Here are my New Year's Resolutions as recorded on my phone and my progress thus far:

* Finish cookbook (NO progress ::sigh::)

* Finish home improvement projects I already own all the supplies for
--> nursery painting and shelving
--> library painting and shelf--> bathroom medicine cabinet ( Read more... )

A while back I was over at a friends house for a party. I needed to go to the bathroom and the one designated for public use was occupied. I was informed of another in a different part of the house. Passing through the closed door it was obvious that the inhabitants had not prepared this part of the house to be viewed by the public (much like my ( Read more... )

This feeling is not real. I know it is not real. It has no source and serves no purpose. Knowing that, why can't I make it go away? Why am sitting on the floor crying for no reason like I haven't done since college? With nothing to be depressed about, there is nothing I can do to make it go away.

1) Write Thank You notes
2) Review medical bills and make sure the deductible was calculated correctly
3) Write a check for portion of medical bill

This feels very applicable to me, in both cases. But Jessica will have to make the virtual fajitas ( Read more... )

To my bread and knife and my pine scented air ( Read more... )

I will always be sorry that I wasn't there to hold you while you were going through it. To prove to you that I would still be here when you got back. However, I will always be grateful that I was here for you when you returned. I have held you through nightmares, flashbacks, and confessions and I have felt honored simply to be present; to be the ( Read more... )

You pull away from nursing, rocking your head from side to side before you settle it down upon my breast with your eyes closed and your lips pursed back; a look of pure satisfaction on your tiny chubby face. These are my favorite moments. You snuggle up against me and it feels like love. As I curl my body around you and prepare to drift off, I ( Read more... )

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My house is gross. Super Nanny would say I need a schedule. Hell, every friggin thing I read says that I need a schedule. So I guess we should at least try to make one and see how it goes.

10:00am-ish - Get up Truth is, I always wake up when Andrew's getting ready for work. Most days I even have to get up for some reason or another. Yet I ( Read more... )