I'm A Queen

*My sister is getting a new bed. And because I wanna be just like her, we're thinking of doing the same. I kid...sort of. We are due for a new bed and since our room will be painted dark this summer, I'm wanting a light bed. I think I found one, but, as luck would have it, my sister is looking at the same one. Sigh.

*I started flipping through a sample of a book the other day. It mentioned Voice of the Beehive...is it wrong that it made the book slightly elevated in my eyes? And almost a must read? "You are the church of love and suddenly I'm feeling holy..."

*I finally got last year's blog book and our family picture book done. Point the first: I've used blurb for the past four years to make my blog books. I've not had any difficulties with them at all. I liked the books. BUT - they give you complete creative control, which means it's TIME consuming (hence, why it was taking me awhile to get around to it!) because they give you complete control. You have to go in and reformat each page and picture and UGH. I tried blog2print this year. It took a grand total of 10 minutes until I hit the "order now" button. Uh, we have a winner...

Point the second? I used to do our family picture books from August to July every year (since I started them after Sammy was born). I decided to jump, this year, and just do the calendar year. So this book will be August 2011 - December 2012 to even out. Do you realize how many photos that really is? Oh my.

*I'm pretty tired of talking about the weather. But we're going on three or so weeks of pretty consistent below zero temps. I may break, soon. And don't get me started on our dubious honor of "worst air in the country" right now. My kid just wants to go outside for recess again...

*I downloaded my first ever audio book yesterday. I'm not certain I'm an audiobook kind of girl. We'll see.

*Isaac keeps asking me what I want for my birthday. I have no suggestions to give him. None. I don't need anything. So...what are some good suggestions that aren't really "things"? Any ideas? And on that note: I want to do something BIG this year, my last in my 30s. I'm thinking of jumping on the "XX acts of service" that a lot of bloggers seem to do. 39 acts of service over the month of February? I'm thinking...

*I'm VERY much looking forward to purging my entire house. As soon as it's warm. Because DUDE! It's cold and I just wanna curl up in blankets right now. But I will be listing things on our valley's classifieds soon. And very much looking forward to stripping this house bare.


(just like you, voice of the beehive)