Friend Makin' Monday

It's Friend Makin' Monday with Amber again!
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Today we're listing our five favorite things... aside from obvious ones (crafting, pets, family, etc.)

Here are mine:

1. Shopping (shoes, purses, dresses...)


2. Quotes that mean something...


3. Flea Market Adventures and Finds...


4. PINK!!!!


5. Old towns lined with shops and friendly people...

Dishing It!!!

Okay, so I just stumbled upon Amanda's blog Serenity Now and saw this amazing "Dishing It!" party. I love making new blogging buddies and I totally need a pick me up right now, so here it goes!

~How long have you been blogging?
I've been blogging since the summer of 09... I think LOL!

~Why did you start blogging?
I started blogging because my best friend from birth, Sarah @ Love, Love, Love, and I had recently reconnected and discovered we were both craft junkies and flea market addicts... well she showed me my first craft blog (Reinvented)! Well, after that I was addicted! I couldn't get enough of the craft blogs and we spent HOURS online with her sharing blog links with me while I flipped out over this newly discovered world!

~Tell me about your blog's title. Why did you choose it?
I have OCD- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and I wanted a fun title, then OCD: Obsessive Creative Disorder struck me! I HAD to have it!

~What do you blog about?
I blog about crafts, flea market finds, life events, mostly crafts.

~What is your favorite thing about blogging?
My favorite thing is finding all the awesome crafts everyone else has posted and getting comments on my posts! I love knowing someone out there actually reads my posts and likes them! Just when I was hating on my photo taking skills I got compliments on them!

~If you had to choose one famous person to become your blog's next devoted reader, who would you pick?
When Traci over at Beneath My Heart became a follower of mine I nearly wet myself! Seriously! I love Traci's projects and her comments and emails are always so sweet. And then The DIY Showoff Roeshel! Whenever someone whose blog I've followed and drooled over becomes my follower it's like I've had a celebrity run in! Goofy, I know, but hey, it makes my day!

~What's the funniest comment you've ever received on a blog post?
Not sure I've really come across a funny comment yet, I just love every comment I get!

Alright, hope on over and check out everyone else!

"Dishing It" with Amanda@Serenity Now

Friend Makin' Monday

I can't sleep... so let's make some friends!It's another Friend Makin' Monday with Amber over at A.E.Filkins...

This week's topic is Spring Trends, here are some of my faves:

Florals & Scarves!:
Mark $16 Scarf
Target Liberty of London Poppy Scarf $14.99


Trench Coat:
Fashion Bug Pink Trench Coat $39.99


Ruffles:
Walmart Women's Plus Size Dress $14 (just ordered this one and the white one- oops :P)
I've also seen that for hair styles it's still long waves and loose braids... but I'm kinda stuck on the angled bob now that I discovered it just this year!

As for makeup, the liquid eyeliner look is all the rage and I've always liked a lined top lid only with a shimmery shadow and I'm addicted to lipglosses so here are my current makeup faves:

Sparkle Eye Dust from NYC (like $3.97 a pop at Walmart)I've currently got it in baby blue, pink champagne, and smokey topaz... a little bit of an addiction

Wet N Wild H20 Proof Eyeliner (cheap cheap anywhere)

Mary Kay Eye Primer (pricey... but all I've ever used on my greasy skin to stop the creasing!)

I love Mary Kay lipglosses, but this Winter I discovered Bath and Body Works C.O.Bigelow lip buffer and lip glosses (mentha organics in sheer rose and the mentha lip tint but not sure what color I have there), as well as the LipLicious in Watermelon Sorbet (although they are all super yummy and I'd love to try the jewel versions)... all are $7.50 each at www.bathandbodyworks.com or your nearest store :).

Now if only my healthy pets could get jobs to support my spending habits....

As for my dear Buddy I am not seeing any improvements from the drug cocktail injection :(. The vet will be calling me later today to discuss the next steps to be taken and when those arrangements should be made. I struggle with having to make the decision of what time is the right time to take my pup in (only a pup to me as he is almost 12 years old). I pray to God every night to take away his suffering and help me know when the time is right to let the vet take over. I don't have the heart to type the words about him no longer being here with me, for me it is as if I am losing a child and a best friend all in one. I continue to hope and pray each day for the answers to come to me when needed. Until then I try to enjoy the time I have left with him and distract myself from worries that I know God will take care of.

God Bless
~Amy~

Friend Makin' Monday

I'm joining Amber's Friend Makin' Monday! Cuz I love friends!
Go check her out at aefilkins!

