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There are so many ideas for Project life and I'm trying to tackle several of them.
Last year I did the Becky Higgins project life kit and while I will admit there are some months with no words written on the journaling cards, I kept going through the entire year.  Last night at the crop I was sure to add the days of the week stickers to all the journaling cards.
This year I'm trying to learn better...

Here's a list of some of my favorite blogs for inspiration:
Mental InventoryThe idea roomHomespun with heartShutter sistersTim HoltzBe different act normalPrairie paper and inkPoppy PaperieMomentary blissLaura VegasOh Joy!

I had a few people ask questions on my kitchen island and chairs that I painted so I thought I'd do a post about it. At first my husband was a little hesitant on my painting oak, which basically was only the front of the cabinet but once he saw it finished he loved too! Yes, I still have one tree up - kind of a winter snow tree may turn into a valentine tree...

I used Olde Century paints lamp...

CHALLENGE...
On Saturday Chelsea and I had a training scheduled with Milt, we decided to get a run in before the training as I am trying to run 4 times in the week and I had only run twice, not even hitting my goal. At 8 am I began running and just before 9am (our training time) I ran 5 miles.  We then started our training with Milt, which is always awesome because not only does he teach us new things,...

Still gathering my pictures to put together my December daily, hope to finish that up soon, along with some projects with my Work in Progress January kit!
Usually January is my favorite time of the year, after Christmas that is where life seems to calm down and the obligations are less.  But right now I'm still searching for the calm?




Completed a project that I've been wanting to...

Resolutions don't have to start on the first of the year!  If your still trying to figure things out, its not too late.  I set a goal to quit smoking the first of the year in 2003 and then kept finding excuses not to follow through until the night of January 6th when I decided I'm doing this tomorrow and smoked my last cigarette January 6, 2003.
It was one of my most rewarding decisions/goals I've...

Signed up for our first two races for 2011 and plan to fill in many spaces in between.  So excited about our first race being The Disney Princess marathon!  We wanted to do this one last year, but I had just started running and wasn't quite ready, so we thought how perfect for Chels 21st birthday! Our hotel and flight is booked and now its just time to prepare for running! 
February 27, 2011...

Ahh what a fun NYE we shared with family!  With my brother in law in town for just a few more days we wanted to enjoy some time with him and of course be sure both the grams had something to do.  We've gone bowling before and its always been a blast and it had been years since both my mom and mother in law had bowled so we decided that would be perfect!
If you made reservations in advance you got...

2012 Miles
January 01, 2012 ran 6 miles  total miles run                         6January 03, 2012 ran 8 miles                                                14January 05, 2012 ran 1 mile in 8:03                                     15January 06, 2012 ran 7 miles                                             ...

In 2013 I barely fit reding into my life and I so missed it!  This year whenever I have time instead of checking facebook I plan to read a book.
The Longest Ride by Nicholas SparksMetomorphosis, Surviving brain injury by David GrantThe first phone call from heaven by Mitch AlbomSycamore row by John GrishamBroken openWonder by RJ Palacio - I actually read this in one day... thanks Amy!The invention...