Now here I sit and it's 2008! Wow! I have spent some time thinking about 07, and it sure brought it's share of good times and bad. I made a few vows (which my friends have told me I have kept) and then found myself making a wedding vow in November that wasn't even a blip on the radar back in January. How quickly things change, eh?
I have been thinking about my 08 vows. What do I want to focus on for the next year? What spiritual concerns, financial concerns, physical concerns, and familial concerns are rumbling around in my head? I have decided to take some time and spend it in quiet reflection and prayer. I want to improve something in each of the four areas. I know better than to set the bar too high with unrealistic expectations . . . I'll just crash and burn and then feel like crap because I didn't meet my goals. So, I am not going to set myself up to fail. :) Prayer and quiet reflection, with realistic goals, will be the activities de jour.
Now on to a different topic: Texas weather. It is great but I have to say that I do
miss the snow and colder weather. I have worn my coat here a few times and I do have on a nice warm sweater today, but as for snow? I haven't seen any at all. That is kinda sad, y'all. Please enjoy your white, wintry weather for me, ok? I miss my fireplace too, so will you light yours up and enjoy and evening for me as well? Oh! And watch a good movie too. Wait! Make up some hot stew or soup and have some fresh crusty bread and THEN sit down and watch your movie. Maybe pause it half way in the middle and make some cookies or caramel popcorn too?? There. ahhhhh, that is my idea of enjoying a fire and a good cold evening snuggled in at home.Comment on the blog and let me know what you did, ok? I am living vicariously through all of my readers and lurkers. Come out of the darkness, dear lurkers, and let me know how you celebrated the snow!
Ciao~
2 comments:
Although I would love to have a great story as to how I had enjoyed a cold, wintery evening with hot chocolate, a fire and a good book...I can't! We don't have a fire place either...next house! I have also been chilled to the bone these last few weeks, so I haven't been doing much except for wrapping up in my own blanket on the couch (not even sharing it with James...maybe the kids though)watching re-runs or Backyardigans!
Not much for living vicariously through this reader! ha
Cynthia,
I will also miss the snow when we move to Texas. Only we had snow and ice four weekends in a row up here, killing our attendance. I won't miss that. I like snow during the week, and not on Sunday--the opposite of most people, probably.
Well, you probably read about my holiday on my blog, but I thought I would let you know I was here. By the way, I invited Ellyn tonight to come and visit us at the church before I left, and she said she would. Thanks for introducing us--she is a really great person.
That Amish Grace book is really good. How is that book club looking down there?
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