by Patti Miinch | Jul 14, 2022 | A Little Green Glass Frog, bookmarks, frog, fully ruly on God, grief, loss, Patti Miinch, remembrance, social media
It’s been nearly 10 months since I got the small package in the mail. It was sent by a Facebook friend and former high school classmate, and I couldn’t imagine what it might hold.When I unwrapped it, I found something I didn’t expect: a small, green glass frog...
by Patti Miinch | Apr 21, 2022 | criticizing, judging, Lent, Lenten Reflections, silence
I decided that for Lent this year I would give up criticizing/judging others and that I would spend 15 minutes sitting silently (outwardly & inwardly) in God’s presence. The results were not what I anticipated.I tend to judge other people,...
by Patti Miinch | Apr 14, 2022 | lessons, lessons learned from a f*& cat, plush, takeaways
I recently acquired a cat. Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby (aka Barnaby) came to live with me several weeks ago after a brief sojourn at the local humane society. {By the way, Barnaby was previously known as Egypt, but really . . . Egypt? No way!}He looked perfectly...
by Patti Miinch | Apr 5, 2022 | breaks, relax, them's the breaks
In my quest to find ways to build at least one break into my busy schedule, I first kept a 5-day log of the activities that fill the hours each day (What Have We Here?). Then I sat down, mug of hot tea and bullet journal at the ready, to analyze the results.The log...
by Patti Miinch | Mar 24, 2022 | break time, finding time, priorities, whathavewehere
When I first realized that I needed to reincorporate into my daily schedule some kind of break(s) for mental, spiritual, and physical rebooting and renewal, I seriously doubted it could be done. I knew, though, that I needed to at least try.I thought back to all the...
by Patti Miinch | Mar 17, 2022 | break, break time, busy-ness, caregiving, childcare, mental, physical, prime time years, reboot, rejuvenation, rest
{Sigh}I don’t know about you, but my mind is constantly inundated by sights and sounds, information, details involved in daily life, etc.Even when that “stuff” is positive in nature — the beauty of the world around me, the sound of my granddaughters’ laughter, the...
by Patti Miinch | Mar 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
As of this week, I’ll be posting My Year of Less updates on Facebook. Come on over to my page Patti Miinch and “like” and “follow”. See you there!!
by Patti Miinch | Mar 10, 2022 | one little word, one word, renew, renewal
As 2021 drew to a close and I began considering my “one word” for 2022, it became increasingly clear to me that renewal was the perfect choice. I was excited and envisioned starting out the new year strong, creating checklists and action steps in my bullet journal. I...
by Patti Miinch | Mar 7, 2022 | decluttering, necessities only, no big box stores, shopping, stash, stuff
My recent (completed 02-11) move was/has been, as I explained in a brief post last week, far more difficult than I anticipated. I’ve put my head down and focused on what *had* to be done, but I kept notes of my spending, so I’m ready to get caught up.Weeks...
by Patti Miinch | Feb 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
I apologize for being awol, but the past three weeks have been a wild ride of a hectic, fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants move, settling in, getting internet, etc., that I certainly did not expect. As a result, I’ve been unable to post, but I’ll be back next...
