Outside my window...the tree is blowing in the wind and the occasional bird flutters by.

I am thinking...that although it is grey and gloomy outside, it reminds me of England and I'm never happier than when I'm thinking of England.

I am thankful for...my daughter, Sophia's, gentle and creative spirit.  She can sit for hours with a piece of latchhook or cross-stitch or a knitting project.

From the kitchen...waft the smells of Beef Caldereta in the Crock Pot.  How I love the Crock Pot, for its convenience and for the way it fills my kitchen with a lovely aroma.

I am wearing...leggings and my L'Ecole a la Maison sweatshirt.  I hope it lasts another year as we plan to change the name of our school for 2009-2010 and I don't want to buy another sweatshirt until then!

I am creating...this entry for my friends and family to have a peak inside my life today.

I am going...to find a place to set up my scrapbooking.  Since we moved, "I've just closed my eyes and shoved it all into the cabinet" (I borrowed that phrase from my friend Jodie, a fellow scrapbooker who has also just moved).

I am reading...More Charlotte Mason Education (again!) by Catherine Levison, The King's Fifth by Scott O'Dell and A History of the English Speaking Peoples - Volume I: The Birth of Britain by Winston Churchill (had to go to www.amazon.co.uk  to get this one).

I am hoping...that Vic will not have too tough a Summer Semester.  It 's supposed to be a six week course (which would be tough enough on its own) but he's just found out that with the Memorial Day holiday and his instructor out of town on Wednesday of that week, it will only be a five week course.

I am hearing...the lilting Irish melodies playing in the background of the DVD, The Little Horse That Could: The Connemara Stallion, Erin Go Bragh, that Sophia is watching in the living room.

Around the house...there are still things to do - it seems never-ending when you move to a new house!

One of my favorite things...is to have such a productive homeschool day that we can curl up on the couch with a cup of tea (or cocoa) and a good book for the afternoon.

A Few Plans for the Rest of the Week...to take Sophia to her first volunteer session at Greenlock Therapeutic Riding Center, to pick up our copy of "El Cid" at the library, and to spend an evening with friends at the movies watching the new Indiana Jones movie.

Here is a picture thought I am sharing...

How to solve those rising gas prices and parallell parking issues all in one!

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