You know, most of the time when I post anymore, I select the "other slices of life" category or "music musings." Rarely do I select scrap stuff... Hmmmm... I'm not sure what that means. Except maybe that this blog is shifting toward becoming less of a promotional place for my designing and more toward just being "my place" online. It's all good, whatever it means.

There isn't a whole lot new in Mettler land. Mike got back from Vegas and the Consumer Electronics Show last Thursday night, so I've been happy to have him home after he was away for six days. While he was gone, I secretly made a 2008 calendar for his office desk. I'd made him one last year for his desk and ran out of time to make him another one before Christmas, so he got it belatedly. He was thrilled. I love the way it turned out. In typical Krista fashion, I failed to take a photo of it before he took it into the office. Suffice it to say, it turned out really cool. I digitally designed 4x4 squares with the dates on them and a photo of us (which, of course, I quirked up by merging backgrounds with the photos in a very funky way), which I then mounted onto an 8x8 piece of patterned cardstock (the Old World Stack from Die Cuts With A View -- probably my favorite collection of scrapping paper ANYWHERE!). I used the chipboard frame I built for last year's calendar over again, and punched two holes in top of each page, put eyelets on the holes so they'd be sturdy, and fed the holes into jump rings so that you could flip the pages easily. It turned out really well and he has a year of pictures of the two of us together on his desk!

In very exciting healthy living news, I have officially dropped another size and can fit into three pairs of jeans I had stashed in the guest room closet (for when I could fit into them again!). This means I now have three "new" old pairs of jeans that I can put into rotation. This is very exciting, particularly coming on the heels of the holiday indulgences in which I partook. I still have a lot further to go, but I feel really good for making some progress during a time of year that is typically a weight-gaining and not a weight-losing time. I've also gotten less apt to deny myself a small treat on occasion because I think, even though it will take a little longer to lose the weight, that I do better when I don't feel like I can't have something. Instead I want to be able to not have something because I don't want it at that time or don't feel like eating it... if that makes any sense in the least.

And finally, I want to share with you a very whimsical thing my now on-again CT member Muka did recently. I just love the way she does things in such a vibrant, quirky way!

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I think it's a nice reminder that we all need to laugh more! It's good for you!