My Day Off

First off, let me explain that John let me sleep in yesterday so today was his turn to sleep in. So we'll start my day off at around 8:30am when Isabella took her first nap.
What I did:
8:30 to 10:30! Slept. So delicious.
10:30 to 11:30 Helped get Isabella ready for her day with dad (this may not seem like a "day off" but consider the excitement). And then they were off to Uncle James' place.
11:30 to 12:30 Lunch and reading. Yum yum.
12:30 to 2:30 Went clothes shopping with gift card (didn't find much actually but got $3.30 in change! Who knew they did that?!). Perused an overly expensive bookstore and decided against spending my three bucks at Starsuck (as in, suck all your money away). Instead, went to overly trendy grocery store and bought delicious hot chocolate mix to make at home. Perfect!
2:30 to 4ish Drank scrumptious hot cocoa (with whipped cream we happened to have!), ate snacks, and read. Lovely.
4ish to 5:40 Painted bedroom while listening to Bright Eyes. Ah.

John and Isabella returned safely (Isabella was hungry but seemed in good spirits). John acknowledged that hanging out with Isabella essentially alone (James fell asleep) for many hours was hard and that I was an amazing person. Not only that! He's planning the same thing for next Sunday! Take notes people. This is the description of a good man.

New Blog

If you've noticed the emergence of ads on this blog, you might also have noticed a new link to "My Book Review Blog." Indeed, I have created another blog - initially to generate more income (dude, ten cents counts) but now I'm kind of having fun with it (god forbid). This whole "hub" thing is somewhat of a mystery but a score pops up next to my title which tells me if people are checking out my blog and it's addictive. I was all excited this morning that my number had jumped from seventy-something yesterday to 83 and then felt compelled to add another blurb this evening when my number started dropping. I'm at 79! I don't even know if adding helps. I probably need to add another hub but that just seems like a monumental task, at least at 10:30pm. It'll have to wait until tomorrow. I'm thinking "Best Science Fiction." Eh? Eh? I know you're behind me on this one. You should email or comment with suggestions.

Year of Suck

We received a holiday card from John's great aunt the other day with the cryptic statement "I'd like to skip 2008 and go straight to 2009." Considering there are only 3 sentences in the card and the first two praise Isabella and the blog, we were of course mystified and frankly a little horrified. Is it that bad already? Dorothy, if you're reading this, we want to give our sincere hopes that the year improves for you. Think positive!
Having fulfilled my role as motivator, I'd like to second her idea and move on to 2009. This year is beginning to suck. Or is it, the beginning of this year sucks?

More Pictures

Crazy Holiday Season

Apparently someone was listening to my complaints of boredom before this holiday season and went about making amends because I've never been so exhausted in my life. (Only a slight exaggeration there.) Visitations and parties and traveling non-stop for 3 weeks. With an infant! A teething infant with a fever! I look forward to boredom next week.
And then I'll be looking for company again no doubt.
Here are some of Michele's, Heather's, and my dad's photos. For more, check out Michele's and Heather's blogs and I'll post more of my dad's later.

Holiday Fun