I thougth rain was supposed to fall mainly on Spains' plains.!

So I must be in Spain. Looks suspiciously like Mist to me, though. Hmmm....
I had a quiet night last nigh. Wrote a letter, downloaded some podcasts, did a lot of kitty snuggling. This morning I arose at 6am so I could enjoy the lightening of the sky with a cup of coffee, my journal and a cat or 3. I have been gathering things to do today. I want to craft a little. I have some postcards to write. I wrote a long letter yesterday in response to a wonderful letter I received, and had fun doing it! It's been a while since I simply sat and wrote, not worrying about pictures or spelling or formality. I hope to do this more often. Maybe add it to my mental list of crafty things to do.

I have been listening to a podcast called Craftypod! Inspirational. Such wonderful ideas. I want to listen to a few more episodes today while crafting. I found a great felting idea in a book at work, and want to adapt it to paper. I adhered to my 'Use what you have' resolution for the supplies except for a few sheets of paper. I know what I have, and I don't have the grey colors I need. If the craft turns out well, I'll stick a picture of it here for your amusement.

Off to clean out the chicken coop. Oh! We received our first egg from chicken number 2. It is a lovely blue green color. almost up to a whole dozen now!

I stood outside this morning for a bit and just listened. Listened to the rain on the roof over the front door entrance, listened to the red wing blackbirds and starlings. Listened to morning.

It is the little things...

Michael hung my coat and hat hooks in the shoe room last night. This morning I was able to grab both a coat AND my favorite hat on my way out to say good morning to the Girls (this is what I have named the chickens). It may seem strange, but it was so nice to have my hat, coat and shoes all in the same place. Since that in the door we almost always enter and exit by, it's great having my outerwear right there now.

Easy to please. That's me!

An average work day. Boring read.

So, my workdays seem to be about like this;
The alarm goes off at 3am. If I am lucky, there is snuggling and a little chatter before rising. I like when I am lucky! Michael takes the first shower and gives me a holler when he is done. While I wait for his hollering, I snuggle with a random assortment of kitties and think about my day. Then I shower, dress, eat, pack my lunch, drink coffee, and leave. If it is frost/snowy out, I load up the car and start it, but then head back in where it is warmer and wait a couple minutes. If it is just raining, I head out right away. On the way to town I listen to my Zune. My brother gave me an adapter for the car for Christmas, and I L.O.V.E. it! Makes the hour and 20 minutes go by much faster. At work, I spend the first 3 hours listening to podcasts on my ipod. This gift from Michael has also proved to be a life saver. I am having a blast listening to Cartalk, Craftypod, The New Yorker, and many other podcasts. I am plowing through them at a fast rate, and always looking for somehing new to try.
At 9am the headphones go away for the day. Except at lunch and on breaks. Out they come for more podcasty goodness.
I punch out at 1:30pm and head home. This is when I try and stick in an errand or three. I have found very convenient stores locations for my shopping needs, and I am doing things like getting a library card, opening a bank account at the local credit union, and mailing things, etc. All a little at a time. I get home, pet cats, change clothes, make the bed and get repacked for the next day of work. Then it's time for a visit to the chickens, a visit to the mailbox, and dinner. Michael gets home at varing times, but is good about emailing me or calling me to let me know what is going on. I spend my evening putzing around with unpacking and doing stuff that gets me settled in, and then it's bed time. Usually between 7 and 8pm.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

Lists

I have almost 2 pages of things I want/need to do. I need to start separating these list I make into 'Things I need to do' and 'Things I am interested in doing'.
Otherwise I think I will go crazy trying to remember it all.
Le sigh!

Me on my 40th Birthday

It was in December, but I finally had a free moment to do a little adjusting to the picture.