January 4, 2010

• The Simple Womans Daybook 4 January 2010

   

  Outside my window…….it is cold and everything is covered with snow.  It has snowed continuously for the past three or four days.  Not hard but enough to cover everything with the stuff.  I know that Ian has only been home for six hours in two days.

  I am thinking……that it is good in a way for vacation to be over and the routine to have begun.  I for one am ready to have a bit of normalcy return to this place.

  I am thankful for……..a warm house, a family who loves each other, plenty of things to do, an abiding love for my family, and faith in God.

  I am wearing…….navy sweats.  Dreading going up into the deep freeze to take a shower and get ready for the day.  I do have to brave it sometime though.

  I am going……..nowhere today, I hope.  I have an essay to write for English and a paper to continue to research for Online learning.  Then there is the ever present math that needs to be done.

  I am reading…….books and articles about the effects of the classroom environment on learning.  Sounds exciting doesn’t it.  That is my reasearch topic for my final paper.

  I am hoping……that the snow lets up long enough for Ian to get a solid eight hours of sleep before the next onslaught of lake effect can begin.

  From the schoolroom……today begins Matthew’s second semester.

  From the kitchen……..since it is Monday I think the leftovers are in order.  There is plenty of chili and pizza out there to get us through the day.

  Around the house…….Doug and Matthew eating breakfast.  Brutus waiting for something to fall from the table.  The tick of the clock and the hum of the refrigerator.  All very homey and comforting sounds.

  One of my favorite things…….all of the love and good wishes of friends old and new that I experienced at church yesterday.  None of those people know just how much they blessed me but God does and I know that He will bless them in return.  I send up many prayers of thanks in return.

  Here is a picture thought that I am sharing with you…….

   

  

  It’s still too dark out there yet to appreciate all that snow, if you are of the snow appreciating kind.  But there is plenty of it out there if that’s what you like.  Feast your eyes on it and enjoyl

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