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December #FMSphotoaday compilation post

December, you are just enough winter for me,
and then I want my summer to be here.

However, here you came and went,
through the lens of
Fat Mum Slim's photo-a-day challenge
-- my twelfth month in a row,
-- my last month for the year,

...you were truly sentimental. 

Day 1: I be DEEP IN CRAFT at 8 AM. What you be doing?
Day 2: Peace while watching The Walking Dead
Day 3: I held my new iPhone5
Day 4: ...like an ol'school picture

Day 5: get me to Christmas YAYcation
Day 6: Queens, oh Queens, so near Manhattan
Day 7: on my December Daily album
Day 8: I love my cuzzie-pie, Claudia

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Day 9: out + about was a hard prompt; I was so 'in + borin' in Decemb
Day 10: boo girl under a stool
Day 11: sweetest couple ever
Day 12: Elfey and his pointy red hat hanging in my classroom

Day 13: posted a day late...candle lit in membrance of the Newtown victims
Day 14: green washi
Day 15: outdoorswith my sis and prancer, dancer, comet, and cupid
Day 16: a graham cracker gingerbread house

Day 17: a kitty boop in Christmas pajays
Day 18: those silly red cups
Day 19: sick soup
Day 20: what does my frosty car window tell you?

Day 21: our classroom tree
Day 22: decoration at the mall for last-minute shopping
Day 23: joy is leaving your buddy's present on the doorstep and imagining her opening it
Day 24: my Christmas Eve tradition, 7th year in a row ♥ ♥ ♥

Day 25: Christmas morning brunch at Uncle Matt's never fails to impress
Day 26: a mess made with glitter and sequins: not really a mess ;)
Day 27: I relax with my computer on my lap, teaching myself iMovie
Day 28: I miss the days when I could take the boops out without my uggs + northface ;(

Day 29: time to get HOT with Zumba Fitness CORE on wii
Day 30: I smiled with each and every stamp order I packed

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See my past months of photo-play:

 January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November

Or, come back later today for a 'farewell to this year' post that
includes all 366 pics taken in 2012.

I'll talk about what this project has meant to me,
and what I think about doing it another year.

See ya later!

christmas this year

I spent Sunday and Monday with the people who make my life -- who have thus far.  

I couldn't have been happier to make it to Tomas's Christmas Eve since it's been where I've been for the past six Christmases. Our relationship has been through the ringer these past few months, and I didn't think Christmas Eve with his wonderful family was going to be an option.  

Being there, for me, was this year's Christmas miracle. 

What was your Christmas miracle?

P.S. -- My New Year's stamps will be listed in the shop tomorrow! :)

play with frosting

I've been wanting to post this since Tuesday, but this last week of school (and whole month actually) sucked every ounce of life and time in my day.

However, here I am -- bright and early -- this Chritsmas Eve EVE, with a few shots of our "Gingerbread" houses ('cause they're really made from graham crackers).

Our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders had a ball making their gingerbread houses.  We used an empty, washed out little milk carton as a base to stick the grahams to.  The rest was up to them.

It was the highlight of my week.

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Today I'm going to be last minute shopping,
crafting some DecemberDaily pages,
blasting Christina Perri's Christmas Songs,
trying this out,
and
readying my New Year's Stamps to be listed in the shop.

Pheewf!

Busy busy girl today.

See yas later!

secret santa SUCCESS!

Yesterday was my place of work's holiday party, where my fellow teachers and myself would be exchanging secret santa pal gifts.

I had picked my new buddy from work, Michele, who -- besides me -- has the only other self-contained testing-grade class. {{deep sigh}}   

I'm so glad I picked someone I talk to regularly and here's what I sneakily left in her mailbox yesterday morning:

I tricked her by spelling her name wrong on PURPOSE! Haa haa!

Here's what Michele (with one 'L') posted to facebook a few minutes after finding out I was her Secret Santa!

It was a fun time.

Thank God for holiday distractions!

...because Lord knows...in those quiet moments...

I thought about him yesterday while eating my
baked clams, and when I ordered my steak
medium-well instead of well.

I miss him so much.

T.G.I.F.

dressing festively / first edition

Ya'll might or might not recall the second thing on my december manifesto list:

So far, it's been the most direct one on the list that I can tackle daily, and it makes for cute instagrams here and there.

Here's my take on dressing festively...

swans & red:

(you can't see my red shoes)

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forest green, gauzy, & grey:

(like I was trying out for The Nutcracker)

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bright teal-green & stripey:

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mini dots & a below-the-knee sock party:

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a champagne bubble-like tunic:

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b&w graphic stripes + red:

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I find that I dress like a scrapbook page.  I love polka dots and stripes on my pages, so I usually gravitate toward the same in my clothing.

...and there's definitly a major color theme going on...LOTS of red + black&white.
Today is no different.  I've got my school's Christmas party and, well...check out my instagram to see today's #festivedressing.

Alright, lovies...
...tootles.

Happy Thurs, and see ya tomorrow!

December Daily | Dec2 to Dec8 |

Unexpectedly, on Sunday, December 2nd, I got a new iPhone 5.  My sister lost her iPhone the Friday before in a cab or something, and because I was the only one due for an upgrade, she took my old phone, and I got a new phone. Heeeeyyyyy!

I expected Christina Perri's "Something 'Bout December" to go here, but this song was my carol last week.

I couldn't add anything else to the below spread. Quiet and wishing.

our glitter circles...

#2 on my December Manifesto shown below

It was inspired by elise's recent PL recording of #mileaday

get your own selfie stamp here

That little guy was meant for this Secret Santa page. What's he up to?

Finally, my 'Gifts To Buy' page is just a place to jot down the presents I still need to buy, wrap, and get under the tree.

Thanks for visiting!

Stay tuned for more!

Link to yours in the comments.  I want to see!

Christmas kitty boops

these two, cat clothes, and christmas...

...gotta love 'em.

 

Happiest Sunday!

 

P.S. -- This was my Saturday afternoon ya'll...right before I took a nap. Pathetic.  

red & gold glitter circles

I made them.

Last Saturday.

With my sweet cousin.

That's all I have to say about that.

They're cute, but I think they were more successful in star form last year.

Hope your weekend's weekendy.

 

it's in those quiet moments...

it's in those quiet moments...

...when I've just woken up and know he was in my dreams, but can't remember in what form

...when I'm driving to work desperately wanting to hear his voice say 'good morning'

...seconds before the kiddos first walk in, and I'm looking out the window at Manhattan thinking of the many adventures we've had together there

...at lunch when I'm eating alone, looking down at my phone, wondering if he's looking down at his that very second

Do you stop yourself from calling me sometimes?

...in the evening, when it gets cold and dark at around 4:15pm!

...when I sit by the fireplace and fool around with my camera, and make magic light circles, and think about our laughing or our dancing or us holding hands

it's in these quiet moments...

    ...when I'm wondering what we're doing

    ...when I try to figure out why some stay and others go

 

I missed him terribly yesterday.

What do I do?

December Daily | Nov26 to Dec2 |

These pages pick up where I left off.

Nov26 - Field Trip!

hohoho tag from Target.

...and Decemb's here...

I'm already struggling with #s 3 and 5.

...that Martha Stewart glitter glue...I'm SUCH a mega fan, but it
really becomes a disgusting obsession around the holidays.

Tomorrow I shall be posting my updated cover, and
some sweet typewritered front & back additions.

I'd love to see your December Daily if you've been working on one!

Link to it in the comments.