Steak Stew in the One Scoop Birdy Bowl from Little Flower Designs.
READING: Just browsing through library books of photography about how to take better family/people/everyday type shots with more interest, etc. This led me to a never-ending internet menu of sites devoted to this, so have been spending the week studying up on these suggestions/ideas.
POOLSIDE READING: Carolyn Hart's mysteries. (Am too cheap to buy Sue Grafton's newest, so am patiently waiting on the hold list at the library for T is for Trespass...maybe soon as I have been waiting quite a bit now.)
LISTENING TO: Tom Petty...Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers are going to do the Super Bowl halftime show...now we're talkin'!
COOKING THROUGH: Some of the blogs I check in on now and again have been featuring interesting and inspiring recipes, so I am giving those a whirl this week.
FAV NEW FIND: Little Flower Designs where I found this oh-so-cute One Scoop Birdy Bowl pictured above with today's lunch in it. Most days here I eat soup and salad for lunch. (Okay, most days anywhere anytime I eat soup and/or salad for lunch...I am a creature of habit, what can I say?) A regular soup bowl or cup and a salad plate full of greens can be a pretty big lunch...but with this little One Scoop Birdy Bowl, the soup portion is just right! (And, for those of you who love portion control...get thee over to Linda's and order a Birdy Bowl or two for yourself! Perfect size.) Now, if I can just get Linda to make me a One Toss Birdy Salad Plate, I will be all set!
FAV THING TODAY: Hands down, no question, my absolute favorite thing today was a chatty telephone call from my Uncle Larry in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I know, I know, I usually am not that fond of the phone, but there are special people and occasions when I LOVE that phone. It was just so nice to sit and chat and catch up with family news, etc. and it absolutely made my day. What a gift! Isn't it great things like this happen? Absolutely favorite thing today. Absolutely.
SCRAPBOOK PAGES THIS WEEK: Well, this week I began packing up my supplies, photos, and memorabilia for the scrapbook weekend this month. I love this weekend each year when I have been known to crank out about 80 pages in the space of two days. Now, mind you, I am not one of those architecture, build-a-page type of scrapbookers...I don't do a lot of fancy stuff or art work or stickers or things like that...just the photos, the stories/words/memories and once in awhile something of whimsy. Last year I did almost an entire year's worth to get caught up. This year, the plan is to get the high school memory books going for both the boys, and to finish the Italy travel pages which still need bits and pieces here and there. So, this week I am organizing, sorting, and getting all the pre-planning done.
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS LIST PROGRESS: I made it to Book-It; went to the Mall shopping with a friend for one hour and fifteen minutes (purchased the calendar page inserts for my Franklin Covey day planner, so it was not a total waste unproductive...I did love the company, however); let the boys decorate, organize, etc. in the new Game Room about 80% of the time...I did suggest a few things which they agreed were good, but other than that, I did not go in and line things up and/or change them around; learned how to check messages on my cell; signed up for the photography class; signed up for the knitting class; answered three phone calls without going through the message machine, and let several emails sit for a day or two before answering them. Growth: who knew? The power of a list.
GOING TO: Have the entire day Saturday with Mark...Matt will be at an all-day choir retreat and Alex will be at scout camp...a whole day from 9-4 that we can just float about doing whatever comes to mind that we want to do...I think there is a movie in the mix somewhere...date day instead of date night...what's not to love about a whole date day?
PRAYING FOR: As I go through my address book today, noting new addresses from Christmas cards and letters, I realized just how many loved ones have had changes this year...births, deaths, marriages, divorces...a lot of changes in my book. So, I am praying for those near and dear dealing with all these changes, both happy and sad, please join me with your own journey through your own address book and pray for those in your life who are experiencing these kinds of changes also.