A Simple Woman's Daybook

A Simple Woman's Daybook for today...December 1, 2008

Outside my window...it's dark and raining. I'm cheating and doing this on Sunday night. I anticipate the morning to be busy and I need to limit my computer time. I love going to bed listening to the sound of rain and love waking up to the sound of rain.

I am thinking...of everything that needs to be done in the next few days, especially tomorrow!

From the learning rooms...a teacher work day tomorrow and hopefully a normal week after that, we are finishing up our study of Mexico.

I am thankful for...a safe trip home, we drove all the way in the rain--that always makes me nervous. Also, for a great visit with my great aunt and other extended family and my mom, dad, and sister and her family. It's always fun to see them. I am also thankful for a funny mom who is also an amazing ballerina. :0)

From the kitchen...I'm thinking chili tomorrow. Who knows what else. I have to make a grocery list tomorrow and get to the store.

I am wearing...pjs of course.

I am reading...I think I will be starting a Mrs. Pollifax book next. I read "The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes" while in Alabama. Great book!

I am hoping...for a special, meaningful holiday season with my kids.

I am creating...a festive, fun house for the holidays.

I am hearing... the rain and that's it. The family is asleep and I really should be too!

Around the house...I'm in the middle of decorating. I went a little crazy tonight and unpacked, cleaned the living room, and started decorating. I petered out halfway through though. All of this after getting up at 4:30 this morning and driving 9 hours to get home.

One of my favorite things...my Jim Shore nativity set. I love his work. Beautiful and colorful and all folksy.

A few plans for the rest of the week...shopping tomorrow, making cards, tree lighting at the library, Christmas walk downtown, Christmas parade, getting a tree, finish decorating, have a Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate.

Here is a picture thought I'm sharing...

This was our Christmas card picture a few years ago. I love to look back at these old pictures. They were so little!

Home From the Land of Cotton

We arrived home this afternoon from LA (lower Alabama). We had a great trip. It was so nice to disconnect from the world for a few days and just enjoy the family and a good book. I uploaded a whole bunch of pictures, it's late, and I'm tired. So--in no particular order--I bring you "Our Trip."
Some cotton, somebody (not sure who) picked this out of one of the cotton fields so that the kids could see it up close. This picture is sideways but you get the idea. We saw fields of cotton everywhere we went.

This is the famous Boll Weevil Monument in Enterprise. They are all about the Boll Weevil because a long time ago the Boll Weevil ate the cotton crops and forced them to try something new. They started growing peanuts and were able to make a huge amount of money, much more than they were getting for their cotton. So, they are indebted to the Boll Weevil down in LA. We risked our very lives to get this picture. The monument is right in the middle of the road with no sidewalk or anything around it. Thankfully there isn't too much traffic in Enterprise. You probably need to click on the picture to get the full effect. It's a woman holding a Boll Weevil over her head.

After a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner some of us headed out to a state park to go letterboxing. We were successful--we found "King Cotton" and "Boll Weevil." Also in this state park they were having a scarecrow stroll. There were scarecrows all along the path in the woods. There were some very clever ones.

I liked this picture--just a picture of the woods and Hannah and Billy looking at a scarecrow and Grace hiking along.

This one was a Harley Davidson scarecrwo complete with a beer belly.

Here we are finding our first letterbox. Grace was the brave one who chose a stick and dug for it. She's actually the one most into letterboxing. Hannah and Joe enjoy the thrill of the hunt but are not terribly interested in the stamping part. Grace did all their stamping for them.

Here Joe is molesting the scarecrow checking out her upper body. I think her "jugs" were made of milk jugs and all three had to really check her out.

Thanksgiving dinner! We had a delicious, traditional meal all cooked by Aunt Harriet.

We spent the morning watching the parade and coloring and then watched some of the dog show. That was pretty funny.

Here's Hannah playing dominoes with Aunt Clara. This little table was the site of lots of games--dominoes, Skip-Bo, Phase 10, Bananagrams (speed scrabble), and Trouble.

We had a great time during our visit. I didn't get any pictures but on Saturday my GA family and some aunts, uncles, and cousins all came over to help us celebrate Aunt Clara's 95th birthday party!

