Jodie McNally Designs Blog

So, clearly my blog hasn’t been one of those priorities lately.  Don’t hate…at least not until you hear my story (and I *am* sticking to it).   With the coming of the new year, I had to do some evaluating and spend some time thinking about how to best use the time I have in any given day.  I was usually wasting a lot of that time…shocking, I know. 

I haven’t been spending as much time blogging and lurking around the Oscraps boards, and chatting with my friends and loved ones on Yahoo and facebook because I’ve been spending time working out, playing Wii with my family, and taking photos….lots and lots of photos!  I have been super swamped with photography jobs – and I’m looooving it!!

 Here’s a link to the most recent shoot I did: Medley Family Shoot.  The little boy is sooo adorable – I couldn’t get enough of his little face and all of his cute little grins.  Here’s my favorite shot from the day:

I’m still tweaking a few things on my photography blogsite, but feel free to check it out! It’s gorgeous (if I do say so) thanks to Genevieve’s amazing design skillz.  Yes, the z was intentional there.  Her skillz are waaayyy too mad to be listed with a plain old s at the end.  There’s a link to her at the bottom of my blog if you want to see more of her work.  Anyway….focus, Jodie. 

So…I’ve been working out with the Wii Active Personal Trainer and I LOVE IT!  (Highly recommended, by the way…and no, they didn’t pay me or give me anything for free to get me to say that!)  My hubby’s been doing it too…and we’re both really sticking with a regular routine and working our tails off (literally, we hope) to achieve healthier, more active lifestyles.   That kind of lifestyle definitely means less surfing the web for inspiration, less facebook, and less sitting around designing and scrapping.  I’m not giving those things up completely…but we all need to check ourselves and get a little balance sometimes.  It’s always hard to admit it…but it feels good when you make those positive changes in your life! 

I am so excited about the purchase I just made during my lunch break today! I’ve been waiting to get it since the beginning of January!! I finally ordered my very own, sparkly, beautifully coordinated, super-dee-dooper Project Life Kit from Becky Higgins!  Here’s a picture of it – feel free to drool.

And yes, my fellow digi-divas….I ordered the *gasp* paper version!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think it will be good for me to change it up a little with this project – plus, if I have the kit sitting there in front of me it will force me to stick with it.  I do NOT like to waste money, people.  And…I do NOT usually make scrapping purchases like this.  That should tell you how much I love this kit!  Now I just have to TRY to be patient until it gets here!  I have been sticking with my Project 365 photo-taking – so I have tons of goodies to stick into the pages when it arrives!

One last thing before I stop rambling…

I’m in an Ella Publishing e-book! I have a layout in this book….what better reason do you need to go grab it up RIGHT now!?  Here’s a linky for ya…tell your friends! It’s my moment in the spotlight and my first pub in a BOOK!!  The sketches and layouts in this book are amazing and will definitely inspire you to scrap!! Trust me!  Donna’s sketches are so easy to work with…and I used to hate sketches! Donna cured me!

Wow – that was a lot of blogging shoved into one post! That’s what happens when you blog at Thanksgiving and then not again until Groundhog Day, huh? 

Have you made any priority changes recently?  Tell me about them!  Have a wonderful week – and Happy Groundhog Day! I’m hoping to watch that movie tonight with my hubby after our little sweetie pie is in bed…it’s one of our faves!

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