Wednesday, May 12, 2010

The Simple Woman's Daybook ~ 5.12.10

Just a little Simple Woman's Daybook for today...

Outside my window...
overcast, but very, very green. I think every spring I forget how beautiful the color green is. Our neighborhood is so *alive*.

I am thinking...
about cutting all my hair off. I've been thinking about it for months now and that's as far as it gets, partly out of sheer laziness (in finding pictures of what I like and making an appointment) and partly out of dread that I will hate the new haircut. My hair is as long as it's been since college (rapidly nearing my waist, holy moly) and it doesn't have much style, but it's so *easy* and low-maintenance.

I am thankful for...
the opportunity to take another CCEF class! I just registered this week for a class that begins June 1. I can't wait.

From the kitchen...
fresh strawberries! I paid way too much money to a farmer who was selling them on the side of the road yesterday afternoon--but MMM, are they fantastic. So that means strawberry shortcake (made the RIGHT way...cup-shaped sponge cakes and strawberry goo need not apply) and my favorite summer salad.

I am wearing...
a white tank top under a green short-sleeved shirt and maternity denim capris. I've just about given up on the non-maternity pants...but still hanging on to a couple of pairs :) plus my favorite black flip-flops which pretty much don't leave my feet all spring/summer/fall.

I am creating...
a baby :) Well, sort of. God certainly *created* the baby...I guess I'm just helping him/her grow. That's as close as it gets to "creating" here lately.

I am going...
to get a bunch of video clips of Elijah edited and posted online very soon. Really, I am. I promise, Mom.

I am reading...
several different books at once, as usual. I put the Civil War book aside for a while and sped through a heartbreaking, compelling book on the 1994 Rwanda genocide, Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda. I also finished Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church and Total Church: A Radical Reshaping Around Gospel and Community this week. I'm still in the middle of various other books, including Calm My Anxious Heart, Everyday Talk, and The Mission of Motherhood. Bible-wise, I'm in Judges on my own and Galatians with Steve (we'll probably be there for the rest of 2010, based on the speed at which we manage to get through studies :).

I am hoping...
to grow in choosing joy and laying down my life in service/worship. I have so, so far to go.

I am hearing...
blissful quiet. White noise machine, birds singing, cars whizzing by. And the occasional noise that signals Elijah is thinking about waking up soon.

Around the house...
the couch cushions are stacked high on a chair because their covers are hanging on the clothesline to dry. I don't normally get that ambitious, and the ballpoint pen scribbles all over two of them really weren't urgent. But last night there was a slug on my couch. A SLUG, y'all. On my COUCH. As in, leaves-a-slime-trail-everywhere-it-goes slug. *shiver* Yeah, the cushion covers suddenly had a very urgent need to be washed.

One of my favorite things...
the feeling of satisfaction from being productive. All too rare for my lazy self lately--but today has been a good day so far.

A few plans for the rest of the week...
SUPER DUPER exciting! Tomorrow evening I am driving to the airport and picking up a dear, dear friend...whom I've not actually met in real life (long story, probably coming next week)...and I get to spend the entire weekend with her and her baby daughter! The visit has been in the works since early February and I can't believe it's finally here.

A picture thought I am sharing...
Elijah, giggling about who knows what...and then helping Daddy mow the grass. His favorite thing lately is his "cool dude glasses"--the ones in the photo are actually a pair of Steve's, but he has two pairs of his own and wears them all the time, including indoors. In fact, just for fun I'll throw in a third picture, of him wearing his own glasses--one of the girls at church took it last Sunday. She posted it on Facebook but apparently my friends couldn't see it.







5 comments:

Danielle said...

I made that salad this spring and loved it. Sadly I can only make it for myself though, as Josh does do fruit in salads.

What do you think of Everyday Talk? It's on my list of parenting books-to-read. Was putting it off until the boys were a bit older at the time. Just got "Hints on Child Training" written by Elisabeth Elliot's great-grandfather after two friends raved about it.

Amy said...

Danielle, I've only read a chapter of it so far, and then put it aside for a while because I had too many other things going. my first impression, though, is that it's going to be challenging in exactly the ways I need to grow.

Kelly said...

Beautiful!

zz said...

Haicut. I say go for it! A bob would highlight your beautiful brown eyes and cheekbones. I think you'd love it.

Strawberries w/ poppyseed salad---one of my faves, too.

Glad you get to take another CCEF class.

Bethany said...

Oh I love this!!!

Slug on the couch would do me in. I have this thing with slugs....I can't stand them. That would totally gross me out. I think Aaron would have to remove the covers.

AND somehow I missed you were pregnant!!!!! YAY YAY YAY!!!! Congrats to you. How exciting!!! I am so happy for you.