Books!

 Lookin' a little maniacal...

The four cousins are watching Panda Go Panda and there is a lot of giggling behind me.  I'm minding the kids while the other three grown ups are out.

These are two new books, both from my list.  The Windup Girl was an anniversary gift from Cap.  Nine Simple Patterns for Complicated Women was a gift from me.  I figured it'd be cool to allow myself to buy one of the books off my list.

Today was kind of a weird day.  Much calm amidst the storm of the season...the tides which felt so overwhelming last week are not pulling at me as much this weekend.  I just kind of did one thing at a time, without stress, without struggle.  Cooked up the ground beef and the whole chicken that had thawed in the fridge and were ready to go...yesterday.  Picked up Daniel and had him over.  (Donna has been sick as a dog the past two days.)  We were very housebound today.  Cap was up at school most of the day and Gem wanted to stay put in his pajamas all day.

After dropping Daniel back home, Sag and I stopped into our local bookshop as the light fled and the cold nipped our cheeks.  Stepping into the warmly lit hues of books and sweaters and smiles, I took a deep breath in and out.  I love this place.  We picked up some books I'd ordered, had two of them gift wrapped, and back out into almost-Winter we swept.

Now I get to listen to these kids stitch together a memory.  They have moved onto Surf's Up.  I'm going to make some tea and sit back.  Tomorrow morning, as long as Gem's feeling better and his fever is, indeed, gone, I will be at Whole Paycheck picking up short ribs.  My side of the family will be over for holiday celebrating in the afternoon.

Peace and love.