Project Life Tuesday- Week 5

Sunday, January 30: I thought I took a photo on Sunday, but can't seem to find it. I will just take a picture of something around our house to use as a filler.

Monday, February 1: Elias loves sitting on boxes lately - and dumping his blocks all over the living room floor. He is totally in his glory here.

Tuesday, February 2: Matthew and I watched American Idol tonight and got copies of Hear No Evil ready for the Savvy Blogging swag bags. We are excited for 75 bloggers to read his latest book!

Wednesday, February 3: Rosemary and I were in New Orleans for Whitney Bank and while enjoying a later dinner at Shula's we saw Nicholas Cage outside the window shooting a movie!

Thursday, February 4 - We had another great day of meetings at Whitney Bank before heading back to Nashville in the evening. (I forgot to take a picture of one of their clocks, so this shot is a placeholder. I will take one when I am there again in a few weeks)

Friday, February 5 - Before Blissdom started, the (In)Courage bloggers got together for breakfast at Cracker Barrel. It was my favorite memory of the conference.

Saturday, February 6 - I had so much fun with my blogging friends at Blissdom. Here are a few of my favorite girls - Andrea, Erin, Lisa, Sarah and Lindsey.

Now it's your turn to share your photos. Please don't forget to add the Project Life Tuesday button to your blog and/or blog post. Simply paste the code in your post and presto, it should show up! :)

My Blissdom Recap

I just spent the past two days at the blogging conference, Blissdom. I had such a wonderful time - way better than last year because I have made so many blogging friendships since then! It was amazing to spend some quality time with women who I have come to respect so much online. The takeaway - they are all more amazing in person.

Since I am a big list person, I thought I'd write my top 10 from Blissdom 2010 (in no particular order).

1. Meeting many of the writers from (In)Courage. Seriously, I knew I was blessed to be a part of this team of writers, but I didn't realize how much I would really, genuinely, LOVE them. Here we are at Cracker Barrel for breakfast on Friday.
   
   
   
2. The Pleated Poppy - Lindsey is a part of (In)Courage, but she gets her own item on this list because seriously, I am officially OBSESSED with her poppies, notebooks and other creations. She generously gave me a poppy and I can't stop wearing it. She is having a Valentines sale right now (through Feb. 14) in her shop - 25% off of everything!! Just enter LOVE in at the checkout. Tell your hubs that you want Pleated Poppies for Valentines- so much better than real flowers. Here she and I are before the closing session.
   
   
   
3. Savvy Blogging Dinner - Some of my favorite frugal bloggers hosted a fabulous off-site dinner to discuss how to become a more savvy blogger. It was such a pleasure chatting with bloggers who really do it right. I also finally met Jennifer ("MckMama"), which was fun. She was very down-to-earth and kind.
4. The (In)Courage Beach House Party - (In)Courage hosted a party Friday night where readers and writers of the blog could spend some time together. It was lovely getting to chat with so many kind-spirited women. I especially enjoyed chatting with Tsh from SimpleMom.net and Lisa Leonard (who, like the Pleated Poppy, I am obsessed with her work. I would be just fine with only wear her Lisa Leonard Jewelry for the rest of my life).
5. Andrea - Of everyone at Blissdom, I was most excited to spend time with my friend, Andrea from MommySnacks.net. I truly love her and have been so blessed by the friendship that started from blog comments and twitter and has blossomed into a real life, iron sharpening iron, friendship.
   
   
6. Gussy bags - The fabulously talented Maggie Whitley (aka Gussy) made each (In)Courage blogger an adorable purse/laptop bag. I can't get enough of the cute ruffle. Check them out here. 
7. 1,000 pairs of shoes for Soles4Soles - My client Soles4Souls collected more than 1,000 pairs of shoes for people in  Haiti. That is 1,000 people who will be provided with shoes that have none. I love how generous people were! Some ladies literally brought bags and bags of shoes. It was beautiful. 
8. The opening session -The conference kicked off with Kevin Carroll talking about the importance of play and being opportunistic. I was so inspired. He was a great way to kick-off the conference.
9. The swag - One of the many perks of going to a conference like Blissdom is all the swag! We were spoiled by many great sponsors including ConAgra, Hallmark, Blue Bunny, Arnold, Hanes, Intuit, Lands End, Lifetime, RedPlum, Hersheys, Cover Girl and more. I especially loved my Lands End tote that everything was in. A girl can never have too many Lands End totes.
10. The sessions - I really enjoyed the sessions, especially the legal/accounting/FTC session. It is always nice to be affirmed in what you already know, as well as learn a few things. :) 

Today I am back to the reality of work. :) My sister and her fiance are coming visit this week (Thursday-Sunday), so at least I have another fun weekend to look forward to. 

How was your weekend? If you were at Blissdom, what were some of your favorite moments?

Temporary Home

I love this song.

Celebrity Sighting

I just got to my hotel room after a long day of traveling and meetings. My colleague, Rosemary, and I left for the airport at 6:15 am this morning. It is 9 pm.

I'm exhausted.

However, our evening ended on a high note because look who was shooting a movie outside our restaurant window.

 

Yes, that would be Nicholas Cage. 

I didn't get a good photo, but another restaurant guest sent me this one from her iphone. People are so kind. :)

He was literally right on the other side of the window from me. He even shook a few hands and took pictures with some people who were outside, which I thought was really nice - especially since he was shooting a movie - cameras were in the street and everything.

Very fun.

I'm going to bed now.

My posting my be sporadic for the next few days because I am in New Orleans through tomorrow and then have Blissdom on Friday and Saturday. I am so excited about Blissdom - especially to meet so many of the (in)courage writers and see many blogging friends including Andrea and Erin. Be sure to keep up with me on Twitter!

Project Life Tuesday: Week Four

Excited to share another week of pictures with you. This weekend I got my January photos and had so much fun putting them in my album. I wanted to do a post to show you my album, but that will happen later this month, as I am really swamped at work and could barely get this post done today. :)

On with the photos!!

Sunday- Elias loves to play. He is so content playing with his Little People. I love watching him think and discover.

Monday- Elias loves bath time. Lately, he thinks it is hilarious lapping up the water and the bubbles! The more we tell him no, the more he does it. He's so silly.

Tuesday- A little girl bit Elias at school because he had the toy she wanted. Poor boy. She left a pretty awful bruise on his face.

Wednesday- Tonight was our first community group of the new year. We are reading Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit by Francis Chan.

Thursday- Elias loves, loves, loves to be read to right now. He brings us book after book after book. Matthew wants to hide the books sometimes. :)

Friday- Elias woke up bawling at 1 am with a 104.5 fever, which freaked Matthew and I out. We called our pediatrician, and she assured us he was okay. We got the fever to break, and he was still fever free in the morning. It ended up coming back a little later, but never got nearly as high.

Saturday- Nashville got four inches of snow Friday! I have never seen Nashville with so much snow. Because Elias was sick, we didn't get to take him out in it, so the best shot I could get was of this birdhouse someone stuck in the snow outside our condo.

Can you believe we are one month into Project Life? January flew by! It's not too late to get your kit. Just jump in. You will be so glad you did.

I look forward to stopping by your blogs and looking at your pictures. I don't have the time to comment on each, but I try to click through on every link. Don't forget to grab the Project Life button to put on your blog or post (the code is in the right hand side bar).