no, i haven't dropped off the face of the earth....

this is at thanksgiving, outside of rhiannon's clans house where we had a wonderful thanksgiving day and dinner....this is daniel and marissa--have i told you that i really love marissa? anyway, no particular reason for this picture other than i really like it, the bright yellow colors of the fall leaves really look nice with the darks of the browns and purple.....and, it is just a good picture of daniel and marissa.....i am sure that shea thinks that she should be the one featured LOL....and, i also think that each little (or long!) post needs to have a picture, so there you go.....

you know, since i write so many posts in my mind, i never get around to actually posting them on here.....sorta like been there done that, already done in my mind so to do it in real life just seems to be a chore, and i don't want to do chores--of any kind lol things have to be interesting or fun for me, or they do not get done.....and, that all translates into many facets of my life.....

i can (and do) read a cookbook, make it in my mind, and almost taste it.....don't have to make it in real life. i start quilts, get most of the way done, then, since i already see how it is looking, i move onto the next project.

in my mind i have written all about my poor little tadhgain's first deep experience with grief when his beloved little dog venus died. i have posted about my wonderful christmas with my family, the nice new years eve i spent with my friend juan lee (hi joan!!!) and how kevin was soooo nice and did the driving so i could really enjoy myself--yes, i had a bottle of champagne!

i already posted about spending the first few moments of the new year outside under the beautiful sky of diamond stars--and God gave me the gift of seeing 2 shooting stars! i have missed being out under the stars, so it was a really nice way to start my new year.....and, there was the big dipper--right where it belonged! the stars were incredible that night and reminded me of when we were in ireland. there were just so many layers of stars and they went deeper and deeper into the black sky.....that is how it was for me here new years eve.... it still amazes me that there, just like here, we could just look up, and there we were, under the same sky, seeing the same stars, no matter where in the world we were, there would be the big dipper, just where it belonged.....and, as big as the world is, there we all are, under the same canopy of stars, and under the same watchful eye of God.....what also makes me feel wonderful now, when i look up at God's handiwork of his stars, is that my sister is there in heaven, and she knows all the secrets that are still mysteries to us, like how many stars there are in the sky, and how God manages to keep us all so personally attended to........

i have already posted in my minds eye the daily things that i am thankful for, my insights and my growth, my failures and my fears.....triumphs and trials.....and what my resolutions are for the new year.....they are all posted in my mind.....but of course you can not see or read them, so i guess i had best be sitting down again and doing a bit more posting in the coming days.

i do want to finally get some pictures taken and posted of my christmas mystery, as well as the one i did on new years eve, and the one i did on new years day.....those were my gifts to myself--time to quilt!

ok jenna, does that satisfy you? for now, i am off to do errands, and to get more milk so i can play barrista and make myself a nice gingerbread latte to enjoy while i sit and knit for a while....then, i will make some plans for when aunt mary comes to visit next week, and call my mom and dad, and talk with patience about her graduation and birthday.....need t sit down and make something for your shower the 17th--got some USC ideas that matt will really like i think.....then, before you know it, it is february--uncle michael is coming then jenna, if you haven't delivered save the 15th for a get together for grandma's birthday--dinner/lunch at northwood's inn......and, then, you should deliver....then, before i know it, it will be march, when i drive up to oregon to go to alex's wedding--am looking forward to that alot! gonna go see christi and doni along the way (hi christi and doni!!!) ok....i have already gotten a few months into the year....but, not too long from now, i will be writing about my trip--and the birth of little silas....

but for now, i will quit dreaming of what is to come, put myself back into the present and get to the post office and to the store......