The Adventures of OctoberMom

Jul. 26, 2007 - Freezer/ Floor Update

Seven hours, two toothbrushes, four spray bottles of Basic I and one very sore body later ... the kitchen floor is completely devoid of all traces of honey, dirt, grime and anything else that has found its way onto my floor. I however, would like to know what genius thought kitchen linoleum needed to have little decorative pockets of unevenness on each and every square???  Whomever it is, should have to periodically come around and get on their hands and knees to scrub those little pockets!!!   I will never again have a white floor, nor will I have little pockets of designer unevenness on my kitchen floor!!!  There just has to be a better way!

Also glad to report the glacier (formerly known as my freezer) has melted and I can now actually see all the contents thereof.  It was touch and go for a couple of hours (melting happens really fast in case you were wondering) but I won the battle and all the contents remained frozen in their coolers (laundry baskets wrapped with comforters and towels).   Twas a great success!!  Next time --- a self defrosting freezer!

Have a blessed day!

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Jul. 26, 2007 - Aprons and Swiffers

I've come to a conclusion...  I LOVE APRONS!  You see, I have a knack for drowning the front of whatever I'm wearing any time I wash dishes (and since I exiled my portable dishwasher, washing dishes can be an hourly event!)   Not to mention the constant hand drying, cooking, wiping up, etc.  I've had an apron for years and something hit me the other day... "why not wear the silly thing!!"  OK, I'm a bit slow on things like that, but the simple apron has revolutionized my day!  I have a hand towel draped over the ties, a pocket and all sorts of extra fabric to get wet while my clothes stay nice and dry (and stain free).  Admittedly, I look like a throw back to the 50's, but I hear they were  simpler times anyway (heehee).   I'm definitely going to look for a few hand-me-down aprons and put a few on my sewing list!

Aprons were discovery number one; homemade "swiffer" clothes discovery number two!  I've always loved the concept of a swiffer, but have never really gotten in to the $$ the refills cost.  Just can't see spending all that money on something that ends up in the trash.  So, me being me and wanting to find a cheaper way of obtaining the same results have been looking for an alternative.  A while back I had the brainy idea of attaching a wash cloth to the head of the swiffer.  It would have worked well, but most of my wash clothes are really thick.  Didn't create the same effect at all.   Fast forward to last week.  I was standing in a very, very long line at  Wal Mart.  I had plenty of time to look at all the gizmos and gadgets on the aisle.  Low and behold there they were... a bundle of very thin cheap washclothes.  I knew immediately these were what I'd been hunting.  I scooped them up, brought them home, hooked them to my swiffer and viola!  Cheap, homemade swiffer clothes!  You can use them wet, dry, with a Pledge type product on them (we prefer the Method spray, less chemicals for the asthmatics among us).  I am headed back to Wal-Mart to stock up on these little babies while I can.    I just love finding inexpensive substitutes!!

The Reading Lunch Program gets pizza today donated by one of our local restaurants, so I get the day off of sandwich making.   Think I'll use the time to bottle some more honey.  I'd rather it be sitting around in mason jars as opposed to five gallon buckets!  Still gotta finish up the labels.  Lots of projects ... never a dull moment.

Have a blessed day ya'll!!

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Jul. 25, 2007 - New Template

Why the new template??  Just wanted a change and truthfully I have always had a love of chickens.  Long story as to why I don't currently have chickens, but suffice it to say, I hope that will change one day soon.

So, enjoy my new rooster friend!

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Jul. 25, 2007 - Oops

In all my excitement of actually blogging, I forgot to give the link to my husband's blog ...

www.jchalmers.blogspot.com

He's much better about consistently blogging than I. 

Now back to the freezer.

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Jul. 25, 2007 - Peanut Butter Sandwiches and Prayers

I started my day like I have everyday since the 1st of July... making lunches for the local housing authority's summer reading program.   A group of us (from church, work places, and friends)  have taken on feeding 24 kids lunches everyday.  Doesn't sound like a big deal until you know that these kids wouldn't have lunches if they weren't supplied from the outside.   You see, these kids are learning to read while they live in less than stellar conditions.  Most of their caregivers (mother, father, aunt, uncle, ??) are on some kind of public assistance.  These kids are in line to follow in the footsteps of those before them, except for one thing... they are learning to read.  I realize there is no guarantee that these kids will break out of the chains into which they were born. But I DO know that if they are to have a chance, they MUST learn to read!!   So I get up every morning and put together 24 lunches from the donations we collect every week and I pray.  My prayer is simple... "Lord, please take this lunch and not only nourish the young life that is eating it, but use it to plant seeds for the future, both spiritually and economically so that this child will grow to break out of the cycle of poverty AND come to know your saving grace at an early age."  

