Treading Water Again

Well, I haven't posted much in a while which is no big deal since I am certain that maybe two people read this. And one of them is not my husband.... I don't even think he knows the web address to get here.... Anyway, the holidays were great. We both had two weeks off so we had a lot of time to spend with the kids and futz around the house. Having all of the kids home was a bit stressful but I am glad for it because the twins are really getting cute and interesting and Gretchen is absorbing so much so quickly that she will be a girl and not my baby if I look away for more than a few minutes.

I am not much for New Year's resolutions - I always pick something small and achievable. One year I resolved to eat breakfast and kept it more or less. One year I resolved to pray at dinner and kept that one too. And finally I resolved to recycle which I keep more or less. Of course, I only remember the ones that I kept..... So this year, with all the demands of work and kids, I resolved to pay bills on time. Isn't that pitiful? But I am just not keeping up with the mail and paper on my desk so I think that's my resolution.

Thinking about my resolution got me thinking about my hobbies and how they change over time. I consider photography, cooking, reading and television my main hobbies (I know - I have no ambition I guess). I decided I want to learn how to alter photographs and learn photoshop type stuff so I can do more with the images I have. I take a lot of pictures but it always feels like I could do more to make them right. Over the holidays I bought a scanner and Corel Photo Shop Pro (I don't actually like Adobe's interface so I went with Corel which will work with adobe files). I was getting all into learning it and then I realized the sad truth of my life right now.... I don't have time for hobbies. Steve was "fixing" his computer for almost the entire time we were off so I didn't devote that much time to my photo obsession but I think if I write about how I am going to do it/learn it/etc. that it will come true! What's the saying? "Fake it until you make it".... That's me right now! We'll see how it goes. I give myself six months to learn techniques and publish some stuff here.

Say Thanks!

Wold Xmas Tree 2008

Wold Xmas Tree 2008
Originally uploaded by anjanettew

It's that time of year.... Now that we have an artificial tree we can start the festivities the day after Thanksgiving. I wouldn't get that excited about it but Gretchen is so into it now that she makes it fun.

We have invested a lot of money in LED lights so Steve thought he would take some pictures of this year's tree. He has a much better eye for photography than I do....

it started out with a kiss...

it started out with a kiss...
Originally uploaded by jpghouse

This cracked me up....

Back To Reality

I have been back to work for a month now. I was home 16 weeks total due to bed rest, maternity leave, etc. I am happy to be back but of course I miss the babies and Gretchen. I don't know if I could be a stay at home Mom. I like working....

However, because of my new hectic schedule, time is going by like a blur. When Gretchen was a baby it was rough the first four months. We used to say that there would be long moments while time was flying by. The same holds true with the twins. I can barely keep everything together. I feel like every single minute of my day has to count for something. I worry so much more now about everything. I think the worry brought back my psoraisis. Bleah..... The bright side is that the babies are starting to smile a lot more which just cheers me up.

Thanksgiving cheers me up too so I've got that going for me which is nice.