For Today… March 21, 2011

Outside my window… Gray and violent bursts of rain swirled with tornado-like gusts of wind. Brings to mind Winnie-the-Pooh's "blustery day". Quite the abrupt change after a warm week full of sunshine.

I am thinking… I know it's time to get back to work after a week off…..does anyone else ever feel like they need a break after the break before they get back to normal?

From the learning rooms… Making our way towards that exciting part of the year where subjects start to get finished off and the daily load of work slowly diminishes.

I'm thankful for… a relaxing, fun, and productive spring break….with beautiful weather and no sickness. A gift that blew away all of my pessimistic expectations.

From the kitchen… kitchen? What's that? I know, I'm terrible. Honestly, more urgent on the list than any food, a deep cleaning is really needed in my kitchen. It always takes awhile for me to work up the motivation for this enormous task.

I am wearing… a sweater and flannel pj pants.  Three days ago I was in a tank top and shorts….welcome to spring in our town!

I am reading… I have been instructed by Hombre to read this. Hopefully I can get around to that soon!

I am creating… right now my creativity has been directed outside. Visualizing landscape options and garden options. We've purchased all our supplies to create this; now we just need our nice spring weather to return so we can do it.

I am hearing… good old PBS kids. Of course. The only way I get a few quiet moments in the morning.

Around the house… Last week, in order to feel like I was getting a break too, I forced myself to refrain from any housework other than bare maintenance. So here I am with a completely picked up and "tidy" house….but it's covered in dust and needs a vacuum and mop to make it sparkle again. Back to work.

A few plans for the rest of the week… I'm sure there are plans, but I refuse to think about them now. Practicing the art of focusing on now. Something I and my girls (a product of maternal influence I'm sure) are not very good at. 

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