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january seemed so long, & resulted in the most blogs in a single month ever (for me). meanwhile, in the last 8 days of february...nada. i have had many thoughts, activities, & randoms; they just never made it into type. nothing too terribly exciting, but proof that as i get closer to my year anniversary writing this blog, i am still here & ready to get back to business as usual. so what exactly kept me away? wonder what a week means in this average lady's life? (you know you missed my nonsense)

-work. (please hold all applause until the end)
-planning meals, clipping coupons, grocery shopping, cooking. (hits & misses)
-doing homework & studying for spelling tests with the monkey.
-emotional algebra.
-reading & being read to. (which is so cool, & includes lots of spider books)
-going through photos upon photos (hours spent) & setting up to "smash!" (stay tuned)
-being sad, nostalgic, gracious, & thankful.
-late night couch dates with the bff, sybil kitty.
-forgetting to put my sister's birthday present in the freaking mail!
-screaming at the tv. (super bowl...go giants!)
-sucking at moderation.
-trying to perfect homemade salsa. over chopping; it turns into pseudo-puree every time...ugh.
-playing with makeup...indulging in nail polishes.
-making new observations. (to be shared soon, naturally)
-practicing dance moves.
-cleaning one room at a time.
-prepping for my next mason jar share.
-having an earache for 2 weeks resulting in vertigo for one week...awesome.
-eager to start batch 2 of apple butter.
-getting valentines ready for 16 1st graders!!
-bowing to the laws of gravity.
-finding myself saying "om" a lot. (oh, & remembering to exhale...one could explode, i hear)

pretty normal, right?! but, yea, back on track with lots of notes & stories to tell scribbled down on bits of paper/in journals/etc...organized chaos? i think so!

*but always open to new suggestions, too. so, if you have any interesting topics that we should explore this year, leave me a message! beeeep...