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• 1. Mary Kemock&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:04 am

  My perfect day?

  Well, if I had my choice, it would be to live in a beautiful home. But if I had just a roof over my head, I hope that I would be happy.

  If I had my choice, it would be to have a very high paying, important job. But, if I had a job where I earned enough to pay my debts, I hope that I would be happy.

  If I had my choice, I would be married to the most handsome prince. But, if I had the love of a good man, I hope that I would be happy.

  If I had my choice, my children would be perfect in every way, grow up to have important famous jobs and earn lots of money and accolades. But, if they were no longer sick, but healthy, I hope that it would be enough to make me happy!

  If I had my choice, my mother would still be living. But, I hope that the wonderful memories that I have of her will be enough to keep me happy.

  If I had my choice, I would have enough money to buy all the scrapbook stuff I wanted. BUT, I hope that the little extra that I have to spend will be enough to keep me working on my quest to preserve all my memories.

  My dreams of a perfect day no longer include trips or fancy things…..they are more about surviving in this economy. Keeping the things that I have. My perfect day would include the continued success of my marriage to the man of MY dreams. My perfect day would include a day where I could say that my daughter would no longer be sick and that my other daughter would remain healthy. My perfect day would be to hear my children say….”This is who I am and this is what I do and it makes me happy”.

  I’ve struggled with what to write on my own blog during a difficult period of my life right now and I think that I will include this challenge to document “My Perfect Day”.

  THANKS…..love your site…..love your stuff……hope to order soon again!

• 2. Sharon Thibodeaux&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:04 am

  When my two girls were little, every once in a while we would have a Jerry Lewis Saturday movie marathon. We would stay in our pajamas, eat popcorn, and watch movies all day. We would laugh and laugh and just have a great fun day. I would love to be able to do that over and over again. It was so special being with my girls without worrying about laundry or dishes. Now that they are older ( one is graduating from high school in May and the other has a 15 month old baby), we hardly see each other, mush less have movie day. I really miss that.

• 3. Becky&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:05 am

  What a thought provoking idea. For me there are moments I’d want to live over. The first time my autistic daughter called me mommy, hearing my daughter stand on stage and sing like an angel, my husbands smile and strong hugs. I’m also down for that cup of tea, reading, spending more time with my mom , sister, kids and husband. Oh, and puppy dog kisses. I think I need another day…..

• 4. Cheryl&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:15 am

  My perfect day would involve staying in my pjs, not receiving any email–I’d acutally stay off the computer all day! and spending the day with my son-playing board games and basketball.

• 5. Bobbi Rice&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:18 am

  It would have to be split between my two boys -half a day for each during their first few weeks of life. To hold them again close to my heart, smell their little heads and see those little sleepy smiles as they finished nursing. Those are the moments that I wish to relive as each day passes by and I know I must let them go. I redid their babybooks a few years ago during my oldest’s senior year of high school. It was a very emotional project I did along with my bestfriend. She would catch me teary eyed and say, “Maybe this isn’t such a good idea.” As hard as it was, reliving those memories, while preserving them gave me the strength and courage to let him go . . . just a little bit. Scrapbooking is the best way I know to “relive” days that we cannot return to ever again.

• 6. Kimberly Mc&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:18 am

  My perfect day would be spent sleeping in then out to breakfast with the hubby (we love finding new little diners for breakfast).
  We would go out on our boat and I would take tons of pictures and read a good book and have a yummy lunch. After we came home and got showered I would scrapbook the pictures that I took and then have a snuggle with the hubby.
  We would order in (Chinese or pizza) and watch a funny movie.

• 7. Donna Earnshaw&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:24 am

  My perfect day would be with my wonderful boyfriend on the front porch of a cabin we rent in the Blue Ridge mountains in North Carolina with a nice glass of wine, a good book and a thunderstorm brewing in the distance.

• 8. Joan&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:24 am

  If I could relive any 1 day over and over again, it would be the day my granddaugther was born. Next to the birth of my daughter that was on of my happiest moments. She is 4 months old and I truly enjoy every minute I get to spend with her.

• 9. Connie K.&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:24 am

  If I had to live a day over and over, I would spend it scrapbooking. Then, maybe, someday, I would be caught up

  Connie K.

• 10. Donna Baird&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:28 am

  If I could have a day to do whatever I wanted I would:

  *Go for a walk with my best friends on our favorite beach and eat lunch at our special spot.

  *Read all those books I have been meaning to read.

  *Have all my children in one place (two are in college) and one still at home. Just spend the day talking and laughing. The house has grown too quiet with just one at home.

  *Go eat out as a family at one of our favorite places.

  *Take some time to thank God and count my blessings.

  *Go to bed early and sleep in late.

  That sounds like the perfect day to me.

• 11. Patti V&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:30 am

  My perfect day would be a day of family. Spending a lazy day at home, snuggling and watching movies with my hubby and kids. My daughter is 18 and is away at college, so this would be great to have her home and also want her to spend the whole time doing nothing with us. All our meals would be ready, so we wouldn’t have to waste time preparing anything, just be together. But the more I think about it am lucky to have a great husband and healthy happy kids, so really any day/hours together are great.

• 12. Carmen&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:32 am

  I’d sleep in, yet not lose any of the morning, because I’d need extra time to go sightseeing in whatever new locale I was in (preferably Europe.) I’d eat lunch but not intake any calories, and sip a beverage with my honey as we watch the world go by. I’d finish up the day with a steak dinner, again no calories, and a wonderful evening with my best friend and best guy.

• 13. Jody&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:32 am

  My perfect day begins with a snuggle from my husband and lots of coffee, the news and the paper. The kids could sleep late because I will be in my studio scrapbooking. My 13 year old likes to cook because he likes to eat so he will fix cinnamon rolls for brunch and my 17 year old will prepare dinner. I scrap book because I do not want these precious “everydays” to be forgotten. I fear Alzheimers and it drives my passion to create.

• 14. Teresa Wild&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:33 am

  My perfect day would be the day my niece got married. My 4 year old son was the ring bearer. I was so nervous. Would he be able to walk down the isle in front of 225 people? He is smart and he knew he had a job to do. He did perfect not too fast or too slow. He held the rings up just like he was suppose to. At the reception he was WOW. I had taught him the electric slide he danced and had fun but did not carry on. It was amazing, once he put on his suit he turned into a little prince. He even ate spaghetti without getting anything on his white shirt. I would relive that day over and over and over forever!!!!

• 15. Sheila Moore&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:38 am

  If I could live a day over, the first thing I would do is get up early–so there would be more of it. Then I would immediately and quickly get dressed–so I would be ready for anything. I would have my quiet time–so my day would be in order. I would smile at everyone–so that my blessings might spill over to others. Then I would scrapbook and quilt and enjoy an audio book. What bliss!

• 16. Michele Turner&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:43 am

  Saturday mornings are just about as perfect as they can be at my house, we all climb into bed and cuddle and giggle.. Its the one day of the week that we dont have somewhere to be so we can just lay there and be together….
  I love your site and enjoy shopping with you guys, your always so quick with shipping.

• 17. Beth Hagood&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:44 am

  I would spend more time holding and just being with my kids as they have grown up so fast.

• 18. Naomi Shores&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:51 am

  Groundhog Day.
  If I had a day to live over I would probably try to catch up on my sleep, spend time with my family and work on my scrapbook, providing it would get me caught up on my scrapbook.
  I think of the movie Groundhog Day everytime I hear it too.

• 19. JoAnne Van Nuys&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:53 am

  Ground hog day…I would wake up early so I could make the most of the day.
  I would start with a big breakfast and my whole family, together at the table.
  We would talk about the plans for the day, spend time with our horses & dogs and enjoy the outdoors.
  No one would argue and we would spend the entire day just being a family!
  We would end the day with a great meal and play a board game together!

• 20. Josie&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:00 am

  I would love to spend the day surrounded by family. Cuddling with my husband, having dinner with my mom, and of course playing trains with my son. Maverick will be two in April and it is such a joy to share in the new things he does everyday and think about the sports and fun of the future; but sometimes I wish he’d stay this age forever, yelling “Toot-toot” throughout the house!

• 21. Julie Fernandes&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:02 am

  If I had a day to live over it would be my husband’s birthday bash at Yankee Stadium, only this time it would include my oldest son who missed the event. The day started with 17 of us (family and friends) taking a party bus to the Bronx from CT (2 hour ride) and having 4 more New Yorkers join us there. Touring the “House that Ruth Built” in its final season, what amazing history took place there. Having delicious NY pizza pie and and a special New York Yankee birthday cake in the Phil Rizzuto Suite. It was our private party room that overlooked the stadium. A wonderful time for all of us ensued. We laughed at our rivalries (11 Yankee fans and 10 Boston Red Sox fans) – no arguments – just loving baseball! I took pictures of everyone wearing NYY hats! Yes, even the Red Sox fans got caught up in the moment! Next we rode around Manhattan’s Central Park taking in the sights surrounding the park like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the place where John Lennon was shot, and the building where Jackie O lived. Capping off the day was an al fresco Italian dinner in the intimate garden of an Upper East side restaurant before our journey home. The only thing missing was my son who was in the wilds of Maine – his loss (mine too.) The rest of the group was all smiles and looking back, I would love to do it all over and over again.

• 22. mamichelle&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:03 am

  My favorite thing to do is get up and have my coffee while reading a book for an hour. I do this on my days off if I can.

  Then I would love to spend a few hours in my stamp/scrap room playing.

  Then my family would all be there for dinner (cooked and cleaned up by someone other than me, of course!).

• 23. melanie hartley&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:05 am

  I would spend the entire day w/ just my husband and children. They are the joy of my life. Maybe just sitting around playing board games w/ each other or if there was snow, playing outside in the snow or up at the cabin snowmobiling. Having the kids help bake cookies and eating them as soon as they come out of the oven. Just sitting around wrapping in a blankie all together watching a movie and eating popcorn and cuddling all day long. Any day is a perfect day for me as long as I get to see my children and husband!

• 24. Candy Granda&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:13 am

  I too would sleep late but not too much so I don’t miss anything! I would snuggle with my husband and remind him how much he means to me. I’d make sure to talk to all four of my sisters on the phone even if its just a short call to tell them that I love them. I’d call my parents and thank them for being my parents and tell them how much I love them and miss them.

  I’d look at all my scrapbooks and remember all the good times and the reasons that I scrap. I’d spend a good portion of the day outdoors (of course, the weather would be perfect) and just enjoy all that nature has to offer – take a picnic lunch to the park with my DH and just breath in every ounce of fresh air I possibly could. Then I’d end the day by buying some really cool scrapbooking stuff from SYT!

• 25. Deb Sheffield&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:15 am

  My perfect day would begin and end in Santiago, Chile, with my “second family”…any day with them is perfect, in my eyes! We (my husband and 21 yr old daughter) were able to spend three weeks with them this Christmas, so I’m still living with those wonderful memories…

• 26. Melisa Johnston&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:21 am

  To relive one day…well it would have to be a day with my grandma when I was growing up. I lived with her and my dad and my favorite time was in the spring. We didn’t have an air conditioner so when I woke up, it was to the smell of honeysuckle blooming on the clothes line pole. Typically, it was very uneventful, but this was my favorite time of life. We would eat breakfast and then do laundry, in her ringer washing machine because she was too stubborn to use the washing machine they had bought for her. Then we would hang the clothes out on the line and the sun from the southeastern sky would shine bright in our faces. We would set on the porch in her glider rocker and just hang out. I would go play most of the afternoon with friends but always be home in time for supper. We would eat, at the table together every night. She would do the dishes and then we would set on the porch again. Sunday nights she would let me stay up until 9 so that I could watch the Jeffersons with her. Being as how I’m only 36, this was like living in a different era for most people who are my age. It was the simplest and most pleasant time of my life.

• 27. Jeanna&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:21 am

  If I could live a day over and over again I would choose yesterday February 3rd. It was my mom’s birthday and she is no longer here on this earth. I would get to have her back, and celebrate her birthday over and over again. My brother and sister and their families, along with my children, would all be there. Each “do over day” would be a different party theme. I’d take such joy in seeing how happy she is and just keep hugging her as much as I could. I would be sure to tell her how much I love her and how glad I am that she is my mom.

  I wouldn’t worry about cleaning, the errands that still need to taken care of, this or that appointment or activity, or anything else of day to day life. I would spend the whole day focused on my mom.

• 28. Laura Miller&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:21 am

  My perfect day to live over & over again would be to spend the day with my father the day before her unexpectedly passed away. I can still remember it clearly including the day he passed away and it will be 5 years on 2/19. The memories I have of this day will live in my heart & mind forever.

• 29. M-C&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:22 am

  If I could create a day to live over and over again, would I? Frankly I would create a day where I could sit with my loved ones both still here and gone forever so that we could all share the stories of their past. I would snap pictures and video tape it all so that I could scrap both the past through fresh eyes and the present and the happiness it can bring if cherished. And then I would want the day to continue into tomorrow, so that I could learn more.

  There would be good food, much laughter combined with more solemn touching moments, and hugs of course, lots of hugs.

• 30. Debbie Whitney&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:23 am

  I’d spend a perfect day with my mother and brother who both passed away 5 months apart in 1993. Brother was struck by lightening at 38 yrs. old and mother struck by colon cancer at 60 yrs. old. Brother was hilarious and mother so loving and patient. We’d eat Mom’s meatloaf and laugh and laugh.

• 31. Katherine McKamey&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:25 am

  My perfect day happened on this past Sunday…Church, late breakfast and then lazing around the house reading while the kids and hubby played video games. Then lunch at a restaurant with a view of the bay and walking/playing on the sand at the water’s edge until it started to get cold because of the wind.

  Back to the house, board games in front of the fire with hot cocoa and popcorn. We turned on the Super Bowl (even though we don’t watch tv or sports ) and watched the Steelers win (even though we had to explain the names to our 8 yr olds) and laughed through most of the commercials .

  Then we cuddled on the sofa (all 4 of us) and read bedtime stories together (each taking turns) and Hubby and I tucked the kids into bed (more than an hour late but that’s okay once in a while.) It was a wonderful Sunday spent with my family.

• 32. Wendi&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:29 am

  My perfect day is simple it would just be spent walking along the beach looking for seashells and sea glass with the sun bright & warm and the sand between my toes!

• 33. Sarah Johnson&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:29 am

  I would have all of my friends over to have a movie marathon. We’ve talked about watching the whole Pirates of the Caribbean or Harry Potter series with no breaks. I love spending time with my friends, especially when we’re just being goofballs, so this would be perfect.

• 34. MNBSMOM&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:32 am

  I would relive the day when each of my children was born. Those were the two greatest days and moments of my life. When I think of the exact moment each was born (15 and 12 years ago), it still takes my breath away. My children inspire me to be a better person and to live a better life.

• 35. Kristi Barnes&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:33 am

  If I could relive a day it would be Dec. 29th 2008 – my husband passed away before I got home from work that day. My children ages 26 and 23 were home for the Christmas holiday and they had a fight that morning before I left for work. I was so angry that they couldn’t get along after all this time that I just left for work without saying goodbye to anybody. You see, my husband has been very sick all year and we didn’t think he would hold out much longer, thinking he was holding on for the holiday and my son coming home (he’s in the Navy stationed in CA). But I can’t remember if I said I love you that morning nor did I give him a kiss so now for the rest of my life I have to relive that awful morning over and over again. If I could do it over I would make sure that I told him I loved him and kiss him before I left for work. Now I will have to wait until I see him in Heaven and apologize and spend the rest of eternity telling him I love him!

• 36. Debby C.&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:34 am

  The day I’d like to live over and over would be a beautiful day at the beach, just relaxing with my husband…holding hands and enjoying each other’s company (and I’d be skinny!!).

