April 25, 2011

  • The Simple Womans Daybook 25 April 2011

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    Outside my window....it is wet and a bit nippy.  We should be welcoming a whole fleet of Mayflowers considering the plethora of April showers that have been realized around here this past weekend.

    I am thinking...that the trees outside my window are going to burst into leaf any second now they are that close. 

    I am thankful for....the Crucified Christ and the Risen Christ.  I am particularly thankful for the Lent that has just past.  I think that I have learned more this past season than in any of the years of my life.

    From the schoolroom....Mary-Kate and Matthew are winding down.  Most days are less than half-days for them while I am anticipating the start of a new semester next Monday.  I love the rhythmn that our lives rise and fall on.

    From the kitchen....pork chops and chicken in the crock pots.  I think I will do some risotto to go along with them and maybe some broccoli and a nice fresh salad.

    I am wearing....sweats.

    I am creating....wedding gowns for 18" dolls.  I was shuffling through a box of fabric on the weekend and found a whole bunch of remnants that were suitable just for this purpose. 

    I am going....nowhere for awhile.  My car has to have major surgery this week.  A tune up has turned into a head job and the patient isn't going down without a fight.

    I am reading...Happy Are You Poor by Fr. Thomas Dubay

    I am hoping....to get a lot done this week before school starts on Monday. 

    I am hearing...the sounds that the house makes on a Monday morning overlaid with the beautiful and hopeful sounds of spring-time coming in the open door by my desk.

    Around the house....Mary-Kate got everything pretty much picked up and organized before she went out to do her chores this morning.  All that is left for me is to do my own room and laundry.  Matthew is upstairs saying his morning prayers and Layn is napping.  This is a lovely Monday morning house.

    One of my favorite things...is listening.  I love to listen to the birds and try to name the ones that I hear by their calls.  I like to listen to the men working and try to figure out who is doing what by the sounds of their voices.  I like to listen to Layn playing and imagine what he is thinking as he drives he tractor along the floor or flips the door of his ark open and closed over and over.

    A few plans for the rest of the week...there are projects to be finished, family to feed and love, a car to nurse back to life, and a whole world around me to enjoy and appreciate.  Thank you God for the life I live and the family that you have blessed me with.

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

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    Finding Easter eggs in the trees.