Oh my.

Well, it would seem that , like with most projects, this got tossed aside. Sigh. Two posts in one year. Is that a record? It has to be SOME sort of record.

I'm not even entirely sure WHY I don't post here. Lord knows I spend enough time on the computer. But then I surf around and get lost in all the eye candy and then feel inadequate when I even think of posting. Surely I can't have anything interesting to say. Right? But wait....I do. So why don't I?

The idea of my word for 2010 is floating around in my brain. My word for 2009 was COURAGE. And though I didn't do a whole lot with it physically (I didn't blog about it, I didn't buy a necklace with the word on it, didn't scrap it) it was with me all year. As I struggled to begin running, as I struggled to keep with it, as I let go of some unhealthy friendships, as I forged new ones, as I did my best to be patient and be a good mother. It all took courage.

But I'm super excited about my word for 2010. Cause it's going to take even more courage to work with and live with this one; TODAY. Oh boy is today a problem for me. I am the Queen of Procrastination. And if that wasn't bad enough I never live in the moment. I'm always thinking about the next thing; the next moment, the next chore, the next meal, the next day, the next....everything. And I lose precious moments that I should be embracing. Should be taking in with all my mind, all my attention.

And so....TODAY. Get it done today. Enjoy today. What can I do with THIS day? To make it a great day. Not just a day I muddle through and then promise myself at bedtime that tomorrow will be great. Tomorrow I will finish a project, clean that closet, read more books, get out the clay and let them make a mess. I want to spend 2010 doing it TODAY.

Deep in the middle of winter. Sick kids, taking turns at being sick, days and days of temperatures that keep me hiding inside, so much snow we've run out of somewhere to shovel it. Terry is still working away and only home weekends and we miss him.

Along with being stuck in winter I'm knee deep in a creative rut. I have a ton of started projects but seem too tired to work on them. Ack. I'm planning on doing a little painting today, will see if little Hannah co-operates with that plan.

Whoooosh! That's the sound time makes when it flies by. Wow. December. Already. Seriously? Seriously!

I have been incredibly busy running the house and tending to my girls while Terry works like a dog to bring home the bacon.

I did have time to slip out last Sunday to take a Scrapbooking class. It was based on Ali Edwards' 25 Days of December or December Daily album. I just LOVE how it turned out and tomorrow I'm going to attempt to take some pics of it and post them here. I also need to actually put stuff IN the book....the last two days have been a whirlwind.

For now, I have a date with my pillow and my television converter.

I found this fabulous idea while clicking around in webland. I got there from here. I find such inspiring things while just aimlessly clicking. Of course, some days this is just too great a way to procrastinate.

Want to play? Here are the rules....copied directly from Nonsuch book blog cause I reaaaaally should be in the shower and getting ready to go to the Pumpkin Patch. I hope that's okay.

Are you ready to Pay It Forward??? Here are the rules:

The exchange focuses on doing an act of kindness without expecting anything in return other than that the recipient will, in their turn, pass the kindness along and pay it forward.

This is how it works: I agree to send something fun, cute, & nice to the first three blog owners who post a comment on this entry. In turn, those three will post this information and pick three people they want to send something to and on goes the giving!

If you are interested in participating, be one of the first three blog owners to leave a comment! The little something you send can be something you made, bought, were given or found. Just a gift that will make the person smile and really brighten their day.

Again, if you'd like to join in be one of the first THREE people to leave me a comment with your email on this particular post. You have to PROMISE that you will then post about this on your blog, link to me, and then send something to the first three people who sign up to play along through your blog. I hope people like this idea. It's a small way to bring a smile to someone's face and little thank you to all who are faithful readers and wonderful web friends!!!

Wow. What an incredible week. No, I haven't posted any of my "week in the life" pictures here. Simply because I don't know how yet. ;) But I have been very diligent about taking my camera everywhere and taking tons of pictures. I can't wait to put it all together. Thanks so much, Ali, for doing this right alongside all of us this week.

I can't even tell you how much it's opened my eyes. It didn't just show me "my life right now", it showed me what to cherish, but also what I'd like to change. I realized I've been a bit insular in the last year and don't get out a ton socially. I'd like to change that. It also opened my eyes wide to see my surroundings, my home, and what I like and what I don't like so much. And I've already begun to make some baby steps toward sprucing up what I'm not liking.

September 29th, 2008

Ack. Really? Easter? Wow. That's kind of......pathetic. Although I did have a fantastic summer so I can just say I was busy living.

Anyway, I've signed on to do the Week in the Life project over at Ali Edwards' blog. It's only Monday, but so far I'm doing okay....let's see how it goes.

Easter weekend

Well, as usual I got all excited about starting something new and then got bored fairly quickly. I suppose it is because I don't know how to make the blog look the way I want to without investing some time and my time is quite precious. I have a ton of other things that occupy my time and I often feel scattered trying to decide what to use the time doing and then I end up doing nothing but sitting here surfing and looking at the blogs of other, far more creative people and thinking of projects to do.

What I need to do is start making myself get down to business and create. One could literally spend hours/days/months looking at the wonderful creations of others and never get their own things done. Or even started.

The girls are wonderful. Just wonderful. Daily I feel guilt that I am not documenting every second of their lives before they move on to the next stage and the memory slips away. Already Chloë is becoming a little girl and all traces of baby are being erased. It makes me gleeful because she is becoming so much fun. But it also makes me sad. Is this only a mothers conundrum, or does Terry feel the same?