June 21, 2010

• The Simple Womans Daybook 21 June 2010

   

  Outside my window.....it is cool and cloudy.  Alex keeps saying there is 30% chance of rain today, I don't think that he knows what he is talking about.  Rain or not it is going to be our usual busy Monday. 

  I am thinking....about how life is like the ocean with currents and tides and ebb and flow.  Probably not the most original of analogies but I like it.

  I am thankful for.....my husband.  The patience and forebearance that he has shown to this very hard to live with wife of his is more than appreciated. 

  From the schoolroom.....there is order and tidiness, for the time being.  I have two final papers to write and a final exam to take and then I am done with this semester.

  From the kitchen......Alex is shelling the latest picking of peas, Melissa is washing up the dishes from breakfast, and I am sure that something delicious is in store for supper.

  I am wearing.....grey shorts and grey tee shirt.

  I am creating.....an environment that is conducive to peace and harmony.....I hope.

  I am going.....to pick up materials at the library today and nowhere else.

  I am reading......The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad for school.  Not my favorite kind of read.

  I am hoping.....Ian gets the weather he needs to make hay this weekend.

  I am hearing......birds singing, Melissa and Alex talking, the new chicks chirping, the usual morning sounds around here. Oh, wait, I hear the sounds of the little prince waking up.  Must be feeding time in this zoo.

  Around the house.....there is a certain sense of safety and security.  In spite of the little dips and bumps the happen every once in awhile there is always a pervading sense of home.

  One of my favorite things....the orderliness  of my life.  The knowledge that what I expect to happen each day will happen.

   A few plans for the rest of the week....work on schoolwork, two holy hours, keeping the house clean and the laundry under control, and simply living our lives the best we know how.

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

   

  

  Last year a little boy in my second grade religion class gave me this little rose bush as a thank you gift.  Not being much of a flower person (I grow food) I stuck it in the ground in my vegetable and told it it was on its own.  It is loaded with blooms and quite the loveliest thing in the garden.  Thank you Lucas, everytime I look at this little rose I think of you.

  

  Melissa is back in the saddle again, literally.  Yesterday she spent quite a bit of time at the neighbors house riding Rocco.  She was one happy momma!

  

  This is how the little prince likes to spend hot days, sitting in his chair with only a diaper on in front of a fan.  He had his check up last week.  He is above average and weighs in at a nice 12 lbs. and 13 ozs.

  

  Mary-Kate's cow, Hectic, had her calf this past week.  It's a little heifer calf and mother and owner are both very happy.  Now we have more milk than we can handle.  This means that I have to get out the cheese making supplies and place an order for cultures.  Hooray for fresh yogurt, ricotta, cottage cheese, and mozarella.

   

   

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