Heading Out of Town

We are heading out of town for Thanksgiving tomorrow.  I'm not sure whether I'll have access to a computer or not so the blog may be quiet until next week.  Maybe I'll finally get my Inflammation book finished.  You know, it's not the most interesting read but I'm disciplining myself to read the whole thing before I am "allowed" to start a more enjoyable book.  I need to read this information, it will really help me and that's what is keeping me plugging away.  Unfortunately, the book puts me to sleep.  So, it's taking me a while.  

Anyone else feeling behind as we head into the Christmas season?  I will get back on Sunday and Monday is December 1.  I don't have any of the Christmas stuff out.  I haven't really planned how we will count down the days.  I have lots of ideas (of course) but zero motivation.  One idea I have that I think is doable and I really might actually do is to make a paper chain and on each link put a person or family name to pray for each day counting up to Christmas.  I think I might also add an activity and then stick to actually following through and doing it.  Simple things that I don't mind doing spontaneously--play a board game, go for a bike ride, make cookies, watch a Christmas movie, etc.  I will have to think of things that I will truly be willing to do on the day we open it.  No matter what.  That is the hard part.  I don't think my kids would appreciate it if they open the ring and it says, "go read blogs for an hour," or "go to Target and buy Mom a hot beverage."  So, this will take some thinking but I think I can do it.  I really want to keep our schedule fairly open so that we have TIME together.  I hate feeling rushed and so do my kids.  We'll see how that goes...

I had hoped to decorate the house for Christmas before we went out of town but that is not happening.  I haven't even packed a thing yet and we leave tomorrow.  So, I am already feeling behind which is just dumb because Christmas is not all about having the house decorated and having it all together.  Please help me remember that if you see or talk to me next week when I will likely be trying to go into freak out mode.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

A Simple Woman's Daybook

For today, November 24, 2008

Outside my window...a bright, sunshiny, cool morning.

I am thinking...about what all I need to do before leaving town on Wednesday and wondering if I'm crazy to try to fit in two days of school as well.

From the learning rooms...my plan (written in pencil) is to finish up our week of Exploring Countries and Cultures that we didn't finish last week. Mostly just reading aloud and some Mexican Yarn art. Of course we'll try to fit in the basics as well--at least Math.

I am thankful...for all the time we are getting with our friends that are moving soon.

From the kitchen...Ollie's in charge of dinner tonight and we are working on cleaning out the fridge before leaving town.

I am wearing...Christmas pj pants and my favorite sweatshirt with a thermal shirt underneath (and I'm still a little cold).

I am reading...still trying to finish Inflammation Nation. I did finish my Reader's Digests this week. On my bedside table--Mrs. Pollifax, a Maeve Binchy book, a Louisa May Alcott book, a homeschooling book, a book by Ruth Bell Graham about Christmas in the Graham home. Hoping to make a dent in this stack while on vacation this week. At least a one book dent.

I am hoping...for safe travel and relief from the pain in my knees.

I am creating...gift bags for Christmas gifts.

I am hearing...Martha Speaks on PBS kids--my kids love this show.

Around the house...it's somewhat presentable, thank goodness!

One of my favorite things...cute pictures of my kids.

A few plans for the rest of the week...a little bit of school, Ladies night at church, work on Christmas cards, go to AL for a big Thanksgiving dinner and a birthday celebration for my 95 year old Aunt Clara.

Here is a picture thought I'm sharing...

This is my old fashioned paper boy country boy who is so not a country boy but absolutely loves this shirt.

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A Grace Funny

Yesterday Grace was telling me how she knew Hannah was in the bathroom. Our conversation went like this, "I know that Hannah must be in the bathroom because I see that the door is closed and the light is on. Joe is at the table, Dad just walked through the living room, you are right here, and I can see me right here too. If you can see you are never lost. Except for blind people, they can lose themselves because they can't see where they are."

Weekend Update

Does Thursday count as the weekend? It will for today because I'm including it in this blog post. Thursday night we had two of the Smith kids over for a sleepover. This is the first time Joe has had a friend sleepover. As you can tell from the hilarious picture below, he was just a little bit excited.

For this one, Levi planned the "pose." He was too cute.

The girls!

Saturday afternoon Hannah was in a Christmas performance for theatre. It was really the 4-6 year old class's recital but Hannah helps out with that class so is also in the performance. She got to be a cute little elf.