• 37. J.A.K. :)&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:34 am

  My perfect day – to be lived over and over again would begin with my cell phone wake up call (song-When I fall in love from Nat King Cole) at 10:00am, followed by a sleepy good moring kiss from my sweetie. I would be able to take 2 hours getting ready for my day and no one would fuss at me because I am running up the water bill on the shower. My puppy would greet me good morning and would not be filthy from playing and digging in the dirt outside. For breakfast I would have my healthist meal possible consisting of the awesome Whole Foods granola and some organic fruit. Then I would kiss and hug my “hunny” goodbye and head off to work in my Lexus IS-F. Once I got to the office – my desk would be clean and I would have already done all of my work for the day-because I am the best assistant ever! Yay!
  I would then go to Bob’s for lunch with my boss, my operations manager and N. (she sits closest to me). We would talk of past “good times” and anything else that comes to mind all the while enjoying the bestest hamburgers ever. At this point I would have to be under the assumtion that all of their perfect days consisted of lunch with me.
  After lunch I would head off back home and my sweetie, my puppy and I would all hop in my Lexus IS-F and take a road trip! We would drive, and drive and drive, taking tons of pictures and stopping wherever our little hearts desired, until the end of the day – where it would start all over again!

• 38. Beth Rang&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:35 am

  I’d love to snuggle with my little boy, wander around London with friends and family, and we’d all stop for a lovely tea somewhere they would really pamper you. That’s my idea of a perfect day!

• 39. Stephanie&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:39 am

  My perfect day to live over and over again would be to go to church with my family in the morning, then out to a wonderful lunch (that I didn’t prepare!)…then I would spend the rest of the day scrapboooking. I would have plenty of cinnamon tea; diet coke and peanut M&Ms on hand and I would have all my best girlfriends with me to giggle! Ah…a day of complete bliss. When I finally returned home (very late), I would pull out all the pages I had completed and show them to my husband and kids…and they would ooh and ahh over them and tell me I was soooo creative! What a day that would be!

• 40. Susan&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:39 am

  One day to live over would need to be spent with those folks that I love and hold dearly to me. I would love to sit and have a great conversation with my grandmother that will be 95 years young this Friday. To spend time with my son, he’s 18 now and so much his own person…but I miss being able to spend the one on one time that we used to have. It does my heart good to know that through all the disagreements that we’ve had due to “growing pains” he never leaves the house or ends a conversation with me without saying “I Love You”…that’s what it’s all about

• 41. Connie Cooper&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:40 am

  My perfect day would definitely include my dear sweet Grandma Glessie. She passed away 22 years ago – but I still miss her every day. My perfect day would just be spending all day with her – hearing her sing as we passed the time and maybe I would introduce her to scrapping and we would spread all her pictures out on the dining room table and laugh and visit all day as we got it all organized !!!!

• 42. Jennifer&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:46 am

  Wow…a perfect day: sleeping in just a little, a pot of coffee, working on my album projects while watching a fun movie or television show, an hour at a local coffee shop with a flaky croissant and an Americano, dinner from my favorite Thai restaurant…reading before bed and getting a good night’s sleep!

  OR – doing ANYTHING in Florence, Italy – one of my all-time favorite places!

• 43. Kathleen&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:46 am

  A perfect day – actually every day is perfect – I have 3 beautiful healthy adult children that all have jobs that they love, and people in their lives that love them; I was blessed to be given a second chance and found the love of my life; I am blessed with friends that love to scrapbook as much as I do; I am blessed with a job that I love and look forward to going to each day – even on Monday’s!

  So, I look forward to each and every day and consider it a ‘perfect’ day – the days that hold sorrow and tears (and there have been a few) also count – they help me appreciate all the blessings that I have.

  This sounds sappy – but I love my life – even all the messed up parts…..

• 44. Karen Cox&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:46 am

  my perfect day will be to have all my friends that love to scrapbook here at my house to scrapbook…someone other than us who love to scrap would be at our call to to bring us drinks, food and what ever we would want….my scrapbook room would be organized so everything is neat and at our hands to work on…………..this would be my ideal day to remember!!!!

• 45. Donna&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:53 am

  Hummmmm, my perfect day, would first give thanks to God for waking me up another day!!! Life is such a hustle and bustle and it seems like we never take time for ourselves. If I could do just sit down and catch up on my scrapbooking and not have to worry about anything else, that would be a GREAT PERFECT day for me. Thanks for such a great website!!!

• 46. Cindy&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:54 am

  My perfect day would be having the family sleep late all in the family room together and spend the day playing board games, telling jokes, and enjoying each other’s company as we all bundle up and try to stay warm! Okay, that’s not exactly my perfect day — but, it was a fun one that we had this past week during the first day of an extended power outage. The first day was full of fun family time. The subsequent days became increasingly more trying, though. Thank God we’re back “on” now. It did make me appreciate the time together, too. Doing anything fun with the family is a great day worth repeating! Having electricity would be a help!

• 47. Joyce Ford&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:55 am

  If I could relive a day over and over it would be the
  time spent with my son and my sister, both now
  deceased. We had such fun and made such great
  memories, but I miss them both so much. The memories will always be in my heart but I wish for
  just another chance to be with them.

• 48. Michelle Mallory&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:00 am

  My Perfect Day…I would get up bright and early to a brand new camera, with all the trimmings. I would be too excited to read my book all day…which would be another perfect day, getting lost in another time through a book. Okay..back to this perfect day. I would love to take my girls and husband to Ireland with my new camera. Just watching my girls expressions as they encounter new surroundings. And hearing the snapping sound of the camera capturing each expression. Arriving home, tucking the girls into bed. Ahhhh…that would be a perfect day for me….

• 49. Katherine Dunn&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:02 am

  If I could relive a day, wow there are so many and they all envolve spending them with loved ones. My first choice would be watching the King Kamehameha Day parade when I was in my 20′s and in love with a guy I had met in Hawaii, just sitting on the cool grass, smelling all the fragrant flowers in there beautiful colors and gazing into his gorgeous blue eyes. I miss those beautiful, carefree days, we lost touch with each other. So I have scrapped this day and I can actually relive it every time I open my book.
  I am so happy I found your website, because I feel you offer the best choices of die cuts I have ever found.

• 50. Janet Beck&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:03 am

  My perfect day would begin by rolling out of bed after snuggling with my 5 year old son at 8:00 am on a sunny spring morning. Sitting eating breakfast and drinking coffee and watching the birds at the feeder. Then dropping son off at a friends I go to meet my best friend at a spa where we proceed to have manicures, pedicures, facials and a massage! Then we have our hair styled and professional makeup applied! From there we go have a late lunch and back to my house to sit on the porch, drink wine and gab until late evening where we will then go in have a lite snack and hit the bed! Sounds pretty perfect to me!

• 51. Ginny&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:04 am

  My perfect day would without a doubt be spent on a beach with my husband, our children and grandchildren splashing in the ocean, building sand castles and running as fast as they can up and down the shore line. Then we would all go out to eat a wonderful seafood dinner, return to sit on the beach and stare into the night sky. Since we live in Ohio, his daughter lives in Indiana and my son and family live in Ga. we don’t get many chances to all be together. This would be GREAT!!!!

• 52. Ginny&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:04 am

  My perfect day would without a doubt be spent on a beach with my husband, our children and grandchildren splashing in the ocean, building sand castles and running as fast as they can up and down the shore line. Then we would all go out to eat a wonderful seafood dinner, return to sit on the beach and stare into the night sky. Since we live in Ohio, his daughter lives in Indiana and my son and family live in Ga. we don’t get many chances to all be together. This would be GREAT!!!!

• 53. Lori&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:09 am

  If i had any day to relive, it would be my wedding day because it just went by too fast. It was the most special day of my life and who wouldn’t want to relive that??

  Lori
  Pennsylvania

• 54. Virginia Evans&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:11 am

  I’d be happy traveling somewhere new and exciting, with my husband. Maybe a cruise ship somewhere we’ve never been, or a relaxing trip to Walt Disney World just to enjoy everything else the area has to offer besides the parks. Maybe some free time to visit family in Ohio or South Carolina without being on any time restraints. Or a day to just work on all my scrapbooking projects in the works!!!!

• 55. Rosalee Pearson&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:15 am

  I would like to re-live the days when all my now deceased family were still alive. I would like to ask them more questions and show them how much I appreciated them. I am now 63 years old and all of my family are gone. When I was sitting at my sisters bedside when they were dying, I would have said so many more things to them. I didn’t say I love you enough times to all of them.

• 56. Jolene&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:15 am

  My perfect day would be my day off from work-warm sunny weather- 70 degrees-with a breeze-nothing important to do but relax and scrap and remember my love ones and the family that have passed on and be content with my world. AH – the reality is – that several of my friends have been laid off from my job and the job market sucks -it is 17degrees outside – and there is snow everywhere – and my heating bill is out of control and I have to go to work tonight – but I can dream – have a great day everyone…

• 57. Leigh&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:27 am

  My perfect day:

  1. Breakfast on the Riverwalk in San Antonio – Migas & Coffee – with my best friends from all over the world
  2. A morning stroll through the woods in East Texas with my best friend
  3. Lying in my hammock reading a book or two until lunch.
  4. A hamburger and onion rings at Zentner’s Daughter in San Angelo followed by a long nap in the park by the river.
  5. An afternoon conversation with all my friends over a cup of coffee at the beach.
  6. A quiet evening meal with my sweetie – any where in the world – as long as he is there.
  7. A late night game session with all my children, their friends, their families and my sweetheart.
  8. A leisurely soak in a hot tub followed by a back rub and a soft yet firm mattress to sleep on, so that I could start this day over again refreshed and rested.

  Not too much to ask.

• 58. Deborah Handley&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:27 am

  If I had to choose a day to spend over and over it would look like this: Get up early to enjoy everything the day has to offer, have breakfast with my family (DH and 19 year old DS) in Kyoto, Japan where we’d be for a vacation and 30 day tour of Japan with Friendly Planet tours (did this last May only the tour was just 10 days long and DH had to stay home).

  This particular tour day would be a “day of leisure” meaning we had the day to ourselves to do as we wished. After breakfast we’d meet up with a Japanese citizen who we’d “met online” via the program where Japanese citizens volunteer to spend the day as your tour guide (for free!) and the tourist pays the Japanese citizens entrance to attractions and for dinner. (My son and I did this twice during our tour of Japan, once in Tokyo and once in Kyoto. It was the highlight of our trip).

  We’d have perfect weather (sunny and in the 70′s) as we explored Kyoto, Japan with our guide. DH and I would be touting our Nikons since travel photography is my passion and we both share a love of photography. We’d begin by visiting the Fushimi Shrine (the avenue of torii gates), followed by a visit to The Golden Pavilion. Built in the later 1300′s it is truly spectacular, covered in gold leaf and sitting tranquilly in the middle of a small pond. We’d have an amazing, scrumptious Japanese lunch inside the Pavilion although in reality no one is allowed inside. After lunch we’d go shopping at the Kyoto Handicraft Market where everything is handmade and visitors can buy woodblock prints, ninja swords, ceramic sake sets, kyoto dolls, fans, pearls, kimonos, painted scrolls and so much more.

  After dropping our packages off at our hotel we’d take a walk through the Gion district which is famous as the place where most of the Geishas in Kyoto reside and work. We’d come across a Geisha who would stop and chat and allow me to take as many photos as I wished (instead of hurrying down the street away from my camera and tourist stares as it happened last May). In fact, this particular Geisha invites us to join her in a tea ceremony on the spur of the moment. As we sit on the floor enjoying this rare treat, the Geisha enthralls us as we listen to her tell us all about her life.

  As we leave the Gion district the sun is setting and we try to decide where to have dinner. Our friendly guide tells us about his favorite sushi restaurant and soon we’d be hopping on a train to get there. Dinner would be leisurely, delicious and lots of fun as we toast each other and our guide tells us all about his life in Kyoto and we tell him all about our experiences living in Annapolis, MD. After dinner we all hug with promises to one day meet again and keep in touch.

  My family and I hop a taxi to return to our hotel and sleepily go upstairs to our rooms. But first we stop in the lobby and at the registration desk to request and choose our cats for the night. You see this particular hotel understands the plight of tourists missing their pets, and offers each visitor a cat to sleep in his/her room for the night. I choose a traditional Siamese (since I am badly missing my Siamese cat from home) and DS chooses a big, orange male tabby. We settle in for the night. Ah, a perfect day!!!!

• 59. Cheryl Van Allen&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:27 am

  Wow – this is really a tough one, cuz life has SO many yummy things to repeat. I can think of so many days I’d love to do again (my 40th bday at Fenway, with my son, then 4, seeing Fenway for the first time – Disney – our Florida vacation, on the screened in porch seeing dolphins) BUT – for a day that would just go on over and over? Here goes…

  Sleep in, then get coffee in bed from my hubby (he makes the BEST coffee!!) and read for a bit. Have breakfast in bed, where my son of COURSE joins me and eats more than I do. (and that’s saying something!!) Then, our family would go sit by our pool or go to the beach (either one is fine, as long as its warm, and we’re together) I’d be playing my iPod, reading, swimming, laughing with my family. We’d go to eat yummy seafood down at Petey’s in Hampton, then come home and pass out.

  Could it be a perfect weekend? Cuz I’d add a day with my Scrapchicks -the Cream of the Croppers!!

• 60. Debbie Yarbrough&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:35 am

  If I could have a day—-
  It would be to spend a day with my kids again when they were little. When they grow up-they have their own lives and its harder to get them all together. I would also go through all the albums I made of every moment we spent together and enjoy the memories. Each child has at least 25 albums each and the oldest is 25 years old now.
  Its also fun to go back and remember your parents/grandparents in the albums too.
  What beautiful memories!!
  Debbie Yarbrough

• 61. Christine&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:43 am

  I would bo back to the hot summer days spent on the beach with my mother and siblings. Those days felt like they’d never end. The fun of swimming in the ocean, basking in the sun and building sand castles. We didn’t need a big fancy car…all 6 of us fit in the mid-size family car. We didn’t need the excitement of going anywhere special…a 45 minute drive to the beach was just fine for us. A no-frills lunch packed from home…it was wonderful. Pure, innocent and real.

• 62. Barbara&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:46 am

  If I could do a day over again it would be a day that I spent with my sister Elizabeth and we would laugh and laugh and laugh she passed away 25 years ago and I still miss her terrible. But we had tons of fun everytime we were together.

• 63. Linda Kemp&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:49 am

  If I could spend one more day over it would be July 14, 2008 when my mom (Myrtle Voshell) passed away in my dad’s arms in the hospital. I don’t know what I would change except the ultimate outcome but I would just like to have her back again, FOR ONE MORE DAY!

• 64. Teresa&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:51 am

  This is a very easy question for me to answer–if I had one more day to relive it would be spent waking up to my precious little boy smiling in his crib (who is now a 18 yrs old- responsible young man). My wish would be to spend one more day with my mother-whom I lost 3 yrs ago. unconditional love just radiated from her-she was my best friend,my safe place to land. but most of all she always kept me completely grounded concerning everything in my life, just hearing her voice was well needed comfort and support. I am grateful for my two children, my wonderful husband, my father who now lives with me,my sister who I adore and all my friends. I would embrace one more day with my mother who loved me beyond belief every moment of my life, and taught me being a mother is a gift to be treasured daily.

• 65. Ellen Birch&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:54 am

  I would to have one day with nothing to do except lounge around in my pj’s and watch movies, paly games and sip hot chocolate with my family. Quality time that we so often don’t make time for.

• 66. Nina&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:55 am

  About 10 years ago my mother, my husband and I spent a perfect day together. We all adored each other and enjoyed spending time together. On that day we traveled about 45 miles up the California coastline, where we live. We walked the rocky beaches and talked and just hung out together, laughing and enjoying the day and each other.

• 67. Tammy Hall&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 11:07 am

  My perfect day would start out in the morning, having a cup of coffee with my honey Mark, with all my furry friends (my Lab – Emma and my cats – Cinder and Bella), looking out at the snow capped mountains and breathing in the fresh air. And then, I would relive the time with my Mom, before she got dementia, so it would be just like it used to be. Just talking and laughing and getting all the “Mom” advice. I miss the “Mom” I used to know so much, it makes me hurt. SO my perfect day…I wouldn’t miss my Mom or hurt for her anymore.

