Stay-cation!

I am blessed, blessed, blessed with a LOT of days to take off between now and the end of the year.  Today and Monday are two of them!  I am home and enjoying every minute of it.  My husband and I went on a few short trips earlier in the year but during these winter holidays, we like to stay off the roads.  When the girls were younger, we traveled many years to grandparents during Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Now that we’re older, we don’t miss the traffic.

While home, we will do some projects but we know we will have multiple days to accomplish some of the bigger, more time-consuming jobs.  Throughout the year, it feels like some things begin to “pile up” and that leaves us with underlying frustration.  Now we can tackle them.

 

But for today - - - I started out at a leisurely pace around the house - - - made some holiday “to do” lists and then ran errands this afternoon.  To organize my route around town, I first list each place I need to visit on individual slips of paper and attach any coupons or sale papers to them.  Then I can “shuffle them” in the order I run them - - or change them or even save some for another day.   It keeps me from rewriting a list.  It may seem more work to some but it works for me.

So with that said, here’s my leisurely afternoon.

Although I was on vacation, something was delivered to me here today.  It was homemade cinnamon-swirl bread that I purchase from a friend.  She grinds the wheat right before baking the bread.  There are no preservatives or sugar.  Sweetening is with honey.  I slice and freeze the loaves.  Generally I eat one slice about mid-morning each day.  It lasts me three weeks.

One of the recycling sites is right out the rear exit of our church property.  I know you will enjoy these pictures!  haha

 

I know it is good to recycle so we don't deplete more of our natural resources but it is good for the landfill to have less contents.

It is now mid-afternoon and I am in need of a snack.  This thyroid thing does interesting things with my appetite and energy.  If I am hungry and don't eat, my energy bottoms out pretty rapidly.

Each of their tables had holiday decorations.  It was rather home-like. . . .  and the next stop was . . . 

to get food and litter for these critters.

Can you tell they are probably related?  We never have gone looking for any pet we have owned in 34 years of marriage.  They always seem to find us - - - just wander into our yard.

I stopped here earlier but did not see anything that jumped off the rack in the women's section and said, "Buy me." 

However, I was drawn to the men's section and saw something I knew would look great on my husband.  We met there after work for him to try it on.  Originally priced at $120, it was on sale for 50% off.  I had a coupon for $10 off a purchase over $50 AND another coupon for $15 off any purchase of $15 or more - - - so he got this for $38.40 (including tax).  It looks really good on him. 

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.  Proverbs 3:6