"How was your Christmas"
Christmas was very nice. We celebrated with the Fletcher side in a lovely rented lake home in Cambridge. Sarah is nine-months pregnant (picture below) and we didn't want her to travel too far away from her home. We rented the house for her wedding so we knew it would suit our needs. Other than some uncomfortable beds it was a really nice way to spend time together. The Madsen's celebrated on Christmas Day at Mardelle and Eric's house. Of course Nolan got a haul (good thing we have a bigger house). So many legos so little time, oddly enough many of those were for Karl :) We are on to you mister!
"What's wrong with your neck?"
Well, over the holidays I started to develop some pain in my right shoulder. I have an on-going issue with my neck from a car accident 20-years ago, so it's not unusual for me to have pain, tingling and stiffness off and on. This, however, went from "geez, that's sore" to "Holy F&%! that hurts like a son-of-a B&$*#@" in short order. Turns out I herniated my C5, that burning sensation (really felt like someone poured gasoline and lit me on fire, but I digress) all down my right side last about 10 days. I spent much of it on the couch with my laptop, the remotes and eventually the right medication. We are on the mend now.
"How's the book coming?"
Funny you should ask...I have one chapter left to write. That's really amazing if I do say so myself! The work is far from over, but I am reaching the end of the 'tyranny of the blank page' stage so that's a really good feeling. I still don't have an official publication date but I expect that soon.
As for other news...and pictures...
I am trying to be better about living each day fully, so my new year's resolution was to Sieze the day! (hence the blogpost title). My goal is that each day I do something that adds joy, laughter or fun. So far my success rate is about 50/50. We aren't talking big things here, anything small that makes me laugh or smile and stop in that moment. That's the goal.
One carpe diem moment came on Saturday when Nolan and I were playing on the floor. We were pushing a car back and forth and I pushed it towards him a bit hard and it hit him in the private parts. He yelled "Oh, my nuts!" Oh, lord. I fell over laughing. That was the funniest thing I had heard in a long time. When I asked him where he heard that (it isn't something that is generally said around here) he said "the big boys at school say it", ahhh, that makes sense.
Here's another one:
Here are some more fun pics:
Baby Clara soon to make an appearance!
Pretty much sums it up :)
And a couple of fun videos:
Nolan on Chocolate
Slippery Driveway
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