After two snow days the kids are back in school and I am once again left with a quiet house. The walk to the end of our driveway to catch the bus was...slippery. There is at least an inch of ice on the ground, and that is covered with a couple inches of snow. I figure that between the walk to the end of the drive, and then out back to the chicken coop to feed the chickens took care of my leg workout for the day. My quads were burning by the time I was done.
Yesterday morning when I took the dog out, I noticed two large and very fat raccoons checking out the chickens. They ran off when I yelled at them to shoo. This morning when I went out to the coop I was greeted by the sight of blood. Everywhere. After making sure everyone was still alive, I started looking at feet thinking perhaps the raccoon had gotten another toe. Indeed, that is what happened, Dread Rooster Fairy now has one less toe.
I do not have much love for raccoons.
Thursdays household schedule:
~The ever present laundry needs to be done
~Vacuum upstairs and downstairs
~cat boxes
~writing
~homework
When the kids get home from school we dash off to Tae Kwon Do, and then to the library for our biweekly trip.
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Tuesday
We are in the midst of a lovely ice storm, so the kids are home from school. Everything is coated with ice and the dogs did not appreciate stepping out onto a slippery porch this morning, although it gave me a good laugh. Thankfully, the cat that comes and goes from the house was ensconced in her room. She came to us last summer bone thin with a belly full of kittens and several ticks embedded in her skin.
Today will be a day for taking pictures to capture the dangerous beauty of the ice; my apple trees are bowing down with the weight of it, and I hope they will not break. Tonight there is supposed to be more freezing rain-my prayer for then is that the power stays on. We might live in an old farmhouse, but strangely, there isn't a working fireplace and the thought of freezing for a few days without power is less than appealing.
Tuesday has a to do list also:
~vacuum the downstairs (I love my pets, but not their hair!)
~vacuum couch
~Dust living room
~cat boxes
~laundry
~bake more muffins because the kids eat so much
~write
~work on essay
Prior to this school year we homeschooled for a total of five years. The kids are enjoying being in school and I enjoy the ability to take a heavier course load for myself-in the hopes of not graduating past 50. Today they asked if I could homeschool them since they were off of school.
How could I refuse that?
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Today will be a day for taking pictures to capture the dangerous beauty of the ice; my apple trees are bowing down with the weight of it, and I hope they will not break. Tonight there is supposed to be more freezing rain-my prayer for then is that the power stays on. We might live in an old farmhouse, but strangely, there isn't a working fireplace and the thought of freezing for a few days without power is less than appealing.
Tuesday has a to do list also:
~vacuum the downstairs (I love my pets, but not their hair!)
~vacuum couch
~Dust living room
~cat boxes
~laundry
~bake more muffins because the kids eat so much
~write
~work on essay
Prior to this school year we homeschooled for a total of five years. The kids are enjoying being in school and I enjoy the ability to take a heavier course load for myself-in the hopes of not graduating past 50. Today they asked if I could homeschool them since they were off of school.
How could I refuse that?
Read more!
Monday, January 31, 2011
Monday
After a wonderful weekend, the children are back to school and the husband is back to work. I am left alone in our very quiet house and I cannot say that I don't enjoy it. In order to keep up with the house, school and other commitments I have a daily schedule of things to accomplish.
On Mondays the schedule looks like this:
~Clean bathrooms
~Wash clothes, fold...and do the dreaded putting away of the clothes
~Bake bread for the week
~From scratch quick breads/muffins for the next few days for breakfasts and snacks
~Make chicken stock from the whole chicken I bought. Use some meat for soup, and the rest for various dinners.
~ Clean the cat boxes
~Vacuum the downstairs
~ Homework- today that means to get started on an essay for the Writing About the American Experience course I am taking.
~Writing (I am supposed to write a minimum of 1,000 words a day for a book I am working on. If I do my husband gives me a back massage. Best motivation ever)
I think that is about it for today. There is the reading of several books that I am working through as well. A couple of weeks ago I found a list of books, from several different categories that I wanted to read through for self education.
The batch of books currently:
Histories by Herodotus
MacBeth
Le Morte de Arthur by Mallory (which is a fun read since when I am reading it a Monty Python voice in my head narrates)
On the Nature of Things by Lucretius
I would like to say that I have been chugging through them, but I was sidetracked by a book called Jantsen's Gift which I have been reading through tears on nearly every page. Heart and gut wrenching, but so wonderful and inspiring at the same time. It is one of those books that is forcing me to try to be a better person.
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On Mondays the schedule looks like this:
~Clean bathrooms
~Wash clothes, fold...and do the dreaded putting away of the clothes
~Bake bread for the week
~From scratch quick breads/muffins for the next few days for breakfasts and snacks
~Make chicken stock from the whole chicken I bought. Use some meat for soup, and the rest for various dinners.
~ Clean the cat boxes
~Vacuum the downstairs
~ Homework- today that means to get started on an essay for the Writing About the American Experience course I am taking.
~Writing (I am supposed to write a minimum of 1,000 words a day for a book I am working on. If I do my husband gives me a back massage. Best motivation ever)
I think that is about it for today. There is the reading of several books that I am working through as well. A couple of weeks ago I found a list of books, from several different categories that I wanted to read through for self education.
The batch of books currently:
Histories by Herodotus
MacBeth
Le Morte de Arthur by Mallory (which is a fun read since when I am reading it a Monty Python voice in my head narrates)
On the Nature of Things by Lucretius
I would like to say that I have been chugging through them, but I was sidetracked by a book called Jantsen's Gift which I have been reading through tears on nearly every page. Heart and gut wrenching, but so wonderful and inspiring at the same time. It is one of those books that is forcing me to try to be a better person.
Read more!
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