It's hot, kinda overcast, and still.
I'm thankful for...Sisters
I am thinking about...My BIG girl! She's no longer a baby. Yesterday we transformed her crib into a 'daybed' (aka: big girl bed). She loves it. She has been remarkably easy to get to sleep this way. However, last night (er... this morning at about 4:00am) she awoke and wouldn't settle back down for an hour and a half. She kept sneaking up, baby stella tucked under one arm, and turning on the lights to play or wander around the upstairs mumbling proudly "I det out aww by mysewf."
I am working on...my abs! I put on a few during our long stay in WA and gotta get back into shape!
learning all the time...Lately, I'm learning how to SIMPLIFY. Inspired by this book:
Simplicity Parenting. Already, I am trying to simplify my own thoughts and choices. Being a Libra (by nature, making choices is difficult and laborious) - it is already helping me to have more time in my day and to begin to feel like I might be able to prioritize better. I don't NEED to do hours and hours of research before making a simple decision such as: which window repairman do we use?
from the kitchen...Tonight - Mahi Mahi burgers (I think). And always with my little helper.
I am creating...hmm... on a creating hiatus at the moment.
I am going...to steamroll through my 'want to do' list today and tomorrow so that I can fully enjoy the three days when Jasper takes vacation.
I am reading...Simplicity Parenting - by Kim John Payne
Fabulous. Also, sitting under my bed in-waiting are my tried-and-true back to school books by
Responsive Classroom.
I am hoping...For a smooth start to the school year and the inevitable hustle/bustle and chaos that entails.
I am praying...for a dear relative whom I don't see/talk to enough
I am hearing...Jake snore. The window AC blow. The fish-tank trickle. (Ains is asleep!)
around the house...I scrubbed the entire kitchen - walls, floorboards, door, cupboards... all. It feels and smells so much better! Next up: the mountainous and treacherous "pantry" which very much resembles that of the overflowing closet in a famous episode of 'Friends'. (Pantry / storage closet / office supplies / tools / mini library / medicine cabinet / random items that dont' have a home:: in a space the size of an airplane bathroom.)
heard this week..."Mommy go to sleep. Daddy go to sleep. Jake go to sleep. Then I get up with Stella. I go downstairs and play." (Making plans now that she is able to get out of bed on her own.)
"Pee. I not touch it. Poop. I not eat it." (A little self-talk to remind herself what not to do...)
one of my favorite things..dance class with
Helanius Wilkinsa few plans for next week...clean out pantry
simplify/organize Ainsley's toys
get those cobwebs that are taking over
trips to the dog park
perhaps a trip to the beach or a KOA for a mini-vaca
a picture thought I'm sharing with you...
