12 on the 12th!!!

Hello there!

I'm baaack!!

I took all my pictures myself yesterday for the 12 on the 12th. In case you are just tuning in... the 12 on the 12th is an idea I saw somewhere (Probably on Cathy Zeilske's blog). It is taking pictures of your random life all day on the twelfth of each month. Then, you take 12 of those pictures and make a scrapbook page about them! This way, you have a little glimpse of your daily life to hand down through the ages.

I think that with my 20+ scrapbooks, my grandkids will have a little more of a glimpse ;)

And, furthermore, I really do have a page half done for March. I'm a-waiting on a couple pictures from an event the morning of the 12th that someone else took pictures of. It was cool and I don't want to miss out on them.

So without further ado...

Pretty cute, huh?

So, I have some other big news, too....

Our store is moving!!

9M is moving to a bigger (and hopefully better) location in OldTown Salinas! Our new address will be 242 South Main St. Marie & I got the keys last friday night, and are making our refurbishing/moving plans. More details to come!

So, although I cannot "talk" outloud (darn laryngitis)... I can scrapbook about my day and make you read it!

Much love,

Stacey

I didn't forget!

I swear I am posting a 12 on the 12th page....

soon...

Love,

Stacey

My lifeline

I am participating in a 15-week small group. We are studying the bible, a book, and each other. Tomorrow I will be presenting my life story - my "lifeline".

While this might intimidate some, I am a middle-child and rarely get intimidated. I long for attention and for people to want to know about me. I am the sucker that Dale Carnegie writes about Influencing.


I thought, since I am sure you totally care, that you might like to learn about me and my "lifeline" thus far....

1975 - parents marry

1976 - 1st sister born

1977 - 2nd sister born

1979 - ME! born

1982 - 4th sister born

1983 - 5th sister born

1987 - ONLY brother born

1992 - Meet future husband

1997 - Graduate High School

2001 - Coach, Re-meet future husband

2002 - Marry, start career

2004 - Graduate college, buy house, found a festival

2005 - Get rotorcraft rating, shoulder surgery

2007 - other shoulder surgery, become a mom

2009 - open business, move

2010 - buy another house, mom x 2


Booya! Those are the facts. For some interesting tidbits about my life, check back soon!


Yours (since 1979),
Stacey


p.s. I am doing March's 12 on the 12th. However, I will be traveling that day. So don't get super sad when you don't see my post until Thursday, since I wont be back until Weds late. Muah!

Are you taking care of yourself?

Whenever I take my kid to the doctor they give us a folder of various flyers and handouts pertinent to their vaccines and age.

At Clark's 2 or 3 week appt there was one flyer that totally stood out to me.

It was a checklist of questions for new moms to encourage the mom of a newborn to remember to take care of herself. Of course, i have misplaced it. But I still remember some of them, and I'll just make up the rest.

So, we'll do a Friday TOP TEN!!!!

The top ten ways to check if you are taking care of yourself......

1. Did you shower today?

2. Did you pray or read the bible?

3. Did you wear clean clothes?

4. Did you take 5-10 minutes to pamper yourself in some way?

5. Did you put on any makeup?

6. Did you go to the bathroom by yourself?

7. Did you drink some coffee?

8. Did you put on shoes?

9. Did you sweat due to some physical exercise activity?

10. Did you eat a fruit or vegetable?

Just checking in with you. Because I care. And I want you to care about me in this way.

My dearest friend shared the most kind words with me the other day....

"you may not wear those pants ever again". It's so sweet that she cares how my butt looks in pants :)

If you are a dude, this TOP TEN probably doesn't apply to you. And if it does, well... you are earning your mommy badge!

Loving and (hopefully) encouraging you,

Stacey

February 12 on the 12th

So you should know exactly what I'm doing here.

No need to link back to WAY back when I did this last month....

since that was the last time I even posted!!

Bummer.

Regardless, this is my second installment of

TWELVE ON THE TWELFTH!!!

Super exciting.

BTW, you can click on the picture should you desire to read the super awesome journaling.

Enjoy!

Promise to be back before March 12th!

yours truly,

Stace-in-your-face

12 on the 12th

I am more of a project person.

I am not very good at monotony (monogamy-yes), or doing anything "religiously". Take doing the laundry, for instance. It is the SAME clothes! Over and over again! The dishes - same thing. Making the bed: BO-RING!

I long for the excitement of something new.

I love starting something, and FINISHING it.

And never doing it again.

Remember how I used to do a Monday Top Ten? That was cute while it lasted, right?

Here I am in a new year, a new resolve, and a new project. I am hoping it doesn't become monotonous. (sp?)

Here it is:

Twelve on the twelfth (sp?).

Take 12 photos on the 12th of each month. Make it into a scrapbook page.

Today is January 12th: DONE!

I hope this is an exciting project that I will want to/remember to/will do each month in 2011.

We'll do a poll: how many months do you think I'll keep this up?

One?

Twelve?

Three?

Only time will tell....

Lovingly OCD/ADHD,

Stacey

I resolve to be better.

This ain't no top ten.

i really don't think I could manage to remember to improve in ten ways in this upcoming year. But I do resolve to....

1. Be Positive.

(isn't this POSITIVELY adorable?)

2. Show Compassion.

(it's kinda easy with this one)

3. Give Grace.

(cause I'm kinda a mess myself)

4. Listen.

(I won't even brag about this...)

So there you go. I essentially resolve to treat others the way I want to be treated. I will be positive, show compassion, give grace freely, and listen...

Do you have anything you want to share? I'm listening...

Getting better by the minute,

Stacey E. C. Wilson