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Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.  ~John Shirley
We have been counting down to this weekend since February!  It's hard to believe we started planning back then for a summer camp out, and here it is!  It's going to be about lots of family and lots of friends what could spoil it... oh  yeah, the forecast is calling for rain.......

13 Ways to a healthier me!!
 Running a mile - I did my first of many yesterday!!!! Eating healthy meals Keeping healthy foods in the house (not hard with Chelsea home!)  Having a daughter that is studying nutrition that motivates me Increasing time on the stair master (an on going goal!) Continue to follow Milts work outs Always educating myself on diet and exercise My new Asics shoes...

This past weekend was somewhat quiet.  I worked on Saturday, we went to the game on Saturday night and I spent most of Sunday around the house.
Oh, the Cleveland Indians are not doing good this year, and we keep hoping the magic of seasons past will kick in... but to no avail
Saturday's game was enjoyable to watch, even though it ended in a loss.  The weather was perfect and Joel and...

Sometimes people have a hard time with those detours in life, and some people are able to change directions with acceptance of the new adventure ahead.
This month's kit from Work in Progress is with October Afternoon Road Map and I absolutely love it!  I have not only been making layouts that are about recent trips our family has taken, but also those changes in life we all travel through.
Here's...

Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager.  Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces.  Each small priority or requirement on the way to ulitimate goal become a mini goal in itself.    Denis Waitley
My thoughts exactly, when it comes to mini books or telling a story.  I wanted to get something together from our recent vacation and thought a mini goal/mini book would be perfect.
Here's...

And...here we go!
1. Steak and the grill make a quick and easy dinner.
2. Heartbreaker is the book I'm reading right now.
3. July brings back memories of Chelsea's graduation party last year!
4. still thinking bout this one?____ was obvious.
5. They say if you tell your dreams it will help them come true.
6. Take time to think it over.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward...

did you see!!!
Work in Progress is doing a design team call!
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So far it has been a cool summer, which leads to not too much swimming going on and our first trip to Dairy Queen in the middle of July.Though I think Shaggy got more ice cream than any of us...

 Zach and I did some shopping together and then headed over to Pizza Hut for dinner. 

Working out with Milt and loving it!  It's become a family affair with both Zach and Joel going...

The August Work in Progress kit?

With just returning from a wonderful summer get away and plans for more weekend getaways, this kit stole my heart.  
Besides for being a huge fan of October Afternoon, the colors are perfect and the embellishments are some of my favorites!
My vacation pictures should be arriving any day!  Looking forward to some creative time!

My weekend was spent working on projects big and small and attending a couple graduation parties.
First off my projects, one of them being painting all our wrought iron deck furniture.  I love our furniture but it was looking pretty run down.  So after 3 1/2 cans of black satin paint it looks like I have a brand new set.  One set down...

and two sets to go

I also worked on some...