Found this photo on a disc and just wanted to post it on my blog...
it was taken along one of the Skyline Drive trails
somewhere in VA last autumn
*note: double click in the photo and get an extreme close-up*
Friday, December 12, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Original & Creative Gift
I don't think my friend, Sara Bunn, would mind, but I felt like sharing what I did for her birthday. In all honesty, this brainstorm began with a simple item - some soap known as Safeguard. I had seen it in passing, not even realizing it was still manufactured...and the idea just grew and developed from there. Sara was given seven gifts and a card that explained each gift. When she opened the gift bag, I had her remove each item prior to giving her the card to see if she and her family could figure out the 'puzzle.'
I wished the following for her for the next year.
A year full of:
Safety - a 6 pack of Safeguard
Joy - orange Joy dish detergent
Love - note cards with hearts all over them
Healing - Hello Kitty Band-Aids
Fruitful - 5 different flavors of Fruit Leather
Peace - a can of peas
(play on words obviously, but it was all I could think of)
Bonuses - orange TicTacs
Healing and Bonuses were not an original part of the present, but Sara had been in a car accident and was healing...the TicTacs were an impulse purchase that I decided to incorporate as 'Bonuses' although I guess 'Surprises' would have been more fitting. Sara's favorite color is orange, so I tried to incorporate as much orange as I could.
The neat thing about the gift is I received an email from Sara today where she shared she was having a 'peas-ful' week.
I wished the following for her for the next year.
A year full of:
Safety - a 6 pack of Safeguard
Joy - orange Joy dish detergent
Love - note cards with hearts all over them
Healing - Hello Kitty Band-Aids
Fruitful - 5 different flavors of Fruit Leather
Peace - a can of peas
(play on words obviously, but it was all I could think of)
Bonuses - orange TicTacs
Healing and Bonuses were not an original part of the present, but Sara had been in a car accident and was healing...the TicTacs were an impulse purchase that I decided to incorporate as 'Bonuses' although I guess 'Surprises' would have been more fitting. Sara's favorite color is orange, so I tried to incorporate as much orange as I could.
The neat thing about the gift is I received an email from Sara today where she shared she was having a 'peas-ful' week.
*giggles* I loved it!
Monday, December 8, 2008
Christmas Holiday Preparations...so far
Christmas cards are already in the mail :)
I only have 4 more gifts to purchase - 3 of which I already know what they are...it's just a matter of getting them. I enjoyed online purchasing this year...yay for the Internet!?
Only 2 gifts were purchased at the actual store
(because they couldn't be ordered online)
I'm looking forward to being off work from 5 p.m. Tuesday, 23 December until 8:30 a.m. Monday, 5 January. I don't even know what I'm going to do with all that down time.....
I only have 4 more gifts to purchase - 3 of which I already know what they are...it's just a matter of getting them. I enjoyed online purchasing this year...yay for the Internet!?
Only 2 gifts were purchased at the actual store
(because they couldn't be ordered online)
I'm looking forward to being off work from 5 p.m. Tuesday, 23 December until 8:30 a.m. Monday, 5 January. I don't even know what I'm going to do with all that down time.....
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