Happy Thanksgiving!

Here's wishing you and yours the best on this lovely morning. As always this time of year is a moment to reflect on things are hold dear and are thankful for as well as to embellish the typical home-cooked meal (or well catered, depending on how you celebrate). Enjoy yourself today, take a deep breath and breath in all the wonders in the world. Then get up really early with me tomorrow to go shopping! Also, if you're feeling extra thankful today, keep my Yellow Jackets in mind on for Saturday and our big game. We'll be playing our ultimate rivals and it's the first year in many years where we might actually step up to the plate. Happy Thanksgivi...

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Tuesday Mosaic: pink and navy

1. Pink DS Collection, 2. Old Navy, 3. Pink for the Cure, 4. Moonset, 5. whisper baby pink, 6. Plum Tree and Blossoms in the Night, 7. A dream in pink, 8. Grapes, 9. Day 251/365......think pinkSince I started some wedding talk I figured today's should focus on my colors.Note that when you type "navy" into the search box on flickr most of the results you get are Navy, as in the armed forces. I managed to find a few that didn't have men and women in uniform or pretty airplanes flying about....

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Wedding: thoughts on style

I have been doing a little bit more thinking about wedding plans and etc. I'm trying to really get a feel for the overall style of the wedding. Somehow in my head I keep going back to what a James Bond wedding would look like. Classic, old fashioned, yet with this interesting modern twist. I'm not sure how I've come across the idea. And dots. Polka dots especially seem to be speaking to me. Honestly I find the whole thing very daunting. I'm nervous I'm going to screw this up. Which is depressing and it lends to me avoiding working on it.I'm loving these little place cards. Simple, easy to make (obiviously we wouldn't use the asian lanterns stamp, but something similar, perhaps polka dots again). We aren't having a sit down dinner but planning...

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Mosaic on Tuesday: mood

1. Insight, 2. {اشعل شموع الكون لاحل طاريك, 3. hush, 4. Day 109 - wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left, 5. Seat Of Powerlessness (Mono), 6. Abandoned Love, 7. Lonely Swingers...., 8. i will continue alone, 9. Running ahead of oneself, 10. will you take me with you?, 11. torn, 12. All gone..., 13. Pews, 14. through the bench, 15. عسى نبضة فؤادڪ دايم الدوم ~ تذڪرني , 16. LostI've been feeling in the weirdest of moods lately. This mosaic sort of sums it up. It's this weird cross of lonely, empty, lost and missing. Hopefully things will perk up as we get settled in the new place but right now all I want to do is hide under the covers and read or sleep.As a result a few things are getting neglected...

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Wedding: dress ideas

photo: J. Crew I love this dress. This is the neckline Mom and I were discussing and I think this has tons of potential. Obviously I want it in white, and but I really love this cut. This dress in particular has a tiny flare out at the bottom and I might go for more of flare out and maybe a tiny bit more of a train. I think I want less of a sleeve too. And for some reason I'm thinking polka dots (white on white?)....

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Find: Wedding stamp

I desperately want this personalized stamp by Cox & Cox for the wedding. I want both the name stamp and the address stamp. How completely lovely. It would run me a good chunk of change though (since each stamp runs about 16 pounds and then there's shipping from the UK).Has anyone seen anything this nice state-side? [Sour...

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Link: Something worth reading

Hubs to be started his own blog. For the most part he babbles about sports, me, music and movies, but he's got a fantastic dry sense of humor which is always welcome. Check him out, or link your hubbys, hubs to bes, and other significant others who might be interested in some guy chatter.Champs LoungeI've got some new projects to post soon, then I'm probably taking a small hiatus from posting scrapbooking LOs as we're moving to our new apartment!! I'll post pictures of that as well if people are interest...

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History: no longer just read, but lived

Yesterday (I say yesterday, as I've not been to bed yet and it is still "Wednesday" to me even though the post will be dated "Thursday") was truely historic. Hubs-to-be and I got up early and waited in line to cast our votes that would determine the direction next four years our country would be headed in.I was so very nervous about the outcome of the election all through work last night. I had cnn.com up in the background most of the night. Some people in my life (hubs-to-be, my mother, a co worker and friend or two) kept mentioning that Obama's victory was almost a sure deal, but I couldn't help but remember the insane number of people (adults, students and children) with "Jackets for McCain" stickers at the last few football games (we have...

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