Cold hands, warm heart

.............. and perhaps some freezing rain here soon! Have you heard this saying? Cold hands, warm heart? I hear it often because my hands are always freezing. But what do I say back to those poor people who say this to me??? Obviously their hands are warm, mind you! What a giggle I get when I hear this. I just smile:) It does..........warm my heart that is!!

This heartwarming image is one that showcases Rebecca's handiwork in support of http://water.org/. You can purchase this stamp set at Crescendoh. Of course another cause near and dear to my heart~manna for Haiti, on facebook here.

Wishing you warm hearts and cold hands whether you are shoveling out, bracing for the ice storm (like we are), or like my lucky loved ones, Smiling all the way from Florida. Sending love! XOXO

Honest to Goodness.......

The truth is, I am so very busy over here! It' s all good stuff though. Teresa McFayden's Take Heart class for one, (so fun) and woah a biggie for me heart : Melody Ross's Soul Restoration.

I will be in and out and around but just know my friend, if I haven't seen you in a while I am on a journey into all things bright and beautiful. See you soon and enjoy your amazing journey as well this week! Sending you Love!! xo

Caught ....redhanded!

Yes Ma'am caught that is...........with a paintbrush at our scrapbook retreat this past weekend. It was all in fun and jokes, but I don't think I could have gone the whole weekend with out paints in hand with all seriousness! Does that mean I am addicted? My husband says it's gotta be the fumes. He is silly. Oh, from the looks of the picture I guess we are a good match! If I could dress up these photos with photo shop I would tell you the third one above is a number of us diehards that have been there 12 consecutive years` woo hoo!

And this picture is of our own little personal group. Some great gals here and our oustanding leader and friend Sandy. top center.

I always go in January to document our Christmas pictures with all the family and friends I can gather...........and sometimes my one and only scrapbooking chance for the year. Love it. it's funny how my scrapbook pages are always so clean and simple and then watch out when I shift gears and paints and journals come out! I Hope you all are having a creative week too my friends! Whether that is painting, cooking or rearranging a food pantry..........have fun creating your artful life this week! What a privlege. Sending love!

Pre journaling

Setting up the backgrounds for some journaling this weekend as I meet up with friends in Camby for the 11th year in a row tomorrow! It's a wonderful facility ran by terrific ladies only 45 minutes away. Well 45 is on a good day and school was closed (again!) for snow today. Yes, you better believe I will make it there, girlfriend! This Mamma needs a snow day too! Looking forward to putting words to these pages and also scrapbooking Christmas pages which is the tradition for this weekend. Journaling and documenting is such a good thing. I hope you have the chance to do that today, or this weekend. Even just a spiral bound notebook. Not where you share "deep dark" secrets like in the olden days, but where you celebrate truths and explore your dreams and life struggles. Things that make you happy and stretch you to understand. Sending you peace and playfulness today friends. Please send me some discipline to stop playing, and to shower and pack, will you? Love!

It does a HEART good...........

...to dream. To ponder the place of your hearts' desire and think on lovely things~ noble and pure, admirable, excellent and praiseworthy and so on and so on!

To think on this always, and especially n a week of a dear friends heartbreaking loss, and a little outpatient procedure that only gals of "my age" would have! Pooey, life gets messy sometimes!

But today we drove to the lake, we pondered lovely things and dreams~ just me and hubby. Took childhood beds out to our oldest girl. Married and a new house within the lakes view. It was just so good. We pulled up and there they were in the yard with their doggie Jake....stacking wood. And we went indoors to the smell of banana bread baking, warmed by the woodstove. Drinking iced tea out of mason jars and it was just so cozy. She wants a garden. He wants a boat dock. They have dreams. I loved it, and pondering that goodness all the way home. Their dreams and mine...ours. It's valuable. I really hope you give your mind some time for that this week. Desires of your heart! XOXOX

Playing a little

Love is in the air.........making these...... Can't stop making Hearts right now too. Still waiting on the chance to start Charlotte's Love cuff pictured here, all hooped up! For now, I seriously can't keep my hands out of paints and a new online course from Brave Girls Club this week too. Journal, journal fun!! Gotta have it. Lots of snow around here and not enough school..............oh but I LOVE her! (Miss 13 year old:) Sending Love your way too! XO

LOVE

Hope your weekend finds you holding tight to this image.......LOVE. Whether in Joy or Pain, it is really all we have when all is said and done. When we are at the end of our rope like a few of us this week. When your friend's daughter child has scary, scary surgery, when your friend's son is on life support suddenly, tragically..............When your heart just breaks for those that are near and dear to you. When you are just scared it might be you next too. Love so much. Love is enough. Much for a heart to hold. Making lots of "Love" things around here. Right on time...........will share more. Many more are making and sharing Love out there..........Can't wait to see yours! Bring it on:) Love you, dear friend.

I would have to say.........

....Yes, that would be my response to a sweet post HERE and to Trust the Journey to take it one step further.........step, by step, by step and enjoy what you can, and stand firm when you need to. Yes that is my thought as I journey into 2011. Hope yours is off to a fabulous start friends! Tell me, if you have one~ your word for 2011.

Wishing you goodness for 2011!!

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. E. B. White