That Time

The rush of Christmas is over. That one day we spend weeks, if not months, preparing for. Amid the wrapping paper and fallen pine needles, I sat there thinking...maybe planning. Yes, planning. Planning when I'd take the tree down and all the Christmas decorations. How to arrange the family room or if I should attempt to re-arrange the room.

Mentally, I prepared another list. What I need to buy for next year - organization is a goal of mine. We'll see if I do better this year! Calendar, filing supplies, cleaning supplies. As I review my holiday to-do list, I realize I haven't done half of the things I wanted to and the days are passing quickly.

So as I pack up the holiday items for another year, I think ahead of cleaning and yes, those resolutions that fade away by mid-February. I am taking it week by week. We'll be eating healthier and I'll be exercising regularly. That is all I am planning this year. I want to be successful and to do that, you need a short list.

In the meantime, I might not get everything done on my too long of a to-do list but I am enjoying the family time with the big man, our daughter and our son. Spending time, making memories and laughing. Those are the memories that will endure time, not the lists I make and the things I did not get done. Or the things I did do. Camera nearby, we have fun. We have been walking around the yard, exploring the springs in the field, cracking the ice on the ponds edge, filing birdfeeders and watching the deer nightly as they run to our huge birdfeeder to lick up any fallen seeds. They fight and chase each other as they want their share.

Yesterday and today have been very warm for upstate NY so we wore our farm boots and trodded around the wet and sloshy, sometimes icy, land. It felt good to be outside, in the fresh air. Blues skies above and well, the landscape lacks color but it still is nice to get out and wander.

We'll see what the remainder of our family time together brings...until then, enjoy life. love those around you and laugh.