Wednesday, January 8, 2020

A bit better every day


A picture just to remind us of summer...

Because this morning we woke up to this:


Winter finally came.  The snow is swirling outside the window and it feels like being inside a snow globe.

Things are good around here.  For whatever reason I've felt very relaxed and content the last couple of days. It's a strange sensation.  Since New Year's I've been trying to be a just a little bit better to myself and our family every day. A bit kinder and more patient. Counting blessings on my fingers before bed (10!). Doing a bit of yoga at night, taking a hot bath or god forbid eating a vegetable. Putting more of an effort into the house although it's still mess most days. Purging things we don't need and downsizing.


This shelf of spices was stuffed before I went through it.  There were some amazing discoveries including this jar of lime leaves that expired back in 2013


Wish I were joking but no.  This whole cleaning spree was actually prompted by the night that a mouse got into my baking cupboard.  This happens every winter so I have learned to decant everything into a glass container before it gets stored in there. Still, there was a mess to clean up. Turns out the whole house benefited.  Yes, I caught the mouse.

It feels a bit like pushing myself to blog today about something,  anything just to get back in the habit of writing down thoughts. Hopefully this is what I need to shake the dust off and get back into the swing of things. 

4 comments:

  1. We were the other way, whilst shopping hubby brough thyme, only to find we already had a spare pot, out thyme in the garden has stopped growing in the winter months. I do like a good January clean up.

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    1. I find myself guilty of buying thyme every spring. Yes, it overwinters here but it's also lovely and inexpensive. No harm done!

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  2. If you do need some kaffir lime leaves, you have a friend with some in the freezer. They went in December 2019 - honest.

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    1. Llyn... honestly I cannot even remember why I had them. A Thai pumpin soup?

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