it's the most wonderful time of the year......kind of...

I keep thinking that this is Monday, but it isn't.
Holidays can throw me off schedule (because I am
just SO. VERY. SCHEDULED. anyway). The past two
weeks have been fun and full and busy. I have
run more gas through my van in these two weeks than
I did in several previous months. Today has been
like a big crash and recovery day.
I have done some things....laundry, kitchen,
supervised the kids doing the downstairs bathrooms
.....but we have mainly crashed today.
I have read SO MANY articles on the computer today.
I blame this all on Laura, but with a smile.
I have discovered some great sites and
read some inspiring, encouraging words.

Here---I'll share some links with you.


I have thoughts like this, about how
I will be in the future and how I want to remember
these days that are going to pass.

This lady seems to have walked down the same path as me.

This lady knows exactly what I am
thinking regarding discipline.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the books this grandpa made
for his grandson. Aren't they amazing? What a treasure.

I want to make this chicken dish and put some
Granny Smith apples in a large glass container like this
lady did. But why get a glass container to hold apples
just because it looks cute?
I need to go through my whole house ruthlessly
asking the questions found in this article.


Guess what I am listening to right now?
My Christmas music list on playlist.
Yes, I am.
You know my Christmas music begins
to speak to me in the heat of summer.
And guess what kind of look I get from Lloyd Dobbler
when he walks into the room and hears
Paul McCartney singing about how he's
"simply having a wonderful Christmas time..."

I have many things percolating in the old brain here.
Thoughts and plans.
Hopes for the futures.
Goals.
Methods of implementation.
Even a recipe or two.
Hope to make some sense of it all
and share more with you soon.