Dreaming of Spring

Since it is actually above freezing today (46 degrees and sunny!), I'm in the mood for spring. Heck, who am I kidding? I was in the mood for spring once November hit! Anyway, thought I'd share a layout that I did last spring.

Happy "Winter can't be THAT much longer, can it?" day!

I Love My Google Reader!

Since becoming addicted to reading blogs, I've discovered Google Reader and it makes following blogs so easy (and fun!). What it does is monitors your favorite blogs for new posts, so all that you have to do is go to the Google Reader & it will show you which blogs have new posts and puts the posts on the page for you. Simple! Here's a little 2 minute video from the site that explains how to sign up, etc.

Oh, boy, this is my first attempt at adding a video to a post - hope it works. It's a big day for me!

A Spot of Color on a Winter Day

It snowed AGAIN overnight and this morning. I decided that I needed to see flowers and a bit of color instead of the white and grey that we've seen continually, so here's a 4x6 layout that I did awhile ago. The picture is a flower from a pot on our deck last summer. Seems hard to remember that there was something other than snow on our deck at some point. Flowers and color make me happy!

Credits: AMC Creative Expressions, SBA Action Stacked Photos, KSC Expressive, ABR Day to Day Life all found at www.scrapgirls.com

Science

I have to agree with this quote - could be that I'm a science person at heart!

Mr. President

On election day, I saw this photo on Ali Edward's blog and really liked what it had to say. With the inauguration yesterday, thought it was an appropriate time to post it. Unfortunately, I didn't get to watch the festivities since I was at work.

Pink

I thought I'd post a layout that I did recently. This picture was taken at the downtown Farmer's Market just before Christmas. The winter market is inside, but a few people were set up near the entrance. It was a blustery cold day with quite a bit a snow falling, so when Kin saw this pink hat, it was hard to say no. Guess they are all the rage in college - according to the one that wanted us to purchase it for her anyway! The layout is a scraplift from Amanda Sok found here. It was one of those layouts that the minute I saw it, I KNEW that I needed to do that layout for a certain girl that always chooses pink!



Credits: ASO Glittered Kraft, USC Assemblage, SNU Delightful, CherieMask_pinkoctober frame, TCS Dreamer, CK Ali's Writing

Global Warming????

On my way home from a drug dinner - ok, that didn’t sound good - let’s try that again. I went to a dinner & lecture sponsored by a pharmaceutical company on subcutaneous rehydration using recombinant hyaluronidase in pediatric patients. There, that sounds better! The dinner was at the Latin King and was delicious. Anyway, on my way home, I swung by the bank to take a quick picture of the temperature, since it was so unbelievably cold that all of the metro schools were closed for the day. Yes, I stayed in the car to take the picture - it was so cold that it hurt to be outside. The bank sign said -1 degrees, but when I got home, it was actually -17 degrees (not counting wind chill). I’m guessing that perhaps the sign didn’t have room for 2 negative digits. So much for global warming!

My least favorite 4 letter word.....snow!

Winter in Iowa. Enough said.

Bread and Water

OK, I didn't take a picture of water, but here's the bread part! This is my first attempt at making bread using the dough hook on my new Kitchen Aid mixer. Didn’t raise as much as I would have liked but it still tasted yummy!

Parking Lot

Here’s the view from the parking lot when I work at Subacute in Mercy Capitol. The hospital is right next to the Iowa State Capitol. Many times I’m frantically trying to get to work on time & my mind is going many different directions of all that needs to be done at work and home and then I see the Capitol. I’m struck by how beautiful it is, how lucky we are to live here and it starts my day off right.