Friday in Linville
There's not much to report here in Linville, except that it's cold and snowy, and the sun is out today. I had a productive no-computer Wednesday, where my main accomplishment was organizing my tupperware cupboard and the pantry, and actually sitting down and reading a novel for a change. It was a pleasant day! Yesterday was not as productive, I'm not sure why -- I think I was just tired (from having my sleep disturbed by a coughing DH), cold, and out of sorts, and it didn't make for a good day of doing anything. So I just loafed and finished my novel, and unpacked one box of books.
Today I have plans for some errands (a search for warmer socks is in order if we are going to keep the thermostat set low like this) and I have some reports to prepare. More boxes could be unpacked, as well -- I'm thinking it would be a good goal for the day to fill the empty bookshelves around the place, now that they are set up and dusted.
It's already midmorning, so I guess I shall get started on that!
ETA: I was commenting in a friend's blog and came up with this thought, when talking about being on the computer less:
I'm thinking I might have to try that today, with the reports I have to prepare. Maybe I'll have to add a "computer on but offline" day to my schedule, in addition to my "no computer" day. :-D
I had an open box as my usericon, but I have changed it to this one by![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
juno_icons, which I call "Tree Firmly Planted" -- it reminds me of this verse from the Psalms, which is what my real goal in life is, to be firmly planted in doing what is right, and therefore prosperous:
Today I have plans for some errands (a search for warmer socks is in order if we are going to keep the thermostat set low like this) and I have some reports to prepare. More boxes could be unpacked, as well -- I'm thinking it would be a good goal for the day to fill the empty bookshelves around the place, now that they are set up and dusted.
It's already midmorning, so I guess I shall get started on that!
ETA: I was commenting in a friend's blog and came up with this thought, when talking about being on the computer less:
Time away from the computer at the right time is a good goal, that can make a difference to many projects that might suffer otherwise. One of the things I have to figure out, though, is how to do the real work that I have to do which requires the computer without being distracted by the other things that are there at the click of a mouse button. I might have to get everything on the laptop harddrive and then remove the network card, so I stay offline for the duration of that work time! That would help a lot, I'm sure.
I'm thinking I might have to try that today, with the reports I have to prepare. Maybe I'll have to add a "computer on but offline" day to my schedule, in addition to my "no computer" day. :-D
I had an open box as my usericon, but I have changed it to this one by
juno_icons, which I call "Tree Firmly Planted" -- it reminds me of this verse from the Psalms, which is what my real goal in life is, to be firmly planted in doing what is right, and therefore prosperous: He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers. (Psalm 1:3)
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers. (Psalm 1:3)
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And I am amazed at the temperature in your house. It gets below 70 here and I go nuts. I found some real nice fluffy bedsocks and I wear a fleece sweater to bed. My body temperature always drops at night, always has since I was little, even when it is hot, so no matter how warm or cold it is in the house I still need to bundle up in order to sleep. I met a Mayan indian, Dominga, from Oxhuc when I lived in Chiapas, Mexico, who had the same night drop in temperature I had. So it must be something genetic.
So just reading about your low house temp makes me go BRRRRRRR! My god daughter turned me on to hot ginger tea over Thanksgiving. I should send you some. It helps!