Starting to Feel Like Summer! Daybook

FOR TODAY
Tuesday, May 28

Outside my window...
Sunny with a few clouds.  The weather this weekend has been absolutely glorious---not too hot, and with very little humidity.

I am thankful...
For the freedoms we have, and especially for the men and women who paid for them with their lives.  My husband had a nice, relaxing day off yesterday, and I'm grateful for that, too.

One of my big boys comes home tonight for the rest of the week! Yay!

From the school table...
School's out for the summer, but we really do need to sit down together and come up with some summer activities so the entire summer isn't wasted by playing idiotic games on the computer and ipod!

In the kitchen...
A meat, a veggie, and a starch.  Easy meal planning.

I am wearing...
yoga capris and a summery, orange v-neck.  It's my new "uniform" for the many walks with the dog every day.

I am knitting...
Not knitting.  Spinning.  SPIN.NING. With my new drop spindle.  I'm on my last batt of fleece.  I have no idea what it is, but it's super soft and scrumptious.   This whole spinning thing is rather addictive, and I've gotten a lot better; I've even learned to drop the spindle and spin the wool while the spindle hangs free and...well...spins.  It's hard to talk about spinning without overusing those words spin and spindle!  I'll probably work obsessively on this batt until it's finished and then figure out how to ply yarn.  God willing, I won't ruin this beautiful stuff.
  



I am going...
Checking my calendar to see where I'm going today reminds me that we have a swim meet tonight.  Grrrrooooaaaannnn.  I'm sorry; it's not that bad, but we've been doing swim team for about 14 years now.  And if we continue until Meg is 18, it will be 21 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  It's only 6 weeks of summer, but some of the jobs are waaaaaayyyyy out of my comfort zone and the people running the show seem to want me to move up to those jobs because I've had kids on the team for so long.

The good thing about this year is that we're using Sign Up Genius to sign up.  Assuming I'm not away from a computer for 48 hours when the list goes up for the next meet, I should be able to get a job I'm happy with.  When the email came out for the first 2 meets, I was at WalMart and got a text from TMax (who was at school!!!) telling me to Go! Go! Go!  Maybe it's not such a bad thing that his phone alerts him to every email.  ;-)

(And he was having days on end of study halls because he had finished his school work and AP exams. That's the only reason his phone was on.)

I am reading...
The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict.  I picked it up last night, not wanting to face any of the "grown up" books on my nightstand, but I was thinking that I might not enjoy it, having pretty much forgotten the plots of the other Mysterious Benedict Society books.  However, I was immediately sucked into it, and the other stories are starting to come back.  We love these books.  They're a lot of fun.  I wonder if I could get Meg to read them this summer.

I am hoping and praying...
For my sister who broke her ankle in 2 places, and had to have surgery to repair it with plates and screws, and won't be able to put any weight on it for 8 weeks, at least.  All this as she was putting the finishing touches on the moving truck to help her newly-minted M.D. daughter move half way across the country.  Aside from the obvious pain and inconvenience of such an injury, they've both missed out on a precious week together as my niece starts her new life.

I am hearing on my ipod...
The voice of Fr. Michael Gaitley praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet.  I love this new app from the Marians of the Immaculate Conception! 

Around the house...
Spinning....dust....unfolded laundry.  Spinning.  ;-)

One of my favorite things...

Retiring from being AHG's Troop Coordinator for the past 3 years (and 2 years as Vice Coordinator before that).  But seriously, this:

My parting gift was this hand-made Sacred Heart mosaic cross.  It's huge, about 15" tall x 9" wide, and it was made by one of the ladies in the troop who has some amazing talent, evidently.  I'm honored to have one of her creations made especially for me!

A few plans for the rest of the week...
2 swim meets, doctors and dentists.  Something to do every day.  I guess it's still May.


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