Friends


Today was beautiful outside. Unfortunately I had indoor chores to do that were important. I did, however, take the rabbit out and put him in his large outdoor cage with some paper to play with. He's a happy camper.
The garden needs cleaning and probably some planting. I have lots of larkspur that seeding in just about everything. I love larkspur.
I still haven't cleaned up all the white powder from the fire extinguisher. I think that will be a forever chore. It seems to have made it's way all the way out of the room I used it in and covers my piano and every light shelf and trinket I own. No fun.

The other day, Bruce and I were having a talk about how so many people that I enjoyed getting to see on a regular basis are no longer available to me. It's been really hard. I remember a time when I would spend several days a week getting to see my friends, friends who I knew through school, through my husband, through my children, friends at church. Now it seems my friends from school almost all moved away, friends from when my kids were little are so busy, and so many friends I enjoyed seeing at church have unfortunately left. It seems it's rare to spend time with friends lately. I miss so many people. Facebook is just not enough.

Yesterday I had lunch with my friend Tammy, who I've known for probably 25 plus years. We had fun as we always do. And as I was sitting there I realized that I really need to make a greater effort to spend time with friends. I need to do the work.
It's not enough to go to lunch with someone once every 4 weeks.
I can't let the busy life we've all gotten used to, take away that time with friends.

I'm walking for thirty minutes every day for lent. I tell ya, it's one of the hardest things I've done. Not sure why. It might be because I'm so tired by the end of the day, having done all my chores, and only remember to do my walking in the evening. Not smart, I know. I'm usually on my feet all day and by 9 or so I'm ready to sit on my rear and relax. That's when I remember I have to walk.
I finally managed to keep my 50 pound dog from attacking the treadmill, and actually get to read stuff on the computer while I walk, which passes the time pretty quickly. I should probably put more effort or speed to it. I think my 87 year old father-n-law walks further than me. Although I do it in 30 minutes and it probably takes him an hour to walk a mile. But still...he does it, and I'm complaining. HELLO!!!

I'm so glad it's friday. I'm going to go pull out some frozen semi-healthy pizza from the freezer and start a fire in the nice clean wood stove. A movie sounds good. Hmmm...Star Trek, or GI Joe?
Hope everyone has a nice weekend.
Lets do lunch. :)

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