Um... March? Already?

Woah.  Didn't we *just* start February yesterday?!?

Like it's been since he started daycare, T-man was sick at the start of the month.  Another cold that aggravated his allergies and asthma.  Poor kid just can't catch a break!

Monster has been doing great!  Turned 10 at the beginning of the month and has stayed healthy all month.

For me the most exciting part of February was finally ordering a new DSLR camera.  Mine is 7 years old and desperately needs replacing.  I haven't really used it much over the past few years because it's not been in the best of shape.  It works just fine but has its quirks.  My new beauty should arrive tomorrow and I am so excited to start playing with it!!

I didn't complete nearly enough in February.

I've fallen completely behind in my Bible reading.  To the point, I'm not reading it at all.  Shame on me!

I manged to read only 1 book last month:  Dawn of the Aspects by Richard Knaak.  I desperately want to get through as much of my World of Warcraft lore as I can this year but I'm not sure how much that will end up being.  *sad face*

Heh.  I made it to the gym.... once.  Yeah I'm that lame.  I think setting the goal to go daily may have been overkill for me as many days I just can't find the time or I'm too tired from the previous day to want to go.  I need to figure out a solution.  I need and want to go but just can't seem to make myself go.

My WIP that I finished for February was my first mood blanket.  Yes I said first!  After starting the project in January, I realized if I kept up with that blanket like I was doing I would have a "Jonathan" blanket.  (My mom and sister will understand that reference.  LOL)  Instead, I've decided to break up the year into several blankets.  Each blanket will represent 2 months of the year. I'll show it off when I've finished weaving in the ends... heh.

Now it's on to March and April.... I'm still trying to figure out how I want to do this one but I won't allow myself to fall too far behind while I'm figuring it out.

I did better with taking more photographs.  Of course, all those photos were just taken on my iPhone but more photos nonetheless.  *smirk*

I completed my 28 Days of Me photo project.  It was actually kind of fun!  Although I realize now why people say I need to smile more.  Haha  The truth is.... I smile a lot!  Just not in photos.  That's who I have always been.  Even my mom said so when I had my senior photos done.  Her favorite was one of the few I wasn't smiling in.

Here's just a few of my faves:

Monday Memories

It's hard to imagine that in just 6 short days, I will be the proud mother of a 10 year old.  How did it go so fast?

His life has been a rollercoaster.  Lots of ups and downs, curves and loops.  As hard as it's been, I don't think I'd trade any of it for the world.  He has made me grow as a person and learn things I never thought I'd know.  I am a far better person because of him!

Happy (early) birthday, Dwight!

Hello, February!

I've realized something as I've sat trying to write this update for the past few days.

I am not a writer!  A poet, yes.  But definitely not a writer.

That's probably why I haven't been able to blog daily like I always tell myself I will.  Sometimes the words are there and they are fabulous.... but mostly, I just BS my way through much like I did on my high school English papers.  Heh

January simply flew by. 

I managed to read 2 books:  A Time to Kill by John Grisham and The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson.  (The latter being my new book for the month.)  It was a good start to the Walt Longmire series!  If you haven't heard of it, pick it up.  You can also stream the first season of the A&E show - Longmire - on Netflix.

I've fallen WAY behind on my Bible reading.  I found this great app that has plans to help you read through whatever it is you want to in Bible.  I chose a 365 day plan to help keep it simple enough to read daily.... apparently not simple enough for me though.  Oops.

I've given myself every excuse not to be at the gym.  That stops today.  I'll post the proof later.

I managed to finish a WIP that I started quite some time ago when I was testing the pattern for one of my favorite crochet designers, Sandy Powers.  I've very happy with the outcome! I'll post a photo of it once I'm able to take my time and get a good one.

As my last Photo Friday post shows, I've been doing well on my mood blanket.  It has been so much fun to decide what mood I'm in every day and document that in yarn.  I will have to break my blanket up into multiple blankets.  I'm thinking about doing 6 over the course of the year with 2 months in each blanket.  It will be interesting to watch them all progress and see the collection I have at the end of the year.

I didn't do so well with taking more photographs in January.  But I'm attempting to do better this month.  I've even decided on a little project to take more photos of myself since I'm normally the one behind the camera. Those will be a post all unto themselves.

Guess that's enough rambling...... for now.