MISTY'S MORNINGS

~PRETTY~ ~HAPPY~ ~FUNNY~ ~REAL~ Keeping my promise to myself to savor each moment, say yes to each child more often, to enter fully into each  Christ -mas moment. Sharing here every Thursday...    

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outdoors…  The most ideal fall weather has convinced me that November is my new favorite weather month of the year.  The daytime temps are in the 60s, sunny and calm.  Plenty of time for children to explore in the woods while I sip coffee on the deck, soaking in the gentle sunshine and listening to birds twittering.  This is where I do all my meal planning, recipe reading and Christmas daydreaming.   thinking… About the magic of this particular holiday season.  I said to my sons yesterday that this year has been my favorite holiday time since my own childhood.  Nine, eight and three year old boys are SO WONDERFUL. I adore their ages.  They still love all that Christmas has to offer from the Angel Gabriel to Santa's elves. This is my bliss. wearing... Capri exercise pants and a soft green tee shirt and I am barefoot.  The window by my computer is open and I love the cool morning ...

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~PRETTY~ It has been a while since I have seen a rainbow this clearly and I had to snap the photo on my camera even though I was holding up traffic for a moment .  Rainbows always make me think of God and Noah and promises and peace . ~HAPPY and FUNNY~ Lately, we have been doing a lot of snuggling on the sofa while watching Christmas movies.  Here we were watching the Ice Age Christmas special in our jammies ~ complete with little boy bedhead.  :)  If you also like to share cozy couch moments with good family shows, check out the 25 Days of Christmas programming guide here . ~REAL~ December is here and the leaves are off the trees.  The barren months lie ahead.  Time to turn toward home, creativity, reading, and quiet, contemplative pursuits. I love this time of year.  The darkest evenings, longest nights evoke such a refocusing of my priorities on my family and job as keeper of the home.  Time to read a little Laura Ingalls ...

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The table awaits.  The table is graced. (BTW -I am not really that tall.  I was sitting on a kitchen stool!) The aftermath. The cousins. The turkey and dressing may be gone but the glow of time spent with family and friends remains .  My sister and brother-in-law departed on Sunday after a week of work and play.  They are the best sous-chefs in the universe.  I could not have pulled off the meal without their help in the kitchen and around the house.  My husband and boys were on tidying and cleaning detail and they, too, took care of business effortlessly.  Thank you everyone!   Our guests made the whole process worthwhile - especially ending the evening with howls over the game Balderdash .  We learned words like whisterpoop and baldersnatch and the memories of our invented definitions still make me grin and chuckle.  The kids were angels and finished their evening playing in the yard well past dark.  ...