1. Favorite things about Spring: flowers growing and being able to wear cute floral flirty things!

2. What I'm doing for Spring Break: enjoying the last three week break of our disappearing year round teaching calendar... cleaning, crafting, hanging with friends, and doing school work!

3. Favorite Spring flower: i love seeing violets growing in the yard! once i refused to mow the lawn by the driveway because of all of the pretty violets!

4. Do you have a garden? well.... did... but... i don't weed... so the flower garden is now a weed garden

5. If so, what do you grow? flowers... and weeds

6. Do you do Spring cleaning? i like to call it decrapifying!

7. What is your weather *really* like right now? it's been nice, mid to upper 60s and mostly sunny

8. Snapped any weather related photos lately? not really, but i did take a pic of a squirrel and a robin in the tree outback!

9. What's your favorite thing to do on a sunny afternoon? drive to the flea market or play outside with my pups

10. Favorite TV show right now? One Tree Hill/Vampire Diaries/or Grey's Anatomy, I can't choose

COME MAKE FRIENDS WITH ME!!!

Pink Saturday: Favorite Childhood Holiday Memory

(My three tree fairies from the very first year I lived on my own!)

My favorite holiday memory from my childhood was getting together with my mom's side of the family on Christmas Eve to open presents. My mom's side of the family is my rock that has made me the person I am today and stood by me through thick and thin. I LOVE my family more than words can say.

Check out Beverly over @ How Sweet the Sound for more Pink Saturday Bloggers!

Things I'm Thankful for- In Random Order

Going with my friend Sarah's post over at Love, Love, Love- here are some things I'm thankful for:

1. Sarah herself, even though we only spoke like once a year through middle school, high school, and college- I would always refer to her as "my best friend Sarah". (She doesn't know this til now that it's in this post :P.) There was something about the bond we had as friends from her birth on that I knew would never be broken. She introduced me to blogging, google reader, craft blogs, and flea markets. And she is exactly what you need for any occasion!

2. My aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and second cousins. I have an amazing family who comes together for anything you need and are always there on birthdays, holidays, and when you need help with your house, car, yard, or mental stability. They are so funny and I LOVE them.

3. Miss Mindy- my fellow teacher who has spent this year home with her new baby boy. She got me scrapbooking, let me paint her walls, got me to eat spinach, always has a positive thing to say, is the voice of reason, has a cat that I LOVE, and is just a kind spirit who I am thankful to know.

4. My critters- Reggie, Tink, Buddy, Charlie, Squirt, and Poppy. They keep my life interesting.

5. My super wonderful assistant and friend Tara. Without her I would not have survived the last two years of my job. She is awesome and knows just what to say and do to help out.

6. My half time super wonderful assistant Robin. She is so sweet and I love talking to her and hearing her kind voice and words. She always makes me smile.

7. My core of coworkers/friends who always have my back and always have faith in me. They always know what to say, how to help, and what to do to guide me. Without them I wouldn't be the teacher or the person that I am today.

8. My job. It has provided me with friends, pets, my first home, my car, food, clothes, crafting, computer, and on and on and on. My job means so much to me.

9. My friend and coworker Christi and her family. I LOVE her four girls, all who attend or did attend the school where I teach. Christi is awesome and we have so much in common and just crack up together. She's also invited me to tag along with them to the Christmas tree lighting on the circle downtown tomorrow! I'm SOOOO EXCITED!

10. Hope- that next year will be better and I will find the things that are missing from my life, or at least the peace to accept my life as it is and be happy without those things.

What are you thankful for?

Awesome Pink Saturday!

Do you see THIS???? It's PINK! Table, chairs, canisters, bread box! ALL PINK! (all overpriced in my opinion too- $50 for said breadbox and that was the cheapest tag!) I saw it at the flea market last week and couldn't wait to post it today! Happy Pink Saturday!

Happy Halloween!

Check out Beverly's Pink Saturday hosting page at How Sweet the Sound to find my fellow Pink Bloggers! :)

Fellow Pink Saturday Bloggers

I always forget to link to Beverly over at How Sweet the Sound! So here it goes:

Check out Beverly @ How Sweet the Sound- the creator of PINK SATURDAY!

Now check out fellow Pink Saturday Bloggers I L-O-V-E:

Also, this blog made me CRACK UP! I laughed harder than I have all day at some of the pictures! I'm so glad someone else is nuts about their dogs! (I love my cats, hamster, and turtle too BTW).

I'm trying to keep up with my followers for being so awesome (computer has been temperamental lately and not let me visit), and Angelika's Pink post had me cracking up!

Angelika Heart Talk

Here's to hoping tomorrow is a better day! (One where Charlie doesn't pee in my bed @ 2:30am!)

