Slowing down this holiday season, for a little while, at least.
I noticed a new habit from Captain Chaos this morning as he was asking for a drink. He lowers his voice significantly when he is not sure that he is using the right word. Very funny!
CC: I wan a dwink.
Me: Okay, what do you want? <Thinking – Please do NOT ask for coffee>
CC: Can I have some chocolate? <where “chocolate” is whispered>
Me: What was that? What do you want?
CC: Can I have some chocolate? <Again, “chocolate” comes out as a whisper>
Me: Oh! You want chocolate?
CC: CHOCOLATE!
I think he was really excited that he had been using the right word and he shouted it with such glee! So I got him some chocolate milk.
Here’s the thankful pages from Wednesday and Thursday:
Seriously. How is it that when the end of year holidays arrive that the sand starts blasting through the hourglass? Days slip by in what seems like minutes just when I want to savor them even more!
I blame the earlier sunset.
We haven’t been home even one night this week. Swim classes, church obligations, more church obligations, miscellaneous errands. Ugh. I am looking forward to a relatively quiet week next week as far as outside obligations go. It will be nice to enjoy the holiday with family.
Still thankful…
I am starting to work on the album bones themselves. I hope to get some time in on that this weekend. I also have made significant progress on Hollywood’s stocking. I am into the backstitching (outlining) now and that goes so much quicker, though this is a more intricate design than any I have ever done before, so it’s taking longer than average!
Do you ever read something that steps on your toes, figuratively speaking of course. I have. Twice in 2 days. I really hate that feeling.
I hate it because change is never easy and it seems safer to resist it.
And yet, what might I be missing because I dug in my heels?
The curiosity usually always overcomes.
My conviction has come from two places -
1. This quote from Same Kind of Different As Me from Denver Moore -
“God gives each person on the earth a set of keys, keys to live this life down here on the earth. Now in this set, there is one key you can use to unlock prison doors and set captives free.”
Denver turned his head just slightly so that the right side of his face was closer to me than the left. He leaned in with his right shoulder and narrowed his eyes even farther. “Mr. Ron, I was captive in the devil’s prison. That was easy for Miss Debbie to see. But I got to tell you: Many folks had seen me behind the bars in that prison for more than thirty years, and they just walked on by. Kept their keys in their pocket and left me locked up.”
Have I ever kept my keys in a pocket? I’m sure that I have and it breaks my heart.
2. This post on inconvenient thankfulness. I have been there. And I wasn’t thankful in the least. I am going to change that.
And for today’s thankful album entry:
And yes, our back door glass is really that dirty, but I am all about authenticity here…or at least that is what I tell myself.
We had a really fun (and too quick) weekend!
We did a Build & Grow event at Lowe’s on Saturday, followed with lunch at Chik-Fil-A with Granny (my Mother-In-Law). We watched “Up” at Granny’s house. What a GREAT movie!
Then on Sunday we went to my parent’s church and the girls donated their hair to make wigs for children battling cancer! They look so different… Promise I’ll have pictures up later this week. Lunch, and hanging out with the family on Sunday afternoon.
Here’s my Thankful entry for Saturday -
As I have been paying closer attention to what I am thankful for I realized I had the perfect excuse to make a mini-book!
Using a combination of Harvest Spice and Happy Go Lucky by Shabby Princess I am creating a 4″x6″ mini-album of what I am thankful for every day until Thanksgiving.
It’s a very simple design, focusing on words and pictures.
I already have some ideas to improve the project for 2010. For one thing, start on November 1st! But, for now, I am focusing on the moment and recording the gratitude. Next year, I want to ask Party Boy and the kids to participate as well – though maybe not daily…
After Thanksgiving (and before December Daily starts) I’ll print everything out and assemble a chipboard mini-album. I’ll post pictures of that too!
Today I am thankful for picnics at the park in the beautiful sunshine with my precious kids.
We finished our schoolwork right on time and I made some sandwiches and bagged them up for lunch. We ran down to the corner store for chips and drinks – oh, the excitement of picking your very own bag of chips and your very own soda!
We drove to a local park with a duck pond and fed the ducks, then settled in to eat our delicious lunch.
Is there anything more special than an impromptu picnic with people you love? We talked about life, and school, and the all-important Christmas list.
We ate and watched the ducks and squirrels running around. It was really a great way to spend the afternoon.
For whatever reason recovering from our little bug over the weekend was harder than actually having the little bug over the weekend. I have been eating and drinking just fine, but have just felt drained of energy. I felt better yesterday and a even better today, so I am hoping that sticks!
Things have been a real adventure around here as Party Boy started a new job on Monday! Very exciting stuff, that!
I am making ever more progress on Hollywood’s stocking. Slowly, but surely stealing every spare minute to put a few more stitches in and finish before Christmas.
We are plowing ahead in schoolwork, learning about Westward Expansion and pioneer life.
The weather has been absolutely gorgeous, so we’ve spent quite a bit of time outside playing in the leaves and enjoying the sunshine.
I apologize for not posting this yesterday – Thank you to all of those who have served our country over the years. Thank you to those on the home front for supporting your soldier in the face of the unknown. Thank you for your courage and your sense of duty. Thank you for protecting the freedoms we enjoy here with your very life. Thank you, Veterans, thank you.
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I saw this on Molly Irwin’s blog and thought I would give it a go.
Every day this month until Thanksgiving, think of one thing that you are thankful for and post it as your status. “Today I am thankful for…” The longer you do it, the harder it gets! Now, if you think you can do it then repost this message as your status to invite others to take the challenge, then post what YOU are thankful for today.
It is/was intended for Facebook, but I want to cover it on my blog. More space, you know!
Today I am thankful for the quiet and solitude that comes from getting up before the kids. It’s like allowing my internal batteries to recharge and reset for the beginning of the day. Watching the sun come up over the houses across the street and hearing the world in general wake up and start the day.
It was stomach flu. I was the final(?) victim today. I don’t know what’s worse, all the laundry, or knowing that your turn is coming.
I’m glad it’s over with and that it wasn’t a case of full blown H1N1.
The kids are recovering, though I am still watching closely for signs of dehydration, but they seem to be doing okay on that front as well. I am starting to recover. Just weak and tired.
I hope to actually enjoy next weekend…
We had a pretty low-key day. Captain Chaos got up and I found that he had hidden his throw-up incident under a pile of blankets. Joy. Washed all of his bedding while he was eating cookies out of the pantry. Guess he was feeling better.
Hollywood rolled out of bed at 9:30 and said she felt better. She hit the fridge for juice and breakfast. Then she went back to bed and stayed there most of the day.
Now MOTS is sick, as predicted. Frankly, I don’t see how Party Boy and I can escape this. I am so not looking forward to it.
