A Day With My Valentine

I got to spend the whole day with my Valentine today! We went to brunch at a great Mexican restaurant with some friends.

Guess who doesn't care for his picture to be taken!

I felt bad for him because he's battling an eye infection

and has had to wear his glasses for the last

couple of days. Guess I wouldn't want my

picture taken either if I had to wear my

stupid glasses!

After lunch, we all headed to the IMAX theatre to see the latest 3-D movie called "Under the Sea". It was narrated by Jim Carrey and just absolutely fantastic!

These glasses make us look like old people after having our eyes dilated. What a cool couple! And what a fun time!!!!

Hope you had a wonderful day with your Valentine, too!

~Allie

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!Just finished taking the practice principal's exam all morning and got to come home long enough to have some lunch and then go back for some tutoring and study sessions. Whee! What a lovely way to spend Valentine's Day. HOWEVER, tomorrow I'll be having brunch with family and friends and can celebrate then. Wishing you lots of chocolate, flowers, hearts and love today!! Off to try to get smarter.....

Love~

~Allie

Celebrating the little things....

It's Big Daddy's birthday and I took the day off from school to celebrate with him. It's a sunny day, temperatures in the 60's, and we're looking for a movie to go see and a place to have lunch. It was hard to find a present for him, so I decided that one of my gifts to him would be a gift of my time. Should be a fun day. Hope you're having a fun day, too!
~Allie

Ice Day Fun

Too much ice on the roads this morning......NO SCHOOL TODAY! YEA! So what do I do with myself and this free time? Play on the computer, of course!! Went out to Flickr and played around with some photos.

If you've never been out to this site, you should check it out! These are two photos of my sweet, scottie.....Pippen. I love him dearly!!

Finding time to play is a "good thing" (thanks, Martha Stewart). Hope you find some time to play today, too!

~Allie

Photos by Jessica Watkins

The Cupcake Princess has a VERY talented friend who took some photos for her art class. Some of the photos were of my CP. Not the usual smiling, sweet face that I used to photograph.................

Instead, a little more dark....maybe it's the lack of color in the photo, I don't know.

Get a load of that WILD hair! Wish mine was that full of body!!

Why does this photo bring to mind Wuthering Heights?

However, I know that the true Cupcake Princess shines bright with smiles.......

Jess, you capture my sweet one's inner light so well!!

~Allie

Happy Birthday To Me!!!

The sun is shining, the temperature is in the upper 60's, the sliding glass door is open and a cool breeze blows through the house, the Christmas tree is still up, and it's MY BIRTHDAY! My 26 page grad school assignment was completed last night and sent to the university. We head out with friends and family for an early evening, Italian dinner in just a little while. What a great day! 46 looks GOOD today!! :D

~Allie

Trying Something New.....

OK......so it's a new year and I've decided to try something new....to keep pushing myself to do things I've never done before. I've been a scrapbooker for years but have never made cards, tags, etc. and have been SO inspired by all of the beautiful work I've seen so many of you create. In November, my best friend and I went to Salado....a small, art town in central Texas and I decided to buy some stamps, glitter, etc. to give cardmaking a try. The lady in the shop was even nice enough to let me photograph samples that they had of completed cards so that I could refer back to them later. To make a long story short, the Saturday before school started back up in January, my best friend Julie, and I spent the whole day making cards and playing with our new "toys" of stamps, inks, glitters, papers, etc........and the photos show my first attempt at card and tag making. Alisa at Life Is A Beautiful Place To Be, actually was kind of enough to say that she'd like to see what I had done........so Alisa, I'm ready for your thoughts! :D I've still got to work on the settings of my camera to get better photos.

Julie and I had a great time on our "Girl's Day".....listened to some great classic rock, ordered our favorite white pizza from Venezia's (a locally owned Italian restaurant), and chatted the day away.

This weekend is my birthday and Julie and I are going to a scrapbook convention....have never been to one before, but I'm excited about going. I just started my next grad school course and have a BIG assignment due on Sunday, but I'm going to burn the midnight oil to be done with all of that by Saturday. All kinds of vendors are supposed to be at the convention and there are supposed to be lots of "make and take" opportunities as well. Another fun "Girl's Day"! I want to GO!!! Maybe we'll have Mexican food this time.....yum!! Aren't best friends just the BEST!?!!!

Wishing you good times with your good friends!
~Allie