I just finished getting the Christmas tree out of the living room – I have space back! I’ll wait until the weekend to get everything else down – I just wanted the space from the tree back. It seems the older the kids get (and taller), the smaller my living room becomes.<\/p>\n

My kids all went to the dentist this morning and got cleanings, check ups, etc. – all good news. I didn’t grow up going to the dentist (I was 19 the first time I went), and am grateful we are able to provide that for our children.<\/p>\n

My daughter finished reading my second book draft. She had two things to say – too many “big” words and not long enough. Oh and one suggestion of introducing another character (much like what my critique group said). So, back to the writing phase again.<\/p>\n

I’m looking forward to the new year. I know part of what it will bring, but not all. It’s gonna be good – even the hard stuff. I’m working on resolutions\/goals. I know one, not to get sucked into virtual worlds on Facebook – too addicting for me. I’ve already cancelled my place in them, hope I can keep from getting back into them in 2010. Another is to finish my book. And third – to get into a regular exercise routine instead of the hit and miss I have now.<\/p>\n

What are you feeling right now as 2009 comes to a close? Are you happy with the year, looking forward to 2010? Tell me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monday is here, and more than halfway over at this point. After yesterday’s “blahs”, I am feeling much better. I did indeed discover I am not the center of the universe when I went to church yesterday. It feels good to back in the right spot. I just finished getting the Christmas tree out of the living …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7zbKo-R9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}