still here

i'm still around, not that it matters.  i have no readers but yet i still feel the need to post.  and when it comes to posting, let's face it- i fail.  i have a post a day(or more) in my head and i would love to come here and jot them down.  do i love blogging?  i do.  do i have the time to blog?  sadly, no.  which i guess is why facebook is so appealing to me; i can jot down almost every thought without having to get onto my computer.  i can take a photo on my phone and send it straight to facebook.  it's just so much more convenient!  so, i will use facebook now to help me remember everything i did for the month of december to post here.

i got the kid's advent calendars on time!  i get the $.99 ones from trader joe's with the chocolate and  usually get them a few days late so the kids get to eat a few chocolates on the first day but not this time!

on december 1 we enjoyed 73 degree weather while a lot of my other friends across the u.s. froze.

i had a really hard time getting the christmas family photo done.  i didn't plan it very well, and we had a dog thrown into the mix and nothing went my way at all.  i finally settled on a photo that wasn't my favorite, but then uploading and ordering was another ordeal.

i found that baking when mad to be helpful.  it's much easier to beat butter into submission that way.

i discovered sweetapolita! 

i entertained the thought of building a mantel.

we made the decision to not be involved in track this spring.  i usually coach and the kids run, but we have other things going on that won't allow me to be an effective coach or even watch my kids run.  devyn is doing club soccer which may involve some traveling and drew is running track for his high school and i want to be at his meets.

devyn had a soccer tournament in valencia but her team didn't go very far :(

december 12 was so hot the kids were begging me to take them to the beach! 

we celebrated deacon's 8th birthday!

i got an ipad!

i watched season 6 of lost!  still lost :(

i made this version of peppermint bark.

★Merry★* 。 • ˚ ˚ ˛ ˚ ˛ •
•。★Christmas★ 。* 。
° 。 ° ˛˚˛ * _Π_____*。*˚
˚ ˛ •˛•˚ */______/~＼。˚ ˚ ˛
˚ ˛ •˛• ˚ ｜ 田田 ｜門｜ ˚And a happy new year:) xoxo

 

i shared a recital video of camryn playing gavotte.

we went to my inlaws for christmas and had a great time.

hubs and i went on a date.  we saw true grit and ate dinner at my favorite mexican restaurant.

pepper ate a game boy.  chewed it up pretty bad so i had to throw it away.  i am soooo over this puppy stage and she is only 8 months!

we got pepper a gentle leader.  this thing works like magic!  no more pulling, tugging or choking when we walk her!

at 10pm new years eve, we watched the backyardigans to help us to stay awake.  i love that show- it cracks me up!

i was so happy to see midnight so i could go to bed.  the girls popped poppers and we opened a bottle of apple cider, made a toast and went to bed.  jay and i brought in the new year irritated at each other- probably from being tired and wanting sleep.  does that mean we will be irritated at one another throughout the year?

we spent new years day on the soccer field.  the girls won their first game of 2011!

i decided that i would spend time each month making one room of the house better.  this month i am supposed to be working on making the kitchen more functional.  i did some decluttering and bought some baskets.  now i just need to finish painting the cabinets that i started in august!  wish me luck!

the ipad was my christmas gift.  guess who used it more than me?

found a new store i would like to visit- liz's antique hardware.

i made a resolution to not try a p365 or p52 this year.  instead i am doing this.

and this is what i've done with it so far:

 

 

 

it's been so easy to put together especially since i have my photos organized by months so i'm working backwards while i wait for this month to end.  i'm gonna have a book for 2010, 2011, and possibly 2009!  i love that i don't have to take a photo every single day, but just enough to cover our month.  love it!

shared this video- i loved it!

i have started thinking of everywhere i want to put up bead board in the house.  pretty much every where!  is there such a thing as too much?

drew got the flu, but is better now.  i was thinking were were pretty lucky to only have one person get sick but then carter woke up with 102 fever this morning at 2:30.  ugh.  

so, now we are all caught up- wasn't that fun?