God has shown me a great deal over the past four weeks as well.  A few things that I've learned....

1.  One large jar of peanut butter and one large jar of jelly/jam will make more than 24 sandwiches.
2.  Wal-Mart has better sales on snack foods than Food Lion (the exception buy one get one free).
3.  Very few things come in packs of 24 (except potato chips).
4.  God will meet the need.  Whether $$ or donations of food, we haven't missed a day yet.
5.  Re-read #4!  That's a big one!!!!
6.  5 lunch bags will fit into one plastic Wal-Mart for transporting purposes.
7.  You can feed 24 kids lunch on about $20 a day if you shop sales.
8.  Re-read #4!!

Now that the lunches are made and ready for delivery, I will move on to my next task.... defrosting the freezer.  Don't think that chore will have as far reaching, long term consequences as the lunch making, but if I don't defrost it soon, I will single handedly reduce global warming with my own glacier (the appliance formerly known as my freezer)... get the idea its a desperate situation??

Off to chip ice I go!!!!

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Jul. 2, 2007 - Wake Up Call

This past Saturday (June 30th) was a wake-up call for me.  The day started like pretty much every other day (except for a dreaded trip to Wal-Mart).  My usual morning routine finds me up fairly early, drinking a cup of coffee and checking email/headlines on the computer.  This particular morning was no different, except for the top local headline...  Granville County Toddler Missing!  I quickly clicked on the link and read with dread the brief article about a missing 23 month old little boy and his dog,  just a ways north of us.  My heart sank and I begin to pray. 

 

Shortly after returning from Wal Mart, my phone rang and it was a long-time friend asking for prayer.  She goes to church with the family of the missing boy.  She also asked how she could get the Civil Air Patrol involved in the search.  Having been a member of CAP for over five years, I've never been part of initiating a search.  After several phone calls to my superiors and an urging from my oldest daughter, Katy, Russ and I headed to the command post.  Shortly after our arrival, Katy and Russ were placed on a search team and off in the woods, heat and humidity they went for the majority of the rest of the day.  I stayed behind at the Command Post to assist with getting one of our planes to the area and worked as a liaison between the Incident Commander and our CAP people.  To make a very long story short, after being missing for more than 24 hours, Connor was found alive and well with his dog at his side!!  Our CAP plane had spotted the dog and a team of volunteers on horses heard the dog bark and were able to find the precious little boy.

 

My wake up call...

1) Never take my children for granted!  Katy didn't hesitate to leave her Saturday plans and head into some of the most dense forest area I've ever seen.  In spite of heat, humidity, bright sunshine and heavy rain, she was willing to do what she has been trained to do... find someone who is missing.  Joy was spending the night with a friend, so she wasn't at home during all the activity.  I talked with her afterwards and she expressed regret that she wasn't able to help. I couldn't be more proud as a mom!

2) Never take those who God brings into my life for granted!  Russ (the young man who's courting Katy) was right there the entire day.  They made the decision to go together and he not only looked for the missing child, he took care of my daughter as well.  God knows what our children need so much better than we do and He has been so faithful in supplying an awesome friend for my daughter.  I had no hesitation about Katy being on a search team 1) because she's trained and 2) because she was with Russ.

3) Never complain about the countless hours of rather mundane training I've been through with CAP.  It was an awesome experience to be a part of bringing home a child to his family.  Civil Air Patrol has prepared my family to give back.  I am eternally grateful!

4) Whatever God calls you to do, do it with all your might!  If God has opened a door, be it teaching a Sunday School class, homeschool co-op class, or commanding a CAP Squadron, do it 100%.  When the time is over, He'll close the door.  Until then, it is our duty to serve!

 

I thank God for the wake-up calls!  May we all heed what He is saying and go where He is leading.

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Jun. 24, 2007 - Two Days in A Row

Yes, I know... blogging two days in a row may get folks expecting more.  Ya'll don't hold your breath, but its possible I may be turning over a new leaf!

