For Today…
Outside my window. . . bright, sunny and just barely 60°F. The cool breezes lately have been fabulous. I know summer is coming but I sure am enjoying spring!
I am thinking. . . about how sweet Maria looks in her little pink skirt and pink MaryJane crocs.
From the schoolroom. . . almost done for the summer –at least the full school schedule. Of course we’ll keep up with a few things over the summer but in general we don’t school year round here. Summer is such fun and I have fond memories of it from my childhood. Picnics and mornings of sleeping in, running through the sprinkler on hot days and drinking frozen coke and lemonade, riding bike, trips to the beach and Hershey Park. There’s a lot of fun to be had!
I am thankful for. . . the peaceful feeling that sweeps over me these days. God is good. I miss my son in Iraq very much and I still feel sorrow for my diabetic children but most of the time I feel peace and it is blessed.
From the kitchen. . . bacon, ham and eggs. We don’t eat oatmeal or cereal much at all these days. We’re eating more with a mind to reduce grains and carbs (not counting veggies we never count those –just things that raise blood sugar). We eat a limited amount of carbs now and we all feel SO much better.
I am wearing. . . navy blue yoga pants, and a white t-shirt. My hair is pulled back into a ponytail. I got an all over spiral perm a few weeks ago and let me tell you I am loving it
. I have no makeup on but. . . my toenails are painted. 
I am reading. . . Karen Edmisten’s new book The Rosary: Keeping Company with Jesus and Mary and Fr. Benedict Groeschel’s Tears of God. Both are excellent!
I am hoping. . . to be able to stay focused today and get the necessary stuff done. Mondays can be. . .well, Monday-like.
I am creating. . . quilt squares –I’m way behind on those I’m afraid.
I am hearing. . . Maria’s gleeful laughing as she is pushed around the house in a laundry basket. Now she’s whining because everyone is tired and she still wants pushed.
Around the house. . . finishing up school, filling orders, getting various paperwork done.
One of my favorite things. . . The funny, quirky and often insightful things my 4 yr. old says to me daily. Yesterday as we were waiting for mass to begin he said “Mom do you know Mary is a Saint –and the she never sinned?” “Yes indeed” I told him and he smiled. The he asked me how come his older brother Timothy doesn’t come to church anymore. LOL well that would be because he lives very far away and goes to mass at another church. “OH! he said –OK!” Goodness! I guess we need to talk about that more –I wouldn’t want him scandalized thinking his brother had stopped going altogether!
A few plans for the rest of the week. . . Piano for the girls, no RCIA though that’s done for this year. Some shopping, some sewing (hopefully), some kissing and hugging of blessed children. You know, stuff like that. 
Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you. . .
Be sure to pop by Peggy’s and see the other entries for this week’s Simple Woman’s Daybook.
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So of course we had to celebrate!
It seems like every few weeks or so I get an e-mail from someone whose own child or the child of someone close to them, has recently been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Those e-mails always make my heart sink as I know so well what such a diagnosis means.
