The other day I went to get the mail…It is silly, but it is one of my girls and my favorite things to do. We all head out, look both ways, and run barefoot across the street to fight over who will turn the mail key. It is kind of a funny sight actually. Anyways, I was fully expecting to find another stack of unexpected bills (boo hoo) , or a pile of items to recycyle, when I found this cute pink envelope addressed to me. I love email…but when I see a letter with my name on it, esp. in a pink envelope, I always get so excited to open that baby up…
…enclosed was the sweetest, most unexpected, and kind handwritten note from one of my college roommates and dear friend, Sarah…it made my day for sure and I was humbled by the sweet things she said “just because”…(thank you Sarah, it really really made my day!)
My first “happy thing” is friendship. The kind that endures distance and time. I am thankful for the people who I can truly call my friends. They all mean the world to me…
My next “happy thing” is meshing together all the things I love in creative outlets…I love to sew, take pics, drool over fabulous fabric prints, and share time with others doing it…
I was putting together Baby Kate’s 12 Month photo order and I love how I was able to take my favorite fabric, scrapbooking pages, colors, and top it off with a cute little sewing label. Maybe a little casual, but this packaging really is ME and I love putting that into my photography business…
My third “Happy Thing” is my boy…he has been making my life a little rough over the past months, but I know with out a shadow of a doubt that once he is here, I will forget all the pregnancy woes and be so thankful that I was blessed to experience it.
I am having fun trying to prepare a space for him and hope it will be ready soon…
And my last “Happy Thing” is my blog book. I finally made it! Hooray! Double Hooray!! Triple Hooray!!!
It holds so much of my heart and in no way would I have been able to create a journal like this if I tried writing things down and printing pics on my own…
I love how it turned out and am being more dilligent in adding to it more frequently so I don’t get years behind on it like I did with this one…
(RANDOM FAQ: I printed it through www.blurb.com. I did not download everything to it. I just copied text from my blog and manually put the images in to the book from my hard drive. I did this, as I was having issues with the images coming from photobucket being too small resolution for print. I encourage everyone who blogs to do it. Just try to put your post directly into your book whenever you blog, or weekly, so you don’t get behind. Next time I will print mine with a photo cover and I will upgrade the paper to photo paper (I forgot to do that with this one
) I am super happy with it!)
Thanks for letting me share…
(my birthday is tomorrow…I am trying to let that be my 5th Happy Thing…but turning 32 seems a little crazy!)
xoxo
Tonya
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