Here we have Grace, Joe, and Jake fooling around outside while waiting for the show to start.

Hannah is the one on the end.

Last night we were back at the theatre for "Bridge to Terabithia." The show was wonderful! These kids only had 4 or 5 two hour rehearsals and did an amazing job! Today we went to church and then later to the park for Levi and Abby's birthday party. And that was our weekend! Oh yeah, and we went to a bonfire on Friday night with some church folks. Never a dull moment around here. I don't know when the last time I was bored. It's been a long while!

Souper Saturday on Friday evening

I have so many good soup recipes that I've decided to start posting one every Saturday until I run out of recipes. This week is...

Chicken Soup with Mini Meatballs

3/4 lb. ground turkey
1/4 cup cold water
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup parmesan
8 cups chicken broth
2 large carrots, chopped
1 cup orzo or pastina
1 10 oz. package fresh spinach

In a large bowl, mix the ground turkey, water, egg, bread crumbs, and cheese. Shape into 1-inch balls. In a large pot, combine the broth and carrots and bring them to a simmer. Add the orzo and let it cook for 5 minutes (2 minutes if you are using pastina), stirring frequently. Add the meatballs and simmer them in the broth for 10 minutes. Then stir in the spinach and simmer it until it's wilted, about 1 minute. Serves 6 to 8.

My family loves this and so did the Smith kids when I served them this for lunch. I usually double it because it's really good leftover. It becomes more of a stew when left to sit for a while. the orzo or pastina soaks up a lot of the liquid. I used pastina (tiny stars) today and the kids especially loved the stars. I would have posted a picture but my stove top is so dirty now I was afraid you'd be able to see that mess in the picture and think I was gross.

Random Thoughts on a Friday Morning

I am feeling super lazy this morning.  The kids have friends here who slept over last night.  Hannah and Levi spent the night and will be spending the day with us.  They are officially our "oldest" friends.  Their mom, Marissa, was the first mom I met after Hannah was born.  Actually, I met Amy first when I was pregnant with Hannah so I guess I've actually known her longer than any of my other mommy friends.  No, actually, I've known Melanie since way before Hannah was born so she wins.  Anyway...Marissa and her family will be moving to Virginia in just a couple of weeks.  So, we are spending the day with Hannah and Levi to get some time in before they go.  This is the first time Joe has had a friend spend the night.  They were finally asleep by 11 and up at 6:30.  Having a friend over didn't stop Joe from climbing into our bed in the middle of the night though.  Will he ever stop?  Will I ever be willing to challenge him on this in the middle of the night?  Probably not.  So, I have nothing to motivate me to get out of my jammies and get it together.  That's okay though.  Once I start moving I probably won't stop until bedtime so I'll enjoy my downtime and not feel guilty about it.  The kids are begging for hot chocolate and I said I'd make it but now I don't want to.  I quit buying those nice little packets that make it so easy to make because they have partially hydrogenated oil in them.  Instead, I've been making it from scratch.  It's actually quite good but takes longer than heating up water and pouring it over some powder.  I think I'll try to distract them with something else.  Like toaster waffles.  Or some spinach.  

So, what are you doing today?  On my list is some baking--lemon bars and peppermint rice krispy treats.  And some sewing--Christmas gift bags.  And some organizing and wrapping.  We are going to AL for Thanksgiving and I'll be seeing my GA family and I'm planning to take their Christmas gifts.  I need to pull all of that together.  

Well, I've run out of random thoughts for now.  Have a Fabulous Friday!

