Posted in Simple Living

I have taken two days offline.  I spent the morning in church with my family, ate lunch at MIL's and then we came home to just lay around.  Dan and I finally watched the last four episodes of 24 season 3 last night.  Yes, we watched ALL FOUR AT ONE TIME!!!  LOL  We could not help ourselves.... they were intense episodes!  So, being up late we slept in this morning... well, at least I did with the three that stayed home.  Dan had to go to work.  ;)  I had started A Christmas Carol yesterday, too, so I finished reading that this morning around 10:30... yes, I laid about reading all morning as did the kids.  It was a nice feeling. 

After laying about so late I got up and showered and made lunch.  Then around 3:00pm I laid down again and napped sporadically while the kids napped and read for about an hour and a half.  Talk about lay abouts!!!  We certainly were that today.  Then I put a frozen dish in the oven... one that one of my Bible study friends sent and warmed up some lima beans and pulled out a fruit salad that was in the fridge.  It was delicious... a chicken, rice and cheese dish.  I am going to have to get the recipe.  Then we piled into the van and went out to see lights.  What a great relaxing day.  I am now typing as I listen to a concert we recorded several years ago of Chip Davis and Manheim Steamroller's Christmas Special.  It is amazing!!!  I am planning another day of laying about tomorrow to celebrate my 41st birthday!  LOL  I am reading Light from Heaven now and have a few Christmas books to read in between as I feel like it. 

You all would be so proud of me... learning to lay about and all.  It is becoming easier to just relax the more I do it.  Oh, the laundry needs to be done and the kitchen is a bit of a mess but it will all be there when I can get to it.  The frozen meals have helped a great deal and Dan has some casseroles in the works for later in the week that he can put together easily.  What a great man!!!  Dan and J(14) are doing a great bit of it when they get home in the evenings to just keep up a bit.

Well, my cocoa is getting cold - cinnamon cocoa - the Chip Davis Manheim Steamroller brand from Albertson's grocery store.  It is delicious!!! 

Blessings to you all...   *schmoochie*