hello, Monday

:: Hello, Monday.
:: Hello, neglected blog. Hello, hello, hello.
:: Hello to February and clean slates.
:: In the same breath, goodbye to January. Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.

:: Hello to grocery lists and checked-off boxes.
:: Hello to both skillet cookies and kickboxing.

:: Hello to a solo weekend trip to Utah.
:: Hello to flying on a plane with a bag full of books and without a lap full of toddler.
:: Hello to running away to my sister, at least for the weekend.

:: Hello to sanity t-shirts and nap-time sewing.
:: Hello to hoping and healing and maybe even a little bit more writing.

What are you saying hello to this week?

Joining in with Lisa Leonard in her Hello, Monday post today. 

hello, Monday

:: Hello, Monday.
:: Hello to an early morning and even some exercise.
:: Hello to oatmeal and Nutrigrain bars.

:: Hello to grocery shopping, and thankfully hello to one less agitating than last week's.
:: Hello to large Diet Dr. Peppers from McDonalds.
:: Hello to a little boy in striped pants and an Avs jacket who snacks on crackers in the shopping cart and keeps his toy car in his pocket because he just can't bear to leave it in the diaper bag.

:: Hello to blossoms and open windows.
:: Hello to library books and the Kindle app.
:: Hello to an orange bike that's eagerly waiting for full tires.

:: Hello to a fresh start this week.
:: Hello to priorities and knowing when to say no.
:: Hello to Easter baskets and eclairs.

hello, Monday

:: Hello, Monday.
:: Hello to cloudy skies and warm coats.
:: Hello to a rainy forecast.

:: Hello to spontaneous friend dates and Bachelor weddings.
:: Hello to toddler giggles and sharing Goldfish.

:: Hello to piles of laundry and only cleanish bathrooms.
:: Hello to bedhead ponytails and big-boy haircuts.
:: Hello to meal plans and low-key grocery shopping.

:: Hello to Valentine decorations, chocolate sugar cookies, and polka-dot scarves.
:: Hello to more Downton and Sherlock.
:: Hello to reading in the cozy and hot cocoa perfected with York Peppermint Pattie creamer.

:: And best of all, hello to cheesy, banana-mouth, big-boy haircut grins to kick off the week.

hello, Monday

:: Hello, Monday.
:: Hello to lists--lots and lots of lists.
:: Christmas lists, grocery lists, project lists, cleaning lists, blog lists.

:: Hello to mission emails from the brother.
:: And if we're lucky, hello to pictures from Brazil.

:: Hello to a new week of counting points.
:: And hopefully hello to more progress.

:: Hello to a bit of handmade Christmas.
:: Think some sewing for the babe and some sewing for me.
:: No sewing for Josh.
:: Because sewing for guys is hard.
:: And hello to handmade gifts that I can't tell you about.
:: Obviously.

:: Hello to being this close to finishing a new book.
:: Hello to young-adult dystopian novels.
:: You never get old.

:: Hello to my first-ever sponsored giveaway this week.
:: Tune in Wednesday.
:: Especially all you college kids.

:: Hello to a babe who walks like Frankenstein.
:: Hello to  the goose eggs and bruises and bumps and cries that inevitably accompany Frankenbaby.
:: And hello to brushing off the dirt and getting back into the action.
:: Hello to passing off some of that resilience to me, because heaven sure knows most days I need it.

hello, Monday

:: Hello, Monday.
:: Hello to clean bathrooms and folded laundry.
:: Hello to blustery rain and timid sun.

:: Hello to taking a risk and writing for 31 days.
:: Probably. Maybe.

:: Hello to Ray Bradbury and spooky carnivals.
:: Hello to reading with a cup a cocoa.
:: Hello to daily cocoa.
:: Obviously.

:: Hello to a grumpy babe.
:: Goodbye to a decent morning nap.
:: Sigh.

:: Hello to some hopeful sewing and hello to too many ideas.
:: Hello to homemade chili and chicken pot pie on the week's menu.
:: Hello to a birthday cake.
:: Hello to General Conference and church in pajamas.

:: Hello to melting down because you thought your husband took your keys.
:: And another hello to realizing you were wrong.

hello, Monday

Hello, Monday.
Hello to cloudy skies and cool breezes.
Hello to relief.

Hello to late-summer barbecues and watermelons.
Hello to sewing projects and reading lists.

Hello to exercise and healthier eating,
And goodbye to nursing the babe.

Hello to laundry and grocery shopping and chores,
And hello to stolen minutes with a book.

hello, Monday

Hello, Monday.
Hello to kicking off the week by rocking a teething babe instead of sleeping.
Hello to cocoa on a May morning because it tastes good and because I can.

Hello to dentist appointments and the uneasy feeling that the dentist will discover some cavities.
Hello to more water and fewer snacks.

Hello to Arrested Development, and hello to the season of season finales.
Hello to summer shows, and goodbye to Stefon.
Hello to polka-dot sneakers.

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