Time // 12:30 p.m.
Place // on break at work
Eating // a cheese ball and crackers, cupcake, random other snacks that patients have brought us, chicken parmesan for lunch provided by a drug rep
Drinking // water
Watching // carolers pass through the clinic and getting that warm fuzzy feeling
Reading // The Passage by Justin Cronin for book club; still in the middle of Moby-Dick too
Wanting // a color printer at home
Thinking // about all the goals and plans I want to make for the new year
Creating // December daily pages
Hoping // that Meredith starts sleeping later in the mornings instead of waking up with me at 4:30
Needing // to finish Christmas shopping, more quick weeknight meal ideas
Anticipating // hosting Christmas at our house, a fresh paper planner for 2013
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It’s been a very normal, very good week at our house. Early mornings, decent work days, family dinner every night (I don’t think this has ever happened and I am so proud and excited to make it a habit), some Christmas shenanigans, early bedtimes, and lots of sleep.
This weekend I’m going shopping with my dad (an annual tradition since I was 13 years old), visiting my uncle, attending a work party and book club, and hopefully fitting in some down time.
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My sincerest thoughts and prayers are with the families involved in the school shooting in Connecticut. But this is the kind of thing that I absolutely cannot allow myself to think about because I will lose my cool and become controlled by anxiety. Looking forward to the day when there will be no more crying or pain or sin or death.
From Ti @ A Cup of Ti:
Ah, yes, nothing quite like fresh paper-products. I love new calendars, new address books, etc. Beautiful nod to Friday’s tragic event.
From kapachino:
I’ve been a digital planner for the past couple years but I got a new planner to help me with blog stuff and meal planning. I hope it helps me! I know I’m excited about it. :)
From Nora:
I love getting a new planner each year. One of my favorite things EVER.
Suggestion for dinners/recipes: All Recipes app. I love it. They have a “dinner spinner” feature where you can say what ingredients you have/want to use and it comes up with recommendations, plus you can search freely and/or sort through certain categories. It’s one of those apps that I can’t live without and has given me some of my fav recipes.
Hope you had a great weekend :)