Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Travel Tuesday - These Shoes


These shoes!
They can tell some stories!

I have had them for over 10 years. They are my "outdoors" and "traveling" shoes. I love the support in them - especially when there is a lot of walking involved. (Yes, they are heavy and kind of a pain at airport security but...)

They have hiked several local state parks.
They have also:
seen The Strip in Las Vegas
visited all the parks at Disney World
seen the Grand Canyon (and kept my feet warm in the snow there)
hiked Diamond Head in Hawaii
walked the Walk of Fame in Hollywood
visited Presidential homes, libraries and burial sites
toured numerous sports stadiums
walked over Hoover Dam
seen the redwood trees in Muir Woods
walked around Disneyland
stood next to cannons on Civil War battlefield memorials
walked through catci and over rocks & boulders in Joshua Tree NP
discovered a lot of the history and stories of the Civil Rights movement
been caving in Kentucky
hiked in the Smoky Mountains


I don't know how many miles are on them but they are faithful and weathered. I love them and when their time is over, I am going to be sad.


Wednesday, December 14, 2016

WILW

Hello Wednesday - the halfway point in the week.


I hope your week is going well. It's been almost painfully cold here (and getting colder as the week progresses).  I hope you have found some things you are loving this week!


*Christmas music (it's been playing in my car for 4 weeks now)
*A warm house to come home to
*A break from Facebook - still on Twitter and Instagram for now (cubsfan3410)
*My husband and kids for making me laugh
*Christmas cards
*Starting to hear from photo clients and possible photo clients for next year
*Good books
*Yarn projects
*Starting a new journal project for 2017


What are YOU loving this week?

Monday, December 12, 2016

Weekend recap

I hope you all had a good weekend! It was cold all weekend with a few inches of snow.

Friday morning, I went for my annual cardiologist visit. They have a couple little things they want to watch now, nothing major but a couple things that got some of his attention. Friday night we went out for dinner and did a little shopping. We took our annual drive through Christmas light trip on the way home. It has grown tons in the past couple of years.







Saturday I did laundry and read some of my book. We set up our Christmas tree.




Sunday my sinuses were killing me most of the day. I caught up on Chicago PD and took a nap. Then the Mr. and the kids got their tickets for Rogue One for Thursday night - they are all excited.

How was your weekend?

Friday, December 09, 2016

TGIF!

I hope you have all had a good week. Mine wasn't too bad - just getting back into our routine after being off work.


It's supposed to snow quite a bit in the greater Chicagoland area this weekend...then the COLD (like a high of 5F) is supposed to move in next week. Apparently, Old Man Winter found us...


My plans for the weekend include: staying warm; reading; watching some movies; laundry (don't be jealous); probably wasting time on Pinterest; and getting some photography marketing stuff ready for 2017.


What are your plans for the weekend? I hope it's a great one!

Wednesday, December 07, 2016

WILW

It's a What I'm Loving Wednesday!!!!


*Had a great vacation with my husband and kids! (posts to come...)
*Even though my husband & kids are crazy and do insane stuff, they make me laugh (A LOT!)
*A warm house to shelter me
*Texts and emails from family & friends
*Deciding what to get my nephews and niece for Christmas
*Our clients at work - they are happy harvest is done and like (and have time) to chat this time of year
*My fellow bloggers - you are all fun and love keeping up with your lives
*Being contacted about photo shoots again
*Good books
*Binge watching The Good Place - hilarious show!


What are YOU loving this week?

Tuesday, December 06, 2016

Hello!

Hello my friends!

I have been incredibly negletful of my little space in the cyber world. 2016 is quickly slipping away from me. I want to let you know that I am gearing myself up to be more focused on this blog in 2017. I seem to have lost a lot of my appreciation of the little everyday things and am finding my way back to small happinesses.

I hope you are all well and blogging away! I will try to catch up on your blogs.

Please stay tuned and visit, I am getting back to this!