Comments on: A Lovely January http://segullah.org/slice-of-life/a-lovely-january/ Mormon women blogging about the peculiar and the treasured Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:08:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rochelle http://segullah.org/slice-of-life/a-lovely-january/#comment-170457 Rochelle Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:06:23 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=5499#comment-170457 Don't ask me. I go to Mexico every January. 6 more days!! Don’t ask me. I go to Mexico every January. 6 more days!!

]]> By: JoLyn http://segullah.org/slice-of-life/a-lovely-january/#comment-170447 JoLyn Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:37:14 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=5499#comment-170447 You've motivated me to look for the good in January. Here's my blog post about it! http://bit.ly/5nMoe1 You’ve motivated me to look for the good in January. Here’s my blog post about it! http://bit.ly/5nMoe1

]]> By: Michelle L. http://segullah.org/slice-of-life/a-lovely-january/#comment-170429 Michelle L. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:57:41 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=5499#comment-170429 This was beautiful Brooke. I want to love January but I'm struggling. Maybe next week. This was beautiful Brooke.

I want to love January but I’m struggling. Maybe next week.

]]> By: Kay http://segullah.org/slice-of-life/a-lovely-january/#comment-170398 Kay Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:07:08 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=5499#comment-170398 I generally don't do winter well. I am not a cold weather, dark night loving person. Jauary and February are struggling times for me. I also think the house looks sad once the Christmas decorations come down. I look forward to spring with the longer, lighter days, and the flowers starting to appear. I am really a spring person, it is my favourite time of year. Always I enjoy winter foods though, it feels comforting to make soups and stews a lot. I feel I am doing a good job at mothering when I pile up hot, steaming food on the table when there is snow and ice outside. One of my goals this year (and I only have 2 anyway) is to make as many birthday presents and cards as possible to both save money and to make things a touch more personal. January finds me inundated with birthdays for family and friends so this will keep me busier than usual, and hopefully the time will pass more quickly. I generally don’t do winter well. I am not a cold weather, dark night loving person. Jauary and February are struggling times for me. I also think the house looks sad once the Christmas decorations come down.

I look forward to spring with the longer, lighter days, and the flowers starting to appear. I am really a spring person, it is my favourite time of year.

Always I enjoy winter foods though, it feels comforting to make soups and stews a lot. I feel I am doing a good job at mothering when I pile up hot, steaming food on the table when there is snow and ice outside.

One of my goals this year (and I only have 2 anyway) is to make as many birthday presents and cards as possible to both save money and to make things a touch more personal. January finds me inundated with birthdays for family and friends so this will keep me busier than usual, and hopefully the time will pass more quickly.

]]> By: Selwyn http://segullah.org/slice-of-life/a-lovely-january/#comment-170395 Selwyn Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:12:49 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=5499#comment-170395 Tonight I was sweating watching the news, which showed the huge cold snap in England and then cut to snowy landscapes in the States. A cold Christmas is totally foreign to me, particularly now I've relocated to very tropical north Queensland, Australia. So while soup doesn't factor in my January musings, I love the brightness of each summer day so early in the New Year, which for me shines with hope for the 300 plus days yet to come. Thanks for the view to your January too - since reading this post I'm looking more fondly at the frost in my freezer as I grab out an icecream! Tonight I was sweating watching the news, which showed the huge cold snap in England and then cut to snowy landscapes in the States. A cold Christmas is totally foreign to me, particularly now I’ve relocated to very tropical north Queensland, Australia.

So while soup doesn’t factor in my January musings, I love the brightness of each summer day so early in the New Year, which for me shines with hope for the 300 plus days yet to come. Thanks for the view to your January too – since reading this post I’m looking more fondly at the frost in my freezer as I grab out an icecream!

]]> By: Sue http://segullah.org/slice-of-life/a-lovely-january/#comment-170318 Sue Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:18:11 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=5499#comment-170318 I live in a pretty much perfect climate here in Northern California, but January still feels cold. (All things are relative, right?) I do love this month, though, because I like the idea of change and possibilities and a fresh page to open. Starting on a new page in life is a great opportunity. And writing 2010 is even better, because it means the start of a whole new decade. Now, that can really set a girl dreaming! =) I live in a pretty much perfect climate here in Northern California, but January still feels cold. (All things are relative, right?) I do love this month, though, because I like the idea of change and possibilities and a fresh page to open.

