What's A Few Wrinkles...

So, here's what my rememberlutions jar looks like.

I realized too late that I was using the wrong sort of paper as I was using Mod Podge on the jar...I probably could have fiddled with it to get some of the creases around the edges out, but the paper was on the verge of tearing. It looks worse in the picture than it does in person [I did manage to smooth it some, but it's still not completely flat]. 

Notice that I did some slight* editing to the Jensen/Dean photo...I couldn't not put the picture on my jar. It makes me grin! [*I don't actually have a photo of him professing his love for me...but I can always pretend!] 

Who knows...I may get tired of my wrinkly-labeled jar and end up redoing the labels...or maybe I'll leave it as it is...who cares if the labels aren't perfect, I'm not either! 

I love my wrinkly-labeled jar!

Naked Jar...

Soooo, I finally sat down to make my 'rememberlutions' jar last night. [Ugh. I must come up with another name for it...ideas?] I thought that I'd put all of my scrapbooking stickers in one place, but I must have put all of my alphabet stickers away separately...the few sheets of letters that I did find had quite the random assemblage of letters...I couldn't think of anything witty/lovely that could be written with K, J, L W, Q, Y, and Z.../shrug I'll go to Hobby Lobby and get more stickers.

For now, my jar will simply have to be naked. [Rebellious little jar, isn't it?]

I hate to cut this post short, but I've got to get ready for work...tons of it to do today. Anyone care to come to my rescue?

In case I'm not able to post again today, I wish all of you a lovely New Year's Eve!

"Rememberlutions" Jar Rather Than Resolutions...

And so it begins...

With 2015 looming just around the corner, people have begun asking about New Year's resolutions. 

Now, there's an exercise in futility if I've ever seen one. Does anyone actually keep their resolutions? [I mean, I'd really love it if I could look back and say that a NYR has changed my life for the better...but...yeah, that certainly hasn't been the case]

Instead, I think I'm going to go with an awesome idea that I found on BuzzFeed. 

This year, I am going to make a "rememberlutions" jar. [Though, I'll probably change what I call it...I don't much care for 'rememberlutions']

Essentially, it's a jar that you use to keep things to remember. Throughout the year, you write down fun/happy/lovely things [or whatever you might deem jar-worthy] and then you get them all out on next New Year's Eve. I think it will be a very good reminder of the good things and blessings from the year, things that are far too often forgotten as time goes on...especially if you're like me and prone to emotional highs and lows...after a bout of the lows, it's very easy for me to lose track of the highs.

"Rememberlutions" Jars - BuzzFeed

Above is the link to the article. Click to find instructions and examples on how to make a jar of your own.

What about you? Do you think you might make your own 2015 jar? 

Kindergarten And The Green Arrow...

Hey Guys! Hope you're having a good morning so far...

Just dropped my kiddo off for his first day of "big kid school" not too long ago. Everything went just as smoothly as I hoped it would, no complaints about the actual drop-off at all! The parents were told several times that we are not to accompany our children into the school, and I was a bit worried that my kiddo would freak out about having to walk into the relatively unknown building all by himself, but he did great! I can't wait to pick him up this afternoon and listen to all the stories that he's going to have about his first day!

I did one of the overly-sentimental mom things and made a chalkboard sign for his first day of kindergarten.

Not actual photo of my child! 

It's got today's date on it, says his "first day of kindergarten," and then lists some of the his favorite things right now, what he wants to be when he grows up, and stuff that I'll want to remember such as his height and weight. I plan on making a similar sign on the last day of the school year, I think it will be fun to see how much he changes during the year!

As some of you may have read, yesterday was my birthday. I survived another year! Woohoo! I intended to write a post summarizing the past year with some witty humor and profound wisdom sprinkled in, and then I managed to wreck my car...so, yeah. I will still write the post, but probably not until later on tonight. 

However, I do want to mention that I finally finished watching the first season of Arrow! I started watching the show (based on the DC comics character the Green Arrow) about a month or so ago at the suggestion of one of my buddies, and I'm helplessly hooked on the show.

The show has an amazing cast!

The first season of the show chronicles Oliver Queen's return from being stranded on an uncharted island for 5 years. His family had thought both he and his father to be dead for the years Oliver was missing, and unfortunately Oliver's father does not make the return trip home with his son.

The first couple episodes of the show were a bit hard to get through, but I think that's pretty common with most shows. It takes a while to get truly interested in the story line and the development of the characters. I'll be the first to admit that I had written off Oliver Queen's character as a Bruce Wayne knock-off, but I'll happily admit that I was wrong and that the Oliver Queen/Green Arrow story line should definitely be given a chance.

 Stephen Amell stars as the show's Oliver Queen aka the Green Arrow aka the Hood. In my opinion, he does an excelled job bringing the character to life and portraying the mind-boggling amount of growth that is experienced by Oliver at different points in the story arc.

Plus, you've got to admit he's certainly easy on the eyes...not saying that him being devastatingly handsome is the only reason to watch the show, but it certainly doesn't hurt!

As far as eye candy goes, I'm also a fan of Oliver's best friend, Tommy Merlyn, as well as the actor who plays him, Colin Donnell. Tommy holds his own as Oliver's best friend, most of the time is equally funny, charming, and witty. And he's got the whole dark hair/blue eyes combo going on...gets me every time.

Another character that I have come to love is Felicty Smoak played by Emily Bett Rickards. Felicity has a very minor role at first, she works in the IT department of Queen Enterprises, and both Oliver and his step-father, Walter, approach Felicity for help on various tasks. I absolutely love Felicity's character! She's brilliant (at some point in the show you learn that she's a MIT graduate), she's funny, and painfully awkward. Some of the interactions between Felicity and Oliver are so awkward, you'll literally cringe...for example:

Yikes...

No worries, Felicity...I'm right there with you. 

So, if you haven't checked out Arrow yet, I suggest that you do! The complete first season can be found on Netflix, and I know that some of the second season can be found on Hulu...I'm going to see if I can find the complete second season online somewhere. 

I'll leave you guys with this small montage of ridiculously adorable pictures of Oliver and Tommy (Stephen and Collin) hanging out together. Seriously, I love these two! Add them to the list of celebrities that I need to meet in real life...