Happy New Year’s Day! It is a cloudy, very cold day on the prairie. At least the wind has slowed down a bit this afternoon. My guests wanted to go to the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve this morning to watch the sunrise. They wisely decided to stay in bed and watch the sky lighten a bit instead as it was too cloudy to see the sunrise. They left around 9:00 and were going to go on a hike. The wind was in a big hurry this morning. Hope they didn’t freeze on the prairie this morning.
They were a nice young couple. They stayed in all night. They had brought some champagne and snacks and they watched Milo and Otis. That is about the most exciting movie I own! They like to get away to some place quiet on New Year’s Eve and celebrate the new year together quietly. My type of people!
I fell asleep around 11:00. My Match guy called at midnight at my request. We talked for a few minutes and then I went back to sleep. I was able to sleep in until 8:30 this morning although I didn’t sleep straight through. I did get more sleep than I normally get. Trusting 2019 will be the year I solve my sleep issue.
It has been a lazy day again for me. I started working on my taxes last night but haven’t gotten back to them today yet. I have sheets in the dryer but haven’t gotten the guest bed made up yet. Not much motivation to do much again today. I did get my chicken chores done. The girls gave me 12 eggs on this very cold day. They even came out for their lettuce treat. They have more motivation than I do. I do have a loaf of banana bread baking. Had some bananas that needed worked up and banana bread freezes easily. I won’t eat it but it is nice to have a loaf on hand in case I need to offer something to guests.
A friend gave me the name of a personal trainer. I sent the trainer a message but haven’t heard back from her yet. Trusting I can find someone who will help me get an exercise plan set up and teach me how to do the exercises properly. One of my two goals for this year is to build my core strength and build some muscle. Hopefully it will help make all the sagging skin look better. The main reason I want to do it though is so I have the strength to lift the chicken and dog feed sacks easily and to be able to walk even further than I can now.
My Match guy is coming to visit me tomorrow. He had originally planned to come Thursday but moved it up a day. We are both anxious to see each other again. He will stay until Saturday. It will be fun to spend more time with him. He makes me laugh and laughter is a good thing for me.
Thursday afternoon a committee from Pioneer Bluffs is meeting in my house for our committee meeting. I am almost finished with my commitment to Pioneer Bluffs. My last Board meeting is January 12. I will continue to volunteer for them but not be on the board. Board work is not my cup of tea.
I shut the garage door with the dogs inside last night so the garage would be a bit warmer for them. It was nice not to hear the dogs barking all night long. May need to shut that door more often. They hang out under the heat lamp on some blankets in the garage when it gets really cold. I happened to see all three of them under the heat lamp last night so I was able to shut them in.
I am going to fix ham and bean soup tomorrow for dinner. Still have some ham left over from Christmas and Nicole gave me a good recipe so thought I would try fixing the soup a bit differently than I normally do. It will be cold enough tomorrow that a hot soup for dinner will sound good. Need to give some thought about what to fix for Thursday and Friday night since my guy will be here. I normally eat the same thing every meal – not sure he would appreciate that.
Glad the New Year is here and the holidays are officially over. Once January is done I always feel spring is close. Counting the days until Spring already! Guess I have a case of Spring Fever.
Sit sitting in my peaceful valley although the road through my valley today has felt a bit rocky. Working to remind myself to stay present to what is and not get ahead of myself into the future. When I stay present all is well! What more can a girl ask for? I don’t have a crystal ball and to look into the future and get nervous is silly. Who knows what might happen? Someone told me to “choose every moment”. That feels like it has movement to it and I like that idea. Right here, right now I choose to be present in this very moment and be grateful for all I have. Beyond that who knows what may happen but I do know that right here, right now all is well!
Grateful for a good night’s sleep, grateful for lazy days, and grateful that right here, right now all is well!