My Life

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Day Nine: Women

"The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity."
-Margaret Nadauld

Monday, February 8, 2010

Day Eight: Look Ahead

"There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind."
-C.S. Lewis

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Day Seven: Smile

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
-Dr. Seuss

Heart Day

We've been getting into the spirit around here....

So far we've had the usual fun with candy canes,

made some yummy treats {recipe here and here}

and made an Oracle of Love {Family Fun's version of the magic 8 ball}. Kensie LOVES this thing and asks it all sorts of questions. It's super easy to make, too.

Just get an empty jar {baby food jars work well. I had a marinated artichoke jar & used that}. Flatten a 1 inch Styrofoam ball with your thumb to create a cube with 6 sides.

Cut 6 hearts out of craft foam and write answers on each {I did yes, no, you bet, never, maybe, and ask again}. Use a glue gun to attach hearts to the cube, place in the jar and fill with water to the top. Make sure the lid is on tight! Now you can decorate the jar.

They recommended using modeling clay to cover the jar, which I didn't have. I just covered it in paper and craft foam, leaving the bottom exposed, and mod podged the whole thing.
So fun!

Next up, making valentines.....

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Day Six: Life

fountains abbey- one of my favorite places on earth

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
-Maya Angelou

Friday, February 5, 2010

Day Five: Let Go

let it go- the
smashed word broken
open vow or
the oath cracked length
wise- let it go it
was sworn to
go

let them go- the
truthful liars and
the false fair friends
and the boths and
neithers- you must let them go they
were born
to go

let all go- the
big small middling
tall bigger really
the biggest and all
things- let all go
dear
so comes love

-e.e. cummings

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Day Four: Memories

"Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again."
My Antonia- Cather

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Day Three: Books

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
-Cicero

"It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it."
-Oscar Wilde

"Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live."
-Gustave Flaubert