A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE in the visit of two Christmas Angels!!! Long story, depths of despair to sobbing happiness. Yesterday was a loooong afternoon, that ended well.
Got all six shelties groomed.
Had some nice chats yesterday.
Did my meditation and aromatherapy candle; don't always do my meditation on the weekends. I am glad I did, totally convinced it helps me calm my mind for the day ahead and yesterday that was a very good thing!
Shelties and I turned the fireplace on and snuggled for a bit. Heated the house up nicely as well.
Had a lot of thoughts kicking around in my head, as Friday was a day I struggled a bit with my emotions. Saturday my calm thinking mind was back, got the thoughts straightened out into a nice long post and I like feeling better again!! Guess once in awhile going to have struggle days, but I am getting better and better at knowing how to deal with them for myself. Still need a sounding board sometimes, and I so appreciate the folks from the bb being there for me, when I do need that extra support in this journey I am on now.
Got some nice compliments on my thinking on my emotions post & my forward progress!!
Got my coffee just right, I am not always great on getting the right amount of beans to grind. Fresh Amaretto coffee!! Smells Heavenly!! Tasted pretty good too!!!
This will sound really silly. But I used to always feel this is a magical, peaceful, special time of year. I guess something left over from childhood. But the air feels and smells different in a way to me this time of year. Well looking back that has been missing for a few years. Evidenced by we almost didn't get a Christmas tree up a few times. Except CHL played Santa Claus and decorated the tree, Christmas morning!! You can ask him wearing what????? Well, that feeling is back this year and I am really enjoying it being with me again.
The sunset was glorious out my front window! Which just happens to be right in front of my computer.
Pam
"We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us"
It was a gorgeous sunrise, beautiful clouds and glorious colors.
Very nice trip to the grocery. The cashiers are the same ones and darn if I didn't forget the deli again and have to run back again. Then went out the line next to the one I had just checked out as it was almost empty and that cashier said you just want to go through everybody's line this morning don't you? But we were joking and talking and it was sort of neat.
Found the kids a special treat at the grocery for after they get their teeth brushed. I hate to do it I think worse than they hate to have it done. But this is good smelling breath treats. So we'll see what they think of them when I finally break down and get the scaling and brushing done.
Remembered to check availability dates on the play and sent email to friends to see if one of those nights works to get together.
Had some nice chats with DB'ers today on kitti's new detachment thread, very interesting.
Shells and I did snuggle in front of the fireplace for a bit again today. We were basically a bit lazy today!
Got some cleaning done in the kitchen I had been putting off and some laundry done.
Have decided with some of my what I now call 'thinking time', isn't that a nice excuse to snuggle in front of the fire? Anyway I believe I need some house cleaning goals. When I was doing all of the cleaning I sort of had a loose plan. Now I don't and I'm not getting much extra done. So new experiment this week. I think I tend to not get as much done at work or the house or anything without a clear idea or goal on where I am headed. Interesting insight into myself I believe I will need to delve into a bit more. More thinking time!!
Got a couple of Christmas gifts bought yesterday.
Finally got out some of the Christmas music to keep in the spirit as we cleaned and did 'thinking'!
Pam
"We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us"
Beautiful sunrise this morning and just a wonderful feeling morning.
Post from PIB gave me really sweet picture to keep in my head. Thank you!
Sprayed my car off where the birds had gotten it over the weekend, wasn't too cold out doing that thank goodness.
Did dishes, wiped down kitchen shelf, folded load of clothes and washed load of clothes & remembered to water the plants. Better than some evenings. Nothing like RJJ did over on the Flylady thread!!
Had some nice chats last night, mostly unrelated to R stuff. Fun stuff!
Nice compliments on my thread. Thank you guys so much for your support and encouragement.
Got a really cute card addressed to Mom and Dad Luke from David's horse Patty. I thought was going to be a Christmas card but was just an update on things she has been doing with her summer and fall.
Boss brought in the Nascar awards show from Friday evening that he taped. I don't have cable and thought it might be interesting to watch. Probably a weekend thing as he said it is like 3 hours long.
