April 13, 2013 Greetings My Friend, Should I or shouldn’t I? That is what I am pondering. I am writing a blog 2 days a week and slowly as life settles I sense that writing 3 days a week would be nice. Writing a book isn’t there as of yet….but the blog sounds good to me. I get my writing need met and I have something to work at besides housework. It appeals to me. I am once more exercising. I go in and out of that. I don’t want to walk in the cold and possible ice outside. We have the ellipse and I have another machine that I lost the instructions on how to use it. I will see if I can get more instructions. This getting older thing can be annoying at times. My brain does not function in an organized manner like it once did. I lose track of my appointments, I forget things and the like. It is irritating. I have tried the talking to myself routine to get back in shape and nope it does not work either. I’ve decided that I’m older and this is what I deal with. It is what it is. I am on day number 3 of not leaving the house. It feels real good at this point. I stay in my pj’s until I have a reason to get dressed and be out in public. At one point I did not handle not getting dressed daily well but these days I am good with pajama days. It works. I love it when Junior is at his computer playing solitaire and I am at mine doing my routine programs. Sometimes we chat and sometimes we don’t. I see him and find comfort as well. It is what we do. I love it. Gone for me are days of constant arguing and bickering. I love that as well. I love our boring life. As we near summer I am excited that finally we may start getting the porches and yard more in shape. I don’t know how to keep all the clutter the dogs find to chew on up though. I will learn I am sure. The new porch is made which means I can sit outside with no furry friends and even open the door and let the cats out there with me. We will see. I love looking out at the woods on our property. I love the openness of our property. I continue to find a peace to country living. It amazes me that this city girl has turned country. I don’t need to be involved in a bunch of volunteer projects. I don’t have the energy and being home is a comfort to me these days. Our drives continue to astound me. The mountains year round are beautiful. I have not liked winter time for most of my life. I have hated the dying off of the leaves and the bare branches for most of my life. Out here in the country though I find a beauty in the bare woods during the winter and I don’t mind winter like I used to. The temps out here are bearable as well. I can deal with an average winter temp in the 40’s. It can get cold like in MI but it doesn’t stay as long and it doesn’t get that cold as often. I am good with that. The summers aren’t generally real hot. For some reason I don’t handle either extreme in weather so well. I’ve had frostbite and heat exhaustion and frankly both extremes tend to be rough on me anymore. Once more I marvel that God brought us to this area. Junior and I are at opposite ends with our weather preferences. I prefer it to be warmer than cold anything. He is the opposite. Here in VA we have found a place that seems to speak to us both. It continues to amaze me that God led us to the right place. This past winter I found myself not as down as I usually get in the winter. As fall came part of me knew that it would be ok. What a comfort! We are on a small country lane and my walks continue to astound me. The dogs tagging along on my walks continue to make me smile. The ellipse inside helps me to walk when the weather is bad out helps me as well. I even like that we tend to lump our various errands to one day during the week and we both generally go. It is a chance to shop and then on the weekends we often will go to a movie. I love it. The days of constant drama are gone from my life and now I live day to day boring and to be honest I love it. At times I believe God has allowed my body to slow down so that I would write. God wants me to write that is what I sense and so I write my blog maybe a book again. Time will tell. Growing up in the 60’s all my friends were Christian. We talked about our faith and it was natural. I can see though that a faith walk with the Lord is leaving our country. That is why I write my blog. For a long time I believed if you said the sinners prayer that life right away began to be easier and sweeter. Being on a faith journey does not mean that life becomes an instant cake walk. At times it is even harder. For me I don’t feel alone anymore. Knowing God is always near brings me comfort and trusting in God brings about some amazing moments. We moved to VA. We felt led to move. Some believe we made that up but I believe God directed us to move. Since arriving in VA we have been content beyond belief. We love our home, our life out here. The slower pace helps me as well. I don’t have all the distractions of doing that I had in city living. My body won’t do what it once did and so learning to slow down out here works wonders for me. I am not distracted and trying to do all that is available in the city living. Yup I am still happy living here in the country. God knew what we needed and pointed us to the place we needed to be. How amazing is that! May God bless you and keep you, make His face to shine upon you Love Janet