blogging in the new year

So it’s New Year’s Eve, and here I sit. Blogging.  I’m sure I’m not the only one, though.

Many of you have done a year in review, and honestly I really don’t want to review this year.  For the most part, it was just hard.

So I think I’ll stick to a Christmas break in review kinda deal.  We’ve really enjoyed having time off during the holiday.  We’ve had some family time and just relaxed without work and school stresses pressing in on us. And that’s been so nice.  We’ve watched movies together.  We’ve eaten together. We’ve gone shopping together.  I could go on and on. 

We’ve even watched it snow together.  I can’t say that we played in it… because we didn’t.  I kind of hate that, but I also hate the cold. I was a little surprised that hubs and Boo didn’t want to get out in it, but we HAD been “out in it” technically returning home from the resort place, and I guess after all that drama, we just weren’t up to it anymore.

But I took pictures!  Out the front door.

And out the back door. OK.. I actually didn’t open a door to take that one.. I parted the blinds with two fingers and took the pic with the other hand. It’s good to have a talent, I guess.

But I think this pic sums up the weather we’ve had of late... with or without the snow.

Just wake me when it’s over.  This pic totally cracks me up.. she’s hugging her back foot!  Yes, that’s my unmade bed.  And yes, that’s about a billion blankets. 

Winter, I am not a fan.

Happy New Year everybody. Stay safe. Stay warm! : )

a new one

I’ve started a new blog… as a tag-along to this one.   

I’m just doing this to save you from the daily ramble about that stuff, if you aren’t interested. I don’t know if it will work out for me or just end up being a pain.  I might enjoy the new blog or I might kill it. We’ll see.

But anyway…Hop on over and check it out.  

WFMW-posters and sticky stuff

My last post was about the totally cute poster we had made for Miss Boo.

Remember?!

I just love it. It makes me smile every time I walk past her room. It’s just so stinkin’ cute. And because one person several of you asked, (and a few of you are probably curious) I thought I’d share how this whole thing came to be.

We went to Ikea several months ago and in the pet section, they had these cute pics of cats and dogs really close up. They were cute, but all I could think of was my cat is cuter than those cats. But those large pics gave me an idea.

So I took a pic of the cat.

And had it doctored up to suit Boo’s taste.

I had noticed an ad months ago on weareTHATfamily for a place called Online Poster Printing. I had checked them out a few months back so I knew right where to send my pic of the cat to be made into a poster.

And she could not have been more pleased and surprised!

And we were thrilled with the speed of delivery and the quality. Very impressive!

So we hung it on the wall. I didn’t want to use tape because it’s kinda tacky and this was a nice poster. I’ve used these…

in the past and love the way they work so we used them again. The poster won’t slip and we can take it off the wall to move it without messing up anything. Love it.

Online Poster Printing and Command Poster Strips work for me. To see other Works for Me Wednesday posts, hop on over to weareTHATfamily.

*Note: Nobody gave me these products and nobody is twisting my arm to say anything nice about them either. I bought them myself and I like ‘em, so I decided to tell you about them! : )

Oh yeah..something else...there's another post under this one. I was a busy girl today.

last random dozen of 09!

1. Do you find it gross to share drinks with family? Friends? Yes.  Kids = backwash city! :p

2. What have you learned this year? (You didn't see a question of that weight coming, did you? At least not for #2.)  I have no idea. I guess I’m not a weighty thinker today.  LOL

3. When do you dismantle the Christmas decorations? Ha! We took them down on Christmas day. Presents gone. Christmas over. I’m always glad to see the decorations come on the day after Thanksgiving… and then glad to see them go as well!

4. Something you wish to accomplish before the end of 2009 is:  I dunno.  Get warm maybe?! 

5. How do you feel about winter (after Christmas)?  See #4. I hate cold weather.  The good thing about seeing January come is that eventually it will be warm again. Hurray!

6. Have you participated in after-Christmas sales? Nope. It’s cold and snowy and we’ve stayed in for the most part.

7. Do you have plans for New Year's Eve? Nope.

8. Is there anything special awaiting you in January? Nope.  Boo goes to the ortho to get fitted for braces. I’m kind of looking forward to seeing her in those.  I think they’re cute. I know that probably sounds weird.

9. If your life this year was a movie, what category or genre would it be? (Romance, Comedy, Drama, Thriller, Suspense, Farcical, etc.)  Drama.  My dad died this year and that was a huge, stressful deal.  But of course, my family makes me laugh every day… so ya gotta throw comedy in there too. : )

10. How much time per day do you spend blogging? Please do not lie. I will know.  What, are you Santa or something??? LOL  Um… a lot.  I read a lot. And then I write too, of course. Some posts don’t take much time, although I tend to read my posts over and over and tweak them to make sure sentences don’t read awkwardly etc. And that takes time.  And depending on the subject matter… sometimes heavier topics take longer than silly little photo driven posts. 

11. Who runs your household? Let’s see.  There are things my hubby does.  He does the bills. And he helps with homework. And I see to a lot of other things.  If there is a problem with the house, I hire whomever and get it fixed.  We remodeled and I hired and handled the contractor and the plans.. hubs never even met him.  Hubs remembers birthdays etc, but I usually buy the cards.  It’s a split.  We each have different strengths and things that matter to us.

 
12. Share one hope/dream for 2010.  Lose some weight. Spend more time with God.  Ooops, that was two things.  I hope the blog police don’t come after me. LOL

To see everybody else’s Random-ness, hop over to Linda’s place at 2nd Cup! 

so if it’s not a bb gun

Remember this?

It wasn’t a Red Ryder BB Gun after all. 

Turns out it was one of these! 

 

She loves it!

And it looks really cute in place too! Excuse the unmade bed… just keepin’ in real here, people.  : )

Art imitating life…

or immortalized in poster…

or something.

white Christmas

We planned a little getaway for ourselves. There is a hotel near us with an indoor waterpark. We thought that would be a fun thing to do, so we planned our trip to arrive there on Wednesday evening and return on Christmas morning.  Well…

It started snowing around lunch on Thursday.  We watched out every window as we played and enjoyed the resort.

And then finally things took a nasty turn for the worse and we pulled the plug on our second night, checked out and came on home. 

The drive home was tedious at best and we even slipped a couple of times. We made it home safely and then had to navigate our steep driveway.  After three or four tries, we made it safely in.  We unloaded and got bunkered in for our white Christmas.

It was beautiful.  And it may be the only one we see here in our lifetimes too. The weather man said it’s been 83 years since there was a white Christmas where we live.

It was enough snow to be messy, but not quite enough to build a snowman in.  Since we got back home in the dark on Thursday evening, we didn’t play outside.  Friday morning we just enjoyed the snow from the window.  It was pretty from inside and we didn’t get cold. : )  I did take a couple pics from the dining room window of the backyard though. woo hoo.

It really was a very unusual holiday.  It’s a long story… for another day.  But I will say that we really enjoyed just getting out, relaxing and being able to spend more time with each other.  Hubs is off work until after the new year and we’ve been enjoying some family time.  And that’s good. Whatever time of year it is.  *smile*

couldn't have said it better

I couldn't have said it better myself!

Such true words for today. For every day.

Go here and read what Lysa has to say.

You'll be glad you did.

I know *I* was.

That's all! : )