There aren’t enough days in the weekend.  -Rod Schmidt

With puffs plus, and cough drops in tow, Keith, Toni, and I walked around the Maine Harvest Festival this morning, taste tested some delicious foods, purchased some great foods, and had a great time together.

The above would be considered a moment of ‘payback’…I turned around to say something to my daughter, and to my surprise there was a camera lens in my face. As you can see, she does not fool around, she goes right in for the close-ups!

Sisters Salsa had a booth, and announced their soon to be released mango salsa, which we were able to taste test…it was delicious!!

• We purchased meat from Nelson Family Farm, honey from Sparky’s Apiaries, spices from Gryffon Ridge, jam from Bar Harbor Jam, apple cider from Rollins Orchards, whole cranberries from Sugar Hill Cranberry Co, and speciality coffee from Somerset Coffee and Tea.

Came home to find my sons company had uploaded some new photos of his platoon, and found a photo of him at the rifle range. I am sure he had a great day that day as in one of his letters he had mentioned he was looking forward to firing his rifle.

I’ve been searching for Army specific rubberstamps, and today the mailman delivered a set that I ordered from a woman on line. The set is from CTMH, and I think I just may be officially sold on acrylic stamps.

Well friends, for here I am going to run along. Until next time…

-Jenny

My blog has been recieving a lot of spam recently, and I have to tell you some of the spam comments are too funny. Here is a recent one in my spam folder that made me laugh.

I have been thinking about Project 3, and because I have to move into the diningroom to arrange my scrapbook/rubberstamp supplies, and because my girl, Sharon, pointed me into a particular direction I have decided that Project 3 will be related to the diningroom.

But first I have to find the energy and ambition to sort thru, and organize this mess. A number of things will be finding their way into the attic I’m sure as I would like us to be able to use the diningroom.

I have Thursday off this week, so my day will be spent in this chaos.

Well friends, the thunder and lightening are getting much too close for my likings, so for here I must close down this laptop. More pictures, info soon.

-Jenny

Good Morning Friends! So much to do today before I head out for another round of  the night shift tonight.

Mojo Monday entered my mind this morning so I stopped over and created this card with their sketch in mind. It has been a long time since I’ve participated!

 Enjoying a slice of homemade Zucchini bread that I made last night with a cup of coffee…Life is good!

 Must get ready for my dentist appointment. Have a wonderful Monday, and here’s to a beautiful week ahead of us!

-Jenny

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked- Bernard Meltzer

I tried to escape Nikki’s need to go shopping this morning by telling her I was depressed, exhausted, and had no clean clothes. Sounded like very reasonable excuses to me, but she accepted none of them and practically forced me in the car. So off we went shopping. While Nikki was having her hair done, I had a manicure. I had forgot how wonderful it is to have a manicure. Must remember to spoil myself more often…I picked Oliver up a special treat and found four new shirts for myself.

So happy to have Nikki in my life.

Another quick and easy card, with no worries of perfection, that I created tonight. I want the focal point to be on the beautiful paper, and the message that I write inside to a dear friend..

Hard to believe that tonight is the last night of my vacation. I can’t say that I have gotten a whole lot accomplished, but my exhaustion has lessened and I feel pretty good. I’ve spent some wonderful time with my husband, and have been able to sleep in, and today, was able to spend time with my best girlie…I am blessed.

-Jenny

I am beginning to realize that it is the sweet, simple things in life that are the real ones after all. -Laura Ingalls Wilder

In Terri’s words here’s a look at a few of my new ch-ch-ch-changes that are also meant to challenge myself.

• The look of my blog posts
• Weekly tried and true recipe
• Daily 15-minute project
• …more stuff in the next few days

A few more photos from our trip down to Rockland and the Farnsworth Art Museum yesterday. Such a charming town!

Today we’ve been kicked back relaxing, and being lazy. Playing around on my blog, writing down ideas, things to do, watching movies, and slowly reading thru these pages, and I have to say Jo’s studio simply rocks!!

Cooking up some new foods here [seriously need to put all of these cookbooks to use], Chicken Divan, delicious!

Loving this fast, and simple card that I created tonight. I am going to attempt to ‘create’ something everyday. 15 minutes of creating ART without worries of perfection, etc.

For here I am going to run along to enjoy the remainder of this beautiful Sunday. Here’s to a beautiful week full of good stuff for each of us.

-Jenny

Yes, I am doing a huge happy dance! So excited to have 5 consecutive nights sleeping in my bed during ‘normal’ bedtime hours, and especially excited to spend time with my husband.

One thing I want to do plenty of is to…

I have been doing a lot of soul searching, and I am trying to let go of some of my ‘Type A’ characteristics, and I am seriously trying to just breathe, and relax, and enjoy each moment.

Believe it or not, but I have started working on a scrapbook project. A mini chipboard album [dog theme], sure would go much faster if I had an exacto knife that would cut easier/quicker! Ugh. Here’s a quick ‘in process’ peek. I’m still in the process of cutting the cardstock to fit the chipboard.

Well friends, the boyfriend and I are about to begin watching The Book of Eli, so I must run along. We have a great daytrip planned tomorrow, so be sure to stop in and see some great photos [I hope].

xO-Jenny