Outside my Window …
It has been raining, the sun is peeking through the clouds, and the kids are splashing.

I am thinking…
How wonderful it is to come home!

In the kitchen…
The dishwasher is running, breakfast has finally been finished, and I just finished paying bills that are sitting on the counter.

I am wearing…
still in my gown.  =)

I am creating…
A mess!  In the next two weeks I have the daunting task of packing the entire house for movers to get us down to Wichita!

I am going…
to be groggy all day.  Our time is all messed up from traveling from Hawaii, to LA then Atlanta, on to Nebraska.  We all slept 13 hours and had to wake the kids this morning.

I am wondering…
How long it will take to get back on schedule!

I am reading…
Nothing right now.

I am hoping…
To get some homestead and farming magazine subscriptions.  =)

I am looking forward to…
Closing on the house July 1st.  Praying it all goes through just fine!

I am learning…
to just wait and see (so hard!)

Around the house…
Laundry.  Just … laundry.

I am pondering…
Isn’t this the same as wondering?  I need to google that …

A favorite quote for today…

One of my favorite things…
Coming home  =)

A few plans for the rest of the week:
Packing all week!

A peek into my day…
Imagine me surrounded by laundry and unpacked suitcases.

Outside my Window …
It is cloudy and raining.  Oh, how we enjoy the spring rain; the robins have made their nests and are out eating worms as we speak.

I am thinking…
Life is about to be crazy.

In the kitchen…
I can still smell breakfast that my husband cooked, and the last bit of coffee.

I am wearing…
my pjs.  It is a snuggy Saturday inside, today!

I am creating…
I have lots of things I need to finish in the sewing room before we pack it all up and get it moved to the rental house.

I am going…
to Hawaii in 4 weeks, and moving to Kansas after that.  big changes for the Wright family are on the horizon!

I am wondering…
What living in a big city again will be like.  I can’t wait for us to save for our dream land/farm and home!

I am reading…
still working on my great homeschool mom’s book, and have started a few memoirs on my ipad.

I am hoping…
Everything goes smoothly and we don’t have any hiccups.

I am looking forward to…
Being settled in Kansas!

I am learning…
change is hard.  We didn’t live in York but 2 years, but the friendships we made were life long.  And we had finally found a church home; a church where we not only loved the people, but the minister was feeding out spirits just what they needed.  In all our years in Arkansas, I don’t think either of us felt that way.

Around the house…
Well, I will brag just for a minute.  The house is literally sparkling!  We had a showing (which turned into two) yesterday.  I literally scrubbed holes into rags cleaning the house.  There is nothing anyone could say right now to make me feel bad about it.  haha

I am pondering…
when things will turn for the worst … because isn’t that how it always goes?  I am just going to breathe and let God work.

A favorite quote for today…

photo credit HERE

One of my favorite things…
Watching my husband succeed.  He has no idea how much he inspires and pushes me.

A few plans for the rest of the week:
We have family coming in town, so we will relax with our school schedule and just hang out.  Then we will continue to show the house at schedule appointment times until we receive the necessary signed papers and earnest money for the sale!

A peek into my day…
No picture, but you will find me snuggling my babies, and napping most of the day!

Outside my Window …
It is a beautiful, cool spring morning.  We had our first thunderstorms of the season last night.

I am thinking…
about our day and what we will do after learning time.

In the kitchen…
The dishwasher is empty, the kitchen is clean, and my coffee is waiting.

I am wearing…
yoga pants and a tshirt.

I am creating…
still working on clothes for the kids.

I am going…
to soak up this beautiful day!

I am wondering…
if it will be warm enough to lay out again.  =)

I am reading…
The Busy Homeschool Mom’s Guide to Daylight, by Heidi St. John.  It is for a review with the TOS and I am loving it!

I am hoping…
This 3-day weekend goes by slowly.

I am looking forward to…
Easter weekend with family and friends.

I am learning…
about using nature studies in our homeschool.

Around the house…
Yesterday was cleaning day, so things are pretty picked up and clean (but won’t stay that way long).  We are in the process of packing up winter clothes and pulling our warm weather clothes.

I am pondering…
nothing really …

A favorite quote for today…
“mommy, I have a naky booty!  Because my blue shirt didn’t match.”-Max  (of course rather than take off the shirt, he took off the undies.)

One of my favorite things…
watching Ila roll around and grab her feet.

A few plans for the rest of the week:
J.Tom is home for Good Friday so we will spend the weekend outside, then church on Sunday, and probably have Easter lunch with some wonderful friends.

A peek into my day…
Well, my day has just started, so imagine a cup of coffee and a very chatty 2 year old boy just talking about everything under the sun (while little sister lays beside us and big sister Facetimes with grandma).

Outside my Window …
It is gray and cold today.  *tut tut looks like rain*

I am thinking…
It is cleaning day, and the house is cleeeean!  yay

In the kitchen…
Our Azure order from last night is on the counter- 25#s of organic apples, #10s of organic carrots, a pound of organic cinnamon, and a box of organic pasta.

I am wearing…
Yoga pants and my husband’s old Arkansas t-shirt

I am creating…
Dresses for the girls for the summer, and Max some pants.

I am going…
To nurse the baby in about 15 minutes and make lunch for the tiny humans.

I am wondering…
If the order my mom sent for the kids is going to be here today… (American Girl sale!)

