Simple Woman's Daybook, September 13, 2010

 

For Today...

Outside my window... a nice cool morning. I'm loving the beginning of fall.

I am thinking... that my pants feel tighter than usual this morning. Sigh.

I am thankful for... another single-mom weekend survived. J.C. was biking at Snowshoe again all weekend. He came home safe and sound last night, and it is great to have him back.

From the kitchen... chocolate chip and butterscotch chip pancakes.

I am creating... two blog posts - Elise's birthday letter, and the last beach picture post.

I am going... to the Girl Scout shop this afternoon. The girls each earned 17 patches (yes, that's 34 total!) at daycamp this summer, and there is no way I'm going to sew all those. I need to buy some of the magic patch-attach stuff that glues them on in the dryer.

I am reading... not much... just catching up on my celebrity gossip in People.

 I am hoping... that my cousin's second round with radiation has knocked out her tongue cancer. I'm thinking about you, Lisa!

I am hearing... the dishwasher running. JC got up this morning, made pancakes for breakfast, cleaned up all the mess, and started the dishwasher!

Around the house... mail that I need to go through. I really despise snail mail. I enjoy cards, letters, and packages, but the catalogs, coupon packets, junk mail, advertisements, and bills just weigh me down.  If I were ever to hire an assistant, his first two jobs would be dealing with laundry and mail!

One of my favorite things... the blog Mila's Daydreams. I truly love it. Her creativity amazes me, and her pictures always make me smile. Between juggling my kids schedules, my work commitments, and hearing news of a whacked out minister wanting to burn the Quran and the continuing recession, stepping into Mila's Daydreams is like a brief escape from the stress and heaviness of life.

A few plans for the rest of the week.... this week is a doozy... an eye exam for me, jump rope for Nina, tumbling for Elise, helping out at a Girl Scout meeting, a bunch of meetings at work, a ladies' night out, a dinner fundraiser for the girls' school. Whew... good thing the girls are tracked out and just in camp all week, so we don't have to throw homework into the mix!

Here is a picture thought I am sharing... this picture was taken of me on the morning of September 11.  I was probably thinking about whether or not I had everything packed for the hospital, whether we would be welcoming a boy or a girl, or perhaps how tired I was of being pregnant. I never could have imagined how much the world would change that day... and how scary it would suddenly feel to bring a new child into that world.

 
  
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Comments

[Jerri]

I'd be just like you when you said: "If I were ever to hire an assistant, his first two jobs would be dealing with laundry and mail!"

Interesting that your assistant would be male, "his" first two jobs would be ... I like the way you think!

I was in the middle of a personal crisis the day of 9/11/01 ... that day truly did change my world ...

[Sue McCoy]

I was thinking the same things as Jerri, above regarding the assistant!

I think your photo is first, beautiful of you and secondly, very profound for such a historically tragic day. When there was so much shock, terror, gloom and death, you were carrying joy, life and future hope.

[zoanna]

Your assistant's masculinity caught my eye, too! heehee.

What a way to remember 9/11/01! There were blessings to come out that day indeed!

I'll hop over to Mira's Daydreams. Sounds refreshing. Found you from the Daybook site and enjoyed your post.