Saturday, January 12, 2013

End of a thumb era?

Since she was small enough to find her thumb, it has been a near permanent fixture in Sof's mouth. It has been enough of a constant, that it's now just part of her persona.





I had sort of hoped the habit would diminish on it's own (wishful thinking, I know), but now that she's getting older it is time to take action! Enter :


We started this morning, so she has the weekend to get used to it, and so far she's trying to tell me it tastes good (hah!!), but the gagging that ensues after she tries to suck her thumb tells me otherwise. 

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

One Little Word - A Resolution?

Since I was a teenager l I've done New Years Resolutions, and like most people who do them, they're blown within weeks. Clearly, planning on totally recreating myself every January is completely unrealistic.

Then about five years ago I read about Ali Edwards' One Little Word Project, and it actually seems like something I could accomplish. And for the last five years I've had every intention of following through with this concept as a scrapbook project, yet by the second week of January I've completely fallen behind. Last year I used the word Breathe, and though I didn't do any scrapbook project around it, I definitely benefited from it, especially when my darling children are driving me crazy!


I thought about keeping "Breathe" again this year, and actually following through doing some projects with it; but this year I'm really focused on changing my lifestyle, so this year I'm going with the word "Focused".

At least it's easier than a laundry list of resolutions....maybe :)


I just like this picture, Mia walking on her own again two and half months after her last surgery. She's just too darned cute, and she is my inspiration to be focused.