For week 7 I decided to document what I’m listening to for music right now.  This is by no means exhaustive.  I was just going through iTunes and seeing what I’ve been playing recently.  I love how this turned out!

I wanted to post my layouts for weeks 5 & 6.  It is still feeling a bit burden-some a lot of days.  But I love the documentation of our lives and I love scrapping for myself at least once a week.  Bright side, right?

This past week was a bugger.  I wasn’t going to do anything because I hadn’t really taken many photos and just really didn’t want to “play life”.  Then I figured well, might just as well scrap about “REAL” life.  I hate doing it but isn’t that WHY I’m doing it?  I know.  I’m such and oxymoron its not funny. ;D

I battle with insomnia.  I have ever since my medical issues/hospital stay in 2010.  Not that I’ve ever slept well in my life.  Here’s how I feel about it this week:

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I was under the weather this week so I found taking photos to be a little harder…mostly cause being sick makes me so unmotivated in general.  The big thing that happened this week was that Laney dropped her tablet and cracked the face.  It was a bad moment.  It still works and it is just in the corner so it could have been a lot worse.  Corey was pretty mad…I think mostly cause she’s exactly like him! ;D

Oh and the robins have returned.  I heard them 2 weeks ago.  Actually saw a couple this past week.  Seems early to me…but maybe it’s just me.  Great sign that spring is coming tho! ;D

So the second week was a little harder to “be intentional” about taking photos.  But I like it! ;D

Best part about this week:  both girls got parts in the school play. ;D

We managed to keep one thing a surprise for Christmas for the kids.  It was the xbox 360 kinect. ;D  Somehow they knew about pretty much every other gift.  Next year we need to do a better job of hiding.

I am stopping my December Daily at the 25th.  I made it.  Not going to push thru the rest of the month.  That would be just asking for failure. ;D

I hope you and yours have a Merry Christmas!

It is snowing out today.  It makes it feel more Christmas-y.  I don’t know why…but it does. ;D

The girls are on their winter break.  I’m happy to have them home with me all day.  Ask me that again in two weeks. ;D

Here’s my December Daily days 14-16…

I have a funny story about Laney and Christmas presents.

It requires a little back info.

She is getting a Tablet for Christmas.  She’s been wanting one for awhile now.  Everytime we go into any store that has an electronic section she HAS to play with the various iPad products.

The other thing you need to know is I have a smart phone.  It looks pretty much like a small tablet.  I found a really good pic online to compare.  Of course I would have taken one myself but I went looking for the tablet just now and Corey has “hidden” it…and you will see why as you read further.  Pic found courtesy of this site.

I’m a VISUAL person…so just visualize these two things…my phone and the “future” tablet that Laney may-or-may-not-be-getting-for-Christmas as we say around here.  Corey…please don’t send links to the actual products.  That’s not the point of the story.  Because no, I don’t have a Samsung phone, and I don’t know what the brand of tablet Corey got.  Just picture the photo above.  ;D

The other day I “lost” my phone.  This is the time when I probably should have installed this app.  But alas I haven’t so Laney and I are searching all over the house for it.  Corey was not around to call it so I could find it…and it was on vibrate anyway.  It frequently is.

So Laney is searching all over the house…in the usual places I leave it.  She was being a good helper for her mamma.  I wasn’t thinking anything of it and she was looking around in our bedroom.  She opened Corey’s bedside table and then I heard this voice from the bedroom say, “Well…I found a BIG phone!”

I told her to close that right away and come here!  She sat there looking at me with this “deer in the headlights” look.

“Laney.  What did you see in there?”

“It wasn’t a big phone was it.”

“No.  I’m so sorry, Laney. You weren’t supposed to see that.”

Silence.

“Is Christmas ruined for you?”

A very long pause…

“No.”  she said.  “At least I know I’m getting an “iPad” for Christmas!  DON’T tell Dad I saw it.  He’ll be really mad!”

I told her she had to not say anything about it and act surprised on Christmas.

She hasn’t breathed a word since. ;D