Focus On Life Week 14 ~ Morning

Can you believe it's April already?  I'm so glad it's finally beginning to look and feel like spring.  This new month brings a new topic for Focus On Life.   We're going to be capturing moments.  Moments frozen in time that years later, with a glance, will trip the trigger of memory.  Memories, bits of time saved from forever being lost.  This week we will focus on our morning moments.

After breakfast every morning, I fix a cup of tea and spend time on the computer checking emails, catching up on Facebook and playing Scrabble, reading blogs, and hanging out on Pinterest.  I spend way too much time doing this, but I enjoy it and I have the luxury of time at this point in my life.  It's much less stressful than the days of getting kids up and off to school and then going to work!

You can see other morning moments below.

Have a really wonderful weekend!

xo Annette xo

96.  the blooming flowers and trees

97.  running errands without a coat on

98.  a new great nephew

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Morning Has Broken~Blogtoberfest 2012 Day 12

...and I am content to sleep right through it!  I am so not a morning person.  As a student, I waited until the last possible minute to get out of bed.  As a young woman with a job, I did the same thing.  There was never enough time to fully wake up before going to school or work.  As a new mom, I learned how to get up instantly when a baby cried, but I went through the days never fully awake.

I'm at a time in my life where I can sleep in as late as I want to.  The problem is that no matter what time I get up, I still am not fully awake until around noon.  It takes awhile for the morning fog to lift and I feel energized and ready to face the day.  

When I wake up, I lay in bed for awhile thinking about any dreams I had, making a mental list of what I need to do that day, flexing my ankle and bending my knee to work out any stiffness, and generally letting my mind wander.  Getting out of bed when I'm ready to prevents irritability.  When I have to get up before I'm ready, I can be quite grumpy.  It's a good thing Michael is much the same way and we're both content to not speak to each other right away.

Sometimes I wish I could wake up early and be all bright eyed and bushy tailed.  I've tried, I really have.  I'ts just not going to become the norm for me.  So don't call me or ring the door bell before 11am.  If I answer, you'll probably wish I hadn't!

Are you a morning person?

Hope you're having a fantastic Friday!

xo Annette xo