Simple Woman’s Daybook

FOR TODAY:
October 7th, 2010…

Outside my window…the ground is wet but the sky looks fairly clear.  We have had days of non-stop dreary skies and rain.  The lack of sun is taking its toll on me.

I am thinking…that it has been a very busy week, I have had little to no time to blog or read or anything else.  Between daytime activities out of the house with the kids this week and prep for a long weekend of camping, there is little down time to reflect this week.

I am thankful for…my children.  They each have their own strengths and weaknesses that make them who they are.

From the learning rooms…it has been more about out of the learning rooms this week.  Tuesday was a Docent Led Tour of the Native American exhibits at the RMSC.  Today Chloe is off to try her first Middle School Life Science Lab at the U of R and the little two are taking a Birds of a Feather class at the zoo.

From the kitchen…leftovers, leftovers, leftovers.

I am creating…a knit winter hat for Chloe.  Last year the first one I made went to my mother-in-law.   Then Chloe and Jayden really wanted one as well.  About a month ago I finished Jayden’s.  Now I am going to try one with 2 different colored yarns, one for the rim and one for the rest of the hat.  Chloe wants brown and pink to match her new winter coat.  I figure if I can master that, then when I do Ava’s traffic cone orange hat (orange is her favorite color, thus she wants a bright orange hat) I might try adding a puff ball to the top.

I am going…to hurry this along so I can shower before having to run out this morning.  I did not get to this on Tuesday…or Wednesday…so I decided to take a few minutes and try to put my thoughts down today before it gets away from me.

I am reading…The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende.  I am about 75 pages in to the 400 page book.  So far I am not all that interested, thus I am finding it hard to focus on it.

I am hoping…to find more ambition to read, write and knit.  It seems as though after all the “must do’s” of the day are done, that I have little energy for the extra things I would like to do.

I am hearing…the steady hum of the fan in my room.  I have a hard time sleeping due to ringing in my ears, and the fact that every little “bump in the night” has me startled awake thinking the kids might need something.  The fan helps to drown out some of the miscellaneous noise so I can sleep.

Quote for the week…Be proud of every scar on your heart, each one holds a lifetime worth of lessons.

A few plans for the rest of the week: Zoo class, packing camper, excursion to a farm with Jayden’s soccer team for a hayride, corn maze etc. , firehouse open house, camping with friends, and then on to another week.  Hopefully one that is a little quieter!

Here is the picture for thought I am sharing…

Ava is on my mind this week.  She is the baby and the hellion of the family.  She is one extreme to the other…either all cute or all miserable.  This week she said something that made us laugh out loud.  While she was sitting at her table (as she is in the photo below) Chloe was at the homeschool table doing spelling.  Chloe looks up and says to me, “Mom, what does apparent mean?”.  Ava turns her head to Chloe with this look of, duh Chloe, and says with exasperation, “It means a kind of adult!”.  🙂