Time with Girlfriends

I've been thinking how much female friendships mean to us females. Yesterday I met with friends for lunch at Olive Garden. Yum! It starts out when we are young. We find connections at an early age. I remember all the slumber parties that I would have and go to. When I was a young mom it was just getting together to let the kids exhaust some energy and to give the moms someone other than a preschooler to talk to. Today it is officially called a play group. I think for the moms as much as for the kids! When I had school aged children PTA and baseball games provided an venue for getting together. Now it's just plain and simple a lunch date. I even have 2 more lunch dates this week. I cherish this type of get together and these friendships!

Valentine's Day

Mmmm! My personal favorite holiday. I love the shapes, colors, phrases and the tastes! I have always loved Valentine's Day. Even as a young girl I would so carefully plan my Valentine's to take to school. Being a mom of all boys, I would so carefully plan their Valentine's to take to school. No, not really to that extreme. I had to hold myself back! I have made sugar cookies for as long as I can remember for this holiday. This year it sort of crept up on me. So Tim and I through a batch together on Saturday night. We did not have any red food coloring to make pink frosting so we used the red sprinkles that we used at Christmas. Oh well, the art of improvising!

Follow Through Can Be Creative!

This year my focus is to follow through with my goals. I have started walking outside or on the treadmill at least 3 times in a week. I have started making a piece of art for the family room. I am mostly excited about the art project. The exercising is a major chore but, I know I need to have follow through here! I love being creative. It is like therapy to me. I am a happier person if I can make or create something that I connect with. I have chosen to replicate antique game boards. This is trial and error as to the sizing and colors. I am finding out that I made the design or game part on the first game board a bit bigger than I really wanted. The other focus I feel that is important for me, is to work with it and not abandon the project because it didn't turn out exactly how I envisioned. I am still very pleased with the look and will continue to make other game boards.