I've been rather reflective the past few days, looking through old pictures and writings. I cannot believe another decade has passed! They always say how the years just fly by as you get older and when you're in your teens and 20s, you can't even believe it. But here I am, on the downhill slope to thirty and can't even remember where all the time went. To start off, I found this meme over at Jenn's that I figured I'd start out with. I usually try to do one of these each year and can't believe I missed last year (then
Read MoreThe holidays are always busy for me and I pretty much bit the ground running from November 1st, when I started planning a surprise party for my mom's 50th birthday, until like next Sunday when the season will officially be over for me because we still have New Year's and second Christmas to get through. As it stands we are wrapping up first Christmas which was spectacular save for the blizzard that hit the East Coast and threw a ginormous monkey wrench into my life (more about that later). As it stands I'm currently typing this entry from my brand
Read MoreToday, I am thankful for flannel pajama pants, a nice soft bed, my laptop, a boyfriend that cooks me dinner and a chill in the air that makes all of that seem more delicious than it sounds. If I had stuck to my normal Monday evening routine from the past couple of weeks, I'd probably just be winding down from dinner and cleaning the back of the house (bedrooms, bathrooms, hallway). As it is, I'm sitting in my bed in soft flannel pajamas, mindlessly surfing the Internet and writing this post and that's about all I've accomplished tonight. And I
Read MoreThis past Friday, Steve and I went over to our friends house for dinner and enjoyed a few hours worth of good food, laughter, story-telling and general conversation with some of our favorite people in the world. Eventually, as nothing lasts forever, we had to head home. We pulled into our driveway and were doing the general end of night chit-chat: "I'm sleepy", "Sammy needs to go out", etc. as we headed up the walk to the door. I was in front so I saw it first. Now, to be clear, I wasn't quite sure what "it" was because I stopped dead
Read MoreHoly crap on a cracker, there's a blog here? Something I can write in every day if I'd like? Pffft, who knew? Apparently not me since it's been close to a month and a half since my last update. I feel like this is confession ... Bless me Father, for I have sinned. It's been <too many to count> days since I have blogged ... (Look at me trying to act like I'm Catholic. The closest I come is that I was baptized. I tried to ask Steve because he did all of that good Catholic child stuff
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