The Simple Summer Fling Day 4 – today I cleaned off one more shelf in the office it had a bunch of computer hardware boxes and other random stuff.
before
after. Tomorrow I will be doing another shelf and stuff from that shelf will end up here.
Month: June 2008
Today’s ToDos
John LaFarge – Wild Roses and Irises
Lucky room of the day: The kitchen
Special project: Simple Summer Fling
Three loads of laundry
fix the desk rails
menu plan
work on “room by room” checklists
work on homeschool plans
go to the library
garden
read
sew
piano lessons
The Simple Woman’s Daybook – June 30
FOR TODAY June 30, 2008
Outside My Window… The weekend started out very hot; yesterday there were thunder storms and a bit of rain. Today is supposed to be warm and nice. The sky is hazy, the trees and grass still have a sheen from the rain and sew.
I am thinking… About the idea that I need to work on follow through more. I am really good at planning – the follow through not so much.
I am thankful for… My Dad. His birthday was yesterday and we had BBQ at his house. So much fun.
From the kitchen… I need to make some bread. This week I will also be making cookies, lemon bars and a cake.
I am wearing… Black skirts and a t-shirt.
I am creating… I am cutting out two aprons today to sew up.
I am going… To work on my Summer Fling today. This has been a great thing for me, I have been organizing the shelves in my house that don’t get attention otherwise.
I am reading… Laundry, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell and It’s All Too Much.
I am hoping… That the forth is nice.
I am hearing… Cars this morning. People heading out to drive into town to work
Around the house… I need to get to work deep cleaning the kitchen.
One of my favorite things… My jewlery box. It folds in on itself like a puzzle box.
A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week: Sew some, we are going to do a short summer school unit on Independence day.
Here is picture thought I am sharing…
Hot, just plain hot
It is 10:30 pm here and it is only now getting to the point where I don’t feel rather wilted.
Today was a good day. The children and I went to the parish picnic, Kyle stayed home because his head was hurting, the children had such a great time playing with their friends and enjoying the park. I was happy to be able to see some people I know.
Later I went and picked Rachel up for her overnight. She went horseback riding today, I would have liked to go, but the conflict with the picnic, gas to drive there and the heat just made it too much to do. But she is home tonight tucked into bed.
Busy day
Today we did a few loads of laundry, went to the pool, worked in the flower beds. Really a very nice day. Much too nice to sit inside and blog. I will have some new stuff up over the weekend.
God bless.
The Simple Summer Fling — Day 3
The Simple Summer Fling Day 3 – today I cleaned off two shelves in the office that have games and gaming magazines on them. I moved the box games to other places and reorganized the rest.
the top shelf before
the second shelf before
all three after.
Goodbye Baby Cate
Such a sad but beautiful thing. Baby Cate didn’t make it. I will continue to keep her family in my prayers; I know their grief is just beginning.
My observations for the day
Hanging laundry on the line is great for saving a little money. My insight for the day: wash clothing that requires the longest drying time first. It is much smarter to hang towels or jeans on the line first thing than it is to hang lights and sheets on the line in the morning and then towels and jeans in the afternoon.
Parking at the library during story time sucks.
Letting the children play outside after dinner and before dessert means washing the kid’s hands twice. Dessert right after dinner might be a good thing.
The children will eat ALL the strawberries if they are not told not to.
Grocery shopping while hungry is a BAD idea. It is double bad to do it while hungry on a hot afternoon – ending up with the shakes is a bad thing. (for those who are counting that is Bad-bad-bad)
The Carol Race Story: a quick update
Carol Race had a hearing to determine if the pairsh of The Parish of St. Joseph In Bertha, Minn was justified in obtaining a restraining order aginst her for bring her son, Adam, who is 13 and autistic to mass.
You can read more about the hearing at: In Forum News and at The Minneapolis-St Paul Star Tribune.
You can read more about this story and the other items I have written on autism here.
The Simple Summer Fling — Day 2
The Simple Summer Fling day 2 consisted of cleaning off another shelf in my office.
Before
After
Where did all the stuff go??
Well most of it was stuff that belonged elsewhere and I got rid of the half empty CD case and most of the CDs that were on it. Mostly software that we don’t use and won’t work on our systems.
Simply Catholic 
