Mid-February

The Good:
-- I love Sundays. It is soooo good to have a day set aside to worship, and to rest, and to be.
-- Today I sewed a bag for my ice skates out of an old curtain. Sometimes I am proud enough to post pics of a sewing project, in spite of knowing sewing geniuses like Jodi and Karen who can literally make amazingly beautiful things out of nothing (You ladies inspire me!). This bag, however, is not worth posting. It is great because: a) I reused a sunfaded curtain b) it fits my ice skates and gets them off the closet floor c) I started and finished it in one day and d) it got me sewing and doing something creative on a sunny Sunday afternoon. But it sure isn't pretty and now that I've finished it, I know what is wrong with the design. Ah well, live and learn :)
-- My February list is proving to be a good distraction and I'm getting some stuff checked off. More on that later. But if you don't have a February list, you should probably make one. :)
-- After weeks of sunlessness, and the last few days with the high temperatures around 15 degrees F, the sun came out today! And the high was upper 30's or lower 40's. It was glorious, felt practically like spring! And the robins are back- they were congregating in the tree out front while I sewed. I'm hoping they remember how awesome that rosebush nest was and do not remember the scary lady with the camera who peeked in several times a day.
-- I had a Saturday at home and got some little things done around the house. And cleaned out the front cleaning closet-- that had become disorganized, dirty, and ridden with dog hair. Sure, I could have worked on other things and probably should have, but it feels nice to accomplish something- no matter how insignificant.

The Bad:
-- I am still feeling like I am no where near achieving my work life balance again. Just when I think there's a light at the end of the tunnel, I am proved wrong and land back in the overwhelmed and working a lot of hours camp. That being said, I am SO grateful for a job that I like, fun coworkers, and good work to do. God is so good to me. So although I am whining about it some, I am also profoundly grateful for the gift of work and this work even.
-- I miss my friends, my kiddos, my people... near and far.
-- I am never as productive as I want to be. Ever.
-- Flumaggedon... I'm still optimistic about avoiding it, and in the past week was around several people who were in various stages of getting over it... but two of my housemates are sniffling now, and it feels dangerously close all the sudden. And I clearly do not have time to be sick! So I'm taking vitamins like it's going out of style and hoping for the best.

The Ugly:
-- I have no idea what Suzie ate (and I know it wasn't the usual culprit -rawhide) but she is making smells that no person should have to endure. It's like something died in there (and worse yet, it isn't staying in there).
-- The end of a weekend...