currently: drinking coffee and eating the last of the chocolate from Sweden (sorry, Richard!)

reading: Advent goodness

hearing: the tick of the kitchen clock

seeing: flies….everywhere!

dreaming: of a white christmas (really)

singing: “i’ll be home for christmas“

watching: dancing with the stars (ahh, I want to get back into dance so badly!)

eating: lots of homemade bread, christmas cookies, and sauerkraut

drinking: ‘BUCH and not enough water

looking forward to: Christmas with our Ecuadorian family

thinking about: rhythms and routines

hoping for: SNOW on Christmas day

missing: family and baby spinach

loving: the holiday busyness

discovering: non-verbal cultural cues (always forever)

crafting: sneaky christmas gifts as well as knitting wash clothes

baking: chocolate chip cookies for our wednesday night bible study in the mountains

writing: christmas cards and this journal

needing: more sleep

wanting: more sleep and rest

reliving: memories from this time last year

debating: if i should take a shower….nah

smelling: A SIMMERING POT OF CHRISTMAS AND pine!

crying: over this video

learning: more about balancing ministry and daily life

deciding: not to let the little things throw off my day

praising: god for the mind-blowing, life-changing: “you will find a baby…..lying in a manger”

planning: January Merge trips and a get-a-way adventure!

Feeling: the heat from the fireplace and bittersweet

 

 

 

5 minutes are up!

What have you been: reading, hearing, seeing, dreaming, singing, watching, eating, drinking, looking froward to, thinking about, hoping for, missing, loving, discovering, crafting, baking, writing, needing, wanting, reliving, debating, smelling, crying, learning, deciding, praising, planning, feeling these days?

I’d love to hear!

Peace,

E