I got New Year’s Cookies made today. I tasted one of them and they are edible. The dough felt too thick and it didn’t raise as much as I would have liked it to but they will do.
It was in the high 60’s here today. Man is it going to feel cold when it gets cold in January. I could get used to this mild weather in the winter except I know it isn’t good for the plants.
Michelle and Jason are coming over tomorrow. I bribed them and told them I would make flat pancakes, also known as crepes. I make a sweet white sauce to put over them. I also have some peaches to put on them before they are rolled up. Jason likes cream of mushroom soup on his. I haven’t made them for a long time – hope I remember how.
Worked a bit on the Love in Action paperwork. I am compiling a year end report. The numbers were not adding up for me so had to stop and will go back to it another time. I have finally learned that if things aren’t easy to stop and go back to the project later. There is usually a reason I wasn’t supposed to do it the first time.
I haven’t found my Christmas spirit again this year. I have come to terms with that and accepted that I don’t have to. Winter Solstice is an inner thing and I have found my inner peace which may be the same thing as Christmas spirit I guess.
When I was at a funeral last week I remembered why I can’t do the “church” thing any more. The pastor did a good job but the way the “church” interpreted scripture just doesn’t fit with my understanding anymore. Too much fear in their interpretation. I believe heaven is on earth and we all return to spirit when we die, regardless of the choices we made in this lifetime.
No plans other than making crepes tomorrow. It will be a quiet day at home. I don’t plan on leaving the house all weekend as there will be too many people out and about for my liking. One day next week I want to take Ellexia to KC for the day for a girls day out. That will be fun and something to look forward to.
December has felt like it has been three months long. I am so out of time that when events happened don’t make sense to me. It has been less than two weeks since the kids came home to celebrate Christmas and it feels like it was at least a month ago. The trip to India and Nepal that I did in November feels like it was a year ago.
Tomorrow I will reread the few Christmas cards I got and take care of them and my Christmas “decorations” will be done for the year. I no longer decorate. I do have a brand new artificial tree I had purchased from IKEA that is still in the original box unopened that I need to find a new home for. I think it has lights on it but I don’t remember. If you need a new one, let me know and you can come get it.
Sitting in a quiet space tonight. Christmas this year has felt very stress free for me. I honored my boundaries and didn’t do things that didn’t feel right to my soul. I cherish my peace and quiet and that is what Christmas has been this year.
Grateful the New Year’s Cookies are made, grateful for an almost 70 degree day, and grateful for the peace and love of the season.