Sharing the Love

With Valentine's Day around the corner, I was trying to figure out what to do for my roommates. I wanted to just do a little something special.

Then I found a two pound basket of strawberries on sale. And I knew what I wanted for me, er, them. :)

Ta Da!

Chocolate Covered Strawberries. I did these last night and so my roommates are getting their treats a little early so the strawberries don't go bad. I also did a few marshmellows because I had extra chocolate. Turned out pretty good.

Yeah, I had to sample one. It was amazing. I may have also had one (or two) for breakfast. It's fruit, so it's good. Right?! :) And yes, I really, really need need to work on my white chocolate skills.

Here the strawberries are, all packaged up. They turned out pretty cute! I found the straws at Target. I had a different plan for my roommates, and that's why I bought them, but then I did this so they are randomly stuck in the packaging. :)

Cute and DELICIOUS! :)

What a Day

98% of my day was actually pretty good, but it's amazing how 2% can ruin it--especially when it happens right at the end of the work day.

Because I was a little stressed, I decided to go see my niece, oh, and my sister, and hang out with them. It's amazing how much a little baby can make you feel better.

And it helped that Cait and I traded our Christmas books. That's how we roll. We make sure that we don't buy the same books so that we can trade them. :)

So on my way over there, the sun was setting and as I was driving to Lincoln, I got to see the last, fleeting rays of the sun.

I *may or may not* have been driving when I took these pictures.

That part of the road is very flat and straight and it's cool because you can watch the sun set behind the coastal mountains. :)

Then I got to Cait & Nicks, exchanged books, watched a few episodes of Bones, and I fed Rachel. She is getting so chubby! I saw her 4 days ago and she has definitely gained weight. Soooo cute! And she looks a little drugged. What did Cait put in the milk?! :)

I definitely felt better when I left. :)

Spring has Sprung.

The first trees that that blossom are starting to bloom. I drive this street everyday and the trees that line it were not blossoming yesterday. Now they have blossoms EVERYWHERE! :)

It amazes me that spring arrives so suddenly. (And this year, so early!) YAY! I love it!

Funny

Let's be clear here, I am not an attorney, nor do I aspire to be one...but today I received a report in the mail with this as the address:

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

My boss saw this and showed it to me. "Hey Megan! You just got promoted!"

Yuck. I don't want that promotion.

I have no idea where the doctor got that idea from. EVERYTHING I have that has my name on it, has "Legal Assistant" immediately following.

But it was good for a laugh. Now, "Where's my corner office [trailer]?! I want water! I want to fill my office [trailer] with water!*" (name that movie!)









*Finding Nemo! Dory, during the DVD menu dialogue. :)

Last Thursday Night

Last Thursday Night, Monica, Amanda, Wendy, and I met up for dinner and to catch up. We haven't been able to spend a lot of time together (Monica likes to travel and live far away...) and so it was fun to finally get together. Monica is going to moving back to Alaska in a few weeks (sad day :( ) and so it was pretty much one last chance to get together. 

Couple of notes: Wendy looks soooo cute pregnant! And of course Jesse is so adorable. :)

We met up at the Cheesecake Factory (soooo yummy!) and had a great time. Jesse showed us his new skills of blowing raspberries and enterained us. And Amanda told us a great story about a former co-worker she had.

It was also fun to see a girl that Monica and I grew up with, Lindsey. Apparently she had just started there and so we got to play catch up for a few minutes.

Monica & Jesse

Jesse blowing raspberries. So cute!

Super cute preggo Wendy.

Amanda and Monica

 

There was also a great sunset that night as I ran a couple of errands before dinner.

We had a great time and the food was DELICIOUS. Good food and good company always make for a great evening!

How I Scrapbook

So, if you didn't know, I love scrapbooking. :) (my family is rolling their eyes right this very moment--they think that my love borders on obsession. It's not true. really. i promise; it's just a hobby.) And I was somewhat recently given the opportunity to be on my local scrapbook store's Design Team. Wahoo!

Last week we were given a new "assignment." A page about ourselves. Now, generally, I don't do "me pages." I usually do events or adventures, or pages about my family and friends, so this was a bit of a toughy. Of the options given, I decided to do a "bucket list" page.

Usually I start out with a picture (or 6) and plan the layout around it. But because the theme of the page was assigned, I went out on the store floor and found this paper that I loved:

Pink Paisley: Eau de Parfume

I got some coordinating cardstock, buttons, butcher's twine, and some cream ruffle ribbon.

Here are the things I included on my shortened list, in no particular order:

1. Go to the Galapagos Islands
2. Be in two places at once
3. Graduate from College (BYU-Idaho)
4. Ride in a hot air balloon (even though I'm terrified of heights)
5. Learn another language
6. Adopt Children
7. Write a Book
8. Learn to Fly an Airplane
9. See Egypt
10. Ride a Camel

So I started out by planning my layout. I had seen this great layout on a website. And I wanted to use it as inspiration for my layout.

Below is a picture of the layout with my notes on what I want it to include and look like.

A close up of my sketch:

Then I started cutting and laying it out to see if it was going to look the way I imagined. I discovered that I needed another cream 12x12 for the background. So off to the store I trotted to get more paper. :)

Then after piecing it all together, I decided that I didn't like the cream background (it was to bland) and wanted some color. Off to the store to get more Bazzill. :)

I decided that I wanted to make the hot air balloon and decided to quill it. Here is what I came up with. And yes, I used lots of sparkily ink on it. :)

I inked EVERYTHING, cuz inking makes it better and then glued it all down. I also doodled around the edges of the pictures becuase I thought that was really cute on the inspiration layout.

I used pop dots to give the page some demension. The journaling card lists the 10 things that I have or will do that are on my bucket list. Each number coordinates with the little flower numbers on each picture.

Yeah, I spent WAY too much time on this layout. :) And I kept changing my mind and struggled with it. But in the end it came together and hopefully the store likes it. :)

Beautiful Sunset

I was out running some errands the other evening and snagged a couple of pictures of the sunset. It was so cool against the dark purple clouds! :)