometalk to find inspiration for my next project.

 Am I the only one who does this?

If you haven't heard of Hometalk it is a community where you can post projects about your home and garden or ask for help with projects from the other talented members.

A Rustic Themed Wedding Shower

Once upon a time a boy met a girl in a physical therapy office…and they hit it off.

There wasn't anything whirlwind about this relationship…it took time, but it became so much more.

5 and a half years to be exact and this weekend... oh the excitement really begins.

You see this boy and this girl….they will say…I do.

And their family will be there cheering them on. 

And I will be getting a sister. A sister that I have always wished for and oh how I love my brother’s fiancé!

And they will travel the world and have great adventures.

And they will live happily ever after!

But before they get married…there was a Jack and Jill Wedding Shower....

Don't Quote Me on That

My grandma was a collector.

She collected crafting supplies and cards.

She collected mugs that she proudly displayed on shelves in her living room.

And she also collected quotes.  I wonder if that was her favorite thing to collect.

Most of the cards she sent me would have a quote written in it that fit the day.

She even started a journal of quotes that she collected for me. Anytime she was in a store and she saw a new one, she would write it down in her notebook and then mail me the piece of paper.

An Experiment in Silence

Yesterday when I woke up I decided to do a little experiment. 

All of my boys were awake and downstairs, so I got ready for the day. Then I wrote a note for my family that said…

“Today I am doing an experiment in silence.

I will answer any questions that are asked.

That’s it.”

I have been doing a lot of soul searching lately. 

I've been working on minimizing the clutter in my life…not just the physical clutter, but the psychological clutter too.

This post from becomingminimalist.com sang to me the other day and it was just the push I needed to try this.

Getting Creative at Home Blog Tour

Sometimes you walk along the aisles of Target and see the perfect picture frame for a gallery wall at home and you know it was meant to be yours.

Sometimes you see a dollar bill on an empty sidewalk and think, “This must be my lucky day!”

Sometimes your hair looks so good that it puts a spring in your step.

And sometimes you are in the right place at the right time and everything just comes together.

That is what happened to me yesterday.

I was in the right place at the right time when some new blogging friends decided to put together a week long blog tour. 

The goal is to introduce you to new blogs and new projects. 

These blogs are seriously amazing!

Please join us for...

We’ll be here all week.

I can’t wait to see all the outstanding projects that everyone has been working on, because sometimes you just need some new inspiration.

The Schedule:

Monday, Aug. 5:

Copper Roof Interiors

The Crafty Woman

Colors Mixed Together

The Rustic Pig

Lilacs & Longhorns

Tuesday, Aug. 6:

Designer’s Sweet Spot

Design Dreams by Anne

Country Design Style

Shabby Art Boutique

Cupcakes and Crinoline

Wednesday, Aug. 7:

Bargain Hunting with Laurie

2 Little Superheroes

Stow and TellU

My Soulful Home

Glitter Glue and Paint

Thursday, Aug. 8:

The Vintage Nest

A Few Miner Adjustments

What Meegan Makes

One More Time Events

Sweet Song Bird

Friday, Aug. 9:

Circa 1929

Elegant Nest

A Nest for All Seasons

Pennywise blog

A Six-Word Love Story…Hers

Remember the movie, "Phenomenon"?

John Travolta (George) and Kyra Sedgwick (Lace).

What a movie. I still cry every time I watch it. 

Lace got really mad at George when she saw all the chairs she made, that he had bought, piled up in his house. She didn't yet understand that he was madly in love with her. That it was a metaphor for his love.

Towards the end when George was dying, Doc got fed up with Bains and the other guys gossiping about him. 

Doc said to Bains, "Lace is sticking with him. You know why? Because he bought her chairs. It’s pretty smart to me. Did you ever buy Lisa’s chairs? You see, every woman has her chairs, something she needs to put herself into, Bains. Did you ever figure out what Lisa’s chairs were and buy 'em?"  

A Six Word Love Story…His

The night I met him was a sweet summer night.

I didn't know it at the time, but 16 years later I have come to realize that his heart’s six-word love story was written that night.

After meeting him at my favorite fraternity house, we went downtown to play darts and talk.

The whole of the conversation eludes me...maybe I was super nervous because he was so cute or maybe it has just been too long to remember all the details, but I do remember this part...

Six-Word Love Stories

Last year, Layla from The Lettered Cottage wrote a post about six-word love stories that were in the book, 2 , that her friends wrote.

We were so inspired, Matt and I wrote our own six-word love stories for our anniversary gift to each other last year.

It only took me an extra 379 days to make the canvas of our best stories.

There are stories behind our stories.

Please came back on Monday to read "his story".

PS...I made a few Miner adjustments to my story on the canvas. The first one didn't tell a particular story that we could remember.  This one does.

Sweet Summer Days…

The Story of When My Life Began

Many love stories start during the sweet summer.

Sweet summer days at the beach.

Sweet summer nights sitting by the camp fire.

Sweet summer evenings on the roof of your favorite fraternity house.

And after a long shift at the shoe store, a thousand years ago at a college far far away, I found myself walking to that fraternity house.

All of my sorority sisters were already there and I could hear them, but couldn't find them in the giant house.

So, I took my cute-green-tank-top-short-shorts-flip-flop-wearing-self upstairs.

Out the second floor window I saw a ladder leading to the roof. 

2012 Summer Olympics

The opening ceremonies for the 2012 Olympics are tonight. Aren't you excited?  The summer games are so much fun! 

Go America

Enjoy the games!

Happy Olympics!

~Trina

Happy Red, White, and Blue!

Did you know that the first Independence Day was actually celebrated on July 8th?  The 4th was actually the day that the Declaration of Independence was adopted.

Then in 1941, Congress declared 4th of July a federal legal holiday. It is one of the few federal holidays that have not been moved to the nearest Friday or Monday.

I hope that you all have a fun, relaxing day off!

Happy Freedom Day!

~Trina