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1月30日 Fliting (such a wonderful word)I have been fliting around the house as of late (in between naps) taking more shots of favorite things and simple things. I find myself smiling for no reason and just over all chipper. I have had more energy this week, but I really think the naps are helping a lot, or I'm getting close to baby time!
I have also discovered so many lovely blogs in the last week or so. This is one of my favorites...go take a look and you will come out totally inspired! Congatulations are in order for dear Fairlight over in the low country with the opening of her Etsy shop...go take a look at her lovely handbags! I have only just discovered Etsy and I have been contemplating the thought of starting my own little shop. It will have to wait until next Fall or Winter with the baby coming and all, but, I am in love with the idea. So I can spend the coming months plotting and planning.
We got a dusting of snow last night, much like the world was sprinkled with fine powdered sugar. Just enough to be whimsical and not trecherous. It is terribly cold today and I am happy to be back home under an afgan eating a warm, tasty, healthy lunch and blogging, but I asure you a nap will soon be in order. 1月26日 contemplationsI am seriously contimplating creating a new blog...I have found one called type pad that has a very nice, clean simple look about it. But, also there are some wonderful blogs on there and perhaps it is just envy of their loveliness. I would still want to come and visit the wonderful ladies that I am blessed to be getting to know here on MSN, so I would by no means be gone...but, well I am still pondering this change. It seems to feel like almost physically moving...such as making sure I find the perfect "house" and trying to invision the decoartion and putting all my things in order, but also wanting to keep in touch with those from the old neighborhood. So, hmmmmmmmm...I will let ya'll know what happens.
I have been ever so inspired lately to be crafty and create things. The seems to be this vibrant buzz across blogworld that everyone is getting a wif of. A movement of embraceing the simple, the little things, letting life slow down and taking the time to create...finding joy in domesticity: cooking, feathering nests, learning, growing, letting life be...it's a beautiful thing. So I keep knitting on the baby sweater (so close to doness) and doing simple little things around our home, while leaving plenty of time for naps and eating vanilla ice cream (I hope this baby doesn't come out a chubby marshmellow, I try to eat well, but the not so good keeps calling me back). Speaking of sleeping, my eyes grow heavy... 1月21日 Full of new promiseI have felt many times recently that my blog is exceedingly dull and lacking in many things. I couldn't not put my finger on what exactly that meant, I only knew that I wanted to take a different approach. Much of this stems (most likely) from the total focus shift that my life has undergone the last several months, the fact that I am going to be a new Mom and being consumed with all that comes with that. I have also been struggling with fatigue, absentmindedness, sluggishness, and all around feeling huge and ghastly. I haven't felt myself in a long time. However, I have felt a renewed energy (must be the naps every afternoon and overall taking it easy) and although I can't go as long as I used to while doing things I have been doing things again and no, these are not the most exciting things. They happen to be laundry, changing sheets, cleaning floors, etc. I had let myself get bogged down, but now I feel a little hope and a lot of inspiration. With a cup of Earl Gray tea in hand, I blog walked for nearly three hours this afternoon, something I haven't done in ever so long and I enjoyed myself emencely (sp? I wish for spell check on this thing). I feel so inspired to feather my nest (could I be nesting already?). So I decided to walk through the house and look at it with new eyes and I started snapping photographes of the things that I love that I already have and I also started thinking about other simple joys that I can't really take pictures of and yet they are things that bring quiet pleasure.
I LOVE:
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I also adore the feel of clean sheets, freshly brushed teeth right before bed, the kiss of that first warm spring breeze on my skin, fabric of all kinds, prints and textures, knitting sweet baby things, music of all kinds, a good book and a cup of tea, kissing my sweetie, falling asleep to the sound of rain, sewing, finishing a project, the joy of the Lord in my heart.
I feel a renewed sense of beauty in my life and for that I feel a deep joy. So I will continue to do those tasks that need doing, but with a lightness in my heart and a sway in my hips as I move to the music as best as I can with this big belly of mine. :)
1月15日 The News...There is lots going on in my world. As of this coming Thursday I will have only five weeks to go until my due date...Wow!!! I have been busy and I finally have a bit more energy, which may seem surprising. But for about two weeks I was suffering from a cold that kept hanging on and I am finally on the mend and then the Doctor had put me on some medication that I found made me drowsy and all I wanted to do and did was sleep. I was taking it in the morning, but found that by switching to nighttime I was sleeping better and have more energy during the day.
The Doctor also put me on a reduced work schedule and although I don't know how I will get everything done at work before my due date, I am enjoying the extra time to take naps in the afternoon and to work on baby projects. The crib is put together with the linens all washed and in place. I have washed and organized the baby clothes by size and style, all of the blankets are washed and folded, and the bouncey seat is ready to go. We still have few more things to get but for the most part I am feeling much more at peace and ready.
Sladkey and I have started birthing classes and I am finding that I am feeling much more relaxed about labor, it's still an unknown experience, but now it doesn't seem so vast and scary.
I have been reading more, which I have missed. I am currently reading a fictionalized account of another overland route to the Pacific Northwest a few yeas after Lewis and Clark about a women, Marie Dorian, that went along much like Sacagawea. It's based on a true story and very good.
I also recieved a fabulous Kitchen Aid mixer for Christmas, but I haven't felt up to trying it out. Now that I am feeling better and I am ready to put it work. Sladkey also got me a Food Saver and I am ready to put it to work as well. That's not to say I have tons of energy and I am definatly not overduing it, but I am doing much better then I was.
Otherwise I haven't been up to much else. Although, I did finally get all of the Christmas decorations taken down today and what a good feeling! It was driving me absolutly crazy.
So that's the news for now...hugs! 1月2日 Happy New Year!Happy New Year to you all!!! Here comes 2007 ready or not!
Our New Years was pretty uneventful. We satyed in and watched TV. I made snakes for dinner: hot artichoke dip, New Orleans strawberries, cream chees and apricot cresents and sparkling peach cider. Between the two of us we did and excellent job polishing it all off and then misnight came and we wen to bed. It was very low key, but very very nice.
Our Christmas was good too, we went to Sladkey's family and spend a nice long weekend with everyone. We had to do the family Christmas on Saturday, so Christmas Eve and Day were very quiet. Sladkey and I drove around looking at lights on Christmas Eve, we considered ourselves certified critics and there was a lot of good work out there!!!!
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