September wrap-up {almost}

 

:::WEEK THREE:::

 

• A barn/shed just adds so much to a misty sunrise photo!

 

• I visited Maggie at her house to cook up a storm for supper, but we kept it calm and just made biscuits.  And then we had to convince Connor to taste and like them.  Silly boy.  {they were perfect!}
• I finished the August blog posts… yep, mid-September.

• I have new resolve to purge the basement of a few dinosaurs.  ahem.  Which are still there, and not listed for sale on line. Yet.

 

• Don’t cry over spilt…

  

 

• Fridays seem to work well as Kitchen {Baking} Day… hence the granola, garden tomatoes to can, pizzas for Denise, bread for us & for my brother.  And brownies of course {hence the cocoa on my floor}

 

• Science experiment day while we’re at it!  Testing the freezing point of various liquids.  Amorphous solids.  Weird, but fun.

 

:::WEEK FOUR:::

• Sept 21, Sunday evening:  Good New in the Park.  Complete with someone’s marvelous model of Noah’s Ark.  Sunshine, ice cream and hot dogs.  And a bzillion mosquitos.  Give or take. 
• My mom had promised Daniel a care package with his favorite oatmeal-raisin cookies… she also asked me for some other ideas for him as well as the girls.  We combined a few things together and mailed them off to some really happy college kiddos.
• I stitched up several baby blankets – I think I actually finished my ‘stash’ of flannel!  Just need some more girl babies to give most of them to…
• More tomatoes from the garden?!

• We are having a good year so far with history {my main ‘teaching’ class with the kids}  A variety of books to read aloud.  They WROTE something for their first ThinkWrite – yes!  I found a pile of 1812-ish books at the library for them to peruse {be distracted from other duties}.  And a pretty good YouTube video with Tchaikovsky’s Overture 1812.  Which I am failing to embed, but hopefully the link works!

 

• You know the saying about the best laid plans of mice and men?  Well, my recent Thursday was a particularly brainless day.  Why? I do not know.  But several miles down the highway, I remembered that I needed identification paperwork for the Cattleman to get his permit.  Ugh.  {We did remember the driver’s ed paperwork for the Cowgirl, but I was hoping for ONE stop at the DOT…}  So, while we skipped the DOT, the Cowgirl did demonstrate her capable driving skills while we went the loooong way to Target.  At least we found a pair of shoes for the Cattleman there.  And they went on to piano lessons in a timely fashion.  While I finished shopping.  And forgot to remind the carry-out guy that I’d paid for softener salt.  {sigh}  Putting it on next week’s list now.  And the receipt back in my purse.
• Tim - and crew - started combining both soybeans and corn on Friday.  His 15th harvest of this Iowa residency. 
• the Cowgirl finished a sewing project for next month’s wedding {centerpiece décor for the reception}.  And she helped the Popper package her egg rolls for our supper Saturday night.

 

 

 

… and September of 2014 is almost gone!