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Simply put...this is awesome and cute and sweet and the last line kills me. 

Fourteen years

 

Some people might say you can't meet a great guy in a bar.

 

But I did.

 

Fourteen years ago today, the best thing that ever happened to me walked into my life.

 

 

And on that day, he made the other two best things that ever happened to me, possible.

 

 

 

Loving: Vacation

I am now into my second week of vacation and this is what I am LOVING at the moment...

 

How EASY and fun it is to blog when you actually have time.

The fun I had buying things at Ikea today...all day.

Hanging out in my house and relaxing.

Spending ridiculous amounts of time with my amazing family. 

Recovering from yesterday's brunch at our good friend's house that lasted ten hours!  It was the perfect way to spend a day and I can't wait to do it again. 

Not planning anything other than play dates and what to do on New Year's Eve.

Not thinking about work at ALL.

Not caring about work at ALL.

Watching my girls play with their Christmas gifts.

Watching my girls stare endlessly in the mirror while trying ON their Christmas gifts.

That I haven't sent out my Christmas cards yet.

Discovering all the amazing bloggers out there and being blown away by their ability to write such compelling things.

Watching my girls box with the Wii right now and knowing how well they will sleep tonight.

That this list is so easy to come up with because that's how many things I am loving right now.

Where my life has taken me so far.

But most of all, the thing I am loving the most this week is not having anything at all that I HAVE to do.

XO

Loving: gifts

I am loving that I have never before been as prepared with awesome gifts for my girls as I am this Christmas. 

I don't know if they have chosen easier gifts this year, or if their list's were just more specific or if it is that they are getting older and I understand what they want a little more.  Whatever the reason, I am so excited to see their adorable little faces when they open their gifts tomorrow morning. 

I am notoriously bad at wrapping gifts but like everything else that manifests itself in my new suburban home, even wrapping presents was easier!  Not only was it easier, but I rocked it out.  I mean ROCKED IT OUT. 

Better wrapping than I have ever done before...EVER.  I made perfect corners.  I didn't rip anything while I was wrapping it.  AND I did markedly better than Drew and that has never happened. 

Although speaking of Drew, poor Drew, he isn't on  top of his game these past few days because he slipped on a bit of ice on our front porch and twisted his back the wrong way.  Which I just managed to do as well a few minutes ago, even though I KNEW it was there. 

I digress, back to my bragging about my awesome wrapping prowess.

You be the judge, the presents I wrapped below......

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The presents from Santa that Drew wrapped.....

 

Actually, I realize that you can't tell the precision in my wrapping from these pictures and I also realized that making comparisons and being competitive with a loved one for personal gain is not what the spirit of Christmas is all about. 

I don't need anyone to tell my mine are better anyway because I know they are.

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

Loving

 

    that Lily told me I always make everything better,

    Belle promised she would never leave me,

    and Drew took the recycling out three days early.