Listening
To Patrick Mayberry song "Holy Spirit Come".
Reading
The Question: Teaching your child the essentials of Classical Education by Leigh A Bortins The Psalms: Poetry on Fire by the Passion Translation Created To be His Help Meet: Discover how God can make your marriage glorious by Debi Pearl Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of your Child by Anthony Esolen It Can Be Done: Poems of Inspiration by Joseph Morris and St Clair Adams
Thinking
about the philosophy of classical education, how to plan my days better and how LOOP subjects during our home-schooling week.
Learning
How to be a better wife to my husband
Memorizing
Psalm 119:33-40 with my children
Dreaming
About frosty mornings and crackling fires
Baking
At least 1-2 sourdough loaves a week
Planning
Out my month in advance. This means blocking out certain parts of my day for specific activities like working out, writing, gardening and being hospitable.
Longing
For proper fencing to keep our curious goats contained. They are stripping bark of our trees, raking their horns on our lilac buses and nibbling our bamboo to oblivion.
Eating
Lots of croissant sandwiches with homemade bacon, freshly picked cherry tomatoes and asiago cheese.
Contemplating
Creating my own YouTube channel and asking Amelia to teach me how to edit film
Ordering
Heap and heaps of books. I have a long list of books on my kindle that I read though the pandemic that I would like to have in hard copy. Namely "How Shall We Then Live" by Fracis A. Shaeffer and "Live Not by Lies: A Manuel for Christian Dissidents" by Rod Dreher. So worth reading, underlining and bookmarking.
Trying
To work out four days a week. My shoulder is finally allowing me to do let downs and my back is permitting deadlifts and squats. Hallelujah!
Watching
The new "Rings of Power" on Amazon Prime. Unfortunately, it bears little resemblance to Tolkien's work and doesn't hold a candle to the "Lord of Rings" trilogy. Booo
Aspiring
To verbally appreciate my husband more
Appreciating
How diligent my daughter is at doing her schoolwork. She is so motivated to keep up with her peers at Classical Conversations and eagerly looks forward to community classes on Friday.
Wearing
My green safari style, button up dress with leather moccasins and a vintage jean jacket from a friend.
Working
On wainscoting a half wall in my basement. I have all the necessary materials, I just need some time and inspiration to get it done.
Rejoicing
That I managed to put in my fall/winter garden last week. I planted three kinds of kale, beets, swiss chard, rosemary, stevia, lettuce, sugar snap peas and leeks.
Preserving
I am proud of the fact that I have processing produce from our garden on a regular basis. I have grated heaps of zucchini for the freezer, made numerous Greek salads from our cucumbers and cherry tomatoes and recently canned tomato sauce and pickles with my hubby. We have picked a ton of blackberries and look forward to making jelly with them.
