lesson of the day

When the world is too much, and you've just had enough......put your head down and go to sleep. It doesn't matter that the french fries are ready. They will still be there when you get up.

The Imposter

Nina received an American Girl doll for Christmas. Santa brought it. He's one smart fellow, that guy. Kaya, the Native American doll came to live in Nina's room, along with her tee-pee and her forest friends, which consists of a deer, bear, and rabbit.

This past Saturday, Nina was forced to play in her room, by herself (the horror!) because Blake and I could not do one more craft kit, nor play one more game of Scrabble Junior. Neglectful, I know, but there is a limit. She nicely arranged the tee-pee and all of her forest friends around the fire pit. Kaya, the doll was noticeably absent, as she needed to rest in the ridiculously overpriced bed that we bought for the other AG doll. Whatever - pick your battles.

After all the arranging, Nina needed a snack, so downstairs we went. Upon coming back upstairs, she went back to her room. I immediately heard her crying and went to investigate. Squashed inside the tee-pee was her 20 lbs. orange cat (Kit), but he couldn't fit all the way in, so his behind, back legs and tail were sticking out. He was completely, and totally zonked out. Nina was beside herself. Apparently, Kit did not qualify as one of the forest friends, but he is too big for her to evict by herself. I pulled him out, and he sat next to the rabbit (an approved forest friend) blinking his sleepy eyes. I then took a moment to notice that her stuffed penguin and blue ice skating teddy bear were added to the lineup of "friends". Why a big, fat opportunistic cat can't be a forest friend, but a penguin and ice skating bear can, is beyond me, but most 6 year old logic is.

Ring in the New

Happy New Year! I am working on my year-long to do list because it sounds better than a resolution. I'm more task orientated, so it helps to stick to a list that I can cross off. I'll post it here in a few days, so maybe you can keep track with me.

This year promises to be one filled with changes, and my utmost priority is to be as positive as I can about all of them. Giving into the Eeyore tendencies is all too easy and it affects how the rest of my family deals with things. Happy, happy girl. That's me.

We had a nice day. Blake's mom gave us a Holiday gift of babysitting, with money for a movie and dinner. In my opinion, it's the perfect gift. We saw a matinee of the Benjamin Button movie (very good) and split a steak for dinner because red meat is not usually our friend and we both really, really wanted dessert. The kiddos had a nice afternoon, and now they're tucked in bed and everyone is happy - us because we had a break, and the kids because we're back home. Children are really weird little creatures of habit.

Hope everyone has a happy and healthy start to 2009. Here's a little of what I have on the horizon:

1. we're moving. I hope this happens sooner rather than later because I dislike living in limbo

2. it's my 20th high school reunion this year. How that much time has passed it totally beyond me, and I'm amazed at how little has happened in that time, with the exclusion of big things like marriage and kids. I was never a big dreamer, nor did I ever expect myself to do great, history-making things, but really......what is there going to be to talk about?

3. I'm applying to get into the Philadelphia Museum's Craft Show. It's competitive, which by nature I am not, so I'm hoping that my skills will speak for themselves.