Cocooning Syndrome

I've been experiencing Cocooning Syndrome.  I don't know that medical

science has addressed this issue or not, and don't care if they doubt

it's existence.  For me, this is a very real reaction to a hectic schedule.

It's a need to balance my social butterfly side with my home loving

and private side.  

My "sister" Robin and I have discussed this and we both need our

down time.  We believe that it is somewhat unique to being an

only child.  We love out friends and family and love being 

surrounded by them, but also love being alone.

Being alone is a time to be quiet and listen to my own voice.

I turn off the chatter of others and avoid the need to be 

interesting to others and not to feel that I am on stage.  My

alone time refreshes my spirit.  It renews my soul.  It aids

my creativity.  

So I have spent the past week taking down Christmas decorations

while listening to music I love.  I have carefully wrapped ornaments

and stowed them in marked boxes.  I have been sorting through

decorations I know I won't use next year and marked them for

donation.  

I have spent some time reading and making a list of all the books

I want to read this year.  I will share this list with you when it

is complete.  

I took down all the Christmas decorations in my miniature rooms

too and have started thinking of how to decorate the dollhouse

rooms for Valentine's Day.  Y'all know how obsessed I have 

been with miniatures for the past few years.  Sometimes I think

that decorating mini rooms is more fun (and certainly less expensive)

than decorating full size ones ;-)

I always enjoy my time in the kitchen, but the last few weeks during

the Christmas season there were lots of meals out and lots of meals

on the run, so I have spent the past week just taking my time and

enjoying the creativity of cooking.

I have enjoyed cuddling with Bentley under a pile of quilts and

watching old movies.  I mean really old movies like the ones

they air on Turner Classic Movies.   Here are some of my

favorites:

My Favorite Wife

Desk Set ~ love, love, love it!

The Women ~ the original, not the remake!

The Enchanted Cottage

One day I will write a blog post about the magic

that happened in my life after watching The

Enchanted Cottage for the first time.  It will

amaze you!

  For the past week I have lived

in a bubble of my own making.  It's been great and

now I feel refreshed and renewed and ready to 

take on the year ahead.  Look out world!

Big Texas Hugs,

Susan and Bentley