Oh my gosh, I am tired today! I don't know if it's because I had at least one weird, disturbing dream last night that broke up my sleep or if it's because I was so dang active yesterday! For those who don't know, I'm on a weight loss journey (blogged at Welcoming Weight Loss) and I worked out for the first time yesterday.  All I know is that man, I am tired today! I have a dozen things open that I should be working on but as soon as I get them open, I forget what I'm doing with them! Sheesh!

I did, however, remember to get my last Shapes picture taken for the Sunday Shutterbugs challenge. Believe it or not, I actually opened up the top of my bedroom window yesterday and snapped this picture. If I can remember long enough, I'm going to do the same thing today to get an after the "blizzard" shot. Blizzard is in quotes because we got a lame 14" of snow, not the 2 feet they claimed we were going to get. Granted, it blew everywhere (including in my back door) but they were all dramatic about the amounts and I totally feel let down.


Oh, one last request before I hit post and try to remember the next thing on my list....I love comments. Oh my gosh, how I love comments but please tell me how you found the blog if you're a new reader. I had a lovely lady leave me a comment on a past post and she said she was from abc (random letters inserted here) and I felt horrible because I can't figure out where she found me or what group she's from!

Thanks all!


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It's Wednesday and I'm moving slower than molasses in wintertime. My back is still bothering me so I'm taking it very easy today and working from the couch. I have a few projects that I can do from there. I'm still organizing decorations and I bought a big corkboard for the kitchen wall. It's going to be the kids' Wow! board where we hang up special things like A's and artwork. I'm going to "split" it in half and cover each half with a different paper so that each boy has a unique side for us to hang stuff on. I think I'll also get the packing tape out and repair the plastic tote that's going to hold my overflow decorations. Next year, it will be replaced with a bin that matches the others.

Now, onto today's Sunday Shutterbug challenge. This is week 2 of A and they chose animal for the theme. When I read that, I knew just what picture I wanted to post. I took this over the weekend. It's Byron and Hemingway (formerly Romeo, formerly Isabella) cuddled up on the couch. I just love when I find the pair of them like this.


So, what picture did you take this week? What memory did you create and document?

Good morning, Good morning! I have no idea why I'm in such a great mood considering the phone woke me up super early and I only took a half nap after laying back down. But, I am and you know what? It's nice. I don't remember the last time where I got up, got around and was singing and smiling for three days in a row. Usually I'm lucky if it lasts one but it's day three and I'm still singing. So, good. I like it. *grins*

Now, over on Sunday Shutterbugs, the theme is Art. They're doing something new for 2010 where they do a letter of the alphabet for two weeks and then move onto the next letter. I'm looking forward to some very interesting themes this coming year. Plus, you know me, I have to confess that this isn't a new picture. It's one I took..umm...wow, thank you flickr for knowing this, June 29, 2004. It's a marble magnet and I used to love making these. I still do, actually. It's tougher now to find the marbles than it used to be but I still love them and let me tell you, they're great for using on the fridge to hold up artwork and such.


Now, the reason I posted this picture is because I wanted to be sure that I put something up today. Plus, I want to take my camera out with me today when I go into Lansing. You never know what you might find so I'm hoping to actually have a second picture to post later today when I get home.

Until then though, I am totally challenging all of you to grab your cameras, find something that says Art to you and take a picture. Then, be sure to post it and come back here and let me know that you did. Sunday Shutterbugs has a linky thingamabob that you can post a link to as well. (Random note, spell check says linky is wrong but thingamabob is right...weird.)

Whew! And we made it! It's Wednesday...for real! Today has been another stressful day, but slowly things are coming together, I hope. I've been taking small breaks to do some reading, which is helping me keep it together. Thank goodness I know that the world really isn't out to get me or I'd hide under these blankets and never come out!

Now, with all of that babbling out of the way, I want to share pictures! I accidently left my camera at my parent's house on Christmas day so I didn't take a ton of pictures, but I do have some to share. Over at Sunday Shutterbugs, they finally have a new theme up and I'm excited to say that it's Holiday! Perfect for this time of year. So, without further yammering on my part, here are some holiday photos from the Roets family.


We hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I'm still planning on writing my Christmas Angels post, but I think I'm going to make that my Finish It Friday post when I wrap up all of the things from 2009 and figure out more of the things for 2010!

Wednesday..Wednesday...so good to me...Ok, those aren't the real lyrics, but even though I feel down right crummy (fallout from Monday's events) I am in good spirits. I just wish my to do list would do itself! Why don't they ever do themselves?

Well, I'm going to make sure to finish this post so that then I can move on to the next parts of my far too long list. So, over on Sunday Shutterbugs, the theme is Red. Now, I know that there isn't much red in this picture, but there's a story and stories are good, right?

So, this is Isabella. I posted pictures of her when she was just a tiny thing but as you can see, she's growing up fast. This is a basket I had emptied and she insisted on sleeping in it every chance she got. Right up until I filled it with other things and put it away, that is. So, this morning, I was in the bathroom and using Nair on my legs. Honestly, I had gotten tired of shaving and wanted to try something that would last a bit longer. Well, of course, I forgot to take a watch or clock into the bathroom with me, so I opened the bathroom door to see the one on the laptop. No big deal, right? Wrong. The girls, as usual, rushed into the bathroom the second I opened the door and little Miss Isabella rubbed right against my leg. The leg that had Nair gooped all over it. Now, I didn't want a bald cat, so I grabbed a washcloth and tried to wipe as much off as I could. I thought I'd gotten all of it until a couple minutes later when she walked past me again and I saw another streak of it. Now, would she come to me when I called her? Or even sit still while I'm trying to grab her? Of course not. Now, try not to laugh too hard as you imagine me...with Nair covered legs, chasing this kitten around the living room while trying not to get the Nair on either of the other 2 cats who were enjoying the chase or on the furniture.. In the end, I did manage to catch the rascal and rinse/comb the rest of the Nair out and other than her hair being slightly thinner in a couple of areas, she doesn't seem to be traumatized or any the worse for war. Mom's nerves however....

So, that's my really not even close to Wordless Wednesday. Do you have any photos to share this week? Are you planning on hopping over to Sunday Shutterbugs to post a link? Let me know here! I want to see too!