Saturday January 30 2016  A LAZY SATURDAY

It is a lazy Saturday because I am being lazy.  When I indulge in a day such as this I still live with the anticipation that I might receive a call to report to the hospital for an emergency photo session for a baby that has not survived birth.  I pray that it will not happen, but if it does, I am ready with charged batteries.  So far, so good on this warm overcast day of 43 degrees! 

Slept in until 5:00 a.m.  Enjoyed a long conversation with my “sick” husband (bad cold), got up and went to the gym after I ate breakfast.  I never leave the house without breakfast.  I am always so famished when I awaken in the morning.  It is a good feeling. 

Home again, prepared lunch and then Dave and I watched an hour television show, during which time we both dozed off for two or three moments, and then backed up to hear what we missed.  Up and at it after that.  When I say “lazy” I use it loosely.  It is not that we aren’t task oriented, it is just that there is nothing extremely pressing (like company coming) and we can go about our tasks in a leisurely, unhurried mode.  I like unhurried.  When I’m 80 and have only accomplished the decluttering of one room, I might have a different opinion.  But right now…oh well…we are still getting used to this retirement lifestyle.  I have been run ragged this past week, but I made it through, though a little rough around the edges. .  Next week has some highlights of BUSY but I have purposely kept a few days opened to explicitly work on finishing up some problem areas in my business office.  It will be so awesome to cull all the files I haven’t had time to keep cleaned out over the past several years.  (It pains me to admit that).  However, all legal files were kept up orderly and timely!  When you are a photographer, you would be amazed of all the files that accumulate.  

I have only one hour from start to finish for writing this afternoon.  I still have hopeful expectations for this day to be extremely fruitful even though I slept for a full five minutes on the couch.

ONCE AGAIN YOU HAVE BEEN FOUND

By Kathleen Martens

January 30, 2015

A lazy day, a day worth living

Wrapped up warm…

Content.

So much of life is hustle and bustle,

A day like today…

Heaven-sent.

Just to be, alone with self.

A cocoon of quiet

Peace.

And it is my dream

That these hours will not

Cease.

But alas, reality comes.

Sweetly and gently sits

Down.

Softly speaking to my heart.

“Once again, you have been

Found.”

FUN FACTS

“Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.”

I was unaware of this fun fact so I did a little research on the internet.  Below is an excerpt of what I found.

 http://kitehistory.com/Miscellaneous/Warkites.htm

“United States 1863 ~ It is with great enthusiasm that I am able to report that in January of 2002, definitive proof of regular kite use in the American Civil War was located. It had been rumored, there were stories, but there was never any concrete evidence before. This research has just begun; but there is much to do and there are more questions than answers. What we do know for sure is that there were kites made near Vicksburg in 1863, and in 1865 they were used for sending orders over enemy lines trying to entice deserters by offering money for horses and arms. Official communiques’ from the Civil War has been located in the War Records Office, some requesting kite making materials and one that requested,  “…10,000 feet of strong kite string be sent at once…”!

Good night (it is getting dark) and God Bless You!