ZOOMMMM?!!!

(pic taken 7/14/10)

"I am beginning to learn that it is 

the sweet, simple things of life 

which are the real ones after all."

~ Laura Ingalls Wilder, American female author 

wrote the Little House series of books 

based on her childhood as a pioneer family.

This week has zoomed by...

MONDAY ~

completed a work project 

(health lesson for preschool - 2nd graders)

TUESDAY ~

slept in

(got to bed in wee-hours of morning

due to work project)

read on the patio ~ lovely, warm sunshine

made & wrote four cards

(snail mail ~ don't you love 

walking to the mailbox & 

pulling a card out of the box??)

returned library books

(trying to cut down on the late fees

~ doing much better than 4 months ago)

watched 4 hours of HGTV

(my indulgence when JPE is out of town)

WEDNESDAY ~

morning walk

made "rebus" card for Lydia

(a rebus is like a word puzzle 

that uses pictures to represent 

words or parts of words)

 BUT, I...

used sticker words + hand lettered words + picture stickers to write 

a short story 

about our camping trip

AHH! love my pens, glue stick & scissors!
 

Spent a good part?!!?

(actually three hours 

slipped away before I realized it)

...of the day

looking for bloggers

from the UK...

in preparation for our trip to

L O N D O N ! ! !

(let the count-down begin)

had dinner w/girlfriend

THURSDAY  ~

d-e-c-l-u-t-t-e-r-e-d

kitchen cabinets,

pantry,

refrigerator,

magazine baskets,

(most difficult ~ I'm a magazine junkie)

chest of drawers!!

NOW - I have to deal with 

two bags of trash!!?!!

(trash pick-up was today - oops!!)

Tomorrow's
agenda...

borrowing girlfriend's sewing machine 

(fix two pairs of pants)

get some groceries

(JPE's coming home - yippeee!)

taking a box of files to work

(don't need them collecting dust here!)
taking three bags of "goodies"
my "fav" donation center...

Feeling 
G-R-E-A-T 
about my week!