Would you just look at this gorgeous heart-shaped box of See's chocolates! I was beyond thrilled to recieve this from my wonderful husband this Valentine's Day. I have never had a heart-shaped box of candy before and it's something I have always dreamed of. It's just not the kind of thing you ask for because that would suck all of the romance right out of it. It has to be a special surprise... and it was! I'm in love!!!

This layout featuring my niece, Val, was a Scrapper's Bliss Design Team assignment for February. I had to lift ideas from an ad, fashion, a person, etc. I was inspired by Tia Bennett's "Full Full full" layout and got her permission to use it. I think Tia is a terrific person and I was so excited to meet her at CHA in Las Vegas. It took me two days to track her down and, like a big dope, I forgot to take a photo of us once we did meet. {smacks forehead}

Another high note... my best friend and her husband just brought home a 6 month old baby girl that they are going to adopt. She is the half sister to the 5 year old boy they adopted in 2005. I have yet to meet her in person, but her photos are so cute! The baby shower is this Sunday, so I will see her then. I hope the adoption process runs as smoothly as possible for them. They deserve everything to be perfect.

On a downer note... (life isn't all peaches and cream you know) We had to cancel our scuba diving classes. I had to get a medical release, but my asthma held me back yet again. I went to see my doctor two days in a row for breathing tests and failed. I am only breathing at 58% of my lung capacity. I was floored!! I haven't had an attack in over a year, so I thought I was doing quite well. I guess "well" for me is still crappy for everyone else. Diving is too risky and he wouldn't sign the release. : { You can bet I will be working on building up my lung strength so we can give this another try in the future. I am just so disappointed that we won't be allowed to do any diving while we are in Maui this summer.