Ever since Afton passed, I’m not myself. I use to be a 5 posts a week kind of blogger, but lately I’m a bit sporadic, and it’s okay. When I use to stay up at night getting a post up for the next day, I now go to bed. Hopefully I’ll get back on a schedule, but in the meantime this it. It’s NoBiggie I guess, right?! 
(I knew I could make that name work to my advantage. 
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I have a few things to share:
- I’m running a sale on the heart shaped NoBiggie Bubbles in time for Valentine’s Day. Normally they are $20 and now they are 2 for 20. I have finished and unfinished ones. The unfinished ones are fun too! DecoArt makes a bubblegum pink chalkboard paint that would be fun for Valentine’s Day. Or you could paint them whatever colors you’d like!
- I’m now blogging twice a week on Momformation. You can find me posting over there on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Yesterday I declared my love for Christmas clearance.
- I’m going to CHA this weekend! It was a very last minute decision, and I’m so excited. I went to CHA last year and loved it! This year it’s in Anaheim CA, and I think a few of us are going to try to sneak in a quick trip to “the happy place”…without kids. What?! It will be like a whole new world being at Disneyland without kids, I don’t think we will know what to do with ourselves. I will return with a full report including all things paper crafts.
- I made these honey lime enchiladas this month, and they were a hit! My family loved them!
- My friend Carina wrote a post about Raisins…she cracks me up!
-I’ve been working on my project life album, and I’m loving it. Mostly I love that my kids love it. They love to see all the pictures in the book. I will start sharing the pages next week.
-I am dying over this frosting trick! Genius! You must watch the video. I found it via Amy (thanks Amy!)
Cheri was on Martha! So very cool! That would be like a dream come true for me.
-Just started a Google Plus page. Not really sure what I’m doing yet. Are you on Google Plus? Do you like it? What do you like about it? Or do you view it as just one more place to be?
Kami,
I don’t remember if I said this before or not but you take your time – the blog will still be there. Besides, from the list of things you stated that you are working on, it doesn’t sound like you just sitting around and playing with your face.
Maureen
Thank you, Maureen.
I’ve actually loved the distraction this blog has given me. It has been just what I’ve needed.
Great stuff, all!
You know I have had that honey lime enchilada recipe printed out for A LONG time sitting in a folder on my desk and still haven’t made them!! So you loved them?
Yes! So good! And so easy!
Hope you have a day today that brings peace for you and your family!! Love you!
Having a little angel of mine make a brief appearance in this earth changed my life completely. Yes, there was sadness, lots of it..but I learned about what is important, about priorities and the endless extent of the word (and the feeling) LOVE. I am now a grandma of 5, and still think of that day, over a quarter of a century ago. but now I revisit that tragedy in a loving way.
Your wound is still fresh. In the future you will always remember, but it won’t be as piercing. Someone compared the loss of a child as having a limb removed slowly, without anesthetic and then healing and learning to live without that limb. I always thought of that analogy as a good example to explain the unexplainable pain and the long recovery.
I use art as a vessel to get through some days. Art, in any form, is a wonderful buffer. Don’t rush, don’t despair, just feel….
I invite you to visit me at amariakindofday.com I am a new blogger.
I love your blogs!
Blessings,
Maria
Thank you for you sweet comment. Bless you too. <3
awww….I want to spend a weekend with you! have fun at CHA and the big D. another reason why I wish I lived in so cal. although…it is warm here today. feels like summer. the sun makes me smile. you should come visit!!
I would love to come visit!
I make those Honey Lime Enchiladas all the time! Cam’s all time favorite thing I make. I once had the YM over and I taught them how to make them, too!
Hope you have fun in California… I’m jealous. I would give anything to be at Dishneyland right now!
Is this the same recipe you brought to us when you brought dinner?!
If so, they were so good!
I’ve always wanted to go to Disneyland without the kids just once. Now they are 28 & 25 & I still want to do it. Have a great weekend!
Ha! That’s funny! You need to do it!
those enchiladas are awesome, i concur!!! if anyone hasn’t made them…just try them, they are tasty!
healing takes time…this we know. some days you’ll feel up to a bunch and some days you won’t….what i have decided for myself is just to give myself a break and take the time i need so that i feel i have grieved and felt and loved and healed in the best way possible.
love to you and your family.
Scott and I went to Disneyland without the kids for our 10th anniversary and had a blast! Have fun getting away, sometimes it’s just what you need
<3 Alta
Hi Kami! I’ve been thinking about you a lot lately. Thank you so much for your sweet thoughts about my daughter and the birthday wishes. This past week was a hard one. The worry and uncertainty and then some heart break. You are an amazing and strong woman and I’ve thought about you often this past week and how you’ve handled your heart break. Thank you for being a great inspiration and strength to many.
Thanks for the frosting trick link! Genius indeed. I just read your story about sweet Afton and it is so tender. I’m a friend of Ahsley’s and JoAnn’s but I don’t know that we’ve ever met. I just wanted to say that you should take your time. Follow your heart and do what makes you feel happier. When you look back at this difficult time you will probalby not regret slowing down on the blog and might smile about just hanging out on the couch with your family or even snuggling into bed early. Take care of yourself.
You just go straight to bed if it makes you feel better! Do whatever you need to do Kami. Your blog readers aren’t going anywhere and everyone understands. Blogging is hard to do when we don’t feel like ourselves because it is such an extension of our lives. You WILL feel like yourself again at some point (your new self after all you have been through) but you are so wise not to rush it. I’m so glad you are taking time to heal.
On a happier note – Disneyland! With no kids!! My favorite! I hope you have a blast. If I didn’t have Kole I’d head down and meet you on Small World!
YOU crack ME up. You nerd. Let’s catch Bieber Fever together.
So glad to see you blogging. I stopped for way too long after we lost our daughter and, looking back, it was probably the worst thing I could have done for myself. Writing has always been my outlet and sharing the good and bad on my blog has helped immensely. Glad you are doing what you need to do for you and what better place than Disney to do it.
Healing takes time and is differernt for everyone. Do what make you feel good and follow your heart.
I ordered the heart shapped bubble! So excited! Thank you. 