New House Glee

We are closing tomorrow!

Oh how I cannot wait to get my hands on some paint! Until now, I have lived in the following type housing situations (in reverse order):

1. rental apartments
2. dorm rooms
3. military housing

You know what that means people. White walls, white walls, white walls.
Not any more though! A new era has come into my life. Let's get crazy with PAINT!!! woo hoo.

K's first meme

Tagged by Bri and Beck at Unwellness (www.unwellness.com)

The Rules
1. Link to the person that tagged you
2. Post the rules on your blog
3. Share 6 non-important things/quirks about your kid
4. Tag at least three people at the end of your post and link to their blogs
5. Let each person know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog
6. Let the fun begin!

1. K's favorite word is UP. He says UP all the time. He has developed many nuances for the word, UP.

2. When K. first started army crawling across the floor, he propelled himself on one big toe, so much so that he developed a callous on this big toe.

3. K. took his first consecutive steps on Christmas day.

4. K.'s name, when you put his first and middle names together, means "ancient wisdom."

5. K. loves Mexican and Indian food.

6. K.'s favorite author is Dr. Seuss.

Snow Baby

(the snowsuit belonged to Derek as a baby)

Happy New Year 2008

I had a whole post in my head for the new year, it was all deep and brilliant, of course, but then my afternoon and evening got eaten up by playing with K., nursing, making New Year's Day dinner (hoppin' john and turnip greens with cornbread, duh), scrubbing scrubbing scrubbing the bathroom, and folding a mountain of laundry. But who wants to bring the new year in wallowing in your own muck?

So, it's goodbye to what I'm sure has been the most life-changing year of my life, so far. I used to do a big 10 for the year list, but this year I pretty much have one thing to say. K---. That's about it. Yes, I have a new job and some new friends and Derek wrote a book, that's all nice, but really people, it's all about little K. (Ok, it's pretty impressive that Derek wrote a book, too.)

And here are my hopes for the new year, pretty modest.
1. I hope that I can build a home for myself here. (emotionally)
2. I hope that I can figure out (or at least get on the road to figuring out) what the hell I am doing in my career, in a long term way.
3. I hope that I can take a little more time for my personal development - mostly that I can get back into yoga more frequently - one class a week would be pretty amazing.

Wishing everyone no regrets and a fresh start.