Grace in Small Things, January 11, 2012

1. Pillows everywhere in the bed this morning (as is the case every morning these days. "What are you trying to do, build a pillow fort?" my husband asked me when he came to bed the other night.) Pillows...and my husband curled up on one side of me, my dog Newton on the other. Ahhh...bliss...did not want to get out of bed this morning...

2. Reading a great book called The Elephant's Journey by Jose Saramago. So nice to really, really enjoy reading something. (I'm the queen of starting a book and putting it down because I'm not really engaged.) And lest you think I'm all highbrow from my reading choices, I should also tell you that I'm sooooo psyched that The Bachelor is back on TV. Are any of you Bachelor fans? Do you like any of the girls yet? I'm finding them all pretty annoying at this point...

3. As long as I do it the right way (right time of day, right amount), I can still have grapefruit juice on my diabetic diet. Which is huge, because that is what I'm craving morning, noon and night. (And even though I can't drink as much as I want, I'm grateful I can still drink some)

4. Work's starting to get busier again, which is good. December was sooooooo slow for me, which was nice, but doesn't do good things for our bank account

5. And on a related note, paid our quarterly taxes today (I freelance so have to pay in four times a year). Gosh, it's a lot of money going to the government, but it means I'm working and getting paid, for which I'm always grateful, especially in these economic times...

XOXO