Happy Valentines Day!

     Valentine's Day did not go unnoticed at my home. I welcomed with open arms my dozen of red roses from my sweet hubby. He actually did surprise me by bringing them home on Monday night. He always picks out sweet cards. He says he stands there & reads them until he finds just the right one that says how he feels. I wouldn't let him take a pic due to the fact I was looking horrible from working all day and & I already had my pj's on! So I did the next best thing: I had Chuckie take my pic with my flowers on Valentine's morning. I did not rest good and it's obvious in the photo, but at least my flowers are pretty!

     Here's a couple of pics just in case you were wandering what the flowers looked like. ;)

I guess I am a girly girl because I do love pretty flowers and a sentimental card.

In case anyone was wandering, I did buy Chuckie a card & a Reese heart filled with Reeses. :) He also grilled steaks for us + Brandon for supper. Supper was ready when I arrived home from a long day at work. Steak & french fries was delicious. No pics though. Totally forgot!

I hope you and yours had a special Valentines Day!!!

Happy Happy Friday!!!

     Happy Friday y'all!!! I'm very thankful for Fridays. It means tomorrow = sleeping in. :)

     I am very thankful to have a job with benefits and more especially thankful for the ladies I share my days with. They are like family to me. At times it can be very stressful but that would be true anywhere you work for the most part. I really love helping our patients. I work at the Outpatient Lab at our local hospital. Most of the patients we see are sick of some sort. Our smiling and willing to serve them may be the nicest thing they see today!! A smile doesn't cost anything.

     We (as in my coworkers) also enjoy telling about our afternoon from the day before. It sure makes the day go by faster. We learn about one another by telling stories, sharing photos, &  laughing until we cry. So that I'm very very very thankful for them!! I know a lot of people are not that fortuante. Especially when a bunch of women work together! Yes some women can be very caddy. Luckily we are not! 

   

Here's Jean. She has been my mentor. She trained me for the position I have. We have been really close friends. She's a gem, that's for sure!

Here we are at Halloween!

From left to right: Me, Jenna (she lives in the same town I do but we can't car pool because we have different hours) & Tina. We have a great time together!

Tina....

I hope y'all have a wonderfu Friday afternoon & a wonderful weekend!! ....

My sister in law - Amy & her hubby Dennis & their two fur babies- Annabelle & Remy are coming up for the weekend to celebrate her Birthday! It was Feb. 8th. We are all going out to eat Saturday night so that will be wonderful evening spent with family & friends. :)

SMASH*

     I've heard about it. I've seen photos of it. But have you seen it? This is the neatest / coolest thing since sliced bread. I'm lovin' Smash*.

     First, to appreciate how much I love it, you have to know a little about me. I'm in awwwwe over pens, paper, journals, scrapbook paper, markers, anything to do with pen & paper. Kind of ironic I'm typing this instead of writing it. ha,ha. I love it when it's August & our local Walmart starts putting school supplies out. I have to go down the aisles & buy a new composition book or two or three, & pens...oh the selection of pens. :) I will also buy a new calendar...yep, half way through the year. A girl can never have too many calendars.

     This brings us to Smash*. They are basically a scrapbook / journal. I like the different versions they offer. I bought the pink one. I should have kept my wrapper which was on it & of course I threw it away asap. I did however take photos of my Smash* book.

     Here's the pics I took:

This is my pink Smash* book. See the pen attached to the book? Guess what? One one end is a pen & the 

other end is a glue stick!!! How awesome is that? You can glue photos, receipts, concert ticket stubs, etc. 

My pink book as a vintage feel to it. The papers remind me of the 70's. :)

I love pretty floral patterns. 

The paper is very thick compared to scrapbook paper. The pages feel like poster board or a little thicker. 

I love the patterned papers. 

This is so pretty.... I 

I took these pics while sitting in bed...so please excuse the bad lighting!

I just LOVE my Smash book*!!!!

Now to start adding items!!! I haven't decided on a theme or which photos to use. I'm thinking!!!!

 Now to add the other colored Smash* books. 

I bought this one at Michael's it was around $12.00. It just happened to be 20% off that day. Plus I had a coupon I found online for $5.00 off anything above $5.00 plus sales tax!!!! Wowser, it was my lucky day. Especially since I printed two coupons and told the cashier I two separate purchases. :) I found some scrapbook stickers on sale too. I left Michael's a happy happy girl!!!!

So go on. Go out & by yourself a Smash* book or two!!