October Days

FOR TODAY

Outside my window...
Clear and cold.  The sun is just starting to lighten the sky.  It'll probably be a beautiful day; I think we're a bit spoiled around here.

I am thinking...
About this post by Jen Fulwiler that I read this morning.  She's right:  it's shocking.  The unintended consequences of giving women free contraception is that they will choose the (previously) most expensive and reliable:  IUDs and implantable hormones.  Since the methods are more reliable, abortion rates will drop, but cases of sexually transmitted diseases will skyrocket.  Eventually, those women may decide they've sown enough wild oats and they'll settle down to have a family but will very likely find themselves infertile.  Meanwhile, I'm doing my best to dissuade my children from such lifestyle choices, but the fact is that those diseases will be rampant, and it could be hard to find a spouse untouched by it all.

I am thankful...
For learning the truth about sexuality early on in my marriage.

From the learning roomskitchen table...
We are working hard today----when Mom stops blogging---because it's the only day we are home all day long to work.

In the kitchen...
A serious lack of food, and almost as serious lack of motivation.

I am wearing...
Long sleeves.  It's freezing in the house, but it will probably be super-warm outside later.

I am knitting...
Still not knitting.  I need a couple of new needles that I haven't gotten yet, so all I'm doing is crocheting washcloths.

I am going...
Camping this weekend!  Just me and Meg with the American Heritage Girls.  We are going to a state park that is supposed to be gorgeous; my boys have been there, but I haven't.  I'm seriously looking forward to climbing stairs up the waterfall!

I am wondering...
If my new Vibrams 5-fingers are going to arrive before I leave.  I don't think so.  Sad, sad, sad.  They would make the whole hiking thing much more pleasant.  I know you think they're funny looking, but they make my feet feel so much better than sneakers or hiking boots.

I am reading...
Bill Bryson's The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir.  All I can say is that he needs an editor.  He writes some very funny stuff, but it's hidden between a catalogue of irrelevant information.  Or if it's relevant, it's just too much.


I am looking forward to...
Camping with friends this weekend, although I'll miss my hubby.

I am hearing on my ipod...
Podcasts.  Am I the only person in the world who doesn't listen to music?  I'm content with silence, or I listen to one of the many, many podcasts on my phone, but I rarely just listen to music.  Unless the children are in the car and chatty, then we have the radio on.  And maybe that's not necessarily considered "music" by some!

Around the house...
Getting picked up in 15 minute increments.

A few plans for the rest of the week...
Choir rehearsal, AHG, piano/library, packing!


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