FOR TODAY August 17, 2009
Outside my window...
It is hazy and foggy. The weatherman said on the news last night that tomorrow is going to be the hottest day of the year. After all the cool weather and rain, we are now having a heat wave. Hazy, hot and humid until Thursday. It was a HHH weekend also. Thank goodness for generous friends with pools they are willing to share with the hot, sweaty masses!
I am thinking...
How much I miss college girl already, and how different my schedule and days are going to be without her. She and hubby and our oldest son left Saturday morning to bring her back to Franciscan University. This is her junior year. It doesn't get easier. I don't worry about her so much anymore, but the missing is the same...she leaves a hole in our hearts and our lives.
I am thankful for...
A College girl who is thriving and blossoming and becoming the delightful young lady Our Lord created her to be
For the safe return of my husband and son from Ohio
For the successful purchase of the land and the opportunity to build a house this fall--oh, it will be nice to be homeowners again. Renting, even temporarily, is weird when you are used to owning.
Generous friends who welcome my children and me into their pools in hot, sticky weather.
For another friend who called to invite my children and me to go swimming at her house, and greeted me with a margarita!
From the learning rooms...
We are all set and ready to go! I mentioned my joy at finishing up the portfolios. The lesson plans are complete, books purchased (not all received yet), supplies organized and replenished (due to a Staples run with College girl on Friday evening). We are all set! We will begin school on August 31....two weeks....
From the kitchen...
Need to do some serious grocery shopping today...not much is coming from the kitchen until then! But who wants to eat in this heat?! I wonder what folks in the south eat in the hot summers? I could use some new recipes.
I am creating...
Order from chaos. My goal is to clean, organize and pack certain areas of the house (I have a list!) every day for the next two weeks until school starts. College girl's stuff is all packed. When we were packing her room for college, I packed everything else up for the move, so she's all done! Once school starts, I want to keep working a couple of hours each weekend on the cleaning, purging and packing detail, so that when the time comes to move, the load will be lightened a bit. Especially because I am going to have to be painting and working on the house in the meantime.
I am going...
Swimming with the kids this afternoon (after the abovementioned cleaning and packing project, ummm and the grocery shopping...I'd better get moving!)
I am reading...
Not much right now except my teenage son's school books, home decorating catalogs and a few blogs.
I am hoping...
For an enriching and grace-filled school year for all of my children, homeschooled or college.
I am hearing...
Hubby getting ready for work. I am also thankful for a hardworking husband who keeps plugging on whether it is the hottest day of the year or the coldest.
Around the house...
All is quiet, and smelly....a skunk sprayed outside last night. The dog got caught in the crossfire, not a direct hit, but she still got an impromptu bath on the back porch at 9:30pm.
One of my favorite things...
Watching my children blossom. My 10 year old had his soccer jamboree championship on Friday evening. His skills have improved so much! He truly dominated the games with 9 goals on the night (out of 13 total for the team) and some beautiful passes and assists. He received many comments from other parents and spectators. Even big brother's varsity coach wanted to sign him up:) and offered him big brother's spot as striker!:) (Just a little fuel for the sibling rivalries--thanks coach!) This is the boy who only started playing the game 2 years ago, and spent most of his first ever game crying in the car!!! I used to worry if he, with his "intense" personality, would be able to function in organized sports or group settings. Silly me. He works hard at this sport he loves and it has given him confidence and discipline. I am so proud of him!
Oh, his team won the championship, btw!
A few plans for the rest of the week:
Cleaning, packing, purging and swimming
It is hazy and foggy. The weatherman said on the news last night that tomorrow is going to be the hottest day of the year. After all the cool weather and rain, we are now having a heat wave. Hazy, hot and humid until Thursday. It was a HHH weekend also. Thank goodness for generous friends with pools they are willing to share with the hot, sweaty masses!
I am thinking...
How much I miss college girl already, and how different my schedule and days are going to be without her. She and hubby and our oldest son left Saturday morning to bring her back to Franciscan University. This is her junior year. It doesn't get easier. I don't worry about her so much anymore, but the missing is the same...she leaves a hole in our hearts and our lives.
I am thankful for...A College girl who is thriving and blossoming and becoming the delightful young lady Our Lord created her to be
For the safe return of my husband and son from Ohio
For the successful purchase of the land and the opportunity to build a house this fall--oh, it will be nice to be homeowners again. Renting, even temporarily, is weird when you are used to owning.
Generous friends who welcome my children and me into their pools in hot, sticky weather.
For another friend who called to invite my children and me to go swimming at her house, and greeted me with a margarita!
