i want to share...

i'm thinking of putting my collages in the shop as well.  here are two of my favorites...

my all time favorite...

another sans frame...

i would love to do custom orders of these with people's old family photos.  i have always loved old black and whites and think it's so fun to bring them to life! 

anyway, look for these in the store soon!

beautiful snow=can't sleep...

i fell asleep on the couch about 11:00pm.  jon woke me up at 3:30am to go to bed.  i have to say i was dreading the snow that was being called for tonight.  i'm ready for spring, and was not looking forward to another batch of the white stuff.  but...i must say, this snow is absolutely beautiful!  i looked out the window on my way upstairs and was blown away!   the flakes are the big fluffy kind, and are coming down in droves.  i couldn't help snapping some shots, and then i got all excited to wake up and see how much we get.  so, then i couldn't go back to sleep.
3:30 am

4:00 am

i can't believe how much snow fell in just 30 minutes!  i will take more pictures in the morning...well, later this morning.

all is well...

so following up to my last post.  the weigh-in went fine.  no gain, no loss.  which, i am perfectly fine with.  and, last night i pulled myself securely back on the wagon and ran 3.5 miles!  yay for me!  it wasn't so bad.  i always work it up to be much worse in my head.
today i left work a little early because jon and i had an appointment with our accountant to have our taxes done.  now i'm ready to get some dinner and watch survivor!  what will the beautiful people in the wild have in store for us tonight?

i'm afraid i'm falling off the wagon...

i'm participating in the biggest loser challenge at work.  tomorrow morning is the weekly weigh in, and i have to say, i'm a little worried.  so far, since january 15th, i've lost 6.9 pounds and would like to get off those last stubborn 5-7.  it's not that i've been horrible over the last week, but i certainly haven't been good.  i haven't worked out for two weeks tonight.  (unless you count moving boxes on saturday, which i must say was quite a workout.  i've been sore ever since.)  i keep thinking it would feel great to run and work up a good sweat, but i just haven't quite been able to get myself to do it.  maybe this weigh in tomorrow will give me the boost i need. 

i set my personal goal for april 1st.  the competition at work ends on april 15th, so i have a couple of weeks padding in there.  i'm hoping that posting this may hold me even more accountable.  i must get back on track!

please be kind scale, please be kind!

happy birthday brenda!

today is my sister brenda's birthday!  

i have yet to catch her on the phone, so i hope that means she's doing something fabulous for her birthday.  Here's a pic of us at a t-bones game in june 2007...

happy birthday sis, and thanks for being so wonderful!

love ya!

a lovely little strawberry...

we went to the store this afternoon to do some grocery shopping.  upon arriving home i busted into the strawberries right away, and found this little beauty...

wish i had found it last week, as it would have made a great valentines day post!  i've placed it in it's own special container.  can't quite bring myself to eat it just yet!

we need to buy some child locks...

now, before anyone gets excited, let me explain.  week before last, chloe (our littlest kitty) discovered the pantry.  she has figured out how to pry open the pantry door from standing on the counter above, and crawl inside.  she then proceeds to chew on random things.  bags of coconut, packets of ketchup, etc.
i devised a method of keeping her out by wrapping an elastic headband around the knobs, but it is such a pain every time we need to get in there.  i can't stand it anymore.
she is just the strangest cat.  she'll eat anything.  mandarin oranges, sour cream and onion potato chips, and apparently now coconut and ketchup.  seriously.

Etsy shop...

is up and running!  Please visit , and spread the word!!  We have sockeys, and the new scrapies, and more!

jdavissquared etsy shop...

is in the works!  i'll be adding to it over the next couple of days.  go check it out! 

i needed to make something...

so i made this little guy.  i used scraps from my sockeys and just started putting them together.  this was the result.  kinda looks like a little pig.  i call him scrapy.  maybe i'll start up my etsy shop again...

if only it wouldn't ruin everything...

i would make this adorable cake from the blog bakerella.  i can't be trusted around cake and truffles, or i would make this for my sweetie.

i'm pretty gosh darn lucky...

to be my father's daughter.  he is one of my best friends, and i love him.