Swap-bot and Postcards and Postcrossing Oh My!

Im really happy to have found Swap-bot a few months ago. It was the perfect thing for me to have in my life at the time and I've met some amazing people, discovered some fantastic artists and swapped some really unique stuff! I LOVE this place!

Through a swap-bot friend I also discovered Postcrossing - It's a postcard swapping website -I LOVE IT! It's the most amazing way to get post cards from all over the world. I've sent a few and received a few... I love it!

Swap-Bot keeps me smiling, I really enjoy finding the perfect things for my partners, wrapping them up all cute and making an envelope to send 'em all off in!

I am rambling... I just love Swap-bot and can't say enough good things about it!!

Currently...

(got this from Rachel on Swap-Bot) :) Thanks Rachel!!
Currently....

♥ using… FujiFilm InstaxShare Smartphone SP-1 Printer And I LOVE IT! It's cute, weighs almost nothing and you it prints your photos in cute mini-polaroid style. Perfect for scrapbooking, smashbooking and planners! There are lots of film options with many designs from Hello Kitty to Halloween and everything in between. 

♥ eating…. Things with minimal to low sugar. I noticed that when I eat sugar I wake up with my joints all stiff and EVERYTHING HURTS! I am staying away from sugar and eating lots of organics and SALAD, SALAD, SALAD!

♥ wishing for… This Camera ... I am in love with it's design and I think it looks rather inconspicuous and would 'fit in' quite well for my WWII reenactments. My Iphone and current Canon camera look a little too 'odd' in a 1944 setting!

♥ watching…  Falling Skies - I have been on board with this show since episode 1 season 1 and it just keeps getting more and more deep. I love Mpho Koaho as Anthony, Noah Wyle as Tom Mason and Colin Cunningham as John Pope. The cast is phenomenal.. they couldn't have chosen better people for this show! I am a rabid Falling Skies Addict! I even follow the characters on twitter! 

♥ working on… Purging and cleaning my house from the top to the bottom. I've been really 'out of it' for the past year with my treatment for ovarian cancer and since finishing in February, I am only now just starting to feel a little energy again and starting the long road to getting back to 'myself' - It's a long road, with many curves but that doesn't scare me. I am determined and a very positive person and almost always get what I want! My journey is documented here.

What are you up to this summer?

Sunset over the bay...

 #NJ #NewJersey #Shore #NJShore

Memorial Day 2014

Today is a day of remembering those who gave their all and thanking those who were fortunate to return to us! Memorial Day is special to us... we have several family members and friends who have served in the US Military armed forces.
Parades are one way to show one's gratitude. We love riding in one of our 3 WWII Military Vehicles. Usually we have veterans riding with us! They always love telling us their stories and reminiscing. Thank a Vet for his/her service. Freedom certainly isn't free!

Our 1942 Dodge WC54

1951 Studebaker Pickup Truck

 Our kiddos in the 1942 Dodge "Beep"

 Ellie wearing a WWII Helmet

Beautiful Display 

 US Navy Recruits Flag Folding Ceremony

 Me - GI Gabi :) Sporting my gorgeous Chemo Crewcut LOL

I love swapping!

Here's my most recent swap- It is for a swap I'm in on Swap-bot.
I LOVE Sherlock (BBC TV Series) and decided to join a scavenger hunt type swap. Here's what I came up with for my partner.
I hope she likes everything! I spent quite a lot of time shopping for just the right thing. The little Sherlock Holmes notebook is my favourite thing. I got it online.

Have wanted to do this for a while....

But had no idea how to go about it other than with my friends...  Until...

I recently found a site called Toy Voyagers. On that site you send a little plush animal or doll around the world and people who find or receive it post a little blurb and a photo in your plushie's online diary and then ship it off to it's next adventure.

Totally fun stuff!
I've named my little plushie....

Traveling Will Beary..... (some of you will get it.. some won't LOL)

I will send him off oh his 1st voyage this coming week! So excited to see where his travels take him!

I had to have one...

While I adore my Calipso Teal personal sized Filofax planner... I found that it just doesn't have enough room for my planning needs. I not only want to write in my 'to do' list and appointments, I want to play with the pages and personalize them in a creative way. The personal sized planners are great to tuck in my purse when I'm on the run and need a quick glance at what's goin' down --- but--- what I wanted was 'play space' to decorate and play with the pages.
I've found that when I decorate the planner pages, I am more apt to look at and remember things and actually USE it than if I am simply relying on my phone for reminders. Honestly, that doesn't work at ALL for me.

So... with that said... I asked for an A5 Filofax for Mother's Day and was gifted with a beautiful A5 "Original" in Aqua!

 

It's PERFECT! I have already started to decorate and get my life organized. Well... as organized as my life can possibly be, that is! I look forward to sharing some fun A5 size planner swaps on Swap-Bot in the very near future!

Filofax addicted....

SO yeah. My friend Laura has me on this "get organized" kick and so I thought, "Hmm Ok, show me what you mean."

Oh my... It was love at first sight.

FILOFAX .... Ohhhh!!!!

Well, needless to say, I have been trolling Pinterest, Etsy and everywhere else in the world for unique Filofax personal size planner pages! It's such a crazy fun way to stay organized!

I just started and while I'm still blissfully clueless, I'm jumping in with both feet!