An author I enjoy reading for mindless entertainment is Mary Stewart. I have a few of her books picked up at various book sales on the cheap, but have really only read those as our library doesn’t have many others. I found Touch Not the Cat at a recent library sale and snatched it up….
FOR TODAYJanuary 4, 2010…Outside my window… there is a sufficiency of snow. And more to come.I am thinking… it is entirely too early in the morning to be awake. Yes, I know it is 8 am.I am thankful for… my nice, warm house … and that I don’t have to go out in the snow…
I pray you have a blessed 2010! I’ve a few resolutions: 1. Work on 1 new goal each month. January’s is: start school 1/11/10. K5 starts in earnest. I have waiting to officially start schooling the children, studying and preparing for 5 years now. Now to be disciplined and put the knowledge into practice. Three…
I have a tradition of not finishing the children’s annual Christmas ornaments … ever. But *this* year, I not only got the past years’ ornaments done, but I finished this years’ ornaments yesterday, and the kids put them on the tree today! R-girl chose the star: N-boy very generously chose the holly leaves & berries:…
Enter his gates with thanksgiving,and his courts with praise!Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the Lord is good;his steadfast love endures forever,and his faithfulness to all generations. Psalm 100:4-5
“A cat had a broom and a mop for he had to clean.”
My mom made the Dorothy costume for M-girl’s birthday, leading to my making the costumes for N-boy and R-girl.
We went to the county fair this evening and had a great time seeing the animals and the work people put into their hobbies: animal husbandry, gardening, photography, woodworking, and sewing! I have a photo like this with our friends the Tullys from 4 years ago when M-girl was almost 1 … hard to believe…
We had no problems finding Char-Mar Ridge. What a great hike it is! About a mile and a half, through beautiful woods winding across and around a creek. We looked for glacial erratics, white/red oaks, and shelf fungi. Once again, we found them all! Not only did we find shelf fungi, but we saw several…