What caught my eye in the past month

I can't believe we have rolled into March.  I'm enjoying the longer days - so makes a difference having natural light in the evenings. Below are a few things that caught my eye in the past month. February was pretty productive for me and hoping to carry it into March. A Beautiful Mess  showcases how …

Trying something new – a ritual

I'm reading Getting back to Happy by Marc & Angel Chernoff.   The summary is that smaller and larger positive changes can make us happier. One thing from the book I knew I had to share was creating a daily ritual. What I liked about this idea was that the authors were not telling us to …

Happy Valentine’s Day early for a reason

I know I'm almost a week early for Valentine's Day.  The reason why? I want you to have time to get Valentine's Day cards.  I decided this year it is needed. So I'm sending Valentine's Day cards to the adults in my life. It has been a year now since COVID-19 started making an impact  …

What caught my eye in the past month

Below is what caught my eye in the past month.  Decorations are downs and place looks bare. I left my undecorated tree up later than usually as I was enjoying the lights.  Let me know what catches your eye! This was interesting Domino has article on designing your kitchen on your zodiac sign.  Please let me …

What I’ve learnt so far for 2021

I had the week off between Christmas and New Year - so nice. Needless to say I didn't get as much writing or blogging done as I wanted. One of my excuses is that the coffee shops were not open due to restrictions and I would have blogged there. Lame I know but I'm going …

My word for 2021

I struggled with this. I didn't come up with a word that resonated with me until 2021! On January 1st I took things into my own hands. I grabbed my SHE Deck (has lots of words and motivation on the cards). I closed my eyes and tossed the deck into the air and onto the …

What caught my eye in the past month

Happy New Year.  May 2021 be full of possibilities and opportunities.   The following sites caught my eye in December.   Hope something catches your! What caught my eye here was some of the design choices.  Check out Style at home and let me know what you think. You mention brick and I have to check it out.  Apartment …

#2021wordchallenge

I always like a project. Last year we came up with 2020 Instagram Challenge.  This was in December 2019 before the world turned upside down.  It involved picking four words (one for each week of the month) and posting a picture on Instagram of what that word meant to us that month. Some words and …

Update on collection and marathon

A few weeks ago I posted asking for help!  See post here.  I wanted to do something new this holiday season.  Two things really.  First start a Christmas collection.   Second find a marathon I could watch over my vacation.  I have over a week off - excited. I promised I would report back on all …

Working on my word for 2021

This time last year when I was thinking about a word for 2020, I had no idea what was coming down the line.  My 2020 word was "fierce." I wanted a word that would spur me into doing uncomfortable and scary things that were good for me. I figured I would have to be fierce …