Saturday, March 26, 2011

thank goodness this week is over



First the layout. Made with one of my favorite kits Studio Calico Who's Who. Seriously if you aren't a subscriber why not?! I pretty much stopped scrapbooking from the time Megan was born until she turned 2. Sure I still purchased new stuff and thought about doing it but it just never happened. Last spring I decided that instead of spending my money on stuff that I would never use i would buy one kit a month from Studio Calico. Best decision I ever made! I scrapbook all the time now. Love SC and the community there.

Now the bad week. First Kip was busy all last weekend and had a pretty bad week with work stuff. The problem with IT is you can't do changeovers during business hours so he was gone a LOT and really tired all week. Not really good for his mood ya know?

Then Kip's grandfather passed away. Very sad indeed. He lived a long full life and he was pretty sick towards the end, so it is for the best but still sad regardless. We went and hung out with his mom Wed. afternoon and I wish I could have done more for her. There wasn't a service or funeral, his wishes, so at least she didn't have that to deal with.

Thank goodness we are leaving next week! Myrtle Beach here we come. We are all ready for a break and to escape reality for a bit. Hope you enjoy your weekend! Will try to come back next time with happier news.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

10 minutes to kill



So I still have ten minutes left before I have to go back to work. Might as well post on ye old blog that I seem to completely forget about. .

In light of some very sad news I have gathered over the past couple of weeks, I am trying to focus on the good things we have had. Here's my list:

1. Aunt Carole paid a visit! We love a visit from her. She's the perfect Great Aunt for the girls. She loves to spoil them and they love to be spoiled back (and I do not mean by buying things, I mean by actually paying attention to them and loving them so much!).

2. Kip is almost done with his insane schedule. It's been crazy around here. I am pretty sure being a single parent is not for me. He better keep loving me because I'm not giving him a choice!

3. Planning our trip to North and South Carolina. We are all getting very excited to get out of town for the week. We will be staying on the ocean, hopefully the weather will work in out favor.

4. Finally made it thru The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Now I see why so many people loved it. I like that it had just enough foreshadowing to keep you involved, but not enough so that you would pick up on what really happened. Excited to start the next book in the series.

5. We managed to get outside to the park a few times last week. Hooray for warm weather! Of course by warm I mean 50 degrees, but that's a heat wave to us Michigan folk after a long winter.

6. Making my way back into running. I am staying fairly consistant with a pace of 9:30 per mile, which is where I left off last year. I'm trying to get under 9:00 by June but I'm taking it easy to avoid injury. Just running a couple miles every other day until I feel myself getting stronger. My calf muscle is acting up again so I am being very careful.

And with that I must be off. Hope you have a great week!