Outside: Wet snow is falling.  It has been falling on and off for a few days and warming up in between.  (These are actually from an earlier snow.) The deer have been coming up very close to the house day and night.  The girls have come rushing out of their rooms at night to very quietly show us a doe outside the window.  

Wearing: Black linen skirt, bohemian print long sleeve tee, and tights – regulars in my lineup lately. As evidenced above, some of us are wearing thermal workout tights with shorts over.  Wasn't my idea. ; ) 

Listening: to the Eagles and David Bowie the past week. I used to be annoyed when my mother would go on about celebrities dying. We didn't actually know them after all. Truth be told I don't really follow any celebrities and their passing came to my attention only because of Facebook.  I don't know them personally but it does make you stop in your tracks when bits of your history chip off and fall away.  As a dear friend said it's like parts of our story breaking off and eventually we find ourselves at the brink of the precipice ourselves.  We are at that age now where it still seems a ways off but not nearly far enough.  To think you have much less life left in you than you have lived already is sobering.  Have I done enough?  Is there enough time to do those things?  If I have not done them yet, what are the odds I will?  So many thoughts with news like that. 

Back to Bowie though, it took me right back to being a sophomore in high school heading to Europe for my summer exchange program.  He represented all things European and cosmopolitan and different from where I came from.  When I came back it was music like that that would remind me of where I had been. 

From the learning rooms:  I actually sat through a whole Ted Talk by Sir Ken Robinson on creativity in education. I rarely listen to podcasts etc.  Not my strong mode of learning.  This was excellent however.  

Our pianist son also got us hooked on the Piano Tiles app.  Admittedly it took me a while to really appreciate. They are definitely not only working hand/eye skills but the further you go the more wonderful classical pieces you hear.  

Around the house: Some major organizing getting accomplished, all in little fits and starts.  This weekend I got the master closet, the kitchen pantry, and under the kitchen sink all purged and tidy.  Unpacked a couple storage boxes and threw two of the three away.  We hung wall art in the master bedroom.  I have been revisiting and sharing this blog since it has been my inspiration.  I do best with big projects if I have a visual.  The serenity and order presented there is spilling over here.  This is a good thing because we discovered a broken drain pipe yesterday.  It is a blessing to have things running smoothly when a mini-disaster sidelines your plans.  

From the kitchen:  Water. We made little tweaks at the new year.  This one was to drink 3/4 of an ounce of water per pound of body weight daily.  I am pretty psyched about this.  Little tweaks, a little every month. 

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