i am reading...

have you seen this trailer?

i saw the trailer
and then stopped by the bookstore
when i should
have been getting groceries
and the book
was there
in front of me
for 9.99

yeah.
its a kids book but so what,
i've got kids.
maybe they'll read it.
or maybe i'll start it saturday morning
while i'm still
laying in bed
in my underwear
waiting for the house to heat up
and maybe
just maybe...
3 hours later
i'm in the same place
on the last ten pages
begging the kids to stop interrupting
because "I ONLY HAVE THIS MUCH LEFT
AND I HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS!!!"

maybe.
{and maybe, i just bought the second book in the series.}

a new year...

this is probably the longest i have ever gone
without blogging...
our internet was involuntarily shut off
over christmas
as we dealt with other bills and had to let some
slide
but we are back now
and i have to say
the break {was not easy} but was kind of therapeutic...
and now i'm ready to jump right back into things...
i'm ready to take on 2012
and make it
my year.

and so far,
it's been pretty good!
my husband and i joined the gym,
i got a new position that eliminates my hour long commute...
and it's something i love doing!
i just dropped off some work for a new art exhibit
that is going to run for two months...
and to push myself a little out of my
comfort zone,
i added a couple of paintings that i attempted...
{and am still a little tender about...heh}

this was the mini write up i provided about myself
{do you know how hard it is to write about yourself in the third person??}
does it sound too weird?  i was going for quirky...but am scared i blurred the line
and yes...because i'm still shy, i changed my name below...i can't help it.

Feb/March exhibit featured in the ...  series will be Pulling Myself into Focus by  photographer "gkgirl". The exhibit is a collection of photos taken over the past few years by the photographer. Inspired by words and blogs and nature and rust, she attempts to find out more about herself by observing what she is drawn to from the other side of the camera. She is a self taught photographer who enjoys long blocks of unaccounted-for time and permanent markers.

so far, 2012 is pretty damn good.
:)

breath in, breath out...

this is a hectic time of year
for everyone i'm sure
but again this year,
i'm feeling particularly stressed
because not only is it Christmas
and i am
not
prepared...but it is also my
wedding-editing-crunch-time of year
and i am extra stressed...
{feel free to go vote for her...she'd really appreciate it!}
and responsibilities for the office party
and you get a bit of a time bomb waiting to blow.

so reading things like this
and this
and thinking about what my perfect playlist would be
makes me feel better,
makes me feel less
alone...

deep breaths...concentrate on the important things...
the little things,
the things that matter,
the things you can control.

let go of the rest.

til debt do us part...

i am reading
and was surprised by
some of the questions
she suggests you ask yourself...

things like
what matters to you
what to you want...what do you dream
what makes you happy
what is the one thing you feel defines who YOU are
who do you respect...and why
where do you wish you were in your life
what do you think the future holds

i spent about two hours on this on Saturday morning,
tucked up warm in bed
with a mug of sugary cinnamony tea
and thought about these questions.

i have been struggling to get to the page
{pretty obvious by the scarcity of my posts}
and want to get back in the saddle, back on track
get going again
and thought i might use this as a bit of
jumping point...
something that i can look back on
and hopefully
see how far i have come.