lots of dreary, chilly skies, a warm home, good food to eat (those kiddos said they needed something cold after the yummy, hot gumbo!), and bright, happy color wherever we can find it...these have been the past seven days.*

the nights (and the wee hours of the morning) have been filled with coffee+steamed milk, writing, editing, laundry (a load a day...it is actually working for me!), not nearly enough sleep, and plotting the many sewing projects that i can't wait to find some time to begin. the list is getting shorter (slowly), and the feeling of accomplishment is pretty darn good.

how is it almost valentine's day already? that surely crept up on us. we're still waiting to hear if 1st graders can exchange valentine's day cards, but eme's preschool does. saturday we're breaking out the glue, glitter (much to their delight and my dismay), cardstock, and markers. if that goes to you-know-where in a handbasket, we still will have time to pick up cards at the store!

are you and your kiddos going the handmade/homemade route for february 14th? and do you have a couple of packs of store-bought cards stashed away just in case??

*since this is my happy little place, and i don't want to dwell on all of the bickering, fussing, yelling, stressed-out-momma-meltdowns, and insert-whatever-else-negativity-you-can-think-of-here, i'm not going to. just know that this is no perfect place, and those things definitely do exist. ugh.