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Showing posts with label 2009. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2009. Show all posts
Friday, December 25, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
The Party
For 8 years I've thrown Joe's work Christmas party in our home. I'm ALWAYS amazed that I can get it all pulled together. Here is it looking pretty...
The disaster before... does this happen to you? I was stunned by the mess as I pulled out all of the boxes. The kids had so much fun put everything out. I rearranged a little bit, but they did a great job, so I really didn't have to do much.
Beginning to decorate the tree.
As I was wrapping the stairs with the garland and very frustrated, I decided to wrap the bottom of the spindles instead of the top. What a brilliant moment... so much easier and now we can still hang on to the railing as we come down the stairs.
One of my favorite wreaths that I had to "steal" last year during our annual gift exchange... it was so worth it!
My little artificial group of trees... sometimes I add small ornaments, but this year they are adorned with ribbon.
The green room set up for the party. We had a smaller group this year, so I was able to leave the couch in the room for the first time ever.
The tables were set very simply with white table cloths with an overlay of gold toole... just to give it interest. Usually, I bunch up the toole down the tables, but Joe always feels like he has fabric in his food... so we went with simple. My awesome teaching partner wrapped all of the brown boxes for me and tied all of the ribbons. I had them scattered on the tables and around the room... the PERFECT touch!
The disaster before... does this happen to you? I was stunned by the mess as I pulled out all of the boxes. The kids had so much fun put everything out. I rearranged a little bit, but they did a great job, so I really didn't have to do much.
Beginning to decorate the tree.
As I was wrapping the stairs with the garland and very frustrated, I decided to wrap the bottom of the spindles instead of the top. What a brilliant moment... so much easier and now we can still hang on to the railing as we come down the stairs.
One of my favorite wreaths that I had to "steal" last year during our annual gift exchange... it was so worth it!
My little artificial group of trees... sometimes I add small ornaments, but this year they are adorned with ribbon.
The green room set up for the party. We had a smaller group this year, so I was able to leave the couch in the room for the first time ever.
The tables were set very simply with white table cloths with an overlay of gold toole... just to give it interest. Usually, I bunch up the toole down the tables, but Joe always feels like he has fabric in his food... so we went with simple. My awesome teaching partner wrapped all of the brown boxes for me and tied all of the ribbons. I had them scattered on the tables and around the room... the PERFECT touch!
Merry Christmas
Our self portrait near the end of the evening!
Our self portrait near the end of the evening!
Thursday, January 1, 2009
It's a new year...
It's a new year and time to think about our life... what are my goals for the year. I've given this a lot of thought, but as always it will change as our life changes. As much as I like 'routine' you have to be ready and willing to go with the flow.
What are your goals? Goals are meant to be achieved... how will you achieve? For me to achieve, I need to make a plan. I'll share that plan as soon as I have one. For now, another cup-o-joe and I'm off to enjoy my children.
- take note and enjoy my children's sense of humors
- encourage my children to not be afraid to try new things
- tell my husband how much I appreciate him (I appreciate him, it's the "telling" part I need to work on)
- lead by example... health, nutrition, laughter, reading, studying, orgainizing... enjoying life
- when frustration comes to the top... take a breath and relax (sometimes, it's just not that big of a deal)
- make memories
- celebrate the peeps in my life
What are your goals? Goals are meant to be achieved... how will you achieve? For me to achieve, I need to make a plan. I'll share that plan as soon as I have one. For now, another cup-o-joe and I'm off to enjoy my children.
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