 

Let's see, today is Sunday so we did our usual church service at the restaurant in Creedmoor then we headed off to Mazatlan (our favorite Mexican restaurant!)  It was a quick lunch because Joy, Katy and I had to go to Durham for the bridal shower of a friend (Erin is more like a relative, truth be told!)  We had a good time at the shower!  Both Joy and Katy (and another little girl) ended up being decorated like a bride in toilet paper (one of the shower games we played).  Katy won the contest!  I was so proud.  I guess its every mother's dream to see their offspring wearing toilet paper at a bridal shower!  Was very funny.

 

After the shower, we headed back where both of my children proceeded to camp out at the computer playing a penguin game the rest of the afternoon.  Jimmy and I love to hear them chattering, laughing and just being sisters.  Music to my ears!  They have no idea how blessed they are to have each other. 

 

While listening to the chorus of my daughters' laughter, I have been researching ingredients to put into our new honey lip balm and honey glycerin soap.  I am very thankful for the internet and all the resources that are just a click away.  I would love to develop an all natural honey based line of facial cleansers and moisturizers one day, but for now, its lip balm and  soap.  I am also trying to figure out the best way to package honey where it can be used as a topical balm (less sticky with all the healing ingredients).  If it weren't for honey, Joy would have a horrible scar the entire length of her arm from a nasty cut/scratch.  I had heard that honey helped with scarring, so every night for over a month I put honey on her arm.  It was rather sticky, but there is no trace of a scar to this day.  There has to be a way to get the healing parts without the sticky parts. 

 

Jimmy says he thinks we have somewhere between 250-300 lbs of honey ready to be extracted and put in jars.  Right now its sitting on the porch wrapped up in plastic wrap so the bees won't go into the frames and take back their honey.  We have to be very careful or they'll take it all back and we have to start over.  This will be our first extraction so we are excited to actually see our honey in jars ready to market.  I have to get busy making labels the first of the week.

 

Well I guess that's all the updates for now.  Have a blessed Monday.

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Apr. 15, 2007 - April or January?

Wow!  What incredibly strange weather for the last couple of weeks.  Records lows in the 20's, some days highs in the 80's.  Fruit crops damaged; trees in the yard with little brown freeze scars.  Last night and today, the threat of severe weather, flooding and 40 mph wind gusts!  I keep wanting to put away my winter clothes, but dare not as about every other day, I go digging for a warm sweater or sweatshirt.  We definitely need the rain, so no complaints here.

Last week was a busy one.  Spring break at Vance Granville and Providence wrapped up so we are back to our regular schedules.  Katy has a big Genetics paper due tomorrow, so she's been on the computer researching most of the week.  Joy got several trips to play with her friends, the Kesters, who live north of here and yesterday was Claudia Kester's 12th birthday so a big slumber party took up all of Joy's Friday night.  (She came home yesterday around noon and slept most of the rest of the day!)  Jimmy's been a busy bee preparing to set out more bee hives this spring.  We've had a request for hives on a local cayenne pepper farm, so we are going to set out an experimental hive to see how cayenne pepper bloom honey tastes (we've heard its actually good... will keep you posted).    We're also preparing to build a few more hives to place on a couple of other farms in our area, so that we can take advantage of the sourwood, clover and wildflowers that grow all over our area. 

Jimmy attended a conference this week in our former hometown of Hillsborough on faith, food and farming. He was able to meet many folks who share our convictions about farming and teaching people the importance of healty food and the small family farm.  He said that this one day conference was probably the best event he's attended in his 25 years of ministry (next to his yearly advances with Leonard Sweet).  We are praying about what God would have us to do here in our area.  Many options, but want to make sure we are doing what we are supposed to be doing.

Guess that's about all for now.  Blessings are your week ahead.

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Apr. 8, 2007 - Happy Easter!!!

Easter.... one of my fondest memories of childhood.  The small Methodist church that I grew up in was adorned with easter lillies and everyone came in their Sunday finest; Grandma would play the organ and Papa would sing in the choir.  I was special; I got to go back in the choir room before service and see my grandparents all dressed up in their choir robes.  It was such a treat. 

It's funny how certain things stick in our memories, while other things you can't pay to stay there.  I often wonder what strange, quirky memories my children will take with them into adulthood.   I certainly hope they are as special and happy as the ones I have!

