June 7, 2010

  • The Simple Womans Daybook 7 June 2010

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    Outside my window......the sun is beginning to shine but it is decidedly chilly out, 48.  This is Central New York after all and that is the way things go.  After about a week of temps in the 80's to 90 and humidity (I won't insult the southern half of the country by calling it high humidity) we had four days of thunder and rain and now it is cool.  Not good for making hay but very good for the gardens to thrive in.  The broccoli plants are loving this cool weather.

    I am thinking......about the weekend past and the week ahead.  There is much to do but there is always much to do and I have learned the hard way not to dwell on the quantity of work yet to do but on the quality of the work that I do.

    I am thankful for......my husband and children.  For the twenty-seven years of marriage that we celebrated this past weekend and the life and that family that we have built.

    From the schoolroom.....two more courses to finish for this semester.  Thankfully they are the two that I really enjoy.  Then on to registering for the next batch.  I also have to work on Matthew's paperwork for homeschooling and helping MK get her classes registered for online learning.

    From the kitchen.......I don't know what is in store.  Melissa made a delicious meal yesterday I heard.  Perhaps I will have to come up with something today to give her a break.  I happen to know that Layn was up quite a bit in the night last night.

    I am wearing......grey shorts and grey tee shirt.  Not going outside today it is darn muddy out there.  We must have gotten, all told, three inches of rain over the weekend.

    I am creating.....a world where all who enter in will feel at home and welcome, I hope.  I try at least.

    I am going.....nowhere I think.  It is after all Monday.  There are chores to do, schoolwork to accomplish, and dreams to dream.  Much too much to be galavantin' all over the county.

    I am reading......."The Heart of Darkness" for my Literature course, and I am not enjoying it.

    I am hoping......problems find solutions, love finds a way, and the chicks in the garage grow big enough to go outside very soon.

    I am hearing......the chicks in the garage cheeping, my husband making a pot of coffee, (wonderful man that he is!), the dogs pacing in the bedroom upstairs, (they must be trying to get MK out of bed), and the wind sighing in the bushes out front of the house.

    Around the house......it is really quite orderly for a Monday morning. 

    One of my favorite things........snuggling on my bed with Brutus on a chilly morning like this.

    A few plans for the rest of the week......finish Matthew's paperwork, exchange the grade 11 books for the grade 12 books in preparation for the coming school year, continue with my schoolwork, go to two holy hours, appointment with the neurologist on Thursday, church dinner Thursday night, another one on Saturday night.  I think I will be sufficiently busy so that I won't get into too much trouble.

    I have no picture thought to share with you since Xanga won't let me upload pictures right now.