Another Day at Home

Well, I decided to go ahead and stay home today. I tossed and turned much of the night, so thought I should take the opportunity when it was offered to me. Of course, I also thought I was going to be plagued with cramps today, but now it seems like that will probably be tomorrow. Oh well, at least I was able to relax today and tomorrow I can remind myself with the whole "you can do ANYTHING for one day" if necessary!

I had "big plans" for today. I may have been a little overambitious considering the amount of things I typically get done on my days off. My papers that were strewn about my living room are now a bit more organized. I also mailed off ten notes to friends and family with whom I have been "out of touch" for quite some time. I did a bit of socializing on facebook and via email. So, even though I spent much of the day plopped in front of my computer (still in my work out clothes and thinking now may be a good time to shower!) I was NOT really being a "hermit" because I was INTERACTING with folks :o)

I went and had dinner with my parents (even though I HAD taken out chicken to thaw and WAS planning to cook...oh, that reminds me of a story from earlier in the day!) So, this MORNING, after my work out, I decided to try making French toast. My dad likes making this for me/us after church on Sundays, but it has been a while. One of my friends was talking about making it herself a couple times for breakfast this week. So, I was hungry for French toast and picked up eggs on the way home from my work out. Yes, I definitely set off the smoke alarm and my French toast was dark on the outside and semi uncooked in the middle. Hopefully I have better luck next time (practice makes "perfect", or at least "better", right?!). Thankfully, it was bitterly cold outside because I had to open a couple windows to let the smoke out!

Anyway, on my way home from DINNER, I was looking at the sky. Obviously, it was dark, but the moon looked SO cool with a bright star next to it. I am not a photographer by any means, but I REALLY wanted to see if I could capture how pretty this was on camera. I tried a couple different settings on my camera, but didn't feel like I had very good luck. While it was "bitterly cold" outside, it definitely was chilly and I was wearing slip-on shoes, so I decided to come inside and just see if I could do anything with the pictures once they were uploaded to my computer.

Although you cannot tell that this is the moon and a star,
it is a pretty cool effect! The only thing I did to the photograph
was crop it. Too bad I don't have enough "blog followers" to do a "Caption Contest"
because there would probably be some creative ideas out there!

I think this was my second attempt. Looks like I was shivering a bit!
It was cold, but I think I may just have trouble holding my camera still!

Third (or fourth or fifth, I can't remember) time's a "charm".
This picture you can actually kind of tell that it is the moon. You can
kind of see the star in the upper left.

I'm sure there are quite a few metaphors or "deep thoughts" I could use to describe what it means to "look up" and see the moon and a star and things of that matter. However, I will leave that type of creativity to someone else for the moment :o) For now, I am just proud of myself for actually noticing the beauty around me (and it must be a pretty clear sky to be able to see them that clearly!)

The prayer requests kept coming in today. One of my friends I was "chatting with" today cracked me up when she said something to the effect of "I just pray all day long and after 5 hours or so I bet God is thinking 'Come on, will you let me help someone else for a little while?'" It was just really funny to me.

Now I "for real" have to go back to work tomorrow, but just for one day. On Saturday night, I got myself a BABY-SITTING job! This lady I don't know got my number from another lady I don't know who got my number from someone I hardly know... Now, I know myself, but would you leave your four children with me?! Of course, I come highly recommended from these people who don't know me besides knowing that I am a pediatric nurse. :o) I should have asked all my "mom friends" out there how much they pay their baby-sitters. Considering it's been a while since I baby-sat, especially healthy children, I had no clue. When she said $10/hr, I felt like that was more than fair...any thoughts?!

Okay, now I really should do something that requires me to be very far away from my computer! Good night.