What a happy new year's day!!!

I'm in a very good mood this morning (er...this afternoon)! Marty actually got up this morning with Anne and let me sleep in! This has NEVER happened! Granted, Anne just watched cartoons all morning and didn't get a diaper change, but still. We just did dinner and a movie last night but we still stayed up too late anyway. Watched that crazy guy's motorcycle jump in Vegas then Marty caught up on his TV shows while I messed around on the computer, searching for bedding for Anne's new "big girl" bed and also downloading way too many digital scrapbooking freebies (thanks a lot Stacy, this IS addicting). Anyway, I haven't yet posted any pics of Grammy & Grand Dad (or Auntie Susie!) from the holidays, so here they are. Also, I have lots of good pictures from the Wayman side that I will try to post soon.

Not making any resolutions...

I obviously can't keep my promises so how could I possibly be capable of sticking to any resolutions either?! I promised to blog at least once a week...yeah, right! All I can say is that I'll do my best in the new year!

The best part of the holidays was having my sisters in town, so I just have to post some pics. Anne enjoyed decorating cookies with Auntie Julie and also loved hanging out with Joe, Bohdi, Auntie Bri Bri, and Uncle Lynn. And yes, I did shake off the excess sprinkles before baking!

So it's been a while...

No, we haven't dropped off the face of the earth. We've stayed very busy with all the usual fall festivities. We enjoyed having Uncle Lynn and Aunt Bri Bri in for a few days, had a great Halloween, and have missed Dada being around. Marty is currently in Nevada, has already made one brief trip to Afghanistan, and will be home for Thanksgiving and then again for Christmas (we are very much looking forward to the holidays!) Anne and I have been managing pretty well on our own, although we're dreading the cold weather coming. I'm okay with raking leaves, but snow is a different story! Marty isn't known for doing much (errr...anything?) when it comes to housework, but he's always been good about the snow. I suppose I have no choice this year! Anyway, I'll just post some of my favorite pics from this fall. I'll also try to start posting at least a couple times a week from now on...but I'm not making any promises!

A Yam Winner

No, I didn't win any sweet potatoes. It's just my name scrambled. Got an email from my sister today with the link: http://wordsmith.org/anagram/advanced.html Pretty funny for some names. Anyhoo, I'm very tired and MUST go to bed early. Anne fell asleep in the car on the way home from storytime tonight. It was the first night of Pajama-Rama at the Grosse Pointe Woods Library. Unfortunately, it just wasn't Anne's cup of tea tonight. She went in with her jammies on and Growlers (her tiger) under her arm and found her cute little nametag. She took two steps into the storytime room and lost her mind! She cried and screamed until I took her out! So we listened to stories from outside the door and peeked through the glass at the other kids. Maybe she'll be up for it next week. We'll see!

Under the weather

Poor Anne was sick all weekend. And of course, it rained and rained and rained. You'd think I could get some cleaning and organizing done, but not so much. I HAVE made some progress, which I'll try to post about another day, but it's almost 11 pm and I have to get up at 5:30 am (well, maybe 6 if I don't care what I look like tomorrow--but middle school kids notice EVERYTHING about your clothes, hair, make-up, etc. believe it or not). I'll just post a couple pics of Anne with her 103 temp on the couch, waiting for Grammy and Grand Dad to come over and babysit on Saturday. Marty's friends had a very nice "Going Away" party for him that night, so Mom, Dad, and Nanny came over to sit. Anne actually looks pretty good for being sick, I think! Okay, the Marts wants me off the computer...fantasy football's going well tonight apparently.

A new goal

Yes, I'm still alive! No, I'm (obviously) not good at keeping up with things, such as blogging, among many, many other aspects of my life, during the school year. The beginning of the school year is always an adjustment and a little hectic but I'm hoping in the next week or so I will be feeling a little less stressed. I actually committed myself to a new goal this weekend. I am such an incredibly disorganized person, which brings on unnecessary stress, I've found. Therefore, my new goal is to become more organized in every way I can! Sounds simple enough, right? We'll see. The main things I need to work on are how I organize my time, meal planning & shopping, house cleaning, and paperwork. I am SO sick of CLUTTER! I really feel like I need to strip my house from top to bottom and go through every drawer and cupboard and closet and just get rid of stuff! I actually was online last night googling about organizing and de-cluttering and cleaning and I got a lot of good ideas. I'll let everyone know how this goes as I begin organizing my life! Sounds exciting, doesn't it?! Ha ha!

Anne is doing just great and seems very happy at Aunt Jane's while Marty and I are at work. She does tell me "I miss you Mama" sometimes which I love! She's also been very friendly lately, greeting people when we're out on walks: "Hi, my name's Annie." She'll say this to Marty sometimes, too, though, which is kind of funny.

Part of being more organized is getting myself to bed on time, so goodnight!

Another birthday and my last week of freedom

I obviously wasn't too interested in blogging this week, much less doing anything productive. I officially start work next week (three teacher days, Mon. through Wed.) and I just wanted to be as lazy as possible before things get hectic again. I honestly don't understand how people with "normal" jobs do it...I love that there's always an end in sight with the conclusion of one school year and then a fresh start in the Fall. Nothing beats two solid months of being able to get up after the sun comes up!

I celebrated my 31st birthday on Monday. Anyone who knows me well knows that I have always loved my birthday! I think it's mostly because it's the one day of the year that I don't let myself feel at all guilty for doing whatever I want (being lazy, for instance). I had a nice day with Anne and LOVED that she could sing "Happy Birthday to Mama" this year! I even videotaped her singing it!!! Mom and Dad came over for cake & ice cream and Anne enjoyed cooking play-doh muffins and hot-dogs with Grammy. Dada had to do the official taste-testing, of course!