Pennies for Bella

If you have been reading my blog for more than a year you may remember that I was babysitting a little baby, IzzyB aka Bella, last fall. A few months ago Isabella was diagnosed with Hurler’s Syndrome, a genetic disorder that prevents the body from properly storing mucopolysaccharides. The end result is organ damage, mental retardation from the resulting brain damage and a life expectancy of no more than 10 years. Bella is only 18 months old. That’s the bad news. The good news is that if Bella receives a bone marrow or umbilical cord stem cell transplant before she reaches age 2, much of the damage from Hurler’s can be prevented, Bella can have a greater quality of life and she may actually be able to avoid the brain damage that leads to mental retardation. While it isn’t a cure, a transplant can greatly change the outlook for Bella. Isabella is now in Cinncinnati for weeks of testing, matching and, eventually, her transplant. Bella will begin to undergo chemotherapy on November 20, 2008 (tomorrow) to kill off her entire her immune system: a dangerous procedure due to the risk of infection but it is what is needed to help Isabella’s body to fully accept her new stem cells. Stem cell day (or “miracle day” as many of have named it) is December 12, 2008.
Isabella’s parents have insurance that is covering a large portion of the costs but their out of pocket expenses will still be between 20,000 and 30,000 dollars. The family has been doing all that they can to sell off assets, trying to sell their home, etc to raise the extra funds for Isabella’s care. Our church is doing various fundraisers to help this little family out. One of them is collecting "Pennies for Bella." In addition to just going out and collecting real pennies (and dimes, nickels, and quarters) a website has also been created where you can donate through paypal or even a credit card I think. So, if you would like to donate go here: http://www.penniesforbella.org/

You can read her story there as well and learn a little more about Hurler's. Also, if you are a praying person...please pray for her and her family. Specifically that her body would accept the transplant, that mom and dad would be protected from any illnesses during this time and that she would too. Thank you!

Fairy Party Pictures

Here are just a few pictures from the fairy party from last weekend. The girls each got their hair done, their face painted and were given a crown and a wand. They played fairy games, ate too much fairy floss (cotton candy), and watched a fairy movie. They really had a blast! Thanks to Steph and her girls for hosting!

Facebook

So, I am just finding this whole Facebook thing so fun and so weird at the same time.  For example, I was just on a few minutes ago and at the bottom of my screen a window pops up and one of my old friends is online and says (types)--hi tiff.  Then we proceed to chat for 15 minutes.  I have not seen or talked to this guy in almost 20 years yet here we are chatting as though not a day has passed since we last saw each other.  I'm sure if I ran into him at the store or something it would feel more uncomfortable but with e-mail and chatting it's so easy to just pick up where you left off.  I have been e-mailing here and there with old friends and it is like no time has passed.  We've each lived our lives for 20 years and really know nothing about the other person's life but we just start chatting like we saw each other yesterday.  So weird.  And fun.  I e-mailed with my first "boyfriend" yesterday.  I "went with him" for about 12 hours in middle school.  He asked me to "go with him" at a party and I said yes and then was too scared to talk to him at the party and then called him and broke up with him the next morning.  I think he has forgiven me.  He's married with four kids.  Susan--are you reading this?  Leslie?  Susan and I spent the night at Leslie's after that party and she and Leslie made fun of me half the night which is the main reason I had to call and break up the next day.  

Anyway--Has anyone had this similar experience of years just melting away and feeling so comfortable and even connected to someone from so long ago? I've been able to "find" some friends from college who I had lost touch with, lots of friends from high school, and even an old childhood friend.  I haven't had any virtual Starbucks drinks given to me lately.  Or any real ones for that matter.  

Joe's Quilt

Well, it's done. It's not done well but it's done. I have been wanting to make him a quilt for a couple of years and was waiting until I had the time and money to do a really nice quilt. Well, I'm short on both and I think I will forever be short on both. So, necessity prevailed and he now has a quilt. I think I've already told this story but a couple of months ago he threw up on his old comforter and has refused to have it on his bed since then. I thought with time he would get over this but he hasn't. Now the weather has turned chilly and he needs a warm blanket on his bed. I decided to just use scraps and make him a quilt. My plan was to put the vomit comforter inside this one as the batting. So, I had the vomit one on the floor yesterday using it to measure and Joe had a fit. He was not going to sleep on a quilt that had his vomit comforter inside it. He even went so far as to say that he couldn't sleep on the quilt ever because it had touched his vomit comforter. I was beyond aggravated with him. I just pressed on and hoped he'd get over the fact that it touched his vomit one. He did. I used a different old quilt for the batting and an old sheet for the backing. The old sheet is Superman so it makes a pretty cool back. I did the short cut binding and we have a quilt! I truly slapped the thing together yesterday and aside from some glaring puckers and mistakes--it doesn't look half bad. Joe has it on his bed and slept under it last night. He claims that he likes it but doesn't love it. Oh well. I only spent $7!

A Simple Woman's Daybook

A Simple Woman's Daybook for today, November 17, 2008...

