My brain is not in the greatest place right now so just have some patience with me.
Also, take pictures of your life....when visiting family, get pictures of everyone. One day you'll regret not taking pictures.
When your grandpa holds your baby while she eats a cupcake, get a picture of them both....not just of your baby-and if it's a blurry camera phone picture, take a better one.
When your grandpa comes to visit, take pictures with him.
And if you ever have to go 3+ years (I hate Alaska a lot right now) without seeing family members, send pictures, email, write letters, just keep in contact the best you can. You will regret not keeping in better contact.
I hope you guys had a great weekend, I don't really have a recap for you. I don't feel up to doing one.
But anyway.....
Do you guys remember the last swap that Melissa, Sarah and I did?! The Lucky Leprechaun Swap. Well, we're at it again!
This time is a bit different though.
Instead of a book and polish swap it's a ALL THINGS SUMMER SWAP!!
Here's a few ideas for you if you're stumped:
Flip flops
Your favorite self-tanner
Sunglasses
Sunhat
A good summer read
Bright nail polish
Sunblock
Tanning oil
Pedicure set
You get the idea! Something that screams summer Spending limit is $25 - swap is for US residents only since shipping to other countries is getting so pricey - sorry for all those who are not in the US
Here's the important dates:
Sign up: today til May 14
Emails from us go out to you with who you're partnered with: May 15
Send box out by: June 1. That gives you two weeks to get it all together
Reveal date: June 10
Fill out this form: HERE
**Make sure to follow us on Twitter - we'll tweet out updates and what not. Also make sure to watch your spam box on the 15th when you are supposed to get an email. My emails love to go to spam - I'm [email protected] - the email will be titled Sunny Summer Swap or something like that.
5 comments:
I know exactly what you mean. I have not been back to South Africa in nearly 5 years now. So that is 5 years of not seeing family. No new babies, no frail grandparents and having missed out on several weddings. Not to mention the family who live in Australia whom we haven't seen for even longer.
I agree that pictures are SO important. I'm always the one taking pictures so I'm rarely in them.
What an awesome swap! Once I get to my computer I'm signing up. I just wanted to echo your photo comment. My grandparents have all passed away. One set only lived 15 minutes away and I saw once a week or so...but still my parents didn't really take photos of me and them. I guess it wasn't really thought of since I saw them so often but only having 2 good photos with them (my christening and my first communion) is really upsetting now.
I can not wait for this one to start!!! Will sign up soon!
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