A January Daybook

I need a daybook. I love to read all of your daybooks. They inspire me, and remind me I should write a daybook too. So I consider it, and then mostly read all of yours instead of writing mine!

I'm hoping it will be easier to stay on top of my blog. My poor family just wants to know how we are doing and the truth if they could read my drafts I'd be all set! Because is all I have are ton of drafts!

I like fill in the blanks. And as Charlotte mentioned
Something is better than nothing--only she said it far more eloquently!

So thank you simplewomansdaybook for getting me going!


Outside my window...cold, wet, rainy. Virginia has the oddest weather. Over the years the winter is warmer and the spring comes earlier, and the summer is as hot as can be! Update: A winter storm on the way..4-6 inches which is huge here!

I am thinking...how thrilled I'd be if I get this posted!

I am thankful...for our faith. I did some real groveling at the foot of the cross this week. It wasn't pretty, and I can't wait to get to confession this week. We are so blessed to have our faith.

In the kitchen...I'm bored and it shows in our meals. I've just got to sit down and PLAN some meals.

I am wearing...a warm wrap around sweater from Mom! It's cold here!

I am creating...some new lesson plans.I find we need to mix things up a bit. This year a number of things have to be changed though. Sometimes I feel bad if I have to change something-- mostly because of the cost. But then I remember a wise woman said..."If some thing's not working for your child, get rid of it. Put it back on the shelf for someone else or pass it along. We're not homeschooling to make do with a curriculum."  I know I want to add All About Spelling to Anna's list of things to do, I really want to add some IEW Ancient Writing exercises because the Classical Composition that we have been doing is no longer, well, doing! I found some new fun things for the littles over at Shower of Roses homeschool inspiration pinterest board.
                       
I am going...   to confession!

I am wondering...how people can afford to juice? I read a snippet of an article about curing some cancers naturally  and juicing. The statement was something along the lines of 13 glasses of fresh juice. That's a ton of produce. 

I am reading...this awesome little gem a friend gave me for Christmas. It's such a sweet little read.Very poetic and full of love for our Mother. Check it out.  I'm also reading a book about tea from my brother and his wife. I love tea so to find out how good it is for me makes it worth it! Plus I didn't know all the different uses for tea. I burned a pan this week in the kitchen. The smell was terrible. I could smell the pan and I normally can't smell a thing. Anyhow I brewed up a pot of thyme tea and it cleared the smell out immediately. Turns out thyme is a natural antiseptic and can be used to clean the air. Who knew!?

I am hoping...to order the pictures from the Nutcracker soon. Anna will love them, it'll be my  Saint Valentine's Day gift for her. Also hoping to make some super cute lollipops made from those left over candy canes. If I can find them again!

I am looking forward to...a quite weekend. Hot chocolate, gluten filled cookies ;)

I am learning..to knit! The girls got this for Christmas and I love it. Everything I have tried to make so far is exactly.....backwards!

Around the house...yikes---since the kitchen is in the house, you can only imagine

A favorite quote for today..."she is going to help us get to heaven" and "How else do you explain the surprise, but anything but being chosen for a special purpose? " 
There are a lot of beautiful birthing stories out there right now. Miracles, right and left! Deo gratias! This one I had to go back and read more than once. I  met Sarah several years children ago at a co-op we both attended and I'm here to tell you not only is she obviously very talented, but she's one of those people I          I call rock stars. Rock solid in her faith. And she can spot an opportunity to serve without batting her big eyes or skipping a beat! Never any hesitation. Just does. Check out her amazing birth story. I told her she was just beginning  a whole new love story. And what a beginning. 

One of my favorite things...singing tots. Some of these babies here can hum or sing all day. Yesterday
Elizabeth walked around all day humming...this song!

A few plans for the rest of the week...Thursday: Ballet and Yoga Friday: Expecting snow--a big event here in Virginia


A peek into my day...

Do you wuv my whootiful wips?
I wuv your mip tick

I did it!!!!!!!