Enjoying the Journey

Warm Sun!

The past few days have been beautiful!  The sun has been so warm and sooo bright!  I just love it!  My husband and I took off this Saturday, it was the first in a long time!  We slept late and then grab the kids jumped in the boat and hit the water!  There were more boats out than we have ever seen.  We had heard about a new restaurant called the "StingRay", so we headed up the inter coastal canal towards Crystal Beach.  Most of our favorite restaurants are still closed due to hurricane Ike!  I feel so bad for those still dealing with the mess Ike left behind!  We saw a lot of it up the canal. 

Just about every 1/4 of a mile you'd see a refrigerator or a roof top!  So much debris, so very sad! 

Needless to say, we still enjoyed the day.  We started out in our swimsuits and had chill bumps all over us!  It was pretty funny...one by one we would go into the cabin of the boat and come out with more layers as the day went on!  By the end of the day it was jeans and hoodies!!  Still a great day, no complaints...We normally fly across the ocean as fast as we can.  This day we stopped more than usual to soak up the warm sun...it was a good day.  To cool to catch the sunset on the water, maybe next time.  Just love those sunsets across the water!

Is there any day that is Sacred?

My daughter is playing Soccer and we found out that all of her games will be on Sunday afternoons!  That's crazy!!  Most of them will start at 1:00.  This really bugs me.....  If she wasn't so excited to be playing I would yank her right out of it!  We'll just have to make it work.  Church first, then we'll eat a packed lunch as we scramble to the soccer field!  Not the way that I like to spend my Sunday's.  I don't even keep the store open on Sunday's.  That is just the day of worship and rest in my opinion. 

Now that I have vented...this week has given me a greater appreciation for my employees at By Design.  Talking about going the extra mile, extra 10 is more like it!  I am so incredibly blessed to have such wonderful caring employees.  They are always there to help and are so much fun to work with.  We really do have the best times together.  They are more than employees, they are treasured friends.  So THANK you Cheryl, Dusty, Lacey, Christy, Amy, Catherine and little Katie and Briana (yes, even the little ones have pitched in to help).  You are all the best!!  Couldn't have done it without you and wouldn't want to!  We have had so much prep work to prepare for the Shop Hop this week.  All of that is behind us, and now the great part starts!  All the Shop Hoppers come to see us.  It is a blast watching women laugh and spend the day with their friends.  Shopping, scooping up great deals and just having fun!  I like it best when the store is filled with laughter, it makes my heart smile.  We are blessed to have so many great Scrapbook stores in the area.  7 total who are participating in the Shop Hop this week.  It always makes me sad when someone comes in and tells me they don't have an LSS in their area.  What a crying shame! 

Okay, I'm dog tired.  Need to get some sleep....

Crazy Busy Week!

Do you ever have those weeks that just never seem to stop?!  I feel this week has been one of those.  I start running from the time my feet hit the floor in the morning and don't stop until falling into the bed at night.  I'm not really complaining, it's just been one of those weeks!

We have been super busy all week at the store, getting lots of new things in, rearranging things and such.  I always love getting new things in.  It just freshens up things!  Spring is in the air and in the new goodies coming through the doors at By Design.

We have a wedding to go to tonight, and on Valentine's Day!  What a special way to spend it, watching a young couple in love starting their life together.  I know it will be beautiful, and sure to "spark" an old flame back in those of us who have been married for 20+ years!!

Okay, I'm off to do something productive with my day!!  Have a great weekend.....

What a great weekend

So, I started the weekend off working Friday night at the "Crop til you drop" at the store.  It was fun!!  I rarely get to sit and crop anymore.  Cheryl and Christi stayed and we just laughed and laughed! We didn't get to start until 9:00 p.m. because we had a ton of new arrivals that needed to be put in the computer and put out.  Some yummy things ;-) Back in the day I could stay up really late, but would you believe those women stayed until 4 a.m. !?  My husband thought I had lost my mind dragging in at 4:30 in the morning!  Those husbands just don't get it.

I slept until 10:30 Saturday morning, or should I say crashed until 10:30!!  Then got up had coffee and hit the water with the fam.  It's the first time we've been out in the boat since before Christmas.  Still a bit chilly but nice!  We went over to Kemah and ate.  It's so nice to see things coming back together after Hurricane Ike.  They have even added a few new rides.  Here's a picture I snapped on our way home....just love the sunsets here.

Spent Sunday at church and then straight home for an afternoon nap.  Just love those Sunday naps!!  It just helps catch you up on sleep for the week to come.  Speaking of week to come, my head is just spinning with all that is coming up at By Design.  We have so much in the works, tax season hitting, kids and spring break!!  Wow, it just makes me tired thinking of it all....but very excited at the same time!

On a side note, I have really enjoyed watching what the 3 Fab Girls are up to, Janet, Heidi and Rhonna.  I love the new House of 3 website "the design district"  what a clever idea, don't you agree!?  If you haven't checked it out, you should!!

Note to self!!

You should never play around with things when your head is fogged up with Nyquil!!  I returned from California last Thursday feeling a bit under the weather.  By Saturday night I knew it was the flu!!  February 1 was to be the day that Janet, Heidi and Rhonna officially announced the opening of their new company the House of 3.  I was so excited and wanted to tell everyone I knew, tried to put one of their  cute little "House of 3" blinkies on my blog and boy was that a mistake!!  I really messed up something!!  The font of my previous post was all messed up.  Everything on the side bar was underlined!  I finally decided to just erase everything and start over!  That Nyquil, man!!

So, if you haven't checked out the House of 3 you should.  I am super excited that these 3 talented ladies have joined together!!  They are going to change the Scrapbooking Industry in a way that we could never imagine!!  The possiblities are endless!  Can't wait to see it all, whew!!  Okay, going to try to put my blog back together now.....