The first day of Feb

So so sick of this sinus headache that attacked me all weekend.

NO school or work again tomorrow for me and the kids. I have my laptop here so I can work offsite, but poor ole' Ara has to go in.

I got crazy at GNC and bought a 30 day total cleanse. I'm two weeks in and feel the same.

Homespun Sweater

The very first sweater

Snowstorm 2010 pics

Snowstorm 2010

We're on day two of being confined to the neighborhood. Not so bad. Actually Ara and I got out yesterday and hiked our way to 7-11 for pepsi, beer and 2 cans of skoal. I didn't know that was the deal-I thought we were just picking up pepsi to take the the neighbors for game night. Tomorrow we may need to hike out for toilet paper. Haha. Yesterday when I stuck a ruler in the snow we were at 8 inches. It snowed a little after that but not much.
I think the secret to this peaceful snow-in is planned sleepovers for the boys. It's just been Andi and us. We even roasted marshmallows in the fireplace. Ara has the drive and walk shoveled out, but it's iced over. Our neighborhood hasn't been plowed so we both called in for Monday. Hopefully we'll have some melting action and warmer air before the rain hits on Wednesday.
Ara started his bass lessons on Friday. He was so excited when he got home that night. I may have a rockstar on my hands when he hits his midlife crisis. Maybe he'll add on to the house so he can have a studio. giggle.
I am on sweater two. It's a pullover hoodie. I wish it was already done..it would have come in handy this weekend. Pics to come soon. I also ordered some books on locker hooking. Hope to use up some of the scrap fabric I have.

Resolutions

I hadn't and wasn't going to get around to making new year's resolutions. But after unexpectedly having the day to myself puttering around the house...I lost my keys this morning and didn't find them until 11:43. Spike was laying on them. Lazy dog didn't sense my panic. By then the house was ransacked and it took me the rest of the day to put it back together. So having all this time to think....My resolutions this year are as follows:
1. Be more diligent about recycling.
2. Cook more often, Eat out less.
3. Eat more fiber.
4. Make do and Save more money. So someday I can go to the Biggest Loser Resort in Utah. ;)
5. Think and start gift buying throughout the year...Make a gift closet or something.
6. Be nicer to Ara. just because he's a sweetie deep down beneath the growling
7. Simplify and sort out all this junk I am storing and taking care of.
8. Drink more water
9. Take more naps. :p Just because....
10. Ummmm Rinse and Repeat 1-9

Christmas 09 New Year 10

Christmas 09 has come and gone. Cole stayed up all night just so he could get up early. That meant we were all up at 5:30 A.M.! Gifts were done by 6:30. Sorry no pictures this year. 1. Ara keeps hiding the camera from crazy teen girl and 2. I really didn't want photographed before sunup. The second wake up was a 9:00 and then by the time I got the Christmas dinner put together in the various machines (crock pot, bread machine, etc) I fell back asleep off and on until 4. We had a roaring fire all day, wish I would have got jumbo marshmallows--those tiny ones for the hot cocoa are so hard to toast.

New Years was also quiet. Not as much napping, but another roaring fire and movies all day. We re-watched the Transformers, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Harry Potter series. As soon as the ball dropped I was in bed and snoozing.

I started a new crochet project, a cardigan sweater. I have one and a half sleeves to go. I hope (fingers crossed) that is fits.

We also got stupid and bought a new scale...a body fat calculating scale. So I'm 32% and Ara is 24% and we've been working hard on our Total Gym...Eat your heart out Chuck Norris.

first miracle of this Christmas season

We got our tree up over the weekend. As the kids have gotten older we have morphed this into a family event...and this year was the most peaceful ordeal ever. I told them to keep Sat from 1-3 free AND they did! that is this seasons first miracle of Christmas! Ara and I stopped at the grocery that morning and stocked up on party food--chocolates, cookies, salami & cheeses, chips and dip, popcorn chicken and soda--we spared no expense. So as soon as Jake got back from his SAT testing we dug in. He orchestrated by telling us we were incorporating a 5 minute break every 25 minutes. This turned in to Ara and Andi and Jake watching Elf (Ara napping-creating the peaceful part of the day). The kids ended up hanging out until 6 which totally surprised us. A few years ago we could hardly keep them in long enough to hang a bulb.