I have been online almost non-stop for days. DAYS! You’re wondering how this is possible since I have left no blog updates to prove that, but seriously, my carpal tunnel hurts and that can mean only one thing.

It is Design Team call time at the Nook. And I’m the one who wades through seventy-five applications filled with information and links that need clicking. I’m the one who sorts these into three folders, flags and unflags her favorites, finally chooses twenty to move on to the second phase of the call, and then who really goes crazy as she comes to truly enjoy so many more of these completely awesome, talented women than she will ever be able to put on one team, all the while knowing that if she doesn’t choose them, most will disappear into the internet and never be heard from again. Then, if that isn’t bad enough, I’m the one who gets to let go half of her current design team, through no fault of their own, but because design teams need new blood. It’s the nature of the beast, but it still involves me firing people. Firing with love, but firing nonetheless. I get a little strung out.

So that has kept me busy. So has creating this newsletter for my upcoming classes in January and February. (For heaven’s sake click and look at it! Do you realize how much preparation all that creating and uploading took? Oy!) Seriously- it is loaded with all of the scrappy goodness I’ve been creating in the past few weeks.

I have also been sucked in by the temptation of online shopping, which, in January should be expressly verboten, but somehow I can’t catch that vision. Particularly when yet another Christmas devoid of traditional Norwegian goodies has left me with a krumkake craving. I caved and bought myself the Krumkake Express M839-a $60 beauty promising to make me fat and happy. I will learn to cook this if it kills me.

I also ordered the kids a V-Smile (Because they need more toys! They aren’t spoiled enough!) and myself a new set of scriptures since Maggie has shredded sections of mine into bits that resemble dead seas scrolls. Yes, the online shopping has been dangerous. Thank heaven for Christmas money and the recent ads someone bought on the blog (tucked away in old posts, all unobtrusive-like- but still paying for a krumkake griddle).

When I’m not on the computer I’m chasing kids and spending hours in my shredded scriptures because, people, there is peace to be found in those, and I need the peace.

So, busy, busy, busy here. But happy. Things are kind of hard, but hard isn’t always bad.