I have a problem with planning. It’s not that I’m bad at making plans. It’s that when I have plans set in my head and those plans go awry, I tend to get very annoyed. Okay, let’s be real–I tend to mentally freak the hell out. Take this weekend: Saturday night we were going to see a movie. We hadn’t chosen one to see, but I figured we would chose one together Saturday afternoon after my husband got home from…
☑ Dinner at a restaurant we’ve never been to before. We made our first check mark on our date night check list! We received a gift certificate to a local restaurant for Christmas and finally got around to using it. Just Plain Dave’s is a short drive away from our house so it was really convenient to get to. My husband and I hate crowds and hate waiting long for a table. We were able to walk right in and pick…
We packed our bags and got in the car for a two hour drive to Connecticut the Saturday after Christmas. It was our turn to celebrate Christmas with my side of the family at my brother and sister-in-law’s house. The drive to Connecticut was slow moving. We got stuck in loads of traffic and delays, but we made it there before dinner. On the drive to my brother and sister-in-law’s house, we passed the exit for Newtown/Sandy Hook. It was…
Where did 2013 go? I discussed this recently and looking back, it was quite a year! Here’s a look back at some bits and pieces from my 2013. January I started off with resolutions. I don’t believe in starting to make changes on January 1st since we have the opportunity to do so every day. However, I like to set goals for the year. If I don’t achieve them, so be it. One of my goals was to craft more…
And just like that, it’s Christmas Eve. It always amazes me how fast Christmas sneaks up on us VERY SINGLE YEAR. All of that time spent preparing is gone in a flash, making way for travel plans and presents unwrapped in front of the Christmas tree. Being the crazy person I am, I start shopping way early each year to avoid the Christmas rush and somehow I still get caught up in it. I’ll admit that I let my holly-jolly Christmas…
The thing I have realized about perfect days is that nothing particularly extraordinary has to happen to make them seem so perfect. Our perfect day started when I woke up super early. I left my husband to sleep in while I went out into the living room to watch some early morning news. By the time I switched to Jurassic Park (to watch it for like the 1000th time), my husband was waking up. Hearing him wake from his sleep, I…