A Storage Building...Really?!?

Nathan and Graham only thought that they were building a storage building in their backyard. Other backyard residents thought otherwise and have made it into a bird house!!!!! Tonight's photo shows one of the baby residents...there are four or more hopping and attempting to fly inside the building! Woody walked four miles this morning. Later in the morning he did his weekly WalMart browsing/purchasing. I got up resolved to work in the sewing room...straightening up so I can make new sewing messes! Well........I guess I have worked "at it" but there doesn't seem much to show for it. I have done a little mending that had gotten stacked up. And, put away some large pieces of fabric that I had out hoping that they would inspire me to make them into something...for the time being they are being put away awaiting another day to inspire me! I am in the midst of putting pattern pieces away in their proper place. I have gotten side-tracked several times...nothing new for me. Once I headed off to find words to a college song that one of my classmates was looking for. I found it and emailed the words to her. I continue sorting the photos that I have taken with my new camera...getting rid of those not worthy of keeping! I have so many that I don't need to hang onto ones that will never be used because they aren't focused properly or have some other problem. After I finish blogging, I am going to make a couple of cards from my photos...so that means doing a bit of printing. Always something to do...to many things...reason that I never seem to get anything totally completed these days. BUT I will say...can't say that it is boring around here...always something to do (too many somethings is the problem!).

Thursday...again...

It seems like every time I turn around it is Thursday again...or Monday or Tuesday or...Woody got up early and walked seven miles. Later in the day he mowed the front yard. I had school with five little munchkins this morning listening to reading or helping with math or... At the end of Abigail's time, she and I gave our oregano barrel a haircut. Then we stripped the leaves off the stalks and washed them in our spinner. I have the leaves drying on racks on our sun porch. We stripped off a lot of leaves, but I know that when they have dried and been whirled in the blender it won't add all that much to the oregano container.

Walkin' Wednesday!

At least for Woody it was a "Walkin' Wednesday." He took a pretty long walk and when he got back he had time to eat a piece of watermelon and then head off to walk Abigail to her orthodontist appointment. She thinks that is the only way to go to the orthodontist!!! Woody guesses that he walked around ten miles today. I had school while he was walking. Elijah, Esther, Jana, Joy, and Graham. Then I had lunch and then headed to the church to work in the library for a couple of hours. Once again the time went quickly and we got quite a lot accomplished...books entered in the computer, books checked in and shelved, and then we did some radical weeding in the children's non-fiction section...now to delete them from the computer. Now we have room to add some new titles...guess I had better get busy and buy some! I came home and fixed our supper--Eggplant Parmesan. How can sliced eggplant, sliced tomatoes, fresh basil, mozzarella and Parmesan cheese, and some garlic and olive oil end up tasting so good?!? But good it was (well, still is as there is enough for another meal--my kind of cooking--leftovers that keep me out of the kitchen on another night). I love to cook, but I like time off from cooking too! I sat on the front porch this morning while I ate my breakfast and watched several squirrels romp in our front yard. Do you think that perhaps the squirrels were watching me as well?!? They are funny creatures, but rascally none the less!!!! They have enjoyed dumping the bird feeders that Joy and I filled the other day. It hasn't kept the birds away...they enjoy eating the seed off the ground as well as from a feeder! Of course the squirrels have had more than their share!

Beautiful Day in Middle Tennessee!

I met a goal today! I wanted to have all my digital photos sorted before the end of the month. Done! There aren't even any photos in my cameras at the moment. So will start with a clean slate! I had fun looking at them as I sorted them...always fun to see how the children have grown even over such a short period of time as three months. Isaac, especially, has changed lots! I had school with Abigail, Graham, and Joy and added in reading with their cousin who is Abigail's age. Elijah ended up taking a rest at the time that he was to have his time with me this afternoon and Esther was off on a jaunt with her daddy. Isaac came over to see Goosey (Woody) when Jana came over to read to me. Isaac calls Goosey "Honk Honk" because Goosey honks at him! We were out in the back yard yesterday and Isaac started calling "Honk Honk" thinking that he would find him out working in the yard. I got my hair cut this afternoon and I usually take a picture of Lake Tullahoma before I leave...tonight's photo. Woody left a while ago walking to the prayer room at church.

Remembering In Tennessee

Saturday

This day has been busy, busy, busy! I got up determined that I would "work on" cleaning the house. I have worked "at it" but there is still much to do! Graham spent part of the morning and till a little after lunch time with us today. His family was going to pick up one of his cousins and they needed his place in their vehicle to get her to their house! He was like a very quiet little mouse...he read most of the time. While he was reading, I continued to sort some of my photos while the washer and drier were working for me! I also got a Boston Butt pork roast simmering for our barbecue on Memorial Day. That cooked for quite a few hours with me just checking on it every so often. Graham ate lunch with us and then after lunch he husked the corn that Goosey (Woody) bought at the store this morning. After husking the corn, Graham and I sat on the front porch and read. It has been a beautiful day. Now if the mosquitoes would just go away! Woody went to the grocery stores this morning...hopefully we have bought enough (and the right ingredients) for our Memorial Day feast! This afternoon I continued to work around the house...which included putting away quite a few loads of clothes and also changing and making a couple of beds and doing a bit of vacuuming. Woody walked four miles this afternoon including stopping at the drugstore to pick up one of my prescriptions on his route. Early this evening Nathan and Kathy and family went to pick strawberries. Isaac stayed with us. He had fun sliding and playing with toys. It is so cute the way he says Elijah's name. I wanted Woody to hear him say "Elijah" which started Isaac calling for Elijah for the longest time. Now the dish washer is running and I'm off to put the finishing touches on the Sunday School lesson/discussion that I'm leading tomorrow. I was planning to mop the kitchen floor...but that will have to wait for another day! I'm done with cleaning for today...or should I just say that I am done in?!?

Four Stitches

We headed off early this morning for Woody's appointment at his dermatologist's to have the skin cancer removed from his nose. Once again he was in and out very quickly. On the way home we stopped at a fabric store. This may be a record...me stopping at a fabric store and buying no fabric! I only got some notions that I needed and a pattern. I came home and attempted to do some house work, but played out pretty quickly...several jobs started but not completed...yet anyway. Last I checked Woody was doing okay after his surgery. His main problem is keeping the bandaid on his nose! He is to keep it on till tomorrow at least. He will go back in two weeks to have the stitches removed and to have another place on his nose checked out.