Brrrr

This weather is such a bummer. I can't remember the last time we haven't had rain. It usually rains at some point during the night, then it's drizzling at the very least most of the day.
I need a pick-me-up so I'm going to think positive and remind myself of all the things I love about fall.

The leaves changing colors


hot tea

cute scarves

dressing up my dog

Tiny Treasures

Look for Casey on Etsy! She sells super cute necklaces and hair flowers.

She works really hard at making her stuff look great, support her if you can :)

Featuring

Hattie!
First let me start by saying I have never met this girl, but we pretty much know each other :). She lives in Cali with my sister. Through different conversations, facebook, and blogs we pretty much know each other or at least feel like we do.
If you have a pet, you have to check out her Etsy shop.

http://SpecialtyCollars.etsy.com

Etsy

I have a few friends or at least people I'm acquainted with who have an Etsy account with super cute things. I want to feature them on my blog to

A) drive more business to them
B) drive more business to home made crafty items

I think this will be fun! Since this blog is inspired by one of my Etsy friends I will feature her first. Her name is Jillian http://www.jillianpye.etsy.com
Here is a sample of the cute things she makes
And here is something exciting! You can win a personalized hair clip from her! Visit her blog to find out more info! http://www.jillianisinlove.blogspot.com/

Caroline JoAnn

Born at 1:19 AM Thursday, 8lbs 8 oz. and 21 inches long
She's perfect. Maggie worked so hard! They got to the hospital at 7am on Tuesday and Caroline was here at 1:19 on Thursday. I was tired just staying up to see her be born, I can't imagine how Maggie and Kylie felt.
She has a case of the jaundice so unfortunately they can't come home today like planned. The pediatrician is off on the weekends so in order to monitor her they are keeping her over night again. We are so fortunate to be able to see her again tonight though!

ReL8 connections

I work for ReL8, I know I've mentioned this before. Recently I have been trying to get our name and program out into the community. Today I had two speaking presentations and they were a lot of fun. I met with the Kiwanis club at noon, ate lunch and then talked to them about what I'm doing in their community. I was a little nervous, it was a room full of forty strangers. As much as I try not to get nervous and pray about it I still get a knot in my gut. As soon as I start talking that feeling goes away, but I started to trip over a few of my words and that throws me off a bit. The director of my cpc said she didn't even notice, you are your worst critic I suppose.
After that I got a chance to speak at a local radio station. The interview was very short and to the point, but so much fun. He is also going to write up a story in the local paper once schools start again.
Hopefully with more time I'll get better and ReL8's message will be all over the state!

What a week

This week started out terrible (due to some crazy girl emotions) but is ending very well. Kolby and I have decided once again to be more active. We have either walked, played racquetball or rode bikes every night this week. It always feels good when you get out of the house and do something, even better if that something is benefiting your health.
Some other exciting news: We have a new restaurant in town! That's right, for you big city folk, this is nothing and not as exciting. However, I come from a small town that has thus far only offered us DQ, Subway, McDonald's, 3 small hometown cafe's, 3 Pizza joints and one Chinese restaurant. Now we have a fabulous Mexican restaurant. Kolby and I have already eaten there 2 times. It is yummy, and fairly cheap!
Also, this week I have had the task of trying to put together a picture slideshow for my church's 35th anniversary. At first, it was no problem, it was actually a breeze scanning in the 500 pictures (for real, it was easy and painless). When it came to putting it all together....UGH...frustration set in. I have an older laptop and it kept freezing, wouldn't save my work etc. Finally though I got it finsihed and I'm so relieved.
And in other news....I'll be a local celeb next week. That's right....more to come