Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Getting ready and thinking about The Word of The Year…

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Monday and today have been bitterly cold in NH.

The sun was out yesterday though, and the light was spectacular.

Today’s high is only 13 degrees Fahrenheit.

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The clouds have moved in as of noon today, and the snow has started again.

Another 4 to 8 inches.

It is really feeling wintery and Christmasy now.

I am surprisingly feeling quite at peace with it all.

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I am cozy in my house, with twinkle lights and a gorgeous poinsettia serving as Christmas décor.

David is working from home and

tomorrow, we will be babysitting our 1 month old great nephew,

Baby Jayden, for the day !!!

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Yay !

I am happily making some handmade Christmas gifties and

with a sweet reminder from my friend Laura Svencner,

I found some time to update and renew my Etsy listing for

The Word of the Year Rock in a Box.

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For those of you who choose a Word of the Year to work with instead of resolutions that are never kept, I can custom paint a small beach stone with your chosen word and custom decorate your little white porcelain box in your favorite colors. You can have a sweet keepsake to keep your word in focus all year long !

These little boxes will be available for order in my Etsy shop through the end of January.

I am still waiting to come up with my Word of the Year 2014.

My word for 2013 was “Live”, as in “Live in the moment”, and I am working really hard on doing just that. The right word will be waiting for me when the new calendar year starts !

Off to enjoy a cup of chai tea with maple syrup and milk, and watch the snow fall.

Stay cozy, Beautiful Ones !

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Snow is falling here too. I love your new 2014 word box.....I am trying on my new word to see if it fits.....enjoy the chai..xox

Anonymous said...

Oh an the gluten free thing, have lost 7 lbs, and an inch on every measurement....It works all by itself. xox

beth said...

that baby for a whole day? i'm sooooo jealous !!! how totally fun !!!

darn it...i need a word. i don't remember last year's word or if i even picked one....2013 and i just didn't get along very well with each other...for the most part.

i have my little box from you with my rock "reach" in it from 2012, that i cherish and keep in my jewelry box....

so 2014...come and GET ME...FIND ME...BRING ME MY WORD....pleeeeeaaaasssse

xoxooxoxox

iHanna said...

I want to pick a word, but don't know if I will be able to pick one... The stone/boxes are so cute, I hope you get lots of orders!

Anonymous said...

Being housebound on a snowy day with a beautiful baby to tend to -- I think that is bliss!!!! xoxo

Unknown said...

beautiful post Kim...our frigid temps seem to have made it to you.

I will think on my word for 2014 and let you know;)

Integrity has been my word this year and may have to let it have another year

x...x

nacherluver said...

Oh a baby in the house. How wonderfully sweet!
Love your WOY rock in a box idea.
Don't think I will do a word this year. We will see. The last two years my word kicked my ass. Definitely life changing. Lots of good but oh so much hard. I am actually scared of picking a word. Actually, I'm scared to let one pick me! Three years ago I picked and not only did the word not affect me, but it didn't take. By the end of the year I had to look back to see what it even was. These past two years I allowed words to pick me. Woah. Watch out! I have grown immensely but through much hardship. What to do… what to do?

Good luck to you and all who choose.

eb said...

oh how lovely and magical
to have a new baby in the house
this time of year...

wishing you
and all of your loved ones
a warm enlightened solstice
and the happiest of holidays
dear Kim...

xox - eb.

Fallingladies said...

wonderful! I have decided I think... I am going with awe. I want to continue to be awed by life and share it with others.

also I put my word on really tiny rocks and keep them in my hummingbird nest on my desk. I am sure I stole the idea from you but I didn't realize I was stealing it at the time, must have been a subliminal memory that came to me when I was painting on my bigger rocks. Anyway, thanks for the idea! Merry Christmas!