I took a long winter’s nap this afternoon. I had fallen asleep in my chair last night and slept from 7:00 – 9:00. Then I couldn’t go to sleep until after 2:00 this morning. Got up before 8:00 after not sleeping very well. Slept a solid two hours this afternoon. Trust I will sleep tonight.
We are having leftovers for dinner tonight so when Jim is ready to eat all I have to do is heat some things up. He is so good about eating leftovers. It is hard to only cook for two not have so many leftovers, although I am getting better at cutting down how much I cook.
I turned the leftover pot roast into beef salad last night. I left a little out so I could have it for dinner tonight. Still have lots of potatoes left over though. I ate leftover carrots for lunch and have enough for tonight too
This doesn’t feel like Thanksgiving week to me as I am not making lists of groceries and checking the list twice before I make a big grocery shop. We are grilling steaks Thursday for dinner and baking potatoes so dinner will be easy. I may bake some pies and take one to Jason and one to Michelle. It won’t feel like Thanksgiving if I don’t bake pies.
Really need to make some decisions about Christmas gifts. So far it doesn’t look good that we will be able to do our annual gathering and white elephant gift exchange. Neither grandkid knows what they want yet. Not looking like Jim’s sons will be able to come home either. Mailing gifts just isn’t the same. Maybe we can agree to have Christmas in July instead?
Jim is going to town tomorrow to get some wine. I need a few groceries so he is going to pick those up when he goes.
We have another chance of rain tomorrow and Tuesday. We got a little over a half of inch yesterday. Hoping for at least that much in this next round. The ground was so dry that I didn’t even notice the rain had fallen when I went down to do chickens this morning. It is only going to be 47 for the high tomorrow so it will be a good day to tuck inside and stay warm and dry.
I have taken a two day media break. I figured if something major happened somehow I would have heard about it. I’m so tired of the division of sides and the distorted facts being used on both sides. I am looking forward to the end of January and hopefully a return to more normal news out of Washington. We have got to come together and solve this great divide or nothing good is going to come of it. Neither side owns truth.
No plans for tomorrow or the rest of the week for that matter. I am finding little housekeeping jobs to do and doing some deep cleaning in small amounts. I need to find a big project and tackle it but somehow the days pass without me having much to do. I am getting better and better at doing nothing and being OK with that. Learning to “be” and learning that is enough.
Grateful for leftovers and a break from cooking, grateful for long winter’s naps, and grateful for learning that being is enough.