For Today… Monday, January 9, 2017 Looking out my window … between the sky and ground, it’s grey and white. And frigid. I am thinking … that my husband is smarter than I am (no surprise there). He chose to hire movers for the hand-me-down sectional from my parents and that was so smart. They…
Back in the saddle. We’ve had a busy week for our final break week – but much of it has been done at home. On Monday, we watched football and were mostly slugs. Well, Jason and N-boy took the dog for a hike. And we took down the Christmas tree. But otherwise we were mostly…
A year ago, I asked for book recommendations for my year of Attend! One of the books recommended was Crazy Busy by Kevin DeYoung. I started in in December. But, now, I’m thinking it is almost as perfect for my year of }pacify{. Can we really be at peace when our schedules are so chock full…
For Today… January 2, 2017. 2017. Seriously. Looking out my window … it’s a hazy foggy morning. It’s actually almost not morning anymore. I am thinking … I should get dressed and start taking ornaments off the tree. I am thankful … that I seem to finally be over my head cold. The 15 hours…
In 2014 I decided to choose a word for 2015. I chose *revel* because I wanted to focus on enjoying and really sinking into the enjoyment of life. I wanted to learn what it was to *revel* in God, family, vocation and then to do so. It’s still a struggle for me in the day…
I will likely be off the blog until next week, but hope to wish a Very Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Every year, I make a new Christmas ornament for my kids. When they leave, they’ll have a big collection of ornaments for their own tree. Hopefully, they’ll be a special keepsake for them as mine are for me. The struggle is finding something that I feel capable of making with my short term attention, aversion…
If you check out my Wordless Wednesday picture which is only from the last week of our Yuletide Session activities – and know that it is only representative and not complete – you’ll see why I am using the same quote I used on Monday’s Daybook post. Or perhaps you won’t. But I’m doing it…
