Sunday, February 3, 2013

Disney on Ice

We brought Cassidy to Disney on Ice Treasure Trove yesterday. She wore her new Tinkerbell sweatshirt and was very excited! She said that seeing Mickey and Minnie was her favorite part.







We also updated her room this weekend with Minnie Mouse Wall decals!  She helped me put them up!  She had to put the Daisy sticker right next to Minnie so that "Minnie wouldn't be lonely".  She's very thoughtful.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Small Birthday party

We had my family over for dinner last night to celebrate my mom's birthday. It's always nice to get together.



Sunday, January 20, 2013

Enjoying our new home


We haven't been doing much. Hanging out at the new house enjoying it. Enjoying being together.
Cassidy has been wearing her new clothes from Christmas. 


I painted the first room in the new house - Cassidy's of course. In her favorite color.  It's made me want to paint more room.
Cassidy started preschool! So far she's shy and quiet. I'm sure with a little time she'll come out of her shell.


We had a winter storm.  I don't mind a few inches and then it melts the next week. I can live with a winter like that!




Jake is getting used to the new house and I think he likes it. I caught him rolling around in the snow in the yard!





And we've been cheering for our favorite team - The Patriots!  Good luck to them today in the AFC Championship!


Loving Life!






Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Happy New Year


I feel like every year is a big year. 2011 was a big bad year (heart attack & cancer). 2012 was a year of change - changing the way I live. At work I’m much more relaxed – It’s just a job people!  It’s been noticed and commented on by some office friends. I don’t get stressed out when things don’t happen or move forward. I roll with the punches. I know that work, just doesn’t really matter. Now, anyone who knows me knows that I still give 110% at work, but I definitely have a different attitude about work.

We bought a new house. Taking a big loss on our old house but rationalizing that we’re buying in a down market. And it was worth it. I love this house!  We didn’t love the old house. To quote my husband (whenever we’ve shopped for home things the past 2 weeks) “Do you love it? If you only like it and don’t love it we’re not buying it. We’re doing it right this time”. We have a beautiful rug under our desk chair as a result!

At home, I think I’ve done my normal of trying to do as much fun stuff as possible. I’ve never been a stay-at-home girl so we’re always out and about. And now there’s always a little thought in the back of my mind that things can change really fast so enjoy every minute while you can.  Every minute of this sweet girl and my relationship with a loving man.

Mary Oliver said in a poem What are you doing with your one precious wild and crazy life?

I’m not doing anything very interesting. I’m not curing disease, solving world hunger or negotiating world piece. I’m taking care of MY one precious life. By having a good time and trying to enjoy everything. Snow that was fluffy. Beach vacations. Everything, big and small. I look forward to more of that in 2013!
Some fun things we've done lately - visited the Childrens Museum in Boston



Had Bill's family over to celebrate the holidays.