Every year I try my best to give a gift that will bring awww

and happiness to one’s life. Something more than a store-bought candle or gift set – something that says, “I care enough and took the time for you.” Every year I give out personalized calendars and have little photo books made tracking the Boyz’ year. Those seem to do the trick with the “I care enough…” theme. This year others jumped on board with theme and it was an awesome Christmas experence with love bouncing off the walls! For my friend I put together a picture collage of *I Love You* (sign) hands that we have taken and sent each other. We had taken one of our *I Love You* (sign) hands together for someone else, but I put that shot in the center of the collage symbolizing our friendship and togetherness forever. She loved it!

My sister-in-law and I had gone to see a New Kids on the Block in concert back in October, and she sent me a picture frame with pictures she had taken at the concert and my ticket – along with a bunch of memorabilia from the concert! It was an amazing gift that showed her heart is really that big!

Scott and I built a web site for my brother who is an awesome artist and needed to have an online art studio – I think he liked it! My friend, who knows I am addicted to brushing my hair, bought me this cute little brush with a mirror! She also got me the New Kids CD – she knows me so well! My mother got us this giant frame with twenty-one pictures of my family… All things to be treasured. And the cherry atop the cake was my brother’s surprise to his daughter – that was the best gift.

It was a great Christmas and I hope hope hope that Christmas next year is just as wonderful!

Time is going by at speeds I have never experienced before! I woke up the other morning and it was mid-December already! I swear I went to bed in August – how on earth did I wake up four months later?! It was just yesterday I was timid walking into classes for the first time and now we are all pals and comfortable. Christmas is here and we have not seen Santa to tell him in person what the Boyz want for Christmas. We are damn lucky there is a tree in our house, and decorated! Our neighbors across the street put fancy lights up in their nice yard that dance to music… Our lights are still hanging, from last year, half on and half off! Nothing gets cleaned in the house because the last time I cleaned it was just the other day (four months ago)! In my head things are still cleaned and organized. The year is flying by and nothing I do will slow the process down and it seems to be getting out of control. I totally feel like I am on a super fast train, and I am stuck inside while the world outside zips by without thought or care that I am not there… Although, I don’t mind my life… I rather like it and the way it’s going. I have great Boyz and awesome students. I have made good friendships and created wonderful bonds with people around me. I am ME and I like it! The real ME knows what she wants and where she wants to go – the now ME needs to stay here a little longer and deal with the present. I know where I have to go and what I have to do… It’s just going to take a little time – and at the speed of things right now, it won’t be long!

Someone the other day told me I should become a writer – I just laughed. There are two things in the world I aspire to be when I “grow up” (stop laughing) and one is a writer. The problem is there is not enough time to sit down and create my novel – or even quickly blog for that matter! My dreams have no sense of time or agenda and continue to knock at my mental door often. Someday, I hope, to have enough time to answer the door and let them in.

Off and running! It’s a one way street and I cannot stop, park or turn around…

thousand acres a download Life is insane – both a good thing and a bad thing… Nonetheless, it is something we cannot control. Apologies there has not been a post in a while. I will write soon – winter break is coming!!!

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