Monday 02 Jan 2012
Well, the weekend was as wonderful as I had hoped. All of the children and grandchildren and even their friends were around. We had fresh Maine lobster for the New Year’s Eve celebration and tons of spaghetti on Sunday with lots of cake and ice cream. We sang around the piano, they played laser tag, we talked and laughed and just enjoyed each other’s company. Mike and Sarah are in the air on their way back to Ft. Campbell. Sofie's family will visit one more time tonight before heading north to drive home through Montreal. I guess we will be having Eliza and her husband and three children moving in until spring – so our house will not be quiet for a few months. I think I can handle that.
This morning I am so tired but happy. I am thankful for lots of kids and grandkids in the house yesterday and for the noisiness of people enjoying each other's company. I am thankful for Marge for taking family pictures and sorry that Eliza's family couldn't be there but thankful for Photoshop as we will try to Photoshop them in. I am thankful to have been sitting in Relief Society surrounded by my daughter and two daughters-in-law and to feel their love and hear their beautiful voices. I am thankful for John and the many pounds of spaghetti he cooked to feed us all. I am thankful for the 19 people crammed into my house when we opened presents and celebrated the birthdays, anniversary, and late Christmas. I am thankful for an adorable little girl who kept climbing on my lap to talk to me and to kiss and hug me. I am thankful for the time around the piano, with Sofie playing and all who wanted to singing. Les Miserable and the hymns from the hymnbook have never sounded so good. I told John that it is worth it to have that big piano taking up so much space in our house just for the once or twice a year when Sofie is home and can play it. I am thankful for the Arabic song that Sarah sang to us and even thankful that Dante was so touched by it that he burst into uncontrollable sobs. I am thankful for Netflix which brings preschool shows into our home with a few clicks. I am thankful for the quiet when everyone went home and that John and I were able to read the 1st chapter of the Book of Mormon, memorize the synopsis of 1 Nephi 1 and have a prayer and watch an episode of Castle together. I am thankful that Mike and Sarah are at the airport and wish them a safe flight home. I am thankful to be able to see Sofie and family one more time tonight before they head back to Michigan. I am thankful that when the house was so hot that we were all suffocating yesterday and we thought that it was because there were so many people in it and it was relatively mild out, that someone thought to check the thermostat and discovered that someone had turned it up to 90. I am thankful for the first Monday of 2012. Bring it on!
Tuesday 03 Jan 2012
The holidays are over and now back to the routine. There is comfort in routine. School starts again today and vacation is over. It is very cold today, about 18 degrees, but there is no snow on the ground. It doesn’t seem like January, just a cold sunny day.
I am thankful to have taught seminary today and hopefully will get back into the routine quickly. I am thankful that Kaleb washed the kitchen cupboard doors and mopped the floors yesterday. I am thankful to be warm and hope that our oil will last the week. I am thankful for scripture study yesterday and that Kaleb and Dante joined us. I am thankful to have taken a few minutes and changed my blog background. I am thankful that Sofie and Dave stopped in for last minute hugs before going back home. I am thankful that Mike and Sarah made it safely back home. I am thankful to be so blessed.
Wednesday 04 Jan 2012
It is pretty cold in Maine today, 3 degrees right now. It is suppose to be in the 20s – I guess that will feel warm by comparison. My early morning class went well this morning and I just had a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast (fast and easy to fix and I can eat it while I type). Yesterday Eliza and I watched an episode of Bones. Life is not very exciting right now – that is OK.
I am thankful for warm. I am thankful that my husband is driving the girls to school. I thankful for delicious soup made by Eliza for supper last night. I am thankful for scripture study with my husband last night. I am thankful for the 1st chapter of Joshua and the counsel by the Lord to be strong and of a good courage. I am thankful for the song "I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus" sung by David Archuleta. I am thankful for sleep and the way it rejuvenates me. I am thankful for a comfortable chair and a warm army blanket. I am thankful that I got to cross several things off my list yesterday. I am thankful that the car started this morning.
