..:: currently ::..

Currently I am . . .

enjoying a little time off from work and spending more time reading in my pjs

reading several young adult fiction books, that are just as good as any novel written for adults!

finishing my December Daily. I am not a very good finisher of things.  :-)  So I am devoting my time to finishing, which means I haven't done much sharing on the blog.  If I needed to choose, I would choose working on the mini instead of blogging about it! And I'm OK with that.

recovering from walking pneumonia!  Our house has been full of illness.  All of us have been hit with a variety of (mostly respiratory related) illnesses, and it has spread to the grandparents (on both sides)!  Ugh!  I do feel like we are all on the road to recovery, finally!

missing our sweet Mikaela during this holiday season and every day.

enjoying time with family.

appreciating every day.

thankful that we were able to give B. a magical Christmas.

contemplating another try at a 365 photo project

considering a stab at Project Life.  Elise's Seafoam kit is calling me.  My only reason not to try is because I am afraid I will fail. Another possibility is that I will spend so much time on it that I will no longer do traditional layouts.  I dunno.  I have a few days to decide.

ready to begin One Little Word 2013.

so ready for this year to be over and a new one to being.

hoping anyone reading this is having a fantastic holiday season!  Thanks for stopping by!

~ fantastic snow ~

Nope.  It didn't snow this week. We haven't had much precipitation all of 2012.  In fact, there was really only one snow day this past school year (usually we have 8 or more)!  These photos are from January 12, 2012, before Mikaela's accident and death (funny how I measure almost everything that way now).  The girls had such fun that evening -- a great memory that had to be documented!  I actually started this layout in March, but never finished!  I finally went back and finished it up this week.

Most of the items are from an older Scrapbook Circle Kit :: Note to Self (still available, I think) with a bit o' (custom) flair from ormolu. I absolutely love the bright colors and patterns, complete with snowflakes, but the paper doesn't really look "winter" at all!

B. and I have both been pretty sick!  She is back at daycare, but I am quarantined the rest of the week (they suspect pertussis, I do not).  I for sure have walking pneumonia!  Bleh!  I'm really ready for the cough to be gone!!  I've been working on my December Daily while I'm home and I hope to share my first few days by the end of this week!

Peace out!

..::currently::..

Currently I am...

smelling bread baking.  Well, not right now, but I did bake bread for Thanksgiving this year.  I love the smell of baking bread.  This was my first time from scratch.  It wasn't horrible. Next time, and there will be a next time, I will make sure to listen for the timer and take it out before it gets too crispy!

anticipating the Christmas Season.  I just know it's going to be amazingly magical this year.  B. is really getting excited about it, too.  She is loving all the Christmas lights that she sees around town and has informed us that we need to put up lights on our house this year (I think it will happen this weekend).

excited about documenting the season in my December Daily mini book!

coughing way too much.

watching Christmas movies as a family.  B. is loving them and is so much fun this year.

popping popcorn, real popcorn, on the stove (B.'s first time was amazing to watch, and we captured it on video)!

listening to B. talk...All. The. Time.

scraping frost off the car in the mornings.  I would mind this a lot more if B. wasn't so funny about it.  Here's a conversation from this week:

     B: Mommy what is that stuff on the windows?
     Me: That's frost, honey. Like ice.
     B: You need to wipe it off
     Me: Yes I do
     *squeals from B*
     Me: Do you like it when I scrape the windows?
     B: YES! It's so loud!!!!!


drinking coffee to keep warm.

hearing B. coughing way too much.

wearing cozy pajamas

celebrating that my Dad's body was able to accept one of my kidneys five years ago today.

so thankful that we've had five more years with him.

loving my Soul Mate even more today than yesterday.