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As part of my person growth I’ve undertaken lately, a new craft you might say, I downloaded this fun little app.

It’s really fun to look at and cute to look at. There’s a reminder setting and each day it will pop up and ask you “What are you grateful for?”. I’m not sure how long your list can be but I chose to start with listing 5 items just to get into the habit.

It also puts a little heart on the calendar each time you remember to be grateful. I was on a big run in February, then I was hit with a plague and out of commission for days, it was all a blur and I missed being grateful I guess!

Anyhow, thought I’d share, sometimes little things can make all the difference, this along with art journaling, reflecting, yoga and counselling are helping me be a better Tara. Keep posted!

I’ve been doing some doodles in my sketchbook.

I’m only just starting out but I thought it might help to do some of the things I’m working through in a more creative way than just making lists and notes.

Still adding to this page, realized I didn’t put anything about looks, other then weight loss related words. I photocopied a Japanese craft book page for the “I AM” part.

Yeah, 49.6 pounds gone off this body of mine since January 2012.

I’m at my pre-kid #2, pre-kid #1, pre-wedding, pre-meeting my husband weight. It’s been 15 months of slow and steady work and it’s paying off. First I was dying to see that tip under 200. Just to see my weight start with a ’1′ and do a little happy dance! When it happened I did just that.

Now I’m dying to see it tip a little bit more with that 0.4 so I can happy dance over the 50 pound mark.

I’ll get there soon.

Also, welcome and thank you to all the new followers and likers who came this way recently. I’m going to kick some crafting butt this weekend and have lots to share next week. Promise.

Happy April Friends!

Today I have a very very special treat for you. I {in collaboration with many other lovely ladies} am giving away a 16GB iPad Mini! No joke. No April fools. For real!!

Why you ask? For several reasons::: To say thank you to you my beloved readers. To celebrate Yellow Bird + Yellow Beard blog reaching 2000 followers. 2000. I can hardly believe it. Thank you SO MUCH. To celebrate over 1000 posts. And finally to celebrate my golden birthday! I’m turning 26 on the 26th of April.

Who are these amazing women who have contributed to this monumental celebration? They are as follows. Please, I implore you, visit them. Say hi to them. Follow them. They are all more than worthy of your time, guaranteed.

Little Baby Garvin ::: Shannon Hearts ::: The Freckled Fox ::: Easy Makes Me Happy ::: Sew Tara ::: Oh The Lovely Things ::: Gentri Lee ::: Ciera Design ::: Yellow Heart Art ::: Bouffe e Bambini ::: MaieDae ::: Jenny Highsmith ::: All That Glitters ::: A Day In A Joyful Life ::: Oana Befort ::: Anna Delores ::: Bubblewrapp’d ::: Wild Olive ::: Going Home To Roost ::: A Pair of Pears ::: Kneadle & Bread

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The past, oh almost 12 months, have been kinda crazy for me. Things have been going on that essentially mean I should be changing my Facebook relationship status but instead I just let it be hidden months ago so I wouldn’t have to face this possibility.

So instead I’ll dip my toe in the water and kinda sorta spill the beans here. Maybe that means I’ll work up to something bigger. Maybe I’ll just keep saying nothing elsewhere, and certainly in ‘real life’.

Here is good for me. It’s good for you sometimes too because I might be struck with a brilliant idea or give some cool stuff away, or host a swap (totally plan to do that in the next few weeks). So yeah, thanks for reading and stalking me in other ways. This whole SewTara thing really helped me find myself again at a time when I needed it most.

Today was the last day of school before March Break!

I’ve now got tomorrow and aaaaallll next week off from work!! Yipee!

There will be creating.
There will be blog posts.
There will be a swap of some sort.
There will be photos.
There will be . . . well content.

I promise.

But right now there’s going to be tea, dark chocolate and the end of a movie . . . .