Coloring pages, dogs lying in my way and I may never come inside again.

So, I am getting bored... It only took 3 and a half weeks before I got totally bored. Not bad considering I was worried about getting bored the first day. I had two care packages sent me last week and so now I can color... I will be sending out the coloring pages to people and expect them to put them on their refrigerators.  After all, I get pictures from some of our riding kids and my young nieces and nephews and of course I keep them and put them up to display.
Because it's so cold out we are being nice to the dogs... We are always nice to the dogs but since it's really cold and the one dog is quite old, they get to lie and enjoy the warm fire. The big old dog, Sparky doesn't seem to understand that I am higher on the totem pole of hierarchy in this home. I am the oldest in this home... I guess it doesn't really matter. I have to try to walk over the dog lying on the floor, push my walker around his paws that sprawl all over the floor and of course he only chooses to lie right in the middle of where I would like to walk.  So  my challenge to life right now is weaving my way through the house, the lying dogs, the moving just enough to let me through but not enough to let me walk with a two foot path that I would dearly love!
And... I am getting bored; did I mention that? I am used to being outside. I am used to spending hours outside. I love being outside, did I mention I love being outside... Once I get a cast I can get around and it's safe, I will be outside. I think I will set up the hammock and sleep by the fire pit. I might need to sleep by the fire pit since it's probably going to still be cold but it could also be that I would have that three letter word, MUD. So in a walking cast and then stuck in the mud could be quite hysterical. So I am figuring out how I can be outside and just totally love every second... can you tell that I am the getting desperate to get outside?
What I have learned is that contentment is quite easy to say and a challenge to do.  When one does not have another option when one cannot do anything for oneself, one learns being content is a requirement to live and think each day.  Paul said that we must "LEARN" to be content... learning means it will take some knowledge, some work, some effort and perhaps a test or two. To learn in school it always involved homework. To learn in life, one finds broken legs as the homework that is essential but not enjoyable. So I am content coloring, doing puzzles, and cleaning cupboards... I am learning to be content doing puzzles, coloring and cleaning cupboards and I can't wait until I can go outside!!!