Well, it finally happened. Winter Solstice brought with it the chilliest day of our year to date. It officially went negative 6 on the mountain top last night ... our house saw negative 1, but by the time I got the courage to go outside and take the picture of the thermometer, it had risen slightly, at least to positive numbers. I did pump gas in one degree temperature this morning. It was COLD. The wind was cutting, and I was none too warm for a good hour after I got to work and thawed in front of a very warm space heater. It was cold enough here in the High Country for the heaters to go into "emergency heat" mode. Brrrrrrr.................. I thought I'd post the mosaic sun next to the thermostat just for kicks! Still not warm or dry enough to grout anything around here, but there are some fun mosaics waiting for final touches!
Well, aside from frigid temps, we are just jamming for the big Christmas day. We have big and small trees (20 inches and 10 feet), Nutcrackers a plenty and have been diligently baking goodies for neighbors and friends, and preparing ourselves for yuletide pleasures. Seems like in this rather iffy economy, whatever we can do to perk ourselves up is where we are naturally gravitating! I'm finding that rather refreshing!! We even tried truffles this year --- YUM!
We got to teach the children on Saturday ... great gobs of fun! They are so inspiring and make Paul and I feel so blessed and special. The youngest group was there in FULL FORM, and were such a HUGE joy to play with. Paul made them a army of chocolate mice to munch on after class, and they all had a great time with that. We made little goody bags for everyone, and they all seemed to be so very happy. It's very hard not to ask to permission to bring them all home! But, really we don't have that much room, food, heat, electricity. We do, however, have that much love. It certainly has opened our eyes to abundance in all shapes and forms.
We don't really know what our agenda is for this week, and that seems to be great fun for us! I know we will be home for Christmas eve and Christmas day. We may try to nip down the mountain to visit a few folks the day after Christmas, depending on Mother Nature and our energy levels! I will say it is fun to have the freedom to not worry about it, but we really do miss everyone. Jennifer and her family will be home for Christmas morning, and then go to Vic's parent's for the afternoon. Since they came up here for Thanksgiving, that's the way the plan fell. Christian has begged for us to come down, and since Jon's boys will hopefully be with him the day after too, I'd love to hug the little guys at some point this weekend. We shall see! Coordinating all the schedules has become a jigsaw puzzle that sometimes is beyond my level of comprehension!
It is the time of year when most of us are running around in circles, and moving way too fast to stop and think about much beyond the busy work. But my astrologers keeps telling me to make my new year resolutions NOW because Saturn will make doing so later in the week an impossible task. SO ... I will pass along that piece of information to all you out there, in case you want to heed their advice! It is always a great idea to start off with a plan, I have found!! So I will be spending some time today trying to rise to the challenge of making my list. And I will wish you all the best in making yours!
Until later, happy Christmas week! We hope you accomplish all you want to, remember to be grateful and count your blessings, and have F U N !!!
Be well,
Paul & Cheri
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