It's pretty shameful that I've been on summer vacation for about six weeks and I've barely scrapbooked...trying to change that now...
Hopefully there will be more pages soon...but for now a picnic is packed and we're off to another concert in the park.
Today has been a nice quiet day at home as we cleaned up the house and rested a little after all of yesterday's fun and excitement...
Now on with the week ahead...
In between some errands yesterday Sean and I had an aimless half an hour and I got that twinkle in my eye...Sean put his arms around me and said he was thinking the same thing I was thinking...
So I double checked that he wanted to clean out the fridge in the garage too because that's what I had in mind. :)
Armed with Simple Green, a dozen rags, and my neighbor's shop-vac we got to work...I scrubbed the outside of the fridge as Sean categorized it's contents...and when he was done it was quite a sight.
We always love throwing parties and it's been a long running joke that we collect up alcohol for them that we never drink...in fact at a party this past fall I emptied our wine cabinet sending bottles home with whoever wanted them.
Here are the contents of our garage fridge...
From the picture it seems it's merely butter, bacon, and alcohol...and truth be told it's not that far off.
My mother is probably reading this shaking her head in disapproval.
Party at my house tomorrow. :)
We love you...we love schooldays done at noon...and the fact that four days weeks mean Thursdays are our Fridays...and we especially love that we can make lots of fun plans like last night's concert in the park...
You call him into your bedroom, have him sit down on the bed, close his eyes and wait. Then you turn on your camera and start recording a little video..
I should probably explain further at this point because that initial description sounds kind of questionable. :)
Yesterday was June 29th and marked the 11th anniversary of our engagement. In just over a month we will be celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary and I have known what I wanted to do for over a year. I made the plans months ago and tried to decide between surprising Sean on August 6th or give him some fair warning. I decided to go the fair warning route but I still wanted to surprise him.
So I ordered the same salt water taffy we gave as favors at our wedding. It's from small company in Maine and arrived yesterday afternoon right in the nick of time and since he was home I lied and told him it was a birthday gift I ordered for my mom's best friend.
At first it felt cheesy to record this and the poor guy almost seems panicked...but I love how he reacts when he realizes what's going on and especially felt compelled to share it because the look he gives me at the end when he said he'd marry me again just means the world to me...makes me even more excited for August 6th...
The same priest, the same chapel at the elementary school I attended growing up, and just Sean, Mac and I...
10 years later.
Okay I need to get to bed but before I do here's the weekend re-cap...
Watched my niece and nephew on Friday night so my sister and her husband could go see Mac's musical...we played with just about every outdoor toy we own, blew lots of bubbles, ate a spaghetti dinner, gave baths and failed to get them to sleep...but I got 163 photos
I made a 30 link paper chain to help Mac count down the math chapters his teacher asked us to work on this summer
I refilled the little bowl full of various punches and envelopes to add as a thank you in Etsy orders
I got my wrapping table cleaned off of all the various bits of projects that had piled up
I wrapped gifts...the cutest pile of pink girl clothes for my niece's 1st birthday...and a church birthday gift for my nephew (I'm his godmother and the one thing I learned at the pre-baptismal class was to celebrate his baptism every year which I thought was super cute...I got him this book)
We went to my niece's cupcake themed first birthday party...my sister invited my sister so we got to introduce her to family and friends...I am incredibly grateful that she has a similar sense of humor so we can laugh about how awkward this still is...oh and Mac helped knock down the cupcake pinata, picked up just a couple of pieces of favorite candy and watched the little kids pick up the rest...he and I stood back together as I marveled at the fact that he really is growing up
Sean and I went to the Apple store tonight to check out iphones since we have looked into new phones for awhile and it's finally time...I asked 78 rapid firequestions about them and then we spent dinner analyzing the possibilities...I'm thinking we very well might be new iphone owners tomorrow
The fireworks stands are starting to pop up all around our house (we're in one of the few cities where they are still legal) and I am wholeheartedly embracing all things red, white and blue.
I have a box of party supplies ready to go for our block party...including some bunting, flags, and cute little buckets I couldn't resist.
I mailed out little patriotic packages to my niece and my sister.
I decorated the mantle and finished the project that I die-cut all those canvas stars for...
I'm also trying to craft up a simple ribbon headband...I tried one this morning and made it too small for my big head...hopefully second time will be the charm.
Packs of dictionary pages were one of those things on the brainstorming list...
And as I was getting this collage out to hang again this summer I decided to try to have prints made of it...
I know I said it the other night, but really am like a kid with a summer lemonade stand...thanks so much for humoring me with this... :)
I have had such a wonderful time getting things organized today and putting together more packets of fun.
I also am really looking forward to making the trip to the post office tomorrow with a stack of envelopes and little boxes...thank you so much for all the support...I'm incredibly grateful for this chance to share.
And speaking of sharing a little package will be going to comment #18
oohhh....this is fab! Off to check out the shop!
Posted by: MichelleG | June 23, 2009 at 04:53 AM
Michelle please e-mail your address so I can add your envelope to the post office pile. :)
So here's the little something I wanted to share...
I've thought of it from time to time, but it wasn't until I had a few of these leftover that I decided maybe I should really try this. So for the rest of the month of May, as I was buried in schoolwork and party planning, I dreamed of the summer when I could open up shop...like my own little lemonade stand on the corner. I brainstormed little lists of what might be fun to put together and what favorite crafting and wrapping supplies I could share.
I've been futzing with it this month...not getting a chance to finish as much of the list as I wanted...and then kind of steeped in self-doubt wondering if anyone will like this stuff. Regardless I am battling through my silly confidence crisis, starting here with a few ideas, and really look forward to the opportunity to send out little things from my house.
Oh and to celebrate I have one of these to share...just leave a comment if you'd like this little package sent off to your house. :)
