Well Hello There Stranger!

You know it's been a long time since you blogged when you can't remember how to actually get to your blog.

Happy January!! All over blogland people are writing about the freshness and newness that this month brings. It is a good feeling, that idea that there is a whole new year waiting in front of me, full of who knows what!

November and December flew by. They were ca-razy months in the Kauffman household. I finished up working for the year on December 10th, so I was busy pumping out the last of my bags up until that point. Those 3.5 weeks off were glorious. I had time to do some projects I never had time for before. Funny enough, a lot of those were sewing projects. : ) I'll talk about those more later when I can put together some pictures but I made stockings, sock bunnies, and slip-covered a chair and ottoman. I also did some much needed reading and movie watching.

The Obenchain clan came for Christmas and what a great time we had. I hadn't spent Christmas with my family since Libby was 2 months old...she is 6 now. That is sad. We incorporated all of the old traditions which included Christmas Eve gifts of new pajamas for the kiddos, breakfast casserole and mimosas for Christmas morning with the incorporation of Grinch Punch for the underage, making sugar cookies, watching Christmas Vacation (which we can all quote) and Charlie Brown Christmas, and lots of sitting together chatting over a cup (or 4) of coffee. I don't know about you, but coffee tastes so much better when you drink it while chatting with a loved one! I also got to see the new Les Miserables movie with my mom and Danielle. Oh, gloriousness! I could write an entire post about that. It was special to watch it with my mom because the first time I saw it live we saw it together in Boise.

And now here we are: 2013. I've been a business owner for a year. Did I tell you we paid the business off? In October?! 10 months in and debt free! I was blown away by how the orders just kept pouring in. Granted, it got stressful and by November I was so ready for a break but I won't complain. I can only pray that God continues to bless us in this area. We are outgrowing this little house of ours and are starting to really pray for guidance about what we need to do about that.

So we are looking ahead at what this year may have in store. We'll have two girls in softball this spring which will make for a busy time, especially if Matt decides to coach Anna again. We have a couple of trips in the works; one to Ohio in March and the other to Idaho in July. Oh the glamourous life I lead, Ohio and Idaho. Sigh. We look forward to spending time at the beach in the summer. Maybe even some camping this year. We'll finish one school year and head into another with a 4th and 1st grader. And that is only the stuff I 'know' will happen. A year holds so much!!

Happy New Year friends!! May you be blessed in abundance this year!!