Snarky + Sparkly

 Wow - what a week friends! I have been itchin' to blog all week long but as you'll see reading below, life sorta got in the way.. in a good way. :)

Snarky: British slang. testy or irritable; short; find fault with.

1. I haven't done a good job keeping up on my snarky/sparkly lists! The 2nd one got deleted (c'mon.. aren't iPhones supposed to be 'smart'?) and I didn't get to do a 3rd one with the holidays.. because who wants to be snarky when you have lots of food, close family and decorating to get to!  

2. Our little 4 legged ones have been trying to take down the Christmas decorations.. I am certain our neighbor that lives below us could name both our cats and know exactly what they're doing depending on our voices. And hear them running at midnight in their nightly game of chase.

3. Moments this week when I felt less than confident in my abilities at work.

 

4. Husband and I both got sick this week.. eesh. It's hard to keep up with groceries, making meals, laundry and keeping our place tidy when both of us are sneezy kleenex messes.

5. Missing out on the art show over at one of our day programs because of reason #4.

6. Pretty sure our Comcast bill just gets higher and higher each month.. thinking about cancelling the cable for a while - we don't need it and it could save some extra cash!

7. Still haven't seen Breaking Dawn yet.. but, my husband (yes my husband) has asked me a couple times if I wanted to go and see it and the timing didn't work out at the time.

Sparkly: to be brilliant, lively, or vivacious.

1. I got promoted! A few weeks ago I was approached by my boss's boss (the big cheese) and she talked to me about an open position and that she wanted to recommend me for it. After giving it thought and weighing options, I took it! This happened a few weeks ago, but I got to flex my yes-I-can-do-this muscles this week as my first week in my new position. 

2. We started decorating our home for the holidays. Love it!! I can't wait to do more and share with you the other fun holiday DIY activities we've been working on!

3. The fact that our apartment actually gets and stays warm after running the heaters. Last year in our old place we'd be all bundled up and wrapping the electric blanket around us. Needless to say, our old place was pretty and wonderful but it was waaay drafty and the windows were not super solid. We are so thankful for a lovely home and double paned windows. It's the little things.

4. Feeling totally at home with our church. What an incredible community!! It feels amazing each weekend to be among so many young couples and families who want to really impact the community and do big things this coming year too!

5. Knowing that my mom is coming to stay with us next weekend for a fun Portland stay. We are going to see The Nutcracker, church, somewhere super delicious for dinner and hopefully a Papa Haydn's dessert somewhere in there too!

Trav and me with my mom in Florida getting ready to parasail together!

6. Our little city of Fairview has their tree lighting tomorrow night. I love that we live just outside of Portland in a town that is okay to walk around in the evening, has a farmer's market during the week and many block parties in the summer time.

7. Kicking off some serious Christmas movie watching this weekend. Since we'll likely be homebound (snarky #4) I'm thinking of a Love Actually + Christmas Vacation + White Christmas movie blast. :)

How's your holiday season going? What's your favorite part? Any fun gatherings or events that happen in your town/city that make it unique?

Cheers to the weekend!