Jenny in "January Mode!"

Friday, January 2, 2009

Happy New Year!

We've had a very quiet beginning to our new year, and it's been nice! Every January I go into my "January Mode." This means that I feel a frenzy to organize everything in sight. This usually lasts for only a few weeks, but generally peters out by February. Anyway, yesterday, New Year's Day, we just spent the entire day catching up on projects we've needed to finish for a long time--and it felt great! I finally finished all of the file folder games I've been working on for Bethany (since April, mind you), thanks to my sweetheart for all of the help! Man, what a project when you choose to laminate them all yourself! But she loves them already and again, yay for increased reverence in sacrament meeting!

I also have been working on archiving all of our digital pictures onto CD's. I realized a little while ago that we had over 10,000 pictures on our computer! And if our computer crashes--poof! All gone. I am not willing to lose three years' worth of pictures, especially where Bethany is concerned! So I've been burning, burning, and burning lots of CD's. What a great feeling to get them all done! I also finished up another project I've been working on for months for Bethany, so that made me feel good too!

And now I'm antzy for more projects! I think this winter will be a good time for me to get started on Bethany's lifebook. For those of you not familiar with lifebooks, it's a great way to introduce your child's adoption story to them. Bethany is now at the point where she recognizes herself and others in pictures, so I think I'll get going! It will read like a storybook, but be her special adoption story. I'm excited to do that!

Hooray for cozy winter afternoons and goals to accomplish! Happy New Year, everyone! We look forward to making good memories with you this coming year!