Off to church in just a few moments.  We are having a special meal together at the restaurant where we meet and then having communion with a brand new pottery communion set made by one of Jimmy's potter friends.  Each of our members is to bring his/her favorite cup with them to the service so they can take communion out of a vessel that is special to them.  Should be really neat!

Have a blessed Easter Sunday!  And remember, we never know when we are making memories that will last a lifetime!

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Apr. 4, 2007 - No, I haven't forgotten about blogging!

I know, I know, a couple of weeks between blogs does not  a committed blogger make.  I'm still trying to get the habit of blogging into my daily routine!  (And since my daily routine seems to vary from day to day, I have to work it in a little more creatively). 

Quick updates... graduation is happening!  The end of May and first of June is coming whether or not I'm ready!  All the paperwork and submissions are in, just putting the finishing touches on the invitations and getting them mailed out in the next couple of weeks and I think I can skate through the month of May (knock on wood!) 

We are still hunting some more basketball opportunities for Joy.  She loves playing and wants to continue through the summer.  We are praying that something opens up so she can continue to hone her skills.

The homeschooling convention is Memorial Day weekend and is always a highlight of our school year.  This will be the 13th year we've attended (we've only missed one since we've been homeschooling) and its always fun to see folks each year and catch up on all their happenings. 

The weather forecasts for around here are not pleasing at all.  We have 70-80 degree days for several weeks and this weekend their calling for lows in the 20's.  The farmers are scrambling to protect their fruit trees and tender veggies already in the ground.  Strawberry season is less than a month away so hopefully those folks will be able to save their crops. 

Today was science day for Joy in Raleigh, so we were up early and headed out.  We dropped Pepsi off at the groomers in Creedmoor on the way and picked her up on the way back.  She always looks like an entirely different dog after a clipping!  While Joy was in class I got to shop at Trader Joe's in Cary and Whole Foods in Raleigh.  These are my two favorite stores and I got some great bargains on organic goodies that I love!  (milk chocolate dipped Bing cherries!!!)  Also stocked up on my 365 cola that I can only get at Whole Foods.  I love these stores because most of their items are preservative and artificial ingredient free.  Not eating alot of non-natural foods has greatly helped all of our allergies!

Well that's about all the happenings around here.  I've got to go shut all the windows and pull out extra blankets before we go to bed.  Should be a cold Easter, but warm weather isn't too far away (I hope!!)

Blessings to you all!

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Mar. 22, 2007 - Spring

Warm weather, birds chirping all over the yard, pear trees and daffodils blooming... its officially spring and I, for one have decided its my new favorite season.  There's just something about the impending blooms and the trees with their bright red new growth, that is contagious.  My windows are all open, airing out this hundred year old house yet again.  What a fabulous time of year!!  I think I really needed spring this year.  The weather was warm, cold, slightly warmer, then very, very cold all winter long.  It couldn't make up its mind what season it was and for the second year in a row, we didn't get any snow to speak of.  Joy was rather upset that her sled stayed in the shed all winter.  I personnally don't like snow, so I was OK with our lack thereof, but I guess there's just something about kids and snow.

This post will be short because its time to wash the supper dishes and the windows are still open and its still in the 60's!!  I always enjoy washing dishes, but tonight will be an extra treat with that nice breeze blowing through the kitchen.  Off to enjoy God's gift of spring...

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Mar. 17, 2007 - Upward Basketball

Sometimes God's hand of direction on our lives is subtle; and sometimes He shows His plans in a very obvious way.  Upward Basketball is one of those very obvious ways God has spoken to our family.  I'll start from the beginning...

Last summer Joy decided she was interested in playing basketball.  We let her (and two of friends) begin practicing with our local homeschool support group team.  Practices went well but it was clear that these three girls needed to learn the game of basketball before they were ready for actually playing basketball.  The Lighthouse Girls team held tryouts and Joy and her two friends were placed on a "learning team".  We were thrilled, but it became clear that this decision wasn't the best for the team nor our girls.  I began to pray for direction because I really felt that God had put basketball on Joy's heart and given her something in which she could excel.  Late October roles around and Jimmy called me during the day and asked for me to pick up a local newspaper to check on a political ad that had been run that week.  I ran to town and grabbed the paper, came home and opened it up.  Right across from the political ad I was checking on, was a small little square ad for Upward Basketball in Creedmoor, NC.  I quickly went to the website listed and found out all about Upward!  What a fabulous program.  Try-outs were the following Saturday so I got on the phone immediately to find out what to do and how to sign up Joy.  Not only were these folks going to teach my daughter about basketball, they were going to do it in a Christian environment, with people who love Jesus; they were going to require her to memorize scripture and reward each of the players weekly for their Christ-like behavior!

