Eating snapeas.. one of the best inventions ever. Just got done listening to "Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett. (for those here in Portland: NPR @ 7:00 p.m. Sundays) I love that show. I always feel more alive, more connected to humanity after listening. Maybe like a church service is for some. Tonight she interviewed a Unitarian Universalist, Kate Braestrup, author of "Here If You Need Me". She is a chaplain to the Maine Warden Service.. random but actually pretty neat work. She spoke of the paradox of life and death and the miracle of love in very practical matters. I found her view of "God" to be probably the closest to my own that I have heard put in words. If interested check it out:
http://www.speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/
Today Ben and I moved stuff around so that the new bedside tables my grandpa made for us would replace the filing cabinets in our room! They look sooo much better. Thank you Gramps! We then put the filing cabinets in the closet where Ben's desk had been (I know, crazy right?) and moved desk to livingroom, more accessable to both of us for writing. Ah.. I like it. No more laptop on the floor. And the best part is it replaced the TV, yay! I will miss The Office re-runs, Charlie Rose, House re-runs, Myth Busters (for Ben's sake mostly), OPB .. ok and a few more too but it is refreshing to have the TV put away where the cable doesn't reach. And I know it's bad feng shui to have a TV in the bedroom but it is tucked away in a corner and tonight we all laid on the bed together and watched Thomas Christmas DVD and laughed and tickled and played before putting the girlies to sleep.. so it can't be all bad, right? As long as some more play goes on after kiddos are in bed and as long as that play involves me getting a back massage... its all good.
Ben and I also made a "discipline plan" which I'll try to write more about later. Then we turned on Christmas music and turned the girls loose on the Christmas decorations as Ben put up lights.. ah, I'm getting that warm holiday feeling..
I'm also getting sleepy. More to write, will have to wait for another day. Real quick update though, I am feeling SOOOO much better these days. Wow, so much better. Also feeling very greatful for all the thoughts and prayers throughou the past few months. Thank you Friends, Family, Friends of Friends and Family. The miracle of Love... It has the power to heal.
To do tomorrow:
* Write and send 4 more thankyous (having many to thank for much is a good problem!)
* Bake bread or make pretzels with girlies
* Get up early enough to have at least 20 minutes "me time", ie. tea, bath, meditation, yoga, or whatever before girls wake
* Take a load of things to Goodwill (we've been simplifying again, our bedroom/bathroom hall is FULL of STUFF we need to pass on.)
