Sunday, November 23, 2014

     This morning I woke up pleasantly and languished writing my morning pages.  Couldn't remember my dreams but was thinking fondly about my sister, Collette.  She is studying to be a nurse, a RN.  And she is working full time in addition to going to school full time.  I am so proud of her and have no idea how she can do it all.  And in thinking about her, I remember a story she told me of when she lived in GA.  She had a house out in the rural area and had a nice garden.  One day a preying mantis came into her kitchen and she let live in her kitchen window.  The preying mantis was at the end of it's life cycle and laid an egg sack in her window, then died.  Well, Collette took care of that egg sack all winter long.  Come spring, that egg sack hatched one morning and hundreds of preying mantis babies swarmed her window.  She opened the window and took out the screen, letting then into her garden.  She said it was lovely.
     It was a lazy morning, after writing, I got to read my Donna Andrews' book, Murder with Puffins.  It took up a good part of my day.  Called my other sister, Laura, checked up on my nephew.  He had been jumped at school while in the bathroom and knocked unconscious. He was taken to the hospital and had an MRI.  They found out he had a broken nose, two black eyes and a severe concussion.
     Then I got to do what I have been wanting to do since early October - decorate for Christmas!  I put up my tree (white, prestrung with pastel lighting), hung a wreath on the outside of the front door, hung a wreath on the inside of the front door, wrapped the stair railing in garlands, put out and decorated the mini trees, and put up the sleeve of the Christmas Story Table Leg Lamp on the back door.  I also untangled 3 strands of lights (2 for decorating later and one is a lost cause).  I couldn't help myself, Christmas just wanted to start NOW!
     My activity was high this afternoon, all the bending and lifting, kneeling and reaching, I was plum tuckered out by the time I was finished.  I think I did the equivalent of 25 minutes on the treadmill at least!  I watched my portions and when my husband made his famous chicken cordon blu, I was very good and only had one serving.  Maybe a little too much sauce, but it is my favorite!
     I ended my day with snuggling up with my honey and watching The Walking Dead.  We snacked on some Bar Mix and enjoyed our evening.