• 68. Judy Cartwright&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 11:07 am

  Wow……what a wonderful thought…..

  My day would start by waking up and being to look out on the white sand beach at Boca Grande, Florida. I’d get to walk the beach and pick up shells with my husband. After our walk we would come back for a swim in the pool and I’d have breakfast (at the restaurant in town so I didn’t have to cook) with my kids. It would have to include some shopping and scrapbooking……….and some quiet reading time. That night we would all play games and laugh our heads off……………what a day!! And what a dream…………..think I’ll hold onto that one for a while!!

• 69. Bunnymomrocks&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 11:15 am

  What day would make the perfect groundhog day? to pick a regular everyday to repeat or a special holiday trip kind of day? would repeatedly going to a sunny warm beach with my two beautiful daughters and husband get old after awhile? I would pick a regular ol’ average day because I love being a stay-at-home-mom. I count my blessings every morning that I don’t have to put them in daycare and am there for each precious moment of coos, snuggles, smiles and also the sibling rivalry, screeching and boo-boos. I would pick a quiet weekend day spent with my family (so my husband would be there, too). We would have crepes with fruit for breakfast, play in the park, walk along the shore, have mac-n-cheese for lunch, play goofy made-up stories in the afternoon, take a family nap and grill something for dinner to eat on the porch as the sunset. A splashy bathtime, good books read on my laps, more hugs-n-kisses before bedtime. The day would end with my husband and I snuggled in bed amazed at how lucky we truly are to be this blessed. Would I repeat that day over and over? It’s my idea of heaven and know these days with the little ones are fleeting. Would I repeat it? Gladly!

• 70. Pat Brodka&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 11:21 am

  The day I wish I could live over and over is June 27,2006. It is the day before my husband’s fatal stroke. I would spend the day with him and have really close conversation about our years together. I would tell him the I have always loved him even when we had an argument. I would share all the little things that have happened that there just wasn’t time to talk about. Last but not least I would kiss him goodnight and let him have total clicker control.

• 71. Rena Billings&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 11:33 am

  My day would be to spend it with my mother who passed away 20 years ago. It would involve her and my daughter and the three of us off on some adventure, shopping dining etc but if I could not have that day then I would have a day where it started off with a fresh brewed cup of coffee. Followed by awater aerobics workout, lunch with my BFF and then home to scrap and lastly to fall asleep reading my Kindle.

• 72. Karen Wolter&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 11:35 am

  If I could live life all over I would scrapebook all of my children’s life as it has happened instead of trying to do it now 30-40 years later. I enjoy living life to fullest and enjoying every minute of every day. I would try to get more things done in a day, instead of putting them off till tomorrow, which never comes. Life is great and I try to make the most of each day and share my things with everyone I come in contact with. I enjoy this scrapebook web site and all of the unique things I can get from. Live each day as tomorrow may never come.

• 73. Lori Kokoszka&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 11:39 am

  On my chosen day I would sleep in, wake to a yummy cooked breakfast with all the trimmings, spend the day with my 2 girls and my husband…maybe a day trip! I would find time to ready my favorite magazine and work in my family albums. I would stay up after everyone went to bed to tackle a “house project”. Then I’d wake to do it all over again!

• 74. Dawn&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 11:40 am

  Thinking about perfect days, several come to mind. There was my beautiful wedding in Hawaii. There was the time we went to Miami and bottle fed baby tigers and let an orangutan and monkey climb all over us. Or all of the wonderful vacations we went on seeing places for the first time. A day I am looking forward to is bringing our first child in the world since my husband and I are trying to have a baby. These days aside, this would be my perfect day:
  1. Sleep in, but not too late.
  2. Go out to breakfast with my husband.
  3. Go for a short mile long hike with my husband and dog in a local state park.
  4. Have a picnic lunch.
  5. Spend a couple of hours at the Desert Museum (a world class zoo right here in Tucson) making sure to visit the hummingbird aviary.
  6. Going back home to take a dip in our pool that we have yet to swim in since we moved to Tucson a month or so ago.
  7. Having dinner at Nonna Maria’s, an awesome pizza joint.
  8. Finishing the night sitting in front of the tv relaxing and watching a movie with my husband.
  9. Of course it would be nice to fit in some time to scrapbook all of the great pictures I have taken, too…so I think I need another day!
  Actually, I would prefer to have every day different, doing something new and exciting each day.

• 75. Donna&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 11:43 am

  When you think of a perfect day, think of reliving it over and over again…. would you want to spend the rest of your life on the beach? in your pajamas at home? with “one” special person? It’s nice to admire and think of special things, but thank goodness for the variety we have in our lives! As always, Thanks to SYT for another thought provoking email! –happy scrappin!

• 76. Kathy L.&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 11:48 am

  If I had a day to live over and over I think I would have to go back to when my children were little-after my third one was born but before she turned two. Both of my parents were still alive then and neither of them are now. Maybe it would be the 4th of July. We always had a family barbeque and just enjoyed each other and the wonderful freedom that comes with living in the United States of America. Or maybe it would be Thanksgiving, when once again the family would all gather together and we would be thankful for all God has blessed us with.
  Great thought provoking question-although living in my present isn’t so bad either. Going to be a first time Grandma in June!

• 77. Susan&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 11:53 am

  If I could repeat one day, it would be any day with my Dad. I would know our time was short and know I needed to talk to him and get to know him and ask him all of the questions I never knew then I would want the answers to. I did a scrapbook of him a few years ago and boy was that tough even though he’s been gone since 1980.

  Another day I would love to repeat would be my second day of my Australian vacation when I went to a wildlife park and got to see kangaroos up close for the first time and sit on the grass feeding them. I could have stayed there for hours. Then later I got to hold a koala. THAT was unbelievable and I can glance up from the monitor here at work and see that pictre on the wall……it’s my “happy place” There was also another day on that trip when I went to Admiral’s Arch on Kangaroo Island. Something about that place just “got” to me. And for some reason I felt very close to my father….it was kind of wierd.

  Also, repeating time spent with any of my grandparents and getting to know them as well.

  Finally, just for fun, a perfect day would be to have my craft room totally organized and be able to look at pictures and know exactly what I wanted on the page and what embellishing I wanted to do without staring at them for a long time. Oh, and having both dogs sit on command every time I ask them to.

• 78. WILMA LEDURE&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 11:54 am

  THE PERFECT DAY FOR ME WOULD HAVE BEEN DECEMBER 30, 2000. BEST FRIENDS OF MY HUSBAND AND MINE TOOK US ON A BEAUTIFUL VACATION TO HAWAII AS A GIFT BECAUSE MY HUSBAND HAD, HAD THREE CANCER SURGERIES AND WAS ON CHEMO DURING THE PREVIOUS SIX MONTHS. WE TOOK A SEVEN DAY CRUISE AND CAME BACK TO HONOLULU TO SPEND 3 MORE GLORIOUS DAYS IN THE RAINBOW TOWER (PART OF THE HILTON HAWAIIAN RESORT). AFTER THE TRIP, JUST 5 DAYS, THE DOCTORS DISCOVERED THAT THE MELANOMA MY HUSBAND HAD, HAD METASTISIZED AND THAT HE HAD APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 6 MONTHS TO LIVE. HE WAS THE LOVE OF MY EARTHLY LIFE AND AS HE WOULD SAY “YOU ARE MY BEST FRIEND”. WE SHARED 35 WONDERFUL YEARS TOGETHER AND HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS. WE NOW HAVE SIX GRANDCHILDREN AND THIS IS NOW THE EARTHLY “LOVE OF MY LIFE’. WE WERE VERY MUCH IN LOVE, BUT YOU WONDER IF YOU MISSED OPPORTUNITIES TO SAY “I LOVE YOU AND APPRECIATE YOU” ENOUGH. HE HAS BEEN GONE EIGHT YEARS ON MAY 18, 2009, AND I MISS HIM AS MUCH TODAY AS THAT DAY IN 2001. I LOVE SCRAPBOOKING AND THIS IS MY WAY TO KEEP THE MEMORIES THAT MY DAUGHTERS AND I HAVE ALIVE. I ENJOY ALL THE THOUSANDS OF PHOTOS I HAVE FROM VACATIONS, HOLIDAYS AND SPECIAL EVENTS IN OUR LIVES AND AM TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A FAMILY ALBUM FOR MY DAUGHTERS. I LOVE YOUR SITE AND WILL BE ORDERING AGAIN VERY SOON. THANKS FOR THE SAPCE TO PUT INTO WORDS THE THOUGHTS THAT ARE IN MY HEART.

• 79. Joanne&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 11:55 am

  My perfect day would start with me sitting on a camp chair in the Poconos, staring at the fire that was heating my feet.

  Then, i would take a walk in the woods and spot some deer. It would be my quiet time before i woke up the rest of the group. Then come back, wake everyone else up and share a hearty lunch with friends on the picnic table.

  After lunch we would all sit on a bank, in the sun, talking, reading, napping. For dinner it would be steak on the grill, baked potatoes and ears of corn steaming in the fire. Then a trip to spot the deer and get ice cream at one of the local stands. Back to the campsite, to enjoy a later night fire, and then to sleep outside, in the sleeping bag, under the stars. For a treat, there would be a meteor shower right before we all fell asleep.

• 80. Dawn in Louisiana&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 11:57 am

  My perfect day would be the first day of a trip to an exciting destination, with my four kids and dh. Not sure where–Europe, maybe, or Hawaii, or Alaska. And because it would be a perfect day, none of the kids would be bored or tired or cranky! There would be no travel glitches, and every aspect of the day would be unforgettable. I would take hundreds of scrappable photos of the many adventures we would have! And then at the hotel that night, I’d scrapbook–that way, I could live the day over and over again, then scrapbook it over and over again.

• 81. Mary&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 12:06 pm

  I’m not sure I could fit everything into just one day. It would have to include reading, quilting, scrapbooking, a new exotic travel destination and my whole family, though!

• 82. Angela&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 12:16 pm

  If I could choose a day to experience over and over my wishes would have to start by waking up to a warm, sunny day. A light breeze coming through an open window bringing with it the scent of the sea. Feeling well-rested, I’d look forward to a leisurely breakfast with my family.

  The majority of my day would be spent outdoors. My only modern-day convenience would be a cell-phone in case I wanted to call someone to chat. The ringer would be silenced to avoid unwanted incoming calls.

  I would be wearing soft, comfortable clothes that fit well and aren’t trying to conceal any pudgy lumps (because I don’t have any on my perfect day).
  I would feel the sun on my skin. I would hear my daughter laughing. I would see my husband smile.
  I would talk to my Mom. Of course, I would take photos so I can honor/scrap this day later-I guess I need one more modern convenience my camera!

  I would feel a sense of peace and contentment. There is nothing to stress me out. I would be thankful for my health and my situation in life knowing I am so fortunate. I would know that my relationship with God is where it should be and if this perfect day is my last day I would be O.K. with that.

  Sounds good, don’t you think?

• 83. Kim Gust&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 12:23 pm

  If I could live one day over and over again…oh the possibilities! One option would be to spend a day at sea on a cruise with my family. It is so relaxing to listen to the water and to watch the waves. Another option would be to spend a slow-paced, relaxing day doing all of the things I love. It would be a beautiful spring day, and I would spend time with my husband and son, go for a long walk, and have time to scrapbook and to read.

• 84. Nana de&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 12:30 pm

  Aaaaah – sweet day dreams! My perfect day would be a family (all four generations – 36 of us) camping trip in Yosemite in mid-May. Up early, ’cause I love the sounds of daybreak with the smell of brewing coffee and sizzling bacon. We would start the day by hiking to the cascading falls and then drive to the upper alpine meadows or Glacier Point to play in the snow. In the afternoon we would float the Merced River while “da guys” fished. When we finished with our naps in the hammock preparations our campfire evening would begin in earnest. Hobo stew and fire roasted hot dogs (that’s why I still save wire hangers) with all the fixin’s. Of course, dessert is flaming marshmellows and smores, eaten to the sounds of our strumming guitars and folk songs (doesn’t that just date us!). Wish I could say sweet singin’; but some of us can and some of us can’t. And as the little ones drift of to sleep we relive some of life’s most embarassing moments and some of the funniest – which get funnier each telling. On the cusp of sweet dreams I would thank God for the man who holds me; the family that loves and surrounds me; the beauty in the nature of His creation; my country; and the fiscal and physical ability to scrapbook the memories of the day: sleepy eyes, snowballs, water mists, dirty feet, “not again” expressions, ketchup smeared faces, sticky chocolate fingers and floating fire embers. This would be my perfect day.

• 85. Chris&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 12:32 pm

  My perfect day, would be a day when I was able to get a lot done, and still being able to enjoy myself, whether it is scrapping, card making, or even cleaning/laundry.

  I hope eveyone gets to have their perfect day some time

• 86. Joan Gonzalez&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 12:39 pm

  I’ve always wanted to learn french and never think I have the time so I would definitely do that if I had the opportunity to live each day over and over! Then I’d go to Paris! Then I’d come home and scrap it!

  Love the new papers you added today!

• 87. Alicia&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 12:47 pm

  If I could relive the same day over and over, I would get up early, like 5am and enjoy a good cup of coffee while looking out the window to watch snow falling. After an hour or so, I would crawl back into bed for a couple hours of time with my husband (who doesn’t exist yet). Then I would make a great breakfast, and spend some time being creative, whether it be scrapping, sewing, making jewelry… something fun, productive, and calming. Then I would go for a run… 4-6 miles, come home to shower, and go to a great restaurant for dinner. It doesn’t seem like I ask for much, so why can’t I find it?

• 88. Deanna&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 12:49 pm

  Ahhh…a day to relive….I would choose to sleep in and snuggle with my daughter. Then we would get up and have breakfast, get dressed and head to pick up Grammy and go to a park with a picnic. We would play and enjoy nature and of course take pics of our great day. Then we would go somewhere special (a waterpark or a amusement park) and stay until the sun sets just having a fun time. (More pics) and then she would go to bed by herself after a couple books and snuggles (we are struggling with this right now) and I would have some time to read or scrap or to just veg out in front of the tv with an adult t.v show instead of cartoons or Hannah Montana!!
  Ahh…just the thought!

• 89. ANN MARIE BROWN&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 12:51 pm

  IF I COULD HAVE ON DAY OVER AGAIN, I WOULD HAVE TO START IT OFF WITH A MOMENT WITH GOD THANKING HIM FOR EVERYTHING HE DOES. THEN I WOULD SPEND TIME WITH THE CHILDREN AT “GIVE KIDS THE WORLD” AND THEN AFTER HAVING SO MUCH FUN I WOULD RUN OVER TO THE MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION AND DONATE DISNEY TICKET’S SINCE THAT SEEM’S TO BE A BIG WISH FOR MOST KIDS.
  THEN I WOULD GO HAVE LUNCH AT A NURSING HOME AND SIT AND ENJOY THE CONVERSATION’S OF THE OLD DAY’S WHEN LIFE SEEMED BETTER FOR SOME.
  THEN I WOULD GO TO THE RUSSEL HOME
  AND SIT AND ROCK WITH SOME OF THE CHILDREN WHO JUST WANT SOME LOVE AND ATTENTION. THEN I WOULD GO TO ARNOLD PALMER CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AND DROP OFF ANOTHER DONATION OF DISNEY TOY’S FOR THEM TO GIVE TO THE CHILDREN.
  THEN I WILL GO HOME TO REFLECT ON THE MEMORY’S THAT I HAD FOR THE DAY. AFTER THAT I WILL GO OVER AND HAVE DINNER WITH MY FAMILY AND SHARE THE PICTURES I HAD TAKEN DURING THE DAY.
  THEN I WILL GO BACK HOME TAKE A NICE HOT SHOWER AND THEN GET DOWN ON MY KNEE’S AND THANK GOD AGAIN FOR GIVING ME SUCH A WONDERFUL DAY FILLED WITH JOY AND HAPPINESS AND THEN RIGHT BEFORE I GO TO BED I WILL CALL MY NEPHEW IN GERMANY AND TALK TO HIM AND ALL HIS ARMY BUDDIES AND BLESS THEM FOR KEEPING OUR COUNTRY SAFE AND THEN IT’S LIGHT’S OUT.
  GOOD NIGHT!

