a strange but true story about luck

Last week I found a four leaf clover. On my living room rug. Sam is low to the ground. When he goes outside to do his business he drags in leaves etc. along with him. It is not uncommon for me to be picking up a stray leaf or twig. But last week I was flabbergasted. There it was; a perfect four leaf clover...on the rug.

lucky

Yes, we are lucky. The day started out in the mid 60s again but by the afternoon it had gotten considerably colder. Even though we will wake up to freezing temps tomorrow, we will fortunately miss all the ice and snow that was predicted earlier. I have to sub again tomorrow and I have already dug through my stack of wool sweaters and picked out one to wear. During the cold weather months my contacts always make my eyes itch. I use refreshing drops but they are sometimes hard to put in at school. I got a new pair of glasses recently and so I usually just wear these when I sub. They make me feel studious!

sundog

It was mid 60s today and I was subbing. I subbed yesterday too. After school when I was helping load kids on the bus, I happened to look up at the sky. I saw a sundog and I know what that means: there's going to be a big change in the weather. I need to get myself prepared mentally for the really cold temps.

staircase

As you can see from these pictures; we always have a project going on!

best laid plans

No walking today. The wind is whipping up something terrible and I just might blow away! I'm kidding but I'm also kicking myself for not getting out earlier when it was reasonably nice. I played lazy this morning and watched a Gwyneth Paltrow movie on HBO channel. I could drive to the Y but I'm not that motivated today to get out and about. In case you are wondering about all those cookies; we end up giving most of them away.

Christmas cookies

Yesterday I didn't walk but I baked Christmas cookies instead. We made the traditional German leb cookie. In past years we have always halved the recipe but this year we decided to do it right and make the whole recipe; 25 dozen cookies! Then I made the Candy Cane Blossoms from Pinterest because they are just so cute. Today I taught second grade.

 

 

miles

The weather here for the past couple of days has been gorgeous. Today I walked four miles on the Greenway trail. I did it in 67 minutes! Okay, I did walk/run intervals but I'm feeling pretty good about the time. On Friday I did the same mileage in 71 minutes, mostly walking. Saturday, as a treat to myself for giving up sugar for nine days straight; I went shopping at the outlet mall and bought some new clothes. Woohoo! God is so good!