this is all i have to say…
living life without high-speed internet once you’ve experienced it is comparable to living a life of celibacy after enjoying a wonderful marriage.
luckily, my lifeline has been re-connected AND i am happily married. whew!
details of our new pad coming soon.
yo, baby! 🙂
(on repeat in my head tonight)
patience in parenting.
patience in parenting.
p.a.t.i.e.n.c.e. in parenting.
anyone have some they’d like to lend me? 🙂
this is a scene from before bedtime. dallin loves to drag ella around by her pajamas. he likes it. she likes it. so why bother?
but i had to get rid of this last night.
the red, that is. i want to be one of those people that can do red. make a statement. be bold. but since our couches are red, i couldn’t live in a butcher shop. i’m easing into the red thing. slowly now. 🙂
up ’til 3 am last night priming, painting, and envisioning our life here. can’t wait. it’s gonna be great!
…is a fabulous way to develop some clean housekeeping habits.
no more pastey bathroom sinks with my make-up strewn all over the counter.
no more laundry in piles and a washing machine filled with sour smelling clothes that i’ve forgotten to put in the dryer.
no more papers and bills and whatever else by the phone just hoping to someday be sorted.
yes, i’d say this is a great way to get things in order and keep it that way.
unless, of course, this is what happens to your car…
i like pictures.
put a novel and a picture book in front of me and i’ll take the picture book any day. maybe that’s a reflection of my intelligence, but oh well.
so here’s my new little project. decided to do "a picture a day" deal. or whenever i feel like it. just want to be able to see the everyday glam (or lack thereof) as it’s happening. 🙂
it’s over there on the left.
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and i’ve affectionately named it cherie, cherie, what do you see? this is my life. that’s what i see.
enjoy!
all i’ve gotta say is: this is pure snow! it’s everywhere! have you any idea of what the street value of this mountain is?
whoa, what a week! trying to soak it all in and get back into the swing of things after one of the most anticipated and adventure-packed seven days i’ve had in a long while. we flew to utah, dropped off the kids with the fam, then headed up to whistler. yep, it’s in canada. i know, i had to look on a map too. 🙂
spent the week skiing, doing the spa thing, eating food that i don’t even know how to pronounce, zip lining, celebrating our cutest little leprechaun’s FIRST birthday and waiting for "the" call. lemme esplain what i mean by the call…
yes, i did a really crazy thing that is so unlike me and entered a contest. a huge, nationwide scrapbooking contest, nonetheless. not quite sure why i did. well, i do know why i did. but i’m a little embarrassed to divulge my motive. but i’ll be totally honest here. i think there comes a time when we all want a little recognition. maybe just a pat on the back or someone to say "wow, you’re good." and truly, that’s all i wanted. someone other than my family to say, "hey, kid, you’ve got it!" not to say that my family’s opinion isn’t the most important. but, you know, they are always supposed to tell you you’re great, right? and i love them for continuing to tell me i’ve got skills. 😉
basically i decided to hone my design, writing, and photography abilities and create some great memories for our family. i think the biggest achievement was the process of actually setting a goal for myself and overcoming my own insecurities, self doubt, and the obstacles that arose. i’m happy to say that i didn’t give up. THAT was the victory for me. but winning certainly would be swell too.
so after waiting a month and a half, i got a phone call. the results came in and i was lucky enough to get an honorable mention. happy about that. really, really happy. some of my entry will be published in the HOF creating keepsakes magazine this year.
and that’s all i’m going to say about that. in the meantime if anyone can find a hip substitute for the word "scrapbooking" let me know!
yep, that’s jeff and he’s riding a bull. and yes, that’s me in the background watching him and thinking please don’t make me get on that thing. please…oh…please.
we’re here in whistler for an award trip that jeff won for being at the top of the sales force last year. talk about rolling out the red carpet. pfizer really knows how to reward their employees. and jeff really deserves it. only problem…(even though it’s not a bad problem) is little ole’ me feeling a bit awkward to be so pampered. but not awkward enough to stop calling room service for a banana split every night. yo, baby!
it’s so beautiful here. cold and beautiful. whistler is incredible! i admit, i’m totally canadian illiterate, so it was eye opening to arrive in vancouver and see how large the city is. people actually do live in canada! and all this time i thought it was just moose, eh. 🙂
this month is a time of change, anticipation, hope, fear and more all tangled up in a twisted mess in my mind. nothing seems to be constant–my emotions, their emotions, our health, his work schedule, the house sale…
but as i was getting ready this morning and thinking of all the inconsistencies in my life, i stopped. and thought of the one thing that has never, ever been consistent.
but right now it is.
and it has been for almost a year. and i needed to be reminded this morning of how thankful i am for that one thing.
as early as i can remember i’ve struggled with it. struggled to overcome. sometimes more intensely than others. a year ago, i made a decision and i haven’t faltered. not once. i’ve wanted to give up at times. but i haven’t. and i have been blessed. that weakness is becoming strong to me.
i don’t know if that one thing will always be just like i want it to be.
but today it is. and i am grateful.
…annual passes to disneyland, baby!
who would have imagined that in my lifetime i’d ever possess annual passes to disneyland? que loco! hah, now i really feel like a so-cal guru. we went a few weeks ago with my family and then yesterday with our good friends. i was a little worried that it wouldn’t be so "magical" if we went too often. let me just say, the "magic" rolls deep for me, yo! (thanks for the lingo, garrett) 🙂
we had a wonderful time on both occasions. the only thing that would have made it better was if jeff could have been with us. he’s been out of town training for his new position. ugh, we miss him so much when he’s gone.
so, because everyone needs a plethora of disneyland pictures, i added a new album on the left of our family trip in february. LOVED having family here and enjoying fun times together.
come visit us and all your wildest dreams will come true. 😉