...and all was calm...

the tree went up yesterday...i love it...i made the preps while the rest were at ridingschool...i laid on the couch watching the lights...



...and sally laid with me...



...we lit some candles...and slumbered a bit...



...then my family came home and decorated the tree into perfection...



...we lit sprarklers...



...and me and my husband laid on the couch just soaking everything in...and all was calm...

more december daily photos

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seventh



eight



tenth



eleventh

i am so impressed with myself that i have kept up with this all these days! now i am so looking forward to the daily photos i will take while we are on vacation in Holland in a week! i can´t wait!

hehe that photo above gives you an idea of how i feel right now :) i am super stressed, but am really trying to get things done and check of my huge to do list. i can´t understand how things (read events, meeting´s, dr´s appointments etc) tend hoard up into one week! i am really trying to calm down and take the moments of peace and genuinelly rest. i hate feeling stressed and out of time and know that these situations tend to trigger my anxiety and depression. but i am going to fight that! i am so looking forward to our trip that is next week! me and my husband ♥ are going to our friend J in Rotterdam, Holland for a few days and it is going to be fantastic! in the stressed spirit that i have right now i wanted to list things that i do really love and enjoy about these season:

candles, the light that they give

the expectation of something to come

finished christmas gifts all wrapped up

scents of gingerbread, oranges and cinnamon

christmas projects and crafts

christmas music

stars and twinkling lights

oh, i can go on since i really do love christmas time, but i won´t because i have to get ready for a work christmas party tonight!

happy saturday!

i am happily enjoying some alone time at home today! i love being alone! i have been a little bit crafty and even made some baking :) i wrapped a few christmas presents and cleaned a bit. i am also preparing for a thrift sale tomorrow, washing clothes and clearing out bags i am offering. it will be fun times!

i wanted to share some new layouts today, so here you go!



listing 30 things i want to remember right now...



a lovey dovey one with my husband...



a page about what is typical for us...



life ain´t always happy, but in the big picture it sure is!



and a 30 list with lovely things right now.

ps. be sure to check out my christmas tumblr (link in the isdebar!) because i just added a bunch of new photos!

december daily and a manifesto

can you believe that i acctually won a blog giveaway! yay! stephanie howell had 2 spots in shimelles journal your christmas class to give away to her blog readers. i signed up since i have really been wanting to take the class. but i never thought that i acctually would win! i am so very happy! shimelle is such a generous person and has already shared so many cool downloads etc. with us! the first thing that she prompted us to do is a manifesto for the christmas journal we are about to make. i thought that i would share mine here.

i promise myself to take part of the journaling promts and make notes everyday. i will keep all my notes and take photos throughout the month of december. when the holidays are over and the peace has come over me i will make a journal/album with my material.

so far i have been a good photographer and taken my december daily.



first



second



third

i have just slipped them into the album and will be fiddleing with it this weekend, i hope. i also hope to finish up some other projects laying around and also do some baking.

a glorious day

when we woke up today the world was covered in frost. i could see that the sky was going to be clear and blue and somewhere the sun was making it´s way up. it made me smile. i even got a good look at the beautiful full moon. the air was so fresh, cold and crisp. the dogs loved it too, not the full moon clearly, but the weather :)







otherwise we spent the day working, playing, cuddleing and eating a very good lasanga :)

page shares

and i made a page about my desk and the way to many projects that are in progress right now!



this was an older challenge from scrap the music using the title: i like it like that a page about how i want certain things a certain way ;)



one of my "right now" pages. i love them! right now i:

read: agatha christie
eat: to much chocolate
drink: cola light
love: my husband
dislike: early mornings
watch: greys anatomy
wish: that the paycheck would last longer
feel: love
listen to: a peter james book
want: to have life like this always
plan: for christmas
think: about love and life




at our house a sick day is also a craft day :)



see, i did make a page with the journaling from here.



our oldest cat begun to be very bugged whenever our daughter came close a cuple of months ago and we have no idea why. but sometimes they come along lovely!