A Simple Woman's Daybook

A Simple Woman's Daybook for today...July 13, 2009

Outside my window...I'm in GA so the view has changed--I can see my parent's garden and clothesline, lots of trees, and it's a cloudy day.

I am thinking...that I miss my own computer, I was so excited to have a laptop for a lot of reasons but one of them was so that I could use it even when I traveled but I have yet to successfully connect to the internet anywhere except in my own house. I can now add McD's to the list of places I've failed to achieve internet connection. I did figure out that I needed to pay $3 for 2 hours but I didn't have two hours and I'm not wasting $3 when I could use my parent's computer. I could use that $3 to buy all sorts of things like a cup of coffee from Starbucks, a chicken sandwich, a shirt at Wal-mart, three things from the dollar spot at Target,...

I am thankful...for my family here in GA, I love coming "home."

From the kitchen...lima beans in the crock pot, fresh vegetables from the garden, and cornbread!

From the learning rooms...living life, the world is our classroom

I am creating...I've got a big ol' puzzle to do this week, does that count?

I am wearing...plaid shorts and a t-shirt

I am reading..."Every Day Deserves a Chance" by Max Lucado. It's a little disappointing. I usually enjoy his books more. It's still worth reading though and it's fairly short. I think I read half of it yesterday. The night before I left I stayed up until 12:15 am (had to get up at 5:30) finishing a book that I had started at about 9 pm. It was another one of the e-mail ones like "SAHM I Am." This one was "@ Home for the Holidays," by Meredith Efken.

I am hoping...for a blessed week with the family and for me to relax and not get all stressed.

I am hearing...Scooby Dooby Doo on the tv, cable is a special privilege when we come to Grammy and Pop's house.

Around the house...we are getting ready to go to North GA for the day. We are taking a picnic, stopping for fried peach pies, and playing in one of the many creeks.

One of my favorite things...my own computer with my e-mail addresses, bookmarks, etc. Do I sound spoiled or what???

I am going...to North GA here in a little bit and here, there, and everywhere this week.

A few plans for the rest of the week...swimming tomorrow and Thursday, Mexican Fiesta party tomorrow night with the extended family--can't wait to meet my new cousin!, visiting with high school friends on Wednesday (yeah Facebook!), to the lake for the weekend, out to lunch with my aunt and a boy I used to babysit for who is now an adult man. Busy but fun week!! Brace yourself, I see lots of picture posts coming up.

A picture thought...let's see what I can find in my parent's computer...

Here's Gracie three years ago holding a lubber grasshopper. She looks so little!!