i wonder...

yarn + bag + husband=love

love yarn, love bags. love yarn that comes with cool bags. love that i just told rob that he bought it for me for valentines day. I <3 him. and i <3 the loopy ewe, which is where this lovely kit came from. bag is from 3 AM Enchantments.

dammit

for all our science, the diagnosing and healing part can be slow. my mom was told last week that she has a tumor in her lung. they did a biopsy friday. we had a big snow over the weekend and no techs worked. she was told today that she's got an appointment with an oncologist at vanderbilt-ingram cancer center on feb. 9th. and her personal doc? says he doesn't read pathology and she should wait to see the oncologist. bull shit. please tell her something.

A test post from my phone

Just a test. Not much to see in this post.

New Years + new intentions

2009 is about to bite the dust. thank god. it's been a crappy year in a number of ways. don't get me wrong, good things have happened too, but in general, I'd give 2009 a thumbs-down. I could go on and on about the things that made it bad. Some of the bad things that happened I couldn't control. Some of the bad things that happened occurred because of things I did or didn't do. I hope I've learned my lesson from those bad things. One that I need to remind myself of over and over again is to listen to my instincts. Listen to that first little voice in my head. it may be very quiet, like a small whisper of wind, but I have to learn to discern it amongst all the other noise and thoughts in my head. There have been beginnings and endings. Beginnings are always fun, aren't they? So many things to learn and understand, whether it's a new relationship or new job. Then there are the endings. It's natural for things to come to a close. It's part of the life cycle...not just for people, but for other things as well. There three endings in particular that I mourn this year. The main one is the passing of my grandmother. I miss her every day in more ways than I expected. The other two are endings that I mourn mostly in private. i know that there are some who think that making new years resolutions are a bad thing and i get it. i just like the idea of a fresh, new year, just like i like a fresh journal or a new ball of yarn. so this is when i choose to ponder new intentions/goals/resolutions...whatever one wishes to tag them. as a way of really attempting to make this list come true for 2010, i'm choosing 6 thing to change, add or subtract to/from my life. this is inspired by stumbling across 6changes.com, a new site by Leo Babauta of zenhabits.net. I'll be posting my 6 things shortly as one of the steps is to commit to these 6 changes as publicly as possible :)

new class @ jessicasprague.com

So i'm loving the digital scrapbooking, and the best classes I've taken have been at jessicasprague.com. Jessica is offering a free class this fall called Holidays in Hand. Your time on this class won't be wasted! cruise to jessicasprague.com tomorrow to register!

cupcakes are bad.

I know that may be hard for some of you to take. But they are insidious, evil little things that act all cute and small and everything. last night i made some golden buttermilk cupcakes with cream cheese icing. The batter looked great and they baked up quite well, but I think they're a tad bit dry personally. How does one fix that? I think it has something to do with the flour as well as wet ingrediants. but it's not like they don't taste good! thankfully, rob is able to take them to his office to get rid of them...and I also have a six year old boy who can put them away as well! [gallery]

I used to wish someone would bring me Ikea.

and it has come true! so, there's a company in Nashville called ModerNash that takes your Ikea order, goes to Atlanta (once a week) and will bring it to you. That's not all they do, either. They'll put it together for you and also help you design your kitchen.

return to blogdom

so i've been tweeting, twittering, spurting forth thoughts in 140 characters or less and i wonder if i can even expound on thoughts in a longer format. so summer is now almost over? at least according to the school calendar. the boy goes back to school on the 13th of August. The date is circled in red on my virtual calendar. i'm heading to a favorite haunt this weekend: Chicago! Jennie was going (pre-cancer) and then wanted a companion, and I couldn't say no. I <3 Chicago so much. I could move there in an instant, but Rob doesn't like the cold :) speaking of chicago, i found the coolest hand-made shoes evah!!! check out www.mohop.com and tell me those aren't cool! I ordered a pair of the middle heel shoes made out of birch. I cannot wait. I don't care when I get them or how cold it is outside, I will wear them. oh yes i will. (the above-referenced trip happened-separate chicago post to come...)

sitting on the pack porch at night

sitting on the pack porch at night gives me such a different perspective of my backyard. that's exactly what i need right now...a new perspective!

starting to feel the burn

yep...it's commencement time. i don't sleep too well, really don't eat too well either. for instance-for dinner i'm now at the moment eating a cold and hard leftover bagel from about 7am this morning. and i can tell i didn't get enough coffee today! commencement kicks-off two weeks from tomorrow!