Mid Winter Blues

Well, it has hit in a big way.

Once the buzz of the new year wears off, it's really difficult to keep up motivation to be active and enthusiastic when the days are short and dark, the weather is cold and gloomy, and most of the large projects that I started last year are finished, but new projects seem like insurmountable obstacles.  It's mid-winter in Michigan, and it ain't pretty.

To summarize my life for the past few weeks:

We had a mouse in our house, which is fine... I am not a scream and gather-your-skirts kinda gal... but it makes me worried.  Is our house secretly filthy?  Or is it just old and a bit creaky, with plenty of room to get in for an enterprising rodent or two?  Either way, Mr. Mouse was beat up pretty bad by Cat and Dog, and we haven't seen him since... hopefully he learned his lesson.

Alternately watching Supernatural and playing Zelda leads to some weird, not particularly restful dreams.

A vampire bat.

Dog is much better to have around the house when he gets his morning walk, or "reads the doggy news."  We are working on "heel" right now... it's a process, but for once I am grateful that I have such a food-motivated beast.

Playing Guitar Hero with my parents is surprisingly fun.

Huggems Day Festivities

I am becoming more wonderful thanks to Pinterest and free printables.  Also, I need more ink.  But most of my food in my cupboards is repackaged and has cute labels on it!  Also, I have a fabulous new yarn wreath and am having a contest with myself to see how many friendship bracelets I can make in the mornings by the end of the year.  So far I have two, but it's a pretty recent contest.  Also, I am growing scallions in my windowsill thanks to a pinned tip, and I feel like a pioneer, even though I am just putting grocery-bought scallion ends in some water and aqua beads in the windowsill of my modern, heated home.

I think this week I would like to get organized for spring cleaning.  I am looking forward to spring, being outside, and hopefully getting the garden in over spring break.  I am sick of being cooped up, and REALLY want to open the windows.  Except it's 30 degrees outside.

All the babies and children in my life make me happy.  Also, I accidentally convinced my 5-year-old nephew that he witnessed a stabbing when I took him to see a play a few weeks ago, and he definitely told everyone he knows about it.  I still haven't met miss Josie, and she is getting so old now!  But I had a lot of fun visiting with friends Hali and Aaron and their adorable daughter Soffi a few nights ago, and hopefully we can keep our Sunday dinners a semi-regular occurring.

Husband and Nephew

I am going to be the kind of person who always brings a little gift, who has kind words to say, who is silent when need be, who sees the good in everything, who throws amazing get-togethers, who wants to do fun things.  It's going to happen.  Because Spring is coming!

The first day that it was still light out when I got out of work!