snowflakes for sandy hook

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/18/1171536/-National-PTA-Snowflakes-for-Sandy-Hook

I came across this cute little idea the PTA is sponsoring that any age child or adult could participate in. check out the link above if you are interested in doing it along with us. the fabulous little playgroup I am a part of with the twins are also making snowflakes and sending them to Connecticut. break out the scissors, glue, glitter and anything else you may need to make your snowflakes and help decorate the new school for sandy hook students . it should be pretty neat for them to have little snowflakes made from people all over the country decorating their school . I know it's a tiny gesture in the grand scheme of things but I am happy that this was something that the whole family could work on together.

heavy hearts

my heart hurts for all those families that were affected by the Newtown tragedy. It aches for the families of the victims, those tiny little innocent children, and the heroic teachers and staff. I like many other parents across this country held my babies tight this weekend and thanked God for his precious gifts, and prayed for those affected.

I just want to go home

well it's about two and half weeks from January, our move back home date, my lets just get through the next two months then you will be home date. but now we may not be back in our home by January. we just talked to our landlord and he can't say whether or not the house will be ready by January. and he told us to go ahead and make plans for our temporary housing for January to play it safe. it's out of his control and we get that, really we do. contractors are in high demand and there is just so much work and rebuilding to be done. it's just a waiting game at this point.

it sucks though, absolutely sucks. I just want to go home and move on with life, feel settled, feel at home again. I know, I know i shouldn't even feel this way and I feel guilty for feeling this way but this is how I feel. there are so many people who lost everything and have nowhere to go, or even worse have lost loved ones in this storm and here I am complaining when I have a roof over my head and my precious babies asleep jn their beds. trust me I am beyond grateful for all that I have but I still hurt inside.

so it looks like we will have to sign a lease for another month of temporary housing, and another month away from home.

life according to my iPhone pics

in love with my juicer

i finally went for it and got a new juicer and I'm in love. we had gone to the mall to find me a new pair of boots (since my current ones are missing and I'm not sure if they made it through sandy) and we were walking through Macy's in search of an elevator when I spotted the beautiful display of juicers. of course we had to walk by and look at them and what do you know they were having a sale. it was meant to be. as I was standing there admiring the juicers and making a big deal over the sale, a woman who was standing there also looking at the juicer started talking to me and asking about which juicer i thought was better and which brand would I recommend. as we talked and I told her how I had my eye on this one for awhile she reached in her bag and handed me an extra coupon she had for the store. lets just say I was one happy girl. beyond excited we bought the ikon multispeed juicer on sale and with a coupon. although I never used this juicer before I had heard and read great reviews on it, and I am happy to report it's wonderful. it's super easy to put together, it has different speed settings so you're getting the most amount of juice out of that fruit or vegetable you are using, and it's super easy to clean. I love it, and have been enjoying juicing the past few days.

oh Christmas tree

well we won't be home for Christmas this year....thank you sandy. but that doesn't mean we can't bring Christmas with us and enjoy the season. yes I was excited to decorate our little beach bungalow this year, I even planned out where our tree would go when we moved in last March. I pictured how the stockings would look hanging from the fire place, and the beautiful pictures we would take by the beach for our Christmas card. well I had to get over it and face the fact that we would not be home for Christmas. I needed to bring Christmas here for the twins and get over it. I'm trying haha.

so last weekend we headed to a little tree farm not to far from the condo where we are staying. it was pretty cold last weekend so we figured this little farm with pre cut trees would be best for us. glad we made that choice because two two year olds and picking out a tree well it wasn't easy. the big train ride that wasn't working sure didn't help either. but hey we got a tree and its beautiful and smells fabulous.

Let the sun shine

temps in the fifties today, we will take it. It felt so good to get out and walk around today on this nice December day. we may not get more days like this so we tried to take full advantage of the weather. and I'm hoping with all the walking and playing we did today, I'll get a long nap out of the twins....fingers crossed.