March Madness

It is nearly spring - have you heard the birds singing of late? That is always the first sign and I hear them early in the morning as I get ready for my shower. We've had lots of rain, which makes for very green hills, flowering plants and wild flowers. I am not ready to have winter over, but then I never am. I do love the spring with Easter and spring breaks and pretty colors in the shops. I was at Joanne's this evening and really enjoyed seeing all their Easter items. I, wisely, did not buy any of them. I got thread, rotary blades on 40% off (yay), pre-made piping, and a nifty cutting board that you can flip over and use as an ironing board. Now, if I could just find time to sew. Maybe this weekend? Our Growth Group ladies are meeting for lunch on Saturday and I'm helping in the 4th grade on Sunday. But, hopefully, I can get some sewing in, too. Spring is coming . . . March 20!!!

The Merits of Bronchitus

1. More sleep
2. Cough medicine with codeine
3. Lucy curled up at my feet
4. Blogging
5. Lounging around in jammies
6. No makeup
7. Reading
8. Playing backgammon on the iPhone
9. Hawaiian punch
10. Catching up on recorded TV shows

I hope I can work tomorrow because this stuff gets old after a while!

January 20 Already?

Gosh, has it really been nearly a month since I last blogged? So what's been happening? Work is crazy busy and I am never bored. Christmas was great and thank you cards finally sent. Last weekend was our annual Mother/Daughter weekend getaway during the football playoff games. We went to Doheny Beach, which is near Dana Point and about 30 minutes north of where we live. We stayed in a lovely hotel that had two balconies that overlooked the ocean and it was really great. We read, we went to tea, I knitted, Ashley worked and did homework, we relaxed and just really enjoyed spending time with each other. We even missed Dan and called to see if he would join us, but he wanted to watch football and was enjoying himself and declined. Dan is home sick today and sounds horrible, but went to the dr. yesterday and got some meds. Lucy will be happy to sit at his feet as he wheezes and coughs. I am selfishly hoping that I don't catch it. We are having a huge amount of weather here this week from wind to rain to tornadoes. I hope I find a house landed on a witch sporting a pair of sparkly red shoes.

Christmas Eve

T'was the day before Christmas and all through the house . . . we are excited and ready! We are thinking of all our family and friends and wish we could all be together somewhere in the country with snow on the ground and at a barn dance where we could be dancing the night away. Yes, I am aware I have been watching too many Christmas movies! But, the fact remains - thinking of you and wishing you a very Merry Christmas!

Vacation - Let the Fun Begin!

Today I am on vacation until next Monday. I am trying very hard to ignore the fact that I just read my work email and one of my team is home sick today. Now an already short team is shorter by two of us. Sigh. I sort of feel like I should go in and even began an email saying I would be there by noon. But, then I slowly erased it word by word. It's Christmas. I want to be home with my girls making cookies and celebrating my favorite holiday in the year. Plus I need to grocery shop, exchange my red sweater (ha - for a smaller size!), make cookies (hmmm, maybe should keep the larger sweater), and just enjoy being home and relaxing by the fire. Note to self: stop reading work email.

Ah, the Holidays

Dan is in the kitchen singing Christmas carols and it is only 9:19 a.m.! Amazing and unprecedented to say the least. I think we have all the shopping done, but the Christmas cards are still on the dining room table. I am going to finish them today if I do nothing else (besides, of course, the random blog update). Then, am thinking of making the sugar cookie dough so that on Wednesday we can just roll 'em and bake 'em. I am inspired by all the magazines as usual at this time of the year and want to bake. We put up two Christmas trees this year and I have really loved having one in the living room where I am most of the time to enjoy. That, the fire going and Lucy at my feet - that is the perfect way to end the day. But, Lucy prefers to curl up on the rug by the fireplace, which is very sweet to see. Hope your shopping list is getting shorter and you can enjoy the holiday this week. Remember that Jesus is the reason for the season.

Block 12

Well, for those of you are counting, December is the final block in the Anne Sutton Tisket a Tasket applique quilt and here it is! Sue's made about eight of them, I have made none. But, I have high hopes going forward as always that I will break my leg and be home for three months and get them all done! Well, maybe nothing as drastic as that . . .