out of the miry clay: daybook 21? sort of

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

daybook 21? sort of

The Simple Woman's Daybook is usually posted every Tuesday ~ here. For the summer, Peggy is posting a Linky just once a month... Just thought you ought to know.

And, note the number of my daybook. At a quick glance at posts, I saw that I have TWO Daybook 16 posts and TWO Daybook 12 posts, and that was just looking at one page of the list. Um, so maybe this is week 21 for me? Maybe not. Whatever. I should probably follow Julie's lead and abandon the Daybook for the summer... but here I am... instead of packing our stuff into boxes...

And, just a disclaimer that I am not feeling like much of a Simple Woman these days ~ unless you use the definition from Proverbs? :o

FOR TODAY

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Outside my window... it's hot and muggy. The corn is loving it! I am loving air conditioning. And this week we should have it in the new house, too!

I am thinking... I should load the bike helmets into the van to deliver to Alicia tonight... along with the math book... and the paper flannel figures for Sarita... and the ISU tee for Ethan. Um, yes, we went to Salvation Army today to 'donate' some usable items ~ and I discovered someone had brought a couple bags back into the house (!) and they weren't accepting books :p So glad I hadn't loaded all the hardcovers we put in the discard pile just yesterday. (That was not very short and to the point, eh? I'm thinking about S.T.U.F.F.)

I am thankful for... my husband ~ and his many abilities which include plumbing, electrical, landscaping, carpentry, automotive and mechanical repairs, ....

I am praying for... the A Family in China ~ so excited to see them here next summer on their first furlough, Lord willing!

From the learning rooms... Miss Music Box actually took along her literature book today on our errands/chiropractor trip. Can't say if she read any of it. Now she's trying to read every book in the discard pile before it leaves the house! I had the Computer Geek read some books yesterday as part of my purge process ~ Quo Vadis?

From the kitchen...beef roast in the crock pot is ready to eat anytime; baked potatoes are still in the oven. Tomorrow will be Santa Fe Chicken ~ Who can tell me where I found that recipe before I wrote it on the back of an envelope?? (chicken, salsa, black beans, corn... cream cheese... rice ~ sound yummy??)

I am creating... easy closet 'doors' with $3 sheets from Walmart =) woot, woot!

I am going... to church tonight to serve in the baby nursery.
...back to Lowe's again another day to rectify a pricing issue ~ hopefully before they update the sticker on the shelf ;-) (ran out of time today)

I am reading... finished the Psalms! started Ecclesiastes. Oh, and we finally got our new books for summer Sunday school ~ When Sinners Say "I Do"

I am hoping... God will continue to work things out with the house process in spite of all of the continued unwanted setbacks (this was my wish from May ~ I'm still hoping He works all things together for good! And we will be thankful for it!)

I am hearing... Miss Artist is playing the piano (you'd think we were having a nice relaxing afternoon... since we're not frantically running around to DO Stuff)

Around the house...yeah, there are boxes and dust ~~bunnies~~ grizzlies everywhere

One of my favorite things...the word DONE

A few plans for the rest of the week: moving my kitchen??? :-)

Here is picture for thought I am sharing...