three don'ts

 1.  don't overlook the tidbits of nature thrown into your day.

Sometimes I see his elegant white form out the window.

He takes life slow, never frazzled...the day is his.

2. don't shove off the little joy-things til "someday"

In the middle of a hectic day I plopped myself in the middle of the living room and created some handmade postcards to send loved ones...because when am I ever just going to "have time"?

3. don't stop dating

This is for you married folk.
C & I used to go to the movies all the time and he would make us little candy bags with our names Sharpied on. A month into marriage and we've still kept one night a week sacred as "date night" but last night he spur of the moment surprised me with:

how to: mail someone a garden

Okay, well, this isn't a diy project,

but still a clever idea!

+ postgarden +

+
A music mix

+listen+

married life so far...

making biscuits...with nothing to cut them.

I found a solution.

keeping up with note sending.

+ loving rubber stamps from Cavallini & Co.

filling our fridge with collected magnets

spelling notes

my hubby making an evening snack for me...

no toaster? no problem!

do this: thankfulness

I've had vast opportunity (wedding showers, congratulatory cards, and my birthday) to be writing lots of thankyous. But instead of it being "another thing on my must do list", it's like I've ingested the concept and it's a pleasure!

I have an old leather camera case (my grandpa's) that fits all my letter-writing tidbits perfectly: envelopes, cards, these lovely postcards, postage and a few rubber stamps to dress things up! 

What I've realized:

1) It is simple............it is simple to drop someone a quick thank-you or note. It's a myth that we are too busy to do so. The other day I sent a postcard to a friend simply with a quote from a book I liked!
2) It has created in me an attitude of thankfulness......a good stance to be in anytime, but especially in these hectic weeks before The Wedding.