another birthday card

So it's my friends birthday tomorrow and I made her a card . . . it was kinda rushed but I had this amazing idea in my head then it just never came out the way I planned. She's studying to be a personal trainer hence the physically active person and the card is in the shape of Australia. Why? because she and I and my sister plan on moving to Australia in a couple years for AT LEAST a year. You have NO idea how excited we are about it.

I keep looking around my room thinking "what can I take and what do I leave" I gotta start downsizing. Don't get me wrong it's a TERRIFYING thought completely moving my life to another continent let alone another city but it's also the thought of starting over somewhere else. We get so accustomed and attached to THINGS that knowing I can't take everything with me will force me to throw out what I REALLY don't need and really should have thrown out a long time ago.

Until then we will all be saving money like crazy. I keep calculating things in my head and I have to not do all this random spending. I know WHAT I need and what I really don't need to be spending money on. Also by then Meshe will be done school, Emma will be done school and I will be a certified yoga teacher :) (school starts in the fall I'm psyched for that)

Emma knows someone who owns a place in Perth that is apparently empty a lot of the time hopefully it'll be still available before we go. ALSO David Suzuki has a home in Australia it's not random he's Emma uncle. YEAH I KNOW RIGHT?! And his wife (her mom's cousin) said she's always welcome to come visit.

Though I'd shove in a belated Manic Monday in there for old time sake. New sweater from Winners. (no more pointless random expensive trips to Winners anymore)

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

Honestly I hate the holiday if you can even call it one. . . but that's the words of a single person heheh. I'm showing some love to two of my fave people at work who are truly AMAZING.

And totally unrelated I organized my books by colour and I thought it looked really cool I had to call Julz and ask what colour to start with. I love the little ledge I have, no need for a bookcase.

this was a quick post as you know what tomorrow is . . . oh come on I've been doing it every monday for the past 3 weeks . . . ? I think. . . yes . . . My Manic Monday. Bye.

First Craft of 2011

It's my roommate's birthday tomorrow and I thought I'd make her a card. . . I have no idea what to GET her. . . yes she does have pink hair . . . well it's fading now but i thought I'd go with bright pink.

Ok so it has been a while since there has been some kinda postage. I'd like to say I've been SUPER busy but that would be lying . Julz off living and loving the european backpackers life. Extremely jealous but here in sometimes rainy sometimes sunny Vancouver.

anywho my mom visited and I made a BIG pizza and of course it was goood.

also took a crack at making my own granola instead of buying store bought. cause saving money is cool!

Oh look crafts! This is a mothers day card I made for my . . . well mother.

It was also my sister's birthday at the beginning of the month (may 5th) and she's going into audio engineering which is sooo awesome and I am SOO proud of her for getting into a school in montreal and that is the cassette tape reference in a sense.

ON a side note. Remember that 2010 book I made? well I've come to terms with the fact that it will be IMPOSSIBLE to fulfill those goals this year sooo I am not giving myself a time limit for that. We'll see