15 months?

eh?  Okay, that was weird.  Couldn't have predicted a 15 month span of no bloggage.  Anyway.  Life really does get in the way of my plans on a regular basis.  Plus I lack self-discipline when it comes to journals and staying in shape. 

Let's talk about how easy it is to feel down and stay down.  Or how hard it is to get up and stay up.  I don't want to be a self-loathing slug of a human but that is exactly what has been going on recently... so much on the plate.  Dragging through the days with smatterings of laughter and joyful observations, but still dragging.  Doing what has to be done because it has to be done. 

People say, "How do you do it?"

I say, "It isn't pretty."

So what is there to celebrate?

We are tapping maple trees in the woods and the sap is really flowing. 
Other people plow my driveway every time it snows and I don't even have to ask them to do it.
Spring will come soon.
I was able to put the chimney fire out by shutting down the dampers. 
I don't have a toothache or earache.
I got my taxes back. 
The new cat is still cute. 
Linda said I can garden with her at her farm this summer... since I will be leaving the country and heading back to the city this spring. 

More later.