Green Apple Girl

peek

just a wee peek of what i've been working on with the December Up The Street kit 

 
I'm covered in glitter!!!!

this past week

I became an auntie again....Theo Jackson Cuthbert was born on November 24th in Singapore.

 
Look at my gorgeous sister and cutie pie nephew Miles...wearing the big brother shirt I got for him on etsy.

 

I turned 36....and wanted to remember 36 random things about myself at this age

 

If you are looking for a fun, scrapbook challenge...check out the forum here

 

And, since it is almost December...it's time to start thinking Christmas!  Look at this little peek of the Up The Street kit

I can't wait to share my layouts with you on December 1st!!   I hope you had a great weekend, thanks for stopping by!

Birthday Girl

It's my birthday today!  36...how did that happen???  I will have a "36 things about me at 36" layout...but I can't share it for a few more days, so I'll share this birthday page with photos of my favourite 6 year old!

 
We took a little road trip yesterday to Port Huron Michigan...only 103 kms from our house....a little shopping at Target, Kohl's and picked up some gluten-free stuff at the grocery store.  Everywhere we went, Ruby told people "it's my mum's birthday weekend"...it was really cute!  The girls got me the Glee Christmas CD, so I'm going to spend the afternoon in my scrapbook room listening to music and working with the December Up The Street kit.  I got the kit in the mail on Friday and it is stunning!!

 

 

Remembering

Today I am remembering.....

My Papa - Captain Robert Jackson who served in WWII

 

The 100's of veterans I have had the honour of working with in my job in Veterans Arts at Parkwood Hospital.

 

I am thankful to Veterans Affairs Canada for providing 100% of the funding for my department.  Thankful that the veterans' creativity is being recognized - they recently made 1300 cards for a fundraising event.

 
The veterans I work with are on average, 86 years old and share stories that I will remember forever. 

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

We will remember them.

Gratitude November 8th and 9th

Today I am grateful that Monday is over. Between the time change, my insomnia and Ken's snoring, I was up for the day at 4a.m and not too happy about it!  However, I did manage to get some scrapbooking done before heading to work!  Forgive the shadowy photo...it's dark in the morning when I go to work and dark when I'm getting home, so Ken took the photo of this layout.

I am really wishing that I could go back to Chicago with these friends....we had such a good time!

 
Today, I am grateful for gluten-free waffles topped with blueberries and raspberries....a perfect start to the day!

Weekend Gratitude

I have lots to be thankful for this weekend...including the extra hour of sleep because of the time change!

Ruby celebrated her birthday yesterday with a party at the Children's Museum.  It was the perfect mix of school friends, daycare friends and family friends.  She had a blast!

 
Today has been our running around day....groceries, drug store, Rona...we've got lots of home renos. on the go right now.

I'm so grateful for the lady that does free painting at the grocery store.  The girls got their faces painted while Ken did the shopping...perfect.  How cute are they?

 
 
No scrapbooking for me lately, but hopefully I'll get some time this week -I've got so many things I want to work on right now.

Hope that you had a great weekend!

 

Gratitude November 4th and 5th

Did you know that November 4th is "National Men Make Dinner Day"?  Almost everynight is men make dinner day at my house....I'm very thankful for that!

For today, I am grateful for finding a bit of time to scrapbook.  I made this sketch for this week at LCOM.  Check it out...and play along if you can!

 
 
 

Gratitude Day 3

Every morning Ken makes me a cup of tea. Every.Single.Day.

30 days of gratitude

I've decided to play along here.

 

So, for November 1st....grateful for the pumpkin patch that is about 2 minutes away from the house - perfect for the "OMG we need a pumpkin" at 4pm on Halloween!

 

Today, I am grateful for these two silly, funny, giggly girls.