• 90. Ashley Severance&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 12:55 pm

  I love today’s topic! And what a great topic it would be for a scrapbooking layout – any chance of getting some groundhog day paper??

  Ok, so if I could choose a day in my life that I would GET TO live over and over again it would look something like this:

  - Hawaii
  - perfect weather
  - sleep an extra hour
  - wake up to my hubby
  - take a nice, hot shower
  - breakfast buffet
  - bikini, floppy hat, and a good book
  - play on the beach w/hubby and kiddos
  - shopping, water sports
  - bonfire on the beach, dancing, yummy dinner and a good wine
  - quiet time alone w/hubby after the kiddos go to bed

  Ahhhh……

• 91. Cathy&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 1:11 pm

  What an interesting idea…

  My perfect day…

  First I would sleep in late. It would be a warm, sunny spring day outside. My husband, daughter, and I would play outside and have a picnic lunch. Then we would take our dogs to the dog park and play with them. I would find some time during the day to curl up with a good book and to scrapbook of course. There would be lots of laughter, happiness, and smiles.

  You are right, it really is the simple things that make us happy and content.

• 92. Diane&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 1:19 pm

  I would be at the beach with my children and grandchildren. The kids would sleep till a decent hour (they are geting better, at least now it’s 7:00 or 7:30 instead of 6:00 or 6:30 ha ha). We would have a breakfast of biscuits with sausage gravy on the porch overlooking the ocean. Then we would go on a bike ride and take the kids to the playground. Then we would have a nice lunch at a good restaurant. Then we would come back for a nice afternoon on the beach, with a reading break on the porch before dinner, the some scrapbooking time. Dinner would be pork tenderloin and steak cooked on the grill. Afterwards we would go for a walk on the beach. The evening would be spent playing board games, Wii bowling and watching a good movie. OK, I admit that’s a lot for an evening, but if you are going to fantasize you may as well do it right! Thanks for the opportunity to think about what is fun. Diane

• 93. Janine&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 1:37 pm

  Mmmmm….in the North Carolina mountains with crisp fall weather, away from cell phones and computers, hiking and canoeing with my (healthy) dogs, and going back to the log cabin to spend the evening curled up with the dogs, a good book, and a roaring fire. The cats could come, too, if they’d be willing to behave…

• 94. Lisa Nesbitt&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 1:38 pm

  I had a hard time deciding what day I would like to live over and over, my honeymoon in Hawaii, a second trip to Hawaii or that trip to Paris. All beautiful in there own right, but one thing was missing from all three trips. My wonderful boys ages 8 and twins age 6. So the day or long weekend in this case that I would love to live over and over again would be my brother in laws 40th birthday weekend. All the kids in Minnesota have a 4 day weekend in October. So to celebrate a bunch of friends and family rented a cabin on Leech Lake near Walker, MN. The weather was great for October in MN. The leaves were still on the trees and were bright orange, yellow and red like you see in pictures. We spent four wonderful days fishing, going out on the boat, walking in the woods and spending quality time with friends and family. The best part was the day trip to Itasca State Park and a walk across the start of the Mississippi River. The boys even got to say thank you to a military veteran (other than Uncle Carl) the owner of the resort is a veteran of the Iraq war. It would be wonderful to live those 4 beautiful days over again.

• 95. Jennet Voss&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 1:54 pm

  I was so delighted when I discovered your website for scrapbooking internationally. We had just come home from a trip to Greece & a cruise trip that covered parts of Italy. The papers & embellishments you have are so good and for all other areas that I scrapbook in. Have added a great new supply to work with and do enjoy receiving your weekly e-mail.

• 96. Sandy Garrett&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 2:17 pm

  After sleeping late, I would spend the day lying on the beach on a tropical island reading a good book and sipping iced tea. (Of course, I would be skinny and beautiful). My every need would be taken care of. Later I would spend some quality time in the hot tub with the hubby getting ready for a perfect evening. After that evening, a good night’s sleep and then I WAKE UP TO THE REAL WORLD!!

• 97. Char&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 2:19 pm

  That’s tough. I think I’d like to spend it in Scotland as we didn’t have enough time there. Of course, having my kids and grandkids with me too would be a bonus as well as somewhere I could go in the evening to scrapbook all the pictures I would take.

• 98. Kim Berry&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 2:23 pm

  I’m in a blended family…my husband and I were married on 3/14/02. We both brought two boys to the mix, for a total of 4 boys (and they are all teenagers now)!! We have been fortunate enough to have taken them on 3 cruises and also to California and Florida. My husband and I also take our own vacations to reunite again, and usually it is to a Caribbean destination somewhere… I had a bit of a tough year, my little sister passed away back in May. She was actually my older sister and just made it to her 42nd birthday. She had downsyndrome and cerebal palsy. She had suffered a heart attack last September, then developed an pneumonia, had breathing problems and she just couldn’t come out of it, so we made the tough decision to remove her from life support on May 2nd. My mom, whom is my rock, raised me, my younger brother and older sister by herself and did an excellent job with what means that she had. So I decided to give her something back. A month after my sister passed away, I took her on a cruise. She had never been on a cruise before, so we went on a Royal Caribbean (Freedom of the Seas) cruise for a week to: Haiti (Labadee), Ocho Rios, Cayman Islands and Cozumel. So I would have to say that my perfect day was spent seeing the sun finally shine down on her and the smile that just wouldn’t disappear (which was a good thing)! I think that trip really made my heart sing for her…and of course I came back from our trip and placed a big order with none other than SYT and made each of us a scrapbook that contained about 60 pages per book!!

  So SYT Team, you guys are awesome!

• 99. MICHELLE P.&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 2:35 pm

  I would like to spend a day just walking in the mountains! I leave in TX and there isn’t many mountains to climb here. LOL.. But the perfect day would be doing that with my loving husband of 12 years, this Sunday, the 8th. He is the BEST!

  Keep up the great work!! Love all your new stuff!

  Michelle

• 100. MICHELLE P.&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 2:35 pm

  I would like to spend a day just walking in the mountains! I leave in TX and there isn’t many mountains to climb here. LOL.. But the perfect day would be doing that with my loving husband of 12 years, this Sunday, the 8th. He is the BEST!

  Keep up the great work!! Love all your new stuff!

  Michelle

• 101. Shirley Schmook&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 2:44 pm

  If I could have one day to live over again, it would be my wedding day. To me everything was perfect even though we could not afford a big wedding, we did have a very nice dinner at the Red Fox banquet facility for everyone. There was no band or dancing, just the dinner. But to be there with the church looking so perfectly beautiful and with the man I love was just awesome in itself. Even now, 45 years later, we are still together. Each day since then has had pleasures and memories of their own and I treasure each and every one of them. Us as newly weds, our first home, our first child followed by two more later on, their growing up years, their activities, their engagements and weddings, the birth of their children (my grandchildren) and the good times we still enjoy with them. I am so blessed. My daughter got me into scrapbooking about 15 years ago and looking through my first albums almost makes me want to do them over again. My albums look so much better with your papers and embelishments–you have everything anyone would need for any occasion at all. You make it so easy to find just what I am looking for. I would love to live my wedding day all over again, but you know, I am happy with my life just the way it is now.

• 102. Liz Lowe&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 2:45 pm

  My husband and I will be married 20 years on June 10, so I have been thinking a lot about our wedding day and that is the day I would like to live over again. After so much time spent planning the PERFECT day, that day went by SO FAST…I would like to be a fly on the wall and just watch everything unfold. I would pay more attention to the Mass, relish my time in a stretch limo, enjoy the cocktail hour (especially those little hot dogs in a bun), dance the first dance better and pay more attention to the guests, especially my Grandpa who died only a few short months later. Of course since my husband and I are still so in love, EVERY day has been magical. People always ask us if we are Newlyweds, so we must be doing something right. REMEMBER–EVERY DAY IS PRECIOUS and should be enjoyed to the fullest !!

• 103. Nancy&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 2:56 pm

  How can any of us write a better “perfect day” than Mary wrote in the very first one? I can only say that my perfect day would be to live as a better person. To befriend my fellow man. To support my president even though I did not vote for him. To pray that this country continues to be blessed by God and realize that all we really have in this world is each other.

• 104. Helen Jo Morse&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 2:57 pm

  I would LOVE a do over day!! I agree with most of what you have – sleeping in and reading is a MUST! I might actually get caught up on my bookcases full of books. And I could finally get on top of my DVR I’d have all the time in the world to play with my puppies, too. Bad things would be that my house would never get/stay clean and I’d never finish a scrapbook or craft project! It would be undone the next day Maybe time should stand still except in my house. Hmmmm…

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• 106. Donna Teasaley&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 3:09 pm

  I live is western North Carolina in the foothills of the Appalachians and my twin sister lives in St. Pete, Florida. She misses the snow and each time she comes home in the winter, there’s always that wish for some snow. One Thanksgiving several years ago, she and her husband came in for Thanksgiving and we decided to drive up into the mountains to a Christmas tree farm to get a tree for them to take back to Florida. Thanksgiving is usually too early for snow around here but when we got up the mountain, low and behold…SNOW! It was perfect-cold with falling snow and all the trees were covered in snow. As we walked through the field looking for the perfect tree, my sister turned to me and said, “This is best day I ever had!” I had to agree with her and it is one of my most cherished scrapbook pages today. We often talk about that magical day and we both still agree that it was indeed, the best day, ever!

  Thanks for all you do, Julie. I look forward to your e-mails and always stop my busy day to read them.

• 107. laurensmom22&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 3:11 pm

  If I had one day in my life TO live over and over again it would be November 21st, 1998. I was 5 months pregnant and picked up my suitcase to put on the scale at the airport to travel home for the Thanksgiving holiday. Less than 24 hours later I was in the hospital with premature labor. My dd was born 3 1/2 weeks later at only 1.5 pounds. I would relive this day over and over and over again hoping for a different result.

• 108. Gloria Vodan&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 3:19 pm

  My perfect day would be spent with my husband on a Carribean Island. We would scuba dive in the morning and walk the beach in the afternoon until the sun sets. Then a romantic dinner next to the sea under the moon and stars.

• 109. Sandy&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 3:31 pm

  We went ot Disney Worlld for our anniversary and had a wonderful time. The only place I could find all that I needed for my scrap book of our trip with all the necessary embellishments, papers etc. for the countries at Epcot was the Scrap your Trip site. I told my sister about it who was doing a scrap book on their home in Puerto Rico and she obtained everything she needed too. Thanks so much for making our scrap books pieces of art and so much fun to make.

• 110. Cathy&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 3:35 pm

  I’m extremely blessed – I’ve had too many perfect days to choose just one to live over and over. Here’s to making more perfect days – spending time with family and friends, doing the everyday things and the exotic things, having just enough and of course scrapbooking.

• 111. Brandy Baucom&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 4:02 pm

  I also have so many to choose from. I guess the day I would live over again would be the day my son was born. Knowing now that he would be my only child, I would go back and relive that moment of excitement of first seeing him and all of my family seeing him. Thank goodness he was born at 2 am so I only have two hours of suffering to relive each time.

  Thanks for the chance to win.
  Brandy Baucom

• 112. Sheila Witt&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 4:06 pm

  The day I would live over again is the day my daughter graduated college or the day my first grandchild was born. Both of those were very momentous occasions.

  Sheila

• 113. Shannon Whitley&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 4:08 pm

  I would relive the day I was able to quit working at McDonalds. I worked there through high school and college and even the first couple of years of teaching, but it was so liberating to be able to walk out those doors.

• 114. Donna Martin&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 4:09 pm

  It would definately be the day my son was born. There was nothing like that day.

• 115. Diane Bingham&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 4:13 pm

  My perfect day would be scrapbooking all my six kids lives and my Alaskan and Mediterranean Cruises. Just scrapping all those inspiring and beautiful moments of kids growing up and reminiscing over the wondrous times of my travels would be pure bliss!

• 116. Andy Heard&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 4:20 pm

  Definately the day I got married, even though the plain was delayed 3 times before we could leave on our honeymoon.

• 117. Angie Inman&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

  I would have to agree with the others, it would definately be the day my only child was born.

• 118. Jennie Parker&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 4:22 pm

  I would have several but I would have to say it was the day my youngest son meet his father for the first time.

• 119. Lindsay Knowles&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 4:24 pm

  How about the day after my son was born, it was such an awesome day. That way I wouldn’t have to relive the pain.

• 120. Julie Finch&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 4:27 pm

  AHHH…so many different things would be idyllic for a perfect day. I think I’m going to have to narrow it down to two scenarios…one for the perfect day at home, one for the perfect day away:

  At home I would love to be able to sleep in and wake up to a beautiful sunny day. To have absolutely no obligations to work school or any thing I don’t want to do-if only for one day! Enjoy some coffee and French toast in my pj’s; listen to old records while doing some scrapping, read a book in a bubble bath. Get ready for a night of fun:-sushi wine and relaxing on a patio with the girls or (eventually) “the guy�.

  The perfect day away would be re-uniting with the friends I made studying abroad last summer in Spain. We arrived as strangers and left more like family. The things we had the opportunity to see, how we learned so much about ourselves, the sangria, the dancing all night. It is the one time I can say I was genuinely happy in life, no one but us can understand the experience. Best 6 weeks of my life (thus far) spent in Spain (you better believe I scrapped ALL OF IT!) I miss it, and my friends terribly!!

• 121. Kissie Martin&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 4:28 pm

  The day I married my husband.

• 122. Tony Baucom&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 4:30 pm

  My perfect day would be the day I didn’t have to work any more and I could retire and sit at home and watch movies and listen to music. I am sure one I was able to do that, it would get boring, but I would start there.

• 123. Wanda Baucom&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 4:31 pm

  If I could pick a day it would definately be a day that I was on a cruise. I loved my Alaskan cruise and it could be a day I was in Alaska.

• 124. Becky Thompson&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 4:46 pm

  I would play more games with my kids since I wouldn’t have housework to worry about. I’d would watch movies and snuggle with the kids or hubby (depends on how many times I relive this day!). I’d read more books at bed time and watch them sleeping. I’d call friends I haven’t talked to in a long time. I think I’d eat all the bad things I try not to eat normally. LOL

  Thanks for this fun give away, Julie!

• 125. Charlotte Reedy&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 4:48 pm

  My perfect day that I would relive over and over again would be a day I could sleep to about 6 am, read for a while and then work on geneology for the rest of the day to find more of my ancestors and have no where I need to be.

• 126. JoeAnn Johnson&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 4:59 pm

  The last day I would live over is the day my daughter was born. I would make sure I hugged her and kissed her and told her every chance I could how much she was loved.

• 127. Kara Harris&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 5:08 pm

  My perfect day would be anyday I woke up on Vacation. The best would be waking up in Australia again, hearing the accent of the wonderful people there. Being in the warm sunny weather and enjoying the beautiful sites. Being able to hold a live Koala Bear who are so soft and cuddly. Walking on the beach at Surfer’s paradise and having a wonderful supper at the Hard Rock Cafe. Looking out over the ocean from our resort hotel suite, hearing the sounds of the surf crashing all around. Taking many photos all day for my scrapbook.
  That would be a perfect day for me.

• 128. Barbara Turner&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 5:12 pm

  I would have two perfect days that I would live over and over again.

  The first day I would live over and over again was the day my husband and I got to adopt our twin daughters. I will never, ever forget the feeling of having those precious little girls placed in my arms for the first time.

  The second day I would live over and over would be the day my youngest grandson was born and I got to be in the delivery room. I had never seen a baby born before, because I’m an adoptive mom and I would do that over and over again.

