FOR TODAY
Outside my window...it is still gloomy, dreary and rainy. It started raining Tuesday evening and suppose to continue through next Monday. Ugh! Delaying the beginning of our new house construction. ~boo-hoo~
I am thinking...that I have many decisions to make in the coming months regarding our new house. There are surface choices, paint choices, cabinet choices, and this and that choice. I have already made several of the choices but have a boatload more to make. I'm trying to think through each decision carefully because more than likely I'll be living with them the rest of my life. ~that's scary~
I am thankful...all went smoothly for our little Princess having buttons put in her ears this past Wed. They call it a procedure and they call it "routine." But, it's none of that if it's you or someone you love going through it. ~no joke~
In the kitchen...I've gotten a lot of bulk cooking done in the past couple of weeks and I'm enjoying the "fruits of my labor." I love having a stash of cooked food in our freezer and I can just go and make a choice for our dinner that doesn't require much prep. It's "win win" as far as I'm concerned. Tomorrow I'll be making a huge pot of chili and adding that to my stash. We love "gourmet chili dogs" and having the chili already made makes that a quick and easy meal.
I am wearing...the same thing I'm always wearing this time of morning, exercise capri tights, T-shirt and walking shoes. And, headed to the treadmill.
I am creating...a Shutterfly photo book to document the building of our new house. I already have 4 pages and we haven't even started "real" construction. I do love me some Shutterfly photo books!!!
I am wondering...how we ever survived without a cell phone, an Ipad, a computer and so forth. I'm thinking we were likely not nearly so distracted, more directly involved with others and every bit as happy. ~just sayin'~ Now, don't get me wrong, I LOVE my cell phone, my Ipad and my computer, but sometimes I need to be reminded that I did live just fine without any of them.
I am reading... Destination Success by Dwight Bain and Windows of the Soul by Ken Gire. These are both books that were recommended by some of my instructors as I went through my Life Coaching classes. (if you do not know what I am talking about you can click on the tab across the top of my blog, Christian Life Coach, and read all about it.) They are both excellent books! I have about 4 more awaiting my reading that were also recommended by my instructors.
I am hoping...that once we finally do get started on construction of our new house (rain has delayed it this week) that things will go smoothly. I truly want it to be a pleasurable experience.
I am looking forward to...each new day. There are so, so many folks dealing with tough health issues that are either life threatening or life altering that I feel blessed each day I wake up.
I am learning....more about Microsoft Publisher. I have done programs and such in MP but am currently working on a booklet for a club I belong to. It's been a few years since I have done a booklet and I've never done one in Publisher, so it's a new experience for me. We shall see how it comes out.
Around the house...I see lots and lots and lots of "stuff" that is going to have to be moved sometime in the next year. The very word "move" sends shivers down my back. We have lived here 33 years and that is a l-o-n-g time and we have accumulated a whole lotta "stuff." I'm thinking that there will likely be a huge "cleaning out" in the months ahead. How is it that we can become "slaves to our stuff."
I am pondering...what the neck specialist is going to tell me this morning at my appointment. I have both neck and shoulder issues going on. I've had MRI's done on both and now the neck and shoulder specialists are giving me my options and neither will likely be what I want to hear. I have 3 fused disc in my neck and an impingement in my left shoulder. Sometimes they bother me worse than at other times. And, they are not life or death issues so I'll most probably wait until I'm miserable enough to have surgery. I don't dread the surgery itself, it's the rehabbing from the shoulder surgery that I dread. There is no rehabbing from the neck, just a relatively short recovery. We shall see.........
A favorite quote for today...this is one by the "one and only" Maya Angelou.
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
~words of truth~
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
~words of truth~
One of my favorite things...is hearing my little Princess laugh. She has the absolute cutest laugh. I had her in a shop with me the other day and she started laughing. A lady that was in the shop told me that she would like to have a recording of her laugh so she could listen to it all the time. Awe! what a sweet thing to say to her CiCi!
A few plans for the rest of the week....dining with friends this evening and not sure what the rest of the weekend holds.
A peek into my day...just as I've said, going to the Dr. this morning and out to dinner with friends this evening. And, inbetween, catching up on general household tasks. There's never a lack for something to do, that's for sure!