#1 Coffee in the dark.
I love it when I can sneak around the morning and be the only soul up in the house. I sit and watch Good Morning America, drink a couple pots cups of coffee, maybe turn the computer. Or I might leave all distraction off and sit in silence for awhile, sometimes you just need time to here your own thoughts.
#2 Christmas Lights
There is nothing to give ou Christmas spirit like your house being done up for Christmas everywhere you look. It doesn't matter if you have money or not this year. Put your tree up and if you have a couple extra strands of light string them over the doorway you will be surprised what cheer it can add.
#3 Baking
On the coldest day it can warm you up, and there is nothing like the smell of your house while doing it. Baking for many winters has been my hobby, I love it and there is nothing you can come up with in that area that I can't throw together.
#4 Christmas Music.
My radio in the kitchen has been set to it driving some people crazy. I don't just wait for Christmas to come I surround myself with it all of December.
#5 Daughter laying on my chest.
She is almost two and I know that time will soon run out on her wanting to cuddle with mommy. She got sick the other day and for hours wanted to lay on me and I was flooded with memories. I wanted to cry thinking about her being a newborn and how I could never get that time back. New babies are alot to care for but you are never closer to your child than during that time. I love watching them learn and grow, develop there own personalities but the greatest comfort in life is when they don't feel good and only want mommy, nothing else will do and I will gladly he the one they want and hold them all I can while they are still little.
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I also like being up by myself for a bit in the mornings.
ReplyDeleteYou gave me a good idea. I don't have room for a tree in my home, but I do have room for lights. I believe I will go "light" crazy when I get home today.
Yes, cuddling with a child is among life's greatest blessings!
Have a blessed Christmas.
What a great list! I know what you mean about cuddling with little ones. And I totally agree about baking: it's one of my favorite activities, too!
ReplyDeleteI love the solitude of a quiet house. Usually it's my husband who is up first because he loves it too. Cuddling little ones is so precious. Grandbabies do almost as well for that :)
ReplyDeleteI loved cuddling my kids when they were little. So many good memories.
ReplyDeleteLoved your list about bringing in the Christmas joy. Sometimes we go for the big splash when it's the simple pleasures that are the ones that bring the most Christmas feeling.
Thanks for joining in this week!
I still love cuddling with my daughters and they are 17 and almost 12!! Great list....I too LOVE LOVE LOVE listening to XMas music and sitting in silence with a steaming mug of coffee! my fave beverage! :) MErry Christmas to you
ReplyDeleteI used to hate it when my boys were sick, but loved rocking them in the middle of the night. I find myself baking more in the fall, and I keep going through winter!
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