A new week

About half of the time, I love a brand new week.

Today was a pretty good day.  The boys worked hard on their various tasks.  We are far from finished with everything we probably should’ve accomplished today, school wise.  We did make great strides in the right direction.

I realized at about 9:30 that we didn’t have dinner tonight.  That never happens!  Someone usually says something about dinner.

Our day was quite productive.  Our consumption of apples was about 10 times greater than the average grocery shopping day.  Dub kicked off the applefest with homemade cider.  Mmmmm!  He has been asking to put some apples through the juicer, so now that he is old enough to clean the horrible thing when he is finished with it, I let him.  Everyone was glad!

Homer used the leftover shreds of apple from Dub’s adventure to make something like apple croquettes.  I don’t have any idea how he made them, but they were good!

Not to be outdone by the big guys, Gabe made an apple omlet with the second batch of apple remains.  I have no idea how that came out, tastewise, but it smelled really good.

We ran out of trash bags today.     It’s amazing how the lack of trash bags can impede progress for the homemaker!  Mr. N picked some up on his way home from work and I felt like a new woman!

I made a huge dent in cleaning my bedroom today.  It’s amazing how the lack of trash bags can impede progress for the bedroom cleaner!  I did a lot of seasonal clothing switching this weekend and now that my Rubbermaid containers are full, I found more clothes that need to be put away until spring.  Prior to finding my favorite thrift store, we never had an abundance of clothes.  I am thankful that the LORD has blessed my family with enough clothes that my containers are crammed full and can’t fit the rest of our summer stuff.  That has never happened before!

I found a broken pen in the washer this evening.  After I discovered ink all over the clothes in the dryer.  It could’ve been worse.  I could’ve discovered the ink in a load good clothes.  I’ll probably need to replace a couple pair of Mr. N’s casual pants, but that’s about it.   It breaks my heart to have to go back to the thrift store.  (Ha!  More like my pocketbook!   )

Dub and Homer are about an inch from being the same height.  When did that happen?!

Today we’ve started concentrating on Proverbs in our memorization and some of the passages specifically about wisdom.   Our verse for this week is Proverbs 1:7 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,  but fools despise wisdom and discipline.  As a homeschooler, a Christian one at that, the first part of that verse is always an encouragement to me.  Though the books we use are important, it’s not about the books.  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge.  If we focus on Him, the rest will come.

Well, it has been a long day and I’m tired.  Good night, sleep tight, and don’t let the bad dogs bite!