I've Been Thinking....

It's time for a New Beginning...

Around My Home

The beer is dressed for the cold.
We're shopping for cars.
The knitting nest is just as cozy as can be.
Eggs keep piling up faster than we can eat them.
Feeling grateful for supportive friendship.
The seedling on the windowsill have displaced many other plants.
Thinking about drinking more water.
Trying to push through lazy inclinations and work hard instead.

A New Beginning

I got my ass back to yoga yesterday and by the end of the hour I felt more like a butt again. The kind of butt that has strong flexible muscles in it, that can take oxygen into each cell and expel waste. My belly began to feel like a stomach once again and my back, oh my back! And my shoulders, oh my shoulders! Strong, straight, relaxed, comfortable. The integrity came rushing back in and there I was waking up from my little closed in retreat and began opening up once again. Oh and it felt great. I didn't need to cry or rest or tune out, I could just be present and breathe and balance and center.

My Kitchen Cooks Food:

Like oatmeal, lunches for 16, homemade butter and macaroons.

It was a busy day in this kitchen yesterday, and today seems no less busy with braised short ribs in the making, a sink moderately full of dishes and the second round of butter completed.

Perhaps tomorrow will be a slow one, but come Thursday we're off to the Eat Local Eastport Buying Club Pick-Up day and that makes one busy kitchen, with 30 families coming through in a few hours!

Favorites:

and eating out with this man:




There's something about our relationship that really shines when we get to sit back, relax and eat some yummy, yummy ramen, pork buns & share each others beers. There's a quietness, an observance. Some teasing and laughter. A bit of hand holding, and a whole lot of reaching across to the other person's bowl. We talk to the waitress, we discuss the rest of our day and discuss the rest of our lives as well. We scheme and plan on the future. In these quiet moments of enjoyment is when the creation of our lives happens.

the difference in a few days.

Little green sprouts, a kiddie pool out on the lawn again. Freckled and tan overnight. That sweaty wake up from sleep feeling. However it's March, not July and I will soon be wearing a chamois shirt again.

Superhero Powers

When becoming a parent you suddenly start learning superhero powers. You can suddenly move very quickly. You have the ability to be patient, loving and concerned at 3am. You can function with limited amounts of sleep, and yet also have the ability to sleep through anything. You can hear the tiniest of cries and know whether it's pain, sadness, anger or joy.

Being a parent makes a superhero out of you. You suddenly become invincible to another person. Somehow you've developed the ability to have magical powers over any malady. You know everything.

You also have developed superhuman strength. You can lift whole people, for extended periods of time. You can even carry them. You also develop the ability to multi-task, talk on the phone, cook a meal, and mind a child. Or shovel manure, sing and help someone ride a bike. Pay the bills, draw a picture and distribute snacks. You get the idea.

Just like a superhero your work is never, ever done.