Fast forward to tonight.  We just returned home from the Upward Awards Banquet after a successful season of basketball.  Joy and both of her friends completed the season with Upward, were rewarded with trophies, a bouquet of flowers and a duffle bag.  The girls have expanded their knowledge of the Bible and learned lessons that could only be learned through being part of a team.  Upward Basketball was God's gift to Joy and our family.  She is eligible to play one more year and is already counting the days til practice begins.

Many lessons have been learned through this whole basketball experience.  None of us knows where it will take Joy nor how God is going to use it in her life.  What we do know is that He placed a desire in her heart and then opened doors for her to walk through.  I am constantly amazed that God loves my children more than I do!

Many lessons learned today!  May each of our days be full of God's gentle guiding and opened doors!

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Mar. 17, 2007 - Happenings of the Winter 2006-2007

Let's see, a brief update on the world up here.

1)  Katy's a senior and will graduate in May/June.
2)  She's dual enrolled at Vance Granville Community College and NC State while finishing up her home school 12th grade work.
3)  Joy has found basketball and we have had the best time with her going to her games, cheering, yelling and watching my baby girl grow into an agressive defender!  Can't wait til next year.
4)  JLC Builders is moving right along with steady work.
5)  The Carpenter's Shop is still The Carpenter's Shop.  We are happily being a "home church" although we aren't meeting in homes at the moment.
6) I have stayed busy with Civil Air Patrol, Providence Tutorials and working one day a week at the Stockyard (the latter has changed just recently to working one day a month til June, when the owner retires!)
7) The young man (Russ) who is courting my daughter, after prayerful consideration, left the US Military Academy and came back to North Carolina.  He will be pursuing a Physics Degree this fall instead of an Army career.  He is working with Jimmy to save money for school in the fall.
8) Joy is taking science classes (two a month) at the NC Dept of Natural Resources in Raleigh.  They are really a lot of fun we both enjoy the ride there and back (I love mommy/daughter time).

Guess that's the quick update for now.  More to come... (I promise).

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Mar. 17, 2007 - I'm Back!!

OK, before I receive a well deserved stoning, let me explain.  I apparently am a terrible blogger.  There, I said it!  Of all the habits I've picked up over the years, blogging isn't one of them.  However, that said, my St. Patrick's Day resolution is to do better; blog regularly and actually update the world on my little parcel of geography here in Oxford.

I wouldn't hold my breath or anything that could be permanent, but I am going to attempt to discipline myself (ooooh, I hate those words when they are written together!) to join the land of blogdom!

So, here goes...

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Sep. 9, 2006 - Up and at 'em Early

The problem with getting up early is going to bed late!  And last night was one of those late nights.  Would do it all over again though.

A little history...  sometime in the middle of July, Matt came home with a flyer about a concert he wanted the whole family to attend.  We marked the calendar and really never thought much more about it.  Well last night was the night and boy am I glad we all decided to go.  The concert was the "Heart of Carolina Chorus" first performance.  They are a 30 member all male acapella chorus.  They range in age from 17 to 85 and are absolutely wonderful.  They had two other barbershop quartets performing with them and the night couldn't have been better.  Check out the website at http://www.heartofcarolinachorus.org .  The girls really enjoyed the evening as well but did make fun of me because I  knew all the words to the "old" songs!  (What can I say?  That's what you get when you cut your teeth on Lawrence Welk!)  We crawled in bed rather late after a long day at Providence, but like I said, it was well worth it!!

This morning it's off to basketball practice for Joy at 8:00 and Nutrition class for Katy at Vance-Granville, Creedmoor campus at 9:00.  Jimmy has a political meeting later in the afternoon and we will all gather back this evening for dinner (still working on the menu!)  Hopefully some laundry will work its way into the schedule as well!

