Daybook 5/31/10

Outside my window...It's already promising to be a hot one but I have beautiful rose bushes to see... 2 from the previous owners and 4 that my dear husband planted

I am listening to...

quiet...ahhh

I am wearing...

a white nightgown with faded pink flowers

I am thankful for...

a husband who got up early on his

day off to go get me coffee and has been out working in the yard to get it looking awesome!!!

I am pondering...

grief - the complexity of emotions that seem to spring up from nowhere

I am reading...

Discovering God

Mrs. Meyers Clean Home

The Well Ordered Home

Planning Your Charlotte Mason Education

From the kitchen...

the fast begins. I will create our menus this evening and plan a trip to get groceries on Tuesday. Hopefully we will be able to have at least 4 meals cooked at home again this week.

I am thinking...

that a trip to visit my mom definitely needs to happen in the next few weeks...God willing, of course :)

I am creating...

a fun and comfortable school room...still painting that furniture. My guess is about 8 weeks to get it all done.

Towards a living education...

a day off to spend with dad, a day off to get lots of errands done, a day off to get SugarCake moved, hmmm...it looks like there won't be a whole lot of education going on this week

Beauty in the home...

I got sidetracked thinking about some very cool projects for our extra bedroom. I did manage to tackle our "formal dining room," aka gameroom, aka sorting room (until we finish moving). It is a lot less stressful to not see it piled with things to unpack.

The domestic church...

plans to attend liturgy with other homeschoolers on Thursday.

I am hoping and praying...

that friends and family will have peace as they await news on some stressful situations. That I will be able to return to Overeater's Anonymous this week as I attempt to come out of relapse...St. Michael pray for me!!!

In the garden...

my dear husband has been working so very hard. He's cleaned out the beds and planted new flowers. He's been working on some rough spots in the grass and it looks like he plans to put down mulch in the beds.

One of my favorite things...

going to liturgy and then lunch with dear friends (my daughters' godfamily). May God bless them abundantly for all the blessings they bring to our lives!!!

A few plans for the rest of the week...

hockey, NO dance - except for Saturday, liturgy, time with SugarCake to sort her "stuff," lot of errands, lots of unpacking, lots of cleaning at the old house and new (okay, I think I need a nap just thinking about it!)

A picture thought I'm sharing...

THIS is the picture thought I've been wanting to share. This was found (or rather this found me) in a Half Price Bookstore in Dallas,TX. I'm still speechless of the beauty of this icon not to mention finding it in a used bookstore!!!

Blessings!

theresesophia

A picture thought to share...

As promised, I now have a picture thought to share. Not the one I had planned, I'll save that for another post. But this one is pretty special too...

Sugar Cake lost her first tooth today at church...sigh...my baby is growing so quickly. I cried most of the way home. The tooth has been wiggly for almost a month now. This morning at church it seemed VERY loose. I was hoping for a few more weeks... but after church I felt it snap and then it started bleeding. I put some holy water on a napkin and told her I would put that on there to make it feel better and amazingly the tooth just "fell" into the napkin.

Now I'm going to do what any normal mom would do... grab a diet dr. p*pper and a box of tissues. I'll be in the bed if anyone needs me...

Blessings,

theresesophia

Daybook 5/24/10

Outside my window...

It is dark and there is a different backyard than the one I was looking at last month when I did my daybook :-)

I am listening to...

the air conditioner, a children's television show and my husband frying some bacon

I am wearing...

sandals, jeans, a black and white print top and my prayer bracelet I just got in the mail

I am thankful for...

a very special friend who loaned me her prayer bracelet until I could get mine in the mail (I lost my previous prayer bracelet on Mother's Day... boohoo!!!)

I am pondering...

how long it will take me to finish painting all the homeschool furniture (at my current rate they may all graduate before I'm done!)

I am reading...

Mrs. Meyer's Clean Home

From the kitchen...

a full week of meals this week, ham and potato salad in the morning, homemade burgers the next day, mac and cheese casserole with leftover ham the next and a homemade lasagna this weekend

I am thinking...

that my children need to go to bed a LOT earlier than they do!!!

I am creating...

a new HOME.

Towards a living education...

a huge focus on math for all and reading for the younger two

Beauty in the home...

that's pretty much all it has been about for the last few weeks. The older girls are pretty much set. The bathrooms look good but need a little tweaking. Probably focus on the rooms for the younger two this week

The domestic church...

our icon wall is in place. Joyous Feast to you all!!!

I am hoping and praying...

that friends and family going through stressful situations will be blessed with positive outcomes.

In the garden...

we no longer have our vegetable garden and although our new house has beautiful grass, we haven't had the opportunity to do much other than plant a rose bush in memory of my dad

One of my favorite things...

trees... our new home has lots of beautiful trees

A few plans for the rest of the week...

the orthodontist for Rosebud, helping Stinkbug and Sugarcake finish the moving process and set up their rooms, ballet and hockey, math, and, God willing, paint lots of the school room furniture

A picture thought I'm sharing...

you'll have to watch for my next post for that...lol.

Blessings!!!

theresesophia