[Fonts: KD Everyday, Modern No. 20, Gulim, Erika Ormig; Digital Kits: KD Sylvy, KD Say It With Love, KD fancy Borders 1 – all by Karla Dudley.]
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things
From: The Sound Of Music
Clearly, winning the lottery or receiving the Nobel Prize creates unimaginable bliss, but as the song says – also are the little, unexpected things in life.
Let me share something with you. It’s a very personal fact pertaining to my taste in men…
For a LONG time I fell in love with smart men. When I say ‘smart’ I clearly mean genius, well above average. The higher the IQ, the deeper my infatuation.
As I met Nadav (my husband) during my first year in Law School I am talking about teen love…
I loved the intellectual challenge. I loved the puns and the riddles. I loved all the mind games. I loved the extra reading to stay on top… (Have I mentioned how competitive I were in high-school?)
I loved it all. The more mind twirling I had to exercise – the more I enjoyed the chats with my latest crush.
Then I met Nadav…
Don’t get me wrong here. Nadav is one of them geniuses everyone loves to hate (but can’t).
He finished everything he ever did “Summa Cum Laude”, astonishing all his professors.
But he doesn’t take it too seriously. He enjoys life and he makes life enjoyable to anyone near him.
When I met him I suddenly didn’t feel like playing mind games.
I felt comfortable enough to be weak sometimes.
I felt comfortable enough to let my guard down around him.
I realized that I like that better and that for the first time I am truly in LOVE.
Journaling Reads:
I can always expect you to find bliss in everyday things.
You manage to find beauty and Joy everywhere you look.
Every occasion is a reason for a celebration.
Every menial task can become magical after you are done with it.
Everyday and everything is blissful in your mind and I am lucky to live this life with you.
You may think it’s the big things that stir you and brings happiness into your life, but it is the small, unexpected gestures that transforms your life from plain to extraordinary.
So take a pen and a journal and list all the things that makes you go ahhhhhhhhh.
BE HAPPY!
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What brings total bliss to your life? Share by leaving a comment, I’m looking forward to hearing from you guys.
Back when we were kids creativity came naturally to us. Everything was possible and our prolific imagination was the only limit we knew.
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Tags: Bliss, Digital Kits, Digital Scrapbooking, DT, Journaling Prompt, Karla Dudley
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Thursday, March 25th, 2010
[Font: KD Everyday; Digital Kits: KD Spring 10, KD Cardstock Essentials 1 – Both font and kits are by Karla Dudley]
This week my mother in law sent me a wonderful surprise e-mail with a fabulous attachment – a few pictures of Nadav as a 1 year-old. I was so happy to receive these pictures, that I have never seen and it combined wonderfully with Karla Dudley’s new release: Spring 10 Kits:
The vintage springy color palette was perfect for these old photos from the early Eighties and with Nadav’s FABULOUS golden hair. I only wish the quality of the scans was better, so I could have zoomed in and showcase his bright and big blue eyes.
Pictures are triggers of memories and the great thing about them is that you can never know what memories they will bring up. It always starts with the obvious scene that is showcased in the picture but the flight of imagination pushes you deeper and deeper into your past and reminds you of a person who used to be present but had passed away (such as Nadav’s grandfather, Israel, who’s shown here). It reminds you of a place you used to live in or visited often and may be gone or perhaps your memory of it is way different than the way it is right now. It may remind you of a favorite (or not so favorable) piece of clothing you used to wear. A hairstyle you used to have or a relative had. So many memories – one photo…
I remember the first time I revisited a park I used to spend hours in it while I was a kid. I was so disappointed. The humongous part in my head was nothing but a few hundred squared feet. How could I have spent hours playing hide and seek back then?
You see? I am already deep in “reminiscing mode”.
[Nadav, by the way, didn’t even recognize the small dude in the picture at first. So maybe it’s just a ladies’ thing, I don’t know…]
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Have you had the chance to go through old pictures lately? What memories do they bring? Do you get “a blast from the past” too? Please. Do share. Just leave a comment. It’s easy and it makes my day.
Tags: childhood, creativity prompt, DT, Karla Dudley, reminisce
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
[Fonts: Bagad, Calibri; Digital Kits: Write It Down Negative Strips & Spring Time Basics by Shimelle Laine, Rhonna Botanical Swirls (brushes) by House of 3]
In celebration of spring and the seasonable new release of Shimelle’s digital kits on Two Peas In A Bucket, the Baker’s Dozen have arranged a blog hop for you to admire the fabulous new kits and the work of the talented girls I am very happy to work with…
Spring is here, the weather is LOVELY, the flowers are in full bloom – but not at my place. I am ashamed to admit that I have killed spring at home.
How is it possible? I have no idea. But no plant had lived long enough to tell the story…
My journaling reads:
Despite my best intentions, I have killed my plants again. It started with the flowers and moved on to the unsuspecting basil. From there it went on to the lavender who suffered gravely and eventually gave up and welted. Looking at all the beautiful photos of people’s blooming gardens I am all envy. Spring has not sprung here as I have managed to kill spring. No flower or plant is blooming.
After you’ve seen spring’s antithesis in my layout, go on to Karen‘s amazing layout, where spring has definitely sprung….
In case you’ve lost your way on the layouts’ trail, here is the complete list:
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Tags: Blog hop, Digital Kits, Digital Scrapbooking, DT, Shimelle, Spring
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