Domestic things

Have I ever mentioned how much of a home body I am?

I love quiet Saturdays when the house is empty of everyone but me, and I have a list of homey type things to work my way through.

Laundry.

Putting dishes away.

Cooking myself lunch.

Updating my budget.

Clean, fresh sheets on my bed.

Sorting through cookbooks.

Watching tv on dvd.

Sweeping.

Organizing my desk.

A trip to the library.

Emails from friends and family.

Tea and candles.

Incense.

Jason Upton playing in the background as I go about the day.

Dinner plans.

Looking for ideas in scrapbooking magazines.

These are the sorts of things I've engaged in today, with more still on the agenda.

Megs is coming over tonight for a Grey's Anatomy marathon complete with junk food. It's been a few weeks since we've had time to hang out thanks to competing work schedules, after work commitments, and her new boyfriend. I'm looking forward to watching several episodes of Grey's and catching up with one of my best friends.

See you around!

Added a new book...

I've added a new book to the non-fiction reading list in the sidebar.

Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor.

I reccommend this one highly.

So many beautiful thoughts and words, though I don't always agree with all of the conclusions Reverend Brown draws.

A sampling?

"The effort to untangle the human words from the divine seems not only futile to me but also unnecessary, since God works with what is. God uses whatever is usable in a life, both to speak and to act, and those who insist on fireworks in the sky may miss the electricity that sparks the human heart."

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