The Simple Woman's Daybook for Monday, July 27th

FOR TODAY, Monday, July 27th

Outside my window...the sound of card zooming down the hill.

I am thinking...I need to go pick up the kids from camp! (Okay, so I went to get the kids & now I am back & thinking that I need to be thinking of dinner...)

I am thankful for...SO many blessings! God's grace. My family. Friends. A wonderful & restful weekend spent at the lake.

From the learning rooms...We do not home school, but we do try to learn something every day. This week we are focusing on the Fruit of self-control!!! Also, I learned on the radio today a bit of wisdom for moms...God created us to be the exact mom that our children need...so my quirks were custom picked by God to be useful to my children...not saying I won't make mistakes & need to ask for forgiveness, but God chose ME to be their mom for a reason! (I learned all this from a 60 second radio spot by from Lysa TerKeurst of Proverbs 31 Ministries.)

From the kitchen...Currently not much from the kitchen (reference above, "I am thinking....") I do have some rockin' banana bread that my mother-in-law made for us. She fed our cat this weekend while we were away & noticed we had some bananas heading south...so she took them home & in their place left a nice loaf of yummy Banana Nut bread! My MIL Rocks!

I am wearing...A Matilda Jane skirt that matches my girls today! One of our only true matching outfits, they love it & so do I!

I am creating...lots of creative ideas floating around in the ol' noggin...hoping to get back to some creative projects when the kids go back to school!

I am going...to go to bed earlier, one day!

I am reading...blogs mainly these days...sadly I have probably not read a book since we went to the beach last summer :-( I love to read, but am finding this season of life isn't conducive to lots of reading time for me...but I'm okay with that!

I am hoping...that the rest of the summer doesn't fly by too quickly!

I am hearing...a baby fussing, a big brother singing to calm him down.

Around the house...Need to finish unpacking from our weekend at the lake, some laundry & just getting things back in their places.

One of my favorite things...Watermelon! YUM!

A few plans for the rest of the week: Kids in camp 2 more days, playing with some friends at the pool, pictures of Drew, starting to mentally prepare for back-to-school...

Here is picture thought I am sharing...Brotherly love!

The Simple Woman's Daybook was started by Peggy Hostetler of The Simple Woman blog.