It's chilly here in my room and my husband is chatting with me as I try to write this in a lull with the kids. Things never stop around here! So, a few things on my mind:
1. Blogging: Blogger has changed its interface. I'm not sure how I feel about it. It's definitely a little more spare-looking, which seems to be a trend these days. Minimalism. Like I said, I don't know how I feel about it. As in all changes, it will take time to adjust. As long as it's useable, I guess there's really not much to complain about.
2. Projects: My big writing project is done. Woohoo! It feels good. And now I have a handful of other projects to take up. I'm seriously considering a handmade Christmas. We'll see if I can come up with enough handmade gift ideas to do it. It may not be possible, as I don't know if I have the skill. It may be something I need to work on over the years. For now, though, I definitely have a few family stockings to make. On my side of the family, everyone has matching stockings. The tradition was started when my grandmother made a stocking to match the ones she'd made for my mom and her brother when my parents got married: it made Dad a part of the family to have a matching stocking. Now, we've made them for all of the spouses of my siblings and I as well as our kids. This year, Simon needs one as well as my nephew Tommy, and now my brothers' fiancee. I don't know when they'll be getting married, but she needs one, STAT!
3. Mornings: I signed up for a Maximize Your Mornings challenge through Inspired to Action. It's group accountability to get up and get your quiet time with God done in the mornings. It's only the second day of it, but I'm already feeling the challenge and the blessing of getting up early for that time. And I'm excited. Currently, my quiet time is going through the Gospels. I realized, I wanted to spend time with Jesus. I want to sit and His feet and listen to His teaching and just soak Him in. Granted, the entire Bible is His teaching; He's the divine Logos. But, still... There are days I wish I could have walked on earth with Him, but I also know that would have been a hard experience. Perhaps I wasn't born to that time for a reason (okay, not perhaps). I'm tired. Really tired. I'm not a morning person. But I hope to become one and to look forward to getting up for that precious time with my God. They say it takes 21 days to create a habit. The challenge is for three months. So... here's hoping I accomplish the goal.
4. Stuff: My house is driving me crazy. We've taken steps to correct it: rearranged furniture, taken out a side table in the living room, etc. It still remains that I suspect we have too much stuff for our apartment. Granted, someday we will have a three story house. Someday. And then we will have more room than stuff (or at least the stuff we currently have). I still wonder if we should purge. The question is, what to purge? Most of what overwhelms me is the kids' things. And I recognize, kids come with stuff. Or more accurately, stuff comes with kids. We don't have as much as many kids we know, as we recognize we just don't have room for it. So maybe this is just a phase. But I feel the need for a system to deal with it, rather than everything being everywhere.
5. Wedding: my friend Mel gets married in a week. I can't believe how close it is! Time has flown, for me at least. I don't know that it has for her. We go up to Lincoln next week for the wedding and will spend a day at the Omaha Zoo before we come home. I'm excited about this little mini-vacay. And I'm really excited about the friends I will see there. Can't wait!
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