trying to think of a cute or witty title is making my head hurt

What on earth could be keeping Lisa from enriching my life with her posts?

I know you have all been asking yourselves this, and the answer is... not a darn thing! Frankly, I've just been too lazy to leave my house to blog. Would you believe I fell asleep doing a crossword last night at 8:30 pm! Lazy. Laaaazzzyy.

Actually, I have just finished a housewide organizational spree (spawned by my anticipation of, and then Joanne's amazing execution of an organizationally-themed January Enrichment Activity!) Much "Type A" fun and OCD-esque glee ensued.

My main goal was to get rid of any and all cardboard boxes that were the result of our apartment dwelling years. Lots of stuff that should have had a permanent home in cabinets or on shelves was being stored in cardboard and shoe boxes in anticipation of a permanent home "someday". Also being utilized was the use it or lose it motto. I'm sure you are all familiar. You move to a new apartment and the super-small bathroom or kitchen will only allow the addition of a specific dimension of furniture, then you move again and its just not functional, but heaven forbid you get rid of it completely, because then it's practically certain that you'll move and find you needed it. Tales of woe from the girl who has moved 18 times in her 9 adult years. (The longest stints were one 2-year stay and two 1-years - and two 1-month temperary stints with angelic friends while homes were being found.) So now there is no unused shelving or cabinets adorning the back of a closet or crawl space and if I didn't love it or it wasn't a functional piece anywhere in my home it got tossed.

Oh, and got an offer today on a piece of furniture that I have been coveting in a friend's storage room. It will fix the very last of the "clean and organized, but not very functional or accessable" areas in my home. Three cheers for Lisa.

Oh yeah...and the kids and Trevor are doing good too.

a shout out

Okay everybody, I'm trying to put together a binder of super-fun (super easy, for my craft-impair-ed-ness...?!?) Christmas projects and now that the Big Day has come and gone I should have some time to document all the cute and wonderful ideas I saw this season. And that's as far as my brain ever gets... any help? - I'd love to see links and pics of fabulous (but I stress again, EASY) holiday crafts. Expecially the ones that my kids can help with. I spent too much of this Christmas season trying to figure out what to do, and not enought actually doing it. Never again!

rock, paper, scissors, lizard, spock

So I went and saw Twilight last night... again. It's still a low-budget bomb, but it's MY low-budget bomb. (And yes, I will still go with you if you haven't seen it yet. Name the time and the place.)

I've been at my parent's house in Sherwood Park since Sunday - visiting, making crafts, shopping and embarrassing myself in front of my sister's friends. I needed this little bit of de-stress time since the big S. You know, Super Saturday. It was fun, it was stressful, and I think some people even enjoyed themselves. Note to self: next time try a little delegation.

I'll travel home tomorrow, just in time to make a dessert for (but not attend) the ward Christmas party (because we double booked ourselves and feel we should attend Trev's work party). Even though I've had the other decorations up for about a month, I'm excited to put up the tree. I'm also super-excited to start in on my Christmas treats and plan our Christmas meal, wrap presents, and do the last little bit of shopping. I think all this Christmas hubbub is the best part of being a mom!

Well, that's all for now (but if you want to know more about the title of this post you should check the YouTube clips from Big Bang Theory).