Starting on a new page in life is a great opportunity. And writing 2010 is even better, because it means the start of a whole new decade. Now, that can really set a girl dreaming!

=)

]]> By: Linwood Sulley http://segullah.org/slice-of-life/a-lovely-january/#comment-170307 Linwood Sulley Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:13:51 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=5499#comment-170307 Hello i just got a alert from my antivirus when i opened your website do you know why this occured? Could it maybe from your ads or something? Thanks, really strange i pray it was harmless? Hello i just got a alert from my antivirus when i opened your website do you know why this occured? Could it maybe from your ads or something? Thanks, really strange i pray it was harmless?

]]> By: Catania http://segullah.org/slice-of-life/a-lovely-january/#comment-170284 Catania Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:43:01 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=5499#comment-170284 I was just thinking about this last night while reading the poem "Summer Poem" by Mary Oliver. I just moved to Arkansas from Arizona, and we are now experiencing the coldest winter Arkansas has had in more than 20 years (perfect timing!)... my blood is thin, and I'm c-c-c-cold. So, while reading this poem, I thought it was kind of nice to be transported to summer. That was until I realized that what I liked about the poem was the first lines: "Leaving the house//I went out to see"...Which is something I wasn't doing. I am not seeing what is around me now. So, even though it is cold and a bit dreary, I suppose I'll do more looking now. Thanks for the post. :) I was just thinking about this last night while reading the poem “Summer Poem” by Mary Oliver.

I just moved to Arkansas from Arizona, and we are now experiencing the coldest winter Arkansas has had in more than 20 years (perfect timing!)… my blood is thin, and I’m c-c-c-cold. So, while reading this poem, I thought it was kind of nice to be transported to summer.

That was until I realized that what I liked about the poem was the first lines: “Leaving the house//I went out to see”…Which is something I wasn’t doing. I am not seeing what is around me now. So, even though it is cold and a bit dreary, I suppose I’ll do more looking now.

Thanks for the post. :)

]]> By: QueenScarlett http://segullah.org/slice-of-life/a-lovely-january/#comment-170249 QueenScarlett Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:23:13 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=5499#comment-170249 I think I belong in San Diego or Hawaii. I don't need the cold to appreciate the warmth. I am eternally solar powered. A perfect 68-70 degrees with a nice warm breeze is my kind of life. I get much more done when I'm warm. I would totally just lay down and go to sleep (freeze to death) if I was lost in the snow. Christmas is the only good thing about winter. Plus, I don't like inclement weather forcing me to bow to it's whim. With perfect, sunny weather I can do as I please. When we were little we lived in UT. My parents used to bake all these goodies when we lived in UT. We asked once why they didn't do that as often. They explained that in UT during winter... there was NOTHING to do but be trapped in a house. It could be why all the babies in the ward were all born around the same time each year too. I think I belong in San Diego or Hawaii.

I don’t need the cold to appreciate the warmth. I am eternally solar powered. A perfect 68-70 degrees with a nice warm breeze is my kind of life.

I get much more done when I’m warm. I would totally just lay down and go to sleep (freeze to death) if I was lost in the snow. Christmas is the only good thing about winter.

Plus, I don’t like inclement weather forcing me to bow to it’s whim. With perfect, sunny weather I can do as I please. When we were little we lived in UT. My parents used to bake all these goodies when we lived in UT. We asked once why they didn’t do that as often. They explained that in UT during winter… there was NOTHING to do but be trapped in a house. It could be why all the babies in the ward were all born around the same time each year too.

]]> By: Bek http://segullah.org/slice-of-life/a-lovely-january/#comment-170248 Bek Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:19:51 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=5499#comment-170248 This was interesting because here in northern California we don't have that grey/ cold thing. It is a great month because things start to bloom and the days still are sunny and clear but spring is in the air. I grew up in Utah so I remember that weather but not in the context of adulthood. I never thought of it like that before. This was interesting because here in northern California we don’t have that grey/ cold thing. It is a great month because things start to bloom and the days still are sunny and clear but spring is in the air. I grew up in Utah so I remember that weather but not in the context of adulthood. I never thought of it like that before.

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