Good January

Hello friends and happy January!  I am simmering rosemary, lemons, and vanilla on the stove and it really does smell like Williams-Sonoma (the kitchen store where you can buy all kinds of really expensive kitchen ware).  I don't like too much rosemary on my food but I do like the way it looks and smells.

Remember I said I would show you my napping nest?  I got the fuzzy big blanket for Christmas but it was delayed so it came yesterday.  Woo hoo!  I have my nest all ready for myself.  Later this afternoon I will try to take a good nap.  

We've had very sunny and warm weather (snow is supposed to come tomorrow) but we've still eaten chili.  Yummy!

I baked almond flour bread from a mix.  It was very tasty!

I wake up at around this time at night quite often (I go to bed very early) and sometimes it takes me a long time to get back to sleep.  The best thing to do is to get up and make relaxing tea, but sometimes I just stay put and pray for people.  Do you?

 Kelli has given me four cute mice.  I decided to hang them in a bunting-like manner.  Isn't this little lady cute?  Do you like her purse?

I've been painting (like a child- I don't know much about the correct way of watercolor painting).  I love art supplies so much.  Today might be the day when I move all my art supplies to a big surface and simply leave them there so that I can dabble in creative endeavors when the mood strikes.  It will take me a while to fill a sketch book, but that's okay,

This is where Tim sometimes naps.  There is a heating pad under the quilt and he stays nice and snug.  

It took me days and days to remove all of the Christmas decor but it was enjoyable.  I hung different curtains and moved quilts around.  I found new slipcovers for my old tattered wing chairs.  I decided to keep the tree decor up in the dining room because the trees are winter-y and cute.  So, everything looks cheerful and bright.

What are you up to?  How are you filling your days?  Any different than say, five years ago?

Bill and I were talking this morning about how when we try to create heaven on earth we are really just longing for our heavenly HOME.  Do you agree?  Jesus told us that in the world we would have trouble but HE has overcome the world. So, even though I get pretty consumed with my physical surroundings I want to remember that the best is yet to come.

Let's be still.