  These were two of the most special and perfect days in my life.

• 129. Susan E.&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 5:16 pm

  The day I would like to live over and over again is a day a few year’s ago when my sister and I took a sister’s trip to Disney World in early December. The last time we had taken a sister’s trip to Disney World was when we were in our 20′s. We signed up for Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party, an evening special event. It was cold, so I convinced my sister to buy the Santa hat with Mickey ears on it (we are definitely grown adults now). The hats were so warm. We saw the shows, parade, went on rides, and ate warm cookies and hot chocolate while walking around with the snow falling until midnight. They were even taking family pictues and send a copy to each of us for free. An awesome, unforgetable day.

• 130. Karen&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 5:24 pm

  My perfect would be a day of rest. Three years ago, I moved from my home in Oregon to care for my parents who live 400 miles away in another state. They are precious to me and it’s a privilege to care for my mother who’s health is failing too quickly and my dad who is 83 and watching his sweetheart of 62 years fade away.

  While I love this season of my life and the role I’m able to fill, I do get very tired at times. I have Multiple Sclerosis, managed with medication, but right now I’m needing a little break.

  I miss my best friend in Oregon more than I can say. She is one of those people who is a gift from God! Donna would have to be included in my perfect day!

  The day would start with a non-early wake-up time! I’d eat a light breakfast in anticipation of having a wonderful lunch with Donna at our favorite restaurant.

  After a joyous reunion, we would drive to the beach for our favorite meal and have one of our marathon gab sessions. Phone calls and emails just aren’t the same as that face to face conversation. There is always so much laughter and giggles when we’re together and we never run out of things to talk about!

  From there, we would go down to the beach and it would be one of those glorious warm days at the Oregon Coast. We would walk on the beach, talking about books we have read, our families, sharing the good, bad and the ugly of our lives. There is no better listener than Donna and she says the same about me.

  Late in the afternoon, we would visit our favorite shops and have some sort of gooey, chocolatey dessert, guilt-free of course!

  Driving home from the beach we would sing along to one of our favorite CDs, harmonizing on the choruses!

  We would find the best chick flick currently playing and spend the next two hours laughing and crying over some implausible but sweet story. Afterwards, we would walk the short distance to our favorite Italian restaurant for a late dinner and even a glass of wine. More deep and personal conversation would flow and we would rehash our perfect day.

  After a tearful, but happy goodbye, I’d magically be back here to kiss my parents goodnight.

  I would read my current book of choice until my eyes could no longer stay open, then sleep the whole night through.

  That would be my perfect day.

  -Karen

• 131. Dolores Rose&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 5:49 pm

  A day I would like to live over would be in our favorite cabin at McGregor’s Lodge, in Estes Park, Colorado. It would have snowed the night before, making the next morning all pristine and white. The sun would be out and the sky would be the bluest blue. We would have a leisurely breakfast my hubby cooked, then pack up cameras and binoculars, and a picnic lunch, for a trip through the Rocky Mountain National Park, which is only 1 mile from our cabin. We would see lots of elk, bighorn sheep, mule deer, foxes, and coyotes. We would stop at Sprague Lake for our picnic, where we are visited by Stellar’s Jays, Magpies, and Gray Jays. We would see gorgeous mountains and trees all covered in snow and oh so beautiful, so we could take lots of pictures that I could scrapbook later. Then we would go to Mama Rose’s, our favorite Italian Restaurant, in Estes Park. We would order the family special, which is spaghetti, house salad, soup, fried bread, and with our dinner garlic cheese bread, with Spumoni ice cream for dessert. Then we would go back to the park for a majestic sunset. Afterwards, we would head back to the cabin, where we spot bighorn sheep, bull elk, and mule deer right at our cabin. After taking some photos, we would go in the cabin and I would get my comfy sweats on. Hubby would make himself some coffee and me some hot cocoa. I would curl up in the recliner with a warm blanket. Hubby would start a fire in the fireplace, where it would glow and pop and crackle all evening. Then we would put in a favorite DVD in the player and watch the movie. By then, the higher altitude would make us both very sleepy and off to our kingsize bed. As a last thought I would wish for another day just like this one tomorrow. A lot of this has happened but not all in the same day, so this would be what I would call the “perfect day.”

• 132. Donna&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 6:03 pm

  My perfect day, would be to stay home in my pj’s and finish all my scrapbook albums with my girls. They have both inherited the love of scrapbooking and we spend hours together remembering great times. We love surfing your website to find the perfect additions to our pages. Thanks for all your great product.

• 133. Doreen Winchell&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 6:10 pm

  My perfect day would be a day with my mom and my very dear aunt who both passed away from cancer.

  My cousin, Vicky and I formed a team last year named “Scrap Happy Angels” and were able to raise over $1,000 in our second year as walkers. We came up with the name since we are both avid Scrapbookers. We decided to have a scrapbook day named “Vickie’s Angel Crop” on July 12, 2008 with the monies being donated to the Angel Walk. We contacted all our fellow scrapbookers and were able to raise approximately $700 with this event. We have already scheduled our next crop for Saturday, July 18, 2009.

  Vicky and I both lost our mothers in 1998 due to cancer. Each of us was fortunate enough to be able to give our mothers the best of care without having to worry about how to pay for the many services needed. We are also both lucky to have a very dear aunt who treated both of us as her own daughters. About five years ago our aunt became very ill and it was then that we found out she also had cancer. Our aunt’s husband had already passed away and she had no children of her own. My cousin and I, along with my brother and sister-in-law, and my father, all decided to get together and take care of my aunt as long as possible. Each of us would take turns moving into her home for a weekend, or several days during the week and provided whatever care she required. The last five months of her life we had to make the difficult decision to place her in the Hospice House. It was probably the best decision we could have made but a very painful step to take. Those five months we were able to become her visitors instead of her caretakers. We spent quality time talking, laughing, reading or just sitting and watching her favorite shows.

  It is with honor and love for these wonderful ladies that we walk to help other families who are not able to afford the many things required during this terrible time in their lives.

  Our motto is:

  Angels with wings
  Scrapbookers with heart;

  Keeping memories alive
  Even though were apart.

  Thank you for letting me share our story.

  Doreen Winchell

• 134. Bea Lincoln&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 6:15 pm

  My perfect day would probably be to sleep in and to get as much scrapbooking and stamping done as I could. I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Far behind. And mixed in with that would be spending time with my 13 month old grandson. He’s SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

• 135. Bea Lincoln&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 6:16 pm

  Sorry Hit the wrong key on the keyboard. Meant to finish that sentence with CUTE!!!!!

• 136. Lynda aka arlsmom&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 6:31 pm

  December 31, 1993…my wedding day. The day my life changed forever for the better… without my dh I would not be a mom to two beautiful girls and have this wonderful life. Thank you for the reminder to make each day special!

• 137. Dawn&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 6:37 pm

  If I could live a day over and over life wouldnt be very intersting. I love the excitement each new day brings, whether good or bad, growing emotionally & sprititually.
  That being said…
  I would praise God for all things!
  I would tell my husband I love & appriciate him instead of reminding him of things he didnt do.
  I would hug my wonderful son and enjoy his great smile.
  I would see my parents through the same eyes I did when I was a child.
  I would listen to my niece laugh with everything in her.
  I would smile at everyone I see, not call people jerks in traffic on I-4, and always let the little old lady in behind me in the grocery check out go first.
  I would enjoy the sunshine and blue skies we have so much in Florida.
  I would call my friends and laugh.
  I would be on a cruise…..oh how I love to cruise!
  And I would always have the perfect page for each occasion in my scrapbook!

• 138. Joanne Tavares&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 6:49 pm

  My perfect day would Definitely be a warm, sunny summer day. A day off from work where I can sleep late, but not to late, and start the day off with a nice hot cup of coffee. I would then pick up my niece and we would be off on one of our many road trips. We would go to the beach or the zoo, an aquarium or an amusement park or maybe horseback riding, one of her favorite things to do.

  I so enjoy her excitement when I take her somewhere even when it’s somewhere that we’ve been to many times before. I love it when she says to me on the ride home “Thank you for taking me out today auntie, I had so much fun”! To me being able to make someones day a memorable one is one of the best feelings in the world.

  Then maybe in the evening I’d take a trip to our local drive-in to watch a movie under the stars.

  Oh! and I forgot to mention that the day would involve more coffee with a nice hot cup of tea in the evening.

• 139. Tim Lawson&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 6:54 pm

  Hmmm ….. a perfect day ….

  It would begin with some sleeping in with my dog snuggled up next to me. We would get up and go for a nice long walk and come home to a nice breakfast.

  Some quality time with family.

  We would be magically transported to Disney World for a few hours (and they would magically allow dogs in the parks and on the rides) …

  Back home to a quiet evening on the couch with some of his favorite snacks, then off to bedtime, snuggled up again!

• 140. Kerrie Barnes&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 7:14 pm

  I would get up early and make my husband and son breakfast. I would smile and tell them I loved them and that they are my world. I would show them all the love I have for them in words and actions, rather than scrapbooking their beautiful faces. (although there is nothing wrong with that at all). I would hold my son until he was sick of me, and kiss him until he pushed me away. I would spend my day thinking of them and not dwelling on the four babies that I have lost. I do all these things anyway, except I replay the last of these things over and over in my head everyday.

• 141. Teresa&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 7:27 pm

  Wow! This is a hard one. I would say spending time with my 4 sister’s. The last time we were all together was for a funeral 6 years ago. We live miles apart so it is difficult to get together. We would hang out in our PJ;s all day and just talk about life, take no cell phones, have no televisions, no kids, and no grandkids. Just relax and enjoy the time together.

• 142. Paulette&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 7:48 pm

  The one day that I would love to do over and over is a day when my kids were little, I have two daughters and one son. Back in the day, I was a very lucky mom who got to stay home with her kids. During the summer we would spend our evenings outside playing until we could no longer see. Just the four of us and our dog Shelby. That is the time I miss the most. Now my kids are grown, oldest daughter lives 6 hours away, who I miss so very much, my middle daughter who lives here in town, who keeps me sane, and my son who is in the Navy keeping us all safe. Miss them all and those carefree days.

• 143. Jeanne&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:09 pm

  My Groundhog day would be a snow day. I work in a school and now that my own two kids are grown, a snow day is pure heaven. You get the call (which in my hometown in Northern Ohio requires there be a lot of snow!) once or twice a year and it is a totally unexpected free day. I like to think nothing really counts on a snow day – you can stay in your pajamas all day, skip shaving your legs or blow drying your hair, and food has no calories. You can take your time writing letters, sorting photographs and making scrapbooks without worrying about chores or responsibilities. The snow piles up outside and the inside world is all calm and cozy.

• 144. Jennifer Butler&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:13 pm

  What I would do again is spend more time with my family and scrapbook. I don’t have enough to do either. Maybe even make some cookies

  Jennifer B.
  NYC

• 145. Lisa Nuhring&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:24 pm

  I met my best friend, Corinne, in third grade at a little country school and shared so many memories with her: elementary, middle and high school, our first jobs at the same place, going to college together. After I married we lost touch, but then the miracle of email brought us in contact again and it was like all the years between melted away and we were best buds again, reliving “Do you remember when…” memories daily. Two peas in a pod. We even found out we were using each other’s emails as incentive at work. “Do three more phone calls and THEN you can read her email.” lol On one workday, she ended her email with, “Time to go… shoe shopping tonight with Lauren….heaven help me!” Lauren was her pre-teen daughter and quite the drama queen. Less than ten minutes after her email was sent, another vehicle crossed the Interstate median and hit her car head-on. She died at the scene. No other person has shared in so many of my life experiences. With her death, it was like a part of me that will never speak again.

  My day to relive over and over again would be one of the summer days Corinne and I got on our bikes, met at Six Corners Road and then biked our way into our small town for the day. After roaming around, we’d stop at the little Parkview Grocery, got all the way to the back and each buy a big glass bottle of Sundrop. The cooler was set so low that often there was slush forming on top of the soda within….sheer heaven on a hot and humid summer day. We’d take our bottles of pop and head to the park. We were chunky, but with a running start and a good jump, we’d land in a seating position on top of one of the big concrete tubes, facing the roadside. Talking about everything and anything, drinking our pop, complaining about hard bicycle seats, and playing “The Car Game”. We took turns claiming every fifth car that passed between the corner of the Seventh Day Baptist Church and the telephone pole. First she’d get the “fifth” car, then I’d get the next “fifth” car. On that day, we HEARD a car coming before we could even see it. A rattle-trap bondo buggy with mismatched doors and obviously no muffler. Ugh. It was mine. We laughed like crazy and I took Corinne’s ribbing well. More chit-chat and another sip or two later…..the rattle trap in all its rusted glory was returning. Two teenage girls in the park, one yelling, “Faster…faster…” and the other yelling, “Noooooo” trying to keep that junk-on-wheels from beating another car into the “zone.” This time Corinne got the jalopy and we laughed long and hysterically….having to turn away from each other just so we could breathe.

  I would relive and commit every nuance to memory of that completely carefree day of summer sun, fresh air, ice-cold pop, and a shared belly laugh with my best friend.

• 146. Amber C&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:38 pm

  My perfect day would first entail a day off, and then spending a relaxing day with my husband, and meeting up with my family for dinner, (who would pay on my perfect day), followed by an evening alone with my husband (and we wouldn’t fall asleep before 10pm)!!

• 147. Tamara&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 8:48 pm

  My perfect day would involve sleeping in with a large down comforter, then waking up as my two toddler boys climb in to bed to jump on us. After breakfast we would pack up the car and go camping as a family. We would go hiking and maybe canoeing, then enjoy a campfire and smores under a very starry night. And when it is all over, a hot bubble bath and a good book to clean up and wind down.

• 148. Jenn Ryan&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:03 pm

  I am lucky enough that my portions of my perfect day happen pretty often, if not the whole thing. It definitely starts with sleeping in – since I don’t have kids I do that most weekends lol. After I am thoroughly rested, I go to brunch/lunch with friends and spend the afternoon shopping or otherwise getting in trouble. Then dinner out and good conversation w/ dh. After that, home to relax while we read/watch tv – me on my chaise cuddled with one of the dogs (the other is usually next to me being petted) and dh on his recliner.

• 149. Laura Bentley&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:32 pm

  If I could have one day to do over, I would want one more day with my daughter before she went to heaven. She was only 5 and I’m not sure that I told her how much I loved her and how she was one of the most beautiful things that I ever made in this life. I have had many years to think about this, and I think that would be it, my perfect day.

• 150. Barb&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:32 pm

  I’ve read through 148 wonderful “perfect days”. I guess I’d like to live through some or all of those days already described.
  Sometimes we don’t realize that our “perfect day” was today (or yesterday or the day before, etc.). I just pray for the wisdom to recognize and then remember those special times with family and friends. Scrapbooking is a wonderful way to relive the “best of times”.

• 151. clk&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:43 pm

  My perfect day – that’s a tough one.
  First, it would have to be a day off from work. I like to start my days with a cup or more of tea, some devotional reading, and I write my morning pages. 3 pages of hand written random things that pop into my mind. I’m often amazed at what comes out.
  The day would have to include some form of creativity – scrapbooking, photography, knitting, writing, or whatever else feels right at the time.
  Music is a very important part of my life, so whether it is practice time at the piano or listening to the music that suits my mood at the time while I am doing other things, it would be part of my day.
  Enjoying the outdoors, perhaps watching the migrating snow geese at Middlecreek or vacationing in Yellowstone.
  My family would have to be part of the day. My son, safely with us after a shift as a police officer. My daughter and husband, both at home at the same time involved in a hot game of scene it, trivial pursuit, or monopoly.
  Then, I think back on days from long ago with my grandparents and great grandparents. Days of ice skating on the frozen pond, or picking corn for the evening meal.
  Maybe my perfect day should be scrapbooking and writing about all of these things that mean so much to me. It’s time to tell the stories of the people who made me who I am, the places that I have experienced, and hardest of all would be the story of me.

