Daybook

MY DAYBOOK

Outside my window...
Darkness. It's still quiet.  Most of the cars are still at home at this hour of 5:48 a.m.

I am thinking...
about Christmas presents already.  Who wants a handknit gift? 

I am thankful for...

Having a fun, family weekend.  We went to a school play Friday; Football game Saturday; and spent the afternoon with our college kids yesterday.  We were celebrating their birthdays---KT turned 21 and Brendan (Hitch) will be 19 on Tuesday.  It was fun to be together, but it was far too short. It made me sad to leave them.

From the learning rooms...

We've gone through Peter Pan in the car, and now we're on to Little Women.  I think I may be in the minority, but I'm not a Peter Pan fan.  I don't see his charm.  Is he just the adorable bad boy that everyone loves in spite of his flaws?  Eh.  Didn't love it.

Little Women, however, I love, and will enjoy this story even though some of the readers are awful.

Other than that, we're still having a pretty good time with our geography studies.

From the kitchen...

This week in the kitchen may be an adventure since I did a pretty brief shopping trip on Saturday.  Mostly I bought birthday candles and sugar!  There are plenty of veggies, so we'll see how much I can create without having to go back to the store!

I am wearing...

khaki shorts and a purple tee.  It's a little cool this morning, but I'm anticipating more summer temps today.

I am creating...

fingerless mitts for Meg.  She wants them (just one, really) for halloween.  I made one in just a day and a half, without a pattern.  On the one hand (lol) it's awesome, and on the other hand it looks a bit like a cast!  A black, sparkly one, but a cast nonetheless!

I need to come up with a new, mindless car project quickly.  Double pointed needles are not my favorite choice for the car; a little too complicated.  I want mindless stockinette on my circulars!  

BTW, I would never use straight needles in the car because they're too long and dangerous.  I use circulars all the time, anyway, because they hurt my hands less, but they're safer in the car.  And I put them down with the points away from me, just in case!

I am going...

to the doctor this week for a checkup and the results of my bloodwork.  Keeping my fingers crossed for good answers---good solutions, actually.

I am reading...

Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon.  A real page-turner now that I'm into it.  It's a bit racy (and that's putting it mildly), if you're a sensitive reader, but it's a great story---and the s** is all the married kind!  I hear there are 7 volumes and number 8 is in the works!  Yikes!

I am hearing...

Dh in the kitchen, and the Catholic Weekend Podcast while I type.

Around the house...

Clutter.  Ugh.  Time for fall housecleaning. 15 minutes at a time because that's all I have.

One of my favorite things...
All my children around where we can talk and laugh. 

A few plans for the rest of the week:  Choir, AHG, doctor, chiropractor (twice?)