It Must be Spring!

It was 80 degrees yesterday, and it looks like more of the same today. Yayyy! Of course, it made me realize that I'm about as pasty white as a cadavor, and that I've gained just enough weight that my warm clothes make me look like the Pillsbury Doughboy. *sigh* I guess it's time to get off the carbs.....my really big downfall.....bread, pretzels, doughnuts, muffins, PASTA......and I don't think the pretzels help my COPD. Maybe it's the salt....I'm not sure....but my breathing is harder lately, more intense, and I was just fine until I started in on the carbs and pretzels. There must be a connection in there somewhere.

And the snow remains on the mountains. What a fantastic site to see when you're standing in the sunshine and the temperature is 80. I mean, honestly, you only see this stuff in the movies, people laying out by the pool in February with snowcapped mountains behind them.....I must be dreaming.

So my resolution.....no, not a New Year's resolution, just a resolution, is to get back on track with my diet and stop eating all this junk. I'm also going to start walking again, maybe join Curves again, maybe Butterfly Life, maybe even a senior citizens yoga group, SOMETHING! ANYTHING to get rid of the winter fat I've stored away. And I'm starting tomorrow.

We've Got Snow!

Christmas 2007

It seems like I've been hybernating forever...working on some scrapbook pages but not getting very far.... I redid the cover for Danielle's book and I like it much better. I'm also making a tag for Sally's birthday but I'm not happy with it. Sometimes I just have to put these things away for a while until some inspiration strikes me.

I really need to get out and about. It's a beautiful day...the sun is shining, people are laying out at the pool. It's still a bit brisk for me but it's so pretty! The mountains have been dusted with snow but that's all...nothing major, although it's supposed to get colder again by Monday. I want summer....I want to go barefoot...I want to open my windows...I want to be WARM. There's still so much I have to see in the desert and here I sit....inside as usual. So I scrap.

I did this cute page of Joey last week but it's for my own albums. I really need to get on to Gina's pages. That's my goal for the weekend.

I'm only going to do this once....

so if you miss it....you'll never see it again. I was going through the pictures that Jim took on Christmas and found a few "candid" shots of moi. I've been razzing him about his pictures looking posed...........and I will never do that again. Oh my god....Who is this woman? She looks like she needs a happy pill. HO HO HO indeed. That shirt should read.....I have PMS and a gun....any questions?

Happy New Year Everyone!

It was a busy time for me before Christmas, trying to get myself together to go to Orange County. It's not the trip itself that gets to me, it's "thinking" about the trip. I get so worked up thinking about the 2.5 hour drive that I can't focus on what I need to do. I'm the same way in returning....the morning after Christmas, all I could think of was getting back home....as if my world would end if I didn't get home immediately. But the time there was fab!!

With the exception of Gina and the kids not being with us, it was really a good Christmas. Lots of great presents for the kids and adults alike. Now I know what Wii is and why it's so popular!

One thing I've noticed is that the kids are maturing into little thinking people. I really like that.

I've been doing some scrapbooking again...making a mini album with Danielle's pics because she's so cute! I made three little albums for Sally for Christmas, and kind of enjoyed working on them more than the big 12x12 or 8x8 albums. I don't know how to take very good pictures of scrapbook pages...there is a method involved with staging the pages, the layout, the lighting and all of that....someday I'll study that, but for now these pictures are the best I can do. I need to scrap some pages for Gina and I want to keep scrapping some for myself, so I'll be busy for a while....at least as long as my supplies are laying all over the house. Once I put them away, it's hard to get back to.

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