Frosted trees look pretty.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to enjoy much of this winter weather because Riley is still sick with a cold. So I don't want to take him outside until he's 100% better. In the meantime I'll just enjoy it during the time I have to take Sydna to college and then work. Those are the only times I really leave the house unless I have to run errands.
I'm sure most children dread taking medicine and Riley is one of them. Boy, does he ever fights us when we have to give him that red medicine that he doesn't like. He totally looses it. Poor thing but there's no way around it. He had to take it.
Thankfully now, he's able to sleep through the night and I'm also thankful that he's not as congested as he first was. I felt so bad for him.
One thing he didn't give me a hard time over was when I would tell him to lie down and rest during the day when he would normally be playing. I made sure to put on one of his favorite mellow movies in hopes that he would fall asleep. Well, he didn't always end up taking a nap but he did watch the entire movie which allowed me some me time. Much needed time for journaling.
It snowed on Sunday, January 3rd. The entire day fell into place. The day before, Jacob and I decided to stay home the following day {not knowing that it would snow. Snow wasn't in the forecast}. That's the day we also had thanksgiving dinner because well, I craved turkey and ham again. Seeing it snow and the smell of turkey and ham cooking and all of us together at home was simply wonderful.
I love seeing snow fall. It made me wonder if Libby would like to see it too or smell it? If that's even possible so I went to get her. She has become such a scaredy cat. She startles at the sound of a passing car. I had to block the entrance so she wouldn't run inside. She quickly began observing her surroundings and laid down on the porch but then there was a drift and snow began falling on us. That's when I noticed that she was beginning to freak out and so I let her back inside.
Once noon came around ... I believe Jacob was watching several games on tv, the kids had gone to their bedrooms and Riley was hanging out in the living room. I figured it would be a good time to steal a moment to myself. Back in early October I had bought enough books to last me all through winter. I've read seven books already from the picture on the left. That would have brought my books down to six however, I've also been to several bookstores since then and I've added more books to my stack.
The picture on the right shows the new books I've gotten since October. Jacob is currently reading Knowing God that's why it's not in the picture but I haven't read that one yet. A couple of days ago I started reading For the love by Jen Hatmaker. I've read about fifteen pages so far. I hope I like the book because her style of writing is on the humorous side per se ... she's a bit of a comedian ... and I'm not so I hope I am able to read past the "humor" and learn something new.
My goal was to finish reading all the books in the left picture. Like I said, I have already read seven of them so I guess I should read the last six books and not get myself into reading books that I've recently bought. It's really very exciting for me ... having all these books stacked by the side of my bed just waiting to be read. I am SO happy that my love for reading came back because for a while there I had lost my passion for reading.
Reading is fun!
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