Stretched out on the sofa as my back was hurting, just till the dryer finished up and Frostbyte jumped on me almost before I was down and laid on me and snuggled.
Really like this Flylady routine. I'm not really following it, but following the theory. If I say ok, I'm just going to spend 15 minutes I am much more likely to do something and get more done!
Pam
"We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us"
Started the morning with meditation and aromatherapy candle.
PMA good again. I like this good feeling, this calmer, thinking feeling. Guess the higher dosage of Zoloft making me sleepy and forgetful is worth the positives it brings!
Had a MAJOR realization at 3:00 this morning, it is awesome and was staring me in the face for so long, I just couldn't see it. Feels really good to have this figured out for myself!!! Even if my post on it seemed sort of strange!
Nice chat through my lunch hour. Helps brighten the day!
Lite Christmas candles, fireplace was on and no other lights, had the music on and the house had such a nice cozy feeling.
Chatted some more during the evening and just nice relaxing evening. A.k.a. No housework!
My drive home was neat, lots of houses had their Christmas lights on early and it was so neat to see all of them lite up.
Breeze ate all of her breakfast and her dinner!! I hate when she takes not eating spells.
My neighbors across the street have lots of Christmas lights on and it is a neat view out my front window while I am sitting at the computer in the evenings and mornings.
Nice mild evening out when I walked to the barn to feed the kitties last night.
Pam
"We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us"
Can't believe how I haven't hardly posted on my own thread all day today!!! This has to be a first for me doesn't it??? Not that this is a bad thing.
Positives for Wednesday:
Did my exercise video and meditated before work!
Friend and I made plans to meet for dinner tonight.
Got some laundry folded and put away! Whoo Hooo laundry is totally caught up!
Love my clean counters, still need to get my sink shinned though Deb.
Shimmer is so snugly in bed and warm! It was cold last night and made me realize how much heat he puts out! He doesn't snore, nor is he grumpy if I wake him up to snuggle in the middle of the night. Talk about unconditional love. Course there are some areas that he isn't the perfect companion, you know what I mean?
Have Christmas stamps now. Have to get cards out and finish decorating. Easier than previous years as house is so much more organized! And I'm not even finished yet! But I LOVE IT!!! I hadn't even liked this house for a long time. David and I just let it become a mess, especially after it flooded and we had to move everything upstairs.
Got the shells in and out when it was just barely sprinkling so didn't have to deal with very wet dogs.
Had junk food for dinner! Haven't done that in forever, it wasn't bad.
Have I said I LOVE my new tile and the fireplace. This tile is great at not showing dog foot prints, unlike the white vinyl I had replaced, and so much easier to clean!!! The fireplace is so WARM when I turn it on!!!
Made it through the day WITHOUT a candy bar!!! Seem to get in cycles on those.
Pam
"We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us"
I am sorry your favorite driver hasn't been around lately. I just wanted to say hello and I hope you are doing well. I wish you a fantastic holiday season.
I wanted to be able to find this poem again that Odga posted, since this thread moves slower than my personal one thought this the best place to move it too.
Keep Believing in Yourself
There may be days when you get up in the morning and things aren't the way you had hoped they would be.
That's when you have to tell yourself that things will get better. There are times when people disappoint you and let you down.
But those are the times when you must remind yourself to trust your own judgments and opinions, to keep your life focused on believing in yourself.
There will be challenges to face and changes to make in your life, and it is up to you to accept them.
Constantly keep yourself headed in the right direction for you. It may not be easy at times, But in those times of struggle you will find a stronger sense of who you are.
So when the days come that are filled with frustration and unexpected Responsibilities, Remember to believe in yourself and all you want your life to be.
Because the challenges and changes Will only help you to find the goals that you know are meant to come true for you.
Keep believing in yourself!
Pam
"We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us"
But the air feels and smells different in a way to me this time of year. Well looking back that has been missing for a few years. Evidenced by we almost didn't get a Christmas tree up a few times. Except CHL played Santa Claus and decorated the tree, Christmas morning!! You can ask him wearing what????? 
Well, that feeling is back this year and I am really enjoying it being with me again. 
But we were joking and talking and it was sort of neat. 
