Silent Month

In my race to keep up and catch up with all that I am hoping to do (which of course, will never happen) I have neglected the computer. The christmas holiday was fun this year, being at home and quite mellow-- even with the kids and the many presents. My favorite part is the stockings. If we could somehow just have stockings that would be perfect for me.

I got a really nice pair of clippers from Santa George AND my very own compost turner, retrofitted with an extra long handle. One lucky gal I am, and that wouldn't have fit in my stocking, so I take it back.

My best present? George sitting across from me at the table with drawings and lumber take-offs for the new compost bin he's building.

Which brings me to my rave of the day.... DENVER! We are the lucky members of the City of Denver's new compost pilot. They come and take so much stuff, it's silly. ALL food scraps (yes, meat, cheese, etc), takeout boxes, takeout coffee cups, tissues (no, not toilet paper), all kind of yard scraps... I'm in heaven. Now if they would just recycle all the kinds of plastic things, not just many of them, our trash bin would go even much longer.

Go denver. Now, if we could get that lady across the street to stop throwing her newspaper IN the plastic bag into the dumpster, I would feel a whole lot better about the state of the world.

Once again, we felt amazingly blessed by this season. We have a warm and cozy house, we can pay our bills, we have good food to eat and we aren't being bombed by anyone, which I'm thinking that many in Gaza can't say ANY of those.

I managed to compress my usual writing for our yearly letter into the back of a postcard, (using every single character, thank you) and if you didn't get one, just write me a note, and I'll send it to you. No offense-I'm just always barely holding it together here. ... Don't write me a note yet- I just ordered the cards, slipping in just before the very end of 2008(so give me a few weeks to address them and get them in the mail). I think most will say good riddance to 2008, but I will reserve good riddance for W. January 20 can't get here fast enough for me, and no-I don't think that Obama is going to work magic, but he can (at the very least) speak in complete sentences, and can chew and think at the same time. I think that should be the bare minimum required in a president.
I'm hopeful for the new year, I'm hopeful for our future, and I'm hoping that I make it another year and a half to graduate!!!!! We hold those hurting and struggling close to our hearts, and send our love and care for comfort.

I'm off to plan my garden plots. Are you doing this already too? I got my first Seeds of Change catalog, and I'm dreaming dreaming of lots of land, and much food being brought forth from our little patch of dirt.