The Simple Woman's Daybook -- Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Hosted by Peggy.

Outside my window...a cooler day with thunderstorms likely for the foreseeable future, sunny and green after all the rain we've already gotten.

I am thinking...about how little I'll see Fiona once school starts.

I am thankful... that we caught the earlier bus home last night from work -- so we didn't have to wait another hour or more!

From the learning rooms...picking Becoming a Life Change Artist back up -- it's one of the few books I've read where it's so rich and dense with goodness that I have to keep coming back to it -- still haven't finished it.

In the kitchen... all the dishes clean -- maybe I should ponder making bread tonight or tomorrow.

I am going...  to work Friday, Saturday, & Sunday this weekend.

I am wondering... what tomorrow will be like.

I am reading... The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Boat of Her Own Making, with Fiona.

I am hoping... to be able to see my out-laws a fair bit when they are here in August.

I am looking forward to...last time I did the Daybook I didn't have an answer for this one so I posted on facebook that I needed something to look forward to -- now I have a letter coming from my friend Beth -- a good thing to look forward to.

I am hearing... Fiona playing happily outside, the kitchen clock ticking, and Song of the South by Alabama playing on Pandora -- always reminds me of road trips with my grandparents.

Around the house...needing to unpack the clothes that are in a breaking cardboard box and wash the sheets.  Kellan, Josie, and Jen will be home soon.

One of my favorite things...rain


Here is picture for thought I am sharing...  Fiona with the three things she bought with birthday and Easter money from Grandma and Grandpa Carlson, Grandma King, Grandma Connie and Grandpa Don -- A new sun hat (the skulls were her choice), a stuffed animal/monster she's named Cross-Eyed, and a stencil art book (and one of the pictures she's made with it)!  She really loves being able to pick things out and buy them with her own money.  Thank you to all of you!!

The Simple Woman's Daybook -June 24, 2010

Thanks again to Peggy!

FOR TODAY

Outside my window... a slowly cooling down Denver evening

I am thinking...of my brother.  I've been eating a lot of cinnamon toast lately and it reminds me of Seth because there is a story about how, when he was quite little, he would sneak out of the house in the morning and go knock on our neighbor's back door and ask for cinnamon toast.  :)

I am thankful for... surviving being hit by a car a year ago yesterday and being able to celebrate said survival last night with a large group of friends.  Also that my husband got a job and my friend Dara found us a new computer cord so we can be back online!

From the kitchen... lovely black Japonica rice

I am wearing... a very old, very soft, very holey white cotton Hanes T-Shirt that belonged to my grandfather who has been dead for over 10 years. 

I am going...to try to remember to call the dentist next week to make an appointment for my six-year-old daughter.

I am reading... Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft

I am hoping...to talk to my mom on the phone sometime soon.

I am hearing... classical music on the radio, the fan blowing on me, children speaking Spanish outside my window.

Around the house...must wash sheets for in-laws' arrival.

A few plans for the rest of the week:  doctor's appointment in the morning for some osteopathic manipulation and to check in, meeting a woman who is trying to find homes for our foster cats, possibly going to a crafternoon on Saturday, in-laws fly in on Saturday night and I'm so glad!

Here is picture for thought I am sharing... hiking friends in RMNP