Friday, February 17, 2012

our sign

We moved into our wonderful house in July of 2010.
It took over a year for me to hang a picture on the wall.
And I still don't have much uppercase living up.
Except this...
I suppose I was waiting for just the right thing to be the first thing we put up.
We might be the only family you know with a family logo as one person remarked to us, but what is a logo for, to identify yourselves by.

We took our first real family vacation last summer (2011).

At some point on that vacation, in all our wonderful, relaxing time together, from the back seat, strapped in his car seat, our three year old said "THIS IS GOOD FAMILY"

He was right. So it is stuck to our wall, so we can remember that this, this crazy, upside down, giggles, running, toys, video games, snuggles, hugs, stories, vacations, sleepless nights, family dinners, tears, love, life, is good family.

I'll admit I have quite the love for UL, or better said for vinyl lettering, or even better said, a love for words. To have words around me. Encouragement around me. Truth around me. UL takes cares of all of that for me.

Which brings me to my sign. My countdown, that isn't currently counting down because I was just a little too ambitious to count down from 399 days.

SO MUCH FUN TO MAKE!

First, I designed it in myDesign by Uppercase Living.




I purchased it during our Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale so it was a little cheaper then I am showing you know.

When it came, my husband wanted to install it.

I think I was so excited I only took this one picture. It is very easy to install. The Disney is in our glitter/sparkle specialty vinyl, I seriously love the punch it gives it! So yes it may only have a one year use (not that we won't go to Disneyland again) but I imagine I'll change the words on it to say something else...
Disney... been there. Disney... there we went.

All those fun quotes you find on Follow Me on Pinterest uppercase them!
Do you have something that you love to say, love to hear, want others to know? uppercase it!

beyond imagination...

I don't believe in the word(s) can't.
I don't believe in not possible.
I believe in a big. giant. God who can do anything He wants. to. do.
I believe we'll go to Disneyland in March of 2013.
But I also believe if we don't, we'll do something much better.



If you'd asked me when I started out on this adventure at the beginning of this year...
If you'd told me that in only 48 days...
If you'd bet me (and I can be a betting woman) that we would be able to save what we have...

Remember my goal of putting in all of our unexpected monies (including rebates) and half of what I earn from RDP and UL?

Well... I reconciled our Disney jar/account tonight... and...
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We are
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44% of the way to our goal of $2000!!!

We have a second goal of $3500.
But I wanted to work towards something that felt attainable first.
Plus the one I printed and went all the way to $3500 wouldn't fit on our jar.

Speaking of our jar...




WHAT?!?!

I had no idea what a little effort and purposeful saving could do!

We have $886.21 saved up for Disney! What?

Oh yes. My God. Is. BIG.


We have to wait 379 days to go?

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