Thank you notes
I've got all of Avery's thank you notes done. I'm not overly thrilled with the design of them, but I never am with these things. Creativity is not my strength, but I did enjoy making them, so that is what counts. And I liked that I was able to reuse all of our Christmas cards. In fact, there are a few that I had to make using, gasp!, all new materials because I ran out of cards.
I'm now creating upcycled* envelopes for those thank you notes that will be given out to her friends at school (i.e. not snail mailed). I'm using the program from Pinkalicious. A calendar would have been more ideal with prettier pictures, but I don't have any, so Pinaklicious program it is.
Avery now needs to sign her name on each one. For those of you who casually commented, "Just have her sign her name!" there is no just about this process. Getting her to write her name on these cards, something she's more than able to do all on her own, is like pulling teeth. She knows I want her to do it and this is a lot of the problem.
Of course, these are just Avery's thank you notes. I still have to do my own. Then I have to get ahead of the curve and do about 20 so I have them ready to go for the next batch of thank you notes.
* I kind of despise that term. It sounds so self-righteous to me.
Date nights
Friday night was our date night - we went to see Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - and last night was the G's date night. Elise and Nolan spent the night, while Mimi tagged along with the Gs for their supper club night. It was an easy one. I like easy ones.
Health & Sleep
I've decided Sundays can be my break from my adherence to my calorie intake restrictions I've placed on myself. This is not to say I'm not logging my food because I have to do that everyday, or I have to pay Vic and Damian $1 each (each!). Nor is it to say I'm going to let myself go crazy. But, I did get fettucine alfredo (gluten-free) and the strawberry lemonade for lunch today.
I'm also logging my sleep on a new app I found. I am sleeping a lot lately. It's hard to tell what it is, but my guess (hope) is that it's just because of the sinus infection I'm currently fighting. One day it seems like I'm making progress and things* are looking clear. The next day things are looking fluorescent again.
* things = mucas
How Megan Gets Her Groove Back
I still feel like I'm trying to get back into my groove after our return from vacation. I do wish it didn't take me so long to settle back into things, but I think it's just the way I am. Regardless of what I do, it simply takes me a while to find my groove. I'm getting there.
How did you like Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy? I saw a preview and thought it looked good.
ReplyDeleteHope you had fun at the party--sorry I hardly got a chance to say hi. It was a little overwhelming, but fun (for me, at least).
It was a good movie, however, I don't follow spy movies very well. Then I don't follow British movies very well. So, I was a bit lost through the whole thing. I had a general idea what was going on, but had to basically get a whole recap from D afterward. I think if you are able to follow what's going on - as D was easily able to do - it's a good movie.
ReplyDeleteI did have a good time at the party. And had no reaction from the tortillas, so they were either truly gluten-free, or didn't have enough to cause me a problem - yipee!
Oh, good about the tortillas. I knew they were mostly corn, but couldn't say for sure that they were gluten-free. Glad it all worked out.
ReplyDeleteI also have trouble keeping track of everything in spy movies. I usually enjoy watching them, then in talking about them after realize that I didn't quite get the details about how it all hung together. Oh, well. As long as I enjoy it in the moment, right?