photo mischellany

Megan and I play a lot of "go fish". How in the world is she beating me? I rarely win...maybe that's why she wants to play so much.


Adam was out of town several weeks ago and I took the girls to see The Lightening Thief. Sadly I was bored, perhaps you need to read the book so it doesn't feel so choppy. They really liked it.


Seeing the goggles at the edge of the pool just made me happy.




Something about this photograph I just love.


Earlier in the week I may have looked at this photo and said "It's been far too long since I've pulled out the paints", but today after a conversation with Adam and Jill about 10,000 hours I'm thinking, "I have a lot of hours ahead of me to get where I want to be." Luckily today it doesn't feel intimidating. Why can't that feeling last?


I've been helping out in Tess' classroom with junior achievement the last three weeks. Even though they're a great class, I'm still so impressed with teachers...it's a tough job.


Made these tags to go on the party favors for Bella's birthday party. I have a thing for butterflies right now.

15 minute thoughts

-Going to bed at 8:30pm is awesome, too bad I didn't sleep well. I wonder if going to bed so early was the reason?
-Bella is paying someone else's mom $15 to make her a hat. What's up with that? Should I be offended?
-I woke up to falling snow today and it made me smile, don't ask me why. If I don't have to be out in it I love it...too bad I'm going to be out in it all day.
-So I've decided we (everyone living with me) are not "landers" and I'm determined to change that this year...starting with them :)
-Last night we had a spontaneous Queen family sing off in the car. I should have recorded us singing/yelling our hearts out. Go figure, I think Adam won.
-I think I broke my little toe today hitting it against the wall and all Megan had for me was, "ya, that hurts".
-The thing about facebook is it leads you to believe you have way more emails than you actually do. I wish they would only send you your updates.
-Strangely I have the Wizard of Oz songs in my head.
-Damages season 3 started last night and I'm so looking forward to watching it, though, I'm so use to watching the DVDs I think it will be hard to follow along with it live.
-While I like to eat and I don't even mind cooking, I hate to think of what to eat. I wish someone else would prepare the menu for me. Any takers?
-That reminds me the Pioneer Woman cookbook should be at my door any day now. Maybe that will help.
-BTW how is she (pioneer woman) not 200lbs? I've seen her recipes.
-Buzzers ringing, it's time to get off. Yes, I have a buzzer. It's too easy to get lost online so I set a timer and it's totally changed my efficiency while on the internet. I hope there aren't any huge spelling errors because I've ran out of time...who am I kidding, I have to edit.

have a great Tuesday.
ciao!

monday thoughts

* just watched my first episode of hoarders with Adam. He fell asleep in the middle of it and I couldn't wait to get up and start throwing stuff away. Feels so good to declutter.

*Speaking of TV did anyone watch the golden globes last night? I stopped watching award shows years ago, but this one I wanted to see because Ricky Gervais was hosting. Around 7pm when I remembered to turn on the TV, in some crazy form of fate I made it just in time to see Gerard Butler walk on the screen....and then he opened his mouth. I admit I rewound it a few times, ok maybe a lot of times and then shut the tv off. So much for Ricky Gervais. Was he good?

*I spent far too long today looking for a tool I need and can't figure out where I placed it. It's driving me crazy and giving me that nagging feeling in my gut like I'm forgetting something. Hate that.

*I'm ready for winter to be over. Ready. I need color.

*I don't know where it's coming from, but each of my girls wants to rearrange her room. I don't know why I'd be so surprised, when I was young I frequently rearranged my room and loved what a difference it made. I guess we all crave change every once in a while.


*this photo makes me happy

*I'm getting my hair done tomorrow and have been thinking of doing something different. I'm dreaming of cutting it short again, but I won't...not yet. Not quite ready I guess. Does that make me a wimp?

*it's 10:00p, why am I hungry?

*Speaking of hungry, I really want the Pioneer Woman cookbook. Can't believe I haven't bought it yet. In fact I think I will head over to amazon right after I post this since I have a gift certificate waiting to be used. It's only $13.

*woke up this morning feeling so so, kinda blah (lots on my mind from the night before). Thankfully I'm ending the day feeling myself again.

miscellany

the guts of the books are all done now (printed, folded, punched, sewn, glued) and I'll be spending most of my day working on the outside so I can get these to you next week. I am waiting for a shipment of book board (I ran out) to come in and found out it won't be arriving until the 13th. So even though I'm ahead of schedule, it will most likely be Friday that they make it onto etsy. I will let you know though.


Painted with Hannah, Jenica, and Amy again Thursday night. We worked on our word for the year canvases. Here's a glimpse of what I was working on. Whenever I get together with other woman I realize why we need friends in our life. There's just something about the ease in which a conversion flows with girls and the importance of shared confidences and inevitable laughter that stays with you long after you've gone home.


Because I went painting Thursday night Megan woke up Friday morning wanting to paint with me. I guess there's something way more fun about using mom's paint and mom's brushes. She made a "butterfly flying in the fields" and I just messed around with layering paint on a small 5x7 canvas. For me it was just all about being with her and watching her explore.


Adam's been talking to me about painting our room for the last month or so. I've been against it because he wanted a ginger color and I just don't want to do any type of red (I've done it before and wasn't a big fan). Wednesday he told me he wanted to paint it this gray color that I love. I was excited as we really do need a change, but admit to being apprehensive when I woke up Friday morning and saw all the white patches covering the walls knowing he was getting ready to make good on his promise to paint. He got started on it this morning and I absolutely love it. It's much darker than before, but it's definitely what I had in mind, I don't know why I ever doubted. He's got a couple more Saturdays of painting to go, but so far it's marvelous. I'll definitely post pictures when it's done because we also plan on adding curtains and different lamps. I love how changing just a little can make such a huge difference.

Have a great weekend.