Thursday 05 Jan 2012
My treatment was cancelled yesterday because a piece of equipment needed repair. Even though I will need to make up the day, like a snow day, I really enjoyed a day off in the middle of the week. I am giving up my sewing room temporarily so that my grandsons can have a bedroom and I started packing it up yesterday. Today I will try to rearrange the office so that I can move my sewing machine and things in there. It is suppose to hit 30 degrees today – that is a nice thought.
I am thankful that they had some equipment problems yesterday and cancelled my treatment - I know, I know, that is very shortsighted, just like a school kid because that treatment will be tacked on at the end.. But it was exactly what I needed yesterday- to stay home. I am thankful for cheeseburgers for supper (again, just like a kid). Cheeseburgers always taste amazing. I am thankful to have been able to work a couple of hours packing in the sewing room getting ready to convert that room into a bedroom for the three grandsons. Today I hope to be able to rearrange my office to become an office/sewing room. I am thankful for mornings -when I feel the very best of the whole day- even though I can feel some deep-rooted fatigue even when I just get up. It is as if the tiredness is deep down inside me and can't be touched, even by hours of sleep. And now, when I yawn it seems that I cannot yawn deep enough or often enough to release that tired feeling. Very strange. I am thankful to be teaching a seminary lesson on part of the book of Joshua in the Old Testament. We will focus on some of the miracles in that book (parting the Jordan River and bringing down the walls of Jericho by shouting) and then relate that to the miracles that God can perform in our own lives (such as helping us to change bad habits or giving us strength to resist temptations). I hope that I can be a good enough facilitator that the Spirit can witness to us all of the truthfulness of these things. Enjoy your day and remember to be thankful.
Friday 06 Jan 2012
I came home from treatment yesterday to find Danny and Jamie here visiting. That was a nice treat. I did manage to work, do some laundry, clean up the kitchen, and make a sizable dent in the reorganization of the office before retiring to LaLa Land.
Well, it is Friday. Thankful! All three girls came to seminary. Thankful! Tacos for supper. Thankful! Progress in organization of office. Thankful! Oil delivery today. Thankful! Husband got his I-pod Touch. Thankful! Keith Carson weather report this morning. Thankful! Still hopeful. Thankful!
Saturday 07 Jan 2012
I am always so worn out by Friday night. I did manage to work on the reorganizing the office into an office/sewing room project for a couple of hours in the afternoon. Then I am a little ashamed to admit that I watched two episodes of Bones and finished a great miniseries called The Shiralee. This morning I am plagued with feeling of “Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, "It might have been.” (Kurt Vonnegut) But I will try to put yesterday behind me and all thoughts of what I might have done instead of watching 3 ½ hours of TV, and try for more productivity today.
I am thankful this morning for two days ahead of me with no treatment. I am thankful for the hope that I might finish getting the sewing room moved into my office. I am thankful that John and Eliza and finished watching "The Shiralee" last night and for the recommendation by a good friend to go see "We Bought A Zoo". Maybe we can work that in this week. I am thankful that the oil man came at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. We are usually a late afternoon delivery. While waiting to hand him the check I was thinking how wonderful it was that he came early because we we praying that our oil would last until we could get more and then, I thought, duh!, I WAS PRAYING that our oil would last until we could get more!! I am thankful that Heavenly Father answers prayers even when I sometimes don't recognize it as an answer.
Sunday 08 Jan 2012
I am thankful for all the planning and work that went into the Relief Society Meeting yesterday morning and especially for the class on chair yoga by Amy Lilly. The breakfast was wonderful (who can resist lemon poppy seed muffins and a fruit salad?) and all classes were uplifting. I am thankful for the hours I was able to spend in the office rearranging and for Kaleb's help. I am thankful for my husband who always remembers to try rebooting whenever we are having electronics troubles because I never remember to. I am thankful for a BLT for supper and for an episode of Bones with Eliza last night. I am thankful for another week posted on the blog even though I still have several more to be caught up. I am thankful for some wonderful photos that Sofie posted yesterday, mostly of their vacation here. I am thankful for tweaked perspective. I am thankful that Joe and Dvorah had another successful 'gig' with their Laser Tag business. I am thankful for the message from President Monson in the January message of the Ensign. It was exactly what I needed to hear yesterday.
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