Outside my window... Sunny yet cold and windy. Which means it will be another tough day for our friends and family that live out in Kansas and Oklahoma. So many tornadoes...
I am thinking... About the people who were on the Titanic. We've been watching several different shows highlighting the disaster that have been on all last week. We're saving the James Cameron Nat Geo. special for tonight. There were a lot of heroes that night one hundred years ago...
I am thankful... That Owen's cardiac appointment went okay last week. The specialist concurred with Owen's pediatrician that the sound they were hearing is called a Still's Murmur. Totally benign and nothing to worry about. Owen was a trooper during the appointment. He tends to get uncooperative when people fuss over him.
From the Learning Rooms... We had another productive week, due in part to Jordan's persistence in getting all of his work done. All schoolwork completed = time to play Minecraft. Rylan's incentive is coming in the form of a sticker star chart. She picked out a doll (which has been purchased) and she will earn it once she completes 25 full math lessons - which is the one area of study that we struggle with getting completed.
In the kitchen... I cooked all week. The highlight meal was a blackened chicken penne from the current issue of Taste of Home. It is even better than the one at Chili's. Pioneer Woman's Duchess Potatoes were a complete flop for everyone but Owen - he loved them. I should have reconsidered when the recipe called for 8 egg yolks. I. hate. eggs. I can't stand anything 'eggy'. What was I thinking?? It took an hour's worth of effort to make the darn things too...
I am wearing... what else? pjs.
I am creating... Nothing at the moment..
I am going... To Kinko's to laminate some stuff and grocery shopping - preferably before 10 pm tonight. Last week I did the grocery shopping that late, and ended up having to take an overflowing cart of groceries through the self-check aisle because all of the checkers had been sent home because it was so slow. It took me twenty minutes. My ice cream was soup by the time I got home. Not. Happy.
I am wondering... How long this warm dry weather is going to last. Even my iris are beginning to form blooms. They don't usually bloom until the beginning of June!
I am reading... Brightest Star in the Sky, by Marian Keyes. Not sure why, but it is hard to get going on this one...
I am hoping... That getting through the backlog of laundry, the list-making and grocery shopping, the lesson out-lining and subsequent trip to the library and the worksheet preparing won't take me all day today. But nothing beats the feeling of being prepared for the upcoming week.
I am looking forward to... a meeting with homeschooling friends on Tuesday night, and Jordan's karate sparring and forms tournament on Saturday.
I am learning... Well, I just learned about the Still's Murmur. It took me this long to remember to look it up. It makes my head swim a little bit, but it is fascinating to think about how your blood moves through all of those intricate parts.
I am hearing... Abbi's toenails clicking on the floor as she follows Colin around. He has a graham cracker, and he has been teasing her a little bit.
Around the house... Dean finished repairing the gaping hole in the fence yesterday. We had a loose fence post combined with a panel of pickets that was pulling away. There has been a gap between fence post and panel for a few years now - but it was getting continually wider. Luckily, Abbi is fat and lazy and a little bit of a wuss, so we weren't concerned about her getting out. But as the fence post got looser, it was clear that a big wind would take the whole thing down. So Dean has spent the last week chipping out the old concrete and removing the fence post and replacing it and replacing some other rotten boards. It looks nice and secure now. We have another loose fence post to contend with, so I suppose it is next on the list.
I also need to get out to the garden and get busy. I am so late in getting the spinach, peas and lettuce in... The rhubarb is just about reading for picking!?! Crazy weather this year. Yep.... global warming is indeed a 'myth'. (snort)
I am pondering... That the idiots who think global warming is a myth need to be fed to the starving polar bears.
One of my favorite things... Tulips. They are blooming all over town and are indeed beautiful. I don't completely hate spring.
A few plans for the rest of the week... Unfortunately it is not always possible to slate all Dr. appointments to the last week of the month. Jordan has counseling on Tuesday and all of the kids go to see the dentist on Wednesday. Jordan's last archery class is on Thursday, and then he has his sparring competition on Saturday. He is competing in two events: a curriculum form and sparring. Four different schools are taking part in the competition. Rylan could have competed too, but she said, 'No way! Not in front of all of those people!". Belt testing is one thing - when you get up with your whole class, but I guess competition is different - it is just you. I don't blame her - I wouldn't want to either!
Here is a picture for thought I am sharing...
A tea party...
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