the late list for 2014

it's the middle of february, and the week in the snow was great. i don't really mind that i'm late with my list for 2014. it's my list and i loved thinking and writing it up, enjoy reading it and get inspired yourself! just ponder what you want to do, be brave, not just realistic. i did put a few things on my list, which i already now is a bit of a challenge and others maybe just golden wishes, but why not!
this list keeping has been a good thing for me and very encouraging to plan and do what i almost had forgotten was on my mind.
and with this started year, i already  have been so blessed by the bible verse of the year, "Gott nahe zu sein ist mein Glück"  Psalm 73:28, as i intentionally seek to be close to God and take time to be still, which has become more and more part of every day life, God also meets me at unexpected moments and that turns into a sort of "happiness of grace"

this is the list for 2014 (it will be expanded at a mid year day)

1. keep giving thanks every day for what i receive and enjoy
2. make scrap fabric hearts for valentines
3. finish the started bed quilt for my friend
4. finish the golden shawl
5. renovate the kitchen, a new floor, renovating the table and corner bench, replace the stove
6. read a book a month
7. go for a 2 day hike in the mountains with joel this summer
8. knit one item a month
9. get the "lust auf kunst pass" for winterthur
10. run three times a week (5k in the morning)
11. write the birthday letters via snail mail and be creative doing so
12. do a little bit of free modern quilting with lots of white spaces
13. go to the concert by WOTE in april in zurich
14. being calm and loving in conversations with our kids
15. keep on praying regularly in the evenings
16.  the wardrobe architect idea
17. look trough my closet of cloths and bring everything i have not been wearing to the second hand shop
18. teach thea how to ski and have the big three kids boarding and skiing
19. visit the paul klee center in bern
20. help amos transition into a new school in august
21. enjoy a long weekend or short vacation with our friends
22. planting flowers on the balcony and around the house
23. say yes to the kids more often
24. try out some linoleum cutting and printing