People like to ask us if we wish we were back in Arizona. Nope. It’s cold, but that’s part of the Utah package. And we really sacrificed to get here.
The boys are fascinated by our icicles. I do not like the spelling of the word icicles.
The little boys and I like to measure our amaryllis plant growing in the light of the window. We do it several times a day.
Today I’ll finish reading The Long Winter in my Little House marathon. It helps me to feel warm and blessed since it’s not 40 below and I have a furnace and flour.
Today I bought some pretty cards so I can spread some love via mail. Some people I know really need some love.
I also bought a $1 daily planner so I can keep a copy of my to do lists. I was really inspired by a blog post I read by a woman who found her mother’s 1968 planner. She listed everything her mother had written in that planner for a year. What a marvelous picture of a woman’s life, full of 1960’s flavor. I thought it would be interesting to save my lists for 2013 instead of throwing them away. I am a list maker on most days. Maybe in 50 years somebody will be amused to read that I wrote something called blog posts, went to a store called Costco (often!), and at age 38, still hadn’t figured out how to do laundry in an organized way.
Today I didn’t make a list. I’ve been a little aimless in my pursuits, but sometimes that’s good, too. Sometimes I make a list of things I have DONE rather than a list of things I need to DO. This way, I can check off everything on my “list.”
It’s not too hard to be happy in the winter. I surround myself with office supplies and books. Good times!