Life at Home

Small Successes

1.  I logged my nutrition and exercise information into Sparkpeople for a day.  It's a start!

2.  I finally got my new Blackberry to sync with my Google Calendar.  That feature was the whole reason I got a Blackberry at all, so this is a good, good thing.

3.  I got caught up on the laundry after taking a laundry sabbatical last weekend!  Hooray!

Faith and Family Live says, "It’s important for moms to recognize that all the small successes in our days can add up to one big triumph. So on Thursday of each week, we do exactly that."  Go check it out!

Small Successes

1.  I delivered three boxes of stuff to Goodwill yesterday afternoon.  It's gone, gone, gone!  Halfway done with the Forty Bags in Forty Days challenge.  Hooray! 

2.  Then I delivered a box and a brown paper garbage bag of books to the used book store yesterday afternoon.  While I was at the used book store I discovered I had $77 of book credit just sitting there, waiting for me to find it again.  Madeline and I only spent $12 of it, miraculously, on her Magic School Bus binge and one more Thornton Burgess book -- Mother West Wind's Animal Friends.  She adores Thornton Burgess, and so do I.  Note I left with far less than that which I arrived. 

3.  No swim team this week, so we've eaten dinner at home, on time, all week long.  Real meals made by me, eaten at peace.  What a blessing.

Faith and Family Live says, "It’s important for moms to recognize that all the small successes in our days can add up to one big triumph. So on Thursday of each week, we do exactly that."  Go check it out!

Small Successes

1.  I hosted seven little girls in my house for Little Flowers yesterday.  Inspired by Jessica at Shower of Roses, the girls created scrapbooked pages to take home and use to ponder the virtue of wisdom, having great fun in the process.  It was a hit!

2.  We started opening the sunroom doors in the late morning.  Opening the sunroom has a wonderfully positive effect on the tenor of our days, Matthew even decided to do his homework in the sunroom last night after the sun had set!

3.  We started opening doors to our Lenten ark.  Yes, we are late.  Mea culpa.

Faith and Family Live says, "It’s important for moms to recognize that all the small successes in our days can add up to one big triumph. So on Thursday of each week, we do exactly that."  Go check it out!

Winter Sunshine

We spent an hour this afternoon walking around in the yard.  A beautiful sunny day today, warm enough to go without gloves and bright. 

Small Successes

1.  Madeline and I set a schedule for our school days.  Working by a schedule isn't how I would prefer to homeschool, but since she is responding well to knowing exactly what's coming, I can deal with it.  So far the new schedule has made for peaceful days.

2.  I snagged a chest of drawers and a full-sized bed frame at the thrift shop for a bargain price.  Now Matthew has a dresser that matches his clothes and a bed to match his body (once I get a mattress for him).

3.  I have cooked every meal in house this week, including making lunch for hubby when he is able to come home.

Faith and Family Live says, "It’s important for moms to recognize that all the small successes in our days can add up to one big triumph. So on Thursday of each week, we do exactly that."  Go check it out!

Small Successes

1.  I have chipped away (literally) at removing the wallpaper from the school room walls without completely stressing about the glue of doom that doesn't seem to want to let go of the walls. 

2.  My friend and I put together our co-op'ed science curriculum for the year yesterday.  We're hoping two little girls + science together = happy scientists for the upcoming school year.

3.  Our homeschooling notification was sent in early!

Faith and Family Live says, "It’s important for moms to recognize that all the small successes in our days can add up to one big triumph. So on Thursday of each week, we do exactly that."  Go check it out!

Small Successes

1.  My clay pots are set up and filled with soil, ready for planting.  I'm glad I didn't get too far with this project as we had a hard frost earlier this week.  Perspective on this item:  I haven't planted any of my clay pots since we moved to this house three years ago.

2.  Madeline and I assembled the second installment of completed pages of her First Communion notebook.  With two more weeks before the big day, we have only a few pages to go.  It feels good to be on track with something.

3.  I removed all traces of Tuesday's baseball field from Matthew's baseball pants.

It’s important for moms to recognize that all the small successes in our days can add up to one big triumph. So on Thursday of each week, Faith and Family Live does exactly that.  Go visit!

Small Successes

1.  I purchased, signed and addressed a Mother's Day card this week, and (if I get it in the mail today) it will arrive on time!  Whoohoo!

2.  I have successfully ignored the overflowing recycle bins in my garage.

3.  I have delivered my children to their activities early or on time, all week long.

Faith and Family Live says, "It’s important for moms to recognize that all the small successes in our days can add up to one big triumph. So on Thursday of each week, we do exactly that."  Go check it out!

He is Risen!

Time to celebrate!

I did it all by myself!

Willow Tree by Sherwin Williams is quite becoming to my garage entryway, don't you think?  We are trying to make a mudroom-ish space out of this a series of hallways and a large coat closet.  The next goal for this space is to have a bench built in the closet for seating and so the baskets you see can slide in and out as their contents are needed.  Once the bench is installed I will paint the inside of the closet. 

This hallway leads to the learning room and the next project,which will probably take all summer to complete...this wallpaper has to go.  That means the room needs to be cleared completely.  That means I need to go through all the stuff in that closet.  Oy.