save.ca

Thank you http://save.ca/home!

Those of you who know me well know I love deals a much as I like good quality and craftsmanship.

I use coupons every chance I get, I plan on using one tomorrow as I purchase spray glue at Michael's and I am counting down the days until I can use my 30% off total purchase coupon at the GAP to outfit The Sprout for summer/spring. My list is made ( 2 hoodies, 6 t-shirts, 1 pair of khaki longs pant/capris, 3 pairs of shorts ( 1 jean, 2 khaki or plaid), one pair of sandals and socks, socks, socks.) I am good at not impulse buying The Sprout clothes out of season and this makes me really look forward to a big 30% off sale. I only do this 2 times year, spring/summer and fall/winter with the odd sock run or an emergency outfit in between.

Oh, how I love a good deal!

Now for the big one.http://save.ca/home. Kate, you will really love this. Visit the site, click on the coupons you want and 1 week later they appear in your mailbox. The great thing is they are biggies too-$1 - 4 off the items I chose. I'll let you know after grocery shopping on Saturday if they were accepted because this deal seems very good.

Have your tried save.ca?

What is your favorite deal?

life....under construction

5 assignments due Monday, husband away and 3 birthdays to attend (2 of which I am hosting on Sunday) and a toddler I have to draaag out of puddles all weekend.

Deep breath......BIG slurp of tea!

Only 2.5 assignments left as of Saturday at 7pm, I can do 2 partial reports and make supper for 14 in 36 hours right? Sure I can!The Sprout and I took time to visit with his little buddy Owen and friends at his 2nd birthday party today. It was a great time, I love chatting with other Mommies, especially ones with sweet little Baby Dolls named Lucy and are blog buddies!

I attempted to find a suitable wrapping paper or bag for boy, tricky tricky. Above was my creative attempt to disguise TONKA trucks.....ideally pulling the bow would have unravelled the gift like a ball of yarn but the tape was too sticky for its own good. Thanks goodness for a few fellow unwrapper-helpers aged 4 and 6 who had a great time ripping off the tape bit by bit! Note to self-keep eye out for boyish wrapping paper and ditch the tape idea unless using it to accent.

...life....parties.....school......under construction!

What is under construction in your world right now?

about me

I am a wife, a mom, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a teacher and even a little bit of an artist sometimes.

I am a soft hearted gal who likes to try new things. Project is my favorite word!


Family is important to me and they always come first.


I love meeting new people and making new friends. Each day is an adventure!

studio 13

Welcome to studio 13!

My studio is always like my life, a masterpiece in progress!

I always have at least a few projects on the go.

From clay hand building to glass fusion-if it involves a kiln count me in!

Need inspiration? Have some to share? Keep on your shoes and come inside studio 13, how would you like your tea?!

these are the moments......

I will treasure forever......

Stomping in the giant and deeep puddle at the end of our drive way. For days we have stomped until we are soaked. Smiled, laughed about it and hung our boots upside down to dry so we can do it all over again the next day.

Reasons to try Puddling Stomping:

1. It's free.

2. For fresh air.

3. Vitamin D.

4. Good exercise

5. Family bonding.

6. Language building skills. (words the Spout now says are puddle, deep, big, icy, cars, out, in, hop, boots, bus and done)

7. Road safety teachable moment.

8. For the memory of spending a few moments (or hours like us!) where nothing else matters. Dinner will get made, the laundry will eventually get put away but the puddle will only be there so long. (and my little boy will only be little so long too!) These are the moments I will cherish forever.

What family activity do you love?

Saucy's Spa Cookies

I had a few minutes this weekend to whip up Saucy's Best Ever Spa Cookies (you can find her on my sidebar-bloggety blog blog!). They were so good I ate the 1st batch and a made another to share with classmates on Monday. These cookies are my weakness and are great to munch along on as I read about the benefits of cayenne pepper in my new holistic health book.

In addition to baking this weekend I finished a poster on photoshop for our college research day on the 20th. It feels good to get one more project finished but reminds me about the work I need to do on my thesis...yikes. Instead of editing literature review I designed cute little hang tags for the cookies-note the recipe on the back for easy reference. Wouldn't this make a great party favor! Speaking of parties must get back to work-2 birthdays in this family in March! (they will be combined parties this year due to my classes, I'll share the theme soon. I'm off to my night class!)

sunny days.....

...sweeping the clouds away!

And the clouds were swept away as the Sprout and I helped our little buddy Noah celebrate his 1st birthday on a beautiful March day.

Thanks to Target we filled up a bucket of Sesame Style Fun

(love that place) and thanks also to google images (for ideas of cookie monster cupcakes we whipped up). We had so much fun celebrating Sesame Street Style. What a great theme for a 1st birthday. That Aunty Lillie is one smart cookie!

Thanks for the party!

Old Navy Super Modelquin Super Search

This is so fun-you have got to try it!

Here is where you can vote for Foster

...let's put Sk on the map!

I bumped into Saucy today at tried to explain this-it's just fun!

If I get all my work done this weekend maybe I'll make a Sassy-quin!

Nana is doing well. She is eating and already wanting to go home.

resilient buns...

This was a fun idea I'd do again to share a message.

To perk up my presentation on resilience I added an example of my resilience with break making, a journey that has been hard but yummy. I popped a few stickers with quotes on themes that had to do with resilience that turned plain old cinnamon buns into inspirational messages of goodness. The clear stickers worked well on the cling wrap and the long stickers made for nice word wraps. I think my class approved, everyone gobbled them up.

Nana is going in for yet another "tune up" on Thursday-this time for a new voice box. Please keep her in your thoughts and pray for no pain, inner strength for Nana, well rested surgeons and staff and a quick recovery.

Resilience

Have you ever had "one of those days?" that turns into a week which turns into a month......

That's me right now. Ugg. I've backed off blogging in fear of offending anyone, crossing any lines, letting someone down or just plain old sounding wine-y.

I am up to my neck in school work-anyone want to be assessed through a 2.5 hour+ standardized cognitive assessment? Let me know. I have one more left to do.

So Disney pics are still to come as are a few other projects I am working on for good friends including invites for a 60th birthday and cup cakes for a sesame street themed party.

Let's talk resilience. I just finished a paper about resilience and will present a 1.5 hour presentation on it tomorrow at 1pm. The cinnamon buns are rising as I blog this right now, what better way to concretely demonstrate my personal resiliency with bread making.

What about you. Can you share your thoughts or an example of how you would demonstrate resiliency?