Pink Saturday

This has some pink in it! I was inspired to make it after I saw the one Maria created over at Tater-Tot Spot .

1. Take board and cut it into desired sizes with a jigsaw
2. Trace blocks onto scrapbook paper and cut out (I chose colors that coordinated with my living room)
3. Modpodge papers on blocks
4. Sand edges of paper with fine sanding block
5. Paint blocks desired color and use the edge of a brush or your sponge brush to paint just on the edges of the paper so that it fades in
6. Make letters (if you are lucky enough to have a Cricut- then GO YOU!, I on the other hand had to make my letters with a paint pen, though Sharpie would work too)
7. Decide on quote you want and add the words to the edges of the blocks
8. Add embellishments
9. If your jigsaw cuts angled lines so that your blocks can't stand then go to Walmart and buy some of the dohickeys from the hardware aisle where you can just attach them to the back of the blocks and hang them on the wall
10. ENJOY!

Oh, and I laid wax paper down on my table to protect the surface and so the paint wouldn't stick :).

One Tree Hill Season 6 Quote

Take a look at yourself in the mirror.
Who do you see?
Is it the person you want to be?
Or is there someone else you were meant to be?
The person you were supposed to be... but fell short of?
Is there someone telling you, you can't be or you won't?
Because you can be.
Love is out there.
Believe that dreams come true every day...
Because they do.
So take a look in that mirror and remind yourself to be happy.
Because you deserve to be- believe that.
And believe that dreams come true every day...
Because they do.
-One Tree Hill Season 6

Sometimes words mean everything.

Pink Saturday- Hurried Edition

Okay! So, I'm almost completely recovered from H1N1- going on day 9 since getting sick, and I'm off to hit the yard sales that line the road of the covered bridge festival with Sarah from Love, Love, Love. Check back later to see my treasures! (I was supposed to leave to pick her up 5 minutes ago!)

Whale or Mermaid?

This is an awesome email I got from the parent of one of my past students. It's worth reading and makes me thankful that I educate today's children:

It's amazing what the media makes us think of ourselves isn't it?? A friend sent me this and I love it :-) Malinda

Recently, in a large city, a poster featuring a young, thin and tanned woman appeared in the window of a gym.

It read: "THIS SUMMER, DO YOU WANT TO BE A MERMAID OR A WHALE?" A middle aged woman, whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster, responded publicly to the question posed by the gym. The newspaper article read:


To Whom It May Concern:
Whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, sea lions, curious humans). They have an active sex life, they get pregnant and have adorable baby whales. They have a wonderful time with dolphins, stuffing themselves with shrimp. They play and swim in the seas, seeing wonderful places like Patagonia, the Barren Sea and the coral reefs of Polynesia . Whales are wonderful singers and have even recorded CDs. They are incredible creatures and virtually have no predators other than humans. They are loved, protected and admired by almost everyone in the world.

Mermaids don't exist. If they did exist, they would be lining up outside the offices of psychoanalysts due to identity crisis. Fish or human? They don't have a sex life because they kill men who get close to them, not to mention how could they have sex? Therefore they don't have kids either. Not to mention who wants to get close to a girl who smells like a fish store? The choice is perfectly clear to me, I want to be a whale..

P.S. We are in an age when the media puts into our heads the ideas that only young, skinny and tanned people are beautiful; but I prefer to enjoy an ice cream with my kids, a good dinner with a man who makes me shiver and a coffee with my friends. With time we gain weight because we accumulate so much information and wisdom in our heads that when there is no more room it distributes out to the rest of our bodies, ha, ha!

So we aren't heavy, we are enormously cultured, educated and happy! Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think, "Goodness, look how smart I am!"

Alright, I took the easy way out for Pink Saturday because I'm sick with a fever of 101.4. Here are some fun pink finds from Target.com!

Pink Dishes

Pink Towels

Pillow with Bow

Pots and Pans
Picture Canvas
TV
Pink Polka Dot Pillow with Bow

Pink Saturday Fellow Bloggers!

I love Laurie's birds over at Laurie's Charming Designs. Check her out!

Pink Saturday!!!

Okay so I was racking my brain last night trying to figure out what in the world I was going to put up for my Pink Saturday post. Then my mom and I went on our weekly Friday late night grocery store trip, and I saw a whole Pepsi Display in PINK!!! I bought a case, brought it home, and cannot wait to do something with this side panel!


I'm off to Bev's Pink Saturday page at How Sweet The Sound to find myself a fellow blogger to share with you!!!

