For Today…October 3, 2011

Outside my window…it’s beautiful.  I love the cool, crisp air.

I am wearing…black workout shorts and a longhorn t-shirt.

I am listening to…The Baby Hulk sing a song about bosses while coloring a sheet.  No David is singing that he is boss because he is wearing underwear.

I am grateful for…football, not having to fake that I like the Steelers anymore, neighbors who are truly good neighbors, my husband, friends, the chance to learn from my kids and generous parents.

I am praying…my baby girl gets better.  She has had a fever for a couple of days, and I hate how bad she feels.

Continuing to pray for…patience.  I read something the other day about praying for patience.  How we want just patience not the opportunity to learn patience.  Isn’t that the truth.  Lately, I feel whacked on the head by God.  He is giving me lots of chances to learn this patience thing and when I don’t get it right, He gives me more.  Thanks, I think.

Around the house…except for gutters, my garage is finished.  How did we celebrate this monumental achievement?  By leaving everything sitting on the patio.  When I said something to Lance about this, he accused me of not loving football.  I love football, but I love order even more.  Crap all over my patio does not equal order.

Lola…is also roaming my house.  This dog is an outdoor dog saved from the heat this summer by the fact that we had a garage being built.  She was kenneled (offsite) all summer.  She came home with a gimp leg and now I feel sorry for her.  She almost had me convinced to stay in the house, until I saw Baby Z’s outfit, my favorite no less, covered in dog hair.

On the menu…nothing planned so far.  Must plan.

From the learning rooms…We’re still on C week.  Colors and caterpillars, cookies and carrots, coins and clouds.  We’ve had fun with colors and I have a trip to the butterfly exhibit to end this week and kick off Dinosaurs.  Both the boys are enjoying their “work”.  Now I just need to get to the homeschool store to buy a Geo-board and new phonics book.  I’d like to find some living math books, but so far no luck.  Trying hard not to buy new books.

To live the liturgy…is there a better week in the liturgical year than this?  Okay, Holy Week might top this week and Christmas is up there too, BUT…end of September/early October is the best.  First, we had the Arch Angels, the boys love Saint Michael, then we had the Feast of St. Jerome, the boys each narrated their favorite Bible story for me, separately and wrote the same story!  Next St. Terese, the Little Flower on the 1st, The Guardian Angels on the 2nd and St. Francis, one of the all time best saints, on the 4th.  We have talked about Angels nonstop around here.  The boys all love this book: Angel in the Waters.  Goose’s favorite about St. Jerome is this one and we have four books about beloved Saint Francis.  BH’s copy work was the Guardian Angel prayer today.  It’s such a great week in the church.  Sometimes being Catholic isn’t easy, there will be questions I have no interest in answering, but I love my church and I want my kids to as well.  I am thankful for an amazing liturgical year.

I am reading…I think I’m going to implement some quiet reading time for me.  Thirty minutes is all I ask.  I started reading the 10 Habits and am really enjoying is so far.  (This really isn’t my type of book.)  I just want time to read where kids are playing and not in my business.  I think taking thirty minutes to myself a day would also make me a bit less stressed by the end of the week.

One of my favorite things…date night with Lance and listening to him talk football with other guys.

Goose this week…wouldn’t hug Chelsea because she came over wearing an Alabama jersey.  He is analzying football games on shortcuts.  You have to love this kid.  Most of the time.

A few plans for the week…check up for the kids, assuming the kids get better, the zoo.  Then there is a game on Saturday in Dallas.

A picture thought I am sharing…

Where the study of color has led us.

It’s 6:30 pm and OU still sucks!