a good day

i needed this day-
of getting out of bed
of getting showered, shaved and lotioned
of putting make up on my whole face, not just blush
of taking the time to do my hair, not just wear a hat
of wearing my favorite t-shirt and clean jeans
of blue skies and sunshine and breathable air
of chatting, sharing and laughing hard with the thursday girls
of eating cinnamon lips and my favorite lemon tarragon salad
of subbing in jenny's bunco group of crazy fun women i don't even really know
of laughing even harder
of wearing the super cute girlie scarf that jenny gave as a door prize - she has such great taste!
of taking a poorly lit self portait with a smile so i don't forget this great day

i needed this day.

falling off the face of the earth - or maybe just my blog

i'm not dead - thanks for checking on me though. here are ten reasons why i haven't blogged in forever.

10. it's december people! i'm pretty ready but still finding myself running around trying to do those last minute little projects and things. exhilarating AND exhausting all at once. - that could be the title of my autobiography.

9. winter sometimes equals depression. i'm fine. but sometimes things fall off the list of priorities when you're trying to just stay afloat.

8. i feel like i already blogged everything christmas tradition related two years ago. i sort of feel like i'm being repetative. i ran into the same issue last year.

7. i'm working on a new photography website. it's going to be months of work and won't be unveiled for a while, infact, i'm only as far as working on my portfolio, because these things take a ton of time.

6. i just finished my seventh custom-designed christmas card in about three weeks. i love doing this for people, it just makes me happy!  need a card? email me, i'll hook you up!

5. sewing! i've been sewing. a lot. i finished making christmas pajamas for every person in my family, started a new quilt and cranked out a dozen or so of my favorite burp cloths with the ribbon sewn on. nothing super fancy, but time consuming instead. i also sewed several long tubes that i filled with beans to act as door draft blockers. my own invention.

4. we're having heat issues again. sometimes it's too cold to type. for reals.

3. rich is in the middle of a toy story 3 death march and is working haneous hours. poor guy. but it means i'm holding down the fort by myself a lot, and at night, i just want to veg and surf other people's blogs.

2. laundry - ok lame excuse, but i just can't seem to get on top of it lately. i guess the kids are dressing in twice the layers - ok maybe three times the layers lately because it's been so dang COLD, inside and out.

1. the BIGGEST reason. my camera is dead. and i can't afford a new one. in fact, almost all of the photos i've posted for several months now have been taken by other people and emailed to me. bless their hearts. i have a crappy point and shoot, but i just have no desire to pick it up and shoot with it when i know how lame the photo will turn out when it's done. and, i think i'm going to switch sides this time. meaning, i have my eye on a canon - gasp!  i've been a nikon girl for a while now, but i thought i would just like to TRY the canon and see the difference. but. i have a couple of cute little videos to post, but i can't figure out how to post them with the new blogger?

however. there are lots of fun things coming up really soon that are all blog worthy. so i will be posting soon. even if it is with a crappy camera.

blah-ging

lately, when it comes to blogging, i feel like the old lady in the lifecall commercial who calls out - i've fallen and i can't get up. for real. i have a million things to write about, at least a dozen posts floating around in my head, but when i sit down to actually write about anything, nothing sounds good. it all feels overwhelming, irritating and just plain not fun. so i'm taking a break to just lay on the proverbial bathroom floor.