2010 The Year in Review

Around the blogoshere I've been seeing posts of Favorite Photos of 2010. Love the idea so...

January Columbus shopping trip

February learning to blog

and a blizzard

 March tea time

April Easter

It's my birthday!

 and somebody else's

May Mother's Day

and Prom

 Saving the fish

celebrating freedom

and bub's birthday

 fishing

  

June the beach

 and friends

 another beach

 and boat

 we met Henry

 and found new restaurants

 July learned to relax

 August back to school

 and fished with new fishing buddies

September George had his last hurrah

 

 got back on the boat

October met Carl

 November started the cooking marathan

December Christmas rushed in

and finally the year rushed out

Alone at last

 An Outfit Of The Day rut... sorry for the pitiful pics. I forgot to charge the D50 and had to use the little guy who doesn't really like his timer. I know my facial expression is scary below but dagnabit I was having such a good hair day!

Bye, bye booties! I don't know what the problem was with these boots but it took FOREVER to get them on this morning and I decided after today they will be sent to someone more patient. 

A night alone... since hub's surgery I haven't had much alone time. Normally the boys run so much more than I do and I am home cleaning, doing paperwork or relaxing. When this happened I kinda panicked thinking I might not be the nicest person if I didn't have my alone time. Oddly enough it hasn't been that bad in that respect. HOWEVER last night and tonight I've been here alone and wow I miss this alone time. It's been nice. Since so far behind I can't do much relaxing but hey you can't catch up in two nights.

Bub has asked to open a savings account since Christmas and so yesterday, the first day in so long we had free, we traveled to the bigger town to let him do so. He is thrilled. Then we met up with some friends, ate at my favorite restaurant, Acapulco, and switched vehicles. I came home alone while all boys went to Bass Pro. So I am celebrated by curling up with marina and my iPad, watch project runway and ate a very small amount of chocolate. Celebration.

Then this evening it snowed so hubs decided he was driving bubs alone to practice. I gave a small argument and they went on their way, walking boot that doesn't actually allow him to walk and all. I am once again alone for the first time in over a month doing laundry, paying bills and now finally about 9pm catching up.

Hubs never likes when I wear my socks coming out of my boots. I told him it is the latest in the blogosphere and her dearie is yet another example on Free People...

Also from the Free People blog...

Kate spades Facebook pics are awesome (pronounce awesome slowly)

Via books paper scissors the knitting girl by Eva Juliet

I finished If I Stay by Foreman a young adult novel that kicked the year off in a good way. Dark subject-  a young girl who has the coolest family gets into an accident. Her whole family does. While she is having an out of body experience while her actual body is in a coma she sees what is going on and must decide if she wants to stay.

We were all cuddled on the couch watching football and appreciating the iPad when someone kicked.

Is he asleep I asked bubs?

That or he's fighting off Jackie chan.

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Really tomorrow I should actually be home and sitting down to blog before 10 pm. But until then...

I have fallen in love with this necklace I've been wearing lately. I actually bought the charm for bub and he has worn it on his silver chain then one day I picked it up to wear with something and walah! it goes with everything and so winter feeling... (the rest of the outfit was rather uneventful.

and yes my Christmas trees (plural for goodness sakes!) are still up. and since I feel I have not given them enough seasonal love by sitting in front of them with the lights on reading I think I may leave them up a little longer!

With hubs going back to work full time this week but still on one leg he needed to stay home and elevate the leg. Thus I took bub's to practice and am getting nothing done at home!

Reading If I Fall

Eating shells and cheese with garlic bread

Basketball season is in full swing~

We are just pulling in from a ball game and it is 10:36pm. So a short post will have to do...

The lace undershirt I picked up at Snooty over the break because I saw someone layer one under a holiday t- shirt. This did not work when I got it home but I like it here. And the Anthro tights. Probably not the best choice to have a straight line run down the front of your legs. Straightened all day.

 Yo talked me into this headband and so thanks Yo, nice choice.

Christmas Celebration is Officially Over

We just pulled in from the last Christmas celebration of the season. Tomorrow we will go back to our normal work day routine by getting up at 5am. Pray for us :)

I'm catching up on my Facebook. People seem to be very open about their resolutions. Yikes. I write mine down and hide them but maybe there is something to being so public about it. (went back and edited yesterday's post)

Going to make some time tomorrow to peruse Covet Magazine. And to update yesterday's post with the pics I dropped in my images folder and hope, hope, hope I find a better way to do this.

Owl make a list

The good news is i have a new ipad. The bad news is i cant load images into blogger for some reason. I hope it is just a matter of learning but so far no luck. So for now i am making notes and tomorrow when i get back in ohio ill have to edit.

We spent new years at hub's family Christmas. My mom and I also visited my great aunt since she lives in the same Kentucky town as my hub's extended family. My great aunt made me potato cakes, her son in law made me coleslaw and black eyed peas! These people are so sweet to remember~

With the new year comes a new resolutions list!
Actually it is about the same as last year. Not that I didn't make progress but some not so much and other progress but I want to continue. So...
2011 it's a new year obviously and while I dream of one day not having weight loss as a new years resolution thatyear is not today unfortunately. I need to drop about 30 lbs. Yikes. But I do.
I have a good personal plan in place for how to reach my goals I just have not done such a good job of doing it.
I need to be nicer to my family. Be more patient. Hub's recent surgery made this surprisingly easier.
I need to live within my means. I spend way too much money. Although we made strides this year saving and investing still we all spend way too much.
This year was one of my best creating by blogging, scrapbooking and making cards and crafts but of course I want to continue this.
I read 62 books last year but this year's goal is 70.
And finally my house needs an overhaul cleaning and organizing. That personal plan has all that in place I just need to follow it.

And now for some blog cruising~
Creature comforts has lots of free printables and this adorable print by Fiona Dunphy...

They also highlighted these morse code necklaces.

Nightowlpapergoods is awe inspiring!

Oddly enough I was listening to a splendid table podcast yesterday about turducken and then today stylesample mentioned it. How weird is that? Her new online magazine is out.