• Busy,  Food,  Productivity,  Psyche

    January Mental Fatigue, A World of Bad Decisions, and My Favorite Pasta Dish

    Dexter is sad when I put my shoes and socks on, because he knows I’m leaving. It’s pretty much all work and no play at our house these days. I have had maybe an hour a day to work on the video. It’s uploading to YouTube now. Tomorrow I’ll work on the thumbnail so it’ll be ready by Saturday at 7:00 a.m. But we’ve left each morning before the sun comes up and get home as the sun is sinking low in the sky. As per the previous post, I can feel a change of mood creeping in on me. I have need for sleep. The wind kept me awake…

  • Busy,  Family,  Home,  Life,  Weather

    Bad Weather, Carpet Repairs, Car Repairs, Requests from Mom, Northern Latitude Dinner Party, Amazon Returns, and Everything Else

    Hello everyone. I’m here! The January claw fingers hath laid its clutches upon me. It has been dreary, dark, stormy, snowy, cold. I have been elated, excited, happy, content, energized, sad, busy, tired, sleepy, and lethargic. So that pretty much describes the last few days since I posted last. Nothing major going on. Just life itself. And if you know my life, that is quite enough. By Friday I’m exhausted. I figured I should pop in so you’d know I’m still swinging from the branches! Although I am pretty sure I fell a couple of branches below and hit my head on a limb on the way down. 😉 lol.…

  • Decor,  Life,  Office,  Shopping

    Peace and Happiness During January’s Chaos

    The past day or two has been chaotic, but yet somehow peaceful. Most of the pressure comes from trying to pack too much into periods of time, meetings, appointments and deadlines. But several things have kept me from totally falling apart – and I did get very close. God has been listening and has been my tower, my strength, my “go to” and at night when I lay down, I totally rest in Him and ask him to just help, and He has. He has given me peace, rest, little avenues of unexpected time, little pockets of joy, little moments with friends or family, and little bits of fun with…