st. nicholas

Did visit this year! We really don't do the "Santa" thing here at our house, but we do talk about St. Nicholas and the great things he did. So this year, the girls got bubble gum and socks to keep their little toesesesesssss warm! It was pretty funny, Kidist woke up first and found her goodies, and very quickly said, "I've been a good girl this year, St. Nick brought us something!" It's still pretty cool to watch the girls get excited over the little things. . . Makes me smile!

We now have a curler in our house

Bayat attended her first curling group today! She is going to be part of the Blackhawk Curling Club Junior League! Last year her kindergarten teacher, who curls, invited our entire family to the curling open house. We all went and gave it a try including myself. There are pictures to prove it too! SO anyway, I'm just about finished with my extracurricular educational pursuits and I think the girls are ready for some extracurricular activities, so away we go! Bayat really enjoyed the open house and seemed to quickly get the hang of it, so today she started! She's excited about it and has already made a few new friends.

too sick and tired to write yesterday!

So I didn't . . . . . . . .

Ta Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

The book is here! The book is here!! It's so very cool! It's pretty amazing to see all of the work I've been doing for the past 16 months in print form! It's all coming together. 11 more days until graduation and then it's Dr. Lori ~ That actually sounds kind of funny!

Wednesday ~ Wordless of course

Some random pictures!!


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Today's writing prompt

IS: Are you a competitive person or not? What helps you refocus and/or work harder when you find yourself slacking off?

I wouldn't say that I am competitive, I would say that I don't want to be left behind or in the dark. As I am finishing up my degree, I would like to think that I've had a collaborative relationship with my cohort peers, being supportive, supported and just being there. There is always the one that posts first, makes the argument first, and is the leader of the pack, but I wouldn't say it's me! I am the one who sits quietly among the crowd gleaning information and taking it all in and then will add my two cents.

So let me pose the question another way. Am I a competitive person when it comes to my hubby? YES!!! But I always lose :-) And know that I will lose, but still the competition is ON!

When the heat is on, I don't know that there is one thing that can help me to focus. That comes from the inside. Let's take running for example. I don't consider myself to be a "runner" perse, but like to keep active and well. . . it's good for me. It's definitely not easy for me and having someone to run with is most beneficial for compliance. I run with a co-worker who is 14 years younger than me and for the most part I can keep up. Now I would not say that it's competitive between us, but we do support each other. We just ran our first 5K together and she finished 2 minutes ahead of me! Good for her! Again, I'm just happy I'm running and doing well with it. We are talking about looking into some 10K runs for the spring and this will be good as we work toward supporting each other to increase our running distance and endurance. Not competitive. The thing that keeps me focused is that I know it's healthy for me to do, I feel better when I do it and I'm hopefully being a good example for my daughters. Fenric the dog gets his exercise too! So. . . competitive, I don't know if I fit that bill in my adult life.

Monday Mixup~

So today, I get a call from the bookbinding place. They have shipped someone elses manuscript to my house. I can't even pronounce his name so it must be important. They are shipping my book/manuscript to my house today, with an estimated ship arrival date of Thursday! Cutting it just a tad close for me, but I guess it'll have to do. . .Still working on my final TO DO LIST in preparation for the final presentations/defense, etc. and slowly getting it done. Wish me luck.