I am in a blogging rut. Not just posting but with reading also.
Most of the blogs that I read are Chinese adoption blogs and frankly, they are generally a bit stale these days. There is not much happening in the program. No one is getting excited about their referrals - there are no referrals coming.
What blogs do you read - even if they are adoption blogs I am thinking that I want to expand my repertoire.
Today the weather warmed up to -1C. What a nice break from yesterday's start of -29C.
We are having friends over on Saturday. This makes me happy.
The days are SLOWLY getting longer. Again, this makes me happy.
Dinner was really good tonight. I even have leftovers for lunch at work tomorrow.
I wish I was more creative.
I have a girls lunch on Sunday - looking forward to that.
Will the groundhog see his shadow? How much longer will winter be?
My bamboo plant never seems to change. Doesn't grow, doesn't die. Odd
I am really liking the new show OFF THE MAP.
I have a spot on my back that gets itchy all the time. It is the same spot.
That's about it for me right now.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
SEVEN YEARS!!!
Seven years ago today I said I DO to the most fantastic man in the world from there I became the luckiest woman in the world!!
We were married on a beach in Cuba and it was perfect. Today we celebrate our 7th anniversary and I don't even feel a little bit itchy...
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY H!! You have made me one LUCKY and HAPPY woman!!
I LOVE YOU!!
Monday, January 17, 2011
Winter
HAPPY NEW YEAR READERS!!
I don't think I was ever a fan of winter - even as a child. You would think that all kids would like to play in the snow and build forts and snowmen. I can really say that I was never a fan.
What I do remember about snow and being outside when I was little was freezing cold feet. Freezing cold fingers. Nose hairs stuck together because of the cold OR a constant drip of the nose that usually ended up in your mouth.
I also remember the lung shrinking that you felt when you breathed in the cold air. I remember the moisture of the mitten and on your face when you would put your mitten up to your face to warm the air.
I tried skiing - I thought, if I enjoyed a winter sport, maybe I would enjoy winter more. That wasn't too successful either. I kept getting cramps in my feet and when you have those ski boots on, getting them off to deal with the foot cramps was just not going to happen.
I constantly wondered how I could make the spring come sooner. What could I do to make the snow go away to make way for the better weather. I thought if there was no snow, then there was no winter.
My solution - as a child - was to take all the snow around my house and lay it out on the road, on the side walk anywhere I could smooth it out. After the smoothing process, I would stomp it, breathe on it, spread it out more. When it turned to water, I would get more snow from pile and do my best to melt it.
I REALLY thought that if I could melt all the snow, then spring would come.
These days I am an adult and I still have the same distaste for winter and snow. However, now, instead of laying the snow out and trying to melt it, I drive through as much as I can on the edges of the road to spread it out and hope that the smaller piles melt faster and spring will be on it's way.
I don't think I was ever a fan of winter - even as a child. You would think that all kids would like to play in the snow and build forts and snowmen. I can really say that I was never a fan.
What I do remember about snow and being outside when I was little was freezing cold feet. Freezing cold fingers. Nose hairs stuck together because of the cold OR a constant drip of the nose that usually ended up in your mouth.
I also remember the lung shrinking that you felt when you breathed in the cold air. I remember the moisture of the mitten and on your face when you would put your mitten up to your face to warm the air.
I tried skiing - I thought, if I enjoyed a winter sport, maybe I would enjoy winter more. That wasn't too successful either. I kept getting cramps in my feet and when you have those ski boots on, getting them off to deal with the foot cramps was just not going to happen.
I constantly wondered how I could make the spring come sooner. What could I do to make the snow go away to make way for the better weather. I thought if there was no snow, then there was no winter.
My solution - as a child - was to take all the snow around my house and lay it out on the road, on the side walk anywhere I could smooth it out. After the smoothing process, I would stomp it, breathe on it, spread it out more. When it turned to water, I would get more snow from pile and do my best to melt it.
I REALLY thought that if I could melt all the snow, then spring would come.
These days I am an adult and I still have the same distaste for winter and snow. However, now, instead of laying the snow out and trying to melt it, I drive through as much as I can on the edges of the road to spread it out and hope that the smaller piles melt faster and spring will be on it's way.
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