Time to Reflect

Finally, I'm sitting down and mostly by myself, there is a super cute baby girl next to me making raspberries and holding her toes, but who can complain about that?  I am now ready for a nice slow winter.  A winter of playing in the snow, watching my breath as I wait outside, and of warm tea and biscotti. This is the exact opposite of the previous weeks, and who can blame the business on anyone? There was just a lot that happened in a small amount of time. 

For starters, there is a lot of new life celebrations this year.  Cora, my neice turned two years old (her birthday falls on December 15), and my Sister-in-law Heather is due to become a new mom by the beginning of February, making a baby shower necessary while family was in town.

Another celebration of life but in a more painful way was when Steve's wonderful Grandmother Jane (whom my baby Jane gets her name) passed a week before Christmas.  The funeral was a testament to her godliness, love, charm, humor, and blessedness.    

If you are keeping track that is three social events, all of which happen within or around a weeks time. 

Now, as is tradition in our family we have the five Christmases, and try as I might I'm just not the kind of person who can be around people all the time (except for my immediate family and even then I need some alone time).  For me the perfect balance is a one to one ratio.  One day out and about to one day in and recharging.  But with  nine events within the window of ten days my ratio is kinda thrown to the wayside.  But I'm finding that it's not a lack of people but more a lack of energy to register everything that is happening around me and plus my house goes to pot (a dirty house actually stresses me more than...well maybe a fender bender.  In fact, if I did have a fender bender, I really hope not to, I would probably be okay if I came home and my house was perfectly clean and the laundry was done.).

So, now in the comfort of our chase, I can finally register my feelings, thoughts, hopes, dreams, and sit down and blog as I look back over the previous weeks.  I am thankful for all the time with friends and family (and COOKIES! I've gained at least 5lbs), and I look forward to the winter, to 2013, and to all the adventures that are bound to make their way onto this blog.