December 6, 2010

• The Simple Womans Daybook 6 December 2010

  

  Outside my window….it is 25 degrees and snowing.  Fancy that just what it has been doing all weekend long. Ian has spent very few hours home since Saturday.  He is out with the plow crews making the roads safe so that all the drivers who forgot how to drive in snow can be on the roads and those who never knew can endanger the rest of us.  Take it easy out there folks and we will all get to where we have to go.

  I am thinking…about attitudes.  Mine needs adjustment.  This kind of weather and this time of year brings out the worst in me and that shouldn’t be so.  After living my whole life within a thirty mile radius you would think that I would be used to the vaguaries of people and the weather but I get more and more impatient as the years go on.  Lord give me patience to bear with others in silence since it is my tongue that is going to get me into trouble one day.

  I am thankful for….family, good friends, and good times spent together.  Yesterday was the Chorale concert.  What a pleasure to sit in the audience and listen to that caliber of performance in our little town.  The music was outstanding and I am proud of my daughter for persevering in the rehearsals and making it to the performance.

  From the schoolroom….there has been a changing of the guard.  Mary-Kate is on break for the next few weeks and I begin a new semester.  Matthew continues to plug along trying to fit his studies into his schedule at work. 

  From the kitchen…..there are leftovers today and then I hand the magic cooking wand over to Mary-Kate and we are all at her mercy.  I am sure that she will rise to the occasion and that delicious meals will come forth from her imagination.

  I am wearing…..jammies. Way too early and too quiet around here to start the day.  Jeans and a sweatshirt later though.

  I am creating……a cocoon of warmth and a haven of peace.  Whenever I look out at the snow it makes the warmth from the fire all that much warmer and the peace in here (when Layn is napping) all that much quieter.

  I am going….it is Monday, nowhere.  Schoolwork to commence, laundry to do, a house to recover from a busy weekend and Christmas preparations to chivvy along.

  I am reading….The Mists of Avalon (required reading for this semester in school)

  I am hoping….that prayers get answered and dreams come true.

  I am hearing…the clock ticking, the tap of my fingers on the keyboard, and the shush of the snow on the tires of a car as it passes the house.

  Around the house….it is dark and that is a very good thing.  I don’t yet want to see the messes that are all over the place.  Time enough for picking up and setting things to right later.

  One of my favorite things….warm blankets, fluffy pillows, hot coffee, and a room full of lit candles.

  A few plans for the rest of the week….school, errands, family, home, and more school.

  Here is a picture thought that I am sharing with you….

  

  I was trying to compose a few lines last week and Layn was begging for some attention.  It is next to impossible to type with a 7 month old in your arms so I put him in this box.  He wasn’t sure at first but he spent a good hour talking to himself and playing with the flaps on the box.  Who needs expensive toys.

  

  That is the face of Christmas.  Mary-Kate making music at the concert yesterday.  There is no more lovlier expression of joy than that look.

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