what i said before...

just wanted to clarify, i'm not down about it or anything...just commenting on how much we let go of ourselves to be mothers. my mother was talking before the holidays about a conversation she had with her mother years ago, after her children were grown and it was time to decide what to make of the rest of her life, without getting into the entire bit, her comment was "Its my turn." and i know that tons of women put off being anything but what others expect of them...i just don't want that to be me. i want to live a full life of things I am about too. there are ways i want to improve myself. and my self. apart from just what others see.
don't get me wrong, i do 'interesting' things...i have my art, my scrapbooking and photography, i can knit and sew(not that i do), i'm part of a book club , dinner club, and a 'play' group where i spend time with some really great ladies...those are all things that i consider interesting. and i know that i am fortunate to have all of this in my life. and like lisa said, we do learn and grow everyday in our experiences...which brings me back to resolutions.
when i think of my resolutions, i try to make them "life-enhancing"...for lack of a better word.
resolutions should be changes and growth that make a person's life more happy, healthy and enjoyable.
so, i'm still considering my resolutions...and in the new year, i will be all the more 'interesting'!

deep breath...

long sigh....Christmas is behind us.
and now the consideration of New Year's resolutions.

this year's resolutions were not achieved...
i wanted to -

• not gain any weight (this because i knew if i resolved to lose, it wouldn't happen)
• learn a second language
• and become more interesting...however you might define 'interesting'

i gained at least 5lbs
no intiendo espanol
and i don't feel any more interesting.

strange thing to think about, but i started defining myself as uninteresting after i became a mother. i think that so much of who we are changes when we become mothers, especially SAHMs. unless i go out of my way to experience something outside of my daughter's world, i don't have much that i'm a part of. better explained...if i'm at a party of 50 strangers and i'm the only SAHM in the room, what would i talk to those other 49 people about?

i don't watch the news
i don't care to discuss politics or religion
i no longer play a musical instrument
i don't recycle or volunteer
i don't play a sport of any kind

see. i just exist.
and for now, i'm okay with that.
until i start to consider what my plans might be for the coming year...

*+*+*+* MERRY CHRISTMAS!*+*+*+*

so, basically i suck at getting anything in the mail on time, i blame it on the convenience of email, i don't use the post for much anymore...except to deliver my magazine subs.
anyway, getting to the point, no Christmas cards went out this year.
but, if they had, this is what they would have been...
Merry Christmas!
and Happy New Year....etc.

i'll see you all when things slow down a bit!

ill...

sick.

not in a good way.
and with Christmas next week, i hope this runs its course by then.
and did i mention, its 72 degrees and sunny out?

what happened to the snow and cold weather,
what happened to this year's holiday spirit?
i can't seem to find it...anywhere.

She saw Santa...

and all she wanted was a 'Barbie Bling Bling'."What else?" Santa asked.
"Nothing." she said. "Just the Barbie Bling Bling."
"You don't want anything else?" he asked.
"No." she said.


i could have saved a lot of money this year...

Snow much fun...

i know its a cheesy title, but i just couldn't resist...its the scrapper in me.
anyway, more pics...enjoy!

my favorite

the wind up...

the follow through.

with Mommy

with Daddy.

the largest snowball, ever!

if you look closely you can see the little bits of snow still flying from her toss.

These pictures were taken on day two of the snow...we had a snow ball fight!

too much to do...

seriously.

there is no question as to why people get ill, drunk, or even dead during the holidays...it is all so overwhelming!
i couldn't tell you how many people have said to me, just in the last week, "i have so much to do".
and i couldn't tell you how many times i've thought it to myself.
i've got lists everywhere of things that need to be done, groceries that i keep forgetting to pick up as i make multiple trips from home to the grocery and back again, laundry to be sorted and washed, never-ending dishes and kitchen cleaning, overdue library books that i am now getting emails about, a slow leaking right rear tire that requires at least one hour of my time wasted while sitting at the local tire shop waiting for a patch (seriously...1 hour! how can something so simple take an hour!), department store adds to search as i wait for just a couple of things to go on sale, those last minute things for stockings that i just know i'll forget if i don't get them now, and to top it all off...due to inclement weather and A's sleep disturbances our routines have been totally tossed about!
so, to make a long post short (too late!) i'll just share these pics and let you go...

in case you are unable to see it, that's 8 inches of snow.

she really enjoyed the snow...

this is what she was looking at...the view from our front door.

This one is for you grammy...i'll try to post more after i have a chance to get organized.

and now i'm off to start that laundry, before its time to get her fed and off to school.