Loving Something New

I am loving the new shelves that Mr. built last week for our Food Room, and they extend under the stairs, which makes me love them even more. I now have more space for wonderful food storage items. They give me renewal on what the Prophets of the Church have been teaching for years and years and years..."Establish a Food Storage." With my new sense of renewal I went grocery shopping on Monday and saved more money than I spent. Loved It.
And I am loving the freshly painted door to the food room. I was even able to get the paint off of the beautiful old door handle. (I boiled it off)

This is Fun?

Mr. Jewels signed up for the first annual Utah Crossfit Games which was held Saturday, January 9th at the Olympic Oval. We spent all day watching men and women suffering through grueling workouts. Mr. Jewels is in all red. Doesn't he look excited to compete?!

Worth Repeating

"And now let us welcome the New Year
Full of things that have never been."
Rainer Maria Rilke

Nine things done for the first time last year worth repeating:
1. Baking Bread
2. Square Foot Gardening
3. Canning Spaghetti Sauce
4. Having the Windows Professionally Cleaned
5. Knitting
6. Setting and Reaching Financial Goals
7. Stocking Up
8. Clipping Coupons
9. Shorter Hair (well, not really for the first time, but the first time in a long while)

10 and 2 and 11.25.09

December brings a celebration of birthdays of our two sons born eight years and a day apart from each other. This year also brought with it a little financial joy as well. We sent off our LAST school loan payment on November 25th! We have only now to pay off our home. It is such a weird feeling to have that debt gone, I can't describe it. I wonder if I look different? Merry Merry Christmas!