Outside my window...it's cold! I love it, I am going to make myself a cup of decaf coffee here soon and enjoy it without sweating.

I am thinking...about all the things that I need to do this week and praying that I can move through each task without getting all stressed and irritable.

From the learning rooms...just the normal school. I'm really, really wanting to do a lapbook but I can't decide what topic to do. That may have to wait until after the holidays. We'll be doing good to keep plugging through just the normal stuff. On a positive note--it looks like Hannah will finish the first half of her math before Christmas and Grace will finish the first half of her math and her Explode the Code too. On a negative note--that means I have to buy the next books for each of them.

I am thankful for...my husband who has learned to make the best Pad Thai I've ever had!

I am wearing...my PJs of course.

From the kitchen...we had Pad Thai last night. I've got a menu for the week but I don't remember what all I'm making. I think Ollie has some meals planned too, so I will get a couple of nights off from cooking. He is really getting into cooking and I love it!

I am reading...Inflammation Nation and trying to catch up on magazines. I get three magazines--Reader's Digest, Guideposts, and Family Fun and I read them all cover to cover. I'm behind right now though. I haven't finished last month's RD and just got the new one in the mail.

I am hoping...that "Pennies for Bella" at www.penniesforbella.org will bring in lots of pennies (and dollars and Bens) for this family.

I am creating...Joe's quilt finally!

Around the house...mess! I've hardly been home this weekend and I spent all evening on Joe's quilt and did laundry. So, there is stuff everywhere!

One of my favorite things...Christmas music and Christmas sweatshirts--just got one at the yard sale this weekend!

A few plans for the rest of the week...library field trip, finish Joe's quilt, canvas the neighborhood for Pennies for Bella, find the Christmas fabric so I can make some gift bags, school, baking for theatre this weekend.

Here is a picture thought I'm sharing...

This is Bella who is in Ohio preparing for a bone marrow or cord blood transplant in mid-December. She has Hurler's syndrome and this is her best option for treatment. Please pray for her and her family!

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Weekend Update

Here's my weekend update--busy, busy, busy. Now I'm tired, tired, tired. I have a lot to post but I'm too tired to think clearly so here's a few pictures from my weekend. Try to guess what I did.

And We Have Ornaments!

We did it, I survived and have some really cute, "green" ornaments to boot. I didn't even have to candy bribe myself. Most of you know that I am NOT a planner so I really wasn't completely sure what we were going to do this morning. I just knew I couldn't spend any money so I had to use whatever we had. I went searching through crafting stashes and found some wooden photo ornaments that I bought last year and we never painted as well as some I had painted and never put photos in. I found a bag of previous year's Christmas cards, some circles I had cut out of card stock a few years ago for a project, and some ribbon. While the kids painted the wooden ornaments I traced and cut out Christmas trees, candy canes, bells, and candles from cereal boxes. Then they painted and glittered those. After that messy project was done I gave them the circles and the old Christmas cards and they cut out pictures from the cards and glued the onto the circles. A few hole punches and ribbons later and we have ornaments!

Friday

How about a list?
1. The only thing on my "to do" list today is make some homemade ornaments for a small Christmas tree for my Great Aunt Clara.

2. I am terribly intimidated by this task and that is stupid because I have no high aspirations--just some cardboard, construction paper, glue, glitter, and maybe some paint.

3. I hate glitter.

4. Really hate it.

5. I slept in because I stayed up until 12:30 finishing a book I've been reading. Once I get over halfway in a book I have a hard time putting it down and will often just stay up and finish it. I had some peanut butter and apples to give me the energy to finish the task. It was a good book but a little disturbing at parts. I'm not sure if I would recommend it.

6. My orthotics are great and I think I am already seeing results. My knees definitely feel better. My feet too.

7. Joe woke up really, really early, got dressed and then got back in bed. I heard him kind of giggling (he got in my bed of course) but I didn't know why and was mostly asleep so didn't stop to wonder. He thought he was quite funny. He dressed himself in what seems to be his favorite outfit. An orange shirt from preschool and orange (different shade) shorts. He loves to wear orange but if I ever refer to orange as his favorite color or even his favorite clothes color he adamantly denies it. I have no idea why. He's a lot like his dad, just sayin'.