From the learning rooms...
We are all set and ready to go! I mentioned my joy at finishing up the portfolios. The lesson plans are complete, books purchased (not all received yet), supplies organized and replenished (due to a Staples run with College girl on Friday evening). We are all set! We will begin school on August 31....two weeks....
From the kitchen...
Need to do some serious grocery shopping today...not much is coming from the kitchen until then! But who wants to eat in this heat?! I wonder what folks in the south eat in the hot summers? I could use some new recipes.
I am creating...
Order from chaos. My goal is to clean, organize and pack certain areas of the house (I have a list!) every day for the next two weeks until school starts. College girl's stuff is all packed. When we were packing her room for college, I packed everything else up for the move, so she's all done! Once school starts, I want to keep working a couple of hours each weekend on the cleaning, purging and packing detail, so that when the time comes to move, the load will be lightened a bit. Especially because I am going to have to be painting and working on the house in the meantime.
I am going...
Swimming with the kids this afternoon (after the abovementioned cleaning and packing project, ummm and the grocery shopping...I'd better get moving!)
I am reading...
Not much right now except my teenage son's school books, home decorating catalogs and a few blogs.
I am hoping...
For an enriching and grace-filled school year for all of my children, homeschooled or college.
I am hearing...
Hubby getting ready for work. I am also thankful for a hardworking husband who keeps plugging on whether it is the hottest day of the year or the coldest.
Around the house...
All is quiet, and smelly....a skunk sprayed outside last night. The dog got caught in the crossfire, not a direct hit, but she still got an impromptu bath on the back porch at 9:30pm.
One of my favorite things...
Watching my children blossom. My 10 year old had his soccer jamboree championship on Friday evening. His skills have improved so much! He truly dominated the games with 9 goals on the night (out of 13 total for the team) and some beautiful passes and assists. He received many comments from other parents and spectators. Even big brother's varsity coach wanted to sign him up:) and offered him big brother's spot as striker!:) (Just a little fuel for the sibling rivalries--thanks coach!) This is the boy who only started playing the game 2 years ago, and spent most of his first ever game crying in the car!!! I used to worry if he, with his "intense" personality, would be able to function in organized sports or group settings. Silly me. He works hard at this sport he loves and it has given him confidence and discipline. I am so proud of him!
Oh, his team won the championship, btw!
A few plans for the rest of the week:
Cleaning, packing, purging and swimming
6 comments:
I finally did some serious grocery shopping... with a menu and everything (I used to be the queen of that sort of thing, but I've been having and off 4 or 5 years!)
In our southern home we (normally) grill A LOT, but because it is hot so much of the time, we just cook "normal" stuff, too. Meatloaf in 107°? Yup. I do avoid making soups, though. There's a mental thing with soup, ya know?
We're having a cooler week this week (yippee!) with it only getting up to about 100°F. This morning I threw 3 chickens into our crockpots. We'll eat a normal "roasted" chicken dinner tonight and chicken pot pie tomorrow.
I guess what I'm saying is.... really hot is normal for us so we mostly eat normally. We grill almost all year 'round because we like it and we can. On the really bad (and busy) days, we do things like "deli night"... which is just a fancy name for sandwiches!
God bless the new school year for all your kids!
Hi Hon
Enjoyed your blog tonight - so enjoy reading it! I am so excited for all of you with your purchase of land and a new home. Love you very much
Oh Sue,
Thanks for your input. It helps to see "how the other half lives", so to speak. It seems we're not so different after all! I've been known to throw steaks on the grill when it is snowing outside, and we regularly have "make your own sub" night, which is probably equivalent to your deli night.
Meatloaf and chicken pot pie, huh? We love those...November through April!! You are right, there is a mental thing with soup, cause as soon as the weather gets crispy around here, I get a hankerin' for soup...and crusty bread...yum.
It makes sense, though, that since "hot" is normal for you, that you do and eat normal things when it is hot. I guess I am a baby when it comes to hot weather. It really gets to me.
We had nachos for dinner tonight. I made each of us a plate piled with chips, chili, black beans, cheese (heated these up in the microwave) and then topped them with lettuce, tomatoes, black olives, salsa, sour cream and guacamole. Oh my they were yummy and it was hearty enough for my husband to feel full. And I didn't have to heat up the kitchen!! We don't have central air, so it can get pretty uncomfortable.
Thanks for your comments. God bless your family and your school year also!
Thanks, Mom.
Love you too.
Yikes! I hope central air is being considered for the new house (which is really exciting... I can't wait to watch it all come together!)
Actually, yes it is! :)
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