so, on saturday afternoon, after ben did a bunch of yard-work and brush-clearing, and the kids played baseball and soccer and in the sandbox, and we piled up a big burn pile, and hiked all over our property and found a beaver trail and a coyote bed, ben got the jeep out, and we went for a ride - in the open air - on january 7 - under the rising, almost full, moon.
i must say that this year i do not miss the snow. we've got ice for skating and fishing on. and the sun has been shining and shining and shining. it's like the best parts of fall decided to stay on for a long, long time this year. it's wonderful!
i wrote myself a to-do list for this week. but it was written with sunlight pouring through my window and a lot of things on the list are actually fun - i just need to remember to do them.
i must jaunt off to take maddie to her piano lesson and run an errand that will allow me to cross something off my list. :) i hope that your monday is going along nicely, my friends. mine sure is.