Random Daybook

FOR TODAY

Outside my window...
What little rain we got last night, in spite of tornado watches, is drying up, but it's still cloudy and foreboding.

I am thinking...
I spend a lot of time thinking about where we're going with American Heritage Girls and what I need to do next!

I am thankful...
For all the online community that I'm building.  I'm enjoying getting to know others through this New Media, and I'm inspired every day by something they say or write.  There's a lot of great stuff out there!

From the learning rooms...
Children are working quietly as I type.  They're in their pajamas, reading, reading, reading.  There is a ton of reading in the curriculum this year.

In the kitchen...
TMax and I are doing the 21-Day Primal Challenge---though I must admit I caved in to ice cream on Sunday and a gluten-free treat----and we're having some yummy paleo/primal meals.  Tonight will be pork fried rice made with cauliflower "rice" and last night's leftover pork.  For me, it's really been all about keeping all grains out, and I feel much better for it.

I am wearing...
A belted tunic with black, lace-trimmed leggings.  I love this more since I belted it because I think it was making me look a bit larger than I am!

I am knitting...
Not.

I am going...
Only to the grocery store today and school pickup.  I love these days of being at home!

I am reading...
Calico Bush by Rachel Field.  It's a kids' book, but I found it at the library sale and grabbed it because I love pioneer stories.  I like the little bit of Catholicism brought to the story by Maggie as she is Catholic, but has to be told to keep her popishness to herself!

In 1743, thirteen-year-old Marguerite Ledoux travels to Maine as the indentured servant of a family that regards her as little better than the Indians that threaten them, but her strength, quick thinking and courage surprise them all.

I am looking forward to...
Celebrating 2 big birthdays with the whole family next Sunday!

Around the house...
After my little burst of cleaning last week, I've been a bit stagnant in that area.  Keeping the status quo is good, though.  It's not getting cleaner, but it's not getting messier!

One of my favorite things...
Reading; children reading; lots of books being read.

Okay, and another one:  cold showers.  I started taking them to wake up my metabolism, and I just love the feeling afterward.  Notsomuch during, but definitely afterward!  My skin tingles for hours and I feel alive.  My trick, to make it less of a shock to my system, is to start with the water barely tepid, instead of stepping into an ice-cold shower or turning it on while standing under it, and then turning it all the way to cold pretty quickly.  I don't know if my metabolism is waking up, or if I will continue liking them when the weather is cold, but for now....yep.  Weird, right?

A few plans for the rest of the week...
It's a pretty easy week, so maybe I'll get around to a little more furniture painting.  But we'll have to see how the back pain goes---I'm still having serious muscle spasms from the silly trampolines.

Here is picture for thought I am sharing...
One of the Stations of the Cross that the American Heritage Girls cleaned on Saturday.  It was a labor of love to scrub the pollen and mildew off of them!

Before cleaning

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