all is merry and bright.
a very happy christmas to all!
(and to all a good night…)
Saturday
Thursday
December 22, 2011
One of the best things about my job is that I get payed to make arts and crafts every day. And I have fourteen little kids to help me. This year, the director of my school declared an official holiday decorating competition between all the classrooms. I love Christmas. I also really like to win. So I went a little crazy with my kids and turned our classroom into Santa’s workshop. We have done nothing but paint and glue and cut and glitter everything in sight for the last two weeks… We made giant six-foot candy canes, a huge floor-to-ceiling fireplace, covered walls in wrapping paper to look like enormous presents, and suspended a miniature sleigh with all the reindeer. Here are some of the results:
We had a blast decking the halls (or at least, I did…I finally had one of my kids tell me a couple of days ago: Miss Amber, I DO NOT want to paint ANYTHING ELSE! before tossing his half-finished stocking aside and stomping over to the Legos).
A few of you have been asking about how the project is going…I got a bit behind with the holidays, working extra hours, and traveling in and out of town quite a bit the last couple months. I have completed the forms for all contributors, and will be sending them out very soon. Once that is done, and the hustle and bustle slows a bit, I will officially begin putting the book together.
This book building process – especially one with so many different ideas and concepts, themes, authors, photographers, and artists – is completely new to me. Parts of the process are taking longer or are a bit trickier than I anticipated. I cannot make any promises as to the specifics/publishing date/etc. yet, but I CAN promise that before 2012 is over, this project will be complete and you will all be able to hold this book in your hands! I will post more updates here (and on Twitter: www.twitter.com/its_just_am) as things progress. Thank you for your patience…
This book building process – especially one with so many different ideas and concepts, themes, authors, photographers, and artists – is completely new to me. Parts of the process are taking longer or are a bit trickier than I anticipated. I cannot make any promises as to the specifics/publishing date/etc. yet, but I CAN promise that before 2012 is over, this project will be complete and you will all be able to hold this book in your hands! I will post more updates here (and on Twitter: www.twitter.com/its_just_am) as things progress. Thank you for your patience…
Sunday
December 11, 2011
It’s that time of year again to make resolutions. I am an obsessive list maker. I make multiple lists every day. I love organizing my thoughts and goals and the things I need to do. This is one of the reasons I always love coming into a New Year: I get to make the ultimate list.
However, as good as I usually am about checking off the items on my lists, I have been especially bad the last two or three years about sticking with my resolutions. I think this happens mostly because my resolution lists tend to be on the long side, and I feel a little stretched and scattered throughout the year trying to make them all happen. I also usually really want the things on my list to happen or be accomplished throughout the month of January, and then real life starts to happen again and other things start to gain priority or distract me or I realize maybe those things weren’t really things I needed or wanted or had time to do after all.
I recently began working on a “bucket list” journal. I’ve kept a bucket list for five or six years now, adding things every once in a while over the years, things that I know I must do or see or have. I have never changed my mind about anything on the list (with the exception of skydiving…) and the list only gets longer. Some of the things I’ve wanted since I was five or six years old, some of the things have actually happened, or at least half-happened.
So…for 2012, I’ve decided not to make another giant list that may end up tossed aside or stay taped up on my wall to stare at me every day for a year and then make me feel guilty all over again come next December. Instead, I’m going to focus on my bucket list. I’d like to fully accomplish at least two or three of my bucket list dreams. I’m pretty excited…
However, as good as I usually am about checking off the items on my lists, I have been especially bad the last two or three years about sticking with my resolutions. I think this happens mostly because my resolution lists tend to be on the long side, and I feel a little stretched and scattered throughout the year trying to make them all happen. I also usually really want the things on my list to happen or be accomplished throughout the month of January, and then real life starts to happen again and other things start to gain priority or distract me or I realize maybe those things weren’t really things I needed or wanted or had time to do after all.
I recently began working on a “bucket list” journal. I’ve kept a bucket list for five or six years now, adding things every once in a while over the years, things that I know I must do or see or have. I have never changed my mind about anything on the list (with the exception of skydiving…) and the list only gets longer. Some of the things I’ve wanted since I was five or six years old, some of the things have actually happened, or at least half-happened.
So…for 2012, I’ve decided not to make another giant list that may end up tossed aside or stay taped up on my wall to stare at me every day for a year and then make me feel guilty all over again come next December. Instead, I’m going to focus on my bucket list. I’d like to fully accomplish at least two or three of my bucket list dreams. I’m pretty excited…
(A small handful of the dreams…)
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