hump day nuggets: bits of the season in photos and words
Q: If Nuggets are started on a hump day but finished days later can they still be considered Hump Day Nuggets?
A: Yes.
My 20 year high school reunion is next year. It feels unbelievable to me. That I have now spent more of my life after school than the 18 years before it. Those 18 years were broken up by school years so long that I grew feet taller, summer breaks so long we had time to get grounded forever and still have lots of time left. What happened to that wagon-train time? When did it evolve to light-rail time?
Time is what I think about when I turn the calendar to a new page. This time last year. This time five years ago. Or was that seven years ago? Time is naturally very organized and predictable, except it isn’t at all in my brain.
This quote:
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ― Maya Angelou
I really love those words and it is what I am thinking on a lot right now in my life – both in those I choose to interact with and listen to and in the impact I hope to have during my lifetime. It’s simple enough – like the golden rule with wings.
nuggets.
:: Thank you so very much for your love and support always, but especially this last month since Alice died. I listened to your wisdom and felt your care. You all are the very best. Thank you.
:: Two little reindeer waited for our family to arrive on Christmas Eve.
:: We have a new puppy. I was certain we would get another adult dog. I never in a million years thought we’d get a puppy. But that is exactly what happened. Even when we went to look at the puppies I didn’t think we’d get a puppy. Andy was the most skeptical but then the ENTIRE litter crawled on him and only him. It worked! We fostered her (from the Humane Society) for two weeks – to make sure our brood of pets and people were a good fit for her and she for us. We finalized adoption last week. We named her Mabel.
:: Andy and I try to take two weeks off together every December-early January. We take it without pay so it requires some commitment, budgeting and planning. And every year we are so grateful we do it. After a few high-intensity months with both of our work lives, we settle into a staycation. I always think I will catch up…on laundry, photo organization, repotting plants, cleaning the spilled coffee grounds out of the tupperware drawer. But I never do get much of that done.
:: Ruby skied her first black diamond run at our ski hill. It was one of those moments – like buckling her own carseat, not needing a nap anymore or swimming without sinking – where Andy and I exchange a mental high five at this next phase of mobility and ability.
:: All I wanted for Christmas was snow, mostly so I could sled with my niece who was visiting from Portland. Christmas Eve delivered two tiny inches. Just enough to pull our snow pants over our pjs and head out in the morning. And then it continued to snow.
:: There was something especially wonderful about our holiday this year. Twenty two people came here, from near and far. Our home was overstuffed and loud. I didn’t take many photos. I did take it all in.
:: Margot made a prediction for you all this year. Let’s make it true. xo
15 Comments
Out of all the blogs I follow, yours is my favorite. My heart actually leapt when I saw Mabel’s picture… it seems Alice left you in good hands after all. Tell Margot I can’t wait to see her prediction come true. Happy 2015 to you and your beautiful family!
Teary-eyed and smiling at the same time. I loved reading this and your photos capture family, holiday, and love so very well. I especially adore the well loved sleeping puppy and child photo.
This post made me teary eyed, so happy to see you have a new family member and the pictures of the beautiful snowy mountains took my breath away. Ruby is one courageous little girl. Your posts remind me not to hibernate in winter, that there is a lot of beauty my family would be missing out on if we did. I’ll look forward to your next post.
Those puppies climbing into Andy’s lap? Dogs just know. Y’all are good people. As if I really needed confirmation! 🙂
Your words are like art. I love your blog so much. It fills me up inside. I’m in the season of life where my reading is done on my iphone as I snuggle a teething 14-month old to sleep or sneak a few minutes on my phone at my 6 yr old’s hockey practice. Your posts bring me so much joy. I’m so glad Mabel found her family. Take care.
I finally was able to mentally high five my husband for the same excitement with our youngest. While it was no black diamond moment but merely bowling, it still made me all a twitter with excitement.
I really enjoy your writing and your photos. You provide a wonderful glimpse inside of a young Montana family. Mabel is a lucky girl!
An awesome year for all! Love you all…..xoxo Mom
Love to ready your words and feel your feels – gives me great perspective and mental calm. The Maya Angelou quote has become near and dear to me – we read it on the stairwell walls while my mom was in the hospital 7 years ago, we included them in her obituary 6.5 years ago when she passed at age 54, we include them in any remembrance of her we do – because those words are all too true. 🙂
I absolutely adore your blog, this post especially. Love to hear that you adopted a new four legged member into your family. The post you wrote about Alice’s passing broke my heart but this is life and we must continue on. And I really hope that Margot’s prediction comes true! I think everyone could really use an awesome year. 🙂
Chills! Every time I read your blog. Wow.
Mabel is precious! The photo of her snuggling Margot (I think…) is amazing.
I always love your nuggets, humpy or not : )
I look forward to your blog posts and was so happy to see a new addition to your family. 🙂 Mabel is a lucky girl. There is just something about the steady companionship of a dog. May I also say, I ordered one of the aprons from your shop and oh my goodness! It is wonderful and my husband loves it!! He enjoys cooking and it’s nice for him to have an apron that suits him. Thank you. Happy 2015!
Hello! New follower here. Just wanted to drop by and say hello and let you know that I LOVE this blog! Thank you for so eloquently sharing these precious snippets of your life!
-Jessica
Two inches is blizzard-like weather here! Feeling snow envy in Tennessee… 🙂