January 2012 Simple Woman's Daybook Entry

Outside my window... the trees dance on this unseasonably warm New Years day. The neighbor's granddaughter is playing in the yard with her puppy, my son is in the tree line spying on them. The grass is still green, when it should be golden or hidden by snow. The clouds move so fast I get dizzy if I stare too long.

I am grateful... for a new kitchen, and lots of family and friends to share it with!

I am thinking about... getting real.... back to life... purposeful existence. How did my son become so mainstream?? Can I reverse it?

From the schoolroom... a break. No formal lessons...lots of independent exploration.

From the kitchen... not much in the cupboards. No sign of Christmas and New Year visitors other than a burnt down candle and a french press resting on a tea towel.

I am reading... "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell. Just started it so I can't give a little review thus far but I knew I had to read it when I read the back cover.

I am hoping... that as the year grows I will continue to put aside time to sew for Haiti. I have new ideas and hope they are received well within Haitian Health Foundation.

I am praying... for the spirit of Christmas to swell up in me during this Christmastide, so much so that I notice it. It was an unusual Christmas for us, surrounded by home renovations that prevented my usual comfort zone...so I haven't felt much of the real season.

I am hearing...the kind of silence only experienced with the absence of a very sanguine child. The furnace occasionally rumbling. I hear the tapping of my husband working at something down on his workbench.

A few plans for the rest of the week... frequent vacuuming to stay on top of this never-ending dust! Real grocery shopping for real food for real health :) Getting outdoors!!

Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you...(ps...if the polka dot towel looks familiar let me know..it showed up in my kitchen and it's not mine)

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