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May. 11, 2006
The Day's Happenings At Our Home.
The alarm went off at 3:50am. I got up to see if my son had made it off to work yet, which he had.
I then walked into the living room and checked on our big, gentle
giant, Sampson. He is suffering with hip dysplasia in both hips. His
days with us are dwindling, as we know he is really suffering.
He's an extremely large dog. Part lab, and mastiff. He has been a good
dog for us, and has been wonderful with our kids, and everyone elses.
We will miss him when he's gone.
I then checked my email, to see if
I had anything special waiting for me. I didn't. So went back to bed,
and spent some time in prayer for my family and friends.
Afterwards, I got back up, began a load of laundry, checked my menu
plans for that day, then wrote up my to do list of things I wanted to
get done.
I then went back to the computer and got caught up on
some emails, and read some favorite blogsites/websites on cooking and
homemaking.
It's a nice time to do that, in the quiet of the
morning, breakfast started, laundry going, kids and dogs still
sleeping....:)
Had my student boarders breakfast ready by 6:30. She leaves at 7 for school.
Generally I walk about 6:30-7:30am, but have had a weird quesy tummy
lately, and haven't been feeling myself. So the past couple of weeks, I
have instead, enjoyed the quiet of the mornings, to pray, study, and
read. It's been really nice, but I miss the walking.
Got the girls up at 7. Had oatmeal for breakfast, then they got right on their journaling and devotions.
While they got going with their things, I sat down with Tia to listen
to her read. She is coming along nicely. She then went to set up, and
practice for a puppet show she is putting on for us later tonight, and
I went to go help the girls with their math.
We are reviewing
already learned concepts, and practicing some new. Mastery of these
concepts is what we're aiming for as they will be tested in a couple of
weeks. Making sure they all can without mistake, compute all the binary
operations in fractions, along with mastery of decimals and
percentages. Still careless mistakes going on. I tell them, if
you can get them all right the first time, we won't practice it
again! Ironically, it's the younger of the three who generally hits the
nail on the head the first time around, rather than wasting time by
having to do it twice! The older two hate math, and are easily
distracted, loose focus then make silly mistakes. So there we are,
doing it again!
But they are progressing. They are applying
themselves a little more each day to get them right the first time, so
they dont have to rework them.
The baby girl I care for
Monday-Thursday comes at 8, but goes down for her first nap upon
arrival! Like clock work:) It helps with our morning routine in keeping
things on track so we can finish up with all the "have to's" early.
While the baby was sleeping, Tia was playing and the girls were
"reworking" their math problems, I scrubbed the kitchen and laundry
area from top to bottom. Using a solution of 1/4c. vinegar, 1T. of
bleach and a bucket of water, I washed down all the walls, trim,
cabinets, fridge, microwave, stove, including the oven. And mopped the
floors. I then gave my miniature rose bush that blooms deep red
blossoms a manicure as I had spotted a mildewy, something or another on
it's leaves. So I cut it down, watered well, and am hoping it will come
back ok,
My kitchen colors, are cream, olive green and red. I love
red. I love colors. As an artist choosing a favorite color is hard. I
like most. I generally wear, neutral colored clothes, which is kind of
weird but like vibrant colors in the house. I gravitate to warm
colors, like desert reds, yellows and oranges. In our previous house,
it was totally southwest. That is my favorite look and I love the
desert. But my husband is from here(LA). So I try to make a home that
he will like and enjoy.
I am working towards a vintage feel 1930's
country kitchen, and throw a little italian countryside, rustic
pottery into the mix! Ok, maybe more eclectic than vintage.
But what ever the outcome, I want it to look like and feel like a warm, bountiful, nurturing, and nourishing area:)
I made a veggie stir fry and put over noodles for lunch, took out some
ground beef, and pork chops from the freezer to thaw to use on the new
grill my husband bought last weekend!
He's the grill chef, but he showed me how to use it, in case I wanted to when he's not able too.
But it was so nice of him to do that, and help me with it. I like him
in front of the grill, he knows what he's doing, and the food is
great. But I am willing to do it and will enjoy it, until he can
do it for me.
For dinner tonight my son picked up burgers at a
local grill that has a "burger bash" on Thursday nights for $1.00! And
these aren't Mickey D burgers! They are big, and GOOD!
So house is clean, kids fed, school done, and it's only 5:50pm! What am I going to do with myself tonight???
Well, I think I am going to paint. I have started on a peice I dragged
in from the garage.(furniture) Something the previous owners left
behind. So I am transforming it into something new, and usable, and am
hoping to sell it this weekend. Will post a picture of it when I get it
done.
Realators in our area are hosting a yard sale for our
entire street this weekend.. Lots of foot traffic. I don't have much
left to sale, but I have a few things left over from a previous
time, and my daughters and I, are going to bake up some things,
and try to make some money selling something.
Any ideas????????
We are trying to raise some extra money for a trip my husband is going
to take us on next week. Vegas! We will be staying at Circus Circus. It
is a hotel that has a five acre amusement park along with a
circus, inside the hotel!
I'm not a gambler, but the food, and
shows will be alot of fun! We are so exited to get to spend time with
him again. It could be Siberia and I would be happy:)
So the girls
and myself would like to pick up a few new things before we go, and for
them to have some extra spending money while there.
Anyone got any ideas on what we could bake or make for this sale on Saturday????
We've sold brownies and cookies before and they went fast. Was thinking
of cinnamon rolls, or even pies, and selling them by the slice????
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Posted by 
May. 16, 2006 - MMM i will buy the pies