Sweetheart Dance

Friday, Dave and Ashleigh went to a dance sponsored by the Girl Scouts.  Very, very sweet.  Dave got her a wrist corsage and after the dance they went to get ice cream.  Ashleigh told me her favorite part was doing the Hokey Pokey and the Chicken Dance.  Here are some pre-dance photos.

Daisy Meeting

So the girl is a Daisy in the Girl Scouts.  Last night, I was the 'Snack and Stay' parent.  Basically, I provided the snack and stayed for the entire meeting.  I made these cute little cheese and fruit baggies and homemade sugar cookies in the shape of a daisy flower.

She loves being a Daisy!

Word for the year.

Have you seen this type of thing before?  I've seen it... people pick a word for the year and it's kind of their motto or mission thing.  So I never really had one but this year for some reason one word stuck out... drumroll.........

LIGHTEN. 

That's my word for the year. 

Here are a couple definitions:

1. a. To make light or lighter; illuminate or brighten. b. To make (a color) lighter.

2. Archaic To enlighten.

v.intr.

1. To become lighter; brighten.

2. To be luminous; shine.

3. To give off flashes of lightning.

A few more:
v.tr.

1. To make less heavy.

2. To lessen the oppressiveness, trouble, or severity of. See Synonyms at relieve.

3. To relieve of cares or worries; gladden.

v.intr.

1. To become less in weight.

2. To become less oppressive, troublesome, or severe.

3. To become cheerful.

Phrasal Verb:

lighten up Informal

To take matters less seriously: Everything will work out fine, so stop worrying and lighten up.

 

Quite a bit there to take in but I think this works for me.  Today I spent the better part of the morning unsubscribing from a ridiculous amount of newsletters in my email.  See, the lightening has begun.

And with that... Ashleigh has started the process of becoming a Daisy in the Girl Scouts.  Sigh.  Very sweet.  Last night she got two daises when she went to her 1st official meeting.

And if you've made it this far, go check out this, too, if you want:  http://lookinside2011.blogspot.com/

It's my photo a day blog.  I started doing this last year but my camera fell somewhere around March and well that put a real damper on taking a daily photo.  This year I'm putting the photos up on a web site instead of stashing them away.  Hopefully this will lighten the burden, too.  Somehow.