remodeling this life

Thank you for your encouragement yesterday. The comments, emails, and messages I received from you letting me know that we’re all in this together were so helpful. I loved the suggestion to take up yoga. I want to! I will! What a great idea for centering and focusing my thoughts. I love to run and I don’t think when I run. I am too busy counting my footsteps. Really, I do that. Talk about crazy.

Until I can find a yoga class I like (I wish I lived near her so I could take her class!), I’ve been reading. Finding moments of quiet to shut off my own head and listen to someone else’s. I love witty non-fiction from other flailing their way through life women who keep it real. It has made me laugh and cry this week to pick some of these books up again and to be encouraged. Throw in some fiction from other authors I adore and I am filled up.

Talk about not being focused though. Who reads 5 books at the same time? I do, that’s who. Maybe goal #1 for focusing my head and heart will be to pick and finish one. And when I have finished them all, I’d like to know…what are you reading? And what should I read next? Recommend away!

I sent my 5 year old off to school (I stooped to a new low and drove her in my jammies), cleaned the kitchen, did the laundry, played trains with the little man, and found myself with some time to kill while he ate candy, ran around naked, and watched too much tv this afternoon. Super mom, I tell you what.

So, with all that spare time on my hands, I gave my blog a little makeover. If you’re using a reader I hope you’ll stop by to see it and maybe while you are here, say hi. It’s too quiet with my 5 year old maniac gone.

How’s your Monday going?

I was so proud of myself when December rolled around and I had already started working on projects, checking things off my list, and trying my hardest to not be frazzled when there was a week left until Christmas. Here it is a week away and I am still throwing together projects, figuring out when I will wrap anything, and making plans for who is cooking what when next week. It seems that try as I might, there is always one more thing to be done and I can’t just sit still, listen to Christmas music and sip hot chocolate.

I was proud of myself to have made, ordered and sent my Christmas cards in a 24 hour period this week. There were lots of terrible outtakes.

not only is he picking his nose, he has red nail polish on

Somehow we miraculously ended up with this

As the week went on, I spent time at various school events, helping kindergartners make gingerbread houses

and watching my son “perform” . This is while he was supposed to be singing and dancing. He sat and smiled very well.

Here are better pictures of the Christmas dress

Today, it rained

So, I spent the afternoon inside trying to finish making gifts that need to be sent like yesterday.

while I made photo tiles, my daughter made random ornaments with glittery scrapbook paper (as close as I will come to letting glitter enter my home) and rub ons.

And now, while my kids watch Frosty, I am going to pretend there is nothing left to do and sit and drink hot chocolate.

Aren’t I festive?

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