Smell of fresh cut grass

Today is seriously a beautiful day! I woke up with the sun streaming through the windows. It's warmer than normal for this part of the year here. I had my sunroof open on my way to work. I felt the sun on my face and smelled the freshly cut grass on the side of the road! What a way to start the day! Thank you God for this beautiful day. That you for the renewal of life that spring brings.

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A bit down

I'm feeling a little bit down right now, yet I don't know why. 95% of the time I'm very upbeat, enthusiastic, and joyful. And I do thank the Lord for that. I'm not naturally that way, but the Lord and Todd have helped me over the years to become this way. :) I know it's normal every once in a while to feel a little bit down. Because of this, I didn't scrap a page today. And that's okay too. Today was gorgeous weather-wise though! Sunny, clear blue skies, and temperature in the mid 70's. It didn't even get cold when I was going home at 6:45 after aerobics at the gym! Usually in San Diego winter the temperature drops drastically as soon as the sun goes down. I think I'm going to go upstairs and get ready for bed, read my Bible, and just relax.

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Photo featured at Pink Ink Studios

My friend and photographer Melissa Koehler's photo of me and Todd is the Photo of the Day at Pink Ink Studios! Congrats to her! We will be voting for photo of the week on Friday and Saturday, so I'll come back and post the link so you can vote and help Melissa win!

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Rain Again

It's been raining almost this whole weekend. Yesterday morning we went running at the beach, during the only non-raining hours! It actually was pretty nice when we went. We ran our usual route for half an hour, then we went to Bongiorno's in Solana Beach for a pizza lunch. I LOVE Bongiornos! We love it so much that we've been going there once a week for like 4 weeks now. It's NY style pizza and the crust is all thin and crispy, and the mozzerella cheese is totally fresh. The toppings are great too. I wish I could eat one now! :) Then last night Todd and I went to eat dinner in Hillcrest, because he wanted to go to Bread & Cie to pick up his birthday brownies that his sister Amy "sent" him. We got there around 6:15 pm, and they were closed already! They must have changed their hours because before they used to be open until 7 pm! Todd was crushed that he couldn't get his birthday brownies. Then we went to eat dinner at Mama's Lebanese Deli on Alabama Street in North Park. But guess what? They were closed TOO! On a Saturday night?! We were sad, but we ended up eating at a philly cheesesteak place down the street. It was pretty good, and the owner seemed to have a lot of regulars. I got our photos from Melissa Koehler, and they're really gorgeous! They were really good to begin with, but after she processed them, they took on a life of their own. I really enjoy looking at them. I've already scrapped a few pages with them because I was so excited to get them. And we were chatting via email a couple of days ago, and I found out she's a Christian too! I was so excited and happy. Also, I got 46 of my 12x12 digital scrapbooking layouts printed at ScrapbookPictures.com! They're having a sale through the end of February and the prices are really good at $2.49 each, and shipping is just $2 no matter how much you order! I can't wait to get them and put them into my 12x12 albums! Here are a couple of pages Idid this weekend using Melissa Koehler's photos of us.

Full credits can be seen here.

Full credits can be seen here.

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Are you ready for some rock n roll?

As you know I have been selected to be on a few creative teams for digital scrapbooking designers. One of them is Mirranda Reinhardt at Scrapbook Graphics. She came out with Messy Papers today and I thought they would be perfect for some kind of rock 'n roll layout. Good thing I have lots of photos of that, from when Todd was in rock bands! So I whipped this one up. It's kind of a messy style and it's not my usual style, but I think it works with the papers. Now it's bed time and I'm tired!

Credits can be seen here.

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