November! You Only Got Two Blog Posts!

We can't have that!!! 

Quick, a 10-minute "I Want" Freewrite.

I Want:

• To feel healthy. No more coughing, no more neck pain. 
• To have a healthy husband. No more listening to HIM cough. 
• To get this house tidy after a whirlwind last two weeks, with Noah's birthday party and a trip out of town for Thanksgiving. What a mess! 
• To feel like I can slow down in many ways after a crazy November and let things drift to the sidelines so I can enjoy Christmas season joy with my family. 
• To be more present, more joyful, and more peaceful. 
• My sewing setup to be in the TV room again. I never sew nowadays because its set up way far away in my bedroom, and Joe goes to bed two hours before me. 
• A really REALLY long hug. 
• A really good massage. 
• A better haircut. 
• New boots. 
• A fresh-air cleansing walk. 
• Ten things OFF of my to-do list without me having to do them. 
• The basement not to be stinky. 
• To go to a movie. 
• A cathartic cry, weirdly. 
• A really long footrub. 
• To be a kid again for just a little while. 
• To be in Hawaii with my sis for awhile. 
• To curl into my bed with a book for a full day. 
• Some cider. 
• To laugh until my sides hurt. 
• To paint something. 
• Someone to wrap this year's gifts for me. 
• New bedding. 
• Really long wooden dowels. Two of them. 
• One afternoon each, to go back in time hold my babies when they were newborns.
• Clarity. 
• To be able to laugh things off better. 
• To be caught up. 

Okay, November--- I'll miss you, busy as you were. You were good. Full. Bustling. Crazy. But I'm ready for the green and red of December now. Goodnight.