Winter Rest and Catch Up

While I understand the importance of winter, the chance for things to hibernate or die so they can return in the spring, I don’t particularly enjoy winter. That’s why even though it was 19 degrees this morning, I still ran and then run/walked the dogs. I still need to be outside.

However, following a great holiday season I was ready for a break and January always feels like the time to catch up and reset myself. The calendar isn’t so full and there’s more time to relax and be on my own schedule for a bit.

While I believe we can set resolutions any day of the year, the new year always feels like a clean slate, just like a new school year in the fall. So in January I like to use the the slower pace to get some things done before it warms up and I want to be outside all the time.

Because it’s still cold, that means I have time to finish out some projects that I’ve been putting off (like a quilt I bought the fabric for three years ago) and start new ones. I have always used sports on television on the weekend as a time to work on sewing projects and while I don’t watch much anymore, I do like to make a quilt during football playoffs (and having a three-day weekend next week helps).

That means by spring I’ll be ready to go outside and spend more of my time there, the shelves and rooms a little more organized and my projects a little more finished. Moving my life forward in these cold winter months.