This was such a great year! I've had fun slowly going through the posts written this year and pulling out the "best of". Listed here are the most popular posts, as well as my personal favorites from ...
Archives for December 2012
Goals for 2013
Every year I write out some resolutions and share them here. It's nice to be able to easily find the list throughout the year to update myself, and can see how I'm doing half way through the year ...
Looking back on 2012 – review of last year’s goals
looking back on 2012 Last year I made a list of goals for the new year and shared them here. Today, I've gone back through the list to see if I achieved my goals and review what I still need to ...
Our Year in Numbers -Christmas letter 2012
I love getting creative with Christmas letters, each year it's a challenge to top the last! In 2011 I wrote our Christmas letter from our toddler's perspective. Then, in 2012 I wrote the letter as a ...
If the world ends tomorrow
Well, we're finally here. The "last day of the world" according to the Mayans. I don't at all believe that the world is ending tomorrow, but I thought it would be fun to consider what I would do if I ...
Remembering military families during the holidays
Can I be honest? I never really gave much thought to our troops or their families, until a friend of mine married into the air force. I had never personally known a military person and so it was sort ...
Helpful posts about the recent tragedy
Until now, I have not written anything about the recent tragedy in CT. It's not that I haven't been thinking about it, I just don't have words to say. I have read many touching pieces on it. Many ...
Baking Christmas cookies
Our newest Christmas tradition! Baking a different Christmas cookie flavor every week in December. Little Man is finally old enough, and we had a lot of fun doing it. Little Man was so proud of ...
Timing
faking a smile to hide my misery The last few weeks/month of my pregnancy was awful. I was miserable, sick, exhausted etc. It didn't help that I was having labor-like contractions off and on ...