Tagged - 6 Word Memoir

It is hard to write your memoir in just six words. I went through several six word phrases that sounded just alright before I thought of the one below. I'm still not sure it's what I'm looking for, but it definitely is true.

"Thanks God daily for broken roads."

Life is full of broken roads. You walk down them, you cross over them, they pass along side you with traffic that travels slower or faster than you are travelling. You are walking down your own road and sometimes the road is bumpy and sometimes it goes in completely the wrong direction. But you still have to thank God for those roads because those are the ones that teach you and help you to be grateful for the smooth roads, the ones that bring happiness and show that you are making progress in your life.

I've passed over quite a few broken roads before, and several that went in a completely opposite direction of the road I'm usually on, and even a few that I definitely never thought I would be on and wish I hadn't taken. But I did take them. And even though it was hard going, I made it through. God knows where we are going even if we don't and even if the road seems wrong, He has a reason for us to take it.

Thanks to Aunt Cindy for tagging me for this. It was cool to think of all the different six word phrases that could sum up life. Of course, six words aren't usually going to cover it all, but sometimes it's inspiring to simplify.

MEME from Mummy

I have not posted since February. But life and wedding plans and all else are making time fly by, and really, I guess I haven't been inspired to post anything. Sad, I know. Anyways, here is a little something I tagged myself for from my Mum.

JOBS I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE:
1. Housekeeper at the Shire Inn
2. Waitress
3. College bookstore customer service
4. Administrative assistant- currently for the criminal investigation division of a police department!

MOVIES I HAVE/WOULD WATCH AGAIN AND AGAIN:
1. Under the Tuscan Sun
2. 50 First Dates
3. Dirty Dancing
4. Grease

PLACES I HAVE LIVED:
1. Chelsea, VT
2. Tunbridge, VT
3. Fairfax, VA
4. Soon will live: Aldie, VA

PEOPLE I WANT TO SLAP RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK:
1. I agree with Mom on the first one- people who are unkind to the elderly and who mistreat children.
2. People who are ignorant about individuals with Down Syndrome and who show that ignorance through the way they speak about them.

3. Sales people who tell you about how wasted (drunk) they got the night before and that's why they can't provide you exceptional customer service that day.
4. People who speak and make judgements about things they don't really know about.

PEOPLE WHO E-MAIL ME REGULARLY:
1. Mom is the only person who really e-mails me REGULARLY.
2. Casey has been e-mailing me at least one thread a day lately.

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TV SHOWS I WATCH/FICTIONAL:
1. Wow, I'm so much like Mom, haha. My Husband-To-Be controls the remote and when he's home the TV is pretty much always on. However, this time of year (tax season) he doesn't get home until late, so when I get home and make dinner, I watch TV- though it's not usually fictional. I've been watching lots of wedding shows (Bulging Brides is a current favorite), and I also watch HGTV or TLC quite a bit. Honestly, I come home and check HGTV, TLC, Bravo, WeTV, and Style, and if there is nothing on those channels I want to watch, I turn off the TV. Well, sometimes I check the movie channels, but lately I just turn it off. It's good when there is nothing on I want to watch, which is usually, because really, I don't like to waste time watching TV when there are better things to be doing.

PLACES I HAVE VISITED:
1. Florida- Orlando, Daytona, Cocoa Beach, Panama City Beach

2. The Grand Canyon

3. Scotland- Edinburgh, Glasgow

4. London

FAVORITE FOODS:
1. Meme's Christmas rolls
2. Homemade mac and cheese

3. Buffalo chicken salads from Chilis... or made at home!
4. Chicken ala Kenny

WHERE I WANT TO BE RIGHT NOW:
1. VERMONT- even with all the snow!
2. At the river or orchard hanging out with my besties.
3. The beach, boogie boarding with Casey.
4. On a train travelling across Rannoch Moor.

THINGS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR:
1. Moving into our condo in April!
2. Getting married in August!
3. St. Lucia with Casey- our first trip we've taken together that requires a passport!
4. Any time I get to spend with friends and family celebrating life.

Save the Dates!

So, I've been working on my save-the-dates for months, doing and redoing the magnet image, but finally there is a final product! On the front of an aqua card is the magnet, which I've printed myself. Just the magnet was boring, though, so I've added some swirly stamping. It's amazing how much that little touch changes the look of it! On the inside is a little save-the-date mini-poem that Mom found. I've just printed the text four to a sheet and then cut and pasted them into the cards. It's quite a process, but at least it's getting me warmed up for making the actual invitations!

Good start.

It's only been 2 days, but so far this new year I've got a pretty good start creatively. I've done my two days worth of pages for the Get a Load of This Challenge on bigpicturescrapbooking.com and I'm excited to keep working through the rest of the month. I've also journaled a bit- although that creative component is coming along slowly. And tonight I doodled a journal cover. It's just on a piece of copy paper, but I used the technique shown in a book Mom gave me for Christmas to fold it over the cover of my journal- really a technique I already knew, but hadn't thought of for a journal cover with a spiral binding. This doodle style drawing is something I've been doing for a long time, but I think I'll start trying to do it more. It's really fun to see what happens when I put a black pen to paper... and of course adding color makes it even better, at least most of the time! This still has a bit more white space than I wanted, but I can always add on later.

A big 2008.

Happy New Year. It is now 2008 and my mind is bubbling with all the resolutions I'd like to make and things I'd like- and am going- to do. In just a few months, I am going to move into my first owned place. And in the fall, I'm getting married to one of my best friends. In addition to those big events, I also want to be more creative and healthy. I don't want to waste too much time in front of the television and I want to take walks with Casey like we did a bit this summer... plus much more. For the creative part, I'm starting the year right with a scrapbooking challenge on BigPictureScrapbooking.com. Mom invited me and I'm really excited to participate- it involves doing a scrapbooking page each day in the month of January- that's 31 pages in 31 days. It will be a great way to get my creative path started for this year. I also want to post to this blog more, but hopefully I'll find a more direct path to take with that as well. All in all, it's going to be a big year, and I'm so excited for it!