September 27, 2010

• The Simple Womans Daybook 27 September 2010

  

  Outside my window….it is cool and dark and cloudy.  The nice fall weather is back.  Over the weekend we enjoyed temps. in the 60′s and nice breezes.  It is even beginning to smell like autumn out there.

  I am thinking….of possibilities since school is out for a few weeks, of hopes and dreams now that I have time to hope and dream, and of family members far and near as my love for them over flows in my heart.

  I am thankful for…the end of the current semester and the time that I have to enjoy doing and accomplishing other things. 

  From the schoolroom….Matthew will continue his education, I begin teaching my fifth grade religion class this coming Thursday, and Mary-Kate will be starting her college classes a week from tomorrow.  There is always something to be learning and someone to be teaching.

  From the kitchen….believe it or not all of the food that I cooked last week is gone and then some.  I will definitely have to come up with something good for supper.

  I am wearing….long johns and a hoody.  It is getting to be chilly in the mornings around here.

  I am creating….up a storm!!!!! I have all kinds of potential projects floating around in my head and a long list of UFO’s to be finished.  I think this week will be taken up with clearing the workroom of unfinished projects so that new ones will have room.

  I am going….to spend as much time as possible at home.  A trip to the fabric store is on the list for this week to stock up on some essentials and the new engine for the Blazer has to be picked up but I hope that is all.

  I am reading….there is another area of potential for me in the coming weeks.  First I hope that the volume of Robert Frost that I ordered from Amazon comes soon because I have such a hankering for some good Robert Frost.  Then who knows what I will get into.

  I am hoping…that the list in my head and the time that I have to execute it are about equal to each other.  I know reality however and the list will far exceed the amount of time that I have.

  I am hearing….Doug and Matthew in quiet conversation, Mary-Kate and Melissa in the workroom chatting with each other, and the clock over my shoulder ticking the time away.

  Around the house….the mess is calling and I am shutting out the noise, the laundry is screaming at me and I am plugging my ears.  I am sure that there are many pressing jobs that need doing and I am in my own little haze…just a few more minutes please.

  One of my favorite things….sitting here sorting through my life and my family.  Letting the sources of my contentment sift down through my mind and warming me and washing over me wrapping around me like a favorite quilt.

  A few plans for the rest of the week…..get the little things out of the way so that I can focus on the rest of the things.  Mind the important things so that the unimportant things can take care of themselves.

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

  

  How many mothers have sons who come home from the range and present them with little souvenirs like this?  Matthew shot a .22 slug through this .22 shell at 50′  I think I will put this on a chain and keep it on my key ring.

   

  

  Last week on Friday the temperature got up into the 90′s.  Away went our beautiful fall weather. 

   

  Today we are back to fall with temps into the 50′s and a cool breeze blowing.  Today Layn is fully clothed!!!!

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