she has been *MIA*

i looked @ the date of my last post and thought, "seriously? has it been aug 9th since my last post??"
where? have? i? been??

just sleeping the month of august away???
no, no, no....much has been going on. this pic just happened to be snapped by my oldest in a
brief and rare moment where i actually got a tiny nap...with the dogs, no less. i did have their
blanket after all! ;)

august has been busy. kids getting ready for school. went to Cedar Point for a few days.
got more work done on the house to finally get it towards being completely finished. amen!
a few pics of my yummy backsplash for the kitchen. there is a story with this. please refer to this post
or this one...

it's finally all coming together. now, if we could just get all of our boxes unpacked=greatness! :)

been trying to savor this girl as much as possible. i can't tell you how blessed i am to be such great friends with her. i praise God for the gift of her in my life and allowing me to be her mom AND friend.

i'm gonna be a little lost when she goes off to school :(

oh, yeah...and august has been filled with LOTs and LOTS of running!!! 
the good kind.
i joined a challenge over a Nike.com by Cathy Zielske to run 50+ miles in august. i surpassed that
goal today!!!! WOOOOOT!!! :D i am a happy girl.

created a few more digital layouts. i will share one.

now i know why i have been absent! ;)

i have a local photog friend, with a blog, that has 3 little adorable girls as well ( mine aren't little anymore) she does AMAZING photography. go take a peek if you are into photos and blogs!!
she isn't "officially" in the business yet, but i have a feeling...   :)

happy august! i will probably be another year older by the time i blog again. i get to take august out with a bang!!

coffee and shoes and love

i don't allow myself the luxury of Starbucks very often. mostly b/c there isn't one near my house ;)
most of the time i get the same thing. i am steady like that. makes me happy :)

i thought i should start journaling my fitness/running quest. slow and steady she goes.

making progress every week. meeting goals. being in challenges. pushing myself. it. feels. good.


PS--all of you paper, scrappy peeps!!! if you are reading this, link me up to some rad paper goods.
i feel like i am so out of the loop with what is hot and what is not!!! ;D

more please :)

having so much fun with my volume 25 overlays so i played with them on photos only.
over the moon.

Jessica from volume 25 has an etsy store. a zazzle shop. and a rad blog.
i have to vault up my wallet before any more damage is done.
too. much. fun.
BIG thanks to Kate O'Brien for being on the DT and exposing this awesomeness.
it has just been the spark that i have so desparately needed to get back to creating!
:)