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.