Back in the saddle...

I made a goal for the new year to get back to blogging. Since it's now February, I figured the best time to get started on that goal is right now! What can I say? Things got busy over the summer, then things got really busy around the time that Phee learned how to locomote. I wondered what I should be using the blog for and got overwhelmed by ideas for new projects and new posts and the lack of actual time to do them. So here I am, with the sole goal of actually posting something here on a regular basis. Whatever time allows. Whatever happens to be on my mind, no matter how scattered. I do have some ideas for somewhat regular "features" which might help inspire and motivate me... more on that soon.

So what's been going down since my last post (in August)...

* I never finished my lunch project. So I couldn't actually make an effort to make something delicious and healthy for 30 non-consecutive days. That's downright sad! These days my lunches are back to being a rushed potpouri of dinner leftovers, non-stale snack foods and/or non-rotting fruits, and the leavings from Phee's high-chair tray. Don't judge. You know you do the same thing. :)

* We had a lovely fall and then got 8-million inches of snow.

* Phee turned 1! We celebrated this milestone with a small party complete with a reasonable number of DIY touches and a sappy photo retrospective of Phee's exciting (and adorable) first year. Phee's lack of interest in the delicious cupcake that I made for her was of great concern to this cupcake fanatic connoisseur.

* I finally finished and hung the curtain panels in my office! Bought the fabric in May, bought the curtain rods in September, actually hung the curtains in February. Not too bad. It's truly impossible to take good photos in this room thanks to its tiny footprint and cramped layout, but overall the panels look good and make me hate all of that wood trim just a little bit less. Other projects in that room are still in the brainstorm stage... I'm waiting for the thaw to hopefully bring some new inspiration.

That's a good update for now. More to come.