- Turkey Chili for lunch at mom and dad's
- A blog redesign
- Listening to the personalized mix cd that was part of J.'s Christmas gift to me while I worked on the blog this afternoon - loving the music on it!
- Watching the movie "Bedtime Stories" with Mom and Dad tonight - I'm increasingly a fan of funny, creative, imagination inspiring kid's movies.
- Thankful for a car that is still getting me from place to place safely
- Incredibly thankful that I am still off of work for another week
- Loving checking out photos of friends Christmases on blogs or facebook - especially a few friends who were celebrating the first Christmases for their new little ones
- playing simple games on facebook
- grateful for the healing in my relationship with my parents that is letting me truly enjoy all the time we've been spending together
- sipping a cup of mango rooibos tea
- 137 days of writing lists of things that make me smile... it's crazy to think I've been doing this that long!
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Daily 5 - Day 137
Today's Daily "5":
New Look
Well, since the template I was using for my blog sort of self destructed and erased the pretty blue flowers that were in my header, and replaced them with a particularly ugly warning message, I figured it was probably time to switch things up again.
I'm liking the new look. The template is called "echo history" which seems somehow appropriate for someone who is a history geek! Plus, it reminded me of some of the fonder memories of my time in Europe, and stirred the longing to go back to Rome in particular, and I'm always grateful for those reminders and stirrings.
And, since in the process of changing the template, I had to rebuild my entire list of links, I've updated it and added several new links that weren't there before. Check some of the blogs out - even the ones that haven't been updated recently have some really great content in their archives.
And now, having spent close to three hours fixing the blog, I'm off to find something to eat for supper. I'm hungry!
And let's all pray that this template lasts a while, and doesn't require changes, because I'm not in any hurry to repeat that tedious project again anytime soon!
I'm liking the new look. The template is called "echo history" which seems somehow appropriate for someone who is a history geek! Plus, it reminded me of some of the fonder memories of my time in Europe, and stirred the longing to go back to Rome in particular, and I'm always grateful for those reminders and stirrings.
And, since in the process of changing the template, I had to rebuild my entire list of links, I've updated it and added several new links that weren't there before. Check some of the blogs out - even the ones that haven't been updated recently have some really great content in their archives.
And now, having spent close to three hours fixing the blog, I'm off to find something to eat for supper. I'm hungry!
And let's all pray that this template lasts a while, and doesn't require changes, because I'm not in any hurry to repeat that tedious project again anytime soon!
Quiet Sunday
I went to my parent's church this morning, and then accepted their invitation to join them for a turkey chilli lunch. (Not, by the way, made from Christmas dinner leftovers, but from ground turkey.)
During and after lunch I engaged in the time honored tradition on Mom's side of the family (she's from Wisconsin) of watching the Green Bay Packers play football. And the even more time honored tradition of falling asleep while you're supposed to be watching football.
If I'm going to watch professional sports, football is definitely my preference. However, I've always said that football is also the best for falling asleep to. Hockey commentators get too excited and yell a lot at the unexpected twists and turns of a hockey game, and make it harder to lull yourself into sleep!
This afternoon I have a little work to do on my blog, and then, well, who knows...
If the weather stays nice and I can recruit someone to tag along, I might go check out zoo lights tonight. Or I might head back to mom and dad's and watch another movie.
But I'd imagine the day will stay pretty low key!
During and after lunch I engaged in the time honored tradition on Mom's side of the family (she's from Wisconsin) of watching the Green Bay Packers play football. And the even more time honored tradition of falling asleep while you're supposed to be watching football.
If I'm going to watch professional sports, football is definitely my preference. However, I've always said that football is also the best for falling asleep to. Hockey commentators get too excited and yell a lot at the unexpected twists and turns of a hockey game, and make it harder to lull yourself into sleep!
This afternoon I have a little work to do on my blog, and then, well, who knows...
If the weather stays nice and I can recruit someone to tag along, I might go check out zoo lights tonight. Or I might head back to mom and dad's and watch another movie.
But I'd imagine the day will stay pretty low key!
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