From One Friend to Another

May 25th, my mom's friend brought her this beautiful red white and blue bouquet... a sweet token of friendship.

Upcycling or Recycling Which Is It?

Some time back I saw a couple of projects made out of old sweaters, and I thought WOW. That person is so creative. I loved the sweater pillows. But I really loved the cable knit bag made from a vintage sweater.

Today I found an entire website devoted to projects made from recycled wool and cashmere. Resweater. I think I am inspired! Inspired I say!!

Upcycled or recycled I don't know the difference. I do know I'm all for reusing things and keeping them out of the land fill. Even sweaters.

Coffee on the Front Porch

As I rolled out of bed this morning I noticed something different about my world. A couple of things were different. Not bad. Just different. My digital photo frame was on and in slideshow mode. That is a good sign the power was out in the night. Oh but it was a great sign to see the frame in slideshow mode... this meant the power was back on!! But the biggest thing that was different in my world was sunshine streaming in the bedroom window. SUNSHINE!!

I made a quick cup of coffee and headed right outside to my front porch to enjoy the beauty of the morning and get a few rays of that rare commodity in my neck of the woods.

Well, this photo of my coffee mug on the front porch rail reminds me of two things I need to add to my current to-do list. I need to switch out all of the Christmas mugs and when that is done and it is a nice warm sunny day, I need to tackle the big job of painting the front porch. Our winter weather has been harsh to the old wood porch rail.

So this is something on my list of 101 things... coffee on the porch as often as I possibly can. I was thrilled to be able to start off my 1001 days in such a positive way... coffee on the front porch! ♥

It has been a beautiful day in the neighborhood! I was so very pleasantly surprised to have some sunshine on this blustery day. Yes. I said blustery. My wind chimes have been music to my ears all day long. We have big pine tree branches out in the middle of our parking area.... far far away from the big pine trees. Blustery. But in the midst of it all we have little moments of sunshine! It warms my soul...

101 Goals

I'm not sure where I first read about the 101 in 1001 days, but I came across it some time ago. I'm just now getting around to making my own list and setting a goal date. I'm going to start tomorrow February 22, 2012 and my goal finish date is November 19, 2014. That gives me 1001 days to complete my list.

I am excited! I have nearly 3 years to complete the things on my list of 101 in 1001 Days. Some of my goals are lofty for me. Not so exciting as some of the lists I read about like doing a zip line in the Congo or traveling to 7 Continents. I don't even want to leave the country! But I do want to take a couple of road trips!

I want to take a photography class. It is something I've thought about for a few years. I figure if I write it down and set a goal with a completion date, I will no doubt get it done. It's my time.