Exceedingly Abundantly Beyond

Can I renig on my previous post that bedtime is my favorite time of day?  Because it isn't.  Well, it is, but it isn't.  I love the peace that sleep brings, but that's when I miss Derick the most.  That's when I have time to sit and think about the fact that I have to go to bed alone.  I get to lay in the dark and think about all the things I have to do tomorrow, by myself.   *sigh* For Derick's benefit, I'll post about what happened this weekend. This happened. That is an email confirmation that I have officially lost my ever-loving mind!   No, actually it's an email confirmation that I signed up to do a triathlon next weekend.  It's short.  It's a super sprint.  Indoor pool swim.  Good way to start triathlon season.  If I survive, maybe I'll do more.  If I've already lost my mind, then I might as well! This happened. A spontaneous breakfast with just Aida and me.  I cut hair for a friend and her family last night an...

I still have Christmas lights on my house.  This is a picture of my house tonight.  It is a very windy, chilly night, and I ran out of toilet paper.  Not cool... not cool at all.  Anyway, I took Brody and ran to Hy-Vee to buy tp and this is what my house looked like when I came home.  I find Christmas lights to be such a comfort.  They're so welcoming!   I'm not a photographer, and this was shot with my phone.  I'm sure there are 101 ways to make this image look as awesome or better than it does in real life.  I'm just the makeup artist.   Or the porch decorator. This was one of the last major projects that Derick and I did together.  These lights were a major accomplishment for us.  He even made a special trip back to Lowe's when I accidentally stapled through the wire and half of the lights went out.  Oops!   If you've seen my FaceTime pictures of him that I have posted, you know that our conversations are very one-...