i *really* don't mean to be silent, i just have nothing to say!! sad, huh? let's see - what have i been thinking about today...

had planned to take photos of my neice on saturday, except that last night she took a bad fall and slashed her cheek open on the coffee table - 8 stitches. poor thing...

but rescheduling will give me the opportunity to make a tu-tu, which i've been dying to use on someone. like her. :D

the scale says i've lost 29 lbs. great feeling. i'm really looking forward to the 30 lb mark (really, just because it sounds good!) but my official "half-way goal" is 40 lbs.

have you seen the new Stampin' Up! catalog? holy cow. my previous obsession, which had tapered off quite a bit, is now back and raging. i need it all. well, ok, not all of it. but quite a bit. ;)

and the best thing i've been thinking about all day... matt and i have decided to plan a trip to europe... it's still a few years out - we want to pay off our debt first, and then save up for it so that we don't incur more debt. but we're thinking it will be a week in ireland - to visit the towns of my ancestors - and a week in germany - to visit the towns of his. i'm super excited... i'm trying to convince him to go for a week in turkey as well - my aunt will be teaching in ankara, and i'm all about free lodging. sadly, he's not really interested in turkey. oh well. :)