Interim Blog

I have stuff I would normally blog about, but I keep waiting on this or that to be finished so I can blog it from start to completion. But, if you don't know me well, that takes me a lot of time. I take forever to even aquire the pictures and get them up on the computer.

So, I'm just gonna post this while I get around to the good stuff.

How have things been? Fine, thanks for asking. I'm sure like anybody's December: part high stress, part really fun, part exhaustion.

Thinking of Christmas last year, you would think I'm a different person. Although decorations aren't required for me to have a fantastic holiday, I still decorate when I feel like it. Last year, not so much. This year, I'm into it. For me, that is. I'd post a picture, but, you know how it is. Oh! I have a picture of my fabulous wall creation of my very own design that cannot be appreciated on film but trust me is fantastic:

It is a wall of pictures in the shape of a Christmas tree - I know you can see that, but I have to say it. The best part you can't see: all the pictures are illustrations from my childhood Christmas books. They make me feel really happy. And some Peanuts cartoons. Yes, I thought of this all on my lonesome, and I am extremely pleased with myself.

In that same picture, you can see the new paint in my living room. My mom and sister Mary and I painted it a few weeks ago. Love it. Stole it directly from Liz's living room. Ripped it right off. It makes the room feel lighter and brighter, and the ceiling seems to float away and not feel low and cramped.

Stuff I can't make myself blog w/o pictures: Gabe's third birthday yesterday; the new windows in my living room; ... okay I guess that's it.

On an emotional level, I was in a mid-level place since Thanksgiving. Not totally down, for sure, but low energy, low motivation. I had messed up my med schedule with all the holiday craziness, and it took me a couple of weeks to get it back on track. Those dips in drugs make a difference (that sounds Seussical). I can tell they are built back up b/c, well, we have clean clothes. I've cleaned some house. I've cooked a little. And I am generally more excited and less stressed than I was.

Oh my gosh - this is when the non-delete rule becomes necessary. I'm not remotely interested in this post. Hm. Well, I'll have to go cheer myself up by teaching my kids "Jingle bells, jingle bells, Santa Claus is dead! Rudolph took a 44 and shot him in the head..." So not PC.