For Today…September 18, 2011

Outside my window…it rained today.  And yesterday.  Glorious rain.  Even the kids were excited about it.

I am wearing…Snoopy boxers and a grey t-shirt with slippers.  Ready for bed.

I am listening to…All My Children.  They are showing old episodes tonight.  Right now, I’m being treated to Leo and Greenlee’s wedding.  The show ends on Friday.  Funny thing, I never watched this show until I graduated from law school.  I think I started watching to avoid studying for the bar.  I passed, so don’t get mad that I wasn’t studying parents.  I finally stopped watching this show a few years ago, but have been watching lately to see how it ends.  I still forward through a lot of stuff, but I have to say I kind of like soaps.  It’s lame, but I like them.  Or did, I guess there aren’t really many soaps around anymore.

I am grateful…for date nights, a Mimi that babysits, my church, desserts, a husband that does the grocery shopping, books, Jessica reading to the boys and playing Texasopoly with Goose, parents that let my oldest spend the night even though we barely return the favor and kids who behave in mass.

I am praying for…me.  Does that make me sound selfish?  I am feeling better after last week, but you never know.  This is a busy time in our household and even though the Baby Hulk is only doing preschool work, I want to finish our plans.  And I don’t want my kids to cry over banana pieces and shoe laces and so on…But like I said, I am having a good night so hopefully, this week will stay positive!

I am reading…the same books as last week.  My reality is that I don’t have a lot of time to read, or maybe when I do , I just want to chill and read blogs.  That said, I am loving my easy read: One Day! Thank you, Chelsea!   I also like Simplicity Parenting quite a bit too.  I was telling someone the other day that while I want a game room, I don’t want what it implies: room for more crap.

Around the house…where to start.  For weeks, I’ve been nagging about how our hall shower hardware is broken which prevents me from taking a bath.  The hardware was super old and looked it, so I figured we would fix two problems at the same time.  There was also a hole in the wall from where the towel rack had broken off.  Two months ago.  I ended up with a handyman in my house for two days straight that grunted and groaned and talked nonstop.  Lance spent two days driving back and forth to Home Depot.  In the end, I got hardware from the 70’s instead of the 60’s.  Did you know that they still make faux crystal shower hardware?  And my wall?  Well, he fixed it and even found my blue paint.  The blue paint that goes in No David’s room, NOT the bathroom.  The cost of all this? A little over $500.  Maybe next time, I won’t nag so much.

On a menu…last week worked out perfectly.  Not to brag, but every meal rocked.  I have three days planned for this week.  Need to work on the rest of the menu now that Lance is home.

From the learning rooms…we’re onto B week.  B is for Birds and blueberry scones.  I am trying to incorporate handwork, cooking, music and art into each week.  The cooking part isn’t too difficult although I don’t want to bake every single week.  Well, I do, but I can’t afford to.  I don’t really like birds, but it’s only one week.  We’ll visit the bird sanctuary, talk about different birds, take some nature walks and read a bunch of bird books, I have three new Brian Wildsmith books I am dying to share with the boys.

I am creating…I have less than two weeks to make a lot of ornaments.  Um, Jenn???  This week???

One of my favorite things…Football.  I love football.  Specifically college football.  I love watching my boys watch football.  And play football.

A few plans for the week…bird sanctuary, playscape, lunch with a dear friend, and relax.

A picture thought I am sharing…

He goes from playing football to dressing his animals. I have to admit I love that he still acts like a little boy.