December First

I am thankful for my digital diet this weekend. I sooooo needed to stay away from my computer and focus on family time, friendships and the never ending eternal searching. Thanksgiving was calm, very somber from years past, and the food was AMAZING! Our family received an extra blessing this year..... our Dad has been blessed with more time here on Earth. He loved being in the kitchen preparing the fixings for everyone. Maybe it was the young ones being just a year older, maybe it was the light snow fall that we had, maybe it was knowing it was a four day weekend but whatever the reason this year seemed different to me. I did realize in all the calmness of the day that I long for the day when I have a family of my own to cook for, care for and simply enjoy the long winters day with.

The day after Thanksgiving we received our first official snow fall to mark the beginning of the Christmas countdown. With Thanksgiving so late this year, Christmas seems to be barreling toward me. I am okay with that! I LOVE Christmas. I love the smell of fresh cut trees, the awesome smells coming from the kitchen, preparing gifts for friends and family, sending/receiving actual Christmas cards in the mail and spending time with family. Since this was such a long weekend and I took a digital diet, I went back to creating jewelery, a new project that I can't talk about just yet (TOP SECRET of course:) and re-decorating our apartment. BTW, I love my apartment again! It has a much improved floor plan and an overall functionality to it that wasn't there before.

But perhaps the best part about the weekend was just hanging out with my BFF! We haven't been able to do that for the past couple of months between our new jobs and new business ideas. Overall, I feel refreshed and repaired. I cannot wait to see what December will bring me (phone ringing)....just as I typed that last line, I received a phone call from the mechanic I went to this morning asking if he can come by and pick up his vice-grips that he left under the hood of my car. Great, I can see the December writing on the wall already! Anyway, Happy December 1st everyone.