I am reading…
The Well-Trained Mind, my Sonlight catalogue, and my Martha Stewart Living magazine. (have I mentioned my love for all things Martha?  Even my 4 year old loves her, “Mama, Martha can cook anything.”  Aaaah, a girl after my own heart.  =)

I am hoping…
To be down 2 more pounds this week.  Did you know peanut butter is the real enemy?  Forget Big Gov., GMOs, and chemical/processed man made food.  It is peanut butter .. (jk of course)

I am looking forward to…
Finishing cutting out the girls’ dresses so I can sew them.  Cutting is the worst part.

I am learning…
I am not really sure right now- nothing major to add here today.  =/

Around the house…
It is CLEAN!  I love cleaning day … did I mention that, too?

I am pondering…
How I can make a cob web getter- downer.  I am thinking of rubber banding a towel to the end of a mop and using that.  I can reach them, even on a chair.  Short people problems.

A favorite quote for today…

photo credit HERE

One of my favorite things…
Watching “working” and “cooking” shows on PBS with my family on cold Saturday mornings, with a cup of coffee in my hand and my babies snuggled up next to me.

A few plans for the rest of the week:
Finish school, menu plan, get dresses sewn, get boxes of clothes to the mission, get my Fit2B workouts in.

A peek into my day…
Just imagine me cleaning the house this morning, and reading to my babies all afternoon.  =)

Outside my Window …
It is beautiful and warm.  After naps we are all going outside for fresh air and vitamin D.  This winter has been just the perfect mix of snowy days and warm days.

I am thinking…
These dark chocolate chips are good.  I wish I had some hot tea to go with them.

In the kitchen…
Dishes are piled in the sink and corn bread is still on the stove from lunch.  Chicken is thawing in the sink; I am making my dijon chicken for dinner.  The kids love it.

I am wearing…
Black yoga pants, a t-shirt my mom gave me, my brother’s Memphis jacket, and fuzzy socks.  (it is colder in the house than it is outside?!)

I am creating…
A gown for a little girl who is playing Mother Goose in her Kindergarten play.  How cute is that?!

I am going…
to make some hot tea …. be right back!

I am wondering…
If my husband got good rest in Japan before he had to get up for work a few hours later.

I am reading…
A.A. Milne’s Winnie-The-Pooh to the kids again.  They love it.

I am hoping…
To be down 2 lbs this week …

I am looking forward to…
Playing in the sun this afternoon.

I am learning…
Moderation.  Moderation.  Moderation ..

Around the house…
Today is “laundry, pick up, and vacuum day”- so things are mostly in order.  Not “clean” but picked up.

I am pondering…
How in the world A.A. Milne came up with the idea of writing from the perspective of an adult talking to a child about when they were a younger child …

A favorite quote for today…

Always makes me think of my Mister Bear.  He is surely an adventure!

Photo credit HERE

One of my favorite things…
Reading Pooh to my babies.

A few plans for the rest of the week:
Oh… plan homeschool, complete sewing orders.

A peek into my day…

Mister needed to cut “like Lexie does”- he was so proud of himself.  This was after we made Valentines for the family.

Outside my Window …
There are piles and piles of snow from snow drifts.  But every where else it is melted.  After our 50-60 degree January, we are having a snowy February, and expecting more this week.  The kids played in the snow the first day; it was the first time Mister really had fun in the snow (he always tries, but gets too cold).  I had so much fun watching him!

I am thinking…
About so much!  I didn’t cross off anything on my to-do list today.  My planner is currently disassembled and it is making my life chaotic.  I feel like I can’t do anything because it isn’t useable.

In the kitchen…
the dish washer is loaded, a roasted chicken and veggies are sitting on the stove erady for me to put away for leftovers.

I am wearing…
My glasses; because I am getting wrinkles from squinting.

I am creating…
Goodies to send to my planner buddies.

I am going…
To Omaha later in the week; and possibly Memphis to see family later in the month.

I am wondering…
If the weather will be nice enough for the Omaha Zoo this weekend.

I am reading…
Honey for a Child’s Heart, Flipping back through The Well Trained Mind, and revisiting The Strong Willed Child (for Lexie, who is suddenly arguing like a lawyer again).

I am hoping…
Things go smoothly this weekend, and we are able to get to Omaha, my hole punch gets here tomorrow, because I am lost and confused without my planner, praying that punching my planner goes well and isn’t disastrous, and that Ila feels better tomorrow because she had gas today (which is unusual for her, and may be to blame on the cabbage I ate).

I am looking forward to…
This weekend, the end of the month, and a trip with our big family in May.

I am learning…
How to strengthen my pelvic floor and heal my DR.  It is slow progress, but it is progress.

Around the house…
Things are a wreck- tomorrow is cleaning day!  Woo Hoo!

I am pondering…
Not much …

A favorite quote for today…
Max was jumping on the bed today before we left for violin.  As I was helping Lexie get dressed he fell into the headboard and bumped his cheek (he is going to have a heck of a shiner!).  Lexie says …”Aw, mama.  Bless his little baby heart.  Now tell him all the ways he can get hurt jumping on th bed so he won’t want to do it anymore!”

One of my favorite things…
My children’s smiles.  My silly little Mister bear that can quote the entire AA Milne Winnie the Pooh because we listen to it in the car over. and over. and over again.  My type A tom boy and her new found love of dolls (yay!).  And my sweet Little Miss who just loves to snuggle and watch her crazy siblings.

A few plans for the rest of the week:
Oh my…:  clean house, finish our schooling that we slacked off on today, get my planner put back together, decorate and journal in my “new” planner, get goodie boxes for buddies in the mail, get packed for our trip to Omaha, make plans for our trip to Memphis, love on my babies.  =)

A peek into my day…
No picture today.  Just imagine us at the library with friends, gymnastics with more friends, and violin!  (she is learning to play twinkle twinkle!)