2011

What have I been doing this first month of 2011?

*Reading a lot of books. I am choosing the next book for book club. What a perfect way to start the year. I have read some good ones. I will list them later.
*Drinking Italian sodas at home. It is very dangerous to know a person can have a fancy drink in their own home. I'm not a beverage person. This is revolutionary.
*Laughing at Jacob and his maniac laugh.
*Being patient with my kids. I love my kids extra right now. They are growing up. It is undeniable.
*Planning trips. I am always planning trips but I recently signed up on an air fare watch website. It is almost painful to know my cheap flight options all over the world. I might have to quit. Some days, I think it makes me cranky. It could ruin my marriage. Jacob likes to travel but he usually can't commit. So I start thinking it might happen, then, Whammo... no deal. I can fly to London right now for a really good price. I want to take Adaline. I could go on and on...
*Praying for people's health. We have had a wave of friends and family who are having a hard time right now. I am so thankful for a healthy active family.
*Stressing about my calling for the first time ever. This month has been especially brutal. We just got a secretary on Sunday. It has been 9 months. I think that will help so much.
*Neglecting my house plants. When we put up the Christmas decorations, the poor dearies were moved to the project room. Though they were on my desk in front of a window, they have not been thriving. Time to start loving them again. I have an eyelash begonia, peperomia, a jade plant and a somewhat wilted clump of baby tears. I just gave it a good trim up. Hopefully it will go wild with sun and regular water. I also have an African violet, a crazy leggy wandering jew and a rope hoya. (Those stayed in their same spots and weren't as neglected as the others, but I felt bad leaving them out of the post.)
*Running in terrible weather. I finally consider myself a real runner, not just a fair weather runner. I run in snow, ice, rain and a super freezing 17 degrees.
*Avoiding laundry right now. Laundry is my favorite, but I bought some fabric softener that I don't like. It smelled fine in the bottle at the store, but now my laundry stinks. I feel I should use it up, but find that I'm skipping it and I have super static cling instead. My life is so nice, I can't believe that this is something I am even thinking about. Ugghh! I'm spoiled.
*Wishing my friend Cindy hadn't moved. I miss her tons and I need my hair trimmed.
*Catching up on movies with Jacob at night. We love our apple tv.
*Loving my Thursday night basketball games at the stake center. I love basketball. I love to run fast, inside a gym. It is more natural to me than running slowly in a blizzard.