Day of rest.....

 7:48 am - Monday - December 8th - TWW - 26° F, humidity 39%, wind 4 mph out of the east.....crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 60° F!!!  On this date in 2024 TLE and I were watching a beautiful TWW sunset.....

.....maybe we'll do that tonight for the first time this winter!?  The view this morning....

Once and a while you've got to take a day off work, don't you?  TLE suggested, with some authority, that we would be taking a break from work Sunday.  Well, it is the Lord's Day, so why not?  Of course, there are always a couple of things that must be done each day, and those were taken care of pretty quickly.  I spent time just sitting in the sun enjoying the utter solitude and quiet.  Once in a while I'll hear a vehicle passing on the north/south arterial, but that's a good 1/2 mile away.  We hear the BNSF trains passing, but those tracks are around 3 miles away, so it's really just background sound, and barely noticeable.  Otherwise it feels like we are the only ones in the world.  The quiet can be spell binding at times.

Due to our current location within the Mountain Time Zone NFL football does not begin until 11 am, so there is always plenty of time to get anything which needs doing done before then.  With the daily highs now rising into the 60's for the foreseeable future it will get warmer earlier in the mornings making it possible for us old fogies to begin working earlier, meaning we'll tend to get more done each day we do work.  It also means we won't have to run the gas furnaces as long each morning.  They are very effective, but their whirring fans are an assault on the auditory senses, so the sooner we can silence them each day, the better.

If you are a Rams, Seahawks, Broncos fan it was a great day for NFL football.  My Rams crushed the Cardinals 45-17, and it wasn't even that close.  The Seahawks also obliterated the Falcons 37-9, and the Broncos won easily, 24-17 (the last Raiders touchdown was scored with seconds remaining in the game).  The night cap between the Chiefs and the Texans (at Kansas City with the temps in the 20's) had an unexpected outcome with the Texans winning a close one 20-10.  It seems like the entire AFC is upside down this year, but it is fun!

TLE and I did take a 1 mile out and back walk between the morning and afternoon games which ended up being our fastest out and back of the winter with us averaging 3.1 mph over the 1 mile, and doing it in 19 minutes and 22 seconds...

....for me it is easier this winter to take a day off work, since we find ourselves in a good place with what needs to be done.  We're actually spending a few days each week working on the finishing touches for the greenhouse, and soon it will be used for its intended purpose.  Our living circumstances are considerably less chaotic than last year when we were in the middle of that steep learning curve, and we don't feel like we've got to be working on four critical issues at the same time.  This winter we try to focus on one thing each day, taking our time, and enjoying the process.  We're getting to the place where we could picture ourselves living here comfortably 12 months out of the year.

In retrospect I'm glad TLE insisted we take a day of rest, and it really helps that we do not live under a constant sense of urgency this winter.  We're back to taking life as it comes, and living more in the moment.  Our confidence level is high, and it is all systems go!

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