Hello bright and shiny friends! Maybe you don't feel so bright and shiny today or maybe you have something you need to do right now that you're overthinking. I should be off to the grocery store because three grands are coming for dinner tonight and I need weird things like olive oil, cookie dough, Halloween candy, shower cleaner, ect. I guess I don't need that much but I want to get there before the lunch crowd. We haven't been buying near as much food lately because our kids and grands are at the "busy go, go, go" stage and we don't do as many family meals as we once did. We're still chubby but we really don't eat as much in a day as we did when we were younger and hungrier. It's interesting the way that happens. I do LOVE grown up grands, though. Noah is ten and James looks like a teenager! They are our youngest grands and now we have TWO great grandsons who are one year old and a newborn! Two fine boys who live up north. The youngest is just eight days old. JOY!
I always get itchy to decorate for Christmas about this time of year. We're hosting a Halloween chili feed for the girls and their girls (and the hubbies) so I can't decorate yet. Kelli is hosting Thanksgiving so I can start Christmas-ing sooner! Hooray! I bought a new doormat for the front door and some plastic placemats for the table below (this photo is last year when I used a mish mash of placemats on a reindeer quilt). I gave Sophie the hutch in the corner. Isn't it fun to give away furniture? As much as I love rearranging furniture, I am aware that we have too much furniture. We've lived here thirty-five years! Our house isn't that big! It's too full. And then there are all the dishes. That's another story.
I'm teaching high school homeschoolers one day a week. We do writing and literature. They are absolutely wonderful individuals and they work well as a group. It does require planning and prep. My Bible study that I do with Sondra meets every other week but prepping for that takes time, too. I love the little circles I am honored to be a part of, so I shall carry on.
What have you been doing that is an additional responsibility? Maybe it's running errands for someone who needs help or maybe it's paying more attention to your husband or friends because they are around more. Maybe you are getting outdoors more and letting the morning sun shine on your eyeballs. Are you sleeping more or less? We are sleeping more. I think Bill has lots of sleep to catch up on because for twenty-two years he lived with jet lag. I think I'm catching up from years of sleeping shorter due to all the coffee I drank! Ha!
I love the Holy Season of Advent so much. On one hand I am festooning the house with swags, garlands, and bunting and then I remember that holy is quieter and I want to create some small altars around the house to ponder God's promises and His great GIFT of His Son. It's all about "the people who walked in darkness have seen a great LIGHT". So, that means candles, devotions, singing praise and worship, and cherishing the precious ones that are in our sphere.
As soon as I finish the Christmas socks I want to try to knit a little Saint Nicholas without a pattern. I think I can do it.
I pray YOU are experiencing supernatural peace as a free gift, not something you specifically ask for, but the Creator and Savior wants to give to you.
I shall go upstairs, make the bed, get dressed, and scurry to the supermarket. Thank you for popping by. You're nice.
