Well, well. Here we are two years later…So much has happened in the past 2 years. I won’t get into all that right now, as it’s quarter to midnight on Sunday evening and morning will come early!

I just updated the title and the look of my blog. Not everything is up and running just yet, but it’ll get there.

My sister-in-law has her church choose a star each year at the new year and then that word becomes your word to focus on this year. I love this. Everything about it. In the past, I have thought of the word many times in January and February and then it gets lost in that huge crazy chaos known as life. Well, this year, it’s already different, and I am loving it. My word given to me this year is “Rest.” At first, I was super excited about that! Life is crazy and somedays I just want to curl back into my shell and not leave the house… but after much reflection, I came to realize that this might be the best word for me to work on this year.

I, like many of you, just go, go go – getting all the things done and dropping into bed super late at night just to begin the rat race in the morning and do it all over again. Well, I am working on that late part, but I realize that I need to be mindful about my rest and caring for myself. For my own sanity, I have stayed away from the news each day. I can. not. watch. late. show. tv. I can’t read the news online at lunch time. I know enough from the headlines that pop up on my phone each day. I know enough that I know I need to make time for me… or I just not make it through the next 4 years. But, I digress…

Hubby and Kirby bought me a Kindle for my birthday. Punky bought me Kindle Unlimited for a year. (I can’t even believe that he is away at college….Just seems like yesterday when I started this blog when he was 1 or 2 years old….and now he’s 19!)

At night, I find myself, shutting off the tv, walking away from my computer, spreading out on our couch or in my recliner and curling up with a book on that new awesome kindle (I love that you can make the font bigger!). So, tonight, I updated my BOOKS list on the blog —-which apparently I stopped doing in 2013. I guess that was the year after Kirby was born, and two kids are a lot harder to manager than one! So, I started documenting again the books I have read or are reading right now. 🙂 It feels so good! Here’s what my reading space looks like at night now:

Like I said, a lot has happened in two years. Punky is away at college. Kirby is now at the middle school where I teach. I just can’t believe how I got here so quickly in life. This is my 29th year teaching. What?!?

Today, my “rest” was going for a much needed mani- pedi- with my friend. I could go there nightly for those foot rubs and the massaging chair. So relaxing. Again…making time to rest. I also recharged spending time with friends at a SuperBowl party. It was just nice to “be” with people. I brought ham and cheese sliders, potato skins, and creamy cheese and broccoli soup… So yummy!

This week is a busy week, so I am calling it quits so I can grab some sleep. It feels good to be back. Don’t look around too closely….not everything is “back” but it’s a work in progress…