Wednesday, March 16, 2011

For Japan with Love - A day of silence and respect


My heart has been heavy with the images of the devastation caused by the earthquakes and tsunami in Japan.  The footage of towns being swept away seems surreal, but the stories that are being told drive home the reality of the tragedy.  The feeling of helplessness could prevail, but we can help.

Today Frauheuberg posted about For Japan with Love organized by Utterly Engaged and Ever Ours to help raise funds for ShelterBox.  Please join in on a day of blogging silence to honor and respect the people of Japan this Friday, March 18th and perhaps help with your donation. 

Friday, March 11, 2011

Cold Days, Sunny Days, So-So Days and Birthdays

It's been a while, over two weeks to be exact.  Much longer than I ever intended to be away (at least unannounced) from my blog.  Not that I didn't think about it. I did, everyday and sometimes hourly.  Amidst the cold days, sunny days, so-so days and birthdays it just sort of happened, but I am back now. :)

In February I enrolled in the Blogging Your Way e-course and classes started on February 28th. The course is being taught by the lovely Holly Becker of Decor8  and Leslie Shewring of  A Creative  Mint.  These two ladies are a creative force to be reckoned with and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to be exposed to their blogging (& life) wisdom during the four week duration of the course.  The "classroom" is huge with bloggers from all over world taking part and enhancing the experience by bringing their great talent into the mix. The past two weeks of lessons have given me a lot to think about and I expect there will be more food for thought in the remaining two weeks.  Today we received another set of materials (styling, photo processing and flower arranging)  from Leslie and I can't wait for dive in. 


Last week Sam was invited to a birthday party and instead of going for the in-store gift wrap service, which is totally uninspired, I took matters into my own hands.  I loved it, Sam loved it, the recipient didn't pay much attention to it, but his mom really dug it. On a related note, I must be the only person in blogland that doesn't have a stash of washi tape.  I hope to rectify that over the weekend.

Hope you have a good one.