Each year I select a word to be my guide throughout the year. Some years I do better than others to keep my word in the forefront.
This year I chose Mindful.
Being mindful has a place in all aspects of life.
Mindful of the products I bring into our home.
Mindful of the words I choose to use.
Mindful of the impact I have on others and others have on me.
Taking time to be mindful of how much I consume, meaning both internally and externally. It all has an impact.
Mindful of the legacy I leave.
Give mindful thought before making commitments.
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The end of the year…the decade…it should give us all pause. Time to think back on the past decade…the good, the bad and the ugly. Of course, things are already set but think of what could we do better, do more of, do less of? What has changed…10 years is a long time especially when you have kids. I came into this decade with kids in the single digits…now I have an adult, nearly 20, and another, close to adulthood.
Last year I picked the word Trust for my Word of the Year. One word to guide, to remember as the moments tick by.
This is so difficult to measure. It’s very personal.
One thing that I know I learned this year was to Trust that things will work out in the end. Sometimes things are out of your control and worry is just worshipping the problem so that’s where Trust comes in.
Hello and welcome to another edition of T stands for Tuesday! You may have noticed that I’ve been gone a while. I talked about my back saga in the previous post so we are moving on to something more festive and fun!
Since we were hosting Christmas (because I love it!) I had to lean on the rest of the family to do all of the heavy and not so heavy lifting.
Even the simple things like getting a cake in and out of the oven.
The past few years I’ve made a rum cake for Christmas but this time I went for a Fireball Whiskey cake. It was so good. I forgot to take a photo of it with the icing…likely because it wasn’t very pretty.
We had overnight guests on Christmas eve…Mini-me gave up her bed and slept on the couch. Of course, this meant that she was up even earlier than she usually is. She is my early bird kid.
It was a long wait…even with me making all kinds of noise in the kitchen.
This was my favorite present under the tree…it’s hard to wrap arrows. Mini-me needed a new set for archery season which is just days away.
Marvin had to be a part of the chaos…bows are his favorite.
I suppose the whiskey cake could have been my “beverage” for T stands for Tuesday but instead, I thought I’d share the tiniest cocktail I’ve ever seen. My BIL brought this over. It wasn’t anything I cared for but the can sure was cute.
I’ve been working on purging my rubber stamps. I was so frustrated digging through them trying desperately to find a Happy Anniversary stamp since I had promised my MIL that I’d make her some cards. I had a bunch of bases completed they just needed a sentiment and the also requested “shiny butterflies”. Thankfully I have a very crafty neighbor who is willing to share. Thanks, KW!
The “shiny butterflies” have the big wow factor but are pretty easy to make. I stamped each butterfly on white card stock with black Staz-on ink. I used watercolor paint to colorize each. After completely dry, I fussy cut each and placed on a non-stick surface. I coated each one with Diamond glaze. As they dry a slight curl happens quite naturally giving them an even more “lifelike” appearance.
I have now looked through every single one of my stamps and alas…I never even had a Happy Anniversary stamp. ugh. Well, now I do…I bought a set of sentiments at Michaels. I’m sure you’ll be seeing some cards in the near future with these words.
Today is Mini-me’s 17th birthday. I can hardly believe it.
I was planning to go out and get her favorite meal… Chipotle…but we are getting a snowstorm. It remains to be seen if we venture out or not.
Speaking of crazy storms and slippery conditions….have you seen this video?
The video was taken a few miles from our house. Mini-me had friends on that bus heading to a girls’ hockey tournament.