Pink Saturday: Lazy Edition

It's been a long, long week of stress and overloaded teacher duties. My brother informed me tonight that he is helping me with my yard sale tomorrow- a yard sale I had talked myself into waiting until October to do, so here it is 11:44pm and I don't have anything priced or change. I guess we'll just start late and see what happens.

Here's the Pink Saturday post blogging buddies :). It's a picture of my best friend forever (we've literally been friends FOREVER) Sarah from LOVE, LOVE, LOVE and I with her uncle's old horse, Shadow. We both have pink in our shirts and on my coat... but best of all (something I STILL do)- check out my hot pink shoe laces! My requirement for all tennis shoes I buy is that they must have pink on them... and then I add pink shoestrings. Gotta love the pink (and my awesome friend whom I'm so glad I've been able to talk to and hang out with so much again)!


Happy Pink Saturday! Enjoy!

Wednesday Words

"It was more than just a comet because of what it brought to his life: direction, beauty, meaning. There are many who couldn't understand and sometimes he walked among them. But even in his darkest hours, he knew in his heart that someday it would return to him, and his world would be whole again. And his belief in God and love and art would be reawakened in his heart."

-Lucas's 2nd book "The Comet" on One Tree Hill

GET A GIFT, GIVE A GIFT

I SO TOTALLY excited about this next project...

Get a gift and give a gift!!

I absolutely LOVE it - even if no one comments or responds to it! But I TOTALLY want to make some awesome gifts for some awesome people!

Copied from my friend Sarah over at LOVE, LOVE, LOVE who copied it from her friend!

Pay it foward!

Who doesn't love new, beautiful, unique handmade items? How about if you could get that new, beautiful, unique handmade item for free? How about if you then shared your talents with others? Now I know that last one sometimes makes people nervous...but I know there are enough of you out there that are up to the challenge. So please, read on and leave a comment.

For all bloggers who leave a comment with blog address or email on this post and commit to do the same pay-it-forward on their blogs I will do the following:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I send you. But you may be pleasantly surprised.

2. What I send will be made just for you, with love, by my own hands. You'd be surprised how much of our personalities come through online.

3. I will complete all gifts this year - 2009 (scary I know!).

4. I will not give you any clue what it’s going to be. It will be something made in the real world, that you can touch and feel, and not something cyber.

5. I reserve the right to do something strange. It may be weird or beautiful. Or it may be monstrous and annoying. If you find it truly horrendous, just let me know. Perhaps you'll send it forward to someone who will absolutely love it.

6. In return, all you need to do is post this text on your blog and make 5 things for the first 5 to respond to your blog post (one for each).

7. Send your mailing address - after I contact you to confirm. I am willing to post overseas (I am in the US).

I AM SO SUPER EXCITED! I LOVE THAT I CAN MAKE OTHER PEOPLE HAPPY AND BRIGHTEN THEIR DAY! Even more important, I LOVE that I have gotten to spend so much time hanging out with my amazing friend Sarah. She is the BESTEST of all BEST friends anyone could ever have. She even bartered for me! I LOVE LOVE LOVE HER :). (And I hope she lets me send her something!)

Pink Saturday!!! (super excited about this project)

Okay, so this involves a transformation of a bird house I made in 6th grade wood shop class. Where the girls weren't allowed to touch any power tools (so wrong, I know). Anyway, I thought I had a before pic, but apparently not. Let's just say it was a dark royal blue, with lots of clashing colors used for grass, flowers, and a tree painted on the front with the entry hole up in the leafy part. It wasn't cute- I hated it from the moment I painted it, but we had been rushed and had very little to choose from as far as paint colors.

Primered and missing half of the roof:



Finished project! Pretty and pink! (The little pink bird foot prints were left over from my 6th grade attempt to fix the disaster... I added glitter to the roof to keep the shingles from shedding the little black pieces.)

I decided to paint the inside gold (didn't worry too much about it since it's the inside) and install hinges on the roof when I reconstructed it.


A little wreath of flowers for girly charm and I added a screw as a door knob (my mom thought I was crazy when I showed her).

Voila! Now I can use it to hold things... my thoughts were ribbon or fancy scissors... my almost twenty pound cat's idea was himself... obviously he's a little challenged with his spatial reasoning skills.

Wednesday Words Preview

Because Grey's Anatomy is one of the shows I LOVE and because new seasons are starting up- here's a quote that means so much to me:

"You never know the biggest day of your life is the biggest day. Not until it's happening. You don't recognize the biggest day of your life, not until you're right in the middle of it. The day you commit to something or someone. The day you get your heart broken. The day you meet your soul mate. The day you realize there's not enough time, because you wanna live forever. Those are the biggest days. The perfect days. You know?"

-Izzie Stevens