January 31, 2008

M.I.A.?

So.........I've been absent for a while. I have an excuse for the past few days, but not the whole month. I haven't been that busy. In fact, I had hoped for a very non-busy, relaxing weekend this last weekend, and boy, did I get it! I practically spent both days almost entirely on the couch.

Not for being lazy. Rather, because I finally caught the cold. Yeah, it's a trend these days. People in Hollywood get married, get divorced, get pregnant, get arrested, and get pestered by paparazzi all in one short space of time. Up here, we normal folks just get sick.

I'm normally a pretty healthy person; if I get a cold, it's only once a year. And they're never bad either. Usually the first day is the worst. That's when I have my fever. But this time the fever (and all the yucky feelings that go along with it) seems to be hanging on. I even stayed home from work yesterday!

On Tuesday, I tried nearly all day to tough it out, vacillating back and forth about whether or not I was really sick enough to go home. But they actually have a great policy at work: if you're sick, go home so that you a) get better, and b) don't spread it around. I think that's pretty fair. So I called it quits and went home. I've been sleeping pretty good at night, but I haven't quite been able to kick this thing.

However, I did discover something very pleasant at dinner a couple of days ago: spicy food really clears the head!

Anyway.

Though I nursed the beginning stages of my cold on Saturday and Sunday, I wasn't completely unproductive. I managed to accomplish this in about half an hour.

BEFORE:




AFTER:


Is it crazy that I love cleaning? I mean, like anything else, sometimes I procrastinate for way too long, but once I get started, I'm pretty motivated. I get such a satisfaction out of creating order to what was formerly disorganized.

And yes, I will come over to your house if you need some organizing done! But you better be there running the show. I'll help. I won't do it for you. I'm not that nice. ;)

January 29, 2008

Happy Three Months!

My darling little niece Kiera is 3 months old today. Look how much she's grown! And we can never get over how cute she is!

December 28, 2007

Oh, Hello!

For anybody who checks here on a semi-regular basis, you will notice that I've been absent from the blogging world for a good 10 days now. The last 48 hours before Art arrived were quite busy. And now Art has been here for 7 days, and it has been gloriously wonderful!

So I'm using that as my excuse for not having posted in a while. We actually have been quite busy, with family gatherings and all that Christmas fun stuff. And when we're not busy going out, we are busy staying in and cuddling and generally enjoying being with each other.

You know how "they" say that time flies when you're having fun? Well, I guess I kind of can't believe that our week together is almost over, but at the same time, it has been a very long week, and I mean that in a good way. I'm thankful that these 8 days felt more like a few weeks. That's how it should be. :)

And yes, we've taken a few pictures, so I'll put those up in a little while (like, maybe in a few days). Until then, I hope everyone had the Merriest Christmas, and let me know if you are having a New Year's party, because I don't have any plans yet!