This Week

Reading: "Every Day Is A Holiday" - finished at last! Started "Common Prayer: A Liturgy For Ordinary Radicals" and I'm looking forward to it.

Listening to: "The Fellowship Of The Ring" and LOVING it. I think I might do "The Hobbit" next. Or possibly go another round with CS Lewis and "The Silver Chair." I need something soul-soothing.

Accomplishing: A clean house and the grocery shopping completed; cleaned out the car; washed some towels; rewrote the roster and answered emails; filled the propane tanks.  Basically nothing  except the everyday chores that seem a hundred times harder when you've been wiped out by a stomach bug. :/

Excited about: Celebrating Valentine's Day with the kids on Tuesday (we're having a "class party" which shall consist of delivering homemade valentines to the mailboxes we painted last week, eating turkey pot pie at their request (lol), making muddy buddies, and a special movie (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)).

Thinking about: too tired to think.

Lately

Thankful for: Sunshine! Heat in the house and food in the fridge. The feel of yarn in my fingers. Visible progress (especially in my youngest advanced swimmer). A little bit of breathing room in my schedule that has made life a lot more fun.

Looking forward to: A night at the theater tomorrow with Mags and Cris. Getting the house clean again this weekend. Pool time with my babies this Sunday. Sleeping in on Saturday. ;) The days getting longer!

Diffusing: My new favorite night time blend - black pepper oil, bergamot, and ravensara. Peppermint in my car diffuser when I'm tired. Lemongrass at work when I need a boost.

Celebrating: Groundhog Day - halfway through winter! (I might survive after all!)

Biggest problem right now: serious lack of patience for stupidity.  :/