April retrospective

121/366

"The big secret in life is that there is no big secret.
Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work."
- Oprah Winfrey

120/366

"On this our anniversary, we may not have wealth,
but we do have each other and that is worth more
than all the money in the world."
- Catherine Pulsifer
I posted this photo for the same day last year. That is because today, it has been 14 years since Chris and I started dating. It's "dating day." This photo was taken a few weeks after we started dating, so it is also 14 years old. How cute, innocent and young we looked!

119/366

"A new baby is like the beginning of all things -
wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities."
- Eda J LeShan

Welcome to the world, Colbie.

118/366

"Sisters function as safety nets in a chaotic
world simply by being there for each other."
- Carol Saline

Happy Birthday, sister

since I cannot post of photo of her, I did the next best thing...

117/366

What a day for a daydream
What a day for a daydreamin' boy
And I'm lost in a daydream
Dreamin' bout my bundle of joy

And even if time ain't really on my side
It's one of those days for takin' a walk outside
I'm blowin' the day to take a walk in the sun
And fall on my face on somebody's new-mowed lawn

I been havin' a sweet dream
I been dreamin' since I woke up today
It's starring me and my sweet dream
'Cause she's the one that makes me feel this way

And you can be sure that if you're feelin' right
A daydream will last 'til long into the night
Tomorrow at breakfast you may prick up your ears
Or you may be daydreamin' for a thousand years
- Daydream by Lovin Spoonful

116/366

"When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping.
Men invade another country. It's a whole different way of thinking."
- Elayne Bossler
Who takes photos in the dressing room? Me, apparently. I bought both of these tops. I am all about the faux layered look.

115/366

"Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen;
goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow."
- Sappho
did you know that cilantro has flowers? I didn't either.

114/366

"The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers.
But above all, the world needs dreamers who do"
- Sarah Ban Breathnach
This is what I do all day at work. While people are complaining in my ear, I just color.

113/366

"We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing,
while others judge us by what we have already done."
- Henry W. Longfellow
Horray for me. But, I just got this at work today. A little late, seeing as its 2nd quarter 2008. But hey, it's nice to be recognized.

112/366

"The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures."
- Marquis de Vauvenargues

111/366

"All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable
bud, you have first an instinct, then an opinion, then
a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud and fruit.
Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
our cherry tomato plant!

110/366

"It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are."
- e.e. cummings

self portrait with messy hair & no glasses

109/366

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad
for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
- Isaiah 35:1

108/366

"I've learned from experience that the greater part of
our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions
and not on our circumstances."
- Martha Washington

107/366

"The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out
of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted
by his successor of tomorrow."
- Washington Irving

106/366

no quote needed for this one...

105/366

"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."
- Aristotle

104/366

"The decision to have a child is to accept that
your heart will forever walk about outside your body."
- Katherine Hadley

bonus photo:

These photos are from my cousin's baby shower today. See more here.

103/366

"Scrapbooking fills my days - not to mention my
living room, bedroom and closets!"
- Author Unknown
This is the card I made today for my cousin's baby shower.

102/366

"It's good to have money and the things that money can buy,
but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make
sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy."
- George Horace Lorimer

101/366

"Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful.
But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering."
- Paulo Coelho

100/366

"Life isn't always beautiful, but its a beautiful ride"
- Author Unknown
same tree, 2 months later

99/366

"The older I grow, the more earnestly I feel that the few
joys of childhood are the best that life has to give."
- Ellen Glasgow

98/366

"Masquerading as a normal person day after day is exhausting."
- Author Unknown

97/366

"A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own.
A gang is where a coward goes to hide."
- Mickey Mantle

96/366

"Welcome anything that comes to you,
but do not long for anything else."
- Andre Gide

95/366

"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."
- Aldous Huxley

see more orange IKEA items here

94/366

"The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter."
- Author Unknown

93/366

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy
shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
- Psalms 128:2
A blossom on one of our orange trees. We have 3 citrus trees. One lemon & two orange.

92/366

"The one function that TV news performs very well is
that when there is no news we give it to you with
the same emphasis as if there were."
- David Brinkley
Gotta love breaking news in your own neighborhood!