Sometimes it's hard to come up with five things that are good in my life right this very minute. And other days....well....it's hard to limit myself to just five.
It's 0648 on a Tuesday before Christmas. I'm off work until....well....i'm not scheduled again on a date that ends in 2010. So, good to be me. Joe is already at work but hoping to be home earlier than last night's arrival at almost 2000 (8pm). We're going out with friends tonight so i'm crossing my fingers that today is a shorter day for him.
He's off tomorrow (me too!) so we're going out to lunch. I love, love, love his days off in the middle of the week. Usually the kids are at school and we just run errands and go out to lunch. With the kids being home tomorrow, he'll get to spend an extra "weekend day" with them, doing whatever. I fear that they may have more Christmas stuff to do but i'm out of the loop on that one. The only Christmas stuff that Joe has to do is for me and i've said many times that i have already everything that i need. In fact, more than i need.
I have a new washer and dryer (front loaders, both). Woohoo. Surely a sign that i'm a "grown-up" when i'm excited about laundry appliances. :-S They are noisier than my former set and take longer (one hour and 45 minutes for the "whitest white" load with pre-soak in bleach!!) but i can do two loads-worth of clothes at once. Twice as many clothes, twice the length of the wash/dry cycle. It balances out.
It's a few days before Christmas....the sky is clear and blue.....and it's 54 degrees. The Sandia Crest ski area opened yesterday (just up the road...then up the mountain). The crest has two feet of snow and looks lovely. I'm hoping to go up there this weekend to snow shoe (last year's AMAZING gift from my FANTASTIC husband!). Then home to the hot tub and mango pop. See? It's hard to limit myself to only five great things in my life.
And i get to see my mommy in a few weeks.
And i get to go to Mexico and lie on the beach, immobile, like a beached whale, and read trash magazines while drinking Hummingbirds in a few weeks.
And it's not raining in my kitchen. :-)
Off to take a walk to get the applesauce to make cinnamon "cookies" with glue as decorations for the tree. They take five days (!) to dry so i'd best get started ASAP.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
121510
Still pretty well off, luck-wise.
I was off work most of the day. Took a great hot yoga class that kicked my butt. Got to spend some time chatting with a friend over lunch. Went to Jo-Ann's and got fabric for a christmas present (that i have to sew and package and deliver before Saturday-- yikes!). Had really yummy soup for dinner (and get to have it again tomorrow night) and the rest of the family liked their dinner. And i work Thursday and Friday.....maybe. If the census at the hospital is down, i get sent home. To sew. And read. So, i either make $$ and get to socialize with my co-workers or i get to stay/go home and have the whole house to little ole me. Win-win!!
Off to the hot tub now (win!) then to bed with flannel sheets and the wind blowing outside. Good to be me. :o)
I was off work most of the day. Took a great hot yoga class that kicked my butt. Got to spend some time chatting with a friend over lunch. Went to Jo-Ann's and got fabric for a christmas present (that i have to sew and package and deliver before Saturday-- yikes!). Had really yummy soup for dinner (and get to have it again tomorrow night) and the rest of the family liked their dinner. And i work Thursday and Friday.....maybe. If the census at the hospital is down, i get sent home. To sew. And read. So, i either make $$ and get to socialize with my co-workers or i get to stay/go home and have the whole house to little ole me. Win-win!!
Off to the hot tub now (win!) then to bed with flannel sheets and the wind blowing outside. Good to be me. :o)
lucky
It isn't every day that i really recognize how lucky i am. I guess i'm just, as they say here in NM, "a little thick". I see lots that i don't want to have in my life to make me realize how much i already have. Like the country song, some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. Or the things that you don't have that go unrecognized.
Today, it's great weather outside. No 20" of snow to slog through. No torrential downpours. Great, clear weather with a blue cloudless sky. Crisp (40) but not too cold. An opportunity to wear the cute sweaters but not so cold that they'll be all covered up by four layers of coats and parkas.
It's not raining in my kitchen or living room. Those have both happened in the past couple years. Yes, our clothes washer died this past week and we got to go the laundromat. But it didn't flood our home like occurred at Paul and Mary's house when their washer malfunctioned (water everywhere!). We bought a new set of washer/dryer and were able to donate ours (washer could be easily fixed apparently) to the Angels Acts of Kindness through the church, thus blessing another family (and getting a tax write-off and a warm, fuzzy feeling). All good.
My kids get along. Growing up,while it may have occurred, i can't remember ever getting along with my sister. My kids are each others best friends and stick up for each other against all others. I would never have included my sister in my slumber parties with my BFF's. Or saved a cookie from the school Christmas party to take home to my sister. Or spent big bucks (a month's allowance) on Christmas for my sister. Both of my kids are better people than i was then. Shoot. They're better people than i am now. I take no credit for any of this. It's all them.
I don't have to work today. In fact, i don't have to work any day. I have insurance through Joe's job and he makes enough $$ that my working is just extra. The family prefers actually that i work less than i do so that i can do all the nice things around the house to make it homey. Make dinner. Have after-school-snacks ready when everyone arrives. Run all the errands so that weekends are more peaceful and not a couple days of to-do's. Iron shirts and do laundry so that mornings run more smoothly. Drive kids to/from activities and school. All the little extras that make life easier for the rest of the gang. If we were relying on my income, these little things wouldn't get done. And weekends would be two days of housework wedged between five days of working at the hospital. I don't know how people do it. Then again, i guess that's why there are so many fast food restaurants!
Today, it's great weather outside. No 20" of snow to slog through. No torrential downpours. Great, clear weather with a blue cloudless sky. Crisp (40) but not too cold. An opportunity to wear the cute sweaters but not so cold that they'll be all covered up by four layers of coats and parkas.
It's not raining in my kitchen or living room. Those have both happened in the past couple years. Yes, our clothes washer died this past week and we got to go the laundromat. But it didn't flood our home like occurred at Paul and Mary's house when their washer malfunctioned (water everywhere!). We bought a new set of washer/dryer and were able to donate ours (washer could be easily fixed apparently) to the Angels Acts of Kindness through the church, thus blessing another family (and getting a tax write-off and a warm, fuzzy feeling). All good.
My kids get along. Growing up,while it may have occurred, i can't remember ever getting along with my sister. My kids are each others best friends and stick up for each other against all others. I would never have included my sister in my slumber parties with my BFF's. Or saved a cookie from the school Christmas party to take home to my sister. Or spent big bucks (a month's allowance) on Christmas for my sister. Both of my kids are better people than i was then. Shoot. They're better people than i am now. I take no credit for any of this. It's all them.
I don't have to work today. In fact, i don't have to work any day. I have insurance through Joe's job and he makes enough $$ that my working is just extra. The family prefers actually that i work less than i do so that i can do all the nice things around the house to make it homey. Make dinner. Have after-school-snacks ready when everyone arrives. Run all the errands so that weekends are more peaceful and not a couple days of to-do's. Iron shirts and do laundry so that mornings run more smoothly. Drive kids to/from activities and school. All the little extras that make life easier for the rest of the gang. If we were relying on my income, these little things wouldn't get done. And weekends would be two days of housework wedged between five days of working at the hospital. I don't know how people do it. Then again, i guess that's why there are so many fast food restaurants!
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