Category: Reflection of You

A little insight into me – 5 Fact Friday

5 Fact Friday

Yea it’s Friday! This has been a very busy week and I’m glad to see it come to a close, well at least the work part.

So over at Reflection of You the theme for the month of August is to share a little about yourself each Friday by offering five facts. Today I have decided to join in, because I’m really trying to catch up on posting to this site and keeping up with some of my online communities.

Here it goes:

1. Today is my 10th Wedding Anniversary.

2. I’m the fourth of six children.

3. Procrastination should be my middle name.

4. Because of No. 3 I have found that I do some of my best work when under the gun.

5. I’m working hard on living life to its fullest!

Enjoy!

Behind the Scenes: 5 Questions

This marks the final week of Behind the Scenes, the online course I have consistently referred to as Reflection of You! Isn’t that a hoot, I’m so behind in this class that I didn’t know until yesterday that I had been calling it the wrong name.

Well as part of our assignment for this week, the wonderful ladies Kim and Xanthe came up with five questions that we are to answer and post. Here are my responses:

1. What makes you happy?….. in 5 words or less….?

Family, creating, memories and assisting others.

 2. Which talent would you most like to have?

The ability to organize my life so that there is really time for things that I am most passionate about. Hope that makes sense, but I need organization in my life in a BIG way!

3. Which words or phrases do you overuse most?

I’m not sure about this, but I know for the last several weeks I have probably overused “It’s too dang hot” and I probably utter “Lord give me strength” on a daily basis several times throughout the day.

4. What is your favorite movie, book or both?

This is sooo hard! So I’m going to cheat a little my favorite chick flick is “love jones” my favorite suspense movie is “Rear Window” and my favorite book is “Orange Mint & Honey”.

5. If you could go anywhere in the world for a creative retreat where might it be?

My first thought was Jamaica or some other island location because I would love to be near the water and while visiting Jamaica there were a number of resorts that would make heavenly creative retreats. If I’m unable to do an island retreat I would like to be near water in a secluded area – probably on the east coast of the United States.

That’s a little about me, what about you? What are your responses to the questions? I would love to hear from you!

A Sports Weekend in CLE!

What a busy weekend! First I experienced that Aha moment with this site, but then I had to drop everything and run out and support my niece and nephew as they each exhibited their athleticism in baseball and football.

After shooting both games I decided to try out Day 10’s assignment from Reflection of You. The layouts below are my attempt.

Enjoy!

Shaker Heights Little League All-Star game
Semi-Pro Football game featuring our own star – Adrian Hampton, middle linebacker for the Invaders.

A Cause for Celebration

Fireworks during the Annual Independence Day celebration in Cleveland

Welcome to my new site! I’m a little apprehensive, yet thrilled with this change. For over a year now I’ve been a little unhappy with my previous format for a number of mostly aesthetic reasons.

I really wanted my photos to pop off the page and while I’m sure I could probably have achieved the same goal with my former site, I was finding it very difficult to determine just how to do it.

The biggest hurdle though was adding pages. I have found that other bloggers solved that dilemma using custom layouts, but once again I was at a loss.

I can’t say this format was a cakewalk in that it really has taken me about a week to get things the way I wanted them and I’m still not totally satisfied. I’m posting today because it’s time – if I keep trying to tweak the site without adding content I’m defeating my purpose and languishing in a state of procrastination.

So take a look around and let me know what you think. There are still kinks to work out, but I think this is a good start.

Before closing I must thank Kim Klassen and Xanthe Berkeley for creating Reflections of You, an online course on blogging that has given me a greater sense of purpose for this space and great tips on how to create a more inviting site.

Again, welcome and please come again!

Jumping back on the horse!

In less than twenty-four hours I will begin a new course aimed at assisting me with finding my voice for this site.  Reflection of You comes from the creative vision of Kim Klassen and Xanthe Berkeley two awesome visionaries who work at sharing their craft with the masses.

I’m very familiar with Kim, but I have only lurked from time to time on Xanthe’s site. What I found really intriguing about Xanthe is her willingness to open her life to the world through Creating Time Capsules. When you drop by the page you are offered a glimpse into ‘A Day in the Life’ – and that to me is a testament to her willingness to help others grow.

I can’t imagine offering so many complete strangers a glimpse into my day, but who knows maybe I’ll learn to shed a layer of my mask in this new course.

While I know that Kim has taken Xanthe’s course I have not seen her film, but through the written word she has opened her heart and soul to many on her site – and wow does she do it in such an unassuming way! The stories are very real, full of passion but not intimate details.

Oh wow, hold on I just had an ‘aha’ moment! As a writer I know that it is often hard to write about your life while in the throes of it, but if I look at it from a creative perspective maybe it will be a little easier. Uhmm…not sure, but we’ll see over the next several weeks.

In preparation for tomorrow, I’m posting a photo from my Beyond Layers class, albeit late, but as the title says ‘I’m jumping back on the horse’!