It’s well past time for a new “Currently…” post. Time to talk about winter’s arrival, feeling good for the most part…I think, and all kinds of fun things!!
Currently…Yes!! Winter arrived with a vengeance! We were under winter storm warnings Wednesay evening and a blizzard storm warning all day yesterday (even the university shut down as of Wednesday evening which was music to my ears because that makes DH stay home). So…we’ve had two snow days in a row which has enabled us to begin Christmas break two days early! Yippeee!! Today the storm is over and the sun is shining brightly and showing off Mother Nature’s beautiful work. Layers of drifted snow and fun snow formations. Local storm reports vary on what landed on us, 10-13″!! Hard to tell on our property b/c we got so much wind. We have mile-high drifts in one place and grass showing in other places!
Currently…Yes! I think I might be starting to feel better overall. I’m starting my third day of feeling great. More ambition and energy than I’ve had in months. But we’ll see how Sunday through Tuesday go this next weeks…those have been my worst days for awhile now. And we have company coming Monday for supper and the night, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I really am over the worst. I’m 15 weeks today!
Currently…going to make just one (I have two bags but will just make one and then get another bag to make a double batch next week for the holidays!) batch of Puff Corn today. And this is why I love Project Life so much. I was wondering where I had put the recipe I had jotted down on a red envelope (I remembered that much detail anyway!!) when I called my friend last year at this time for her delicious recipe. Her’s is just simply the best. Most Puff Corn has a harder caramel glaze on it, but her’s is a really soft, buttery coating more than glaze and it’s so addicting. Anyway back to Project Life and what that has to do with this…that’s where I found the red envelope with the recipe…b/c that’s what PL allows me to do…tuck things (that would otherwise get stuffed in a drawer or even eventually thrown out) into my album right alongside my photos! I’m very behind this year, but I’m really trying to be patient with myself. I have not been myself after all. NO ambition. I’m still back in June with my PL album. No photos printed off for July yet, but August and September are printed and waiting in a pile. But my ambition is coming back…and so on to the next topic…
Currently…hoping to spend the day in the basement getting crafty. DD1 has her ABC scrapbook for class to be working on. DD2 loves to play school down there. And I will work on catching up a tad on my PL album. I’m going digital next year. I’m a little sad about it (will miss the hands on paper crafting etc), but I just need to jump in and do it. I can’t keep collecting 3-4 12×12 albums a year documenting life. Warm fuzzies, I know…but, whew, they are big, bulky books and I’ll soon run out of space at this rate. I’m taking a class over at JessicaSprague.com on how to do PL digitally, so I’m looking forward to that guidance! I AM looking forward to doing the Baby edition traditionally though. Will be waiting until the baby is born to order that so I know what colors to get!
Currently…craving Sour Cream & Onion potato chips and mini pizzas made quickly and easily on tortilla wraps!! And I can drink water again without gagging. Sugary things still don’t hold a huge appeal.
Currently…looking forward to lots of fun company coming this week. Monday night, two for supper and the night. Thursday my sister-in-law flies in for a week!! Then that evening, our friends and their little 7 mo old come for a couple of nights and the company from Monday night will return for one more night ( no meal this time) with us. I’ve arranged all the sleeping so that no beds need to be washed and remade during that week….! Christmas day we also hope to have a table full of friends and my dad. And New Year’s Eve there is a party over at some older friend’s of ours. Some of their kiddos and families will be home and they’ve invited lots of folks. Should be a very fun evening together.
And with that, I really must get in gear. Make some Puff Corn and head to the basement before it’s time to get lunch going.
Happy, happy holidays to all of you!
New Year’s Eve is about my most favorite time of the year. I love to stay up late. And staying up late with family and friends, eating and playing games is just FUN, FUN, FUN!
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Very well said, rebekah. I enjoyed the red in your post too.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! I loved the first 2 photos in red!!!! Eye popping and fun! I hope you feel energetic today and have a great day!
I love your new blog. How are you liking WordPress? If I ever change it will be to WordPress. I’ve heard great things. I think you are smart switching to digi for PL especially with a new baby coming. I have those same thoughts all the time about how many albums can one family end up keeping. I also wonder if I need to really document every single day of our lives, but yet that is what I strive to do if even for the challenge and the fun of it. Because I honestly can’t imagine anyone really sitting down and reading decades full of albums documenting so much detail! But then that is really not why I scrapbook. I do it for what small enjoyment my kids get out of it, 90% for the joy that it brings me (the process if not the finished product) and 1% for future generations. It may end up being a burden for people to store and save all these albums and pages after I am gone! 🙂 And I do think my kids mostly just really like the idea that I am paying attention and taking so much care to do all of this documenting even if they don’t actually sit down and look at my albums all that much. Maybe someday they will. They do love all of the photos though. Happy New Year!!