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Daybook

Posted by on June 21, 2016

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FOR the week of June 13, 2016

Looking out my window…  a HOT, sunny day.  Welcome to summer! At 10 this morning it was already 89 degrees.  The forecast called for triple digits today and upper 90s the rest of the week. I took this pic at 4pm and half an hour later the kids said it was reading 108 degrees. The record high for today was only 94 with the average being 82.

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I am thankful… for 16 years of marriage to a really awesome guy! It hasn’t all been easy, but it’s been good.  And full; full of laughter, tears, travel, changes, and of course kids.

I am thinking… shoe sizes are really mixed up.  The size numbers progress seamlessly from kid sizes to adult sizes.  So why is a girls’ size 6 the same as an adult size 8?

From the kitchen… as a stay at home mom I have a love/hate relationship with crockpots.  Yes, they take some of the pressure off in getting supper on, but I have to smell it cooking all day which makes me feel snacky.  Also, I’m excited about the great deal Safeway had on meat yesterday – chuck steaks were buy 1 get 3 free!

In the schoolroom… starting to make decisions about next year’s curriculum.  I’m looking at making a few changes this year.  While good, some of the curriculum I’ve been using is a bit too teacher intensive for our family size.  Plus, some things I’m realizing are just busy work and there are other things more important.

In the garden… this last week I used the first lettuce from this year’s garden to make one of our favorite meals – chef salad and found the first squash blossom.

I am hearing… 11am – Ben and Gabe ‘playing’ checkers while Thomas ‘talks’ and gives me his first real smiles; 6pm – butter sizzling in the skillets in preparation for making scrambled egg sandwiches for supper and the baby swing rocking (Thomas has discovered the mobile hanging over the swing).

Around the house… we need a new roof.  Every time the swamp cooler has an issue we end up with water dripping through the dining room ceiling.

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