2017 - Ready or not...
Here we come!
I know a lot of people make a list of goals for an upcoming year. I don't recall ever doing so myself - not an actual written list at least. Sure, I've always got a mental list running of things I think I'd like to do or more often "should" do. Lessons learned usually prompt some good ideas. Thoughts to take with me into the new year. I am thinking that perhaps this year I will write that list down. I won't be a prisoner of the list, but rather use it as a tool for reminding me on days when I feel a little (or a lot) out of sorts about what's "next". That happens a lot. Just sayin'
It's December 28, 2016 (in case this doesn't get published on the day I'm starting it - which it probably won't) John returned to work today after a five day break for Christmas. Rachel is still sleeping, waiting for me to wake her with breakfast in bed. Then off to do some errands that need to be done. Note here: I am so very thankful that God taught me some valuable lessons these past few years, one of which is that I need to take this time with her and not be in a rush to "clean house". Up until last year I always felt compelled to take down the tree and all the trimmings and bring in the new year with a sparkling (as sparkling as I could manage anyway) house. I like the way the house feels super uncluttered after weeks of Christmas everywhere. Don't get me wrong, I really do love Christmas - but I really hate it too. Not the real Christmas, of course. I hate the stress and mess that expectations bring into a time that should be filled with peace, joy and celebration - thankfulness. We have taken something precious and all-too-often make it something so much less.
I have many "lessons-learned" thoughts roaming my brain and not really enough time to get them jotted down here right now. But I'm hoping that I'll be able to capture most of them over the next week or two. I have a lot of work to do to put our house back in order. Christmas decorations to put away and general clean up, but I also have some major re-arranging because our son moved back in - in a hurry. I offered up the basement space for him and I am happy to do that. It just is going to take a lot of work to find homes for all the stuff that was in that space. It's kind of exciting to think that all my sewing and craft stuff will be in the "office space" I created when I claimed one of the empty bedrooms for my own. When all but one of the kiddos moved out we were left with two empty bedrooms! Whoa! So one is a guest room (which appears will be used quite frequently! Yay!!) and one is my office. My space to write, think, play with words and picture and now apparently it will also be for sewing, crafting and creating stuff. I'm actually pretty excited about that. You know what else keeps popping up on my radar? Tools. Power tools. Like saws and drills and routers. Weird, just weird. I think I want to get my hands into the wood working art. Listen that was never ever ever on my radar before. But something keeps beckoning me to the tools...
Birds are back! I put just one big feeder up on a day of desperation. I miss my walks so much. I needed to bring nature closer so I hung the lame pine cone feeder that I managed to make on my really grouchy day, a suet feeder and the one big feeder not broken to pieces. Messy, not purposeful really but very effective. The birds are back. I'm a happy girl.
My mom was in the hospital for a couple days the week before Christmas with pneumonia. My friends was in and out of the hospital for several days the week before Christmas and even on Christmas eve hoping desperately to be able to go home and spend Christmas Day with her family - and she did manage to do that. But many tests and appointments are on her horizon so lots of prayers for her health and healing. I hope to go spend some time with her next week.
My arms are getting very weak. I must go back to lifting. I can feel the difference and I'm not liking it. 2017 - you have a lot of work to do!!
I know a lot of people make a list of goals for an upcoming year. I don't recall ever doing so myself - not an actual written list at least. Sure, I've always got a mental list running of things I think I'd like to do or more often "should" do. Lessons learned usually prompt some good ideas. Thoughts to take with me into the new year. I am thinking that perhaps this year I will write that list down. I won't be a prisoner of the list, but rather use it as a tool for reminding me on days when I feel a little (or a lot) out of sorts about what's "next". That happens a lot. Just sayin'
It's December 28, 2016 (in case this doesn't get published on the day I'm starting it - which it probably won't) John returned to work today after a five day break for Christmas. Rachel is still sleeping, waiting for me to wake her with breakfast in bed. Then off to do some errands that need to be done. Note here: I am so very thankful that God taught me some valuable lessons these past few years, one of which is that I need to take this time with her and not be in a rush to "clean house". Up until last year I always felt compelled to take down the tree and all the trimmings and bring in the new year with a sparkling (as sparkling as I could manage anyway) house. I like the way the house feels super uncluttered after weeks of Christmas everywhere. Don't get me wrong, I really do love Christmas - but I really hate it too. Not the real Christmas, of course. I hate the stress and mess that expectations bring into a time that should be filled with peace, joy and celebration - thankfulness. We have taken something precious and all-too-often make it something so much less.
I have many "lessons-learned" thoughts roaming my brain and not really enough time to get them jotted down here right now. But I'm hoping that I'll be able to capture most of them over the next week or two. I have a lot of work to do to put our house back in order. Christmas decorations to put away and general clean up, but I also have some major re-arranging because our son moved back in - in a hurry. I offered up the basement space for him and I am happy to do that. It just is going to take a lot of work to find homes for all the stuff that was in that space. It's kind of exciting to think that all my sewing and craft stuff will be in the "office space" I created when I claimed one of the empty bedrooms for my own. When all but one of the kiddos moved out we were left with two empty bedrooms! Whoa! So one is a guest room (which appears will be used quite frequently! Yay!!) and one is my office. My space to write, think, play with words and picture and now apparently it will also be for sewing, crafting and creating stuff. I'm actually pretty excited about that. You know what else keeps popping up on my radar? Tools. Power tools. Like saws and drills and routers. Weird, just weird. I think I want to get my hands into the wood working art. Listen that was never ever ever on my radar before. But something keeps beckoning me to the tools...
Birds are back! I put just one big feeder up on a day of desperation. I miss my walks so much. I needed to bring nature closer so I hung the lame pine cone feeder that I managed to make on my really grouchy day, a suet feeder and the one big feeder not broken to pieces. Messy, not purposeful really but very effective. The birds are back. I'm a happy girl.
My mom was in the hospital for a couple days the week before Christmas with pneumonia. My friends was in and out of the hospital for several days the week before Christmas and even on Christmas eve hoping desperately to be able to go home and spend Christmas Day with her family - and she did manage to do that. But many tests and appointments are on her horizon so lots of prayers for her health and healing. I hope to go spend some time with her next week.
My arms are getting very weak. I must go back to lifting. I can feel the difference and I'm not liking it. 2017 - you have a lot of work to do!!
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