The Simple Woman's Daybook

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FOR TODAY 

 ~ Monday, 7 July, 2008 ~

 Outside My Window...the peach and plum trees are bright green in the morning sunlight

I am thinking...i need to make dentist appointments

I am thankful for...my children

From the kitchen...nothing yet

I am wearing...shorts ~ t-shirt ~ ponytail ~ barefeet

I am creating...menu plans

I am going...shopping for dance shoes for Sergeant Elf and Toodles

I am reading...e-mails and blogs

I am hoping...to have a productive week

I am hearing...J~Man fixing his breakfast and Frap starting her laundry

Around the house...the rest of the tribe is still asleep so it is still fairly quiet

One of my favorite things...the silence of sunrise

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week:  

finish cleaning the kitchen ~ puppies to the vet for shots ~ new homeschool dance classes for Sergeant Elf and Toodles ~ a special teatime with J~Man

New Year Resolutions

My dearest friend always does her resolutions around her birthday.  I think that is a territic idea, and since I celebrated the beginning of my new year nine days ago, here are some of the improvements I would like to make in my life at this time:

1. get back to walking every morning


2. make menu plans and grocery shop only once a week following the menu plans


3. have a set time for teatimes and make sure I am giving that child my undivided attention


4. have daily read alouds


5. incorporate the art and music materials I have into our studies


6. keep the television turned off during the day


7. make more productive use of my computer time and blog regularly


8. be more attentive to my husband when he gets home from work each day


9. call my mom every week

Happy New Year!

Independence Day

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

hen in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. . . read the rest

and ponder it

and then read this (hat-tip to KathyJo)

Trust

Tibby is out with friends today...seven friends...friends from work...friends i don't know...or barely know...friends she chose without me...100 miles away...at an amusement park...in my car.

I kind of trust them.

I want her to know I trust her.

I am having to trust in Him.

 

The Simple Woman's Daybook

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FOR TODAY ~ Monday, 30 June, 2008...

Outside My Window...it is cloudy and the dogs are lazing on the back patio

I am thinking...but trying not to ~ about Tibby turning 18 and going away

I am thankful for...my wonderful, generous, loving husband

From the kitchen...a lovely cup of tea is steeping

I am wearing...denim shorts and a scrubs shirt bought at a yard sale

I am creating...lesson plans

I am going...nowhere today i hope, but i will probably need to run to the store

I am reading...a book found on the library sale table the title of which escapes me, h.p. four, and cc curriculum guides

I am hoping...it will rain

I am hearing...jackson browne ~ "your bright baby blues"

Around the house...there is too much clutter, but it is better than it was last week

One of my favorite things...my new laptop given to me by my darling husband for my birthday on friday

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week:  ongoing decluttering and cleaning ~ a special teatime with Lulapalooza