Happy Sunday! Today was a beautiful day. I am not sure what the actual temperature ended up coming in at, but the sunshine was glorious and my heart was happy. As a (mostly) introverted person, today was pretty close to my perfect day. All my kiddos are safe and sound, my husband is home and projecting with me, and my extended family is hunkered down and safe as well. If I end up in bed with a new book to crack open in an hour, I will go to sleep a very happy woman.
Because I went to bed super early last night due to crappy allergy stuff (which is much improved with meds btw) I was up very early today. I had literally almost two hours to myself before the house started to stir - which is unheard of on a regular day, much or less a quarantine day. I did yoga, did a devotion, played with my little seedlings, reorganized the dining room furniture, and tinkered with our meal plan for the week all before Baby Boy sleepily walked down the staircase. I should go to bed early more often.
While our kids woke up slow with cartoons and cereal, the husband and I went out and replaced a section of fence that a tree branch took out this winter. We weighed options - he was highly in favor of just burning it. I think he has a fire bug problem. I wanted to repurpose it for a new gardening spot to grow a second batch of cucumbers. Because I take it as a personal challenge to grow as much as possible in our teeny tiny yard. We compromised - I gave him some other wood I was hoarding to burn and he helped me put up my new garden fence. We both won. Marriage. We actually spent almost all of the day outside, playing in the garden. This weekends' cold snap has delayed my plants actually being outside, but my little garden apprentice and I cleaned up all the beds and her fairy garden. We filled up the compost pile a bit, moved some logs around, and got our trellising all set. We planted a second set of snap peas - just couldn't help ourselves. We should be swimming in peas come June. This quarantine is going to be really good for our garden. And our garden is really good for my mental health. I strongly encourage everyone to get themselves a little garden.
This morning we also had family church. This is the first week our church is actually closed. The other day I thought it would be a good idea to link up with a few family members and have our own informal 'church' service. We had some technical difficulty, too many devices not directly connected - but think we have it solved for next week with an app called Zoom. My sister has tried it and you can all talk and see each other on the computer screen. I am excited to try it out. And even though today was a bit chaotic, it was still a fantastic way to remind ourselves it was Sunday and a day to value family and faith and togetherness. Every household brought a prayer or a Bible verse to share outloud. I found a few timely prayers to use in the beginning and end - and my baby sister read this week's gospel. It was simple and experimental and the dogs barked through a lot of it...but it filled a need and I am very hopeful it will neaten up a bit next week. Stay tuned...
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