ready for December

Tomorrow is December.

December is one of my months. I have special relationships with the months of May, October, and December. They are my jam. Or something. And whenever we get to December, I can't help but start to feel a bit nostalgic that my favorite month of all is here and it's going to be over before I know it. Usually that makes me a little sad; like another year has come and passed by again before I realized it had even arrived. Sometimes I get sad before things even begin because I'm not ready for them to feel over.

This year feels a little different.

No, it's not the end of the year yet. But the fact that Thanksgiving is now over and winter break is just two weeks away, I'm already in the "winter" mindset. There's snow on the mountain tops of Missoula surrounding the valley and this year, it feels like winter should be here. It actually feels time for a new season. It feels like I experienced every season this year completely and as much as I could. I lived in the present and didn't let the days pass me by too quickly so I enjoyed the heck out of every day of every season as much as possible. This year feels so complete. Like I can kick back this month and enjoy it before time restarts.

How great of a feeling is that to be able to say going into the end of the year? To not feel rushed or thrown into it, but rather relaxed and happy to come full circle to what was maybe one of the best and most rewarding years of my life?

How great does it feel to feel capable of embracing next year as a new year and not needing to look at it as a fresh start, but as another opportunity for even more things to find and conquer?

I feel armed and ready with what I've gained this year and ready for the next.

I ended November with one of my favorite people in this world who is one of those parts of this year that was simply magical. DEBOOBRAH, this year wouldn't have been half of what it was without you.

the very best way to start december

is being named Ruchette of the month!

huzzah! considering this is where i get literally half of my clothes,

i was pretty excited. jump all around, hug my ruche clothes, and

squeal about it kind of excited.

the best completely unexpected surprise to start off my month.

read the nice things they said about me here!

i'll be honest, sometimes it feels like as big of a part as i make you all a 

part of this experience, sitting behind a computer screen really does 

feel like i'm alone in it sometimes. i forget people read it,

forget anyone at all is going to read this.

 your comments, emails, tweets, ect. are all amazing 

reminders. 

i love december

hellooooo my favorite month of the year!!!

I always try to act like I'm a summer girl or even a fall girl... but it's just not true.

I live for December and Christmas and hot chocolate and bundling up in five sweaters and cozy socks and cuddling and watching movies and waking up at six in the morning on a saturday to go skiing and counting down the days to christmas and hearing the sounds of my mom baking cookies in the kitchen and going running at noon because it's finally cold enough outside to do so and making Christmas lists and buying presents for people I love and taking walks at night in the snow and wearing crazy hats and buying new pairs of gloves (i lose mine every single winter) and staying in bed an extra five minutes in my warm blankets because the air is so crisp and going to Boise to see family and orange skies and wearing boots every single day and eating way too much all month long and just loving the fact that it's winter and I get to be home with my family.

i'm happy today.