Sunday, January 27, 2008

Mommy looks good....

Conversation between Andrew and I after I had showered and gotten dressed today....

A - Wow Mommy, you look very beautiful.

Me - Thank you Andrew

A - I really like your shirt Mommy - you look nice. Now, let me see your tongue.

I guess my tongue did not look as good as the rest of my "look" today.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Finished Project - well almost

I'm proud to announce that we FINALLY finished our dining room walls over the Christmas/New Year's vacation. It took forever, but with the holidays, a job search and a 4 year old, I guess now is better than never, right?

This is the before shot - I hated the blandness of the color and I hated that it was wallpaper!






Now check out our walls!

Next weekend we're hanging curtains and then hanging everything back on the walls. We'll just have to find a rug to finish it off. Now, what to do next......

Friday, January 4, 2008

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Sick Day

My poor little guy started 2008 off feeling a little under the weather. So I kept him home from school on Wednesday. Maybe he just needed a "mental health" day since he spent the day curled up in his pjs watching movies. Whatever it was, he was fine and back to school on Thursday!

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Inspiration

I'm a creature of habit - my intial gut reaction is to do things the same way I've been doing them for years. While I think that makes me very good at my job - it is what I strive to change in my personal life. I believe that I will not grow as an individual if I do continue to push myself to learn and try new things. Fortunately, I have a great network of girlfriends who are always trying new things and encouraging me to try it with them.

Check out what they encouraged me to try or improve in 2007:

Pole dancing as a workout
Running a 10k in 1 hour and 6 minutes - this year I want to run it FASTER
Starting to create scrapbook pages for myself - not just as gifts
Blogging
Taking better pictures
Enjoying life - taking time to enjoy my girlfriends

I know there are many other things that they have encouraged me to try or improve through invitations, words or simply being there for me. I'm thankful that I have such a wonderful group of girlfriends who encourage me, support me, challenge me and inspire me. Wonder what they will inspire me to do in 2008?

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Let it Go

Every year I make a resolution and every year it lasts about a month - tops. Last year, a friend of mine picked a phrase that was her mantra of sorts for 2007. I thought it was an interesting alternative to a New Year's resolution and she was able to refer back to it throughout the year while dealing with all the of issues that were thrown at her in 2007.
So for 2008 I've decided I will follow her lead (albeit, a year behind her) and pick a phrase to be my mantra. I've been thinking about it for about 2 weeks now and decided that my phrase for 2008 will be - "Let it Go". For me, I think these words will be good words to live by and refer back to for 2008 - professionally and personally. Here's to letting it go!