Peacock Vows: What I Am Learning

Peacock Vows: What I Am Learning

Month three of our Peacock Vows. Read about how Michelle of Busy Weekends is doing with her goal! I'm going to take the focus away from mail for a second. I know it's only been two months, but I'm learning a lot about monitoring the progress of a goal once a month. A...

Lucky Charms

Lucky Charms

In the spirit of St. Patrick's Day, we start thinking about green things, leprechauns, and the luck of the Irish. What does luck mean anyway? Ultimately it's a type of good fortune that comes into our lives by chance or fate, versus as a product of our own actions....

Weekly Happiness

Weekly Happiness

Hello, my beautiful sparkly friends. Today is Plant A Flower Day! I hope it's beautiful enough where you are to get one to grow! The bad news is that I've been really sick this past week! I was probably only not sick two and a half days of it, which makes this week's...

Monday Mailings

Monday Mailings

As much as my enthusiasm for mail was re-sparked when I went to San Francisco for the Ex Postal Facto events, I haven't felt like photographing mail lately! (A lot of it has to do with it being winter, honestly. I like taking pictures in natural light since my house...

Celebrating Style

Celebrating Style

Fashion is a really wonderful thing, and I love the way it can be used as a tool for self-expression. I definitely don't like everything that's "in style", though. We all have our own style, and I think that's beautiful. So what's my style? Colorful, loud, and gaudy....

How To Be Optimistic

How To Be Optimistic

Every month, I host a link-up on a different topic, and this month we’re talking about Optimism! If you’re interested in getting notifications to prepare for future link-ups, just send me an e-mail, and I’ll put you on the list! Even if you didn’t know about the...

Weekly Happiness

Weekly Happiness

Happy Wednesday and Discover What Your Name Means Day! Here's a site for you to check into the history of your name. I've heard conflicting things about my own name all my life. The Virgin Mary, "bitterness", and other things. Tell me what your name means! And yes,...

Celebrate Mardi Gras!

Celebrate Mardi Gras!

Happy Mardi Gras! We could call if Fat Tuesday, but why would we when we can be fancy and keep the 's' in Gras silent?! This holiday is French in origin, so it makes sense that the hub of the hullabaloo is down in New Orleans. (I seriously can't wait to visit that...

5 Women Who Inspire Me

5 Women Who Inspire Me

Two of the biggest parts of who I am come from my past experiences and my sources of inspiration. Obviously, past experiences shape us into the person we currently are, but sometimes we forget about those external factors that encourage us to evolve. Sometimes my...

Celebrate March!

Celebrate March!

Happy March! I hope you're as excited about this new slate as I am. I would love to see your top ten things list from February! Please e-mail me or leave them in the comments. Here's mine: March is: Deaf History Month Employee Spirit Month Ideas Month Color Therapy...