Hello My Lovelies! Sorry I've been away! I've just been spending my time doing other things...primarily cleaning up my studio!!! I'm having a VERY special visitor in March and I want my studio to be in tip top shape!
Also, I had THE REAL root canal done today. Piece of cake. I took some Ibuprofen, as recommended by the dentist, and the only discomfort I've had the whole day is a mildly sore. Bless him! :-) The single worst part of the whole ordeal was that friggin' tooth tent! I completely panicked when the dentist installed it. Until you get used to it, it feels like it's sealing your mouth closed. I was not prepared for that! The dentist was very considerate and let me take my time to adjust. He offered to find an alternative but I "manned" up, to quote our friend Wayne, and after doing some deep relaxation breaths, I was fine.
Okay, so time for some more Circle Journal pictures! Oh but first....
*** WARNING WARNING CIRCLE JOURNAL ALERT ***
Here is my LO in Elizabeth's CJ. Thanks again to Andrea for hosting this. So much fun and so challenging, but in a good way. Elizabeth's topic is "The Five Senses" and at first, I struggled with this one. It took me a bit to figure out what I wanted to do but then once I picked a subject and focused on that, it not only made it easy, but it also made it SO JOYFUL! You'll understand in a sec...
Left side...
Right side...
My sweet soft flowery little girlie pot pie. Sigh. It does my heart so much good to reflect on the little subtle things that contributed to her childhood; thereby,my memories of being a mother. Lord knows there were a few years there with memories I would just as soon forget. So I go back to these memories OFTEN!!!
I also wanted to share with you Elizabeth's sign in page. This group of Circle Journal ladies are frickin' genius' with these sign in pages! I am astounded with how clever they are!!!
Love your memories. And that sign in page is pure genius!
Posted by: Sharon at Norah'S | February 22, 2007 at 06:39 AM
yay michelle, i'm happy you and your camera are back. okay, those pages are just AWESOME. i love the little descriptions that are so unique to your experience with your daughter (ie: the smell of vanilla lip gloss.)and that her first word was no! reminds me to slow down, as i'm upon these years with both my daughter and my son. (hee hee, like just now, my son fell off the couch and called out in a gleefull voice, "ah fall down!")
anyway, i just love these pages in your circle journal. i might just have to print them out! thank you.
Posted by: tricia | February 22, 2007 at 08:55 AM
oowww...sorry to hear about the rootcanal.....The circle journal layout looks great. I love all the senses. What a great idea....
Posted by: Karin Aguirre | February 22, 2007 at 12:39 PM
I love everything about your circle journal entry---the sweet photo of Miranda crouching so comfortably, yet glancing at the photographer with an adorable smile, your sensory descriptions of her when she was small, and the sign in page---& your submission! How clever---yet fun too! Glad your root canal is over with---I almost went to the dentist on Friday (don't have my own dentist yet, so was randomly picking out of the phone book) but cancelled deciding to wait a bit longer---I am so chicken!!!
Posted by: Jana | February 22, 2007 at 01:25 PM
Super cute! Glad the root canal is done, the crown is the easy part :)
Posted by: claudine | February 22, 2007 at 06:11 PM
Yay, I see pix so that means your camera is in working order again! Love, Love the circle journal! As soon I am done w/our circle journal I am going to start ours for our group!
Posted by: Malou | February 22, 2007 at 08:27 PM
what a sweet LO! i love the memories of the senses you shared. i think you captured her theme very well. i cant wait to see that sign in page in person!
Posted by: andrea | February 22, 2007 at 08:38 PM
This is so precious! I can't wait to get the journal back and see all these awesome LO in person!!!
Posted by: elizabeth wickland | February 23, 2007 at 10:45 AM