while visions of ...

Things yet to be done, danced in my head.

Quite literally last night's dreams were all about the projects I have yet to complete before Christmas.  Is anyone else freaking out?  I'm trying my best to remain calm, while my apparent stresses are playing themselves out in my dreams.

I was awakened by the sound of a screeching coyote at 2:30 am.  When I woke, I realized I had just been dreaming about the following project, along with a few other images of what I need to get done rolling around in there.

So sad, but I quite literally thought of this post's title at 2:30 in the morning ... I thought it was clever and glad I remembered it.

Okay, before I get to the photos at hand ... I must tell you about these annoying coyotes!  Really?  At 2:30 in the morning?  I woke with a start because I thought it was the baby {and Curt's out of town, so I couldn't feign ignorance}.

One coyote starts screeching {is that what they do?}, then I hear another ... and slowly I realize I've got a couple of coyotes out there gettin' it on!  Yikes!  I can not be responsible for the procreation of coyotes ... not to mention that they're not exactly modest about their happenings and I didn't want them to wake the kids.

So I get up and try opening my sliding door to ... what?  I'm not quite sure ... ask them to keep it down?

Anyway, it's frozen shut {basically, so are my eyes!}.  I didn't give up ... I couldn't.  They seemed to be getting louder.

Ever the spoil-sport, I finally get it open ... {realize people, it's 2:30 in the morning here} ... but once it's open, I'm not quite sure what my intent was.  How do you ask coyotes to keep it down?  I settle for a quiet shout out the door {for some reason, I thought if I was too loud I'd wake the kids} ... and they stopped!

Back to dreamland for me ...

Okay, so I was working on teacher gifts last night.  For Christmas, I usually give a Barnes & Noble gift card, along with a photo of the girls and some kind of little quote.  This year's quote was:

The best teachers teach

from the heart,

not from the book.

As I'm 'designing' {term used very loosely here}, the card and type in the quote and leave some space for the gift card ... I suddenly realize the irony of my quote and gift!  But it's late, I'm tired and need to get the project done, so I just go for it ...

So here's Wynter's ...

Here's Piper's ...

And here are the hundreds of photos I printed and mounted that I didn't need.  I needed two each {they each have a teacher and an assistant}, so four total.  But in my messed up head, I thought they needed 4 photos each, 8 total.  Like I said ... it was late and I was tired ...

Here's the finished product ...

And here's what I did with two of the extra photos {sorry, I cut off Piper's photo}.  And have I mentioned how much I love my new office and especially this wallpaper?  Perfect for a photo freak!

Merry Christmas to all ... and to all a good-night!  {even though it's morning ... roll me with, won't cha?}