I also must add a very Happy Birthday to family friend Jordan (you know you're getting old when the children you used to babysit turn 18!!) and to our neice Olivia in Georgia.  September 8th brought good things to our family.

Have a tremendously blessed Saturday!

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Sep. 7, 2006 - Our Thursday Happenings

There's just something about being tired from being productive that is very satisfying.  Some days you just end up tired because you've spun your wheels all day long.  Others, you actually are tired because you've accomplished everything on your list!  I much prefer the latter.

My list today was mostly cooking and cleaning up after cooking.  I had several recipes that were begging to be tried, so I finally gave in.  I made three loaves of Apple Zucchini Bread (very yummy and one of the girls' favorites).  After cleaning up from that, I started a batch of Potato Yeast Rolls.  They are an all day commitment, but turned out to be well worth the time and effort.  Any time I have leftover potatoes, these rolls will be a sure thing.  In the middle of the rise time, I tried a new recipe for Chocolate Chip/Cream Cheese brownies.  They were very yummy as well.  We have a saying in our house whenever I make a new recipe.  I'll ask the girls and Jimmy if the recipe is "a keeper".  If it is, I make a mark on the recipe so noting.  If not, the recipe goes away.  The final recipe for today was a Rigatoni/Broccoli/Mozzarella casserole.  Definitely a keeper. 

Katy had her psychology class at Vance Granville today.  They did personality tests on Tuesday and she found out that she is a "task".  Funny part about it is, she's the only "task" person in the entire class.  They apparently have broken up into groups for the past two classes and she gets to break up into a group of one!  She has been coming home with funny tales.

Joy finished up all her Providence assignments today.  She is working very hard at getting used to using syllabi.  She tends to get nervous whenever she has to do something new and after a few days, she begins to love it.  I'm sure this year at Providence will be no different.  I am very thankful for the tutors and the classes she's taking.  I am learning alot of North Carolina History that I didn't know.  These tutorial classes have been such a blessing for both Katy and Joy.  We always look forward to Fridays  (when Katy started 12 years ago, they called it "Friday School".  We've come along way to now being  Providence Tutorials).  I am equally as blessed to be on the Board of Directors and to be teaching a Civics class this semester.

I guess that's about all the happenings in our home for the day.  Jimmy got home late, but didn't bring any chiggers with him.  (The last time they were working at the same house, he came home with the worst case of chiggers I've ever seen!!)  I told him this time I was going to make him wear a flea collar.  He wasn't thrilled about that idea so the absence of chiggers (without a flea collar) was a blessing.

Have a great Friday!  We are supposed to go to an acapella choral concert tomorrow night, so I'll ya'll know how that goes.  In my experience, these things can either be wonderful or kinda dry.  I'm voting for wonderful.

Blessings!!

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Sep. 6, 2006 - My Very Ordinary, Blessed Wednesday

Finally!  I am embarking on the world of blogging!  My plan is to keep this as up-to-date as is humanly possible in our busy Chalmers world.  Some things will seem incredibly mundane, others kinda exciting.  The mundane will probably outnumber the exciting, but its all important in the scope of daily living.

Info on today...  we had an unexpected blessing today.  Jimmy was in-between projects and got to spend the whole day at home with us.  I was very good at not loading him up with a "honey-do" list and actually let him just hang out with the girls and I.  I did finish the tote I was making for Katy and had time to cut out some jammy bottoms she wants me to make for her.  I am hoping to get the sewing machine set up permanently in our bedroom so I can leave it out all the time.  Whenever I sew the entire house becomes a craft room!  I would prefer to have the mess consolidated in one corner of one room.  That's the plan for the rest of the week - rearrange our bedroom to accomodate a sewing machine (no easy task, but I think I have a plan).

I made a 5 lb meatloaf for dinner.  I always try to fix more than we will eat at supper so I can have leftovers for Jimmy's lunch.  It's amazing how much you can save when you don't have to buy lunches out!  I make my meatloaf with ground beef, ground pork, and ground turkey.  It's really moist and yummy!

Today was  a really fun day.  We didn't do anything out of the ordinary, it was just nice to all be home together in the middle of the week.  Tomorrow things get back to normal, but it was a pleasant surprise to have today.

Guess that's about all for now.  I need to go hang up laundry before I call it a night.  May God grant you an unexpected blessing during the rest of your week.

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