M.I.A.

I'll be back to blogging tomorrow.

It is Sundance Film Festival week here in Utah.

That means snowboarding, films, gawking, and partying.

(and usually in that order!)

Come back tomorrow for some local Etsy favorites!

Working On Valentine Gifts..

A sneak peek at what Isa is cooking up

for your Valentine gifts..

(P.S. doing crafts with a cranky toddler

only makes mommy cranky..)

So what's the word..

No baby this month,

but all that means is Thomas & I can reserve our vacation in Vegas for our 5 year anniversary!

It will be our very first night away from the Isa-pie.

And of course we're scheduling it so hopefully

"What happens in Vegas.. is delivered 9 months later"

Not too much else to blog about.

Thomas' shift is back on nights,

and our little darling is having a very rough time with the change.

In other news, we will get to visit with my family over

the Sundance Festival

AND DISNEYLAND!

Isa-pie is going to go ape when she discovers she gets to visit

Toodles (Mickey Mouse) so soon.. and with her cousins that she misses terribly.

Everyday she asks for Max and Coco (Chloe)

What a fabulous January we have to look forward to!

So what's the news??

Sorry ya'll...

For those of you on my Twitter and/or Facebook, you've been checking my personal blog for

some juicy tidbit..and still I have no news..

Later this week hopefully I'll have some news,

until then go check out

Flickr for a taste of our Christmas.. more pictures to come there as well!!

Thomas tracking Santa on Norad with: Max, Isabelle, and Chloe.

Hands down my favorite Christmas picture this year!

I love how our stinker is just peering out to watch.. such the Drama Queen!

See Ya'll Next Year!

Happy Holidays!

I shall return with more blogging the first week of 2010.

Isabelle send all of you a big wet kiss!

Knowing When To Say When

This past week has been a barrel of stress. From Isabelle's canines that are just sitting on her gum line and causing random spaz outs to my never ending work pile, it's been rough. I know I do more than the average person. I'm not looking for a badge of honor, it's just how I'm wired. Ask my folks, they will tell you I've been this way since I could write a to-do list. I bite off more than I can chew, and 3 months later I'm crawled up in the fetal position boohooing my eyes out.

And honestly I look at the list and there is absolutely nothing I can or want to give up. From play time with Isabelle to making home cooked dinners, that's life. But honestly I can't do it all. I've been feeling like a failure, like everything I do is half assed. I've accepted I can't clone myself and I can't do it all.

So in 2010 I'm making some business changes. And we're hiring a cleaning crew. Thomas & I go round and round on this one. Honestly my time is better spent with Isabelle or Thomas, or working for that matter... And by hiring to do someone to do the cleaning, I'm helping someone else earn an income.

And.. we will be hiring someone to watch Isabelle for 1 day a week so we can play catch up. Right now when we really need to get something done, she'll watch tv for a little while and then wants to play..and rightly so, but we don't always have time to get everything done and read "Monkey & Me" 5 times in a row. We just don't. And I hate the seeing her zone to the tv. She's so dang smart and I feel like Dora is sucking her brain cells out (don't get me wrong, I do need a certain amount of Dora in our life!)

I feel better now. The house is a mess, I'm at least 1 work project behind, and my hair looks like crap.

But I have a plan.

And a plan makes that to-do list less bothersome.

Holiday Baking

The Plan

The new creation - gingerbread w/ mini chocolate chip chewies

The perfection of peanut butter