My "DID" album.

With my first 5K coming up tomorrow, it seems like a good time to share a little album I just created. It's just for me and I'm calling it my "DID" album. Yeah, it's kinda a weird name. I know. ;) It stems from this quote I've been seeing lately that really speaks to me..."She believed she could so she did." I've yet to find this quote attributed to any specific person but have seen it in numerous places (like this, probably my favorite). Anyhow. I like it. I find it motivating so made it the backbone of my little album about this fitness journey I'm on...someplace to remind myself of what I've attempted and accomplished and aspired to.

So. It's in an 8x8 album. Right now, it looks like this:

And here are some of the inside pages:

The title page...

Taken from my blog...

 
Some tags from initial purchases...

Books that have made a difference...

And inspiring quotes...

I have a few more layouts for this album but will have to share those later. ;) After tomorrow's race, I'll make a page for my race bib. I have no idea what else will end up in this album but just love looking through it. It makes me happy. :) 

Amazing but true.

Believe it or not, I've been scrapbooking of late. :) I've actually finished sixteen layouts in the past week...woohoo! I'm still in the process of photographing them, but here's one that's ready to share:

Just a quick little layout for our homeschool album...a snapshot of a normal day (taken last spring). Had fun using some of my Ormolu products, too...as you can see the blank ticket tags, the red journaling card out of the Treehugger Field Journal, and the sweet bunting digital art (which, unfortunately, is no longer available). 

That was all. ;) I'll try to share more as the week goes on.

(If, btw, you'd like to see other Ormolu products in action, check out this latest blog post with awesome Creative Team projects!)

Quote #31.

Just found this one:

Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up. –A. A. Milne

I should have this tattooed somewhere. This could so be my tagline. It’s the story of my life. ;) I spend a lot of time planning things…some might argue I spend too much time on that end of things (and they might be right, lol). I don't care. I'm a huge fan of having a plan. So there. ;)  

(And, yes, my August is totally full of plans to spend time organizing before everything’s “back to school” and in full swing come September…)

Six.

Help! My baby turns SIX today. SIX! (Sniff.)

We have no big plans...like with Asher's birthday, we celebrated in WA last month with extended family and will just have a small family dealio here today, as Micah also opted for a "big" gift from us rather than a big party. (Yes, of course it's more legos, lol.)

Micah has requested/demanded that we all wish him a happy birthday by at least noon (well, technically, he said 12:01 pm), that we go out for a late lunch to Macaroni Grille, and that he be able to open gifts immediately thereafter. He's also picked out coffee ice cream but wasn't really interested in a cake. Since he decided on Asher's birthday, though, that people can't change age until they've blown out their candles, he's agreed to let us put candles on the lemon bundt cake that I made yesterday (for Nathan and me, just because) so that he can officially turn 6. We'll probably also make some Star Wars sugar cookies. :)

Here's a picture of my birthday boy this morning (not the greatest picture, but I'll try to get a better one later today):

And here are six things about my baby:

1. He's proud of the fact that he's my "lovey dovey" and that he has a "squishy tushy."
2. He's bound and determined to keep up with his big brothers and, thus, amazes us regularly with his knowledge and recall.
3. He's embarrassingly obsessed with the Wii right now, particularly the Lego Star Wars games.
4. He loves to wave at me from whatever activity/class he's participating in, usually with a great big grin. ;)
5. He loves numbers and is constantly computing different things just for kicks and because he can.
6. His plan for his future right now includes getting married when he's 16, not going to college, being a Lego designer, and living with us forever.

So. That's that. He's growing up on me. Darn it all. :) 

Misting tutorial.

Before I forget again, check out this fun tutorial over on the the ORMOLU blog...