{"id":1086,"date":"2010-12-13T14:50:12","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T14:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.com\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2010-12-13T14:50:12","modified_gmt":"2010-12-13T14:50:12","slug":"a-unexpectedly-perfect-sunday-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/?p=1086","title":{"rendered":"A unexpectedly perfect Sunday afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/113.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1088\" title=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/113.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/113-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday was supposed to be a ski day &#8211; long planned and the snow seemed perfect. The visibility however, was anything but. If you can imagine fog thick enough that you feel like you&#8217;re skiing through a milk-shake, that was it. Horrible &#8211; and for me at least, scary, because I get disoriented and can&#8217;t see what the snow under my skis is doing either and imagine I&#8217;m going to fall off the mountain or have a dreadful accident&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>The upshot was that I got to have an unexpected afternoon at home. With teenagers ensconced in their rooms supposedly doing homework (mmmm, yes&#8230;) or tidying their rooms (even more unlikely). Whatever&#8230; It meant peace and quiet and a few unexpected hours for me. What bliss! I can hardly tell you how wonderful it was, without sounding like a complete saddo!<\/p>\n<p>I had time to sit quietly and finish writing Christmas cards, time to sew a little on the <em>Zippy Strippy<\/em> bags and even time to bake Christmas Guetzli (Swiss Christmas biscuits) with my son.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/21.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1087\" title=\"2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/21.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/21-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At least half of these <em>Mailanderli<\/em> disappeared within ten minutes of them coming out of the oven &#8211; which I guess is a good sign. Today we need to bake some more &#8211; maybe<em> Zimtsterne<\/em> (Cinnamon stars) this time.<\/p>\n<p>It was wonderful to have unplanned time and I could really see that doing less over Christmas is going to turn out to be the right decision. It&#8217;s quite scary what a huge sense of relief I feel at having cancelled a lot of our plans. Deep down I think I must have been dreading it, but couldn&#8217;t even admit it to myself. How sad is that?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Goal for 2010: Learn to recognize when I don&#8217;t want to do something and actually be brave enough to say NO and not feel guilty about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Phew, that feels like a breath of fresh air&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Have a good week,<\/p>\n<p>Helen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was supposed to be a ski day &#8211; long planned and the snow seemed perfect. The visibility however, was anything but. 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