8. He's officially a "typical boy," he's been working really hard to make himself fart on command. Like when his sister's get close to him. At our house we never say fart though, or even toot, we say "passed gas." Because we are proper people here.

9. I have a busy weekend. Last weekend I had nothing and it was great. This weekend--something every day.

10. I haven't even started the quilt I mentioned earlier in the week. I have some fabric thought.

11. I've let my kids slowly eat all of their Halloween candy. Does this make me a bad mom? They've each had probably 4 or 5 pieces a day. I just don't have the heart to take it away. Hannah and Grace love to "bribe" themselves while they do school. They do a page or a problem or whatever and then have an M&M or a Skittle or a Nerd or whatever. This has made schoolwork a little more fun for them so I'm all for it. They just have to have had a decent breakfast first.

12. I've had lots of fun on Snapfish this week. Did you know that you can make a $29.99 photo book for only the cost of shipping by going through a link on Oprah's site? Click on the decluttering thing and find it from there. I made a great book, I can't wait to get it!

13. Okay, I'm going to feed my kids some breakfast, get dressed and then candy bribe myself into starting our ornament extravaganza! I'll post pictures later. I always take pictures when we are doing something wonderful and post them. I never take a picture when Joe is crying because he has had a fit and doesn't want to do his reading lesson and I've pretty much lost my temper and yelled at him. No pictures of that. But being a good mamma and crafting withmy kids--you can bet there will be pictures.

A Future Fashion Designer?

Ever since Hannah could walk and talk she has been into fashion. Her first full sentence was "I pick a dress." I would hold her up in front of her closet while she picked a dress everyday, multiple times a day. She also went through a pretty long phase where she could outfit herself quite nicely given a blanket or a towel, and some clothespins. I could go on and on with stories about her and fashion but this post is about her latest passion. Fashion design. She's been drawing princesses and women in all sorts of dresses for years but while in GA back in September we had the opportunity to meet and talk to a real fashion designer while sitting at a park. This woman had a sketchbook full of designs and needless to say Hannah was enthralled and has since started her own sketchbook. Below are a few samples of her designs.

She's now taken this fashion designing one step further using her little sister as her model. I have a pretty big stash of fabric and she finds large pieces and designs all sorts of dresses with them. I usually don't get pictures (and some of them are pretty bad--wouldn't need a picture) but I thought this one was really nice so I snapped a pic. Her only complaint--not enough safety pins in our house to hold together her creations. On her Christmas list is a big box of safety pins. We are going to a fairy party on Friday and she is thinking she might design something for the party--the only glitch--not enough safety pins!

I don't know if this is something she will continue to pursue as she gets older but it will be interesting to see.

A Haircut!

Grace made the big decision to have her hair cut! She's been agonizing over this decision for days and finally took the plunge yesterday. She loves it! I do too, it suits her. Her hairdresser? Her Daddy. Not bad.

The Simple Woman's Daybook

For Today...November 10, 2008
Outside my window...looks like it's going to be a beautiful day. It's crisp and cool and some pretty clouds strewn across the piece of sky that I can see from my window.
I am thinking...that this is the day that the Lord has made and I will be glad in it. No complaining this morning!
From the learning rooms...just a normal week of school--can I get a woohoo???? I have been craving a normal week of school. No rush, just taking it day by day and having 5 days to get it all done instead of cramming everything into 3 or 4.
I am thankful for...hot coffee on a cold morning. (decaf of course)
I am wearing...pjs with a sweatshirt added and I'm still chilled!
From the kitchen...I'm in the cooking mood big time this week. A few things on the menu...pot roasted pork chops, meatloaf, pumpkin soup, pumpkin sauce for pasta, pumpkin stew, black beans and yellow rice. I can't wait to hit the weekend with a fridge full of leftovers.
I am reading...I will be starting "Made in the USA" by Billie Letts this week. Her books are always a fun read.
I am hoping...for things to go smoothly in Ohio for Bella and her mommy, she is preparing for a cord blood transplant.
I am creating...decorations for a small Christmas tree for my great aunt, a quilt for Joe?
Around the house...nothing new, some cleaning needs to be done, it could use some picking up--definitely looks like small children live here.
One of my favorite things...time at home!
A few plans for the rest of the week...mostly staying home with a park day thrown in!
Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you...

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