So, I don't like purple... no hate mail please.

Yes, its true. I do not like the color Purple. Sorry. I do not want any e-mails from the "Purple Lovers Society of America" or anything either. I forgot to mention this in the last post with my New Years predictions, rants, and general stuff... I have read and been told that PURPLE is the **NEW** hot color for 2007. Okay, first off, purple is not a new color, I think its been around a while. Now, SHMURPLE... that is a new color. It should be out for the hot color of 2008. The shades are still being tweeked. (um yes, that loud clanging is the note of scarcasm... :) Honestly I think I am not a big purple, lilac, lavendar, whatever shade, etc. fan because I refuse to wear it myself, hence, it finds no place on my pages, decorating, etc. But I love hydrangeas... I know, that is so hypocritical, and now the "Purple Haters Society of America" is going to be all mad at me... oh well. I'll roll the dice anyway... Here is a new qoute for the new year... it may explain the whole purple/hydrangea/ thing...

"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night."

Here is one of my favorite little holiday photos... I needed to interject that red and green in here...

And here is one of my new toys... Staple had these for $50...I had been wanting one for trips and such, and this was a good, inexpensive choice. I was a tad disappointed because the guy in the store and the HP website made it sound as if you could crop the photos from the LCD screen... nope. But, it will still be fun for parties and such...

And finally, on the mushy mommy front... The other day, Lincoln's holiday partying caught up with him and he crashed at nap time. After a couple of hours,I went to wake him up. No luck. I didn't want him to sleep the day away, so I finally went in and picked him up. He was so big and heavy, I was a little surprised. So I brought him out to the big easy chair and just looked at him... and bawled. I could not believe how big my little boy felt. I could look right up and see a picture of him on the wall at 6 months old. That was helpful for the full emotional breakdown. Really I just couldn't help but think... how much longer will he even want me to hold him like this? How many more times do I get to put lotion on him after his bath? How much longer will he want to take a nap with me? Soon, mommy won't be wanted in many of these ways at all... and that hit me like a ton of bricks... so I cried and held him, held him, and cried...for a long time. Now, tonight I couldn't sleep, and when I came in here the new AEzine was in the e-mail. As I read the challenge for the week, (which is to pick a word for the year that will inspire you, etc...) I immediately thought of the word EMBRACE... I want to embarce many things this year in a more passionate fashion... My God, My husband, (and if he is reading this he is thinking of passionate in a whole different sense than I intended...LOL.) Anyway, and also my kids,my family, my friends. I want to embrace time with them all, make memories, and enjoy them more. Embrace. It is a good word. So, be on the lookout in 2007 for me embracing lots of things, including you all... but not purple...