winners and birthdays

First things first, here are the winners. I put the numbers in the random number generator and worked down the line of gifts. If you are on the list, please email me your address to jae(at)seaandjae(dot)com. If you are not on the list, please know that I appreciate all of you so much and your comments are a gift to me each and every day. Thanks for reading and I look forward to another year together.

little bird - blue moss

mushroom - deena

bee's knees - pve

sculptural pencil - heidi

udon noodle bowl - slip4

wicker bag - g.

In other news, I know we have celebrated a lot of birthdays here recently...here, here, and here, but today is one more. Happy Birthday to the man I love. To the man I told no when he asked me out for the first time because I thought he was too much younger than me. (It turns out he is only 2 weeks younger and thankfully, I was out of excuses.) To the man who is going to wish he were the editor of this blog instead of me now that I've put his mug on it.

Happy Birthday to my husband!

happy birthday

I started this blog exactly one year ago today. If a little bird

had told me it was going to mushroom

into what it is now, I would have never believed it. I think you all are the bee's knees

for taking the time to pencil

in your comments. I enjoy reading each and every one of them oodles and oodles.

To celebrate, I'm giving away each of the items pictured in this post. Just tell me what you enjoy most about this little blog of mine. I'll draw the 6 winners...yes, I said 6...on Monday.

Here's to one year in the bag.

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packaging time

There is an appliance in my kitchen that is almost purely decorative. If it weren't for the timer feature, it would be decorative. I'm talking about the microwave. We almost never use it for it's intended purpose, but always use the timer. I'm thinking about getting one of these adorable little numbers....no pun intended....and letting the microwave go. Do you know someone who could use a little time...remember this post? Well, this would be a cute item to give with a note that says you've figured out how to package time.

Are you a microwave user?

timer available here

a post about nothing

We had a weekend of celebrating, and I wasn't prepared for this morning. So, I casually said out loud, "What should I blog about?" My son blurts out, "blog about pies." Pies....why should I blog about pies? All I can think of is this sounds like a Seinfeld episode. Just like Seinfeld being a show about nothing, this is becoming a post about nothing. And then it comes to me, wouldn't it be fun to watch the Seinfeld episodes with my son. I love watching him find something hysterical for the first time. I know it is probably on some channel on TV, but I think the episodes on dvd would be a gift he would love....without commercials, too. I remember now, Drew was eating toaster pastries when he said pies.

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happy birthday lily!

There are so many things that I love about you, but in honor of your 8th birthday, here's 8 of them.

1. You always call me your teammate.

2. You still reach for my hand.

3. When I call you and tell you I'm on the way home, you say, "Yay!"

4. You make me laugh every day with your dry witty sense of humor.

5. You genuinely like when other people are happy.

6. You adore your brother and most of the time, act like a proud parent.

7. You came up with our goodnight handshake and kiss routine.

8. You are as sweet as the candy you would live on if we would only let you.

Happy Birthday Lil!

it's about time

Dear time,

I wish you were here. I miss you.

Love,

jae

What do you do when there is never enough time for anything? When you feel like you are being pulled in all directions? When overwhelmed is under exaggerated? Is under exaggerate even correct? If you exaggerate something, you make it bigger. If you under exaggerate it, don't you bring it back to normal or does it actually drop below normal? I need a pretty picture.

Ahhh, that's better. Pretty picture found here, of course.

teacher's pet part 2

If you really want to be the teacher's pet, fill one of these with bright red shiny apples. It doesn't really even need words. However, you could go as far as tying tiny notes to each stem listing all the reasons they are appreciated.