Hello Baby Fukushima!!!

Welcome to the world Little One!

Leah Hisako Joy Fukushima

Born July 18, 2009 / 7lbs 5oz

The very proud daddy!

The happy new family!

The uber excited auntie!

I am so excited for Jenice & David, congratulations to both of them! Love them and their new gorgeous baby girl!

I quit my job!
I have been trying to decide whether I should do this or not for the longest time and I feel like such a weight has been taken off my shoulders- it feels GREAT! In fact I feel like a different person since I handed in my notice last Wednesday. Now don't get me wrong I am fairly nervous about this but so much more excited. Once I start to feel uneasy I think about all the positive things that will come from this! I am incredibly lucky to have a husband that is so supportive of me and constantly pushes me to follow my dreams and passions! So that is exactly what I am doing. I'm not happy at my job. I enjoy the girls I work with a great deal but I just don't care about garage doors! I need more than "just a job" to make me happy. I left to work at home doing what I love. I have clients that I scrap for on a "full time" basis and ones that call if they have a specific project. I hate turning people down when they ask me to do work for them so now I won't have to. I also want to teach more! I have been asked to go to Jasper and back home to the store in Stettler but I just don't have the time or creative energy when I get home from work and then before you know it the weekend is over and it's back to the work week. I was asked to make kits for a store and panicked because I wanted to do it so badly but knew I wouldn't be able to make the commitment. I sold kits at Delite and it was a huge success so I know that if I put my energy, inspiration, creativity and heart into something that I am in love with I can accomplish anything! I was thinking of just getting a part time job but for now I am going to put all my energy into this, we'll see where things go.
So as of Aug. 28 I will be free as a bird, it makes me want to dance around- twirling. I am so excited to see what the future holds.
{xo}

Riff Raff's July shapes are available and out in stores. I loved these shapes and had so much fun making my layouts! I think they turned out so great which makes this girl very happy. I used the retro shape as mask here.

I painted and then embossed the jacks.

I made this layout using the techniques we played with at the Heidi Swapp event and the Riff Raff people- this is maybe favorite layout ever! I love it!

I have been busy this last while trying to make some very difficult and confusing decisions for my life and my future. Trying to weigh the pros and cons, judge my emotions and try not to make any rash conclusions when I'm angry or upset. I'm exhausted, ha ha..... this is exactly what I'm trying to avoid. I'll be honest some days I try to avoid the decisions all together, when I do this I get a lot of "unnecessary" stuff done around the house. Like this past weekend.... we painted our bathroom and started on the living room. Perhaps my subconscious is trying to tell me something about making a freaking decision- that even though I cover up the emotions it's still the same story underneath. If I want changes then I'm going to have to dig deeper than the simply dealing with the surface. Hmmmmm..... perhaps I should have pursued a psych career??? Ha Ha, thanks for listening to me talk to myself!

{xo}