July 25, 2011

• The Simple Womans Daybook 25 July 2011

   

  Outside my window…the sun is shining and it is a comfortable 62.  I think this morning is the first time that the temp has been below 85 in two weeks.  I won’t mention the fact that the weather man is calling for the temp to soar into the upper 80′s today.  We’ll just enjoy this cool spell while it lasts.  The birds seems to be enjoying it, I haven’t heard them singing like this since before the heat wave began.

  I am thinking….about all the work that I need to accomplish before school starts in Sept.

  I am thankful for…the fact that I am able to do what I can do.  I look at the ladies who are in my water aerobics class at the Y and thank God everyday that, though I have arthritis and a bad back, I am still able to move far better than a lot of those women. 

  From the schoolroom….MK will be working hard on her classes today.

  From the kitchen….I really don’t know.  There are two pizza’s leftover from yesterday so I know that we are well provisioned at least for lunch.  I think we will make it up as we go along, that is always a good policy.

  I am wearing….shorts and a tee shirt with eeyore on it.

  I am creating….handmade items for gift and for sale. 

  I am going…to water aerobics today and that is about all.  I have a mountain of sewing to do.

  I am reading…The Turn of the Screw, required reading for my next semester.

  I am hoping…to get a goodly amount of my sewing done so that I can display them for sale. 

  I am hearing…MK and Melissa chatting in the kitchen.  Layn chattering away to himself while he eats his breakfast.  Matthew muttering to himself about the fact that he still cannot do what he would like. 

  Around the house…everything is pretty neat and clean.  MK and Melissa got up before I did and got a lot of cleaning and straightening done.

  One of my favorite things…sitting here at my desk.  The windows are open and the smell coming in is so fresh and summery.  I can smell the hay stacked in the pig barn across the road, the feed in the feed room, and the freshly cut grass across the road in the pasture.  The birds are singing and fussing about in the trees and the babys in the nest in the rafters are poking their heads up waiting for mom to come with their breakfast.  The pig is rolling in the mud outside of her pen and the beefers are walking across the pasture looking for just the right tender morsel to satisfy their morning cravings.

  A few plans for the rest of the week….the usual round of activities are planned for this week.  I shall spend the week reveling in the ebb and flow of normalcy.

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

  

  Ian’s wheat was combined this weekend.  I love the proud look on his face and the fact that he took Layn along to inspect the wheat.

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