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Oh my goodness. November feels like it has spun me around and around and then spit me out! You know your life is too full when you have to make daily to-do lists on 4×6″ pieces of paper because there’s just not enough room to write in your weekly planner. Yeesh. The silly part is that it’s not even really farm tasks, it’s just life tasks! To everything there is a season…I’m looking forward to a slower pace. Soon!
There’s another new baby in our community! When the world feels dark and cruel, man oh man do we need and appreciate new life! Praise be to God for the light that comes from these babies. Anyway, we brought over dinner and gifts for both the new baby and the big sisters. And frugal accomplishment: I learned how to make a gift bag from wrapping paper to package up the itty bitty outfit!
In farm news, the two new piglets arrived on Wednesday! We named them Millie and Sally, a la The Dick Van Dyke Show. They are so sweet and are warming up to us already. Max and Ruby, the “big kids” piglets, are obsessed with their new neighbors.
On my nightstand: Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake by Frank W. Abagnale and The Catholic Mass: Steps to Restore the Centrality of God in the Liturgy by Bishop Athanasius Schneider. I seem to be reading at a snail’s pace this month.
The kids and I made a batch of vanilla granola. It was gone in two days.
Even though this week was crazy, I somehow decided that it was just the right time to start intentionally creating new habits! I turn 40 next year and have been thinking a lot about how I want to feel moving into this new decade. I want to feel less stress and more peace. I want to feel strong. I want to be in good health. I want to be a saint. (That one’s the most difficult!) Everything I do today is a gift I give myself in the future. A few new habits I started this week:
- starting the morning with a big glass of water and electrolytes
- waiting one hour after waking before my first cup of coffee
- completing a low intensity but powerful workout 5x/wk (I started this beginner workout plan from Nourish Move Love)
- thinking of morning farm chores as an opportunity to get sunshine into my eyes
- finding creative ways to have protein in every meal I eat
Thank you for the link to Bishop Schneider’s book. Looks wonderful! I like your healthy habits ideas, too. I’m turning 49 this year and also trying to incorporate new ways to stay active and healthy as I get older. Love your blog!
I’m about 3/4 of the way through the book and it is fantastic. So rich and thought-provoking and beautiful. I’ve read it in little chunks because there’s just so much to meditate on! Definitely recommend.
The pigs are very cute and it is great you are starting those new habits!
No time like the present to start good habits, right? 🙂