It has been freezing cold here.  I went for a run yesterday morning in 20 degree weather!  My body never warmed up — in fact, my legs were completely stiff and it was a struggle to finish 3 miles.
Because it has been so cold, all I want to do is curl up under a blank [...]

Today was perfect because I left school without any papers — ABSOLUTELY none!  I do not have to grade anything this weekend.  I’m sure I will manage to find stuff to do … like go shopping for a new ornament, drive to Davis for the Farmer’s Market and perhaps make a stop a the Hotdogger, [...]

I am a runner.  I run for fun.  I run for charities.  I run to stay in shape.  I run to think about stuff.  I run for pie and sweets.  I run to release stress.  I run just to run.   I run for me.
I am up at 5 a.m. and am out of the door [...]

This page documents my intentions for this holiday season.  The prompt came from Shimelle’s Journal Your Christmas online class.

Here’s the page that documents today’s story.  I’m keeping it really simple since I had plenty to do today.

Here’s what the page looked like before adding the content.

The last five days have been wonderful.  I ate (way too much for my stomach to handle at any one time), slept in, ran, shopped and played!  I created a big mess in my studio while working on a mini-book and several layouts and making a journal to log many adventures with my new camera.  [...]

I’m taking on Ali’s December Daily challenge again this year.  I’ve been working on it on & off since the beginning of November and am now proud to say that my foundation of the book is done!
After weeks of contemplating over the type and size of book, I decided not to buy a new book [...]

Finally done with my Daily December book.  You can get a glimpse of some of the pages below, but to look at my entire album, click here.

December 09

December13

December 14

December 16

December 19

December 21

December 22

Thanks for looking!

Jo (colleague + friend) and me at the annual math and science Holiday party.  Kaye + I are usually the only ones from the science department.  Now, we’ve got Jo in the mix.  Good having you there, Jo.

Picked up our Christmas tree today.  Met a really nice man with a gentle heart while I picked [...]

The lace cardstock on the left page from KI Memories was a leftover piece from my holiday gift project.  I love the Creative Imaginations Christmas collection by Danelle Johnson (used the circle Santa sticker here).

Close-up of the left page.

Close-up of the right page.

Working on the felt garland, Ali’s Weekend Creative project.

My friend turned me into a dancing elf + sent it to J.  Check it out here.  Totally cracked us up!  J captured the images using screen capture software + I organized them together in Photoshop.