Seriously. The Boy and I still haven’t recovered. In the course of the last 7 days we: Cleaned up after hosting Thanksgiving Tidied after a hosting a houseful of guests Prepared for the next wave of guests arriving Experienced serious change at both of our offices Lived through three work deadlines Attended two Christmas parties […]
Holidays
Furbaby Holiday Fun
Grandma Mo…ummm…Santa had some stocking stuffers for the furbabies. In addition to spoiling them terribly with wet treats, there was also a new toy. Not only does this fuzzy mouse look eerily real (take it from one caught-off-guard-woman hiking stumbling into the kitchen to make coffee at 5 am!), but it’s also battery operated. It […]
Neat Holiday Idea #1
Sometimes it’s best not to ask why neat holiday idea #1 publishes after neat holiday idea #2. Life’s just funny that way. I thought I’d share a couple of great holiday gift ideas. A friend gave me a really unique jewelry tree: Turns out – she made it herself! I asked her to share her […]
Neat Holiday Idea #2
My grandmother and my late uncle made the neatest holiday wall hanging years ago. Growing up, this piece meant Christmas to me. As a child, it hung on the balcony railing of my grandparents’ home. Now, it’s displayed in the window of their apartment. I think it’s beautiful. Knowing that this will be inherited by […]
A Crafty Christmas
Many of Christmas 2009’s gifts seemed to center around books and art. After all, one can’t ever have too many books. And, in my opinion, one can’t ever have enough quirky hand crafted art! Like the mustard seed necklace gift surprise, I found another great artist on Etsy who was able to convert fingerprints into […]
One More Time and This Will Be a Tradition
Though it was cold, though we were sleepy…though we’d all rather stay at the Hayley House under piles of blankets and furbabies, we headed to White Rock Lake for the 2009 New Year’s Day 5-Miler race. After all, we ran it last year. And it is a good way to kick off the new year. […]
New New Year’s Resolution
I took a look back at my New Year’s Reaffirmations for 2009. Overall I have to say that I did a relatively decent job. However, I’m giving myself a big F in the “Balanced Life” department. House, primary job, secondary job as an online instructor, house, furbabies, Boy, running, friends, house, party…I failed at staying […]
Holiday Visitor!
It looks like My Boy wasn’t the only elf lurking about his office over the holidays!
Finding Balance
The Boy and I are exhausted. It’s been a hectic holiday season – check that, a hectic fourth quarter! It’s amazing to find ourselves in the last week of 2009, yet I could hardly be happier to see this year go. Sure, we bought the Hayley House (exciting!). And we had our first relaxing get-away […]
A Christmas to Remember
The first night of our Kansas Christmas was spent enjoying a visit with my grandparents. Midway through, my grandmother mentioned there was a blizzard warning. Ah, it’s probably just a lot of drama, we said. The weatherman is often wrong, we said. We were foolish. After leaving my grandparents in southeastern Kansas, we drove through […]