photo from simple song
i thought this was such a sweet idea for valentines! you take little match boxes and make them fancy.i have all this scrapbooking paper i’ve never used so i thought i’d give it a shot. they’re really cute and so inexpensive so i’m making them for everyone!

apparently martha stewart makes glitter. who knew! i’ve never been into martha but this glitter is SO pretty. it comes in a 3-pack of similar shades (like a paint swatch). i couldn’t pass up such pretty colors! i’ll use some one my valentines but i want to glitter more stuff! haha then i can buy more colors. oh and i also comes with a little tube of glue with a fine point.

okay, that’s as crafty as i get!

Just in case you forgot how cute Harlow is she posed for a few pictures as she was falling asleep. I don’t know how I feel about the bows in her hair – she’d just gotten back from the groomers. Part of me thinks it’s adorable. Part of me is embarrassed for her.

To counteract her cuteness she did something very UN-cute the other day. While I was in the shower my grandmother decided to go to bed so she left Harlow in the living room. Alone. With all the lights off. She obviously did not like this and decided to get back at my grandmother. The next day my grandmother told me that Harlow had pooped right in front of her bedroom door. And how did my grandmother find it? When she walked out of her bedroom… barefoot. Eeeww! I would have been SO mad but I can’t help laughing. In Harlow’s defense she NEVER has accidents in the house… except when she’s mad at my grandmother and it’s always in her room, in front of her room, etc. It’s only happened a few times but it’s pretty obvious that she knows what she’s doing! Don’t mess with Harlow.

Just in case this story makes you love Harlow less just look at the pictures above one more time. 99.9% cute!

Just in case you forgot how cute Harlow is she posed for a few pictures as she was falling asleep. I don’t know how I feel about the bows in her hair – she’d just gotten back from the groomers. Part of me thinks it’s adorable. Part of me is embarrassed for her.

To counteract her cuteness she did something very UN-cute the other day. While I was in the shower my grandmother decided to go to bed so she left Harlow in the living room. Alone. With all the lights off. She obviously did not like this and decided to get back at my grandmother. The next day my grandmother told me that Harlow had pooped right in front of her bedroom door. And how did my grandmother find it? When she walked out of her bedroom… barefoot. Eeeww! I would have been SO mad but I can’t help laughing. In Harlow’s defense she NEVER has accidents in the house… except when she’s mad at my grandmother and it’s always in her room, in front of her room, etc. It’s only happened a few times but it’s pretty obvious that she knows what she’s doing! Don’t mess with Harlow.

Just in case this story makes you love Harlow less just look at the pictures above one more time. 99.9% cute!

It’s all I can do to keep myself from starting to pack. But I’ve still got 4 weeks until I leave so … I’ll wait. My coworkers are already making fun of me because anytime someone mentions my trip I smile and sigh. I can’t help it.

It’s all I can do to keep myself from starting to pack. But I’ve still got 4 weeks until I leave so … I’ll wait. My coworkers are already making fun of me because anytime someone mentions my trip I smile and sigh. I can’t help it.

as i sat in church yesterday before before sacrament started i noticed isaac slowly inching down the pew towards me. i pretended to be busy reading the program trying not to smile. he reached me, still looking down and gave me a hug saying, “it’s okay vanessa. i feel happy again” and scooted away.

thanks isaac.

as i sat in church yesterday before before sacrament started i noticed isaac slowly inching down the pew towards me. i pretended to be busy reading the program trying not to smile. he reached me, still looking down and gave me a hug saying, “it’s okay vanessa. i feel happy again” and scooted away.

thanks isaac.

Roundtrip ticket to England = $558
Expedited passport renewal = $150
Going to a place I love and getting to see people I adore after a craptastic year = PRICELESS!

I booked my ticket the other night! I panicked yesterday because on Virgin Atlantic the price jumped from $618 to $945 in less than 12 hours! What the heck? All the other airlines I checked were holding at just under $600 and then right before I left work I checked Travelocity and there was a Virgin flight for $558! Virgin’s prices on their site had gone back down to $618 too. Maybe they did that just to make me panic. Well it worked. But I still cannot figure out how it can be cheaper through Travelocity than directly through the airline. But I’ll take it! It’s non-stop both ways and now I’m leaving Monday night instead of Tuesday afternoon which will buy me a whole extra day there. I will get on the bus to LAX immediately after work and go to the airport. I’m mean literally immediately. I get off work at 4 and the shuttle leaves at 4… fortunately the bus leaves from about 50 yards away from my desk. So I’m going to be wrecked but I am a pro at sleeping on busses and planes.

edit:: I just talked to the kids and parents of the family I’ll be staying with and I am SO happy I might just burst. Erin (almost 5) answered the phone and said, “Hello, may I ask who’s speaking please?” How freaking cute! I said, “Erin, it’s Vanessa.” … silence … “Vanessa? VANESSA! When are you coming to see me? I have been missing you!” I said “next month” and she turns away from the phone and yells, “Mummy! Vanessa said she is really coming!” I love this kid! I talked to everyone and blah blah they were so nice. Sean willing volunteered to give up his room for me (his new room used to be the guest room) and their current nanny said she wanted to come get me from the airport. Ahhhhh I feel so loved and so freaking happy!

Now I just have to wait 1 month!

Roundtrip ticket to England = $558
Expedited passport renewal = $150
Going to a place I love and getting to see people I adore after a craptastic year = PRICELESS!

I booked my ticket the other night! I panicked yesterday because on Virgin Atlantic the price jumped from $618 to $945 in less than 12 hours! What the heck? All the other airlines I checked were holding at just under $600 and then right before I left work I checked Travelocity and there was a Virgin flight for $558! Virgin’s prices on their site had gone back down to $618 too. Maybe they did that just to make me panic. Well it worked. But I still cannot figure out how it can be cheaper through Travelocity than directly through the airline. But I’ll take it! It’s non-stop both ways and now I’m leaving Monday night instead of Tuesday afternoon which will buy me a whole extra day there. I will get on the bus to LAX immediately after work and go to the airport. I’m mean literally immediately. I get off work at 4 and the shuttle leaves at 4… fortunately the bus leaves from about 50 yards away from my desk. So I’m going to be wrecked but I am a pro at sleeping on busses and planes.

edit:: I just talked to the kids and parents of the family I’ll be staying with and I am SO happy I might just burst. Erin (almost 5) answered the phone and said, “Hello, may I ask who’s speaking please?” How freaking cute! I said, “Erin, it’s Vanessa.” … silence … “Vanessa? VANESSA! When are you coming to see me? I have been missing you!” I said “next month” and she turns away from the phone and yells, “Mummy! Vanessa said she is really coming!” I love this kid! I talked to everyone and blah blah they were so nice. Sean willing volunteered to give up his room for me (his new room used to be the guest room) and their current nanny said she wanted to come get me from the airport. Ahhhhh I feel so loved and so freaking happy!

Now I just have to wait 1 month!

jen gotch