by Claire on December 24, 2009
Thought I’d share with you some random pics of the last few days before Christmas. Other than that, I don’t have much to say besides I hope you all have a wonderful holiday, whatever your religious affiliation or lack of one, whether it’s summer or winter wherever you are, whether you’re with family or single, I pray that you are serene, joyful, and content.
Found these at Walmart.
Just kidding. That’s Maxie snuggled inside the bag. She’s more the bag hider than her sister, Marie.
Daisy Mae, our littlest lady Chihuahua, with a little attitude. Notice the tongue?
And, Daisy, getting in on the wrapping action. We found out that when we weren’t looking, she was tasting the wrapping paper.
Heading to BabiesRUs to look at replacement cribs for pregnant daughter. I’m squished between the two car seats and the two handsome grand-boys. (Grateful that my butt will squish between them now.) Having some fun with the self-portraits and making silly faces.
Evan prefers his hand over making a silly face.
Sweet story: On the way to get me, he was saying “Mimi” all the way there and according to his mommy, he was worried and stressed out that they weren’t coming to Mimi’s house. Aww. I love that boy.
Lily watching me wrap presents.
My favorite ornament, and favorite word.
Hope you all have a great holiday and that all the Santa’s get a little shut-eye.
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by Claire on December 10, 2009
It’s been record-breaking, bone-chilling COLD outside in our area. I am not a fan of the cold. I prefer to be warm, but here I am in the Pacific Northwest and I am dealing. Plus, there’s significantly less fat on my body this year, thus I feel the cold more. The outdoor thermometer dips down into the low 20s or even teens at night, and I don’t think it has pushed the 30 degree mark in about 5 days. The last time I was out of the house, other than today, was Monday night.
I went to Weight Watchers Monday night and did well – nearly lost that two pounds again that I keep losing and then taking back. Dangit. I’ve been tracking really well this week and trying to make some good choices, but it is too dang cold outside for me to do my usual exercise. I am wondering how I’ll fare in the 12k run I’m signed up for in just 2 weeks. I certainly am unprepared for this one.
Today, I took a break mid-day from work and walked (partially ran, if you believe that, but it’s true) up to the local waterfall that is at the entrance of a subdivision. It’s about .6 miles from my house. The waterfall has frozen over. Pretty trippy too. It was so cold out there that it was all I could manage to get there and back. But I did, and my leg muscles thank me. I just do not have the proper clothing for the bitter cold.
Tonight, I’m actually going to try to sit at the sewing machine and make something. I will probably prepare the pattern for my Christmas dress and hope that I could finish it in time for a party I’m supposed to go to Saturday afternoon. We’ll see. If not, it will become my Christmas 2010 dress. You think I’m kidding. 
I have a whole list of things to sew for gifts and I haven’t started one of them because I’m plain exhausted. I don’t know if it’s because of the cold, because of everything on my plate, or my fibromyalgia. Regardless, it seems like lifting lead legs to get myself into my sewing room, even though in my head that’s the first thing I want to do – all the time.
Speaking of fun things, we just finished getting my daughter’s baby shower invites made and in the mail, or hand delivered. Each one was quite the process and were individually hand-made, hand-stamped, and hand-written. It took the two of us, plus an occasional helper, several days to get this done – something I thought would only take an afternoon. Boy, did I underestimate what my daughter had in mind for her invites. She’s a real-live Tinkerbell, so the theme is, of course, Tinkerbell. The shower is early January, and considering the holidays, I don’t think we got these out too soon.
Okay, bloggy friends, I’d better get off the computer. I know that’s the first step toward the sewing room or getting anything done. Stay warm if it’s cold where you are, and if it’s summer in your neck of the woods, stay cool!
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