A day in my life, January!

It's 2020!  I must admit that makes me feel old.  It seems not too long ago that it changed over to 2000.
I had a very nice New Years Day.  I had the day off and wasn't on call, we had no plans for the day, so I got a lot done.

My plan was to not set the alarm and sleep in.  However, I was woken by my phone beeping shortly before 8.  I was put on a group text by people at work, and they were all saying Happy New Year!  I got up to check it, and was glad that was all it was.  Usually when I get lots of messages, something is going on at work.

We had a lot of snow on New Years Eve, but New Years Day had no snow, and clear blue skies, although it was very cold.

Here's our back yard in the morning.  It's good to see the sun!

I had a nice, calm morning.  I got up, did some reading, checked the computer and had breakfast.

I did some work on the Bible Study I am participating in.

Then I spent some time on this book.  For the last few years, Laura has given us a jar filled with photos and pictures the girls have drawn the year before.  Every day we can take out a new picture.  I then put them into an album, and as you can see, I was a bit behind!  I got them sorted and into the book - now we are ready to start our new jar.

Bob was busy working on a little organizer that lets you tip out those fake fronts by your sink and store scrubbing tools there.  He got it all put together for me, then did some cleaning of his own, in his shop.

I did some cleaning, including cleaning the tub.


January always makes me want to sort and clean.  As I put the Christmas things away, it's a good time to clean things out and make room for any new items.
The room we have for the girls, tends to be a catch all, and it needed a good clean out.

I started with this closet.  It holds my wrapping paper, office supplies, decorating things, serving pieces and other kitchen things, and some toys.  It took some time, and it's still full, but at least it's organized.

Then I worked on the girls bookcase and toy storage.

Last, I cleaned out this armoire, which was quite a mess!

 I ended up with 2 bags of stuff to be donated.  Here's one bag, ready to go.
Bob came with me and we drove them to our local Love, in the name of Christ.  It's a place that takes and sells donations to help people when they are going through various problems.

The donation room is usually open all the time, but for some reason, when we arrived, everything was locked up.  So, I'll have to stop another time.

 When I got home, I got a pot of soup going.  It was really good, and I'll share the recipe with you later.

The evening was quiet and relaxing.  We watched a little tv and read.
It was a good start to the new year!