June 13, 2010

• The Simple Womans Daybook 13 June 2010

  

  Since tomorrow looks to be a rather busy day I thought I would post this early.

  Outside my window....it is cloudy and cool out.  It has been rainy all weekend.  I think that any rain deficit that we were suffering from is over now.  We have gotten over seven inches in the past week.  Not only are my gardens growing well but the weeds are thriving also.

  I am thinking....how wonderful it is that my children get along with each other and with others when they come into our home.  MK, Matthew, Brett, and Melissa's son Alex are in the kitchen making calzones.  Kim is on the couch working on her laptop, Ian and Melissa are putting the baby to bed.  Everything is peace and quiet.

  I am thankful for....all the blessings that have been given to this family.  They are too many to count.

  From the schoolroom.....all is in readiness for the coming week. 

  From the kitchen.....the smells of calzones and hot wings are wafting into the living room and my stomach is beginning to wonder if my throat has been cut.  Today was girl day at this house.  We ladies watched a girl movie and the guys have been cooking for us.

  I am wearing.....jammies!!!!  It's comfie time for everyone in this house.

  I am creating....a home!!!!

  I am going....to get the house cleaned and the laundry done tomorrow.  Along with my schoolwork, picking peas, strawberries, and possibly weeding in the tomatoes if it isn't too wet.

  I am reading......The Heart of Darkness for my English Literature class.  Not the most fun read.

  I am hoping.....that Doug and Jason get home safely tonight.  Jason's car broke down on the Thruway on the way home from drill today and Doug had to go rescue him.

  I am hearing.....the sounds of MK's knitting needles clicking together, Kim's keys on her computer, the guys talking together in the kitchen.  The sounds of family!

  Around the house......each room in this house shows evidence of family and living in it.

  One of my favorite things......being all together like this.  Family means so much to mean.

  A few plans for the rest of the week......work, school, play, the usual.  All of the usual rhythms of a family.

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

  The summer that my daughter died some friends gave us a white rose bush.  Now every June during the week that she was born and died it starts to bloom.  It continues to bloom all summer long until late into October.  No other rose on the farm blooms that long.

  

  Doug gave me a red rose at the same time and that begins blooming when the white rose does.  It only gives one dozen blooms each summer.  It has been 17 years but it has only ever given that many blooms each summer.

   

  Dumb and dumber left today to become steak.  Everyone in this house is looking forward to the call that says that the meat is done and we can come and pick it up. 

  

  Perhaps we will have a beef dinner that evening?

  

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