the much needed follow up...here is what happened after I got up from the computer this morning

This morning I was intent on taking pictures to procrastinate my 'to-dos.'
Poppy finally said, "NO MORE!"


Immediately after saying I lacked motivation that itself became the remedy....blogging about it gave me a reason not to sit around and stew on things.



I got right up and made a dinner to put in the crock pot and put ingredients in the bread machine for fresh bread.




I took stock in what I was overwhelmed about and realized that they were the very things I should be extremely grateful for instead of bugged about.

I am lucky to have had a day to stay at home and be warm inside, to have good ingredients to cook with, to have fun company to hang out with all day, a washer and dryer at my disposal, to have a compost bin just out back, to be able to feed the birds!! I reminded myself that we had just enjoyed a wonderful holiday vacation and received so many great Christmas gifts that I should be excited to write to our loved ones and thank for! Being able to fix tea and stay in my jammies till noon and blog on a Thursday morning while my happy and self-entertaining daughter plays next to me is really quite a luxury too.

Putting it in that perspective made me feel like a real spoiled brat.
It did, however, get me moving.

We got dressed up in our winter clothes and headed out to about 5 new inches of snow that needed redirecting. And I was just talking about not exercising...?





Upon returning inside to a warm house filled with the smell of dinner cooking away (and really soaking that up right then and there)....Poppy entertained herself and her babies with a sushi party and took her turn with the camera.




It seems that these days I can easily forget what a great companion to a over-busy mind music can be. Stopping to put the right CD on today was crucial in turning around how I was feeling.




A great many lessons were learned, or rather, refreshed, for me today. It initially took pouring it out in writing (and pictures!) to later fully appreciate just how lucky I feel.

Being thankful is the right way for me to start the New Year.


**the diry clothes in the over-heaped laundry baskets still did not wash themselves....but there is always tomorrow.