Single and In Love!

No that title is not a misprint. It's true! 

I AM single and I AM in love. 

Seriously, just read on.

It's no secret that I am currently not in a relationship.  I haven't been in one at all in over a year, and a bit longer than that for anything very serious.

The part that seems so be a secret (at least to my well-meaning friends) is that I am not depressed, sad, bored, lonely or feeling any other host of negative emotions.  On the contrary, I am happier and more-focused than I have been in, we'll ....maybe ever.

For the first time in my adult life, I have been able to focus on my dreams and goals and have been trying to find a way to push them into motion.  I spend nearly every free minute working toward re-aligning my life with what is important to ME.

I haven't turned anti-relationship/romance/love, etc.  It's just the opposite.  I'm completely open to the idea and one day it will all fall into place again.  Maybe soon & (most likely) maybe not.

I love to be in Love.  I have a lot of love to give.

It's just, that right now, I'm busy loving myself. And that's important.

(Oh, and Ty, too! But we all KNOW that!)

So if you are single, today on Valentine's Day, or whenever.  Give yourself the best gift that anyone ever could.  Find something that is important to YOU.  Set a goal and work hard toward it.  

The other will inevitably happen in due time, and then you won't have time to focus solely on yourself and your goals.  Take this time to make it happen. 

It will be the best Valentine's Day Gift you ever received! ;-)

Valentine's Day Teachers Gifts

A post! Finally!

I'm not really sure why I haven't posted lately. I mean I know I've been busy, but I'm not really sure doing what.  I managed to get caught up on some scrapbooking that got pushed to the back burner through the holidays.  I packed up all of the Christmas decorations, and managed to get everything back to normal.

I also spent all last week doing some deep cleaning.  I figured if the weather was gonna act like it was spring, I might as well pretend it is too.

I chopped all of my hair off, and had red peak-a-boo highlights added to the front.  Crazy! I know.  I've kinda got a Neapolitan look goin' on, with the dark brown, blonde and red. It's a slightly asymmetrical stack bob.  Pretty funky and totally different from anything else I've sported in the last 10 years.  I'm not for sure what got into me, but I LOOOVVVEEE IT!  I never imagined I would like my hair short, but it is so super easy to fix and it STAYS fixed.  I don't have to spend an hour straightening it. It's AWESOME! 

ANYWAY, enough about all of that!



Try not to notice that none of the monograms are at the same height.  I didn't really think about them being photographed together.



I'm actually here to share what I made for Ty's teachers for valentine's day. 

I used my Cricut to cut out a stencil pattern on vinyl. Then I used the stencils to etch their initials onto some really nice heavy glasses I picked up. I filled them with red paper shreds and a bag of sugar free candy.

Perfect Valentine's Day gifts for his wonderful teacher, teacher's aide and of course the extremely helpful school secretary. (She's awesome. She makes finding out information a breeze!)

Of course they are not totally done yet.  I still need to add a ribbon and a gift tag. 

So what do you think? 

Do you send teacher's gifts for Valentine's Day?