I Love Books

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Momzoo

I love to read.

I love to step into a book and out of my life for a little while.
I love to learn new things and have new adventures.

Dadzoo says: “I can’t keep the kids in shoes and Aimee in Books.” I am always looking for something new to read and if I can’t find anything I will re-read something I have already read. I read The Chronicles of Narnia, Little House on the Prairie and the Anne of Green Gable series at least once if not twice a year.

I have been known to read while cooking, eating, watching TV, doing my hair and in the shower (yes the shower!)

I will pretty much read anything, with once exception, I don’t ready crummy romance novels (I do enjoy a good romance, just not the steamy kind, they make me a little ill) or cheesy romances.

Do you read and what are your favorite books?

I Love the Sun

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Momzoo

I love the sun.
I love the sun in the winter, spring, summer and fall.
I love the sun on sparkling snow,
I love the sun on new seedling in the garden,
I love the hot sun at a summer picnic,
I love the sun on fall leaves.

(I am starting to sound like Dr Seuss!)

Today, even though it is cold and there is snow all around I love the sun shining down and the blue sky…it is like a promise of spring time.

Neighbor Gifts

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Momzoo

I love neighbor gifts

I love everything about them

I love planning for them, and making them, and giving them and getting them and eating them!

I love going to the door and wishing all my neighbors a Merry Christmas, and nothing is more fun than opening up the door to find happy faces and a plate full of goodies.

I love neighbors gifts

(have I said that already?)

This morning we woke up to this:

It was a surprise, there wasn’t any snow in the forecast. By the time it was all finished we got about 6 inches of wonderful white snow.

This is the left overs of the storm that closed the Las Vegas airport and all the schools.

Babies!

It decided to make its presence known in northern Utah, and us Utahans, we just go about our business. It takes about 18 inches to close our schools. (I am sure those in the north east are saying “18 inches??? Babies!”)

Just because all the schools and roads were “open” doesn’t mean that I felt safe driving around today. I live at the top of a hill, and my city isn’t known for getting that hill plowed and salted promptly. I have on a few occasions slid to the very bottom (scary) and spun my tires all the way to the top (scary and annoying). So I decided to clear my calendar (ahem) and stay in for the day. Since I was now free I dived into my neighbor gift making project.

The gift for this year, fresh bread and homemade raspberry jam in super cute bottles.

I made the jam back in September, so all that was left was the bread and some cute tags.

I decided to make braided Challah bread glazed with honey, it is so pretty and yummy!

Voila

Neighbor gifts

Merry Christmas!

My Quiet Afternoon

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Momzoo

Thanksgiving weekend was wonderful! We spend a lot of time with my family and I enjoyed every minute of it. My parents and sibling live about an hour away, so we don’t get to spend as much time with them as I would like, but this weekend we indulged in some family time.

Today when I woke up the house was a mess, fortunately I had nothing that really had to be done, so I dug in and by the afternoon the house was in order, I had several loads of laundry on the line and I could indulge in the beauty and calm of the afternoon.