• 152. Nancy&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 9:56 pm

  My perfect day would be a day spent with my husband, our four children and their friends, and all our extended family – brothers, sisters, in-laws, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, etc. at our family retreat, the “tree farm.” We would talk and laugh, play all kinds of games, swim, canoe, enjoy great food cooked by all, and sit by the campfire telling stories and singing. It would be great, because when we’re there we always say we want the day to never end, and this day would happen over and over again, so we’d finally get our wish!

• 153. Chris Thompson&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:12 pm

  My perfect day would be Dec. 21, 2008 as I had all 3 of my children with us for Christmas, plus my husband’s 2 kids and our only grandchild, Hazel. We played board games, played Wii and laughed at everyone’s efforts to master the balance games. We then enjoyed a wonderful turkey dinner with all the trimmings. I thanked God for the day, my family and spending time together. The only thing that could have been better was to have Luke, my daughter, Betsy’s boyfriend with us. I will relive the day when I put the photos in the scrapbook – and then relive it again as I look at the photos and marvel as Hazel grows and our family continues to expand with new spouses.

• 154. Pamela&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:31 pm

  My perfect day would be spent at all my favorite scrapbook stores including scrapyourtrip.com and not worry about the total I spent. Then I would come home, sort thru all the goodies I bought and I would stay up all night scrapbooking and eat anything I wanted.

• 155. Debi&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 10:59 pm

  I have two days I would love to do over. The first was my wedding day. It was a beautiful day and I was marrying the man of my dreams. That was the day I felt the most loved and beautiful.

  The second day would be the day we brought out adopted son home. We allowed our older daughters to stay home from school to go the hospital to pick him up. We also invited the grandparents to go with us. We had balloons and stuffed animals. When they placed that beautiful 10′ 8″ baby boy in my arms, I became overcome the joy. He is now 20 years old, and I have volumes of books and am so grateful that I had the opportunity to scrap his memories. I even shared his two volume baby book with his biological mother when he turned 18 and he have since become great friends. I love pouring over those books and remembering each of those special days. I have been truly blessed, and the scrapbooks remind me every day just how good God is!

• 156. Kari&hellip  |  February 4th, 2009 at 11:00 pm

  the perfect day……
  It would start with a good, uninterrupted nights sleep. A pancake breakfast that I didn’t have to clean up after, play time with the kids (and NO fighting or whining!) doing their favorite things. Lunch by the lake in summer, lazy afternoon scrapbooking , a dinner I didn’t have to prepare, a quiet evening with my hubby and a restful night thanking God for the blessing of that day!

• 157. Barb Van Epps&hellip  |  February 5th, 2009 at 12:25 am

  My perfect day is coming up very soon! Both my boys will be home in April for their R&R from Iraq!! We are hoping their dates coincide and they get to see each other. In fact, our youngest son had his date pushed back to April and his brother asked to have his switched from March to April in hopes of getting to see and spend time with him. How hard last June was when both left within a few days of each other. We didn’t see them the day they left, it was their decision. It was hard enough to take them to the airport here at home, hugging, kissing and crying openly like a baby as I said goodbye and watched them walk away. They are both Army officers, graduates of West Point – we are so very, very proud of them. In case you ask, they are not in the same locations in Iraq. It tends to be a couple of weeks before we hear from them. I’ve somewhat gotten use to that but it doesn’t make it any easier. I’ve been working on scrapbooks for both of them entitled “Army Life” which will continue as long as they stay in. Please keep all of our troops in your hearts, thoughts, and prayers.

• 158. Kathy R.&hellip  |  February 5th, 2009 at 2:33 am

  I have been thinking about reliving my perfect day over and over. And I’m wondering which one it would be. Maybe it would be the day I married my best friend and the love of my life. Or maybe it would be the day after my third child was born when I had them ALL around me. Or maybe the last day I saw my Dad before he got sick. Just to hear one more time..”Hi, baby!” Or maybe the days my grandsons were born. What a feeling that was!!! It could also be the last weekend that I traveled to my sister’s house to have a “girls weekend” with her, my daughters, and my neices. Before we found out that she has cancer again. I have had so many wonderful days in my life that I guess it would be IMPOSSIBLE to pick JUST one. Maybe that would be my best day ….just thinking back over all the wonderful times and STILL trying to decide which one is best!!

• 159. Becki&hellip  |  February 5th, 2009 at 2:40 am

  My perfect day would start when all my children crawling in our bed in the morning and us watching some cartoons together. After i would love to spend the afternoon scuba diveing with my love. If you have never been under the water it is such a whole new marvelous world. then perhapes a relaxing meal with the children playing on the beach as we watch the sun go down. later after the children are in bed i would unwind by scraping my memories of the day. what a wonderday it would be.

• 160. Nancy I&hellip  |  February 5th, 2009 at 6:08 am

  My perfect day would have me waking up in my nice cozy house/cabin in the mountains. I would sleep in and have a nice hot breakfast ready for me. I would spend my day reading, listening to music (most likely DMB) and scrapping. I would also love to have time in there to play a board game or two with my kids (as long as they aren’t fighting).I would love to end my day then by flying somewhere for a DMB concert and in a perfect world I would get to meet them. I would take my kids along with me to the show. I know this sounds extremely 15yr-oldish, but that is what I would want to do.

  It would be a memorable day for everyone!

• 161. Lisa Blomberg&hellip  |  February 5th, 2009 at 8:15 am

  Oh to only dream of a perfect day! Well to start with I would have all ready met my goal weight, and could eat anything I wanted for the day. So now that I am Skinny Minney and looking good lets not waste a moment.

  I would wake up in Botswana with my husband and my son would be there too. We would spend the day helping in a village doing whatever we could to assist in their daily lives. There is no greater gift than giving of yourself to others. Your reward is a smile or hug from another person who you might have helped in some small way. My day would end with us sitting around a outdoor fire pit listening to the sounds of Africa. This is my perfect day.

  Thanks Julie & Staff for knowing just what we all need to finish our projects and preserve our memories!

• 162. Nancy&hellip  |  February 5th, 2009 at 8:54 am

  Hi Julie:

  There are so many things I would love to do if I could re-live a day. The most important one would be to go back in time and have my adult children ages 35 and 31 small again. I would spend more time rocking them, snuggling and reading to them. I wouldn’t worry so much about cleaning the house, doing the laundry and heck if dinner didn’t get made, oh well we would be eating out! I would cuddle with them both at bedtime, telling them again over and over how very much they are loved. In fact I would probably have another PJ party with them and sleep in their room on the floor snuggling all night long! Even though I enjoyed my children when they were young, I so wish that I could turn back time and be given another chance at having them young. I spent a great deal of time with my children when they were young. Time is so precious.

• 163. Pam Hyatt&hellip  |  February 5th, 2009 at 9:46 am

  If I had a day to live over, I would spend it with my Great Aunt who recently passed away. Although I spent a lot of time with her, near the end I didn’t spend as much time with her as I should have and will never be able to get those days back. I do have some great photos to scrap though!

• 164. KelleyLohr&hellip  |  February 5th, 2009 at 10:03 am

  my perfect day would be with my hubby and dog Riley–and head off to the park to “be live dogs” We live within the national parks and have so much gorgeous scenery around us. we would plan a picnic, take the dog, a blanket, some books, and then head of to the park, explore, sniff around in the fresh air, find a sunny spot, plop down on our blanket and just relax…lay like dogs in a snippet of sunshine! We would just totally chill! Sleeping and doggie dreams are optional!

• 165. Robin Spencer&hellip  |  February 5th, 2009 at 10:59 am

  My perfect day would go back to April 24, 2008 and start it all over again. I wouldn’t have almost died that day and my health would be great. Then I would have several perfect days to spend and enjoy with my family. I am grateful that I’m still here and kicking slowly…

• 166. Wendy Lust&hellip  |  February 5th, 2009 at 12:28 pm

  A wonderful day for me would begin on one of those early spring days when it first warms up, the air smells fresh coming in the open windows, and the trees have just leafed out. My house would be freshly cleaned from top to bottom, all chores caught up, and nothing nagging to be done. Our adult children would join us for a cookout with all our favorite foods. We would spend the afternoon playing games and fill the house with laughter. We would attend an early performance of a popular theatrical production followed by dinner at a luxurious restaurant. The day would end when we slipped into bed between fresh clean sheets.

• 167. Estella Rodeback&hellip  |  February 5th, 2009 at 12:36 pm

  My Groundhogs day: My children are still small (ages 8,6 & 3). We would read books together and record our reading. The youngest would take our old phone and turn it over and hit it with a spoon to make the sound effect to “turn the page”. The older children would make all the sound effects and voices. –My children are now grown so my groundhogs day would be listening and living that day over and over again. The laughter, voices and all the fun we had just being together.

• 168. Tammy Dickerson&hellip  |  February 5th, 2009 at 1:01 pm

  I would read a book, Do some scrapbooking and card making. and a big cup of hot chocolate because its still COLD!!!! here. Thanks for the chance to win something
  Tammy

• 169. Jill&hellip  |  February 5th, 2009 at 4:05 pm

  If I had to relive a day over and over it would be Christmas or Thanksgiving. All the family is together, everyone is having fun and glad to be home and just enjoying being around each other.

• 170. Michele Desmarais&hellip  |  February 5th, 2009 at 4:50 pm

  My groundhog day would be to relive my Wedding Day over and over again. My father (now deceased) holding my bridal doll my Aunt Theresa (now deceased) lovingly handmade for me in the exact mini copy of my wedding dress. My mother (now deceased) who I thought couldn’t wait to get rid of me crying all the way to the church. Tears of joy? My husband’s Uncle Harry (now deceased) was a Catholic priest and he married us, he was so nervous he kept calling me Denise. Because I was marrying denephew??? He actually stopped the ceremony to tell everyone he in fact did know I was Michele with the nickname of Shelley. As I look at my beautiful album, I see so many that are now gone. My husband’s grandfather, father friends family. I would love to relive that day… even if only once more.

• 171. Cindy Courington&hellip  |  February 5th, 2009 at 5:23 pm

  A day to live over and over again? There are so many. As my by line implies I love to travel and experience the world. I want to do it all and I am attempting that one day at a time. But to walk hand in hand with my husband through the coble stone streets of San Gimignano, Italy as we enjoyed a gelato and browsed the windows of the little shops with out a worry or care in the world except what to try next or maybe climbing to the top of Waynu Picchu Peru literally climbing and pulling our way to the top to catch the most awe inspiring view as the clouds and fog disappeared to reveal Machu Picchu. Or would it be the day I totally got my nerves up and jumped from a plane to freefall at 130 MPH before parachuting to the ground. I do live each of these over and over again because I have spent the best days of all in my scrapbook room scrapping each and every memory to relive again and again. Thank you “Scrap Your Trip” for adding detail and inspiration to each page.

  Have Suitcase Will Travel

• 172. Marie in Texas&hellip  |  February 5th, 2009 at 7:35 pm

  I would want to relive, over and over, any Christmas morning with my daughters. They are 18 and 20 now. The early morning wake-up, their anticipation, the enthusiam, their surprise when they opened the toy that they really, really, really wanted…oh! the expressions of love and gratefulness and disbelief. Then how the way the day would literally float from the morning spent in pjs, eating cookies for breakfast…to the afternoon, still in pjs and snacking more…watching them play with their presents…to cooking and having Christmas dinner together…then snuggling on the sofa in too many blankets to watch Disney videos together until long past bedtime. I don’t think I would ever get tired of rewinding these kinds of memories every single day of my life.

• 173. Terri Brewster&hellip  |  February 5th, 2009 at 7:49 pm

  What a great question! I am just starting another hectic semester back in school, and as I read the blog late last night I pondered my perfect day and why I would relive it. It would start with no school. I would have time to cook breakfast and sit and visit with my son who has grown up much to fast. Once he was out the door to school, and my husband off to work, I would get my workout in without feeling the time crunch of rushing somewhere. Then I would enjoy a shower, a nice long lunch catching up with a girlfriend. Heading home I would curl up with my favorite tea, candles lit, curling up with a blanket and a great book for the afternoon. Time to fix a nice dinner, sitting at the table to enjoy my family without someone running in or out. Uninterrupted time with my family and me time would be perfect.

  Thanks for asking the thought provoking question, it made me stop and think about what is important in life.
  Terri

• 174. joyce&hellip  |  February 5th, 2009 at 8:09 pm

  My oerfect day is going to sound very strange but it is true..it would be the day of my wonderful father-in-law’s funeral…as strange as that is it is because we celebrated his life by being together…my husband, his family and most of our adult children…we ate, laughed and fill our hearts with memories of him..there was absolutely no grief just the joy of celebrating his life…he lived to be 97 years old…we were in Puerto Rico where he lived and they day was bright sunshine and beautiful breezes and it was like soaking in his lifeline…truly a perfect day

• 175. Sherralyn&hellip  |  February 5th, 2009 at 8:17 pm

  If I was to experience a Ground Hog Day – I would choose one from my most recent holiday to New Zealand. It would be hard to choose from 21 perfect days but I think it woud have to be the day we went to Waitomo Caves, then Rainbow Springs at Rotorua and finishing the day off with a Maori Hangi and concert. Those Maori’s really know how to throw a good shin – dig.

• 176. Kim&hellip  |  February 5th, 2009 at 9:27 pm

  I would love to relieve December 20, 2003 which was the day my brother who was 24 at the time passed away. I miss him terribly now.

• 177. Elaine&hellip  |  February 6th, 2009 at 3:07 am

  Well, we in the UK are under a foot of snow and I am having a groundhog day, as this is the fourth day that the college I teach at is closed and we can’t go in!

  My children are now 21, 18 and 15, but we have still had fun out in the snow building snowmen and throwing snowballs. We javen’t had snow like this since they were little and it has certainly brought back some memories for us all, like when my husband used to take them to school on the sledge – he doesn’t pull them around on it now!

  My perfect day? I think I would snuggle down in abed for a while longer with my husband of 25 years. I would then make us a cuppa and take it back to bed to read my book. A cooked breakfast would follow and some time with the boys shopping or watching a film. My afternoon would have to be spent scrapbooking (as I never seem to get much time for it these days) and in the evening we would go out for a lovely meal and a bottle of wine.

  Another wish I would have is to go back to New Zealand to visit the family we visited for a month last year for our silver wedding – like Sherralyn in the last blog post, we too did Waitome and Rotorua, but we also went over to Gisborne and spent time in Auckland – the zoo and Kelly Tarlton’s were fab – we then ended the holiday with a couple of days in Hong Kong – what a holiday!

  Well, back to reality, as I’m off work I had better get on with the housework (after checking out your sale items, of course!!).

• 178. Pam Johnson&hellip  |  February 6th, 2009 at 9:30 am

  I spent New Years in Paris with my husband. We wandered the town hand-in-hand all day, had a dinner of bread, cheese and escargot washed down with house red wine in a charming little cafe, went to a concert of Mozart’s Requiem at the Church of the Madeline, sat under the Eiffel Tower at midnight, drinking wine and watching fireworks, then danced across the bridges of Paris to our own music. It was magical and it was definitely my perfect day!

• 179. Melinda&hellip  |  February 6th, 2009 at 9:33 am

  Nothing like free product to get everyone motivated. I would have a day of no chores. Take my family on a morning fishing trip and while we are gone have a maid come clean the house, so later I don’t feel guilty that I didn’t get anything done. Go to the donut store for breakfast and then come home and saddle up the horses and ride to the softball field, where we would all play softball together. Ride back home and run through the sprinklers. Grill out for a late lunch and invite some friends over for game night. At some point you have to starting living life and quit worrying aobut the laundry, the dishes, sweeping, mopping, etc. BE HAPPY

• 180. Terri Rainwater&hellip  |  February 6th, 2009 at 2:23 pm

  A great day would start by sleeping in all the way to 7:30. Remebering for once that i have a coffee maker that has a timer so that when i come down stairs my coffee would be ready. The house would already be picked up so i could sit back for a while and listen to the men/boys in my house sleep. Then spending the entire day going through the monstrous mounds of pictures and paper and stickers and getting them all organized in albums and out where all my friends and family can enjoy them, especially my husband who pays for my little habit! Love ya dear!

