Journaling

Monday journal post, little later than usual.

*For January 19th 2009*


Outside my window...
It's a cold and dreary day. Just one of those miserable days where you don't want to go out if you don't have to.

I am thinking...
About how people who can only say things or write things under an "anonymous" cover are cowards. My own dear, sweet mother, who doesn't have an enemy in the world received just such a letter this weekend from a poor pathetic person who didn't even have the guts to sign their name. I don't appreciate it in the media either - how many times have we heard the term "an anonymous source" claims that so and so did this and that. When it happens to you personally, you feel under attack - yet you cannot confront the attacker.

I am thankful for...
All of the positive examples I have had in my life. The class that Nancie and I taught on Saturday went really well and all weekend I've been thinking about the people that have always been stalwarts in my life. Never wavering, never losing sight of the bigger picture. I think everyone needs at least one person in their life that they can look up to.

From the kitchen...
Since it is such a cold day and I've been freezing, I decided to make a big pot of
home made beans and some cornbread muffins. They are making the house smell sooo good simmering away on the stove and are so easy peasy to make. I'm also going to bake some chocolate chip cookie pan bars for FHE tonight. Yummo!

I am wearing...
My typical mom uniform - jeans, long sleeve t-shirt, and Nike's. Hair pulled back -apron on because I was in the kitchen.

I am creating...
Some fun things with Kendle. Our latest and greatest:

We made this little sign to hang by her bedroom door, I'll try and find a cheap frame to put it in.

I am going...

To go to bed early tonight. I have been so tired lately and feel like I can't quite catch up on my zzzz's.

I am reading...

Still reading "Before Green Gables". It is pretty good so far, I just have not had time to completely dedicate myself to this book for the last week. It is starting to get more interesting though, and I love that Anne Shirley reminds me of another little girl I know.

I am hoping...

The Pine Wood Derby is a success tomorrow and not too crazy.

I am hearing...

Kendle and her little friend from next door pretending to have a picnic. I love to hear the things little girls discuss with one another. They are too cute. This particular little girl wrote Kendle the nicest card at Christmas time telling her she is glad to have a friend that is "the right kind" of person she should be hanging out with. I actually got tears in my eyes when I read that. I'm glad our home is a place she wants to be.

Around the house...

The fireplace is warming things up in the family room. My hands and feet have been freezing all day - they usually don't get warm until May. The kids were eating some goldfish crackers and a few have been smushed into the carpet so I'll probably need to get the little hand vac out and do a quick clean up. Kendle's been helping me fold laundry today - she's good at matching the socks for me.

One of my favorite things...

Days like today that are lazy and slow with no place to go. The kids actually slept in and we had a leisurely morning with a late breakfast and no lunches to pack. They've been entertaining themselves pretty well and we've been having a good day. It feels like the calm before a storm.

A few plans for the rest of the week...

Pine Wood Derby

Primary Meeting

Lunch with a friend

Shopping

Buy new cell phone