a week in the life - monday, 4.19.2010

so, i'm planning to share pics each day this week & a bit of journaling (for now) that captures my daily activity.

i've taken lots of pics with the Canon & iPhone but not planning to use all but just to have a range of photos to edit & pick from when putting the book together.

then, as Ali will do, i'm going to put my mini book together next week that sums it all up ;-)

so, without further adieu, here are a few highlights from 

monday, 4.19.2010...

a travel day jetting to iowa for a work meeting. 

so lots of in & out of airport - HSV-ATL-MOL airport.

picking up the rental at moline, iowa int'l airport.

national car rental. pontiac G6. sweet ride.

hitting the open country roads of iowa.

crank up the tunes & enjoy the ride.

a 30-mile drive from moline int'l airport on the way to the "big city" of muscatine, iowa.

great weather. blue skies. crossing bridges.

gotta' love mapquest.

my iPhone GPS & i = great friends on the open road.

{i seriously think there are less arguments between couples on road trips of lost directions.}

just driving & driving & driving....

fairfield inn, muscatine, iowa.

am i seriously the only one staying at this hotel...in the middle of nowhere. *haha*

in the elevator.

3rd floor here i come...

checked in the hotel.

now driving to the work meeting.

i loved this sign...dutch apple pie & snowstorms.

not sure what "snowstorms" are but the dutch apple pie sounds yummy.

view of main street in muscatine...

signs signs everywhere there's signs...

kinda' like this neat town.

lunch at The Button Factory with a colleague.

nice weather. sitting on the patio. wonderfulllll salad.

love the signage...

after a full day of meetings, i'm off to walk along the mississippi river for some snapshots...

 

along the pier.

some really neat historic homes in the muscatine area too.

this one makes my heart skip a many beats. sighhhhh....so much character.

downtown muscatine.

now driving to davenport around 5 for a nice drive and a scrapbook store look-up in the area & recommended from a sweet friend on facebook.  iowa seems to have quite a nice mix of scrapbook stores.  make-a-me-happy.

another cool bridge. davenport.

mission:  scrapbook store.

mission completed.

such sweet ladies here at scrapaganza.

a cricut class was in progress as i shopped.

i picked up lots of new & great goodies.  very niceeeeee selection.

i must hit up the stamp store {next time}.

oh, and a jo-ann's next door in the same shopping center is always nice too.

especially when all the scrapbooking section is on saleeeeeee.  scoreeeee.

so, how was your monday?

link me up in the comments if you have pics to share via blog, etc. from your week in the life monday 4.19.2010.

xo