Currently: September

 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.