• 181. Marcy Bartley&hellip  |  February 6th, 2009 at 2:27 pm

  Remembering my trip out west . . . . I would like to see the Grand Canyon again and again. It was my dream for so many years to see it and when I finally did I was speechless. Also enjoyed Bryce Canyon and Zion Canyon on the same trip.

• 182. elaine&hellip  |  February 6th, 2009 at 5:37 pm

  I just read so many of the “Groundhog Day letters”……they brought tears to my eyes…..I am in my 60′s and usually don’t read blogs, but I accidentally cliked on that link…..I just want to say that I am sorry for all of you who have lost loved ones and who are missing them so much. I think that scrapbooking helps healing, do you? Also helpful are videos & home movies of your loved ones. Have a blessed day everyone.

• 183. Rebecca McHugh&hellip  |  February 6th, 2009 at 7:38 pm

  I wrote about this quite a while ago…I wish there were more embellishments, i.e., where there were more “careers”. Most companies only have doctors, nurses, firemen, police, etc……what about pilots, flight attendants, lawyers, secretaries, etc., etc. Those would probably be bought like crazy. I hear so many of my fellow “scrappers” say the same thing. Is there such a company that caters to more careers? Thanks and I love your website and your products. Rebecca McHugh bdmchugh@numail.org

• 184. Donna Harris&hellip  |  February 6th, 2009 at 11:13 pm

  My perfect day would be to wake up to a glorious sunrise on a beautiful, perfect weather day with NO humidity. The house would have already be cleaned from rafters to basement, all chores would already be done and there would be no demands on my time. I could read, scrapbook or spin as the mood struck. The birds would be singing away with the chattering of the squirls through the open sunroom windows and my hubby would be nearby to share it all with me! (No day is perfect if you can’t share it with someone you love!)
  Donna Harris

• 185. Tammy Vincent&hellip  |  February 6th, 2009 at 11:39 pm

  I would re-live a normal Saturday where we sleep in, cook waffles, play games, work around the house, and just spend the day together as a family. We would have no appts. or demands from other people on our time–just what we want to do!

• 186. Kathy Bendall&hellip  |  February 7th, 2009 at 4:43 am

  Do You remember when you fell in love, not the puppy love kind but the real kind? You feel so happy and feel as though anything possible. I would like to live this over and over again.

• 187. Sandy White&hellip  |  February 7th, 2009 at 8:23 am

  plunge as well, wouldn’t that be grand! After the family is chilled to the bones and we start thinking of supper over an open fire it’s time to get into the kayaks and paddle back to camp. There’s nothing like supper over an open fire and so more’s for dessert. The evening ends as we watch the sun sink over the mountain tops across our favorite pond. I could relive a day like that forever!

• 188. Sandy White&hellip  |  February 7th, 2009 at 8:37 am

  My perfect day would start with a walk in the woods with my Pepere. He past several years ago but I still miss him dearly and this was our favorite activity. I would then return home to a breakfast of crepes cooked by my husband. We would then take our children up north. The peace and solitude of nature means no sibling rivalry, no arguing, just being together. We travel to Northern New England and put the kayaks into one of our favorite rivers. We stop for a “picnic” lunch and a cliff jump. If I could be arthritis free I could take a (continued above, sorry)

• 189. Kristen Foster&hellip  |  February 7th, 2009 at 10:00 am

  What a wonderful question – all the days and moments I would love to relive or have back. There are a lot of days that I would like to relive over and over – mostly the day my daughter was born and the day I got married. But if I could live a day over and over that I created for myself – I would say that I would wake up in the morning – next to my husband (I am beginning to forget how that feels – he is in the military and has been called up for special duty to help with the clean up in Kentucky after the ice storm). After we snuggled and loved on each other I would get up and gently wake my daughter – cuddling her and enjoying the times when she wakes up with a smile. I would help my husband make breakfast – something big like pancakes and sausage and biscuits and his yummy gravy. Then after the dishes were done we would go outside – because it would be a beautiful day of course – and walk to the park. I would watch Katie and James run around and play (since I don’t run much at 8 months pregnant). I would of course take a ton of pictures – capturing the time for ever. After they were tired we would walk home and have some lunch. After that we would go visit with my family and spend time with my grandparents and parents. My husband would then take me and Katie to dinner at a Habachi grill and then come home and snuggle on the couch to watch a movie. When the movie was over and Katie was fast asleep I would sit at my scrapbook station and remember the day all over again – putting it on paper with stickers and embellishments and great accents – so I could share that wonderful day with my friends and family for years to come. When it was late enough I would go to bed with my husband (and in my dream world he wouldn’t snore that night) and be thrilled to have the next day to repeat it all over again.

  Honestly – a day with my husband and daughter is all it would take for me to consider it a perfect day for me to redo over and over again! Oh I miss him!

  Thank you for the wonderful thoughts for the day and God Bless America!

• 190. Mary Knox&hellip  |  February 7th, 2009 at 2:33 pm

  If I could have a PERFECT day, it would include spending time with my parents and my little sister. But they are all in heaven, so the next best thing would be to go to breakfast with my husband, after I wake up slowly and read the paper for a bit. Then we would go antiqueing for a while, and just enjoy being together. Later, we’d come home for a power nap and find that some “elves” had come in and cleaned my house from top to bottom. Everything would be organized and the clutter gone. Then I could scapbook the rest of the afternoon without feeling guilty. That evening we would play board games with our adult children and reminisce about the good times we’ve had through the years. Later my husband and I would go to bed and fall asleep in each other’s arms.

• 191. ElaneJ&hellip  |  February 7th, 2009 at 4:48 pm

  My perfect day would be spent scrapbooking with my beautiful daughter. We would watch TV (especially Gilmore Girls) and scrapbook, stopping to go to a movie and do some shopping – and, of course, out to eat. My daughter is currently in Morocco teaching 3rd grade and I am really looking forward to her coming home at the end of June! I miss her.

• 192. Terrye&hellip  |  February 7th, 2009 at 8:09 pm

  I would choose to relive a day that included my dear mother, who has been in Heaven for 15 years, my husband and all three of my children at any age when they all lived at home with us. It is wonderful to see them at any time and doing anything, but to have them all together at once again would be Heaven to me.
  This is the reason why I love to scrapbook, so that I can again dream of the perfect days.
  I am sure that I have hugged them all like crazy and told them a million times each how much I love them but I wish that I could do it all again now.

  Thank You for everyones perfect day, I have loved reading them and cried at many and my own.

• 193. Carol&hellip  |  February 8th, 2009 at 7:29 am

  My perfect day would be just waking up late with my kids and not having to go anywhere or do anything specific. There always seems to be places to go and things to do that there is not a lot of downtime. I guess the perfect day is usually a snow day since everything is closed and cancelled. We really can use one of those real soon.

• 194. Janice Litz&hellip  |  February 8th, 2009 at 8:24 am

  My perfect day that I would want to live over and over would definitely include the following:

  Waking up late (i.e. any time later than my normal 5 AM alarm goes off), having my husband bring me a cup of coffee and breakfest in bed, cuddling together and watching any of the CSI episodes we have DVRed, packing up a picnic lunch and walking out into our woods and have a nice picnic with a nice bottle of wine. We would hold hands while we were walking and remember all the wonderful times we have had and places we have vacationed to. Then we would come back and take a nap with the windows open and a nice cool breeze blowing over us. After we wake up, we would start dinner together and eat while watching any chick flicks that he never wants to go see, then cuddle together until we fall asleep:-)

• 195. Ali Irvine&hellip  |  February 8th, 2009 at 7:21 pm

  I live in Portugal, my kids go to school in scotland and alot of my friends live all over the world, so my perfect day would to relive my 40th birthday. My wonderful husband took 14 of us to Dubai for 4 days, all my best friends in the world in one place at one time, from all different stages of my life. The only change i would make is for my two teenage sons and my parents to be with us.On my birthday we went skiing in the biggest indoor real snow ski slope in the world and i got to ski down the expert slope- a real achievement or me. i could not stop grinning. i felt so loved by so many people who had travelled so far for me. it was truly magical. If i could i would just repeat that day over and over

• 196. Patricia&hellip  |  February 10th, 2009 at 6:38 pm

  My perfect day would be to stay in my PJs and scrapbook all day long. With the repeat of the day, maybe I could get my backlog of pictures finally done. (Of course, I’d first have to figure out how to change up the actual pictures each day) LOL!!

• 197. Karen Bushy&hellip  |  February 12th, 2009 at 2:10 am

  I’ve spent the last almost two hours reading all of the preceding 196 messages, and I think the coda to all of them is how much family and friends mean to us. How much we enjoy the beautiful world God has created for us, whether home or away.

  What a joy it is to be blessed with the internalized desire to preserve the joy-filled times – a baby’s touch, the excitement of a wedding day kiss, the joy of doing something meaningful for someone else, the privilege of answered prayer. As scrappers, it seems to me that a large part of what we’re working to preserve for future generations is that glorious feeling inside of ourselves that tells those who follow us that even though a day, a week or a season may seem like a “tough time”, that life is really a series of special times, most of which we would relive if we could.

  I love to sit in church and sing the beautiful old hymns (on a perfect day, I would have a much better voice!) and I love the humility and joy I feel when I take Holy Communion. I am blessed to be able to look back at a life well-lived, with more experiences and opportunities (some taken, some not!) than I could have ever imagined. Travel on the Concorde – - – hugs from grandkids. Walking on a glacier in the Alps – - – pulling weeds in my beautiful flower gardens. Seeing my kids graduate from college – - – crying at too many gravesides.
  Being an honest public servant – - – hearing the doctor say “There is no more cancer.”

  Pick a day – any day. The Bible says: “This is the Day the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it!” and I am!

• 198. Vicki Figueroa&hellip  |  February 12th, 2009 at 3:27 pm

  The day of my live I would relive, is one very ordinary and simple day.

  It was a Saturday that my husband and then 11 year old son and 5 year old daughter did the usual Saturday stuff around the house. That evening we went out to dinner and then we went to the bookstore. We all bought books and had a great evening.

  This day stands out in our lives because the next morning our lives changed. My husband suffered a seizure and was diagnosed with a brain tumor. After brain surgery two days later I was told he had brain cancer and was given 12 months to live.

  We are so blessed!!!!! Tomorrow, February 13th, he will be a 7 year survivor, unheard of, truly a miracle!!! Even through it all, our lives have been good there are so many days I could choose to relive, but the day I chose was the day cancer did not exist !!!

• 199. Laurie&hellip  |  February 12th, 2009 at 3:44 pm

  I’ve enjoyed reading everyone else’s Perfect Day stories so much that I’ve printed up several of them to keep; good food for thought! Thank you to everybody who’s shared.

  I’ve noticed that so many of the entries have undertones of regret in them. Mine would, too, except that in my almost six decades of life, I’ve gradually learned to enjoy each day as it comes and goes. As Karen said just before me, each day is a gift from God, and the Bible tells us His mercies are new every morning; great is His faithfulness!
  So many of you wrote about wanting time back with your children when they were young. For years and years, I kept wanting to somehow freeze time so my five children would stay the same age forever; each stage of their lives has offered new challenges and experiences, sorrows and rewards. Looking back now, I can see how God’s used our tough times to help us treasure and enjoy the many great times we’ve had together. My kids have been scattered around the world in recent years, but no matter where they are, we have been held together by our common bond of love. When I get to reminiscing about the good old days, I like to remind myself that the best is yet to come! Someday Jesus is coming back to take all of us to live with Him in heaven, where we’ll never be separated ever again. Our grandparents, brothers and sisters, and my baby daughter will be there to welcome us home, and even now the porch light is on; they’re waiting and watching for us! In the meantime, I’ve got work to do and people to love every chance I get. As someone once said, “Each day is a gift; that’s why they call it the present.” May you find your hope and joy in God’s love that never fails…no matter what!

• 200. Jill Nelson&hellip  |  March 27th, 2009 at 7:16 pm

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• 201. Cori Wright&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 9:27 am

  My Perfect Day would be one where no one suffered from a terminal disease; where we had no wars; where life was so innocent again; where my two boys did not have to see chaos, destruction, loss. I pray for the cure of Juvenile Diabetes so my 16 year old nephew no longer had to prick his finger. I pray for the cure to cancer, all cancer, so my dad would have many, many more years to enjoy his grandchildren who love him so dearly. My perfect day would be sitting in silence, and sharing memories of the days past when life was so innocent for my boys, scrapbooking!

• 202. Leigh Gregg&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 9:42 am

  My Perfect Day for 2010 would be to wake up and discover that all the low-income housing had been upgraded and that all those on financial assistance had good jobs that paid a living wage. Then I would be free to drink coffee on my front porch and watch the wildlife roaming through my yard. After coffee I could spend the day visiting with those whose lives had been transformed, taking after pictures to go with the before pics and then scrapping both on a two-page before/after spread. Then the book would be published to show the world what is possible when we are in relationship with each other to work towards transformation of our society.That indeed would be a day I would want to live over and over and over….

• 203. rhonda wright&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 10:11 am

  My perfect day is any day my 19 year old son is home from college spending the day with me. His girlfriend MK comes over, my 16 year old daughter, Lindsey, is home, her boyfriend of the month comes over and laughter fills the house. We bake cookies, pile on my King size bed and watch a movie amist the cookie crumbs. Laughter fills my home and I want the moment to last forever. That’s when I get my camera out and all the kids are saying “here’s mom and her camera again”. Great scrapbooking stuff comes from moments like these!

• 204. Diane Herman&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 10:21 am

  My perfect day would be having my family close. My college age son home, my other son and his girlfriend and her 4 year-old son and my hubby. Sitting around laughing and talking and enjoying our times together. The kids grow so fast (mine are 25 and 21) and the little one, too. Our dog would be getting her belly rubbed and the best food would be served, “family-style” of course. Adding my Dad and Mom would be even better. Dad enjoys watching J (the 4-year-old) play with legos and cars. Mom would be watching us from heaven now, but she loved to watch J play, also. Any day with family is the “perfect” day.

• 205. Doris&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 10:29 am

  My perfect day is everyday that the Lord has given me to share with Him and my granddaughters. To be able to share their love and watch them grow and to know my Lord loves me–who could ask for more.

• 206. Nancy Mensch&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 10:36 am

  If I could wish for a perfect day, I would love for my children to meet our relatives that have passed away. To be able to see and speak with my grandparents one more time would be wonderful. Then my husband and I and our four children would go somewhere and it would be sunny and warm (where there is no snow and frigid weather) and we’d have a picnic and take a walk on the beach and play in the ocean. Then we go home and we play games and talk and laugh and no one would be whiny or crabby. Then when the kids went to bed my husband and I would enjoy a glass of wine under the moon and stars and listen to the ocean. But then as reality sinks in I realize that all of the stuff around me is just scenery and what needs to be perfected is my view of what is perfect. I have my family and my children and we are healthy and hope to stay that way. I know I only have a short time with my children as they will move away when they grow up and I will be wishing for one more day of piled up laundry, noise from 4 kids and endless housecleaning and dinners to make. A change of scenery would be nice from time to time but as long as we are together that is what is important. Someday I will look back on these imperfect days and realize that they were the most perfect years of my life.

• 207. Sue Degard&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 10:44 am

  Oh the possibilities…
  It would have to be in a setting with the ocean in front of me and the mountains behind me- the kind of view that makes you think about God and the big picture.
  There would be time to read a good book without interruptions. Shopping with my three girls on an unlimited budget.
  Hiking through woods and playing with the dogs on the beach.
  A delicious and calorie free dinner with good music and friends.
  A beautiful sunset watched in my husband’s arms.
  Ending the day at home with the whole family there (and of course “clean up fairies”)

• 208. Lori Andrew&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 11:46 am

  Since being in a terrible car accident on 12/28 – not my fault – t-boned, trapped, with 2 broken vertebrae, etc., etc. and living in a body brace ever since. My PERFECT day will be (God willing) when I’m out of this brace, NOT in pain for an entire day, able to take a bath, go to church with my wonderful church family, read a book, scrapbook again, visit with friends, go out with my wonderful husband (who’s been my nurse), and ENJOY cleaning my house – which I’ve not been able to do for over 6 weeks now. I’m praying for all of this.

