Elizabeth’s Journal

Getting Back in the Habit

It sure is difficult to pick up the habit again of making blog entries. Right now I’m waiting for an answer back on my genealogy mailing list about a small problem, so after winning a hand of solitaire I decided to go ahead and just make a damn entry!

This morning I was cuddled up on the couch with Jonathan, one arm around him and the other holding the magazine I was reading (he was watching Between the Lions on PBS. All of a sudden, he asked, “What’s its name?” What is what’s name, I asked? “The baby’s name”, he replied. So we had a little conversation about not knowing since we don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl (he said we should ask the doctor), and then he wanted to know when I was going to let the baby out of my tummy. I said it needed to get a little bigger first, but probably about next May I would let it come out. (As if I’m going to have anything to say about it!)

I bundled up all my plants together to keep warm on the deck this evening—wind gusts have been *very* strong today, up to 40mph, and it’s supposed to get down close to freezing again tonight. Coming into winter is kind of fun this year; I see the plants not putting any new growth on, and I can imagine what it will be like in spring when all of a sudden they burst into action again. I’m getting a nice feel for the whole cycle of the year. Also, I figure this gives me a break! Hopefully in the nice days over the next month or two, I’ll be able to do a little bit of weeding and some much-needed pruning (don’t want to do it too soon or any new growth will get frozen) before the spring comes and I get too huge to maneuver around easily. Given Texas weather, I should be all right, I think.

I’m greatly looking forward to the upcoming early Christmas at my house on Friday evening, and tickled that so many are able to make it. As soon as I get back Wednesday morning from taking Jonathan to his gymnastics program, I plan to channel Grama Sprong and bake some cookies. Hopefully my stamina will last. (And everyone who’s coming will get cookies to take home with them—I’ve even got Ziploc plastic containers, so no excuses.)

The house is decorated very nicely for Christmas, with the help of Brian & Joy before they returned home last Friday, and it’s very pleasant to go from room to room and see pretty things everywhere—I’ve built up a big enough collection now that I can make it look like Christmas in more than just one room. I especially like Christmas trees, and in addition to the real tree in the living room, there are 3 little trees throughout the house. Ho ho ho!