Tonight our children ages 18 and 20, so not little children, have went out. Mr Ladybug, don't tell him I called him that, and I are bout alone and the house is so quiet. There is a fire going in the wood stove, a kettle on top with water in it ready for tea whenever I want some. The dogs are snoring and the cat is pretending to be asleep but ready to hit anyone who walks too close with his paw. I honestly never could fathom this sort of evening. We are finding ourselves alone more that not these days. I actually thought when this time came I would be really sad. Even though I miss reading stories to little ones, its hard to be sad when your children are growing up and doing what they are suppose to do. As for the stories, I sometimes download free ones from Amazon and read them to the cat and dog. They don't seem to mind.
Twenty five years ago, when we first became parents, if you had asked what we would do when we had a free night with no kids we would have said sleep and watch tv. I am happy to report that we are doing something a little more productive than that. We have discussed ordering our seeds for this years garden. Mr Ladybug finished a book he was reading and I started knitting a dish cloth on my loom. We have never been known as wild and crazy. Well maybe a little crazy.
My cousin posted something on Facebook last night about what would be our word for 2018. Normally I think of the new year as a new beginning but after really giving her question some thought I think my word will be RESTORE. We are so quick to restart and to get something new that we don't even think about restoring what we have or use to have. I pass by an old building several times a week that they have started restoring. Its actually one of my favorite things to do. My husband recently said it would have been cheaper to have torn it down and build something new. I don't know anything about construction and he could be right but so much would be lost if they did that. This building has history, it has character. I for am glad to see it will continue on and I hope that its new occupants will love it as much as other had when he was originally built.
In 2018 I want to restore relationships, old traditions, old ways of doing things. Be prepared for those sort of posts. You have been warned. Are there any things you wish to restore? I asked a few friends a few weeks ago what were things that people just don't do anymore. I got some really good answers like big Sunday afternoon. after church dinners, Elaborate dinner parties, sending people cards and thank you notes, sitting on the front porch just to name a few. What would you add to this list? Anyone care to join me in restoring some things in the coming year?
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