Is it Monday Again? The Magic of the Ordinary Day

Good Monday morning to you!  


Yawn.  Stretch.  Start the coffee.  


Gulp the coffee.


Start the clean up after a long holiday weekend.


I can't help but be happy when I open my dishwasher and the color there greets me.


It sure makes a routine job much more cheerful.


And it makes me glad that when we remodeled the kitchen and I went to pick out the long-awaited cabinet knobs and the dishes and glassware that I chose some color.


So much of the year in Michigan is brown, colorless, gray and dull outside.  The snow helps but we don't always have snow. I seem to have the need to see color in my home.


And believe me, in late March when winter doldrums seem to be unending, I'm glad I chose colors that are brilliant and bold.

I enjoy the routine of work on a day that follows a weekend or a holiday.  I relive the memories from the time spent together and I enjoy the work that it takes to put things back like they are supposed to be and get the floors done and the beds made.  It's a day to gather my thoughts, make my lists, and approach the week with purpose and direction.  It's Monday again, and only five of them left before Christmas! Wheeee!!