Outside my window…It looks like a beautiful day. To be honest, it’s 4:45 pm and I’m just now able to sit down and rest long enough to look outside.
I am thinking…I am so glad this day is almost over. 2 sick kids plus a not so well mommy with a massive headache plus homeschooling plus work plus a husband gone and baby who wants your undivided attention? Draining.
I am thankful for… God’s mercies. My husband. My children. My family. My friends. Miracles. And, sushi and chocolate cake (my current craving…although, not sushi cake)
I am wearing…pj shorts and my mom’s old tshirt. Waiting for my laundry to finish drying.
I am remembering… how much easier parenting is when you don’t have to do it alone. It’s a tough gig to be keep your work at home status AND parent 2 sick children while you’re sick too.
I am creating…seating charts for the Banquet and other banquet stuff for work. Also, homeschool Pre-K lessons for Lala
I am going… to a Pampered Chef mtg tonight….if only for the “break” that I so desperately need right now
I am reading…Breaking Free Bible Study by Beth Moore
I am hoping…that tomorrow is a less hectic/whiny/crazy day.
On my mind…help?
From the learning rooms…Lala is beginning an alphabet study - one letter a week. Today, we discovered the letter A, apples, circles, the difference between big and small –and tonight, we’ll learn two new signs. We’re also practicing life skills such as washing fruit, slicing fruit using mommy’s (help and) mandoline, and laying apple slices on a baking sheet AND cleaning up after ourselves. Oh, and washing dishes. She LOVES helping rinse dishes - although she shares that with Mimi.
Noticing that…I need to leave in an hour and I really wish I had bought those black sunglasses with the rhinestones from Old Navy so the sun wouldn’t be in my eyes when I drive. (It’s REALLY hard to drive with my eyes closed, for ME anyways.)
Pondering these words…I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
From the kitchen…cinnamon apple chips. YUM.
Around the house.. .Both girls are FINALLY asleep. Little fighter has wanted mommy to hold her all day. But, they are both finally asleep and I promise to hurt the person (or yappy dog, as the case may be) who wakes them up. ESPECIALLY baby. For the love of sanity, please don’t wake the baby.
One of my favorite things. . . Relaxing and reading…I have lots of favorite things but that’s something I’m yearning. Time for me. And, back to the sushi and chocolate cake…that sounds delicious too.
A few plans for the rest of the week. . . Pre-K homeschooling - big vs little, apples, the letter A, sign language lesson, life skills lessons, and whatever else I wrote down in my lesson plan book. Blog. Work on seating charts and design packets and the things that go in them for Banquet. Finish up this week’s worth of Bible study. A meeting, or two…or three. Have the van looked at before it kills me (the horn stopped working and some other pretty important things). Shower daily. A prayer dessert. Bible study. Lunch with friends. Movie with friends. And beyond that, my brain just died.
From my picture journal…
(2007)
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