2009 Goals For Myself

In no particular order:
Attend a Cheese Making Workshop
Become CPR Instructor Certified (already registered for this!)
Work Up To Bicycling 3 Miles (without being winded or good for nothing the next day)
Learn to Brew Great Coffee (that’ll probably require owning a coffee machine! ha!)
Take at Least a Few Violin Lessons
Volunteer Weekly
Get Pregnant and Have a Healthy Pregnancy
Dine […]

A Few of My Favorite Things

I’ve just got the urge to talk about myself, but no real stories to share. So here you go, a few of my favorite things:
Cloth Napkins- I’m building a collection of all colors and patterns so I can mix and match.
The Flat Belly Diet - I don’t think I’ve mentioned it, but I’ve been dropping […]

Dear Santa

Layla asked to write a letter to Santa this year and I served as her transcriptionist.
Dear Santa,
I love you Santa and I love Christmas. I’d like for you to bring me a stuffed toy cat, and a stuffed toy lamb that is a girl, also a leopard. Oh, yes, and new crayons. I hope […]

Advent Calendar

This year we’re doing our first Advent Calendar with Layla. Up until this point we’ve just done construction paper chains to countdown the days. I was feeling crafty so I scoured the internet for ideas and came up with this:

It’s a mini muffin tin and each cup is covered with a circle of cardstock, affixed […]

Cozy Cats

I realized today that, among other things, I hadn’t updated about our cats. Teeth, the kitten, has been a part of our family since July. We had some rough times. At one point Layla wanted to sell her. At one point I wanted to declaw her. And we all have a few battle scars from […]