Simple Woman's Day Book

For Today...

Outside my Window...a beautiful warm breeze billowing through my bedroom window.....it smells soooo good.

I am thinking...how I really need to make up my menu's for this week.

I am thankful for...my children being home today and still enjoying the summer while all the neighborhood children are scurrying to the busses for their first day back at school.

From the kitchen... The apple kutchen my 11yo dd made two nights ago sits leftover from breakfast on the counter.  :P  A stack of thick books from the library that my dd 16 will be reading for school next week and Sunday's newspaper in a pile on the chair.

I am wearing...tan shorts and a black shirt.....around the house wear.  When I go out later, I will change.

I am reading......Proverbs 31 and Titus 2

I am hoping.....to have a nice quiet day today

I am hearing...I hear my little guy playing in the basement with his trucks ; the microwave beeping because my oatmeal is ready;  a dog barking in the distance; a small engine airplane far off; and if you really, really sit still and listen, I can hear the hum of traffic on the main crossroad about a mile and a half away. 

Around the house...a family room ready for piano students, a clean kitchen floor :)  two out of three bathrooms waiting to be cleaned :(   a cleaned out pantry; dd 11 canopy bed made into a pirate ship out of sheets and a pirate hat; the Eiffel Tower 3-D puzzle surrounded by a Lego street and occupied by micro-cars; and books everywhere.

One of my favorite things...  summer, summer, summer................................and......summer

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week...an 1800s working farm museum, piano lessons, mom getting out of the hospital, a boy scout fossil dig, grocery shopping and lesson plan writing.

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

For Today...

Outside my Window...a cool summer day.........with no swimming  :(

I am thinking...how I am ever going to get everything ready for school to start in 2 weeks. 

I am thankful for...a refrigerator that is out-of-order because it has forced me to simplify, simplify, simplify by moving food out of a three-door giant capacity refrigerator into about half the size two-door one.

From the kitchen...I hear people going up and down the basement stairs bringing food up and down in order to bake and prepare meals. 

I am wearing...green bermuda shorts, a white tank underneath a colorful flowery strappy shirt and barefeet.

I am reading......Passionate Housewives Desperate for God

I am hoping.....that my mom will be released from the hospital soon and feeling better. 

I am hearing...quiet sounds of little children totally engrossed in building things in the basement.

Around the house...homemade lemon blueberry muffins on the counter, TOG binders on the table, two loads of laundry cleaned and folded in the basement waiting to be brought upstairs, clean bathrooms, a dirty kitchen floor, fall mums in my windowbox and a United States Puzzle put together on the wood floor.

One of my favorite things...planning for the new school year

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week...zoo with friends, a moonlight dinner cruise on the lake viewing the skyline and fireworks with the love of my life for his birthday.

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

For Today...

Outside my Window...two squirrels fighting for territory of our silver maple tree which has grown so big the branches are almost touching my bedroom window. 

I am thinking...how I love quiet summer mornings and how I wish it would stay this day the rest of the year.  My two older children are off today so it is not too often that we are all home together in the daytime.

I am thankful for...the blessings of obedient children and what a joy it is to be with them. 

From the kitchen...I hear little feet padding in, I feel hugs from warm bodies snuggled in blankets as the 8 and 11 year old are just getting up. 

I am wearing...an old, soft, worn-in t-shirt because I haven't got dressed for the day yet. 

I am reading......Tapestry of Grace Curriculum

I am hoping.....To get some items listed up on Ebay and to finish the Meal Planning section of my Home Management Binder. 

I am hearing...the shower running and my middle DD in it.

Around the house...a clean, organized basement with my school cabinets de-junked and labled; a re-ordered spice cabinet and front hall closet; piles of last year's home schooling in the dining room; a sunny laundry room with no laundry to do; white roses in full bloom on my counter from my sweet hubbie and a ruffled family room from prayer time last night.

One of my favorite things...well, two actually.  Sitting in my backyard hammock with two little bunnies (11 & 8)  reading historical fiction; and going 'JEEP'IN" with my sweetie.

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week...two weddings; a home school garage sale; grocery shopping; a trip to Office Depot for binder supplies and swimming.

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