June 23, 2011

• Stinkin’ Hot

  It’s me!  It’s me!

  And, I’m trying to be better about blogging -

  at least more often than every six weeks!

  I also have a few pictures, this time!

            

  We’re experiencing a REALLY *H.O.T.* summer.

  We still haven’t set up a big pool in our yard and the girls are making do (happily, too!) with the sprinkler and the baby wading pools.

        

  I’ve told Rissy she can plant anything anywhere she wants.  Who knows?  Maybe chives and some flowers will spring up, someday!!!  She’s planning on buying seeds on her next trip with us to the store.j  It’s something to keep her occupied and who knows what she will learn!

  Jesse moved the trampoline to an area of the yard that has quite a few hours of shade.  It isn’t “cool,” but at least the 104° sun isn’t bearing down on them, directly.

     

  I’m decluttering the house, again.  That job needs to be done more and more often.  Really now – where does “stuff” come from, anyway?

  One of my biggest jobs is putting our photos in order. 

  I gave Jesse a book of pictures for Father’s Day.  There are Bible Scriptures in between pages of pictures – verses that go with the pictures.  I have placed photos in bags dated 2004, 2005, etc. in the hopes of organizing them.   I was able to put his childhood pictures and our marriage (up through December 2003) in his book, but, I  have so many left.  I have two big boxes from Wal-Mart of 2009 & 2010.  I haven’t ever gone through the 2011 pictures or had them printed, but I should hurry and do that.  Before much longer, it will be 2012!!!!

  I’ve made the decision to finish putting ALL of my photos in order (and label them) and then (GASP!) throw away the rest.  I have pictures of friends from high school and earlier that I NEVER look at, and I bravely pulled  only a few from the scrap book and threw the book and remaining pictures away.  I HAVE to let go of the tendency to keep everything “just in case.”

  My friend Tara has inspired me to be more orderly and less cluttered.  I’ve always admired her clean and tidy pictures of the inside of her house!!!  Even, recently, with her moving from a house to an apartment!  She is always looking for ways to improve herself with diet, parenting, etc. and has no idea how much of a decluttering inspiration she has been to me!  Hats off to ya, Tara! 

  Anyway, I’ve been keeping myself busy with catching up in lots of areas and using lots and LOTS of lists.  Does anyone else enjoy lists?  They seem overwhelming when they are made at the beginning of the week, but  oh the glorious feeling of seeing a “scratched off list” at the end of the week.  I have yet to complete everything on my list, but have gotten the amount of things left to do (which I transfer to “next week’s list”) down to only one or two things.

  I don’t have money to redecorate, but I’ve done free things – like take the tablecloths off of the  dining room and the kitchen tables.  It gives the whole room a different look and costs nothing.

                   

  Outside – still the barren flowerbeds and junk on the patio.  I never really go to the backyard and tend to neglect it. 

                                   

  This year, a pair of blue jays have made a nest in one of our backyard trees.  I took a picture of the next this morning, with the idea of sharing here, and then I waited 3 hours for little bird heads to appear, but there were none.  The nest contains 4 babies and I have no idea where the bird parents have gone and why the babies aren’t squawking!

            

  This is the day to run errands.  Not too many, and, I’m glad.  As Luci always says, “It’s stinkin’ hot outside,” and it is again today.

  I made canned buttermilk biscuits for breakfast.  I hardly ever make biscuits for breakfast, so it was an enjoyable change.

        

  We’ve ordered Netflix – the cheapest version ($8/month).  It is limited in the choices, but has the documentaries I want to use for the girls next school year.  I am not buying science books, but, using Netflix.

     

  Biscuits and a children’s movie for breakfast – it’s summer!  How cool is that?!! 

  Speaking of biscuits, tonight’s dinner is simple “Hay and Straw.”  Italian restaurants serve it.  Fettucine with al fredo sauce and small green peas and ham (I leave the mushrooms out of my recipe).  It’s really simple and fast and I always forget about it.  I should make a recipe card for “quick meal ideas” and use it when my brain fails me!

  I really need to go.  I have to enter Jesse’s checks in the books and take a bath.  I think he’s taking us out to lunch!

  Yay!  One less meal I have to worry about!

    

  Be blessed  ~

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