• 209. Sandra Dawson&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 12:40 pm

  My perfect day would be to be with all my family. For all of us to do service work at olds folks home. We love going there and cheering them up. They get so excited.
  To read a good book while all the kids are there.
  Go to Disney World and have a blast.
  Saying our prayers that we are so thankful for what we have.
  Help make dinner for a needy family.
  Watch my children laugh and have a great time.
  Go to the country enjoy all the peace and listen to nature. To work on scrapbooks and also look back
  at the children younger ones.
  To tell them stories of there child hood.
  Walk the beach at sunset with my husband.
  Say our good nights and then cuddle up in bed and fall a sleep in my sweethearts arms.

• 210. Kristen&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 12:59 pm

  My perfect day would be…
  the sunrise greeting me in the morning on a warm sandy beach…
  sipping sweet tea while reading my favorite Nicholas Sparks book…
  surrounded with sunshine…
  chocolates…
  uninterrupted time with my husband…
  free from any stress…
  smiles…
  sunset over the horizon before falling asleep with the one I love!

• 211. Jamie Donaldson&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 1:19 pm

  Of all the days to do over, I would choose my wedding day. Everyone always talks about how quickly the day goes by and it’s a blur…this is so true. I would start the day with my mother and thank her for all of her sacrifices that brought me to this wonderful day…instead of barely seeing her while getting dressed and taking pictures. I would have my wedding at a later time in order to enjoy the prescious moments with all of my bridesmaids, i.e., best friends. If I could do it over, I would ask for “help” instead of doing all of the invitations, decorating and clean-up…I barely remembered to ask someone to help serve our beautiful cake…I was so happy to be getting married to the most wonderful man, I didn’t let a little thing like finances ruin my day, although in the end, I did feel a bit wary due to all of the lost time trying to do everything instead of getting to enjoy all of the wonderful festivities. Another thing that I would do is allow time to go shopping in order to re-purchase my lost foundation!! LOL There’s nothing like getting married in only my white panties underneath and nothing that you can do about it!! I was a pretty good sport. Lastly, I would go to my jeweler a few days earlier than I did to pick up my heirloom pearls…a gift from my father to my mother when they were starting out in life…I didn’t remember them until the last minute and the jeweler had forgotten to restring them…he gave me a very expensive replacement for “just in case”…well, of course the “just in case” happened….I am on my way out of the dressing room when my pearl necklace broke and pearls went EVERYWHERE!! My bridesmaids knew this would be a tearful moment, so one of my best girls grabbed up a pearl and pinned it to my dress underneath so my precious dad would still be with me on “My Day”. I put on the replacement set and walked to the man of my dreams and became Mrs. Donaldson. As I said, I am just thrilled to have met and married such an awesome man, but if I had a day that I could do over, it would be my wedding day…but, then I wouldn’t have so many funny and not so funny stories to tell now, would I??

• 212. Lenora&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 1:27 pm

  I love the idea of being completely present in the moment–imagine having a whole day over and over in which I am completely myself and completely present with the people I love. It actually wouldn’t matter so much what I was doing during that day if I could live it in that way. This is something I have been working on the last 2 years as I have plowed my way through to a deeper understanding of the ways my anxieties and fears have dominated my entire life and every decision I have made throughout my life. I’m learning to live a whole different way now…and I have moments of being entirely present with God, with my husband, with my kids, with my friends. They are the most precious times. There is a scene in “Our Town” where the question is asked, “Does any human being ever realize life while they live it? –every every minute?” The answer: “hardly anyone, save the saints and poets maybe.”

  So, I suppose that if I had a day to live over and over again, it would involve being completely and fully present enjoying all my favorite things….a slow, quiet morning where I begin with worship and hearing God’s voice, a cup of coffee, spending time with my children, taking exceptional photos, scrapbooking them with my friends, dinner out with my husband, a really good movie that makes me laugh AND cry, spontaneous hugs from my kids, a purring cat climbing voluntarily onto my lap, being able to help someone, encourage them or love them….life is good, isn’t it?

• 213. Jill Shipley&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 2:08 pm

  My perfect day is a day at Disney World Magic Kingdom with my husband Ty, our two daughters Haley (17) and Kayla (14). It is just the four of us and the time for me is precious. We leave the rest of the world behind and just enjoy each other. We ride rides, eat, laugh, and act as if there is nothing wrong with the world. We cherish this time together and the girls even talk about how much fun we have as a family for months after we are home. I scrapbook the trips and we get them out all the time and look at the pictures. We look forward to the day when we get to go back and just be together. These moments are truley magical for us. I look forward to my next perfect day with my family!!

• 214. Vicky Haynes&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 3:09 pm

  My perfect day would be with my husband, my son and my exceptional daughter-in-law, at Costa Rica walking in the cloud forest of or in a boat in the mangrove swamps with all of the fantastic wildlife. Second best, remembering it in a scrapbook full of the incredible pictures we took!

• 215. Vicki Morris&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 4:51 pm

  My perfect day would be to wake up feeling great (because for the last 6 or 7 years now, that hasn’t happened very often), hubby would take me to Starbucks for a cup of White Chocolate Mocha and a piece of their yummy banana bread and I would go off scrapping with my friends. Then I would return late afternoon and have dinner with my whole family (which can’t happen now because 2 of my sons are on deployments overseas) and we just hang out talking all night long. Then hubby and I would snuggle up in bed and have a wonderful nights rest.

• 216. Michelle&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 5:57 pm

  My perfect day is the one when the world is at peace and our children have a future to look forward to.

• 217. Stephanie&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 6:37 pm

  My perfect day would be spent with my two wonderful children. We’d sleep in. I’d make breakfast for them, whatever they wanted. Go on a bike ride on one of the awseome bike trails we have in our area & take a picnic lunch. We’d come home, grill out & eat on the outdoor patio, sit at the fire pit before going in to bed.

• 218. Susie Zimmerman&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 6:39 pm

  A perfect day for me…it would be to reunite with all the loved ones in my family that have passed away in these past few years…my grandmother, mother, father, brother and “kitty Kat”. To be somewhere sunny and warm and to be able to share one last day together to say all the things and do all the things that we would have wanted to do or say with each other.
  That would be the greatest day ever!!!

• 219. Terrye&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 7:24 pm

  I don’t think that I can improve on last yr’s statement that I wrote on Feb. 7th. I re-read it and lots of others and almost everyone’s main theme remains family and being able to have another day with all of them together. That is my dream still to this day and a day that I would want to relive over and over again. Scrapbooking alows me in a sense to relive some of those days forever! When I’m looking again at my scrapbook pages, I linger for many moments remembering wonderful times and try to remember there are still more to come, just different.

• 220. Barb Van Epps&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 7:51 pm

  Although a little different from last year’s statement, I would love to have my Army sons, who are state side at the moment, come home and really spend time with us. Not having one girlfriend here, not playing X-box, not texting or talking…just the four of us watching some stupid movie or playing a board game. I try to understand that when they are home, they need a break from their very busy lives. They both definitely came back different last year from Iraq and that by itself is hard to see. Maybe I’m too sentimental, but I love my sons and soon again, they will be gone.

• 221. Sandy&hellip  |  February 10th, 2010 at 9:01 pm

  My perfect day would be waking up tomorrow to all of this snow and get paid for being home. I have been off work since last Friday due to the snow in Pa. and Md. I think we have about 48″ as of right now. Since I am self employed I don’t get paid if I don’t go to work. I have loved every minute of being home watching the snow, cooking, cleaning, being around my husband and son, and scrapping. I only wished I got paid for snow days then my life would be perfect. Thank you Julie for having such a wonderful company for us to purchase our scrapbook supplies. I would have pulled my hair out if I were home all of these days and not had all of the beautiful scrapbook paper and die cuts that I have bought from your company to make my albums so beautiful. You saved my life this week.
  Thanks again,
  Sandy

• 222. Erika K&hellip  |  February 11th, 2010 at 5:04 am

  My daughter waking me up and everyone hopping in mom and dad’s bed for a while. Walking down to the coffee shop for some breakfast. Packing up and going to the beach. Making sand castles with my kids. Swimming with my son past the breakers. Resting while my husband takes the kids to jump waves. Having a yummy pasta salad made by my husband for lunch. Hunting for sea glass and shells for collections. Come home and change for a nice dinner at my favorite thai place with my kids being perfect angels and have a great conversation with my husband.

• 223. Barbara Smith&hellip  |  February 11th, 2010 at 9:27 am

  I think my best day might have been on my cruise to Alaska with Michael W. Smith 3 years ago. Next time I want my whole family with us! I think for today I would love my whole family to go to the Atlantis in Paradise Islad together again. Snorkeling,walking the beach, water rides-perfection!

• 224. Carol Lee&hellip  |  February 11th, 2010 at 10:01 am

  Wow, my perfect day! First I would have to have my body liposuctioned and contoured etc until I probably was at least a size 12(Hey, I’m not 25 anymore so not going for the size 2 twiglet!!). Then I would slip back in bed with a sexy Victoria Secret teddy on to surprise my husband. After that we would be served a wonderful but healthy breakfast(don’t want to be liposuctioned again!!) on the balconey of our luxurious log home overlooking a magnificent lake and the mountians.
  Then we would go out in our yacht to enjoy viewing wildlife and relaxing.
  For lunch our son and his girlfriend along with our mothers would join us on the yacht which would lazily float down a river. We would reminise about our lives, look through 30+ years of scrapbooks, put captions on every photo we own(ok maybe a little ambitious but I have to dream!), and have a family portrait taken to capture this idyllic moment.
  What time is left in the afternoon is spent with my honey in our home movie theater(don’t I wish) cuddling and watching a first run movie with fresh buttered popcorn. Oh, our wonderful dogs are cuddled with us also.
  Supper is served with fresh fish and locally grown food prepared by a master chef. We dine under the stars on our balcony, holding hands and remembering the lean years of our lives. After supper, he settles down with a novel while I scrapbook the memories of the day(note I am now up to date on my scrapbooking!!)
  For a nightcap, we have hand made ice cream, strawberry of course! Then we settle down in bed with our french doors open so that fresh air, stairs, and little wildlife animals can join us!!
  So ends my perfect day which is all about relaxing, reminising, and family. In my perfect world I am a size 12, never crabby, and my hair and clothes are perfect. I don’t have hypertension or a tendency for reflux. I never have athlete’s feet, bad breath, or gas, a spot on my clothes, disgrace myself by saying the wrong thing or procrastinate! Even all perfect things have to end but so far, despite all that has ever happened to me, it has made me who I am today and that is a pretty ok person so I will stay with the world I am in…but then I would like the log home and perfect body! I can always dream!!!

• 225. Jane T&hellip  |  February 11th, 2010 at 11:39 pm

  My perfect day would be playing with my two youngest grandchildren and my only greatgranddaughter. They don’t live nearby and just to be with them would be spectacular.

• 226. Jennifer&hellip  |  February 12th, 2010 at 12:09 pm

  A great cup of coffee in the morning (and a great glass of wine in the evening) interspersed with working on my scrapbooks and reading…with a nap somewhere in-between.

• 227. Joan Layman&hellip  |  February 12th, 2010 at 12:21 pm

  My perfect day is still every day I get to spend with my granddaughter. No matter how bad a day you are having or problems in your life, her smile and calling for Mom Mom makes evrything go away and life is good.

• 228. Merryann Wen&hellip  |  February 12th, 2010 at 12:22 pm

  My perfect day is when my 3 grown children come home for a family visit. We all usually wind up sitting around our large kitchen table, catching up on things that have been going on in all our lives. Usually they always want me to make goulash and dumplings and pistachio cake for dessert. (The family favorite meal)
  Later my kids start telling stories from things they did when they were younger and just teasing each other about different things. Sometimes I even get teased. But its all in fun. Sometimes I find myself just watching them interact with each other and their families and it just warms my heart. To me that is my most perfect day. Sometimes I wish I could just put all those moments in a box and tie it up with a bow and when I need some pick me up I could just open it up and enjoy.

• 229. Jeanna&hellip  |  February 12th, 2010 at 12:55 pm

  My perfect day would begin by waking up to the birds chirping outside my window and the sun would be shining. I’d have all three kids at home (one is away at college) and we would cook and eat waffles and orange juice together. We’d get dressed and head outside to Zion National Park and hike, take pictures to capture the moments, have a picnic, and just enjoy being together. We’d come home and enjoy a hot pizza with lots of laughing and burping (only allowed on pizza nights to let our hair down and just be silly). We’d then watch our favorite movies with popcorn before saying our prayers and I’d get to hug and kiss each one before they get into bed. I’d then hit a nice bubble bath with a good book or since this is my perfect day I’d have a loving man to snuggle up with and fall asleep in his arms. I could live this day over and over.

• 230. Margie Rowland&hellip  |  February 12th, 2010 at 1:02 pm

  I would bet I could find many days I wouldn’t mind getting a “do over” on.
  Most recently the 5th of January.
  My mother tripped and fell on Christmas breaking her ankle, she required surgery and some help at home. My sister and I took right to getting her needs met. Mean while our step dad wasn’t doing so hot. He had a cold, and was just not feeling well. On that evening after I got mom fed and settled in bed, I stopped and asked him if he was ok. I thought about sitting down with him for a cup of coffee,just to catch up with him, but I dismissed it I had things to do. He did answered my question with a No.. That did stop me in my tracks, and I questioned him.. He replyed he was just getting old… So off I went to “my life”. He passed away in his sleep that night. IF I could redo a day.. and make it perfect. I would have stopped.. had that coffee, had that converstaion. I would make sure all of my relationships were in order. That every ” I should” would be an “I did” just in case. His last words to me were I love you! I hold that dear in my heart. But to have a do over on this day.. would be priceless!

• 231. Kari&hellip  |  February 13th, 2010 at 1:58 am

  My perfect day would begin with the most beautiful sunrise God has created for us to enjoy. I would drink tea and talk to my Gram about her life and record the stories for my kids to enjoy. Then I’d spend the day with my kids doing whatever they want, without any arguements or bickering(hey, it’s my dream, right??). We’d have a wonderful home cooked meal, which ididn’t have to make or clean up! Then my husband and I would get some alone time to snuggle and relax and enjoy one another. Nad I’d end the day completing a few pages. Ahhh!!

• 232. Lora Michael&hellip  |  February 13th, 2010 at 4:39 pm

  My perfect day would be on the front porch of the beach house we rent every summer with my husband, our daughter and her husbands family, sitting in rocking chairs laughing, drinking margaritas and beer, listening to Jimmy Buffett, putting aloe cream on sunburned bodies while a thunderstorm hovers over the ocean!

• 233. Shirley&hellip  |  February 14th, 2010 at 6:29 pm

  My perfect day – I think it would start with sleeping in late and then getting up to a great breakfast that my boyfriend cooked for me. I would then spend an hour or two reading a good book. The rest of the afternoon would be spent with my honey watching movies and just enjoying the fact that we have nothing else to do. The day would end with a great dinner and a great night’s sleep.

• 234. wanda snyder&hellip  |  February 16th, 2010 at 1:42 am

  hi Julie, You are beautiful. hope to meet you one day. Son Todd gave me a certificate from SYT for Christmas. I’m so glad to get it. What kind of shoe do jazz dancers wear when they perform? I need a pair to finish a dance page. I only have 8 months left and my 5 years will be up for my cancer. Thanks for praying for me. I am anemic but I’m on iron pills, so that will help bring my blood count up, I hope. Take care and enjoy your new condo and your precious 2 little ones. Wanda