Happiest of New Years!!

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a nice new year! We enjoyed our movie with the kids. Kung Fu Panda was pretty funny--but I am a long-time Jack Black fan! Though animated, it was a great role for him!

I almost fell asleep while reading a book--I turned my light off at 11:58pm. How anticlimactic!! Couldn't I just wait the two minutes? I didn't feel like I needed to. I have had a "new years" feeling for a little while now, and didn't need the clock to show me. It feels like a year of changes for me, but in a good way! I feel that things that have been stagnant for a while are moving forward. It is a good thing!

Today I visited my parents (my father currently has a low immune system, so we have to limit his exposure to my kids and their germs!) while my husband took the kiddies to his folks'. Had a nice visit, and came home to an empty house where I worked on some soldered pendants and got some Valentine's Day resin started, as well as a resin special order from my pal, Tronsgirl.

All in all a mellow but productive start to the new year. Doesn't need to get better than that!! :-)

A Little Bit of Summer

On Monday my husband had off of work, and it is free day at our local indoor gardens if you are a county resident. So that is where we went. In a winter where our December snowfall was second highest EVER, it is so nice to get to a place and remember what GREEN STUFF looks like (I have made no secret my feelings about winter!!). There are three glass domes, one is tropical, one is arrid, and one is a special area that always changes. Currently it is Christmas themed, and the huge tree is pictured below. The sun was shining through the glass ceiling and walls, the plants were giving us plentiful oxygen, and seeing the greenery was a feast for our eyes which have become accustomed to the nothingness of white white white. It was a good time to visit these gardens because despite the crowds (we are not the only ones that love getting in free!!), it reminded us of the life that awaits underneath the frozen ice, the beauty that will come in a few months, and the warmth and rebirth that will follow winter. The gardeners in this indoor park always do an amazing job.

An extra treat was that we ran into my cousin and her family! They popped into our picture behind us, unknown to me; isn't that hilarious?! I hope she doesn't mind me including the picture--it turned out so cute (tho' her youngest must be behind us, and we can't see her in this shot!), and I got such a kick out of it! A special thanks for her for taking the time to check out my etsy shop and read my blog!


Tonight, being New Year's Eve, we have a date with Kung Fu Panda, and will have a party supper of little pieces of pizza, eggrolls and other snacky items! I do plan to be in bed before the new year arrives... it is just one of those years where some quiet is appealing, and I will enjoy my rest! :-)


Thanks for reading, and a VERY Happy New Year to you all!! I hope your 2009 is filled with health, happiness, and dreams accomplished.

I'll see you next year (har har dee har!)!!!