Thursday, April 09, 2009

A Day in the Life

  • Woke up early and actually had some quiet time to myself to pray and read the Bible before everything got crazy.
  • Attempted to remove the sticky "essence of movie theater" off of my kitchen floor.
  • Noticed that each of my children seemed taller when they got up this morning.
  • Worked my way through the utility room, clearing out things that didn't belong and organizing all the cleaning supplies.
  • Removed an inconvenient shelf from the wall in the utility room.
  • Changed the light bulb in the utility room...standing on tip-toe on a short bar stool, which was perched on a bar-height chair, while my height-fearing husband gripped my legs for dear life and kept me from falling to my death.
  • Ate chocolate chip cookie dough like it was going out of style.
  • Made homemade paper with Ruth.
  • Cleaned debris and misplaced items off the back porch.
  • Became outraged when I read of Plano ISD's scheme to dumb-down future generations.
  • Understood several of the "words" Max said.
  • Unpacked and enjoyed framed pictures and albums of days gone by.
  • Reveled in Max's 3-hour and Weston's 2-hour naps.
  • Pulled a shard of glass out of my finger.
  • Made a mad dash to the library before it closed, when Ruth announced she was out of books.
  • Bought a birthday present at Walgreens.
  • Bought two gallons of milk...for the second time this week.
  • Laughed genuinely and hysterically as Weston told "Knock-Knock" jokes.
  • Had breakfast for dinner.
  • Bought a dining room table and chairs to use in the homeschool room.
  • Sang "Amazing Grace" with my family, along with a few other old hymns, before reading the story of David and Goliath and watching the children's faces light up with joy and wonder.

4 comments:

  1. Kathy7:26 AM

    Beautiful, beautiful day from start to finish. So happy that you are finding a little time for personal devotions.

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  2. What a great day! You must have a tall utility room!

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  3. Actually, all of our rooms are tall, and our ladder hasn't made it to our house yet.

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  4. What a busy day! Love breakfast for dinner. And chocolate chip cookie dough (or any cookie dough for that matter.)

    Forwarded your article about Plano schools to Trey's aunt, cousin and sister; all felt the same way you did! My niece's school next year will only allow kids to take either honors history or honors English. But not both! If you are smart enough to be in both honors classes - too bad! Isn't that insane?

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